Israel Katz, the head of the IDF, said last week that Tel Aviv will begin evicting Gazans and annex parts of the enclave if Hamas continues to hold the remaining hostages—stating that the longer the group continues to keep the hostages, the “more territory, it will lose and be annexed to Israel.”
The IDF carried out “genocidal acts” by intentionally targeting women’s healthcare facilities across Gaza and by using rape and other forms of sexual violence to “dominate, oppress and destroy the Palestinian people in whole or in part,” according to a newly released UN report.
Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister who landed the role because he is a puppet for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Wednesday that his forces are “prepared to stay in Syria for an unlimited amount of time”—because of security concerns.
Israel continued last week to assert itself militarily in the southern region of Syria amid the security vacuum left behind after the fall of Bashar al-Assad and the chaos that has resulted in Damascus and across the northern part of the country—seeing an opportunity to extend its borders and influence in the region.
The Israeli effort to turn the West Bank into Gaza 2.0 is reportedly taking hold as the IDF turned three of the region’s refugee camps in Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams into something equivalent to what you’d see in northern Gaza.
Israel Katz, the Israeli defense head and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu loyalist, said the Trump administration approved of Tel Aviv’s plans to keep troops in the southern region of Lebanon, violating his country’s ceasefire with Hezbollah.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that he will “not allow” any Syrian force—whether it be the new army or Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)—to enter the region “south of Damascus,” while reaffirming his position that the IDF will not be pulled from the southern region of the fractured country any time soon.
Israel has intensified its crackdown in the West Bank that has resulted in the displacement of at least 26,000 Palestinians—claiming that these operations have targeted terror cells within the territory.
What we had previously reported, going back to October 2023, is now finally being admitted by Israel.
The fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel remains in place, as tens of thousands of Gazans return to their homes throughout the enclave that have been reduced to rubble.