Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone until the End of 21 May 2024
🔹In the northern #GazaStrip, Israeli forces have blocked two medical facilities and are fighting in Jabaliya. At the same time, air strikes by the Israeli Air Force continue in Gaza and the surrounding area.
🔹In the south of the Enclave, in the area of #Rafah, fighting is also taking place. There are no recorded advances by the IDF, and artillery and aviation do not stop operating in areas controlled by the Palestinians.
🔹In the #WestBank, Israeli security forces carried out several raids, and in #Jenin there have been clashes since the early morning, with local factions of the Palestinian resistance detonating several IEDs.
🔹On the border with #Lebanon, the exchange of strikes between the #IDF and #Hezbollah continues. Despite the liquidation of another field commander last evening, the number of shellings does not yet allow us to talk about an escalation.
🔹In #Yemen's airspace, the Houthis shot down another MQ-9 Reaper. The footage showed the defeat and fall of the UAV. This is the second shot down in May and the fifth since the escalation began on October 7.
Tara Kangarlou, global affairs journalist, author of "The Hearthbeat of Iran" and adjunct professor at Georgetown University speaks to France24's Mark Owen. She says that the Islamic regime in #Iran is a system in which presidents and officials are replaceable. She adds that the deaths of president Ebrahim #Raisi and foreign minister Hossein #Amirabdollahian will not deter Iran from pursuing its goals in the region. #Israel#Hamas#Houthis#Gaza#Hezbollah
After 75 years of failure, one would imagine that a people would learn what works and what doesn’t, both from their own experience, as well as the experience of others.
As happened 30 and 50 years before, in the months after #CampDavid and well into the #SecondIntifada, the rhetoric was as militant as ever, and triumphalist too.
Less-moderate voices hoped that violence could replicate #Hezbollah’s success in forcing a full #Israeli withdrawal from #Lebanon without Israel receiving anything in return
Sayyed Nasrallah to Israelis: To return North, end war on Gaza
"Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah affirmed that the Lebanese front continues...its operations in support of the Resistance in the Gaza Strip and imposes its own rules of engagement"
"...there is no solution for the Northern front without a ceasefire in Gaza"
He also pointed out that "Netanyahu wants to invade Rafah to escape the image of defeat."
"Then there’s Netanyahu, whose political career should have ended in disgrace seven months ago when he failed to foresee and prevent the devastating Oct. 7 attack on Israel."
"Netanyahu also faces a probable conviction on corruption charges and even possible jail time if he loses office, not to mention an official inquiry into his pre-war actions that would destroy what remains of his reputation. This is not a man who will act in the higher interests of the nation" - Dyer
"#Netanyahu will run for prime minister in the next election, and is certain he can win
The prime minister is confident his hostage deal offer will silence critics while removing troublesome far-right elements from his government..."
@RememberUsAlways@palestine@israel I had the same chat with my wife last night. She is a Peacenik & the idea of using violence goes against her spiritual ethics. I get that. But she’s not #jewish and never learned this culturally as I did.
I explained that there’s no negotiations with those who cannot accept your existence.