B’Tselem, the Israeli human rights group, said in a 249-page report published on Tuesday that Tel Aviv is working to erase Palestinian life in the West Bank far more obviously than before the Hamas attack in 2023, and said its effort relies heavily on “cooperation between official state authorities and settler militias operating in the West Bank with state backing and support,” according to a report in Haaretz.
A group of ‘rogue’ Israeli ‘settlers’ (land-stealers) have been harassing Palestinians living in the West Bank and have been using rudimentary intimidation tactics to get these residents to the point where they decide to pick up and move, according to a report last week in The Wall Street Journal.
The IDF was once considered a secular institution in Israel, but in recent years, religious fanatics have gained a foothold in the Israeli military, according to a report in the Financial Times.
Israel has killed at least 73,789 Palestinians inside Gaza since 7 October 2023, and another 174,798 people have been injured.
About a week and a half before Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the group was planning a “major operation” and that Tel Aviv should be prepared, but the Israeli leader “did nothing,” Haaretz reported, citing a new book “Hostages: 843 Days of Abandonment.”
Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese president, called out Israel for its “repeated violations” of the ceasefire that was announced in June and warned that Tel Aviv’s latest attack on a government building and hospital inside the country could lead to a “dangerous escalation,” according to the Financial Times.