I’ve been busy, so did they find the holocaustages yet? I heard they managed to find an American/Israeli in time for Trump‘s visit, but that’s about it lately.
Hamas attacks Israel
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They could wander around yelling “Marco?” & wait for the corresponding “Polo!” or some Jewish equivalent there of.
Holy Hell, I’ve got the theme song to Laverne & Shirley playing in my head now!!
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Israel News, Thursday, 15.05.2025
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At least 106 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Thursday, local health officials told Al Jazeera. U.S. President Trump said that he'd like the U.S. to "take" Gaza and "make it a freedom zone." The Trump administration is applying heavy pressure on Israel and Hamas to reach a breakthrough in truce talks in the coming days, an Israeli official told Haaretz. Following a security update with PM Netanyahu, opposition leader Yair Lapid said that Israel is "one security cabinet decision away from a deal." Hamas is holding direct talks with the U.S., a senior organization official told Sky News. Israeli security forces are searching for a gunman who shot and killed a pregnant Israeli woman in the West Bank on Wednesday night.
■ GAZA: At least 106 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Thursday, local health officials told Al Jazeera.
U.S. President Trump said in Doha that he'd like the U.S. to "take" Gaza and "make it a freedom zone, let some good things happen. Put people in homes where they can be safe," adding that "Hamas is going to have to be dealt with."
The Hamas-run Health Ministry said that the European Hospital in Khan Yunis is out of commission following Israeli strikes on Tuesday that killed at least 16 Palestinians. The IDF said the attack was an assassination attempt on Hamas' leader in Gaza, Mohammed Sinwar. The ministry said that the hospital was the only one in the Strip "providing medical check-ups for cancer patients."
On Monday, the IDF said it had uncovered a terror tunnel at the hospital, but aerial footage it released showed a tunnel located beneath a nearby school. Dozens of videos from the strike have been released, but none show damage to the school, only to the hospital grounds.
The IDF Spokesperson's Unit said that the tunnel extended beneath both the hospital and the adjacent area highlighted in the footage. An Israeli security source confirmed that incorrect footage of the tunnel had been circulated, but the IDF maintains that the school is considered part of the hospital complex due to its proximity.
The IDF and Shin Bet killed the head of Hamas' military wing, Jasser Hussein Ali Shamiya, an IDF spokesman said.
"No enemy – especially Hamas – can be defeated solely through military means aimed at ending the war. The messianists leading Israel's government seem invested in an unending, apocalyptic war. But what about the IDF Chief of Staff, whose job is to assess, professionally and operationally, the feasibility of destroying Hamas? I am asking you, Eyal Zamir. Is it reasonable to believe that what was unattainable for the previous Chief of Staff and for all the brigade commanders who fought bravely in Gaza is suddenly within reach for Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir? After all, the government is the same" – Omer Bar-Lev
■ HOSTAGES/CEASE-FIRE: The Trump administration is applying heavy pressure on Israel and Hamas to reach a breakthrough leading to a hostage/cease-fire deal, an Israeli official told Haaretz, adding that "no progress has been made in the talks," just a day after the Israeli negotiating team landed in Doha.
Senior Israeli politicians said they expect most of the pressure on both sides to come over the next two days, until the end of Trump's visit in Qatar and the UAE. Palestinian sources said that Hamas has shown readiness to agree to disarmament and relinquish control of the Strip, provided Israel stops the war and withdraws its forces from Gaza.
Hamas said that Netanyahu is undermining "mediation efforts through deliberate military escalation, showing indifference to his captives, endangering their lives." Later on Thursday, a senior member of Hamas' politburo told Sky News that the organization is holding direct talks with the U.S. on a cease-fire deal.
Following a security update with Netanyahu, Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid came to Hostage Square in Tel Aviv and said that "We can make a hostage deal – we're one security cabinet decision away from a deal." Lapid added that he would give Netanyahu "a full political safety net" for such a deal.
Qatari PM Mohammed Al Thani told CNN that Israel's attacks in Gaza this week signal that they are not interested in a cease-fire, that a U.S.-backed humanitarian aid distribution plan for Gaza was unnecessary, and that the UN should be allowed to deliver aid.
U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff told The Atlantic that Hamas' conduct in the last few month "has been so poor," and that any long term solution in Gaza must include the organization's "total demilitarization."
