As of 4:50 PM Pacific Time, Monday, May 8, occupation forces are currently targeting the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian people, and the Palestinian resistance in assassination attempts, especially the leaders of the Movement of Islamic Jihad in Palestine. Houses in Rafah, Gaza City and other places have been hit by Zionist missiles, causing casualties and martyrs. Homes that have been targeted so far include those of resistance leaders Jihad Ghannam and Abu Hadi al-Bahtini.
Occupation warplanes continue to attack central and southern Gaza and occupation forces announced their intention to close the Erez and Kerem Salem crossings “indefinitely”, further tightening the 16-year siege of Gaza. This comes just hours after fishing boats were attacked by occupation warships in the Gaza Sea.
All Palestinian resistance fighters, police and security personnel are on high alert in Gaza and a state of emergency has been declared. Meanwhile, the occupying forces are calling on settlers around Gaza to take shelter or go to bunkers, fearing a response from the Palestinian resistance.
Israeli fascist minister Itamar Ben Gvir tweeted “It’s about time!” while occupation forces rained US-made and supplied weaponry on Palestinian residential neighborhoods and self-defense sites.
These attacks are ongoing Zionist war crimes, funded and supported by American and Western imperialism. As we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba—and 75 years of continued resistance to Zionism and imperialism—this is a key example of the ongoing colonial violence perpetrated against the Palestinian people, as well as the strength and steadfastness of the people and its resistance. We urge everyone to mobilize, organize and make it clear that we will not accept the ongoing killing of the Palestinian people and their resistance leaders, and that Palestine will, and must, be free, from the river to the sea
