Israel Katz, Israel's foreign minister, sent a letter to the UN Security Council on Friday and said Jerusalem is “running out of patience” with Iran, while accusing Tehran of increasing weapon shipments to proxies in the region.
Category: THE ISRAEL WAR – Feb 27 2024
HEZBOLLAH LAUNCH DOZENS OF ROCKETS TOWARD GOLAN IN RESPONSE TO ISRAELI STRIKES
The tit-for-tat slow-burn war between Israel and Hezbollah continued to intensify on Monday after the Lebanese group fired about 60 rockets toward the Israeli-occupied Golan.
ISRAEL CONTINUES CRACKDOWN IN THE WEST BANK
Israel continued its crackdown in the West Bank over the past few days and detained 22 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank on Friday and Saturday alone, according to Anadolu Agency.
ISRAEL SEES ECONOMY FALL BY 20 PERCENT AMID SHARP DROP IN GDP
As a result of its war, Israel’s Gross Domestic Product fell by some 20 percent in the last quarter of 2023, which has been blamed on the 300,000 reservists who have been taken away from their jobs to serve in the army.
IRAN: ATTACK ON GAS PIPELINES AN ISRAELI PLOT
Tehran confirmed last week that Israel was behind the two attacks on gas pipelines in the country earlier this month in hopes to “disturb gas service” and “put people’s gas distribution at risk.”
TRUCKS UNABLE TO DELIVER AID TO STARVING GAZANS
The UN said last week that just a small percent of humanitarian aid trucks that are intended for starving Gazans are reaching their destination as workers in the enclave report a societal breakdown because of the dire conditions.
U.S. TELLS ICJ: ISRAEL CAN KEEP ITS STEALING OF PALESTINIAN LAND
Richard Visek, the U.S. State Department’s acting legal adviser, told the International Court of Justice last week that it should not endorse the opinions by some nations that Israel should withdraw from Gaza after its massacre is complete.
HOUTHIS PREPARING FOR LONG CONFRONTATION IN RED SEA
The Yemeni Houthis, who are routinely described in the Western media as Arab throwbacks who do nothing but fire Iranian-produced missiles at container ships in the Red Sea, are preparing for a long confrontation with the West in the Red Sea, according to a report.
RUSSIA, CHINA CRITICIZE THE U.S. FOR VETOING LATEST UN CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, GIVING ISRAEL ‘LICENSE TO KILL’
Russian and Chinese diplomats took the U.S. to task last week over its third veto of a UN ceasefire resolution that would have forced Israel to end the Gaza genocide that has been ongoing since the 7 October Hamas attack that killed 1,200.
ISRAELI MISSILE ATTACKS INJURE 14 IN LEBANON AS WAR ESCALATES
Living up to his pledge to escalate the Israel war, Israeli forces increased their assaults on Lebanon last week in a series of airstrikes, including an attack that injured 14 in Ghazieh, a coastal town about 28 miles from Beirut.