Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za
23 September 2024 | 12:41 p.m. SAST
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Analysis: spiralling conflict in Lebanon

The escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah can have serious implications for Gaza, with analysts suggesting that it is being used as ploy to detract attention from Israel’s genocidal campaign in the war-ravaged enclave.

There are concerns that a full-scale attack on Lebanon can further diminish already-waning focus on Israel’s massacres in Gaza, which have been reinforced by Netanyahu’s statements last week, in which he outlined plans for a full-scale siege on northern Gaza and further aid restrictions on the enclave.

In contrast, other analysts argue that strategic moves from Lebanon have the potential to settle the genocide.

“Netanyahu has reached the conclusion that there’s not going to be any military victory in Gaza, so to distract from his failures, he’s going to try to achieve some sort of face-saving measure in Lebanon,” Moulana Ebrahim Moosa said on Radio Islam’s Palestine Report earlier today.

Netanyahu appears to be testing the strength of Lebanese military resolve to launch serious attacks on Israel, and without swift and decisive action, he will continue to attack the area.

Gaza updates

In yet another massacre, Israel attacked the al-Zaytoun school this weekend, in which 22 Palestinians including 13 children, 6 women and a 3-month old foetus were killed. Of the 30 reported injuries, 9 were children who suffered amputations.

Continued aid restrictions on the area have left people in dire straits, with The Alliance of Relief Agencies reporting that while Gaza requires 500 aid and commercial trucks per day, only 69 trucks enter the strip.

Additionally, 83% of all food aid does not enter Gaza, resulting in a shortage of food and extreme hunger among the survivors.

“Because of these restrictions, people in Gaza have gone from having an average of two meals a day to just one meal every two days,” Moulana Moosa said. “1,87 million people in Gaza require temporary shelter, but compared to that need, since May, only 25 000 tents have managed to enter Gaza,” he added.

Reported discussions amongst former and current Israeli military officials have confirmed that Israel is losing to Hamas in a big way, with records of Hamas reclaiming areas only 15 minutes after Israeli Occupation Forces retreat.

Hamas’ innovative internal communication system

At the start of the Al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000, Hamas used SMS technology but changed over to a Motorola walkie-talkie when they realised the surveillance risks associated with it.

When the walkie-talkie posed similar problems, they switched over to a Taiwanese communication device, which had a short range and thus had to be discontinued. The solution was found in Kenwood communication devices, which were then found to have sabotaged batteries and tracking chips.

In 2006, Hamas developed their own internal network which has and continues to withstand Israel’s infiltration attempts.

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