A spokesman for the UN’s child relief agency, UNICEF, said on Tuesday that Israeli forces have killed at least 100 children in Gaza since the start of the U.S.-backed “ceasefire.” “More than 100 children have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire of early October. That is roughly one girl or boy killed every day. During a ceasefire,” said UNICEF spokesman James Elder.
KYLE ANZALONE, [email protected], @
Anzalone is opinion editor at Antiwar.com, news editor at The Libertarian Institute and co-host of Conflicts of Interest. He is covering developments in Iran and Venezuela and recently wrote the piece “Israel Plans to Resume Gaza Onslaught in March,” which states: “Multiple outlets report that Israeli leaders are drawing up military plans to launch an invasion of Gaza City in March.
“The Wall Street Journal spoke with people familiar with the planning in Tel Aviv, who explained that the IDF has new battle plans for ground operations in Gaza. A ground invasion in Gaza would destroy the ceasefire and peace deal that was brokered by President Donald Trump.
“Israel has violated the truce over 1,000 times in three months and blocked aid from entering Gaza. While over 425 Palestinians have been killed by Israel during the truce, Israel was killing scores of Palestinians daily before the ceasefire.”
“Last month, AntiWar.com reported in “IDF Chief Says ‘Yellow Line’ in Gaza Is a ‘New Border’” that “Israel currently controls more than 50% of Gaza’s territory and is eyeing a permanent occupation.”
The Times of Israel reports this week: “The IDF has drawn up plans to launch renewed intensive military operations in Gaza in March, with an offensive targeting Gaza City aimed at pushing the Yellow Line ceasefire demarcation west toward the coast of the enclave, further expanding the IDF’s control of the territory, an Israeli official and an Arab diplomat told the Times of Israel.”