L'organisation de femmes iraniennes en exil Association Femme Azadi a rapporté dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi que le régime iranien avait commencé à arrêter des membres de la communauté juive, notamment des rabbins et des dirigeants communautaires, pour des liens présumés avec Israël. Selon ce rapport, qui n'a pas pu être confirmé par d'autres sources, ces arrestations auraient eu lieu à Téhéran et à Chiraz.

Parallèlement à ces allégations d'arrestations, le régime iranien a diffusé des images de membres de la communauté juive d'Iran rassemblés dans une synagogue, apparemment pour exprimer leur soutien au Guide suprême Khamenei et à la "riposte déterminée" des forces armées iraniennes contre Israël.

Cette semaine, les autorités iraniennes ont révélé avoir arrêté au moins 700 personnes depuis le début de la guerre pour des liens supposés avec Israël. Six personnes ont déjà été exécutées sous l'accusation de collaboration avec le Mossad, les services secrets israéliens.

Le recensement de 2014 estime à 25 000 le nombre de Juifs présents en Iran, alors qu'ils étaient 85 000 en 1978. Celui de la communauté juive d'Hamadan comptait 7 000 juifs avant la Révolution iranienne de 1979 et ils ne sont plus que quinze, en 2014. Cependant, il y aurait une sous-estimation du nombre de Juifs Iraniens du fait volontaire du régime iranien actuel, et le chiffre de 2014 de 25 000 Juifs présents en Iran indiquerait le nombre de Juifs inscrits sur les listes électorales qui auraient voté lors des dernières élections d'avant 2014. Cependant, l'attitude du régime Iranien change en fonction des tensions avec l'état d'Israël, et même, avec les États-Unis. En général, si les tensions sont très fortes avec l'état hébreu, les autorités iraniennes indiquent des chiffres très bas en ce qui concerne l'estimation des Juifs présents en Iran. La majorité des Juifs Iraniens restent très discrets, et n'invitent pas à boycotter les scrutins électoraux. Souvent, en Iran même, les chiffres de 50 000 à 60 000 Juifs présents dans le pays circulent de nos jours, confirmés par certaines ONG ou organisations juives, ou même, par des opposants iraniens musulmans, mais ne sont confirmés par aucune étude, sans doute pour laisser vivre dans une grande discrétion la communauté juive iranienne.

IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, prompting the military prosecution to call for a review into possible war crimes

The GHF operates four food distribution sites – three in southern Gaza and one in the center – known in the IDF as "rapid distribution centers" (Mahpazim). They are staffed by American and Palestinian workers and secured by the IDF from a distance of several hundred meters.
Thousands, and at times tens of thousands, of Gazans arrive daily to collect food from these sites.
Contrary to the foundation's initial promises, distribution is chaotic, with crowds rushing the piles of boxes. Since the rapid distribution centers opened, Haaretz has counted 19 shooting incidents near them. While the shooters' identities are not always clear, the IDF does not permit armed individuals in these humanitarian zones without its knowledge.

The soldier added, "We open fire early in the morning if someone tries to get in line from a few hundred meters away, and sometimes we just charge at them from close range. But there's no danger to the forces." According to him, "I'm not aware of a single instance of return fire. There's no enemy, no weapons." He also said the activity in his area of service is referred to as Operation Salted Fish – the name of the Israeli version of the children's game "Red light, green light".

The officer pointed to another issue with the distribution centers – their lack of consistency. Residents don't know when each center will open, which adds to the pressure on the sites and contributes to harm to civilians.
I don't know who's making the decisions, but we give instructions to the population and then either don't follow through with them or change them," he said.

A senior officer whose name repeatedly comes up in testimonies about the shootings near aid sites is Brigadier General Yehuda Vach, commander of the IDF's Division 252. Haaretz previously reported how Vach turned the Netzarim corridor into a deadly route, endangered soldiers on the ground, and was suspected of ordering the destruction of a hospital in Gaza without authorization.
Now, an officer in the division says Vach decided to disperse gatherings of Palestinians waiting for UN aid trucks by opening fire. "This is Vach's policy," the officer said, "but many of the commanders and soldiers accepted it without question. [The Palestinians] are not supposed to be there, so the idea is to make sure they clear out, even if they're just there for food."
Vach's division is not the only one operating in the area, and it's possible that other officers also gave orders to fire at people seeking aid.

In one incident, the soldier was instructed to fire a shell toward a crowd gathered near the coastline. "Technically, it's supposed to be warning fire – either to push people back or stop them from advancing," he said. "But lately, firing shells has just become standard practice. Every time we fire, there are casualties and deaths, and when someone asks why a shell is necessary, there's never a good answer. Sometimes, merely asking the question annoys the commanders."
In that case, some people began to flee after the shell was fired, and according to the soldier, other forces subsequently opened fire on them. "If it's meant to be a warning shot, and we see them running back to Gaza, why shoot at them?" he asked. "Sometimes we're told they're still hiding, and we need to fire in their direction because they haven't left. But it's obvious they can't leave if the moment they get up and run, we open fire."

