October 5, 2024
International Day of Action in
Support of
Palestinian Resistance!
Massive Support for Resistance Forces
Around
the World!
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Week 52 of Brutal U.S./Zionist Crimes
• Human Toll of Israel's War of Extermination in Gaza
• Zionist Killers Attack Beirut Southern
Suburb for
12th Consecutive
Day
• U.S. Administration Urges Israeli Escalation
October 1 to 4
• Courageous Counter-Offensive by Resistance Forces
First Anniversary of Al-Aqsa Flood
• What Has Been Learned in Past Year
Week 52 of Brutal U.S./Zionist Crimes
Human Toll of Israel's War of Extermination in Gaza
October 4 marked the 363rd day of Israel's genocide against Gaza. The U.S./Zionist occupation forces have slaughtered 41,802 Palestinians and injured 96,844 in the Gaza Strip according to the latest tally by the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The numbers are likely much much higher as thousands remain either buried under the rubble or unaccounted for, due to the Zionist aggression and inability of civil defense teams to reach the victims because of the systematic destruction of their resources, equipment, and civilian infrastructure. Journalists, health care workers, UN staff and many others have also been targeted by Israel.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continue to commit massacres and acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip. They committed eight massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the 24 hours preceding October 3. In these, 99 people were killed and 169 wounded.
Eighteen Palestinians were killed and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the evening of October 3 that targeted a café in the Tulkarm refugee camp, located in the northern occupied West Bank. Israeli warplanes launched at least one missile at the café in the al-Hamam neighbourhood while several Palestinians, mainly women and children, were present.
Smoke rising from Israeli
airstrike on a cafe in Tulkarm refugee camp, October 3, 2024.
An airstrike of this kind by an Israeli fighter jet in the West Bank is unprecedented since the Second Intifada in 2000, Palestinian sources said.
"Hamas considered the Israeli aerial bombardment of the Tulkarm camp a dangerous escalation in the occupation's continuous aggression on the West Bank," Palestine Chronicle reported. The attack was more evidence of Israeli bankruptcy in light of its failure on the ground to break the resolve of the Palestinian people and their escalating resistance, Hamas said.
A comprehensive strike was announced in various governorates on October 4, to mourn those killed by the Israeli occupation army in Tulkarm refugee camp, Hamas said.
Zionist Killers Attack Beirut Southern Suburb for 12th Consecutive Day
Air strikes on Beirut,
Lebanon continue overnight October 4-5, 2024.
On October 4, for the 12th consecutive day, Israel continued its bloody war on Lebanon. At dawn on Friday, October 4, the Israeli occupation army launched the most violent bombing yet on the southern suburb of Beirut, amid news of a new assassination crime. Security sources told Reuters that the Israeli strike on the southern suburb of Beirut was larger than the one that killed Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, during which 83 bunker-buster bombs were launched. Al Jazeera Beirut bureau chief, Mazen Ibrahim, described the attack as the most powerful offensive in terms of its destructive force and the sounds of huge explosions that reached areas outside Beirut. Ibrahim added that the targeted area was a square in the Mareija area which is located in the heart of the southern suburb.
News agencies continue to report that the tanks and troops of the Zionist army are amassed at the border with Lebanon, preparing for a ground invasion. They are nonetheless thwarted by the fact that Hezbollah has 100,000 fighters ready to engage and wipe them out. Furthermore, the failure of the Zionists to wipe out Hamas and the large number of casualties the occupation forces have suffered is also a problem for their morale.
The
U.S./Zionist occupation army's large-scale offensive on Lebanon since
September 23, has so far resulted in the death of about 1,200 people
and the injury of more than 3,000 others, in addition to the
displacement of 1.2 million people inside Lebanon and to Syria.
Beirut has a population close to 2 million people and an urban population density of more than 3,500 individuals per square kilometre.
On September 23 alone at least 558 people, including 50 children and 94 women, were killed, and more than 1,800 injured by Israeli forces which are deliberately targeting civilians, ordering their evacuation from densely populated areas and declaring it is targeting terrorists.
Lebanese Health Minister Firas Alabiad announced on October 3 that the death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since October 8 of last year has risen to 1,974, with another 9,384 injured. Alabiad said at a press conference in Beirut that the Israeli onslaught has also claimed the lives of 127 children. They have killed 40 staffers of medical and emergency teams, in addition to damaging dozens of health care facilities, he added.
U.S. Administration Urges Israeli Escalation
Politico reported on September 30 that despite the Biden administration's public calls for a ceasefire in Lebanon, "White House officials privately told Israeli officials that they agreed with the plan to escalate in Lebanon and shift its focus to the north." The report, which cited U.S. and Israeli officials, said the message was delivered by Brett McGurk, the top Middle East official on the National Security Council, and Amos Hochstein, an Israeli-born veteran of the Israel Defense Forces who works as a special advisor for President Biden.
