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The Israeli army did deploy its so-called Hannibal Directive, which allows the military to use all necessary force to prevent the capture of soldiers, during the October 7 Hamas-led attacks on Israel, resulting in the loss of both civilian and military lives, an investigation by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz has found. Here is what we know so far: What is the Hannibal Directive and how did it come about? For nearly two decades, military censorship kept the directive, also known as the Hannibal Procedure or Hannibal Protocol, under wraps. It allows the Israeli military to use any force necessary to…

Deir el-Balah, Gaza – Rima Khamis, a 34-year-old mother of three, had just gotten to her parents’ house for a visit on Sunday evening. She lived in the north of Gaza City and had come to the Daraj neighbourhood in the centre to see her sick mother. Then Israeli orders to leave Daraj, Tuffah and the Old City came like a thunderclap, sowing panic everywhere. ‘Just started running’ “I started trying to call my husband to tell him what happened, to no avail,” Rima told Al Jazeera over phone messages. Not knowing what was going to happen, she grabbed her…

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Israeli army evacuation orders causing ‘continuous displacement’ for almost 2 million in Gaza, with even sick and injured forced to flee hospitals, says Red Crescent. Source link

Beryl made landfall near Texas town on Monday, posing problems for the heart of the US energy sector.The Texas energy industry was evaluating the impact from Hurricane Beryl after the powerful storm lashed the United States’ Gulf Coast, closing key shipping ports and hitting the oil refining and production sectors. Beryl made landfall near the coastal town of Matagorda, Texas, on Monday morning, packing maximum sustained winds of 129km/h (80mph) and posing problems for the heart of the country’s energy sector. The storm had strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane before landfall, but was downgraded to a tropical storm mid-morning…

Hamas says escalating Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip are not helping negotiations to end the war and has accused Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of creating obstacles to the talks. In a statement on Monday, Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh warned that the “catastrophic consequences of what is happening in Gaza” could “reset the negotiation process to square one”. Netanyahu and his army will bear “full responsibility for the collapse of this path”, Hamas quoted Haniyeh as saying. The statement said Haniyeh made “urgent contact” with mediators Qatar and Egypt over the expanding actions of the Israeli military, which issued…

Agents checked 35 passengers per second as travel surged to a new high on Sunday, July 7.More than three million people passed through United States airport security on Sunday, the first time that number of passengers have been screened in a single day as travel surges, according to the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The record, which was widely predicted to happen at some point over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, topped the June 23 mark of more than 2.99 million screened passengers. Eight of the 10 busiest days in TSA’s history have come this year as the number…

Israel invaded Rafah on May 6 promising a “limited” operation against Hamas fighters, but two months on, the southern-most city has been turned into a dust-covered ghost town. The Associated Press photojournalist was among the first foreign journalists allowed into the Palestinian city, which sheltered most of Gaza’s more than two million people displaced by Israel’s devastating war. Israel has barred international journalists from entering Gaza independently. More than 150 Palestinian journalists, who have been reporting from the ground, have been killed in Israeli attacks, making it one of the deadliest conflicts for journalists. Abandoned, bullet-ridden apartment buildings have blasted…

NewsFeedForcibly displaced Palestinians have been fleeing areas under bombardment in Gaza City after the Israeli army issued an order for them to leave their neighbourhoods.Published On 8 Jul 20248 Jul 2024 Source link

Deal also signals rise of new power player, David Ellison, Skydance founder and son of Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison.The entertainment giant Paramount will merge with Skydance, closing out a decades-long run by the Redstone family in Hollywood and injecting desperately needed cash into a legacy studio that has struggled to adapt to a shifting entertainment landscape. The companies announced their agreement to merge late on Sunday. They laid out a two-step process through which Skydance and its partners will acquire National Amusements, which holds the Redstone family’s controlling stake in Paramount, for $2.4bn in cash. Skydance will subsequently merge with…

Al-Mawasi used to be a rare beauty spot on the otherwise overcrowded coast of the Gaza Strip. Stretching for about 12km (7.5 miles) between Khan Younis and Rafah, it was one of the most magnificent beach areas, with rolling golden sand dunes. Its beautiful landscape, breathtaking sunsets and a calming sea breeze made it a popular spot for families. But al-Mawasi, the serene beach spot, is no more. Israel’s genocide has transformed it from an area of recreation to an area of endless horror. In late October, as Israeli planes rained bombs and missiles all across the Gaza Strip, the…