{"id":8704,"date":"2022-08-25T16:32:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T16:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=8704"},"modified":"2022-08-25T16:32:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T16:32:50","slug":"after-the-latest-clash-with-israel-gazans-struggle-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=8704","title":{"rendered":"After the latest clash with Israel, Gazans\u2019 struggle continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“Israeli forces launched a preemptive strike against PIJ targets on August 5, Reuters reported<\/a>, after one of the group\u2019s leaders, Bassam al-Saadi, was arrested in the Occupied West Bank. Israel claims to have hit a number of PIJ targets. However, several civilians, including 17 children<\/a>, were killed in the clashes, both by Israeli weapons and possibly by errant PIJ rockets<\/a> intended for Israeli targets. A ceasefire brokered<\/a> by Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, the US, the UN, and the Palestinian Authority between Israel and the PIJ last Sunday has thus far held; however, an attack on worshipers in Jerusalem\u2019s Old City late on Sunday could portend more violence. At least eight people, including US citizens<\/a>, were injured in the attack, which was allegedly carried out by a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, according to Israeli authorities. They have not yet released his name, and there is no indication that he is affiliated with any larger group, according to Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the ceasefire, the aftermath of even short-term hostilities in Gaza goes far beyond active bombardments and shelling; the combination of years of violence, a brutal blockade, and state repression has created an enduring crisis. What\u2019s more, there\u2019s little chance to recover before violence breaks out again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to initial UN reporting<\/a>, 360 Palestinians have been injured in the fighting, and Gazans experienced a tightened Israeliblockade of goods and services that led to 20-plus-hour rolling blackouts each day. There were no Israeli deaths or serious injuries, the Associated Press reported”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Gaza strip is home to around 2 million Palestinians and has been governed by Hamas since 2007, when the group took control from the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority, which governs the West Bank. The two groups have had no success in creating a unity government over the past 15 years, despite repeated attempts, weakening the Palestinian resistance and further disenfranchising ordinary Palestinians. Although Fatah and Hamas agreed to hold elections in 2021, which would be the first since 2006, those elections have been postponed indefinitely.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2022\/8\/14\/23304670\/israel-gaza-struggle-islamic-jihad-hamas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Israeli forces launched a preemptive strike against PIJ targets on August 5, Reuters reported, after one of the group\u2019s leaders, Bassam al-Saadi, was arrested in the Occupied West Bank. Israel claims to have hit a number of PIJ targets. However, several civilians, including 17 children, were killed in the clashes, both by Israeli weapons and possibly by errant PIJ rockets intended for Israeli targets. A ceasefire brokered by Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, the US, the UN, and the Palestinian Authority between Israel and the PIJ last Sunday has thus far held; however, an attack on worshipers in Jerusalem\u2019s Old City late on Sunday could portend more violence. At least eight people, including US citizens, were injured in the attack, which was allegedly carried out by a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, according to Israeli authorities. They have not yet released his name, and there is no indication that he is affiliated with any larger group, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n

Despite the ceasefire, the aftermath of even short-term hostilities in Gaza goes far beyond active bombardments and shelling; the combination of years of violence, a brutal blockade, and state repression has created an enduring crisis. What\u2019s more, there\u2019s little chance to recover before violence breaks out again.<\/p>\n

According to initial UN reporting, 360 Palestinians have been injured in the fighting, and Gazans experienced a tightened Israeli blockade of goods and services that led to 20-plus-hour rolling blackouts each day. There were no Israeli deaths or serious injuries, the Associated Press reported”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“The Gaza strip is home to around 2 million Palestinians and has been governed by Hamas since 2007, when the group took control from the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority, which governs the West Bank. The two groups have had no success in creating a unity government over the past 15 years, despite repeated attempts, weakening the Palestinian resistance and further disenfranchising ordinary Palestinians. Although Fatah and Hamas agreed to hold elections in 2021, which would be the first since 2006, those elections have been postponed indefinitely.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1535,552,53,1302,363,314,194,391,259,108,115,158],"class_list":["post-8704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-civilians","tag-conflict","tag-deaths","tag-gaza","tag-inequality","tag-international-relations","tag-israel","tag-middle-east","tag-military","tag-terrorism","tag-terrorists","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8705,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8704\/revisions\/8705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}