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Israeli soldiers told not to publish war videos as some flee vacations over war crimes investigation

Israeli soldiers told not to publish war videos as some flee vacations over war crimes investigation
By Alastair McCready, Royce Kurmelovs, Umut Uras, Edna Mohamed, Federica Marsi, Farah Najjar and Nils Adler
Published On 10 Jan 2025

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10 Jan 2025 - 23:45
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Here’s what happened today

We are about to wrap up this live page. Before we go, here’s a recap of the latest developments:

  • Four Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza City’s Shujayea.
  • Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that one Palestinian has been killed and three injured in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, south of Gaza City, while Wafa reports that “several” were killed in the attack.
  • Five have been killed and others wounded in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza after the Israeli army shelled it.
  • A leading source from the armed wing of Hamas has told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic that due to Israel’s military operation, most of the Israeli captives held in northern Gaza “are now missing”.
  • Israeli settlers have carried out arson attacks in several Palestinian communities, including in the town of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, and to villages east of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
  • US President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, has met Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, in Doha to discuss ceasefire negotiations, a source briefed on the visit told the Reuters news agency.
10 Jan 2025 - 23:45
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Thanks for joining us

This live page is now closed. But before leaving:

Read about how the Hind Rajab Foundation is using Israeli soldiers’ own social media footage as evidence for war crimes investigations here.

Watch Israeli settlers set fires and vandalise buildings in the occupied West Bank here.

Finally, you can read about how Israeli forces launched air raids on power stations and ports in Yemen here.

10 Jan 2025 - 23:30
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Violent clashes between Palestinian fighters and PA security forces reported

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report that clashes have occurred around the Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank.

Since early December, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has besieged the Jenin camp and cut off water and electricity as part of a crackdown on a coalition of armed groups that call themselves the Jenin Brigades.

The groups are affiliated with Palestinian factions such as Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and even Fatah, the party that controls the PA.

10 Jan 2025 - 23:15
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London police criticised for banning pro-Palestine march

The Metropolitan Police have banned a planned pro-Palestine march next week in London, sparking condemnation by pro-Palestinian groups who have called on the force to reverse its decision.

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and coalition partners, including the Palestinian Forum in Britain, Friends of Al-Aqsa, the Stop the War Coalition, the Muslim Association of Britain and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament on Friday condemned police attempts to stop the march for Palestine from protesting, which was planned to take place outside the BBC headquarters on January 18.

In a statement, the march organisers noted that the ban came after the route had been confirmed with the police nearly two months ago and publicly announced on November 30.

On Thursday, the Metropolitan Police issued a statement saying the ban was introduced owing to the planned location for the protest deemed to be close to a synagogue.

The organisers of the march pointed out that there had not been a single incident of any threat to a synagogue during any of the previous marches.

Pro-Palestinian supporters gather outside the Houses of Parliament to protest against Israel’s escalating attacks on Gaza’s healthcare system and the targeting of Palestinian healthcare workers, in London on January 6, 2025 [Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu]
10 Jan 2025 - 23:00
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WATCH: Houthis blame US, UK, Israel for strikes in Yemen

The UK, the US and Israel are reported to have participated in what is believed to be the first coordinated strikes on Yemen.

Watch our report here:

10 Jan 2025 - 22:45
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Clashes between Palestinian fighters, Israeli forces near Hebron

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report that these clashes are taking place in the centre of the Arroub camp, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

Citing locals, they also report that Israeli forces have stormed the town of Idhna, west of Hebron, and fired tear gas.

10 Jan 2025 - 22:30
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Houthi

At least one Palestinian killed in Israeli strike near Gaza City

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that one Palestinian has been killed and three injured in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, south of Gaza City.

For its part, Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, says that “several” people were killed in this attack, which hit at least two buildings.

We will bring you more information as we get it.

10 Jan 2025 - 22:15
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Opinion

The UN can end the Middle East conflict by welcoming Palestine as a member

By Jeffrey Sachs and Sybil Fares

The UN, on its 80th birthday in 2025, can mark the occasion by securing a lasting solution to the conflict in the Middle East by welcoming the State of Palestine as the 194th UN member state.

