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Hamas operatives seek to prosecute Israel in the International Criminal Court in the Hague.

Israel was being sued in the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague for a giant suit of $250 billion by a group of European lawyers. They represent eight members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in the Gaza Strip who initiated the suit for damages resulting from the alleged "crimes" Israel committed against the residents of Gaza beginning in 2007, especially the damages caused by the "siege" they claim is imposed by Israel. The suit was submitted with the aid of two international organizations. The Palestinians refer to anti-Israeli lawfare and their many appeals to the ICC as a form of "resistance" and one of the tools in their "struggle" against Israel. The PLC members claimed the suit was being submitted on behalf of the Palestinian people, but in reality it is being submitted on behalf of Hamas.
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Israeli Security Force Activity in Jenin and Initial Reactions As of 1 p.m., July 3, 2023

At approximately 1 a.m. on July 3, 2023, Israeli security forces began a military activity in Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp. It started with aerial attacks on terrorist targets, including the joint operations room used by the military-terrorist wings of the Palestinian terrorist organizations in the Jenin refugee camp as a base for terrorist activities and attacks. During the aerial attacks a large ground force entered the city accompanied by engineering vehicles. The Jerusalem Brigades', the military-terrorist wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) declared the Palestinian name for the activity would be "Jenin's great might." They called on Palestinians in all the cities, villages and refugee camps, especially those near Jenin, to clash with the Israeli security forces and support Jenin and its fighters in all the arenas. It is the most extensive activity carried out by Israeli security forces in the Jenin region since Operation Defensive Shield during the second intifada in 2002. As of 1 p.m. the ministry of health in Ramallah reported eight Palestinian fatalities and 50 wounded. Several dozen Palestinians were detained by Israeli security forces on suspicion of involvement in terrorist activity.
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The Palestinian Islamic Jihad opens military training camps for adolescents

On June 12, 2023, the recruiting unit of the Jerusalem Brigades, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's (PIJ) military-terrorist wing, opened training camps for adolescents in the Gaza Strip, calling them "the camps of Operation Free Men's Revenge" [the name the Palestinians gave Operation Shield and Arrow]. The camps were held at Jerusalem Brigades military facilities. According to the camp organizers, their objective was to give them the tools that would enable them to join the Jerusalem Brigades as operatives. Hamas and the PIJ regard the summer camps as very important. They are organized by their military-terrorist wings every year . The pictures which follow are of this year's PIJ training camps and document their military nature, whose objective is to train the youths for induction into the Jerusalem Brigades' units as soon as possible to fill the ranks which were depleted in Operation Shield and Arrow (May 2023).
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Israeli Security Force Activity in Jenin, June 19, 2023

The Israeli security force activity in Jenin became complicated when IEDs were detonated to attack two IDF armored vehicles. For several hours, during which the forces tried to extract the vehicles, there were heavy exchanges of fire with armed Palestinians. The Jenin Battalion of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's Jerusalem Brigades claimed its operatives had attacked the IDF soldiersThe al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (AAMB) reported its operatives had detonated several IEDs and shot at the Israeli forces (Jenin Battalion and AAMB Telegram channels, June 19, 2023). The Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military-terrorist wing, also announced it operatives had detonated IEDs and shot barrages at IDF soldiers in Jenin (al-Aqsa TV, June 19, 2023). Five Palestinians were killed at least four of the fatalities were terrorist operatives; one was a 15 year-old boy.Palestinian sources on the ground were extremely satisfied with the outcome of the event.
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Hamas terrorist Ayman Nofal explains the workings of the Palestinian organizations’ joint operations room in the Gaza Strip

Ayman Nofal, a member of the General Military Hamas' military-terrorist wing , gave a rare interview to the al-Jazeera network. He spoke about the joint operations room of the military wings of the Palestinian organizations in the Gaza Strip. He claimed the joint operations room was an expression of the "united resistance" [terrorist organizations] in the Gaza Strip, and every future confrontation with Israel would be undertaken with its collective decisions. The idea of creating a joint operations room was first proposed in 2016. The idea was officially implemented in July 2018, in reality conducted under the leadership and direction of Hamas' military-terrorist wing. For the past three years, at the end of every year, the joint operations room has held a military, each one with a different emphasis. While representatives often emphasize the unity of their activities, in point of fact Hamas and the other organizations are aware of the difficulty of maintaining an operations room with cooperation and genuine coordination among the various organizations, which have different political affiliations and conflicting interests.
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Palestinian reactions to the incident on the Israeli-Egyptian border in which three Israeli fighters were killed

An Egyptian border policeman infiltrated Israeli territory, fired at two IDF soldiers manning a guard post and killed them. Another fighter was killed during a pursuit after the shooter. In general, senior figures in the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestinian organizations refrained from officially commenting on the attack. However, on the unofficial popular level, the Palestinian media (mainly journalists and daily columnists) and social media users did not hide their glee over the attack and its consequences. They noted the IDF’s “operational failure” and praised the Egyptian policeman who carried out the attack. Some of them interpreted his act as proof of the “unity of the arenas” and as a symbol of the Arab world’s enlistment and partnership in the Palestinian struggle against Israel and for Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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