Adi Alexander, whose son Edan was released from Hamas captivity on Monday, told the New York Times that his son was handcuffed, beaten and interrogated during his time in Gaza. Alexander said that the IDF's constant bombing of the Gaza Strip shook the tunnels "like an earthquake," and that at one point Edan was injured in his shoulder after a tunnel collapsed around him.
"The tectonic movements generated by Trump in the Middle East have not yet been internalized in Israel, which is engaged in tactical operations and taking pride in local achievements, such as the as-yet unverified assassination of Mohammed Sinwar, or the bombing of ports in Yemen, with most of its energy invested in preserving the coalition's power. Israel is not prepared for a new nuclear accord with Iran. It has no diplomatic plan for resolving the war in Gaza or the Palestinian issue in general, as the international envelope surrounding Israel, including the American one, is gradually cracking, some of it falling off completely" – Zvi Bar'el
■ WEST BANK: Tzeela Gez, an Israeli woman from the settlement of Bruchin, was killed in a shooting attack Wednesday night while on her way to give birth. Her husband was lightly wounded. The Rabin Medical Center said doctors performed a Caesarean section and delivered the baby in serious but stable condition, adding that despite extensive efforts, they were unable to save Tzeela's life. Israeli security forces are still searching for the shooter, who opened fire at the couple while hiding on the side of the road.
Later on Thursday, the IDF and the Shin Bet that they killed "five terrorists" in an exchange of fire in the West Bank village of Kfar Tamun, north of Nablus.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich responded to the shooting attack by saying that "Just as we are flattening Rafah, Khan Yunis and Gaza, we have to flatten the terror hubs" in the West Bank.
■ LEBANON: Reports in Lebanon said that an Israeli drone struck a vehicle in the south of the country. The IDF later said it struck a Hezbollah operative who was attempting to rehabilitate "terror infrastructure" in southern Lebanon.
■ ISRAEL: Germany's Lufthansa Group said it has suspended flights to Israel until May 25 due to ongoing security concerns. The suspension affects all airlines in the group including Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, SWISS and Eurowings.
Israel News, Thursday, 15.05.2025
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At least 106 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Thursday, local health officials told Al Jazeera. U.S. President Trump said that he'd like the U.S. to "take" Gaza and "make it a freedom zone." The Trump administration is applying heavy pressure on Israel and Hamas to reach a breakthrough in truce talks in the coming days, an Israeli official told Haaretz. Following a security update with PM Netanyahu, opposition leader Yair Lapid said that Israel is "one security cabinet decision away from a deal." Hamas is holding direct talks with the U.S., a senior organization official told Sky News. Israeli security forces are searching for a gunman who shot and killed a pregnant Israeli woman in the West Bank on Wednesday night.
■ GAZA: At least 106 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Thursday, local health officials told Al Jazeera.
U.S. President Trump said in Doha that he'd like the U.S. to "take" Gaza and "make it a freedom zone, let some good things happen. Put people in homes where they can be safe," adding that "Hamas is going to have to be dealt with."
The Hamas-run Health Ministry said that the European Hospital in Khan Yunis is out of commission following Israeli strikes on Tuesday that killed at least 16 Palestinians. The IDF said the attack was an assassination attempt on Hamas' leader in Gaza, Mohammed Sinwar. The ministry said that the hospital was the only one in the Strip "providing medical check-ups for cancer patients."
On Monday, the IDF said it had uncovered a terror tunnel at the hospital, but aerial footage it released showed a tunnel located beneath a nearby school. Dozens of videos from the strike have been released, but none show damage to the school, only to the hospital grounds.
The IDF Spokesperson's Unit said that the tunnel extended beneath both the hospital and the adjacent area highlighted in the footage. An Israeli security source confirmed that incorrect footage of the tunnel had been circulated, but the IDF maintains that the school is considered part of the hospital complex due to its proximity.
The IDF and Shin Bet killed the head of Hamas' military wing, Jasser Hussein Ali Shamiya, an IDF spokesman said.
"No enemy – especially Hamas – can be defeated solely through military means aimed at ending the war. The messianists leading Israel's government seem invested in an unending, apocalyptic war. But what about the IDF Chief of Staff, whose job is to assess, professionally and operationally, the feasibility of destroying Hamas? I am asking you, Eyal Zamir. Is it reasonable to believe that what was unattainable for the previous Chief of Staff and for all the brigade commanders who fought bravely in Gaza is suddenly within reach for Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir? After all, the government is the same" – Omer Bar-Lev
■ HOSTAGES/CEASE-FIRE: The Trump administration is applying heavy pressure on Israel and Hamas to reach a breakthrough leading to a hostage/cease-fire deal, an Israeli official told Haaretz, adding that "no progress has been made in the talks," just a day after the Israeli negotiating team landed in Doha.