The upcoming UN Conference on Palestine, set for June 2025, could be a turning point – a decisive, irreversible path towards peace in the Middle East.

The Trump administration would greatly serve America’s interests and the world’s by championing the two-state solution and a comprehensive Middle East peace deal at the gathering in New York in June.

Amid Israel’s shocking brutality in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, a small window of hope has nonetheless emerged.

Almost the entire world has coalesced around the two-state solution as the key to regional peace.

As a result, a comprehensive deal is now within reach.

Read the full opinion piece here.

People visit the Mount of Olives overlooking the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, April 19, 2024 [AP Photo/Leo Correa]
10 Jan 2025 - 22:00
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If you’re just joining us

Here are some of the main developments over the past day:

  • Four Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza City’s Shujayea
  • A leading source from the armed wing of Hamas has told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic that due to Israel’s military operation, most of the Israeli captives held in northern Gaza “are now missing”.
  • Five have been killed and others wounded in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza after the Israeli army shelled it.
  • A legal case against Boaz Ben David, an Israeli soldier accused of war crimes in Gaza, has been submitted to a Swedish court by the Hind Rajab Foundation.
  • US President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, has met Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, in Doha to discuss ceasefire negotiations, a source briefed on the visit told the Reuters news agency.
10 Jan 2025 - 21:45
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Qatar’s PM meets next US envoy to the Middle East

Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, has met with Steve Witkoff, soon-to-be US envoy to the Middle East under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The statement said the two met during Witkoff’s visit to Qatar and held discussions about the “latest regional developments, including efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip”.

10 Jan 2025 - 21:30
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WATCH: Israeli settlers attack Palestinian homes in occupied West Bank arson attacks

Israeli settlers have carried out arson attacks in a number of Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank.

Local media released this video of settlers setting fire to Palestinian homes in the town of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, and to villages east of Hebron.

Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut reports live from Amman, because the Palestinian Authority has suspended Al Jazeera’s operations in the occupied West Bank.

Watch below for more:

10 Jan 2025 - 21:15
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Opinion

Amid genocide, the tide is turning on Palestine

By Majed al-Zeer

The suffering of the Palestinian people, which began with the Nakba and the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, reached brand new depths in the past 14 months.

More than 46,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed and more than 110,000 injured in Israel’s continuing genocide in Gaza.

Tens of thousands of others are missing, arbitrarily detained, or known to be buried under the rubble of their destroyed homes.

Palestinians document the atrocities committed against their people by Israel one by one and share them with the world in real-time for everyone to see.

South Africa has launched a genocide case against Israel at the World Court, backed by a large number of countries, including Mexico, Brazil and Turkiye.

The ICC has also taken action against Israel, issuing arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The global public is also clear in its support for Palestinians, with tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protests, vigils and sit-ins held across the world, attracting support from millions of people from all walks of life, since the beginning of the genocide in October of 2023.

Read more here.

Hundreds of demonstrators gather to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza in Stockholm, Sweden, on January 4, 2025 [Anadolu]
10 Jan 2025 - 21:00
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PRCS says its teams ‘transported two fatalities’ to al-Shifa Hospital

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says an Israeli attack struck an area just “metres” away from its emergency medical services point, and that its teams have transported the bodies of two slain Palestinians to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

At least 11 others who sustained injuries have also been transported to al-Shifa, it said.

10 Jan 2025 - 20:45
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Four Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on Gaza City’s Shujayea

We earlier reported on an Israeli attack that targeted a residential home that belonged to the Fananah family in Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood.

The Palestinian Wafa news agency is now reporting that four people have been killed in the strike, while several others sustained wounds.

It added that the bodies of the slain Palestinians have been taken to the nearby al-Ahli Arab Hospital.

