At least 100 Israeli settlers, wearing masks and with the support of IDF troops, rampaged through the West Bank town of Jit last week—killing one Palestinian and injuring others in what was seen as the latest atrocity committed by Israelis against 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 continues to deny any previous intelligence about a major Hamas attack before 7 October despite a new report that he was warned in four different documents about increased risks because of political upheaval.
The World Central Kitchen said last week that it wants an independent commission to investigate Israel’s bombing of the food convoy because it would be impossible for the IDF to investigate itself fairly.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stern warning last week and said only Israel is allowed to kill who it wants and inflict damage on other countries after its high-profile attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria last Monday.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres took the unusual step on Sunday to criticize Israel for the “heartbreaking” death toll in Gaza, stating that the military operations there “have spread mass destruction and killed civilians on a scale unprecedented” during his tenure as head of the world body.
Israeli forces were seen last week driving bulldozers in cemeteries across Gaza to excavate bodies and said rescuing hostages and finding and returning their bodies was a key element of their mission in the coastal enclave.
Israeli forces withdrew from the occupied West Bank city of Modi’in Illit after violent clashes with the city’s ultra-Orthodox Peleg Yerushalmi sect, which is opposed to mainstream Zionism and cooperation with the Jewish state, i24News reported.
The Biden administration, which has fully supported Israel’s genocide in Gaza, has also provided the IDF with intelligence despite insisting that it did not participate in Israel’s “target development.”