Senior Israeli politicians said they expect most of the pressure on both sides to come over the next two days, until the end of Trump's visit in Qatar and the UAE. Palestinian sources said that Hamas has shown readiness to agree to disarmament and relinquish control of the Strip, provided Israel stops the war and withdraws its forces from Gaza.
Hamas said that Netanyahu is undermining "mediation efforts through deliberate military escalation, showing indifference to his captives, endangering their lives." Later on Thursday, a senior member of Hamas' politburo told Sky News that the organization is holding direct talks with the U.S. on a cease-fire deal.
Following a security update with Netanyahu, Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid came to Hostage Square in Tel Aviv and said that "We can make a hostage deal – we're one security cabinet decision away from a deal." Lapid added that he would give Netanyahu "a full political safety net" for such a deal.
Qatari PM Mohammed Al Thani told CNN that Israel's attacks in Gaza this week signal that they are not interested in a cease-fire, that a U.S.-backed humanitarian aid distribution plan for Gaza was unnecessary, and that the UN should be allowed to deliver aid.
U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff told The Atlantic that Hamas' conduct in the last few month "has been so poor," and that any long term solution in Gaza must include the organization's "total demilitarization."
Adi Alexander, whose son Edan was released from Hamas captivity on Monday, told the New York Times that his son was handcuffed, beaten and interrogated during his time in Gaza. Alexander said that the IDF's constant bombing of the Gaza Strip shook the tunnels "like an earthquake," and that at one point Edan was injured in his shoulder after a tunnel collapsed around him.
"The tectonic movements generated by Trump in the Middle East have not yet been internalized in Israel, which is engaged in tactical operations and taking pride in local achievements, such as the as-yet unverified assassination of Mohammed Sinwar, or the bombing of ports in Yemen, with most of its energy invested in preserving the coalition's power. Israel is not prepared for a new nuclear accord with Iran. It has no diplomatic plan for resolving the war in Gaza or the Palestinian issue in general, as the international envelope surrounding Israel, including the American one, is gradually cracking, some of it falling off completely" – Zvi Bar'el
■ WEST BANK: Tzeela Gez, an Israeli woman from the settlement of Bruchin, was killed in a shooting attack Wednesday night while on her way to give birth. Her husband was lightly wounded. The Rabin Medical Center said doctors performed a Caesarean section and delivered the baby in serious but stable condition, adding that despite extensive efforts, they were unable to save Tzeela's life. Israeli security forces are still searching for the shooter, who opened fire at the couple while hiding on the side of the road.
Later on Thursday, the IDF and the Shin Bet that they killed "five terrorists" in an exchange of fire in the West Bank village of Kfar Tamun, north of Nablus.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich responded to the shooting attack by saying that "Just as we are flattening Rafah, Khan Yunis and Gaza, we have to flatten the terror hubs" in the West Bank.
■ LEBANON: Reports in Lebanon said that an Israeli drone struck a vehicle in the south of the country. The IDF later said it struck a Hezbollah operative who was attempting to rehabilitate "terror infrastructure" in southern Lebanon.
■ ISRAEL: Germany's Lufthansa Group said it has suspended flights to Israel until May 25 due to ongoing security concerns. The suspension affects all airlines in the group including Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, SWISS and Eurowings.
Man on bail at Toronto mosque faces accusation of fear of terrorism
The 32-year-old Yemeni man is also accused of uttering death threats to cops at Pearson airport
Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published May 15, 2025 • Last updated 37 minutes ago • 4 minute read
A facebook photo of a man facing accusations of fear of terrorism and uttering threats to police at Pearson airport.
A facebook photo of a man facing accusations of fear of terrorism and uttering threats to police at Pearson airport.
Days before the RCMP picked up a Kitchener man believed to be planning to travel abroad to join an international terror organization, he was arrested at Pearson International Airport for allegedly making death threats to police officers, the Toronto Sun has learned.
Husam Taha Ali Al-Sewaiee, who has lived in Canada for a number of years but is originally from Yemen, was charged on April 15 after allegedly uttering threats toward officers and released on an undertaking to appear at a later date in court for that allegation.
A Peel Regional Police spokesperson confirmed “the information we have is the individual was arrested by PRP on April 15th for uttering threats” and was charged. These charges have yet to be tested in court. A court date on the uttering threats charge has not yet been set.
