By Harsh Thakor

10 Dec, 2023

The genocidal attack by the State of Israel and imperialism, mainly Yankee, against the Palestinian people, has escalated at an untold scale. Just between the 6 and 7 of December, 350 Palestinian people were killed. These figures are rising while the struggle for Gaza City and Khan Yunis is escalating. The Health Ministry of Gaza stated on the 7 December at 16:00 GMT, that the death-toll till then was 17,177 people murdered and more than 46,000 injured in Israeli attacks, since 7 October.

Last week airstrikes on the Jabalia refugee camp intensified, and it is being constantly bombed leading to hundreds of deaths every day. This is a clear example of war crime, bombing civilian areas with dense populations, killing mostly unarmed women and children.

The examples of massacres of civilians and how Israel attacks not only military targets are illustrated from the beginning of the attack on the Gaza Strip. One of the most well-known examples are the attacks against convoys of injured people running from hospitals, or convoys of families running from the war, even if they were following the directives of the Armed Forces of Israel. Recently, there have been reported instances of almost complete elimination of the family of a journalist of Al Jazeera, in total 22 people murdered, including elderly people, children, unarmed civilians, and a journalist from Reuters, who was reporting on the genocidal attacks perpetrated against the Palestinian people of Gaza.

This Israeli carnage has not been caused only against the Palestinian people who inhabit Gaza. It has extended in the occupied West Bank. From the 7^th of October until the 7^th of December, 266 Palestinian people have been killed and  3,640 detained. Moreover, from the 7^th of October until the 4^th of December, there have been 308 armed attacks by illegal Israeli settlers. In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian resistance has shimmered its flame against the invader and there were several armed clashes near Jemin. During these months, US imperialism has once again shown its true character by arming and using the State of Israel to wipe out the Arabic people. According to the Security Ministry of Israel, from the 7^th of October they have received 10,000 tons of military material from the US. Also Yankee imperialism is protecting Israel from missiles and other attacks launched from Yemen by the Houthis.

The governments of the Arab countries are mostly subservient to US imperialism and have only watched the genocide of the Palestinians. For example, Saudi Arabia, which is on the side of  US imperialism, and is specially protecting US military targets by intercepting missiles launched by the Houthis from Yemen. Despite this, the Palestinian people heroically resists, it doesn’t surrender. Yesterday afternoon, the Israeli army admitted five more casualties among their troops, including the son of a military leader, and raising its death-toll to 416, according to the journal Al Mayadeen. The Al-Qassam Brigades recently stated that between the 4^th and the 7^th of December they have destroyed 135 Israeli military vehicles.

Heroic Palestinian Resistance 

During the last week, the Palestinian resistance have made several heroic actions against the invaders, causing harsh casualties, while they defend their nation. On Friday, 1^st of December, there was a successful ambush, eliminating 60 Israeli soldiers, and also destroying several military vehicles.

Last weekend, the National Front of Resistance of Palestine, inflicted massive blows on the Zionist invader. Al-Qassam Brigades reported that they eliminated 10 Zionist soldiers in the eastern axis of the Khan Yunis and attacked Israeli targets, specifically the port of Tel Aviv. The Al-Qassam Brigades confirmed the destruction of 28 vehicles, including some tanks. In another action, in between the 5^th and the 6^th of December, the National Front of Resistance of Palestine eliminated nine Israeli soldiers.

The governments of the Arab nations have shown that they are lackeys of imperialism, but the peoples of these countries are fighting together with the Palestinian people. The most recent attack was from Iraq groups against the US military base of Ain Al-Asad, being attacked by a drone. These attacks are getting more frequent since the beginning of the Palestinian counter-offensive on the 7th of October.

The Arab peoples have shown solidarity with resistance actions against the State of Israel, especially in the border of Lebanon, where Hezbollah have attacked several Israeli military targets causing mortal blows. They have carried out stray attacks for weeks, with several of these attacks in the last days. An anti-tank missile eliminated an Israeli soldier, being confirmed by the Armed Forces of Israel.

While Israel backed by imperialist forces has everything at their disposal, the Palestinian people and its National Front continue inflicting lethal blows to the invaders. Irrespective of thousands of bombs and tons of military material being deployed, the will of the Palestinians cannot be razed to the ground, which is illustrated in the resistance struggle in Jabalia, Khan Yunis, Gaza City and in the occupied West Bank. Also, day after day, it is becoming clearer how the imperialists with their lies justify the genocide against Palestinian people and try to divert attention from the horrendous crimes of the genocidal State of Israel. Nevertheless when the Israeli attack started, many people opined, Israel would triumph in no time, but after more than two months, the flag of Palestinian resistance still waves.

The Palestinian people’s resistance survives not only because of their death defying heroism, but for using the methods of the people’s war, like the Viet Cong guerrillas and so many other revolutionary armed struggles.

Recent Protests 

In the climate conference summit COP28 held in Dubai, Arab Emirates, over 100 activists demonstrated on the sidelines of the summit demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. The activists shouted slogans such as “From the river to the sea, Palestine will win!” or “Free Palestine!” Activists demonstrate during the COP28 summit. (Source: Thomson Reuters)

In Amman and other cities of Jordan, people are gathering every Friday in pro-Palestine protests to denounce the massacres committed by Israel. People protesting in solidarity with Palestine. (Source: Social Media)

In the Amazonas State University, a seminar on the situation of Palestine was held, A Nova Democracia reported. The seminary, called “Palestinian Voices and the International Human Right” gathered more than 200 attendants and was an important event to denounce the crimes committed by Israel and to support the Palestinian National Resistance.

Harsh Thakor is a freelance journalist. Material for the article sourced from Red Herald and A Nova Democracia.