McGurk and Hochstein "relayed to their Israeli counterparts that -– while they still urged a cautious approach -– the timing was likely opportune for such a move, especially after Hezbollah had been significantly degraded in the months prior." McGurk, Hochstein, and other top U.S. officials are describing the war in Lebanon "as a history-defining moment -– one that will reshape the Middle East for the better for years to come," Politico reported.
This adds to the perception that public claims from U.S. officials that they have been seeking a ceasefire in Lebanon and working toward a diplomatic solution are a fraud.
October 1 to 4
Courageous Counter-Offensive by Resistance Forces
The united Resistance forces in Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen continue to hold their ground to defend Palestine and Lebanon. They are systematically maintaining and stepping up their operations. They are keeping Israel in check and engaging with it in ways that are causing extreme difficulty for Israel. Their courage and profound commitment to the cause of the Palestinian people and their liberation has the support of the peoples of the world in realizing this aim.
October 1 Operations
The major operations carried out by the Palestinian and regional resistance groups on Tuesday, October 1 were as follows:
Al-Qassam Brigades:
- Targeted Israeli forces in the "Netzarim" axis with a number of Rajoom rockets and heavy mortar shells.
- Targeted a Merkava tank and two D9 military bulldozers with Al-Yassin 105 shells east of Al-Fakhari, area east of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip.
- Engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli forces in the axes of invasion inside the Tulkarm refugee camp, occupied West Bank, and targeted them with a barrage of bullets.
Al-Quds Brigades:
- In a joint operation with Al-Nasser Salah Al-Din Brigades, targeted the command and control headquarters in Juhr al-Dik, east of the Central Governorate, with regular 60mm mortar shells.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades:
- Engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli forces storming the town of Burqin, west of the city of Jenin in occupied West Bank with machine guns and explosive devices.
- Engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli infantry forces on several fronts in Nablus, occupied West Bank, using weapons and explosive devices.
Martyr Omar Al-Qasim Forces:
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and military vehicles in the south of the "Netzarim" axis with mortar shells.
Hezbollah:
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces at the gate of the "Shtula" settlement with artillery shells.
- Targeted a contingent of Israeli soldiers at the "Metulla" site with artillery shells.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the "Metulla" settlement with a rocket salvo.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the "Avivim" settlement with artillery weapons.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers near the "Rosh Pinna" settlement with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the "Doviv" barracks with a Falaq-2 missile.
- As part of the "Khaybar" series operations and in response to the call "At your service, O Nasrallah," launched a Fadi-4 rocket barrage at the "Glilot" base of military intelligence Unit 8200 and the Mossad headquarters located in the suburbs of Tel Aviv.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers between the Ramtha and Samaqa sites in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Shuba hills in Lebanon with 32 Katyusha rockets.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces at the "Metulla" site with artillery shells.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the "Kfar Giladi" settlement with a barrage of Katyusha rockets.
- As part of the "Khaybar" series operations and in response to the call "At your service, O Nasrallah," launched a Fadi-4 missile barrage at the "Sde Dov" airbase in the suburbs of Tel Aviv.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces east of the Ras Naqoura naval site with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted the "Ilania" base with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the "Betzet" (Al-Basah) settlement with a salvo of Katyusha rockets.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces at the "Metulla" site with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted the Israeli artillery position in "Beit Hillel" with a rocket barrage.
Yemeni Military:
- Targeted the British oil ship Cordelia Moon in the Red Sea with eight ballistic and cruise missiles, a drone, and a drone boat, which severely damaged the ship.
- Targeted the ship Marathopolis in the Indian Ocean with a cruise missile.
- Targeted the ship again with a drone for violating the decision prohibiting entry into the ports of occupied Palestine while it was sailing in the operational area of the Yemeni Armed Forces in the Arabian Sea, northeast of the Yemeni Socotra Archipelago.
- Targeted the occupied Yaffa region with a "Yaffa" drone.
- Targeted Israeli military targets in the Umm al-Rashrash (a port city known in Israel as "Eilat") with four drones of the type "Samad 4."
Islamic Resistance in Iraq:
- Attacked three Israeli military sites in the heart of Israeli-occupied territories with a number of al-Arqab cruise missiles.
October 2 Operations
- The major operations carried out by the Palestinian and regional resistance groups on Wednesday, October 2, are as follows:
Al-Qassam Brigades:
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their military vehicles in the Al-Tannour neighborhood, east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip, with appropriate weapons.
Hezbollah:
- Targeted an Israeli infantry force that tried to infiltrate Odaisseh from the direction of Khallet Al-Mahafer with appropriate weapons, followed by fierce clashes.
- Fired a surface-to-air missile at an Israeli military helicopter in the airspace of the Beit Hillel settlement, forcing it to retreat.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the Shomera settlement with a rocket salvo.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the Shtula settlement with two Burkan missiles.