No weapons were seized and no one was hurt in the incident at the airport.
It’s unclear if Taha Ali Al-Sewaiee was at Pearson as part of his alleged plan to leave Canada. But what is clear is “red flags went off” when he was detained there after a confrontation where “utterances” were allegedly made and that information was shared with federal authorities.
This incident occurred nine days before the deadly police shooting of a man at Pearson – something now being probed by the province’s Special Investigations Unit. Needless to say, it has been a difficult year at the airport for police.
“Our officers were not physically harmed, acted very professionally and arranged for the man to be taken to hospital for a mental health assessment,” Peel Regional Police Association President Adrian Woolley said. “At this point, this is a matter in the hands of investigators.”
Four days after Taha Ali Al-Sewaiee was arrested at Pearson, on April 19, he was before a Brampton court facing what court documents say is an application for a peace bond under Section Number 810.01ccc, of the Criminal Code of Canada which is granted for a “fear of terrorism offence” where “a person who fears on reasonable grounds that another person may commit a terrorism offence may, with the Attorney General’s consent, lay an information before a provincial court judge.”
Al-Sewaiee is not facing any terrorism charges.
His case has also not been tested in court and police say this is an open file that remains under investigation.
But court documents show the 32-year-old, who has told people he was soon to become a Canadian citizen and who has been seen at pro-Gaza protests in Toronto since the Oct. 7th slaughter in Israel, has been held over in a special arrangement approved by the court to reside under bail conditions at a North Toronto mosque after an approved surety posted a $1,000 bond.
The conditions state he can only leave the mosque “when you are in the company of your surety” or with “written permission” for specific purposes including going to court or for medical reasons. He also can’t be “within 300 metres of any airport or Candian border” and he had to “surrender” his “passport or travel documents.”
B’nai Brith Canada declined to comment on the court proceedings in this matter. But on the overall concern of potential danger to Canadians, they have expressed deep concern.
“Our federal government must address the dangerous weaknesses plaguing Canada’s immigration and national security systems,” B’nai Brith Director of Research and Advocacy Richard Robertson said. “Those who demonstrate signs of, or appear to have a predisposition towards, radicalization should never be permitted to enter our country let alone to obtain citizenship. Urgent action is needed to stop the spread of radicalization.”
A photo of a man facing accusations of fear of terrorism and uttering threats to police at Pearson airport.
A photo of a man facing accusations of fear of terrorism and uttering threats to police at Pearson airport.
Meir Weinstein, of Israel Now, also declined comment on the bail arrangement but did say, “I recognize him from pro-Palestine protests” but “have no recollection of having any issues or problems with him.”
“We are reviewing our photographs and videos and will work with law enforcement if they need any help,” he added.
Ontario’s office of the Attorney General has not so far commented on this move by the court.
But in light of alleged threats against police, as well as fear of terrorism, it would be good to know from Attorney General Doug Downey if the accused man’s bail conditions can be reviewed in the interest of ensuring public safety.
This is the court document outlining the bail conditions for a Yemini man who is being held for fear of terrorism and for allegedly threatening Peel cops
This is the court document outlining the bail conditions for a Yemini man who is being held for fear of terrorism and for allegedly threatening Peel cops.
This seems like uncharted legal and justice waters. It’s unknown if a person before the courts on the fear or terrorism, or any serious criminal allegation, has ever been released on bail to a place of worship before. Is this the appropriate place to house somebody before the courts on such serious matters?
Sources say it was felt this was the best option available for the court since it did not want to have him under house arrest at a previous Kitchener address.
Several police officers told the Sun there is curiosity if this move to send a person before the courts to reside at a mosque sets a precedent that could see this being requested in future cases. This mosque is not a stand-alone structure but in a complex with other businesses and appears to have both a prayer hall and an apartment as part of it.
Calls to the mosque for comment were unsuccessful.
But, sources say, police bail compliance professionals will do compliance reviews like they do with anybody released on bail conditions.
For now, this is where this man accused of fear of terrorism and uttering threats to police calls home.
jwarmington@postmedia.com
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The 32-year-old Yemeni man is also accused of uttering death threats to cops at Pearson airport
Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published May 15, 2025 • Last updated 37 minutes ago • 4 minute read
A facebook photo of a man facing accusations of fear of terrorism and uttering threats to police at Pearson airport.
A facebook photo of a man facing accusations of fear of terrorism and uttering threats to police at Pearson airport.