10 Jan 2025 - 20:30
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Legal cases against Israeli soldier accused of war crimes filed in Scandinavian countries

By Nils Adler

Reporting from Stockholm, Sweden

Earlier, we reported that a legal case against Boaz Ben David, an Israeli soldier accused of war crimes in Gaza, has been submitted to a Swedish court by the Hind Rajab Foundation.

The foundation now says that the Israeli staff sergeant and sniper who is visiting Sweden as a tourist may be attempting to flee the country via another Scandinavian nation.

In response, the foundation said it had filed legal complaints in Finland, Denmark, and Norway and called on the authorities in the respective countries “to take their responsibility and prevent Ben David from escaping justice”.

The Belgium-based Hind Rajab Foundation pursues legal action to seek justice for Palestinian victims of Israeli violence.

10 Jan 2025 - 20:15
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Photos: Protesters in Warsaw against Poland’s decision to protect Israeli PM from arrest warrant

People hold banners as they protest against the Polish government’s decision to grant safe passage to Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in front of the Presidential Office in Warsaw, Poland on January 10, 2025 [Omar Marques /Anadolu Agency]
The Polish government has adopted a resolution promising that senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, can freely travel to Poland later this month for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp without fear of arrest [Omar Marques /Anadolu Agency]
[Omar Marques /Anadolu Agency]
[Omar Marques /Anadolu Agency]

10 Jan 2025 - 20:00
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Trump’s envoy meets Qatar PM for ceasefire talks

US President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, has met Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, in Doha to discuss ceasefire negotiations, a source briefed on the visit told the news agency Reuters.

On Tuesday, at a news conference held by Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, in the US, Witkoff said there had been “a lot of progress” when speaking about the Gaza ceasefire deal.

“I think that we’ve had some … really great progress, and I’m really hopeful that by the [presidential] inaugural, we’ll have some good things to announce on behalf of the president,” he said.

Trump, for his part, said at the news conference that if the captives are not back by the time he gets into office, “all hell will break out in the Middle East”.

Steve Witkoff makes remarks next to US President-elect Donald Trump, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US January 7, 2025 [Carlos Barria/Reuters]
10 Jan 2025 - 19:50
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Three killed in new Israeli strike on Gaza City home

At least 10 other people were wounded when an Israeli strike targeted a residential building in the Remal neighbourhood, west of Gaza City, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reports.

Among those killed were a woman and a child, Wafa said.

We’ll bring you more on this soon.

10 Jan 2025 - 19:45
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Israeli army says it likely killed two kibbutz residents during 2023 attack

The Israeli military says that an internal inquiry has found it likely that it killed two kibbutz residents during the October 7, 2023, attack.

The inquiry, which heard testimonies from soldiers and civilians, sought to establish the cause of death for Tomer Eliaz-Arava and his mother, Dikla Arava, two residents of Kibbutz Nahal Oz.

The army said that according to the inquiry team’s assessment, 17-year-old Eliaz-Arava had first been abducted by Hamas and forced to go door to door to persuade residents to come outside, but after an hour and a half, she escaped.

Israeli soldiers saw “a suspicious figure”, whom they shot at, the inquiry stated.

The inquiry concluded that it is “highly likely” the figure was Eliaz-Arava and was killed due to a “misidentification.”

The statement said that in the meantime, Hamas abducted Eliaz-Arava’s mother, taking her in a vehicle towards Gaza.

“During the drive towards Gaza, the vehicle was fired upon from the rear,” resulting in her death.

“The inquiry suggests a reasonable possibility that Dikla Arava was killed by [Israeli army] fire,” the army said.

10 Jan 2025 - 19:30
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‘Catastrophic situation’: MSF sounds alarm about lack of fuel for Gaza hospitals

Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, is once again calling attention to the lack of much-needed fuel across hospitals in Gaza, saying at least three facilities are on the verge of closing down as they are no longer able to run their generators.

“This is a catastrophic situation for patients who rely on the power produced by generators to stay alive,” MSF said in a post on X.

It comes as the latest situation report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) echoed the same warning, saying the lives of patients and newborns are at “grave risk” in hospitals across Gaza.