1,800 one-ton bombs on their way from US to Israel – Ceasefire Day 7

It claimed to have opened fire to disperse a gathering of “dozens of suspects who posed a threat to [Israeli] forces in central Gaza.”

“Contrary to reports, all shots fired in central Gaza were aimed at dispersing and not intended to harm,” it added.

There are “between 615,000 and 650,000” people waiting to go past the Israeli military positions in the Netzarim Corridor, which runs through the centre of the Gaza Strip, according to Ismail al-Thawabta, director general of Gaza’s government media office.

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US President Donald Trump on Saturday proposed relocating Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries like Egypt and Jordan — an unusual proposal that was opposed by the former administration of Joe Biden.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One towards Miami, the president said he raised the matter during a telephone call with King Abdullah II of Jordan, and he might talk with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday.

“I said to him (Jordan’s king) that I’d love you to take on more because I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now and it’s a mess, it’s a real mess,” said Trump. “I’d like him (Jordan’s king) to take people”.

“I’d like Egypt to take people. I’m talking to Gen. Al Sisi tomorrow sometime I believe. I’d like Egypt to take people. And I’d like Jordan to take people,” Trump continued.

“You’re talking about a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing. You know over the centuries it’s had many, many conflicts. And I don’t know, something has to happen,” he added.

Describing Gaza as “a demolition site,” the US president said: “Almost everything is demolished and people are dying there. So l’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing at a different location where they can maybe live in peace for a change.”

He added that the move “could be temporary or could be long-term.”

NOTE: Israel was established in 1947 through a war of ethnic cleansing of the indigenous population. Zionist forces took over more than 78 percent of historic Palestine, destroyed about 530 villages and cities, and killed about 15,000 Palestinians in a series of mass atrocities, including more than 70 massacres.

At least 750,000 Palestinians from a 1.9 million population – both Muslims and Christians – were made refugees. Israel continues to steal Palestinians’ land for illegal colonies known as ‘settlements.’ 

Forced transfer of a people group is a crime against humanity.

Where are the 200 released Palestinian prisoners?

• 114 have arrived in the occupied West Bank’s Ramallah city
• 70 deportees have been received by Egypt
• 16 have arrived in Gaza’s Khan Younis.

Read the details of the release of the Palestinian prisoners:

• Landmark Exchange: Hundreds of Palestinian Prisoners Set Free in Latest Deal

• ‘Zionism Will Never Win’ – Everything You Need to Know about Release of Prisoners in Gaza

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‘Graveyards for the living’: Freed Palestinian prisoner exposes inhumane conditions in Israeli jails

Newly freed Palestinian prisoner, Mahmoud Samer Jabarin from Jenin, described Israeli jails as “graveyards for the living” recounting harrowing experiences of torture, overcrowding, and dehumanizing treatment during his seven-year imprisonment.

“I spent seven years in Israeli prisons,” Jabarin said. “The period during Israel’s genocide in Gaza was the hardest. We endured torture, beatings, and humiliation.

“We were cut off from the world entirely. They (Israeli soldiers) took everything from us. We were all subjected to beatings and torture, and food was scarce. They showed no mercy, not to the elderly, children, or the sick.

“Israeli special forces would storm our cells at 2 a.m., assaulting us, spraying us with cold water, and firing tear gas without any reason,” he said. “We were beaten, cursed, and insulted at the whims of the soldiers.”

“Each room, barely 12 square meters, housed 12 prisoners with no mattresses,” said Jabarin.

“They would hurl abusive words at us, saying, ‘You shouldn’t be alive. You should be killed. You deserve to be crushed,’” he added (continue reading here).