Days before the RCMP picked up a Kitchener man believed to be planning to travel abroad to join an international terror organization, he was arrested at Pearson International Airport for allegedly making death threats to police officers, the Toronto Sun has learned.
Husam Taha Ali Al-Sewaiee, who has lived in Canada for a number of years but is originally from Yemen, was charged on April 15 after allegedly uttering threats toward officers and released on an undertaking to appear at a later date in court for that allegation.
A Peel Regional Police spokesperson confirmed “the information we have is the individual was arrested by PRP on April 15th for uttering threats” and was charged. These charges have yet to be tested in court. A court date on the uttering threats charge has not yet been set.
No weapons were seized and no one was hurt in the incident at the airport.
It’s unclear if Taha Ali Al-Sewaiee was at Pearson as part of his alleged plan to leave Canada. But what is clear is “red flags went off” when he was detained there after a confrontation where “utterances” were allegedly made and that information was shared with federal authorities.
This incident occurred nine days before the deadly police shooting of a man at Pearson – something now being probed by the province’s Special Investigations Unit. Needless to say, it has been a difficult year at the airport for police.
“Our officers were not physically harmed, acted very professionally and arranged for the man to be taken to hospital for a mental health assessment,” Peel Regional Police Association President Adrian Woolley said. “At this point, this is a matter in the hands of investigators.”
Four days after Taha Ali Al-Sewaiee was arrested at Pearson, on April 19, he was before a Brampton court facing what court documents say is an application for a peace bond under Section Number 810.01ccc, of the Criminal Code of Canada which is granted for a “fear of terrorism offence” where “a person who fears on reasonable grounds that another person may commit a terrorism offence may, with the Attorney General’s consent, lay an information before a provincial court judge.”
Al-Sewaiee is not facing any terrorism charges.
His case has also not been tested in court and police say this is an open file that remains under investigation.
But court documents show the 32-year-old, who has told people he was soon to become a Canadian citizen and who has been seen at pro-Gaza protests in Toronto since the Oct. 7th slaughter in Israel, has been held over in a special arrangement approved by the court to reside under bail conditions at a North Toronto mosque after an approved surety posted a $1,000 bond.
The conditions state he can only leave the mosque “when you are in the company of your surety” or with “written permission” for specific purposes including going to court or for medical reasons. He also can’t be “within 300 metres of any airport or Candian border” and he had to “surrender” his “passport or travel documents.”
B’nai Brith Canada declined to comment on the court proceedings in this matter. But on the overall concern of potential danger to Canadians, they have expressed deep concern.
“Our federal government must address the dangerous weaknesses plaguing Canada’s immigration and national security systems,” B’nai Brith Director of Research and Advocacy Richard Robertson said. “Those who demonstrate signs of, or appear to have a predisposition towards, radicalization should never be permitted to enter our country let alone to obtain citizenship. Urgent action is needed to stop the spread of radicalization.”
A photo of a man facing accusations of fear of terrorism and uttering threats to police at Pearson airport.
A photo of a man facing accusations of fear of terrorism and uttering threats to police at Pearson airport.
Meir Weinstein, of Israel Now, also declined comment on the bail arrangement but did say, “I recognize him from pro-Palestine protests” but “have no recollection of having any issues or problems with him.”
“We are reviewing our photographs and videos and will work with law enforcement if they need any help,” he added.
Ontario’s office of the Attorney General has not so far commented on this move by the court.
But in light of alleged threats against police, as well as fear of terrorism, it would be good to know from Attorney General Doug Downey if the accused man’s bail conditions can be reviewed in the interest of ensuring public safety.
This is the court document outlining the bail conditions for a Yemini man who is being held for fear of terrorism and for allegedly threatening Peel cops
This is the court document outlining the bail conditions for a Yemini man who is being held for fear of terrorism and for allegedly threatening Peel cops.
This seems like uncharted legal and justice waters. It’s unknown if a person before the courts on the fear or terrorism, or any serious criminal allegation, has ever been released on bail to a place of worship before. Is this the appropriate place to house somebody before the courts on such serious matters?
Sources say it was felt this was the best option available for the court since it did not want to have him under house arrest at a previous Kitchener address.
Several police officers told the Sun there is curiosity if this move to send a person before the courts to reside at a mosque sets a precedent that could see this being requested in future cases. This mosque is not a stand-alone structure but in a complex with other businesses and appears to have both a prayer hall and an apartment as part of it.
