Israeli Forces Carry Out Deadly Raids In The West Bank Amid Gaza Truce

Al Jazeera:

Israeli forces have killed eight Palestinians, including a child, in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, taking the total number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank to 239 since October 7.

Israeli forces shot dead five Palestinians in the city of Jenin late on Saturday and early Sunday, and killed three others elsewhere in the West Bank, the ministry said on Sunday. Six other Palestinians were injured in the Israeli raid in Jenin.

The ceasefire in Gaza is holding, but a Palestinian is a Palestinian, I suppose. According to the New York Times, the ethnic cleansing of Gaza has proceeded at an historic pace:

While wartime death tolls will never be exact, experts say that even a conservative reading of the casualty figures reported from Gaza show that the pace of death during Israel’s campaign has few precedents in this century.

But the century is young. As the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza continues to worsen, the Zionists are planning to end the ceasefire and resume the ethnic cleansing of Gaza just as soon as Hamas has given up its leverage:

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi on Sunday evening approved Israeli military plans in the Gaza Strip following the conclusion of the four-day truce with Hamas, the IDF confirmed.

Thus it is unlikely that Hamas will give up all of its leverage (the hostages).

Leave a comment