Israel issued new forced displacement orders in Gaza, killed another journalist and massacred more civilians at schools being used as shelters for displaced Palestinians as the genocide stretched into its 11th month.
The latest attacks on Palestinians in Gaza come amid a looming regional war following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last Wednesday and the killing of Fuad Shukr, Hizballah’s top military commander in Beirut, hours earlier.
Both Iran and Hizballah have promised significant retaliatory attacks.
Israeli officials have stayed silent over the country’s role in the killing of Haniyeh, though Tel Aviv is widely assumed responsible. Israel did admit responsibility for the killing of Shukr, who was described by Hizballah Secretary-General Hasan Nasrallah as a founding leader of the group during remarks delivered on Tuesday.
Hamas announced on Tuesday that Yahya Sinwar, the former head of the faction in Gaza who is believed to be one of the architects of the unprecedented and devastating 7 October operation dubbed al-Aqsa Flood, would be succeeding Haniyeh as head of the movement. …..more
