Palestine Information Center – December 24, 2024
Israeli genocidal war on Gaza enters day 445
In the midst of catastrophic humanitarian suffering for more than two million Palestinians — half of them children, the Israeli occupation army continued, for the 445th consecutive day, to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians in the Gaza Strip, especially in the northern areas.
Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation army carried out attacks on several homes, civilian targets and shelter centers in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, killing and injuring dozens of citizens.
The Israeli army’s large-scale genocidal campaign in northern Gaza, especially in Jabalia and Beit Lahia, has entered day 81, where its forces continue to intensively bomb homes and shelters and attack civilians while imposing a tight siege on the entire area.
Deliberate Israeli attacks on ambulance and civil defense workers already deprived northern Gaza of any rescue services.
Local sources said that four people were martyred and others were injured when the Israeli army bombed the civil defense headquarters in the Holst Cultural Center in al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City.
A citizen was also killed when an Israeli drone attacked him in the north of Rafah, south of Gaza.
More casualties were reported in other areas of Gaza following Israeli aerial, artillery and shooting attacks last night and today.
In a related context, the health ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday that the Israeli army committed three massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, and killed and injured at least 72 civilians, while a large number of victims are still under the rubble of bombed buildings or lying on roads.
https://english.palinfo.com/news/2024/12/24/331014/
Al Mayadeen – December 24, 2024
Israeli Army besiege Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza on 445th day of war
The Israeli army targeted, through continuous artillery shelling, the vicinity of the Indonesian Hospital, in addition to various areas of the city of Beit Lahia and the Beit Lahia project.
The Israeli occupation forces surrounded the Indonesian Hospital, north of the Gaza Strip, at dawn on Tuesday, and opened fire in its direction in a continued attack on healthcare facilities as they face extremely harsh conditions, particularly in the northern areas of the Strip.
As the genocide in Gaza continued for the 445th day, several Israeli army vehicles advanced to the vicinity of the hospital, coinciding with a series of raids launched by warplanes in the area.
The IOF opened heavy fire at the gate of the besieged hospital, forcing everyone inside to leave its yard.
The occupation targeted, through continuous artillery shelling, the vicinity of the Indonesian Hospital, in addition to various areas of the city of Beit Lahia and the Beit Lahia project.
In addition, the Israeli army detonated a booby-trapped robot in the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the Beit Lahia project, while continuing to blow up residential buildings in its vicinity.
The Israeli warplanes launched a violent bombardment targeting the vicinity of the al-Awda Hospital, north of the Gaza Strip, which led houses in the area to catch fire.
The occupation also carried out a massive bombardment in the south of the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, and bombed the north of the Nuseirat camp in the center of the Strip.
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-besieges-indonesian-hospital-in-northern-gaza-on-445th-d
Al Mayadeen – December 24, 2024
Israel directs diplomats to seek designation of Ansar Allah: Reuters
The Israeli FM says the US, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, the UAE, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and "Israel" regard the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement as "terrorist".
Israel has directed its embassies in Europe to work toward having the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement classified as a terrorist organization, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
Since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza, the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) have consistently launched drones and missiles at "Israel" in support of the Palestinian people and their Resistance.
They have vowed to persist with such operations against Israeli targets until the Israeli aggression on Gaza stops and the siege imposed on the Palestinian strip is lifted.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said that the Yemenis "pose a threat not only to Israel but also to the region and the entire world."
"The first and most basic thing to do is to designate them as a terrorist organization," he stated.
According to Saar, the US, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, the UAE, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and "Israel" regard Ansar Allah as "terrorists".
Earlier on Tuesday, the Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom announced that more than 20 settlers were injured while rushing to shelters following a missile launch from Yemen.
In a statement, the service said that paramedics were providing medical care to more than 20 people injured while seeking shelter, noting that there have been no reports of injuries or damage resulting from the missile launched toward central "Israel".
The Israeli occupation military said early Tuesday that a missile launched from Yemen was intercepted before it entered Israeli airspace, adding that sirens were activated due to the risk of debris from the interception.
On Monday, Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced that the YAF attacked two Israeli military targets one in occupied Yafa (Tel Aviv) and one in occupied Askalan.
According to Saree, the first operation targeted a military site in the occupied city of Askalan using a Yafa drone, which successfully hit its target.
The second operation similarly struck a military site in the occupied city of Yafa [Tel Aviv] with a Yafa drone, achieving its intended objectives, he added.
And on Saturday, a Palestine 2-typed hypersonic ballistic missile launched by the YAF struck Tel Aviv, injuring at least 20 settlers, as per Israeli media. Israeli police confirmed the missile’s impact and noted the damage caused, adding that an investigation would be launched to determine the cause of the interception failure.
