More than 15,000 children killed in Gaza since tensions escalated — Red Crescent
According to the latest data from the Gaza Health Ministry, more than 35,200 Palestinians were killed and more than 79,100 injured during the Israeli military operation in the enclave. https://tass.com/world/1789135Rumor is that this boondoggle will later become the entry to the Ben Gurion Canal, to bypass the Suez Canal under Israeli control. US completes aid pier at Gaza beach
The US military has completed work on a temporary pier to allow additional aid deliveries into Gaza, the Pentagon announced in a statement on Thursday. Meanwhile, the flow of aid into the besieged enclave is still being throttled by Israel’s refusal to open border checkpoints.
The pier was anchored to the beach in Gaza on Thursday morning, US Central Command, which oversees American military operations in the Middle East, said in a statement.
“As part of this effort, no US troops entered Gaza,” the statement read. “Trucks carrying humanitarian assistance are expected to begin moving ashore in the coming days. The United Nations will receive the aid and coordinate its distribution into Gaza.”
https://www.rt.com/news/597747-us-aid-pier-gaza/Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said additional troops will join the Rafah operation in southern Gaza.
“Additional troops will join the ground operation in Rafah. Several tunnels in the area have been destroyed,” he said in a statement released by his office.
Gallant made the statement after travelling to an area near Rafah on May 15 to assess the situation. https://tass.com/world/1789211Netanyahu Could Fire Defense Chief As Public Spat Erupts Over Gaza ‘Day After’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is at odds with his own defense minister Yoav Gallant after Gallant said in a Wednesday televised address that the Israeli leader must take “tough decisions” on Gaza’s ‘day after’ the war ends. Gallant came out very strongly against any scenario that leaves Israel in charge of overseeing the Gaza Strip. He called for advancing non-Hamas Palestinian governance, which would of course mean the Palestinian Authority (PA, which is made up primarily of Fatah), along with international backing.
Times of Israel highlighted that “The public comments, seen as the most direct political challenge to Netanyahu from within his government since the start of the war, sparked an angry backlash among members of the coalition, who urged Netanyahu to fire the defense minister.”
What made matters worse is that just a few hours prior to Gallant issuing his direct challenge, Netanyahu asserted publicly that any discussions of the “day after” Hamas in Gaza are meaningless until the terror group is defeated. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/netanyahu-could-fire-defense-chief-public-spat-erupts-over-gaza-day-after-hamasNetanyahu Says Israel Can ‘Win’ Fight Against Hamas in Gaza Without US Help https://sputnikglobe.com/20240516/netanyahu-says-israel-can-win-fight-against-hamas-in-gaza-without-us-help-1118466870.html
