{"id":233844,"date":"2021-05-13T07:03:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T07:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=233844"},"modified":"2021-05-14T07:37:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T07:37:16","slug":"wednesday-12-may-fierce-fighting-continues-between-israel-and-gaza-strip-factions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=233844","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 12 May: Fierce Fighting Continues Between Israel and Gaza Strip Factions."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Hal Turner Radio Show \u2013 May 12. 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Since yesterday when heavy fighting erupted between Israel and factions controlling the Gaza Strip, hundreds of rockets and some missiles have been fired INTO Israel from Gaza and dozens of Israeli air strikes have hit Gaza in response.<\/p>\n<p>As of 9:32 AM eastern US Time (New York City time)\u00a0Explosions are being reported across multiple cities, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ofakim, Beer Sheva and more, inside Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><a style=\"color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AmmoDepotTelAviv_large.png\">linked image<\/a><\/span> shows an ammo depot burning in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas which governs the Gaza Strip tells the Egyptian mediators that if their conditions are not fulfilled, they will use a &#8216;previously un-seen weapon&#8217; to target Israel.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time the Egyptian intelligence delegation was _supposed to_ enter via Rafah crossing to push for a ceasefire and these events are typically coordinated with both Hamas and the Israeli forces.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation was turned around and sent home after lack of coordination from the Israeli authorities and general understanding that both sides do not seek a ceasefire at this time.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2014 war Hamas and other groups fired some 4,000 rockets toward Israel in 50 days. Less than 3 days into this round, over 1,100 fired so far.<\/p>\n<p>The video below is a COMPILATION of the rocket fir from Gaza into Israel overnight.\u00a0 \u00a0It demonstrates the very serious attacks being launched from inside Gaza against Israel:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1080px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-233844-1\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Gaza-May-12-2021-1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Gaza-May-12-2021-1.mp4\">https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Gaza-May-12-2021-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, Israel reports\u00a0they have killed\u00a0the Gaza Brigadier General, the head of the missile improvement project, the head of the production system, and six other senior Hamas figures.<\/p>\n<p>The two videos below show what it is like inside Gaza as the Israelis return fire with air strikes &#8211; terrifying!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 720px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-233844-2\" width=\"720\" height=\"830\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Gaza-May-12-2021-2.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Gaza-May-12-2021-2.mp4\">https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Gaza-May-12-2021-2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>And this one:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 350px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-233844-3\" width=\"350\" height=\"552\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Gaza-May-12-2021-3.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Gaza-May-12-2021-3.mp4\">https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Gaza-May-12-2021-3.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>These videos all demonstrate the very real danger to both sides from the fighting taking place. This isn&#8217;t some scuffle; it&#8217;s war.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey President Recypt Erdogan calls for a peacekeeping force to be sent to the Israeli-Gaza border to protect Palestinian civilians.<\/p>\n<p>And with the label &#8220;Too little, too late&#8221; The Biden administration is considering plans to dispatch a State Department official to Israel, amid the ongoing escalation with Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, Hamas publicly stated &#8220;At 18:00, we will fire rockets towards new targets in Israel.&#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0It should be noted that Israel is seven hours ahead of US east coast time. If they make good on this statement, those &#8220;new targets&#8221; will be attacked about a half-hour from now at about 10:00 AM eastern US time.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas then went farther, saying \u201c100 times more rockets at new locations at 18:00\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If they can hit Haifa, and if they actually do it, it will mean that both Hamas and Hezbollah have long-range rocket ability.<\/p>\n<p>Israel will be in peril, if both fronts lit up with long range rocket hits, and home front goes nuts with 3rd intifada \/ civil war.<\/p>\n<p>As of 9:44 AM EDT,\u00a0Over 100 rockets have been fired at Israel from Gaza between 3 pm to 4pm their time.\u00a0 \u00a0The fighting rages on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 10:17 AM EDT &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reports say Palestinians from Gaza have entered the Nahal Oz military base and are engaged in armed combat with Israeli soldiers.\u00a0 \u00a0The map below shows the location of the base relative to the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m8!1m3!1d108892.32872328686!2d34.497926!3d31.472342!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x14fd8004ac4cafdf%3A0xb68012ce3d4a8325!2sNahal%20Oz%2C%20Israel!