Friday, 30 August 2024
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Existence of another figure from the Bible may have just been proven - after discovery of 'genie' stone
An ancient stone seal has been discovered in Jerusalem that may be linked to a warrior mentioned in the Bible.
The black dime-sized relic was likely worn as an amulet around the neck of a man who held a senior position in the holy city some 2,700 years ago.
Stone seals were used as a sort of ancient I.D. card. This one bears an engraving of a winged 'genie' or 'demon' that has never been seen before in Israel.
And the name Hoshʼayahu is a parallel form of the name ʼAzariah ben Hoshʼaya,' which is mentioned in the book of Jeremiah.
'It is not impossible that perhaps it was Yehoʼezer himself who engraved the names on the object,' said research partner Ronny Reich from the University of Haifa in a press release.
This finding also provides new evidence to support a multi-national culture thriving in ancient Jerusalem, as it is described in the bible.
FULL ARTICLE AT: https://mol.im/a/13793143 via https://dailym.ai/android
Inside the sealed-off Jenin refugee camp targeted by IDF
The messages come through on the Israeli phone network - scraps of information from inside Jenin’s refugee camp.
"I don’t dare go on the roof, in case I’m shot," one resident says, speaking anonymously.
Information inside the camp is scarce, he says, and the streets are empty, as residents stay inside.
"It’s mostly old people and children here," he tells me. "The young people left before the army arrived – it’s bad luck for those who can’t get out."
Jenin, the focus of news networks today, has been living through a news blackout.
The Palestinian phone network was down for much of the day - lines cut by the Israeli military operation here, the telecoms company said.
The resident I speak to says his family still has water and electricity, and that a small shop nearby was open and selling supplies, under the constant buzz of military drones.
As we talk, a few scattered gunshots reverberate over the rooftops from the direction of the camp.
"Yes, I heard them too," he says. "The sound of the drones has increased."
As he is speaking, an armoured bulldozer rumbles towards one of the camp’s main entrances, the road deserted and baking in the afternoon sun.
For a few hours last night, explosions and gunfire erupted from the alleyways there, disrupting sleep.
But since then, this man says it had been largely quiet - with no sign of house-to-house searches in his neighbourhood, nor of fighters from the camp.
"It’s abnormally quiet," he said.
The camp has been sealed off by the army since it arrived before dawn on Wednesday - part of a wide, coordinated operation across several centres of the occupied West Bank.
Jenin camp is a base for armed Palestinian fighters, but also unarmed civilians. There have been fierce gun battles here in recent months, as Israeli forces have raided, again and again, looking for them.
Army vehicles are also stationed around two of Jenin’s main hospitals.
Ambulances are stopped as they approach - approaching and reversing in response to terse instructions broadcast in Arabic from loudspeakers on the army Jeeps.
We watched paramedics get out to open the back doors of their ambulance, to show what - or who - was inside. Two female patients were also made to get out and present themselves to soldiers in the Jeeps.
The Israeli army seen searching an ambulance outside a hospital in Jenin on Thursday
Behind them, one of Jenin’s main commercial districts is shuttered and deserted. Cardboard boxes are scattered across the empty road; fruit sits abandoned on carts under thin cotton covers - the sickly-sweet smell of rotting mangoes fills the silent street.
One small grocery shop has been opening in the afternoon – an urban oasis for those who can reach it.
FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ergpxnd8xo
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Thursday, 29 August 2024
DE-ESCALATION IS CALLED FOR BY THE UN AS FIVE MORE PALESTINIANS ARE KILLED IN THE WEST BANK
Five more Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in a second day of raids in the occupied West Bank, with the UN calling for de-escalation.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they were "five terrorists who had hidden inside a mosque" in Tulkarm, near the boundary with Israel.
Israel began what it said was a major counter-terrorism operation in the West Bank on Wednesday. There have been conflicting death tolls as the operation unfolded across multiple cities.
The IDF said yesterday that nine militants had been killed, five in Jenin and Tulkarm, and four in al-Faraa refugee camp. The Palestinian health ministry said on Thursday that 12 had been killed in IDF attacks so far.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on Israel to immediately halt its operation, saying it was "fuelling an already explosive situation".
He urged Israeli forces to "exercise maximum restraint and use lethal force only when it is strictly unavoidable".
The IDF said the five Palestinians were killed after "exchanges of fire" in Tulkarm.
It identified one of the fatalities as Mohammed Jaber - also known as Abu Shujaa - who was reportedly the local leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group.
The IDF said Jaber was linked to a number of attacks on Israelis, and was planning more.
The deaths came on the second day of what Israeli media say could be a days-long operation.
The Israeli military said it also made arrests and seized weapons.
Homes and infrastructure were damaged in the attacks, Palestinians said.
It is the largest such action in the West Bank since the days of the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising, two decades ago.
FULL ACCOUNT AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4xl4pvn0yo
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AS TENSION GROWS IN THE WEST BANK, THE UN PLEADS FOR THE END OF OPERATIONS THERE
UN CALLS ON ISRAEL TO END THE DEEPLY WORRYING AND CONCERNING OPERATION IN THE WEST BANK
The head of the UN, Antonio Guterres, urges Israel to stop its operation in the West Bank, saying it is "fuelling an already explosive situation"
Israel began what it called a "counter-terrorism operation" in four areas of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, with at least nine people killed
The raids are believed to be the first time since the second intifada - a major Palestinian uprising from 2000 to 2005 - that several Palestinian cities have been targeted simultaneouslyOn the second day of raids, Israel's military says it killed five "terrorists" who had hidden in a mosque.
FULL ARTICLE AT: West Bank latest: Israel claims five militants killed at West Bank mosque as UN calls for end to latest operation
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