Calls to the mosque for comment were unsuccessful.
But, sources say, police bail compliance professionals will do compliance reviews like they do with anybody released on bail conditions.
For now, this is where this man accused of fear of terrorism and uttering threats to police calls home.
jwarmington@postmedia.com
WARMINGTON: Man on bail at Toronto mosque faces accusation of fear of terrorism
Days before the RCMP picked up a Yemini man planning to travel to allegedly join an terror organization, he was arrested at Pearson airport for allegedly threatening cops.
Trump is literally over there in the general neighbourhood (this coming from somebody in trucking and logistics, with people going back-and-forth across North America constantly delivering RV’s, etc…) so he could jump into the bitch-seat here:
…& anybody who tries to stop him, he could threaten them with tariffs. It’s a freak’n portable McDonald’s!!! Who would stop him? Seriously.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who ended a Middle East tour on Friday with no apparent progress towards a new ceasefire as Israel steps up its military campaign, acknowledged Gaza's growing hunger crisis and the need for aid deliveries.
"We have to help also out the Palestinians. You know, a lot of people are starving in Gaza, so we have to look at both sides," he said. When asked if he backed Israel's war plans, Trump said he expected "good things" over the next month.
(Just have them ‘hold the bacon’…or not if they’re starving & need the calories)
Deadly Israeli strikes pound Gaza, Trump says 'people are starving' — Reuters
Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed more than 250 people since Thursday morning, local health authorities said on Friday, one of the deadliest phases of bombardment since a truce collapsed in March, with a new ground offensive expected soon.
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Trump is literally over there in the general neighbourhood (this coming from somebody in trucking and logistics, with people going back-and-forth across North America constantly delivering RV’s, etc…) so he could jump into the bitch-seat here:
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U.S. President Donald Trump, who ended a Middle East tour on Friday with no apparent progress towards a new ceasefire as Israel steps up its military campaign, acknowledged Gaza's growing hunger crisis and the need for aid deliveries.
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(Just have them ‘hold the bacon’…or not if they’re starving & need the calories)
Deadly Israeli strikes pound Gaza, Trump says 'people are starving' — Reuters
Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed more than 250 people since Thursday morning, local health authorities said on Friday, one of the deadliest phases of bombardment since a truce collapsed in March, with a new ground offensive expected soon.apple.news
Israeli woman on her way to give birth killed in West Bank attack
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Tia Goldenberg
Published May 15, 2025 • Last updated 1 day ago • 4 minute read
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tzeela Gez was on her way to the hospital to bring new life into this world when hers was suddenly cut short.
As her husband drove their car through the winding roads of the occupied West Bank late Wednesday, a Palestinian attacker shot at them. Within hours, Gez, nine months pregnant, was dead. Doctors barely saved the life of the baby, who is in serious but stable condition.
Israel says it is trying to prevent such attacks by waging a monthslong crackdown on West Bank militants that intensified earlier this year. But the escalating offensive, which has killed hundreds of Palestinians over 19 months, displaced tens of thousands and caused widespread destruction, has ultimately not snuffed out attacks.
And the latest bloodshed is only likely to fuel a cycle of violence that has persisted for decades between Israelis and Palestinians. Israel has pledged to find the attacker, who fled the scene, and the military chief of staff, who visited the area Thursday, told troops that the broader operation would continue alongside the manhunt.
“We will use all the tools at our disposal and reach the murderers in order to hold them accountable,” Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said, according to a statement from the military, which said it had sealed Palestinian villages in the area of the attack and set up checkpoints.
The shooting, especially because the victim was a pregnant mother with three other children, has the potential to ignite vigilante violence against Palestinians by radical Jewish settlers. They regularly storm Palestinian towns and villages, burning and damaging property, in response to such attacks. Marauding settlers are rarely held to account for their actions and Palestinians are left to pick up the pieces of the destruction with little recourse to compensation or assistance from Israeli authorities.
‘A mother in her essence’
Gez, 37, and her husband Hananel, were residents of Bruchin, a settlement of some 2,900 in the northern West Bank. She worked as a therapist and on her Facebook page, shared developments in her professional life as well as her thoughts on the war in Gaza, the fallen Israeli soldiers and the hostages still held by Hamas. Meital Ben Yosef, head of the settlement’s local council, told Israeli Army radio that Gez was “all mother. A mother in her essence.”
“A couple of parents were driving to the happiest moment that a parent can experience and the wife is killed on the way. It’s a horrific incident,” she said.
