Daily Archives: 25. Dezember 2023


25.12.2023 - 22:50 [ VaticanNews.va ]

Papst erteilt feierlichen Weihnachts-Segen – Ruf nach Frieden

Eindringlich rief der Papst in seiner Urbi-et-Orbi-Botschaft dazu auf, sich für Frieden einzusetzen. „Er komme bald in Israel und Palästina, wo der Krieg das Leben dieser Völker erschüttert. Ich umarme sie alle, insbesondere die christlichen Gemeinschaften in Gaza und im gesamten Heiligen Land. Ich trauere im Herzen um die Opfer des verabscheuungswürdigen Angriffs vom 7. Oktober und erneuere meinen dringenden Appell für die Freilassung derjenigen, die noch immer als Geiseln festgehalten werden. Ich flehe darum, dass die Militäroperationen mit ihren entsetzlichen Folgen unschuldiger ziviler Opfer eingestellt werden und dass man etwas gegen die verzweifelte humanitäre Situation unternimmt, indem man das Eintreffen der Hilfslieferungen ermöglicht.“

Franziskus richtete den Scheinwerfer aber über das aktuelle Gaza-Drama hinaus auf die Zukunft der Menschen und Völker im Nahen Osten. „Man schüre nicht weiter Gewalt und Hass, sondern führe die palästinensische Frage zu einer Lösung, und zwar durch einen aufrichtigen und beharrlichen Dialog zwischen den Parteien, der von einem starken politischen Willen getragen wird und von der Unterstützung der internationalen Gemeinschaft.“ Der Vatikan wirbt für eine Zwei-Staaten-Lösung Israel/Palästina und für einen international garantierten, freien Zugang zu den Heiligen Stätten.

25.12.2023 - 22:28 [ VaticanNews.va ]

Pope: May Christmas bring peace to our world and turn sorrow into joy

Following the birth of the Saviour came the slaughter of the innocents, the Pope recalled, and he remembered the innocents, the „little Jesuses“ of today, who are victims „in their mothers’ wombs, in odysseys undertaken in desperation and in search of hope, in the lives of all those little ones whose childhood has been devastated by war.“

We must say „yes“ to peace and „no“ to war the Pope decried, as every war marks „a defeat without victors, an inexcusable folly.“ He also called for a „no“ to weaponry given that with human weakness we can often end up using it for war sooner or later.

Peace is even more difficult, he observed, „when arms production, sales, and trade are on the rise“ and public funds spent on arms can come at the expense of bread for the hungry. He decried „the interests and the profits that move the puppet strings of war.“ And these must be brought to light, „talked about and written about,“ he emphasised, since many have no idea how much of their public funds are being spent on weapons, whereas they should be informed.

25.12.2023 - 22:22 [ Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي / Twitter ]

The most infelicitous holiday message you will ever see: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu references „babies burnt alive“ in an apocalyptic admonition posing as a Christmas greeting #omg

25.12.2023 - 21:45 [ Haaretz ]

Biden and Netanyahu Hammer Out a War Deal: Israel Can Fight as Long as Gaza Gets Aid

Christmas has arrived and the IDF is still fighting on the ground in Gaza. The early forecasts in Washington, and to some extent in Jerusalem, were that the Biden administration would demand that Israel end the high-intensity phase of the ground offensive against Hamas by the close of the year …

25.12.2023 - 21:26 [ S.L. Kanthan / Twitter ]

The stalemate in Ukraine is a win for Russia, since the latter have captured and maintained huge swaths of land. But Israel having a stalemate in Gaza for the last two weeks is a tremendous embarrassment.

Hamas is “winning” against all odds — i.e., stopping IDF, causing significant casualties in Israeli troops, and preventing Israel from moving forward.

(Gaza map Dec 14 thru Dec 23 )

25.12.2023 - 21:20 [ Reuters ]

Russia sees military coordination with Israel on Syria continuing

(February 26, 2022)

Following the 2015 Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war, Israel set up a „deconfliction mechanism“ with the big power to prevent them clashing inadvertently during Israeli strikes against Iranian deployments and arms transfers in the neighbouring Arab state.

Our military officials discuss the practical issues of this substantively on a daily basis. This mechanism has proven to be useful and will continue to work,“ the Russian embassy in Israel said in a statement.

