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Al-Qassam, Al-Quds Brigades carry out multiple ops against Zionist invaders; IDF ties up 90 turbans in hospital, finds weapons stashed in preemie incubators; connected but unimportant people killed in war zone
2023-12-17
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Paleostinian resistance factions "Al-Qassam Brigades" and "Al-Quds Brigades" announced on Saturday the implementation of several operations against the Israeli enemy army, which resulted in the destruction of a large number of military vehicles in multiple areas.

Al-Quds Brigades said in its statement that they bombed the "Sofa Support" site and a soldiers’ gathering in its vicinity with rocket salvoes, adding, "Our Mujahideen destroyed the enemy’s military concentrations in the Juhr al-Dik area with a barrage of heavy-caliber mortar shells."

"We targeted a Zionist tank and a D9 military bulldozer with Tandom shells in Tal al-Zaatar in the northern Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip," the al-Quds Brigades added.

Al-Qassam Brigades reported the destruction of a Zionist "Merkava" tank with a guerrilla action device and a Zionist bulldozer with a "Tandum" shell north and northeast of Khan Yunis city, respectively.

The al-Qassam fighters also were able to destroy a Zionist troop carrier after targeting it with a "Shawaz" device and an "Al-Yassin 105" shell, north of the Khan Yunis.

IDF, Shin Bet say 90 terror operatives detained at northern Gaza hospital

[IsraelTimes] The IDF and Shin Bet security agency say that over the last few days, Israeli forces detained some 90 terror operatives at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, and seized numerous weapons.

The joint statement says some of those detained at the hospital, which allegedly served as a Hamas base, participated in the October 7 massacre in southern Israel.

Troops of the 460th Armored Brigade and Navy’s Shayetet 13 commando unit raided the hospital, locating weapons, including assault rifles, RPGs, explosive devices, and military equipment belonging to Hamas operatives, the IDF says.

The statement says Shin Bet agents and interrogators of the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504 questioned hospital employees, who admitted that weapons were hidden inside incubators in the maternity ward.

Courtesy of Grom the Reflective:
IDF troops find weapons concealed in incubators at Gaza hospital
How about a comment by some of these "worriers for the children of Gaza"?
[Ynet] IDF forces found weapons concealed in incubators inside a Gaza Strip medical center, the army revealed on Saturday, highlighting the use of civilian infrastructure for military purposes by Palestinian terrorist groups.

In a statement, the IDF said recently completed, in cooperation with the Shin Bet security agency, a large-scale operation at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabaliya, which had been utilized by Hamas as a command and control center.

The operation, extending over several days, led to the discovery and destruction of extensive terror infrastructure. A variety of weapons were located, including AK-47s, anti-tank missiles, explosive devices, military equipment of Hamas' Nukhba force, technological devices and documents linked to Hamas intelligence.

A notable aspect of the operation was the IDF and Shin Bet's interrogation of hospital staff, who revealed that weapons were concealed in incubators within the NICU — incubators meant for the care of premature infants. This led to the subsequent discovery of additional weapons, classified documents and tactical communication devices hidden in the hospital.
Video at the link. Betcha this is why so many Gaza women went to Israel to have their babies.

White House offers condolences after Al Jazeera says journalist killed in Israeli strike

[IsraelTimes] The White House offers condolences after Al Jazeera says one of its journalists was killed Friday in an Israeli strike.

"I just want to offer our deepest condolences to Al Jazeera to and to the family and loved ones of Sameer Abu Daqqa, who was on the ground doing necessary important work for not only your viewers but to people all around the world," National Security Council front man John Kirby says during a phone briefing with news hounds.
How sweet.
Al Jazeera said that Abu Daqqa, a cameraman, and Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh were maimed in a school in Khan Younis, where they were hit by "shrapnel from an Israeli missile attack."
All the schools in Gaza are set up as Hamas fighting positions, even the ones that are Hamas command centers. Which means that the two Al Jazeera employees were either working a second career for Hamas or they were willing human shields. Either way, their deaths, according to international law, were caused by Hamas, not Israel.
In a subsequent statement condemning the Israeli military, Al Jazeera attributed the injuries to a dronezap.
Proximate cause, not ultimate cause.
"Following Samer’s injury, he was left to bleed to death for over 5 hours, as Israeli forces prevented ambulances and rescue workers from reaching him, denying the much-needed emergency treatment," the network charged.
Hamas ambulances — and Palestinian ambulances in general — are more often used to transport weapons and fighters than those needing medical treatment. The Israelis have over time learnt to be suspicious.
Al-Dahdouh was maimed in the arm and transferred to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, according to an AFP journalist.

In a news update, Al Jazeera said al-Dahdouh was able to leave the area of the strike to look for help, "but by the time he reached an ambulance, medics said they could not return to the site of the attack because it was too dangerous."
Wars are funny like that. If only Hamas had not started the war on October 7th — then it would have been safe for the ambulance to proceed.
The Israeli army did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment.
“Y’all are vicious, posturing idiots. Get outta my face — don’t you know there’s a war on?!”

USAID contractor killed in Gaza airstrike, humanitarian group says

[IsraelTimes] An Israeli Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
killed a US Agency for International Development contractor in Gazoo last month, his colleagues have alleged in a statement.
In other words, a local Palestinian. Was he also on the Hamas payroll, or merely a willing or unwilling human shield? Or possibly he was also feeding information to Israel...
Hani Jnena, 33, was killed November 5 along with his wife, their 2-year-old and 4-year-old daughters, and her family, the US-based humanitarian group Global Communities says.

An internet-technology worker, Jnena had fled his neighborhood in Gaza City with his family to escape the airstrikes, only to be killed while sheltering with his in-laws, the group says. His employer was an on-the-ground partner for USAID, the US agency says.
The same questions can be asked about Mr. Jnena’s in-laws and his employer. We’ll decide how we feel about his death when we know the answers. Although in the end, War is hell sums it up. or perhaps, Life ain’t fair.
The Washington Post first reported the death.

In a final message to a colleague, Jnena had written, "my daughters are terrified, and I am trying to keep them calm, but this bombing is terrifying," Global Communities says.

USAID employees have been prominent in recent open letters by US babus government employees objecting to US policy in support of Israel’s continued offensive, including President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier...
’s decision not to join many other governments in calling for a ceasefire.
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