32 Palestinians were killed, of which 6 children and 210 were wounded by #Israel's bombing of #Gaza following the Israeli initial beginning of the round of violence, assassinating Tayseer al-Jaabari.
Gaza Electric power plant has ceased working and hospitals may stop in 72 hours.
#Israel closed the two crossing into #Gaza, Karm Abu Salem and Beit Hanoun, imposing a siege on the city which could push Hamas to join the fight, overtly, initiated by #Israel.
#Israel is offering the possibility to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad to prove that it is equal to #Hamas in #Gaza in confronting the Israeli army, conducting and leading the highly organised retaliation against many Israeli settlements and cities.
#Israel is lying when saying tt it has eliminated all the Islamic Jihad military leaders.
Proof: Missiles r still launched regularly & the next hours and days will confirm that the Israeli army is spreading false information to justify its incompetence, assassination & killing.
Indeed, at 15:19 local time, 59 settlements were hit simultaneously, indicating that the Islamic JJihad leadership is leading the war imposed by #Israel with high coordination and harmony with all ground forces in #Gaza.
At 16:00 local time, Palestinian Jihad launched 130 rockets against #Israeli settlements following the #Israel war imposed on #Gaza.
#Israel begged #Egypt for a cease-fire this evening, submitted to the Islamic Jihad (PIJ) conditions by opening the crossing into #Gaza, allowing food, medicine & fuel supply, & releasing the PIJ leaders arrested in the last days from jail. The Palestinian answer is still on hold
#Israel considers it has reached its objectives, therefore the political leadership is afraid of losing more men and blocking the financial wheel in Tel Aviv tomorrow. This is why the Israeli are pushing for an immediate cease-fire.
The usual problem is the following: Who can guarantee any agreement with #Israel? Nobody and no country can because Israel has violated every single agreement with the Palestinians. Israel doesn't consider itself, like the #US, accountable. Therefore, everything is permitted.
No cease-fire in the next hours because the untrustworthy and unaccountable #Israel is not offering any guarantee. Let's see if Yair Lapid will bend sooner than later.
#Israel will say that it has achieved its objectives by killing 41 Palestinians, incl 16 children + 320 wounded. Killing children is not new for Israel which offered the Islamic Jihad unusual popular support especially when Jerusalem, Ben Gurion airport & Tel Aviv were hit.
Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziad al-Nakhala, from #Tehran#Iran (significant) where he was visiting officials this week, holds a press conference now.
Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziad al-Nakhala said, "Egypt & the UN did everything to reach a ceasefire requested by #Israel that agreed to the Jihad's conditions with Egyptian guarantee that the two prisoners, one to the hospital and to his home in a week and the other later".
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#Israel started the round of violence in #Gaza, assassinating Tayseer al-Jaabari, aware that the Palestinians will retaliate to impose deterrence. If the Palestinians don't respond to the Israeli violation of all international laws, it will assassinate another and then another +
Immediately after, #Israel runs to the #US asking for moral support so no other western country dares to condemn the Israeli aggression.
2d step: Israel runs under #Qatar & #Egypt skirts asking 4mediation so it can get away w/ its murder of 12 pple including a 5-year-old child +
3d step: #Israel sent a message to #Hamas, trying to drive a wedge between the Palestinian groups by saying that the battle is only with the Jihad. But #Israel is unaware that the Palestinians are united and understands its dirty tricks.+
#Ukraine, #UN, #Turkey & #Russia will sign a deal (separately) to export the Ukrainian & Russian wheat to the world. The reason why, if the deal is respected by the west, the food security will be eased is only because the west has lifted the sanctions on Russian wheat transport+
#Russia produced 24% of the world wheat, the largest worldwide, double of the #US and #Canada. While #Ukraine produces 8%, the fifth after #France (10%). The West imp[osed sanctions on the Russian shipping companies & SWIFT, preventing countries in need to pay for the Wheat +
The West has used the misguiding narrative that #Ukraine is the "world food basket", a ridiculous and ignorant narrative. Ukraine protected its shore with mines and #Russia agreed to allow the export of Ukrainian wheat if the West allows Russian wheat to meet world domands.+
The Nord Stream 1, the biggest single pipeline under the Baltic sea carrying 55 billion cubic metres/year of #Russia gas to #Germany, starts annual maintenance today until 21 July, with flows expected to stop for 10 days. There are worried the shut-down might be extended.
In previous years, the annual maintenance on Nord Stream 1 has lasted around 10-12 days and has finished on time. It is not uncommon for additional faults to be detected during routine maintenance at pipelines or gas infrastructure and operators can prolong outages if necessary.
If #Germany loses its #Russia gas, the effect will be felt on the whole of NW #Europe. If the maintenance period is extended it will throw EU plans to fill storage for winter into disarray & a gas crisis would prompt emergency measures from gov & painfully high bills 4 consumers.
It took less than expected. #Turkey managed in its Bazar negotiation and the #US approved today the selling of Jet fighters to Ankara and to modernise the Turkish Air Force. +
There r 40 US F-16V fighter jets (the latest version of the F-16 Fighting Falcon Family), upgrade kits spare parts for the #US F-16s jets (that make up the Turkish AF fleet), and the “Patriot” defence system- that #Turkey needs. +
The #US stopped exporting what Turkey required due to the sanctions following its procurement of the Russian S-400 air defence system. Moreover, Turkey was removed from the 5th-generation fighter aircraft F-35 Lightning II development project, for which Turkey paid $1.4 billion.+
We live in a world where if U disagree w/ mainstream media & warmongers leaders - who sanction entire populations around the globe (#Venezuela, #Iran, #Cuba, #Syria, #Lebanon, #Russia#Yemen#Palestine) advocate 4 weapons delivery to kill more humans - U r complicit in genocide.
The US is primarily responsible for the war in #Ukraine & pushed its policy to the point tt #Russia feels threatened by @NATO on its borders
#US & the #EU are committed to defeating Russia and r not interested in a diplomatic solution even if suffering from their own sanctions.
#Russia, for many years, warned the #US of its plan to expand @NATO on the Russian borders (#Ukraine and #Georgia).
The war is likely to drag on for a long time, Ukraine will experience huge harm and the war may escalate and spill over to other countries.