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04-11-2025
GAZA STRIP: Israel has only allowed a fraction of the aid deliveries agreed on as part of the US-brokered ceasefire, an average of 145 trucks per day instead of the 600 it pledged to allow into the besieged Gaza Strip.
An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon has killed four people as Israel’s ramped-up attacks raise fears for a nearly yearlong truce with Hezbollah.
Ministers from Arab and Muslim nations will meet in Istanbul on Monday to discuss the next steps in moving the Gaza truce forward, including the deployment of troops for an international stabilization force.
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 68,858 people and wounded 170,664 since it began in October 2023. A total of 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks and about 200 were taken captive.
Israeli troops arrest 21 Palestinians in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have arrested 21 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.
The detentions occurred during extensive raids and included children, it said.
According to official Palestinian figures, more than 20,000 Palestinians have been arrested by Israel in the occupied territory since the genocide in Gaza began two years ago.
“Gaza ceasefire’s second phase rests on US”
Ceasefire violations in the Gaza Strip are one-sided because Hamas, unlike Israel, “does not have the luxury to violate anything”, says Muhanad Seloom, an assistant professor in Critical Security Studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.
“They have already handed back the captives, the alive ones, and they are trying to recover the bodies of the (dead),” Seloom told media.
The only hope for moving onto the second phase of the ceasefire rests on the US, he said.
“If the US wants to enforce this, we will be moving to phase two. If the US chooses to go along with Netanyahu, then we will be unfortunately seeing more attacks,” added Seloom.
As thousands of Palestinians eagerly await the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, recent satellite images have revealed activities within its vicinity, indicating preparations to restart operations under field arrangements that suggest near-total Israeli military control.
Media has analyzed high-resolution satellite images taken between October 14 and 24 to monitor changes on the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, in light of discussions regarding its reopening amid Israeli delays.
Comparing an image from October 14 with one from October 24, there appears to be new construction within the crossing area, alongside what are believed to be barriers and gates for organizing the movement of vehicles entering and leaving the Strip.
Heavy machinery allowed to find Israeli bodies
The entry of heavy machinery and equipment such as bulldozers and trucks is being limited to the search and recovery of Israeli bodies inside the Gaza Strip. They have little authority to operate elsewhere. The process is designed for that purpose.
We’re still seeing rubble-filled roads everywhere, blocked by the debris from major buildings destroyed over the last two years. Areas across the Gaza Strip remain inaccessible, let alone public services to provide assistance to displaced families.
Palestinians feel it is about time they were treated equally that the same attention and concern for the deceased Israeli captives is given to them.
Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz says “Hezbollah is playing with fire” while Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun is “dragging his feet” over the group’s disarmament. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
