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• La Knesset approva il piano per processi trasmessi in streaming in un tribunale militare, che ha suscitato paragoni con il processo a Eichmann • I legislatori israeliani hanno approvato l'istituzione di un tribunale speciale, con trasmissioni in diretta, dotato del potere di condannare a morte i palestinesi dichiarati colpevoli di aver preso parte all'attacco di Hamas del 7 ottobre 2023, che ha innescato la guerra a Gaza. • La misura è stata approvata con 93 voti favorevoli e nessun contrario nella Knesset, il parlamento israeliano di 120 seggi, riflettendo l'ampio sostegno della maggioranza ebraica di Israele nel punire i responsabili dell'attacco singolo più sanguinoso della storia d'Israele. I restanti 27 parlamentari erano assenti o si sono astenuti dal voto. Continua a leggere...

Ayman Ghazali, naturalized US citizen from Lebanon, often consumed content linked to Lebanese group onlineThe assailant who attacked a synagogue in Michigan earlier this month was inspired by Hezbollah, the FBI said on Monday.Jennifer Runyan, head of the FBI’s Detroit field office, announced during a press conference that Ayman Ghazali, 41, had frequently consumed Hezbollah-related content online before the attack. In a video recorded before he drove his truck into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township – a north-western suburb of Detroit – on 12 March, Ghazali said he wanted to “kill as many of them as I possibly can”. Continue reading...

Nathan Newby set to receive George Medal for stopping a potential atrocity with an act of kindnessA hospital patient who managed to talk a man out of detonating a bomb in a maternity wing said the would-be attacker “asked for a cuddle” before standing down.Nathan Newby, who stopped an atrocity through an act of kindness, spoke publicly for the first time about his encounter with Mohammad Farooq before receiving the George Medal for bravery. Continue reading...

Israeli military also says on social media brother of Ayman Mohamad Ghazali was ‘eliminated in airstrike last week’Israel’s military claimed on Sunday that the brother of the recent Michigan synagogue attacker was a Hezbollah commander responsible for managing weapons in a unit that has launched “hundreds of rockets toward Israeli civilians”.In a statement posted on X, the IDF claimed that Ibrahim Mohamad Ghazali – brother of Ayman Mohamad Ghazali – was a Hezbollah commander within a specialized branch of the Badr unit. Continue reading...