Photos of the car released by the military showed a bullet hole on the passenger side of the windshield and a streak of blood on a back door. Soldiers searched the rugged brush on the sides of the road following the attack, according to video released by the Israeli military.
Abu Obeida, spokesman for Hamas’ armed wing, praised the attack as “heroic” in a video statement Wednesday but stopped short of saying the militant group was behind it.
On Thursday, military checkpoints slowed down traffic on roads in the vicinity of the attack, and many Palestinian motorists were at a standstill as they tried to make their journeys, according to video shared on social media.
Concern about reprisal attacks
The attack sparked outrage and calls for revenge.
“Just as we are flattening Rafah, Khan Younis and Gaza, we must flatten the nests of terror in Judea and Samaria,” wrote the Israeli finance minister and a settler firebrand, Bezalel Smotrich, in a post on X, referring to the West Bank by its biblical name.
The violence in the West Bank escalated when the war in Gaza erupted with Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel. Israel has staged frequent raids in the territory, especially but not limited to its north, using ground and air power in violence that has killed many militants but also other Palestinians, some of them throwing rocks to protest the incursions as well as others not involved in confrontations.
On Thursday, the Israeli military said its forces killed five militants in a raid that appeared unrelated to Gez’s killing. Hamas mourned the men as “resistance heroes” but stopped short of claiming them as its fighters.
Israel occupied the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war, along with Gaza and east Jerusalem, all territories the Palestinians seek for a future independent state. Around 500,000 Jewish settlers now live in about 130 settlements scattered across the West Bank.
Much of the international community views settlements as illegal and an obstacle to Palestinian statehood. Israel views the West Bank as its biblical heartland and believes the fate of the settlements should be determined in peace negotiations, which have been moribund for some 15 years.
Israel says much of the Palestinian militancy in the West Bank is fueled by Iran and views the fighting there as part of its ongoing multifront wars to secure its borders and prevent a second Oct. 7-style attack.
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Tia Goldenberg
Published May 15, 2025 • Last updated 1 day ago • 4 minute read
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tzeela Gez was on her way to the hospital to bring new life into this world when hers was suddenly cut short.
As her husband drove their car through the winding roads of the occupied West Bank late Wednesday, a Palestinian attacker shot at them. Within hours, Gez, nine months pregnant, was dead. Doctors barely saved the life of the baby, who is in serious but stable condition.
Israel says it is trying to prevent such attacks by waging a monthslong crackdown on West Bank militants that intensified earlier this year. But the escalating offensive, which has killed hundreds of Palestinians over 19 months, displaced tens of thousands and caused widespread destruction, has ultimately not snuffed out attacks.
And the latest bloodshed is only likely to fuel a cycle of violence that has persisted for decades between Israelis and Palestinians. Israel has pledged to find the attacker, who fled the scene, and the military chief of staff, who visited the area Thursday, told troops that the broader operation would continue alongside the manhunt.
“We will use all the tools at our disposal and reach the murderers in order to hold them accountable,” Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said, according to a statement from the military, which said it had sealed Palestinian villages in the area of the attack and set up checkpoints.
The shooting, especially because the victim was a pregnant mother with three other children, has the potential to ignite vigilante violence against Palestinians by radical Jewish settlers. They regularly storm Palestinian towns and villages, burning and damaging property, in response to such attacks. Marauding settlers are rarely held to account for their actions and Palestinians are left to pick up the pieces of the destruction with little recourse to compensation or assistance from Israeli authorities.
‘A mother in her essence’
Gez, 37, and her husband Hananel, were residents of Bruchin, a settlement of some 2,900 in the northern West Bank. She worked as a therapist and on her Facebook page, shared developments in her professional life as well as her thoughts on the war in Gaza, the fallen Israeli soldiers and the hostages still held by Hamas. Meital Ben Yosef, head of the settlement’s local council, told Israeli Army radio that Gez was “all mother. A mother in her essence.”
“A couple of parents were driving to the happiest moment that a parent can experience and the wife is killed on the way. It’s a horrific incident,” she said.
Photos of the car released by the military showed a bullet hole on the passenger side of the windshield and a streak of blood on a back door. Soldiers searched the rugged brush on the sides of the road following the attack, according to video released by the Israeli military.
Abu Obeida, spokesman for Hamas’ armed wing, praised the attack as “heroic” in a video statement Wednesday but stopped short of saying the militant group was behind it.
