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Israel considering arming Gazan civilians to secure aid transfers — report By REUTERS and TOI STAFF
Secure distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza continues to be a problem, as public order crumbles and international pressure on Israel mounts
8 March 2024, 6:49 pm – Israeli officials have discussed arming some civilians in Gaza to provide security protection for aid convoys into the besieged enclave, as part of wider planning for humanitarian supplies after fighting ends, the Israel Hayom daily reported on Friday.
With civil order increasingly strained in Gaza and Hamas-backed municipal police refusing to provide security to convoys because of the risk of being targeted by Israeli forces, the issue of secure distribution of supplies has become a major problem.
The potential civilians to be armed would not be linked to terrorist groups including Hamas but it remained unclear who they might be, the newspaper said. It said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had postponed a decision on the issue.
[Ed.: We must assume responsibility for our own meshuganism! Only we are to blame for our own idiocy.]
ENGLISH STATEMENT BY THE IDF SPOKESPERSON, REAR ADMIRAL DANIEL HAGARI:
“Hamas has been misappropriating humanitarian aid, diverting resources intended for Gaza’s civilians towards Hamas terrorist leaders instead. In partnership with the United States and CENTCOM, we are orchestrating a temporary floating pier to facilitate the delivery of additional humanitarian aid to Gaza. Our commitment to humanitarian efforts persists alongside our ongoing measures to dismantle Hamas’ military capabilities and secure the release of our hostages.”
For the full translation of the statement by the IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, you can visit: https://www.idf.il/184685
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🔸CEASEFIRE – Hamas’s terms basically seem to be ‘end the war, leave Gaza, release our mass murderers, and MAYBE we’ll return some hostages”. The U.S. has been PUSHING Israel very hard to come up to the edge of those terms, Israel gave a lot but it appears Hamas hasn’t budged.
Current analysis says Hamas is hoping to rile up the Arab world by keeping it going over Ramadan.
🔸JUDEA-SAMARIA (West Bank) – Hamas is already releasing Ramadan propaganda to hopefully rile up both the Arab public and the various militant groups in Judea-Samaria and hopefully cause serious attacks either into Jewish towns or into Israel proper. The IDF has been very active raiding militants in the major Arab cities for the past months, with counter-terror battles nightly – hopefully having suppressed and redirected the militants (if not outright capturing or killing them).
🔸LEBANON – increasing power tit-for-tat attacks continue, with the IDF bombing Hamas sites in southern Lebanon villages hourly, and Hezbollah firing rocket barrages of 20-60 rockets per round.
Rumor are Home Front Command wants to start a campaign to inform the public to PREPARE PREPARE PREPARE, but there is concern it will cause PANIC and possibly cause the enemy to react.
Home Front Instructions (open the Q&A’s at the bottom) (only available in Israel)
Home Front supply instructions: https://www.oref.org.il/12490-15903-en/Pakar.aspx
Home Front prepare your home instructions: https://www.oref.org.il/12490-15902-en/Pakar.aspx
🔸GAZA – The IDF continues working through Khan Yunis neighborhoods and tunnels building by building. Hamas is primarily limited to the last Gaza Strip city of Rafah – which the IDF is somewhat leaving alone but is air striking Hamas leadership locations and operations locations, but warning to evacuate first in some cases. IDF attacks include blowing up buildings and, in some cases, neighborhoods when they’ve been used as attack platforms.
🔸HOSTAGES – Hamas says 7 were murdered. No reason, but also no evidence.
🔸AID – the aid story is getting weird. Aid protestors have successfully slowed aid, such that the US and Jordan (and others) are now air dropping aid – – which has had drop failures effectively bombing people with aid and killing them while claiming the failure is not them.
The Gazans are complaining about the air dropped aid: the instructions are in English, some is expired, it is not to their taste, the portions are too small, it’s cat food.
The US has said they are going to build an instant-port, to deliver aid by sea – and aid is prepping and loading on ships in Cyprus, but the US has also said they’re going to do this without US forces entering Gaza, by deploying 1,000 US soldiers to:
“Deploy a floating pier and causeway. The aid will be driven into Gaza by vetted U.S. partners and not American troops. The U.S. military will work to ensure proper security measures are in place on the ground and will take precautions to protect its troops offshore.”
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Since security is the issue, with most aid trucks being attacked and looted or hijacked by Hamas, the goals seem impossible. And who are these ‘U.S. partners’ who are going to go into Gaza?
🔸PROPAGANDA – the new propaganda item is “Gaza children dying by dehydration” since “Gaza starvation” is starting to lose traction.
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