"I was at a similar event. From what we heard, more than ten people were killed there," said another senior reserve officer commanding forces in the area. "When we asked why they opened fire, we were told it was an order from above and that the civilians had posed a threat to the troops. I can say with certainty that the people were not close to the forces and did not endanger them. It was pointless – they were just killed, for nothing. This thing called killing innocent people – it's been normalized. We were constantly told there are no noncombatants in Gaza, and apparently that message sank in among the troops."
A senior officer familiar with the fighting in Gaza believes this marks a further deterioration in the IDF's moral standards. "The power that senior field commanders wield in relation to General Staff leadership threatens the chain of command," he said.
 
According to him, "My greatest fear is that the shooting and harm to civilians in Gaza aren't the result of operational necessity or poor judgment, but rather the product of an ideology held by field commanders, which they pass down to the troops as an operational plan."

In a closed-door meeting this week with senior officials from the Military Advocate General's Office, held in light of the daily deaths of dozens of civilians near aid zones, the legal officials instructed that the incidents be investigated by the IDF General Staff's Fact-Finding Assessment Mechanism. This body, established after the Mavi Marmara flotilla incident, is tasked with examining cases where there is suspected violation of the laws of war, to fend off international demands to investigate IDF soldiers for alleged war crimes.

During the meeting, senior legal officials said global criticism over the killing of civilians is mounting. Senior officers in the IDF and Southern Command, however, claimed the cases are isolated and that the gunfire was directed at suspects who posed a threat to the troops.
 
A source who attended the meeting told Haaretz that representatives of the Military Advocate General's Office rejected the IDF's claims. According to them, the arguments do not hold up against the facts on the ground. "The claim that these are isolated cases doesn't align with incidents in which grenades were dropped from the air and mortars and artillery were fired at civilians," said one legal official. "This isn't about a few people being killed – we're talking about dozens of casualties every day."

Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites over the past month.

Conversations with officers and soldiers reveal that commanders ordered troops to shoot at crowds to drive them away or disperse them, even though it was clear they posed no threat.

Contrary to the foundation's initial promises, distribution is chaotic, with crowds rushing the piles of boxes. Since the rapid distribution centers opened, Haaretz has counted 19 shooting incidents near them. While the shooters' identities are not always clear, the IDF does not permit armed individuals in these humanitarian zones without its knowledge.

The distribution centers typically open for just one hour each morning. According to officers and soldiers who served in their areas, the IDF fires at people who arrive before opening hours to prevent them from approaching, or again after the centers close, to disperse them. Since some of the shooting incidents occurred at night – ahead of the opening – it's possible that some civilians couldn't see the boundaries of the designated area.

"It's a killing field," one soldier said. "Where I was stationed, between one and five people were killed every day. They're treated like a hostile force – no crowd-control measures, no tear gas – just live fire with everything imaginable: heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars. Then, once the center opens, the shooting stops, and they know they can approach. Our form of communication is gunfire."

The soldier added, "We open fire early in the morning if someone tries to get in line from a few hundred meters away, and sometimes we just charge at them from close range. But there's no danger to the forces." According to him, "I'm not aware of a single instance of return fire. There's no enemy, no weapons." He also said the activity in his area of service is referred to as Operation Salted Fish – the name of the Israeli version of the children's game "Red light, green light"

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FLASH INFO | « On va te la brûler ta Palestine » Un Franco-Israélien a menacé la députée Rima Hassan en pleine rue à Paris.

Yoav Gallant, alors ministre de la défense, avant d’être écarté du gouvernement, en 2024, avait justifié le début du siège : « Nous combattons des animaux humains et nous agissons en conséquence. »

Selon un article du quotidien israélien de gauche Haaretz, des soldats israéliens auraient reçu pour ordre de tirer sur des civils désarmés attendant de recevoir de l’aide humanitaire à Gaza. « L’Etat d’Israël rejette catégoriquement les accusations odieuses de meurtre rituel publiées dans le journal Haaretz », a écrit vendredi le premier ministre israélien, Benyamin Nétanyahou, dans un communiqué commun publié avec son ministre de la défense, Israel Katz.
 
L’accusation de meurtre rituel est une calomnie antisémite remontant au moins au Moyen-Age selon laquelle les juifs assassineraient des enfants non juifs pour les besoins de leur culte. « Ce sont des mensonges malveillants conçus pour salir les forces de défenses d’Israël, l’armée la plus morale au monde », ajoute le texte.

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Trump to Khamenei:

You are man of great faith. You should tell the truth. You got beat to hell. Israel was beat up, too.

According to Haaretz, the mass-casualty incidents were discussed at a meeting earlier this week during which the Military Advocate General’s (MAG) Office directed the top-tier General Staff Fact-Finding Assessment Mechanism to investigate suspected war crimes that have largely taken place near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution sites.

During the meeting, officials in the MAG’s office expressed alarm over mounting global uproar over the killing of civilians en route to aid sites, Haaretz reported. Senior officers from the IDF’s Southern Command pushed back, claiming that the incidents have been isolated and that troops only fired at Palestinians who posed a threat.

“The claim that these are isolated cases doesn’t align with incidents in which grenades were dropped from the air and mortars and artillery were fired at civilians,” a MAG representative is quoted as saying.

“This isn’t about a few people being killed — we’re talking about dozens of casualties every day,” the MAG official added.

According to the report, soldiers are receiving orders to fire at people who approach the distribution sites before they open or remain there after they have closed. The report added that many of the instances of fire occurred at nighttime, meaning the Palestinians who were fired at possibly did not know they were in a forbidden area.