Octopus Game Part VIII – The Hidden History of Palestine

Jabalia Refugee Camp

Octopus Game Part VIII

Press TV (2024)

Film Review

https://www.presstv.ir/doc/Detail/2024/12/31/740062/Octopus-Game-US-military-Ukraine-Israel-American-foreign-policy-documentary-PressTV

This episode continues the timeline of the Israel-Hamas war through December 2023:

December 12 – Israel announces 1 out of 10 Israel Defense Force (IDF) troops killed by friendly fire in Gaza. UN General Assembly calls for immediate ceasefire (150 yes, 10 no, 20 abstain).December 14 – Israeli ambassador to UK Tzipi Hotovely expresses anger at the global protest over Israel’s deliberate slaughter of civilian, announcing that Israel rejects the two state solution “giving” the West Bank and Gaza to the Palestinians and intends to expel the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza by obliterating the infrastructure they relied on for basic needs. Other Netanyahu supporters express concern that West Bank and Gaza Palestinians block Israel’s expansion into the Egypt and JordaDecember 17 – British Petroleum officially halts all oil shipments via the Red Sea and Suez Canal, as Middle East Monitor reports Houthi attacks on freighters costing Israel’s economy billions of dollars. The US coalition on paper) declaring war on Yemen that includes Spain, Canada, France, Seychelles, UK Bahrain, Italy and Norway. UN cites Israel for violating international law with summary execution of 11 Palestinian civilians.December 20 – Biden opposes Israel’s proposal for an Israel/US war against Iran, (according to the filmmakers) out of fear of losing November 2024 elections. He blames concerns about protecting US bases against attacks from pro-Palestinian countries (Iraq, Syria, Yemen). Owing to stalemate in Gaza, Netanyahu expands war to southern Lebanon. Massive Israeli protests call for  Netanyahu’s removal as prime minister.December 22 – Israel banned Muslims from entering the Al Axa Mosque in the West Ban and carried out the mass execution of 137 civilians in Gaza Jabalia refugee camp.December 25 – Israeli’s assassinates Syrian General Mousavi.December 29 – South Africa files suit with the International Court of Justice calling for an immediate ceasefire under Genocide Convention.December 30 – Israel bombs a town on the Iraqi/Syrian border.December 31 – Israel bombs Aleppo (Syria) and US launches missile attack on  Houthis vessels, killing 22. In three months Israel has kiled 21,000 Palestinians, 1% of Gaza’s population