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1620847253750!5m2!1sen!2sus\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 11:07 AM EDT &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The cities of Eilat and Haifa in Israel have been ordered to open their bomb shelters.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Senior Hamas official : \u201cIn the next few hours the situation will deteriorate more and more.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BREAKING<\/strong><strong>: Russia&#8217;s foreign ministry calls on <\/strong><strong>Israel<\/strong><strong> to &#8220;Immediately&#8221; stop <\/strong><strong>settlement<\/strong><strong> activities on <\/strong><strong>Palestine<\/strong><strong> territories &#8211; RIA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(HT Remark: <\/strong><em>This announcement by the Russia Foreign Ministry was a slap-to-the-back-of-the-head that Israel did NOT expect.\u00a0 This is big.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 11:40 AM EDT &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Israel prepares for further escalation of Gaza war: Defense Minister Gantz orders economy to shift to emergency footing to ensure continuity in crisis; schools in large parts of Israel including Tel Aviv area to remain closed until next week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 12:07 PM EDT &#8212; Hal Turner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I just spoke via satellite phone with people in the Gaza Strip right now.<\/p>\n<p>I asked what they hoped to achieve with these rocket attacks against Israel.\u00a0 They responded &#8220;self-defense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I asked what they meant by that?\u00a0 They responded:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;All this trouble began when Israeli courts started Evicting Arabs in the Sheikh Jarrah quarter; ruling that precedent from the 1950&#8217;s allows the eviction of non-Jews from certain neighborhoods to give those homes to jews.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>When the seventh Arab\/Muslim family got evicted, Arabs started meeting in Mosques to decide what to do about this ethnic cleansing by Israel.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>When the Israelis found out that meetings were being held in Mosques, they sent police on Sunday to STORM the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount.\u00a0 \u00a0This is the third most important religious site to Islam in the entire world!\u00a0 The police entered by force, using stun grenades and tear gas against people knelling in worship on their prayer rugs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>That was the last straw.\u00a0 Israel was told to get their police out of the Al Aqsa Mosque.\u00a0 They refused.\u00a0 \u00a0THAT started the rocket barrages.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Then on Monday, Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque again; with stun grenades and tear gas &#8211; again.\u00a0 In response, the rocket launches intensified, and Israel began striking with fighter jets in the Gaza Strip.\u00a0 They started bombing people&#8217;s apartment buildings; knocking whole buildings down with multiple, 500 pound bombs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Then on Tuesday, the Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque for the third time in as many days!\u00a0 That&#8217;s when Tel Aviv came under our rocket attack.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Instead of stopping, Israel began sending fighter jets to knock down more apartment buildings, claiming they were where Hamas officials &#8211; who are the elected government in the Gaza Strip &#8211; were living.\u00a0 \u00a0These buildings weren&#8217;t launching rockets.\u00a0 These buildings weren&#8217;t some terrorist headquarters or hiding spots; they&#8217;re homes where people live.\u00a0 And they got knocked down by air strikes.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I asked how the average Arab\/Muslim views the situation overall and they responded:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Israelis came here and took someone else&#8217;s land<\/li>\n<li>Israelis started killing the people in that land and bulldozing their homes; but called it &#8220;settling.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>When the people being thrown off their own land fight back, Israel call it &#8220;terrorism.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>If Israel kills our kids for throwing rocks its the kids fault for &#8220;attacking&#8221; first.<\/li>\n<li>When Israel attacks first and kills our kids who were in a building minding their business, Israel accuses us of using those kids as &#8220;human shields&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>If Israel blows us up with fighter jets against apartment buildings, Israel calls that &#8220;a strategic strike on known terrorists.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>When we respond to Israel\u00a0bombing us, Israel says &#8220;its just more terrorism again.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The worst part is that all of this is somehow OK for Israel to do because Israel says they were promised this land by God in the book that Israel wrote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 12:30 PM EDT &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Israelis just did it again: Bombed another high rise building in Gaza:<\/p>\n<p><strong>BEFORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Before-GazaHighRise05-12-2021.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-233846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Before-GazaHighRise05-12-2021.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Before-GazaHighRise05-12-2021.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Before-GazaHighRise05-12-2021-480x436.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 600px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Significant amount of ambulances heard rushing to the site of Al Sharouq tower. Numerous casualties feared.