Friday, May 21, 2021

Updates From Israel 21-May-2021



The Times of Israel is liveblogging Friday’s events as they unfold. 







Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Israel was “forced to accept defeat” by Palestinian armed groups, after a ceasefire between the Jewish state and militants in Gaza.

“I thank dear and almighty God for the victory and honor bestowed upon Palestinian fighters,” he says in a statement on his official website.

“The continuation of crimes and the ceasefire were both (part of Israel’s) defeat. They were forced to accept defeat,” he adds, noting that Israel was “powerless against the unified rise of Palestine.”

“The readiness of the Palestinian youth and the show of power” by armed groups in Gaza “will make Palestine more powerful by the day and the usurping enemy weaker and more despicable,” he adds.










Iran praises Palestinians’ ‘historic victory’ after ceasefire

“Congratulations to our Palestinian sisters and brothers for the historic victory. Your resistance forced the aggressor to retreat,” spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says on Twitter, in Iran’s first official reaction to the truce.

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement that controls the Gaza Strip, and other armed groups in the enclave appeared to be holding Friday, after 11 days of fighting.






Hundreds march with Hamas flags in E. Jerusalem neighborhood, clash with police

Hundreds of Palestinian protesters marched with Hamas flags through the Jabal Mukaber neighborhood of East Jerusalem, police say.

They threw stones and shot fireworks at police, who were forced to use means riot-dispersal measures and arrested two suspects for assaulting officers.








Iran’s Khamenei says Israel ‘forced to accept defeat’



Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Israel was “forced to accept defeat” by Palestinian armed groups, after a ceasefire between the Jewish state and militants in Gaza.

“I thank dear and almighty God for the victory and honor bestowed upon Palestinian fighters,” he says in a statement on his official website.

“The continuation of crimes and the ceasefire were both (part of Israel’s) defeat. They were forced to accept defeat,” he adds, noting that Israel was “powerless against the unified rise of Palestine.”

“The readiness of the Palestinian youth and the show of power” by armed groups in Gaza “will make Palestine more powerful by the day and the usurping enemy weaker and more despicable,” he adds.



IDF said still prepared to target Hamas leaders, even after ceasefire

The IDF is still prepared to carry out targeted killings of Hamas leaders, even after yesterday’s ceasefire, Channel 13 reports.

Among those the army continues to target is Muhammad Deif, the leader of Hamas’s military wing.

Hundreds march with Hamas flags in E. Jerusalem neighborhood, clash with police

Hundreds of Palestinian protesters marched with Hamas flags through the Jabal Mukaber neighborhood of East Jerusalem, police say.

They threw stones and shot fireworks at police, who were forced to use means riot-dispersal measures and arrested two suspects for assaulting officers.


Iran Guards unveil ‘Gaza’ drone in tribute to Palestinians

The drone was named as “an eternal honor for those who today in (Gaza) stand against the Zionists’ invasion and aggression,” Guards commander Major General Hossein Salami said at the unveiling event, quoted by Sepah News.

The drone is capable of carrying 13 bombs while flying at over 35,000 feet at a speed of almost 350 kilometers per hour (200 mph) for 20 hours, he added.

The Islamic republic does not recognize Israel, and supporting the Palestinian cause has been a pillar of Iran’s foreign policy since the country’s 1979 revolution.

Salami had on Wednesday hailed “the birth of a new Palestine… fighting with missiles” and said Israel was now “broken, frustrated and downcast.”

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