Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za
09 September 2024 | 22:45 SAST
3-minute read

The Allenby border between Jordan and the West Bank has been closed after a commercial truck driver opened fire on three Israeli security guards. The Jordanian driver, 39-year-old Maher Diab Hussein al-Jazi, was killed in crossfire with other guards.

The incident reportedly took place at the part of the crossing where Jordanian commercial cargo trucks offload supplies.

The driver allegedly stepped out of the truck- presumably for routine cargo checks- pulled out a pistol and killed the three guards with close-range headshots.

Jordan has subsequently closed all other land crossings between the countries.

While Palestinians living in Jordan have said the attack highlights the close ties enjoyed between the two nations and has been called heroic by the Al-Qassam Brigades, it could have consequences for the movement of people and goods over the border.

“The Al-Qassam Brigades is saying that the Jordanian hero’s pistol did more in supporting al-Aqsa and our people than massive armies and a stacked military arsenal,” Moulana Ebrahim Moosa said on Radio Islam’s Palestine Report. “It could have potential repercussions for the trade that Jordan has continued to do with the Israeli state in spite of this genocide,” he added.

A picture of Israel’s intended endgame has begun to emerge and includes a plan they have implemented to re-engineer the geography of Gaza to facilitate Israel’s management of Gaza after the war ends.

New satellite imagery has shown Israeli settlers paving a road on the Philadelphia corridor, which separates Gaza from Egypt. Additionally, the ‘buffer zone’ between the Gaza Strip and the rest of historical Palestine has increased to between 1 and 1,8 km wide.

It appears that the Israelis plan to settle in northern Gaza after the war ends, with the Netzarim corridor, separating them from the Gazans in the south.

If taken cumulatively, “the Israelis have managed to steal 58 square kilometres or 16% of the Gaza Strip,” Moulana Moosa said.

Analysts suggest that Israel’s increasing incursions, killing of innocent civilians and tightening of economic blockades in the West Bank, coupled with the construction of barriers in Gaza signal Israel’s plan to swap the models of the two areas and turn one into the other.

Meanwhile, in a recent report, Australian broadcaster ABC has shone a renewed spotlight on the events of October 7th last year, revealing Israeli military forces fired on their own citizens.

The report pulls together previously scattered evidence to show that Israeli forces killed civilians in their own gathering during attempts to thwart Hamas fighters. The analysis points to a mass Hannibal Directive, an Israeli military protocol allowing forces to kill their own personnel or civilians to prevent hostage situations.

The Hannibal Directive has been a controversial policy within the Israeli military and public debate for years. On October 7th, during the height of the chaos, 28 Israeli helicopters reportedly fired hundreds of 30mm cannon rounds and hellfire missiles on vehicles and homes within the kibbutz areas.

ABC’s report suggests that the day-long firing operations, meant to eliminate Hamas fighters, may have resulted in significant civilian casualties—an accusation made more serious by claims that Israeli authorities failed to conduct thorough autopsies and buried much of the evidence.

The report also highlights growing dissatisfaction among Israeli citizens who survived the events, many of whom demand a clearer explanation of the military actions. The fact that these questions are resurfacing, particularly as the anniversary of the incident approaches, adds weight to this report’s impact.

What makes this investigation particularly notable is that ABC did not follow the traditional media caveats of balancing these claims with Hamas’ alleged crimes. Instead, they focused solely on the evidence pointing toward Israel’s role in the deaths of its own citizens.

Listen to the Palestine Report on Sabaahul Muslim with Moulana Sulaimaan Ravat.