Israel cuts off Gaza aid to pressure Hamas to accept new ceasefire proposal

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  1. According to an article by ABC News,

    *An Israeli source told ABC News that “the Israeli decision to halt aid into Gaza was coordinated with the Trump administration.”*

    Israel block on Gaza aid coordinated with Trump administration, Israeli source says
    https://abcnews.go.com/International/israel-blocks-aid-gaza-hamas-ceasefire-phase-1/story?id=119338884

    It also comes as the Trump administration approves a major nearly $3 billion arms sale to Israel.

    *In a series of notifications sent to Congress late Friday, the State Department said it had signed off on the sale of more than 35,500 MK 84 and BLU-117 bombs and 4,000 Predator warheads worth $2.04 billion. Using the same justification, the department also said Rubio had approved another munitions sale to Israel worth $675.7 million to be delivered starting in 2028. In addition, it said Rubio had approved the emergency sale of D9R and D9T Caterpillar bulldozers worth $295 million.*

    Trump administration approves major nearly $3 billion arms sale to Israel
    https://apnews.com/article/israel-arms-sale-gaza-bombs-3dcb519c65978c7598e42b3742547e9b

  2. Classic Israel move, between this and the move to ask the US to allow RUSSIAN bases on Syria to deter against a NATO country and asking a sovereign nation to rescind military sovereignty over part of its terrirory, Israel is showing more and more its evil behaviour

  3. Icy-Magician-8085 on

    Blatantly committing international crimes and holding an entire population hostage for political concessions.

  4. Bibi is not who I want to be representing the Jewish state. He’s doing us no favors with this evil bullshit

  5. city-of-stars on

    Unfortunately [the first phase of the ceasefire went so poorly](https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-ceasefire-hostages-deadline-78144c35a63d6531166bab8edb15bc3b) this was almost inevitable heading into the second phase.

    > The first phase of the ceasefire has only deepened the mistrust on both sides.

    > Hamas has accused Israel of violating the ceasefire by killing dozens of people who the army said had approached its forces or entered unauthorized areas. It also accused Israel of dragging its feet on the entry of mobile homes and equipment for clearing rubble, which entered late last week, and of beating and abusing Palestinian prisoners prior to their release.

    > Israelis were shocked to see the captives — some of whom were emaciated — paraded before crowds upon their release. After returning to Israel, hostages said they were held under harsh conditions.

    > Last Thursday, Hamas handed over coffins it said held the remains of Shiri Bibas and her two small children, who it said were killed in an Israeli airstrike. But Israel said a forensic investigation showed the two children were killed by their captors, and that the third body was a Palestinian woman. Hamas later released another body that was confirmed to be the mother.

    > On Saturday, Hamas further infuriated Israel by filming two hostages who were forced to watch the release of others. In the footage Hamas released, the hostages turn to a camera and beg to be released. Israel then delayed the release of hundreds of prisoners.

  6. AMagicalKittyCat on

    Again we learn just how much pressure from Biden and international politics kept Israel from committing a bunch of even worse atrocities. I remember all those comments trying to say the ICC was wrong because Bibi and the Israeli right still let some aid through, as if it wasn’t obvious to all the outside observers much of that allowance was rarely by choice.

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