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 12:52 PM EDT &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Israel sent another plane to finish knocking down the entire building!<\/p>\n<p>As the new bombs hit:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ANOTHER-SecondStrikeToFinishBuilding.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-233847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ANOTHER-SecondStrikeToFinishBuilding.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ANOTHER-SecondStrikeToFinishBuilding.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ANOTHER-SecondStrikeToFinishBuilding-480x319.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 600px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>IDF announces that Al Shuruk Tower housed Hamas military intelligence offices as well as comms. infrastructure used to convey tactical-military messages.<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>HT Remark:\u00a0<\/strong> <em>Haven&#8217;t the Israelis ever heard of a Search Warrant?<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 12:57 PM EDT &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New missile barrages coming out of Gaza, reaching very much farther, almost to the complete north west of Israel!<\/p>\n<p>STATEMENT:\u00a0Al-Qassam Brigades: &#8220;Al-Qassam Brigades are now bombing Ashkelon, Netivot, and Sderot with 130 rockets, in response to the bombing of Al-Shorouk Tower, and as an initial response to the assassination of a group of Qassam leaders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW:\u00a0<\/strong>Rioting in Judea and Samaria reported.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO:\u00a0Tonight marks the end of Ramadan in Gaza. Could see a significant uptick in rocket fire following sunset.<\/p>\n<p>Sunset in Tel Aviv 7:29 pm<\/p>\n<p>Current time\u00a08:02 PM<\/p>\n<p>Sun has set<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 1:22 PM EDT &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FLIGHTAWARE DATA SHOWS US AIRLINES HAVE CANCELLED FLIGHTS TO TEL AVIV, ISRAEL ON WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY AMID ATTACKS<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed:\u00a0United, Delta and AA have cancelled all flights into Israel.\u00a0\u00a0El Al is still running for now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 1:35 PM EDT &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Report from Lod, Israel: Jews broke into the Great Al-Omari Mosque during Arab prayers &#8211; and fired live ammunition at worshipers. Only miraculously disaster was prevented.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 1:49 PM EDT &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IDF has decided to expand strikes on targets in Gaza<strong> for the next week,<\/strong> with options to extend campaign even further into the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Hamas threatens fresh rocket volley at 21:00 local time. (Which is 2:00 PM eastern US Time)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This is only the beginning&#8217;: Netanyahu vows to &#8216;inflict blows that Hamas has not dreamt of&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RIOTING RESUMES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 2:14 PM EDT &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Israelis in Tel Aviv are attacking Palestinian-owned businesses in that city. Video below:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 242px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-233844-4\" width=\"242\" height=\"426\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IsraelisAttackPalestinianBusinessesInTelAviv-05-12-2021.mp4?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IsraelisAttackPalestinianBusinessesInTelAviv-05-12-2021.mp4\">https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IsraelisAttackPalestinianBusinessesInTelAviv-05-12-2021.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><strong>Netanyahu confirms that he refused a request for a ceasefire from unnamed parties.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 3:00 PM EDT &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza says 65 killed, including 16 minors, and 365 wounded from IDF strikes so far.<\/p>\n<p>Trains between Lod and Tel Aviv halted due to ongoing tensions reports GLZ Radio.<\/p>\n<p><em>Now that you have read this story, please COVER THE COST for what your visit cost this site by clicking one or more of the ads at the <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><a style=\"color: #ffff00;\" href=\"https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/en\/news-page\/world\/wednesday-12-may-fierce-fighting-continues-between-israel-and-gaza-strip-factions-death-toll-in-gaza-hits-53-including-14-children-and-3-women-in-addition-to-320-injuries\">source page<\/a><\/span><\/em> <em>which generates Advertiser revenue of two to three cents per click &#8211; <\/em><strong><em>no purchase necessary by you<\/em><\/strong><em> &#8212; and helps offset operating costs for this web site.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halturnerradioshow.com\/index.php\/en\/news-page\/world\/wednesday-12-may-fierce-fighting-continues-between-israel-and-gaza-strip-factions-death-toll-in-gaza-hits-53-including-14-children-and-3-women-in-addition-to-320-injuries\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netanyahu has confirmed that he refused a request for a ceasefire from unnamed parties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":233845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Current_Affairs","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=233844"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233862,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233844\/revisions\/233862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/233845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=233844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=233844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}