International newspapers and websites highlighted the Israeli attack and the increased suffering it caused to the Palestinians, and the “impossible mission” undertaken by CIA Director William Burns, in addition to other topics.
Military analysts who spoke to the New York Times doubted that the attack on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip would cause the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) the damage that Israel yearns for, and would even deepen the suffering of the Palestinians, as they said.
The newspaper added that the residents who returned to the Jabalia area (northern Gaza Strip) on Friday expected to find it subjected to major destruction, but what they saw was worse than that: vast views of buildings and fields completely leveled to the ground.
On the Mediapart website, an analysis strongly criticizes the content of an interview given by the Israeli Prime Minister to a widely circulated French television channel. Writer Edwy Plinel accused Benjamin Netanyahu of lying and spreading toxic propaganda, saying that he is “trying to drag France into his wars by claiming that a Palestinian state will pose the same danger as those in France who claim that the suburbs of French cities crowded with immigrants pose a danger to France.”
Mission: Impossible
In the Wall Street Journal, a lengthy report referred to what he called the impossible mission undertaken by CIA Director Burns, which is to reach a truce in Gaza and release the Israeli detainees.
The newspaper describes the task as the most difficult in Burns’ career, which is laden with complex tasks, and adds that he personally likens it to trying to push a large boulder up a steep mountain peak. It is considered that Burns so far maintains the confidence of Israel and the Arab parties in the Gaza negotiations.
The Intercept website highlighted a senior employee at the US Agency for International Development who was forced to resign because of an information presentation he prepared about the situation of women in Gaza. The website quoted Alexander Smith as saying that he had prepared research on the suffering of women and mothers in Gaza at the request of the agency, but before presenting it in a public symposium, the agency objected to aspects of its content, and Smith found himself under pressure that ended with him unemployed.
As for the French newspaper “Liberation”, it wrote about the expanding popularity of an application called “BOYCOTT
The newspaper explains that the application spread rapidly after October 7, but it took a bigger breath with the Israeli army storming the city of Rafah during the past weeks.
