The 'Israeli' occupation forces commit another massacre in the Al-Aqsa Hospital compound in Deir al-Balah. Photo: AFP
By Yousef Fares – Oct 17, 2024
The US administration and the Israeli enemy army are participating in the cover-up and obscuring of the major operation in the northern Gaza Strip, the features and objectives of which are becoming clearer day after day. The statements of US officials about the need for the enemy to rush to bring aid into the northern Gaza Strip have diverted attention from the operations of destroying the remaining urban space, leading to the elimination of any chance of restoring life in the most densely populated areas of the northern Gaza Valley.
The US is focusing its statements on how the occupation army can continue to operate without disrupting the ongoing destruction operations that have been taking place for nearly two weeks, which is to rush to bring aid into the north. However, the real issue of the matter that actually affects the future of the residents’ lives is the ongoing process of blowing up homes and the destruction of infrastructure.
Yesterday, the enemy army claimed that it had allowed 50 trucks of aid to enter the northern Gaza Strip. In reality, only 14 trucks entered, 10 of which contained flour allocated to the World Food Program, three included packages of cleaning materials and sanitary tools, while only one included food packages. Moreover, all of these trucks made their way to Gaza City, not the besieged northern governorate. Therefore, what is happening is that the United States is practicing a deception of priorities. While the food is important, what is more important is stopping the holocaust, in which the number of martyrs has exceeded 400 martyrs within 12 days, at a time when the number of habitable buildings has greatly diminished.
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The enemy’s behavior does not indicate any military objectives but, rather, the completion of the destruction
Regarding the objectives of the ongoing operation, which the enemy claims is purely military, a source in the Palestinian resistance confirmed in press statements that the enemy’s behavior does not indicate any military objectives and that the operation clearly aims to complete the destruction of residents’ homes in order to displace them. The source said, “The occupation is penetrating Jabalia camp at night, planting explosive barrels between homes, and destroying entire neighborhoods over the heads of their steadfast residents, while avoiding direct engagement with the resistance fighters during the day and positioning itself in areas fortified with earth mounds.”
On the ground, the military wings of the resistance factions continued their operations. Yesterday, both the Al-Qassam Brigades and the Al-Quds Brigades were able to carry out a successful ambush, in which they said they trapped a military force consisting of a bulldozer and two tanks, with explosive devices and anti-tank shells in the Al-Qassasib neighborhood. The Al-Qassam Military Media reported that the resistance fighters were able to detonate a building that had been previously booby-trapped by a Zionist infantry force in the Jabalia al-Balad neighborhood. The Brigades also reported that as soon as the rescue force advanced to the location, the resistance fighters detonated an anti-personnel bomb, killing and wounding its members. Additionally, It announced that its fighters were able to target the enemy forces stationed near the Turkish reservoir in the al-Amoudi neighborhood west of the Jabalia camp with mortar shells, adding that enemy gatherings in the al-Nawras resort area in Beit Lahia were targeted with mortar shells. In the city of Rafah, Al-Qassam spoke of blowing up a D9 bulldozer east of the city with a Yassin-105 shell.
For its part, the Mujahideen Brigades announced blowing up a Merkava tank with an anti-tank shell in the Al-Qassasib neighborhood. The Asifa Forces also indicated that its fighters were able to blow up another tank with an anti-tank shell.
(Al-Akhbar) by Yousef Fares with Orinoco Tribune content
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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