25.12.2023 - 21:09 [ Al Jazeera ]

Israeli air strike in Syria kills top Iranian military adviser

An Israeli air strike outside the Syrian capital of Damascus has killed a senior adviser in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to reports from Iranian state media.

25.12.2023 - 20:38 [ Palestine Captives / Twitter ]

His hands are trembling a lot while eating food after being starved for a long period.. This elderly man was released today along with several detainees through the Kerem Shalom crossing in the southern Gaza Strip

25.12.2023 - 20:29 [ Palestine Now / Twitter ]

BREAKING: TORTURED CIVILIANS WHO WERE ARRESTED BY ISRAEL AND STRIPPED NAKED ARE RELEASED “Signs of beatings and torture are visible on their bodies”

The occupation releases a number of Gaza detainees through the Kerem Shalom crossing.

Why are they allowed to torture civilians in such manner?

25.12.2023 - 20:10 [ Aurora Borealis / Twitter ]

Iron Cross with Star of David .. Video of the Luftwaffe Eurofighter Typhoon „Eagle Star 2.0“

(April 7, 2023)

25.12.2023 - 17:58 [ Honestly Concerned / Twitter ]

Blue Flag 2021 – die Luftwaffe übt in Israel – Bundeswehr Eurofighter in der Negev Wüste עובדה | YouTube –

(30.10.2021)

25.12.2023 - 17:50 [ Mohammad Alsaafin / Twitter ]

An Israeli airstrike on the cemetery in the Maghazi Refugee Camp just killed five people helping bury some of the 70+ killed by yesterdays Israeli airstrikes on the Maghazi Refugee Camp

25.12.2023 - 17:32 [ Historia Fotografią Pisana / Twitter ]

25.12.2023 r. – Palestyna: Dziś w nocy, w 50 nalotach, żydowska armia dokonała masakr w obozach dla dla uchodźców Al Nuseirat, Al Bureij i Al Maghazi w środkowej Gazie.

25.12.2023 - 17:26 [ Thomas Portes / Twitter ]

L’horreur continue. Dans le camp de réfugiés Al Maghazi à Gaza l’armée israélienne vient de commettre un nouveau massacre. Des dizaines de civils, dont de nombreuses femmes et enfants, sont mortes. Le nettoyage ethnique se poursuit dans un silence assourdissant de la communauté internationale. Il faut arrêter ces criminels de guerre.

25.12.2023 - 17:19 [ mikel ayestaran / Twitter ]

Hilo del día 80 de guerra en #Gaza 1- #Israel castiga los campos de refugiados en #gaza y el último objetivo ha sido Maghazi. El ataque deja decenas de muertos y destrucción

Foto @Reuters

25.12.2023 - 17:10 [ Potere al Popolo / Twitter ]

Per #Israele i Palestinesi non hanno diritto neanche alla tregua di #Natale. Stanotte il campo profughi Al Maghazi, centro della Striscia di #Gaza, è stato bombardato. Si contano almeno 70 morti, decine ancora sotto le macerie, moltissimi i bambini. #FreePalestine #CeasefireNOW

25.12.2023 - 16:50 [ AFP News Agency / Youtube ]

AERIAL SHOTS: Destruction in Gaza‘s Al-Maghazi camp following Israeli bombardment | AFP

Aerial shots show the extensive destruction in Al-Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, following deadly Israeli air strikes. The Gaza health ministry said an Israeli air strike killed at least 70 people on Christmas Eve at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp. The army said it was „reviewing the incident“, adding it was „committed to international law including taking feasible steps to minimise harm to civilians“.

25.12.2023 - 16:39 [ Younis Tirawi | يونس / Twitter ]

Maghazi Refugee Camp, Gaza | Lord have mercy! Lord have mercy!

Up to 70 Palestinians slaughtered. Many women and children after a triple Israeli airstrike a while ago on Mosallem, Sesalem and Nawajreh families’ houses.

The death tolls is expected to increase!

25.12.2023 - 15:03 [ Reuters ]

Israeli airstrikes kill 100 in one of war‘s deadliest nights, Gaza officials say

Health ministry spokesperson Ashraf Al-Qidra said many of those killed at Maghazi were women and children. Eight others were killed as Israeli planes and tanks carried out dozens of airstrikes on houses and roads in nearby al-Bureij and al-Nusseirat, health officials said.

Medics said an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis in southern Gaza killed 23, bringing total Palestinian fatalities overnight to more than 100.