On Thursday, military checkpoints slowed down traffic on roads in the vicinity of the attack, and many Palestinian motorists were at a standstill as they tried to make their journeys, according to video shared on social media.
Concern about reprisal attacks
The attack sparked outrage and calls for revenge.
“Just as we are flattening Rafah, Khan Younis and Gaza, we must flatten the nests of terror in Judea and Samaria,” wrote the Israeli finance minister and a settler firebrand, Bezalel Smotrich, in a post on X, referring to the West Bank by its biblical name.
The violence in the West Bank escalated when the war in Gaza erupted with Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel. Israel has staged frequent raids in the territory, especially but not limited to its north, using ground and air power in violence that has killed many militants but also other Palestinians, some of them throwing rocks to protest the incursions as well as others not involved in confrontations.
On Thursday, the Israeli military said its forces killed five militants in a raid that appeared unrelated to Gez’s killing. Hamas mourned the men as “resistance heroes” but stopped short of claiming them as its fighters.
Israel occupied the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war, along with Gaza and east Jerusalem, all territories the Palestinians seek for a future independent state. Around 500,000 Jewish settlers now live in about 130 settlements scattered across the West Bank.
Much of the international community views settlements as illegal and an obstacle to Palestinian statehood. Israel views the West Bank as its biblical heartland and believes the fate of the settlements should be determined in peace negotiations, which have been moribund for some 15 years.
Israel says much of the Palestinian militancy in the West Bank is fueled by Iran and views the fighting there as part of its ongoing multifront wars to secure its borders and prevent a second Oct. 7-style attack.
Israeli woman on her way to give birth killed in West Bank attack
Tzeela Gez was on her way to the hospital to bring new life into this world when hers was suddenly cut short
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Trump is literally over there in the general neighbourhood (this coming from somebody in trucking and logistics, with people going back-and-forth across North America constantly delivering RV’s, etc…) so he could jump into the bitch-seat here:
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…& anybody who tries to stop him, he could threaten them with tariffs. It’s a freak’n portable McDonald’s!!! Who would stop him? Seriously.
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U.S. President Donald Trump, who ended a Middle East tour on Friday with no apparent progress towards a new ceasefire as Israel steps up its military campaign, acknowledged Gaza's growing hunger crisis and the need for aid deliveries.
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"We have to help also out the Palestinians. You know, a lot of people are starving in Gaza, so we have to look at both sides," he said. When asked if he backed Israel's war plans, Trump said he expected "good things" over the next month.
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(Just have them ‘hold the bacon’…or not if they’re starving & need the calories)
Deadly Israeli strikes pound Gaza, Trump says 'people are starving' — Reuters
Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed more than 250 people since Thursday morning, local health authorities said on Friday, one of the deadliest phases of bombardment since a truce collapsed in March, with a new ground offensive expected soon.
I’m just trying to fit the pieces together, to utilize the tools on hand, to solve a problem that hasn’t found a solution in the last 20 months with what they’re doing already.
Yeah, & how’s that working out? At least I offered a plausible solution to set a precedent for an aid truck getting into Gaza regardless of the barriers.
UN Security Council demands ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
The United Nations Security Council on March 25 demanded an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas and the immediate and uncondit...
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So we need real global cops for Israel to ignore?I’m just trying to fit the pieces together, to utilize the tools on hand, to solve a problem that hasn’t found a solution in the last 20 months with what they’re doing already.
Yeah, & how’s that working out? At least I offered a plausible solution to set a precedent for an aid truck getting into Gaza regardless of the barriers.
UN Security Council demands ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
The United Nations Security Council on March 25 demanded an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas and the immediate and uncondit...
Ok, what’s your idea of a solution even in the short term (?) if this is 20 month old goat rodeo needs intervention right now…like what could have been done in 72hrs or less with the tools that were already on hand to set a precedent going forward?
Yes, the UN is not only limp wristed but also ineffective, and agenda driven in ridiculous directions most of the time, but it is what it is, and the idea was good initially for its inception, & no, “Team America World Police” or some equivalent there of doesn’t seem to be the solution.
Get the hell out of West Bank, Lebanon and Syria and label Revisionist Zionism/Likud for what it is. A violent Imperialistic terrorist organization that operates above the law.
Their goals aren't a secret.
So just the “Israelis” out of the West Bank, and Bob’s your uncle? How do you propose to accomplish this?
Same with Lebanon & Syria? Why are Israeli’s in Lebanon & Syria in the first place?