- Targeted a large Israeli infantry force in the Misgav Am settlement with rockets and artillery shells.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces and their artillery positions south of Kiryat Shmona with a rocket salvo.
- Targeted the Zar'it barracks with a salvo of Katyusha rockets.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the Avivim settlement with a large missile salvo.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the Avivim barracks with a large missile barrage.
- Targeted Israeli forces north of occupied Haifa with a large rocket salvo.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the settlement of Admit with a rocket salvo.
- Engaged in clashes with Israeli soldiers who infiltrated the town of Maroun al-Ras from the eastern side using appropriate weapons.
- Targeted the Amiad base with a large rocket salvo.
- Launched an air attack with a squadron of attack drones on Israeli military artillery positions in Neve Ziv.
- Targeted an Israeli force while it was trying to bypass the town of Yaroun from the direction of forests using explosive devices.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces between Odaisseh and Misgav with guided missiles.
- Targeted Israeli infantry force near Kfar Kila with pre-planted explosive devices followed by a barrage of machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the settlement of Abirim with a rocket salvo.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the orchards of Metula with artillery shells and missiles.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces between Misgav Am and Kfar Giladi with a missile salvo.
- Targeted three Merkava tanks with guided missiles while they were advancing toward the town of Maroun al-Ras.
- Targeted an Israeli infantry force when it attempted to infiltrate toward the town of Yaroun from the direction of the Sals Heights using explosive devices.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces with a large rocket barrage in the Ya'ara settlement.
- Targeted Israeli forces east of the town of Maroun al-Ras with a barrage of machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.
- Targeted Israeli forces with rockets while they were inside the Shtula camp.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the Afdon area, east of Nahariya, with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces with a large rocket salvo in the Rosh Pinna settlement.
Islamic Resistance in Iraq:
- Attacked three separate Israeli military sites north of the occupied Palestinian territories with a barrage of drones.
Yemeni Military:
- Targeted Israeli military sites in the heart of the Zionist entity with three Quds-5 cruise missiles.
October 3 Operations
The major operations carried out by the Palestinian and regional resistance groups on Thursday, October 3, were as follows:
Al-Nasser Salah Al-Din Brigades:
- Seized control of an Israeli military "EVO Max" reconnaissance drone while it was carrying out spying missions in the skies of the central governorate in the Gaza Strip.
Hezbollah:
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces at the "Hanita" site with artillery shells.
- Targeted the deployment of Israeli forces in the "Misgav Am" settlement with a rocket barrage.
- Detonated two explosive devices on an Israeli infantry unit attempting to infiltrate the town of Maroun Al-Ras.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the "Yir'on" settlement with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the "Kfar Giladi" settlement with a barrage of Falaq rockets.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces at the "Ramim" barracks with a barrage of Falaq rockets.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the "Misgav Am" forest with a rocket barrage.
- Repelled an attempted advance by Israeli forces at Fatima Gate using artillery shells.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces between "Shtula" and Rahib with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces near the Rahib site with two Burkan rockets.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces near the "Adamit" settlement with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted the movement of Israeli forces at the Rahib site with artillery shells.
- Targeted the occupied city of Tabariyya with a rocket barrage.
- Detonated an explosive device on a "Golani" Brigade unit in the Tartira area of Maroun Al-Ras.
- Detonated a Sijjil explosive on an advancing Israeli infantry unit attempting to infiltrate the cemetery area of Yaroun.
- Targeted gatherings of Israeli forces in the "Sasa" settlement with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces east of the "Sasa" settlement with a Falaq missile.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces west of the "Sasa" settlement with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the "Shoumera" settlement with a Falaq rocket.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the "Beit HaEmek" settlement with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the "Avivim" settlement with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted a Merkava tank in the "Netua" settlement with a guided missile.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the Thughra area near Odaisseh on the Lebanese-Palestinian border with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted the military industry base in Sakhnin in the Gulf of Akka with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the "Kfar Giladi" settlement with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted the "Metulla" site and settlement with 100 Katyusha rockets and 6 Falaq rockets.
- Targeted the occupied city of Safad with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces in the "Avivim" settlement with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted the Thaghra area and Khillat Al-Mahafir in Odaisseh on the Lebanese-Palestinian border with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted the Thaghra area and Khillat Al-Mahafir in Odaisseh on the Lebanese-Palestinian border with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted the Baghdadi site with a rocket barrage.
- As part of the "Khaybar" operations series, launched a barrage of Fadi-2 rockets targeting the "Nasher" base east of Haifa.
Yemeni Military:
- Targeted an Israeli military site in the Yaffa area (Tel Aviv) in the occupied Palestinian territories using several Yaffa drones.