'Yemen is not an ordinary enemy': Israeli media
Yemen's rockets that struck Israel on Saturday have cast a shadow over Tel Aviv and its security establishments, Israeli newspaper Maariv stated on Monday, relaying the occupation's military and security apparatus' growing concerns regarding Yemeni threats.
According to Maariv, the military and security establishment has acknowledged that the Yemeni conundrum is highly complicated, saying "Yemen is not an ordinary enemy."
Among the complications in confronting Ansar Allah and the Yemeni Armed Forces are the thousands of kilometers that separate "Israel" and Yemen, the newspaper stated, adding that Yemen's Armed Forces are dispersed across the country and are present in areas not defined on the map.
Moreover, it is challenging to defeat Yemen, Maariv further added, noting that Saudi Arabia had previously waged this war and was not able to achieve any victory, nor was it able to break its will.
According to a security source, Yemen is a challenge "Israel" has not faced before, and it did not know how to deal with it.
Amid the growing Yemeni threats, the necessity to end the war on Gaza, and the subsequent field implications, calls renewed in Tel Aviv to reopen shelters for settlers to rush to in case of alarm triggers in anticipation of more missile attacks from Yemen, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority reported.
Al Mayadeen – December 24, 2024
Agreement reached to dissolve factions, merge them under Syrian MoD
The leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmad al-Sharaa, had said that there will be no weapons in the hands of anyone other than the new Syrian state.
A meeting between the leaders of the military factions in Syria with the leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmad al-Sharaa, resulted in an agreement to dissolve all the factions and merge them under the umbrella of the Ministry of Defense, the official Syrian news agency SANA reported, citing the military operations room and sources affiliated with the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group.
Al-Sharaa said on Sunday in a press conference in Damascus with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, that there will be no weapons in the hands of anyone other than the new Syrian state, whether from the factions that led an offensive that ousted the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad or from the factions present in the regions controlled by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.
He had confirmed that all military factions will be merged into a single entity under the control of the Ministry of Defense in the new Syrian army.
Al-Sharaa also appointed Murhaf Abu Qasra, formerly known as Abu Hassan al-Hamwi, as defense minister in the interim Syrian government.
But since the fall of al-Assad's regime, the Israeli occupation military launched large-scale bombardments that destroyed for than 90% of the Syrian Army's defenses and military capabilities.
‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation
Amid the West-backed Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed more than 45,300 Palestinians so far, resistance groups in Palestine and across the region continue their operations against the Tel Aviv regime and its Western backers.
The major operations by the Palestinian and regional resistance groups on Monday, December 23, are as follows:
Al-Qassam Brigades' operations on Dec. 23:
- Targeted an Israeli army tank with a "Shawaz" bomb in the "Al-Tawam" area, northern Gaza City.
- Targeted an Israeli army force with a "TBG" shell while it was fortified inside a house, near Abu Sharkh junction, west of Jabalia al-Balad, northern Gaza Strip.
- Targeted and destroyed a Merkava tank with a self-detonating landmine in the New Camp area, north of the Nuseirat camp, central Gaza Strip.
- Targeted an Israeli military "Rebot" troop carrier and a "Merkava" tank with "Al-Yassin 105" shells and shot down a "Quadcopter" drone in the New Camp area north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
- Targeted an Israeli force that had taken refuge inside a house with an anti-personnel shell near the "Tawam" junction in northern Gaza City.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers with mortar shells in the Al-Tawam area of northern Gaza City.
- In a complex military operation, stabbed and killed three Israeli soldiers who were on a mission to protect a building in the Beit Lahia project in the northern Gaza Strip where a battalion of Israeli forces was fortified. They stormed the building and killed all members of the occupation force from point-blank range, seized their weapons, and freed a number of civilians who were detained there.
- Al-Quds Brigades' operations on Dec. 23:
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their military vehicles with regular mortar shells (60 mm caliber) at the Al-Mabhouh site east of Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
- Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades' operations on Dec. 23:
- In a joint cooperation with the Al-Quds Brigades, targeted Israeli military gatherings east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip with a barrage of 107 mm rockets.
- Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades' operations on Dec. 23:
- In a joint military cooperation with the Martyr Omar al-Qassem Forces, targeted a command and control site of the Israeli military in the so-called "Netzarim Axis" with heavy mortar shells.
- Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades' operations on Dec. 23:
- Shot down an Israeli military "quadcopter" in the vicinity of Balata camp in the city of Nablus, occupied West Bank, after targeting it directly and precisely.
- Mujahideen Brigades' operations on Dec. 23:
- Targeted a tented gathering of Israeli soldiers west of the school gate east of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip with a number of 80mm mortar shells.
- Yemeni military’s operations on Dec. 23:
- Targeted a vital Israeli military target in the occupied Ashkelon area with a Yaffa drone The operation successfully achieved its goal.
- Targeted another vital Israeli military site in Tel Aviv with a Yaffa drone.
