by Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project:
The ceasefire/prisoner-exchange agreement struck between Hamas and Israel went into effect on January 19, yet was immediately violated by Israel. Despite it now appearing to hold for the most part, Israeli forces continue to commit daily violations, while deciding to announce a new military operation in the West Bank. It now appears as if Israel decided to freeze the fighting in Gaza in order to focus on other fronts.
(The Last American Vagabond) The Gaza-Israel ceasefire was set to go into effect at 8:30 AM (Jerusalem time) this past Sunday, however, at the last moment, the Israeli military began claiming that it had the right to continue bombing the Gaza Strip until it had been handed a list of three Israeli prisoners that were set to be released in an exchange later that day. Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari held a briefing at the exact time that the ceasefire was supposed to go into effect, declaring that his army would continue its assault due to the list not being handed over.
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No such clause existed in the ceasefire agreement, yet Israel chose to use this claim to continue killing innocent Palestinians until the very last moment. Hamas immediately issued a clarification saying there was a technical issue that caused the delay in the sending of the list, yet this did not stop Israel. The IDF initially held fire for around 15 minutes after 8:30 AM, allowing for Gaza’s civilians to gather and celebrate, before cynically beginning their airstrikes once again. It appeared as if this was calculated to prevent major celebrations from Palestinians who had endured 15 months of what both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have called a Genocide.
Israel continued to launch airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, targeting groups of Palestinians who had gathered to celebrate the ceasefire and shot civilians returning to their destroyed homes, particularly in Rafah City area. According to the Mayor of Rafah, 90% of the city’s residential complexes had been destroyed, in addition to 15 water wells. This kind of destruction was inflicted with the specific purpose of making the territory uninhabitable. On top of this, upon returning to the locations where their homes were once located, Palestinians began discovering the remains of their family members, most of whom were reduced to bones; some skulls were found laying in the streets with bullet holes in them.
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