U.S.-backed IDF militants were captured on video last week driving a military jeep with an injured Palestinian man strapped to the vehicle’s hood, in the latest embarrassment for what Israeli Prime Minister refers to as the “world’s most moral army.”
Bezalel Smotrich, the extremist Israeli settler and country’s finance minister, said in an audio that Israel is carrying out a “mega-dramatic” effort to prevent the West Bank from becoming a part of a Palestinian state and that will enable his country to seize authority over the entire region—in a scheme that will avoid international scrutiny.
Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, said last week that his group has the capability to hit any target it wants in Israel should an all-out war break out.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces new protests at home to end the Gaza genocide and bring home the hostages, criticized the U.S. for withholding weapons, prompting the White House to call out his comments and insist it gave him all he needed to kill starving Palestinians.
Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, the IDF spokesman, admitted to an Israeli broadcaster last week that a total defeat of Hamas is not possible, angering Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has said that is one of his chief goals of the war.
With over 40,000 Palestinians killed by Israel since October—70 percent of them women and children—Israeli forces continued their slaughter last week, carrying out deadly shelling attacks that killed at least 25 people in Rafah and injured at least 50, according to Euronews.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview on Sunday that he will not agree to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas is completely eliminated, which even his own military said is an impossible task.
Gaza has become a “lawless wasteland” after eight months of punishment from Israel in response to the Hamas attack in October, Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary-general, said.