Middle East Report 002-- Gaza, the Blockade

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Middle East Report 002-- Gaza, the Blockade

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#Israel Blockade #Gaza 10/13/23/0715PDT: Suspending disbelief, acting on instinct, revenge and emotion, the IDF order to evac Northern Gaza reflects command disarray--what next--in the #IsraelPalestineConflict? Initial bombardment a major tactical error. https://newsweek.com/gaza-evacuation-map-israel-idf-hamas-1834471

#Israel Blockade 10/13/23/0000EDT: CEIC stats show nearly 400K autos registered in "Palestine." If each car had max 5 gallons, total=2M, @ 10% alone, availability in fuel tanks=200K possible fuel in territory, eve of #Gaza Op Iron Swords, Day of Jihad.

https://ceicdata.com/en/indicator/palestinian-territory-occupied/number-of-registered-vehicles##Israel 10/11/23/0820PDT: "US Democrats are fuelling a brutal Israeli revenge on #Gaza" (Plitnick). Biden says "sheer evil", sends in the fleet; Tlaib waves the flag in the hall; US politicians more outraged than those in the fight. #Gaza_under_attack

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-palestine-war-gaza-us-democrats-fuelling-brutal-revenge

#Gaza, the Blockade 10/10/23/1311PDT: Power Plant, the Strip--intelrep007: "The fuel required to run the power plant is funded by Qatar, purchased from Israel, and transported to Gaza via Kerem Shalom Crossing." https://gisha.org/en/fourth-turbine-temporarily-activated/… https://google.com/maps/@31.4547556,34.4016857,218m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu

#PalestineWar , the Siege 10/10/23/1300PDT: The Gisha Report on Op Cast Lead & destruction of #Gaza infrastructure by #Israel, 2009: Water supply, sanitation, health care. https://gisha.org/UserFiles/File/publications_/Infrastructures_Report_Aug09_Eng.pdf

#PalestineUnderAttack, the Blockade10/10/23/1230PDT: Envoy in Indonesia Criticizes US Financial Support for #Israel_under_attack

https://jakartaglobe.id/news/palestinian-envoy-in-indonesia-criticizes-us-financial-support-for-israel

#Gaza, the Blockade 10/10/23/1200PDT: "seven decades of war and conflict between Israelis and Palestinians" Dawn/Pakistan..reporting on the #HamasAttacks and #IsraelPalestineWar

https://www.dawn.com/news/1780340/israel-palestine-war-origin-of-conflict-peace-efforts-and-proposed-solutions

#Gaza, the Blockade 10/10/23/1215PDT: The West and areas of the Global South divided over #Palestine, Le Monde, Paris. rf: #HamasTerrorism

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/10/10/the-west-and-areas-of-the-global-south-divided-over-palestine_6162359_4.html

#Gaza, the Blockade 10/10/23/1215PDT: EU swivels on aid to #Palestine, humanitarian aid endangered for scores of civilians in the crossfire of #Israeli siege., v. #HamasTerrorism . EU Commission had to hastily backtrack after being criticized by members.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/10/10/the-eu-backtracks-on-announcement-about-suspending-aid-to-palestine_6161227_4.html

#Gaza, The Siege 10/10/23/1200PDT: Headline: "UN says total siege prohibited under international law" Dawn/Pakistan today, "the obligation to take constant care to spare the civilian population" #IsraelPalestineWar on the threshhold.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1780335/israel-pounds-gaza-with-deadly-airstrikes-as-un-says-total-siege-prohibited-under-international-law

#Gaza Blockade 10/10/23/1200PDT: The Iron Wall reviewed, Le Monde, Paris--France response, #NATO member, tepid, reserved, many rally for #Palestine.. in spite of #HamasTerrorism .. https://lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/10/10/the-gaza-strip-blockade-explained-in-one-map_6162224_4.html

#Israel_under_attack Sitrep 001 10/10/23/11130PDT: Op Cast Lead 2009: The Daily Telegraph, 01 January 2009, page 13, "Attack on #Gaza"-- Apparently, "Rules of Engagement," meant little in last effort.

#Israel IntelRep004 10/10/23/1100PDT: Price gouging, #Gaza police return to duty, al-Qassam moonlighters killed, gut the Strip security forces, creating additional tactical nightmare for IDF during Op Cast Lead. LA Times, 01 January 2009, Page A5.

#Israel IntelRep003 10/10/23/1100PDT: Operation Cast Lead into #Gaza 31 December 2008: "Israeli army chiefs had recommended a 48-hour cease fire .."

#Israel IntelRep002 10/10/1100PDT: "...attack motivated by security only." Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec 2008, page 11A: #Gaza operation 2008-09.

#Israel IntelRep001 10/10/23/1045PDT: : "Hamas’ military forces in #Gaza were comprised mainly of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, but also of other forces making up the so-called 'internal security' apparatus" https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/israelgaza-operation-cast-lead

#IsraelPalestineWar 10/10/23/1030PDT: "Hamas does not separate its civilian and military activities in the manner in which a legitimate government might." Law of Armed Conflict notes: #Gaza Operation 2008. https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/israelgaza-operation-cast-lead

#IsraelPalestineWar 10/10/23/1010PDT: A page from the last major assault by the IDF, #Gaza Operation, (2008-09) against Hamas, int'l implications, armed conflict law, rules of engagement, etc: fwd.. #BenjaminNetanyahu , cc. #IsraelatWar https://casebook.icrc.org/case-study/israelgaza-operation-cast-lead

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Middle East Report 002-- Gaza, the Blockade

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