October 4 Operations
The major operations carried out by the Palestinian and regional resistance groups on Friday, October 4, were as follows:
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades:
- Targeting Israeli military gatherings in Jabara, Taybeh, and "Nitzanei Oz" checkpoints, and "Avnei Hefetz" settlements in Tulkarm, occupied West Bank.
Martyr Omar Al-Qasim Forces:
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli forces south of the "Netzarim" axis with heavy mortar shells.
Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades:
- Targeted the "Kissufim" military site southeast of the central governorate with a rocket barrage.
Hezbollah:
- Targeted the "Krayot" settlement north of Haifa with a barrage of missiles.
- Targeted a Merkava tank in the vicinity of the "Al-Malikiyah" site with a guided missile.
- Targeted the occupied city of Safadwith a rocket barrage.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their military vehicles in "Sasa" with a Burkan missile.
- Targeted the Israeli artillery positions in southern "Kiryat Shmona" with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted the "Ilania" base with a barrage of rockets.
- Targeted an Israeli military gathering in the Maroun Al-Ras plain with artillery shells.
- Targeted the Ruwaisat al-Alam site in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Shuba hills with artillery shells.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in "Kiryat Shmona" with a barrage of rockets.
- Targeted the settlement of "Karmiel" with a large rocket barrage.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the settlement of "Karmiel" with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers east of "Dovev" with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted an Israeli military force while it was advancing toward Bayadir Al-Adas, west of Yaroun, with artillery shells and rockets.
- Targeted Israeli forces as they attempted to infiltrate Maroun Al-Ras with three explosive devices followed by fierce clashes.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers as they attempted to infiltrate the town of Yaroun.
- Targeted the "Nafah" base with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Al-Baghdadi site with a large rocket barrage.
-Targeted Israeli forces in the Maroun Al-Ras plain with a large rocket barrage.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of "Avivim" with a large rocket barrage.
- Targeted the "Katzrin" base with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in "Kafr Giladi" with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted the settlement of "Hatzor" with a rocket barrage.
- Targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the settlement of "Yiron" with a rocket barrage.
Islamic Resistance in Iraq:
- Targeted three Israeli military sites in three separate operations in the occupied Golan Heights and Tabariyya with a barrage of drones.
Image from video released
by Iraqi resistance on
October 4 operations
(Press TV)
First Anniversary of Al-Aqsa Flood
What Has Been Learned in Past Year
Craig Mokhiber is a renowned specialist in international human rights law. He was the Director in the New York Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) until October 28, 2023 when he announced his resignation to protest the genocide in Gaza and the inability of the UN to stop it. In an interview on the YouTube channel Jadaliyya, he discusses the moment in history which has laid bare the essence of Western power, the disenfranchisement of people and the global rise of humanity for fundamental change.
Mokhiber covers the origins of Zionism and recalls the 1975 UN resolution that Zionism is racism.
He delves into the implications for international law and says that if institutions such as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and International Criminal Court (ICC) fail to hold Israel to account they will be finished. He points out that UN institutions such as the UN Security Council (UNSC) and General Assembly need reform but the reforms which are currently being discussed would only result in the equivalent of rearranging chairs on the deck of a sinking ship. They simply do not address the actual problem, he says, adding that if these institutions cannot deal with a genocide being livestreamed in front of our eyes they will not survive.
Mokhiber underscores who bears responsibility for the genocide that is taking place. While Israel is the immediate perpetrator of genocide, complicity is also a separate crime in the UN Convention on Genocide. The U.S., Germany, UK and others are actively complicit by providing arms, intelligence, diplomatic and media support and sustaining the Israel genocide in myriad ways. Western media organizations are also complicit under the international genocide convention.
Mokhiber decries the fact that conceptions inherent to "settler colonialism" and racism are now seen to be "Western values." Israel is promoted as the expression of Western values. Human rights are for "us," who espouse "Western values," not for the "others," who are standing up against the genocide.
In the face of this genocide "Western values" are seen for what they are and they will never recover from it, Mokhiber points out.
Mokhiber points out that the corporate media is legally accountable too under the genocide convention. Any attempt to claim that they do not know what is happening is not credible, he says. They are consciously misrepresenting, denying, disinforming which makes them legally accountable and complicit. He references historical precedents established during the Nuremberg Trials and Rwanda Genocide Trials.
In terms of what comes next, Mokhiber says that in the immediate term the situation is headed toward more terror, more horrific violence. The movement for Palestinian freedom, for an end to genocide, end to apartheid is growing and it will prevail. Where it heads in the long term is yet to be seen. The proposal for a two-state solution is in reality finished, he says. There is nothing left for a two-state solution which cannot resolve any of the key questions such as the rights of the Palestinian nation, the right of return, compensation, and many more basic matters.
The Resistance Movement is the most important development and trend today which insists on new international law which holds the perpetrators of genocide accountable.
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