Sunday 27 July 2014

LEBIH 1,000 Orang mati di GAZA selepas Op ISRAEL, menyeru Gencatan SENJATA DILANJUTKAN . . .



Srikandi גבורה Lebih 1,000 rakyat Palestin terbunuh sejak Israel memulakan operasi ketenteraan di Gaza, kata para pegawai. Oleh kerana gencatan senjata 12 jam meng-hampiri penghujungnya dan pemulihan mayat2 terus di Gaza, pemimpin-pemimpin DUNIA menyeru untuk lanjutan kepada gencatan senjata.

Langkah2 operasi Israel di Gaza LIVE TERKINI Israel steps up operation in Gaza LIVE UPDATES

Walaupun 12 jam gencatan senjata ‘cease-fire’ antara Hamas & Israel yg ditetapkan untuk hari Sabtu, Angkatan Pertahanan Israel (IDF) menggesa rakyat Palestin, yang sebelumnya meninggalkan rumah mereka di Gaza, untuk "menahan diri daripada kembali."

"IDF akan bertindak balas jika pengganas memilih untuk mengeksploitasi masa ini untuk menyerang kakitangan IDF atau menembak pada orang awam Israel," kata jurucakap tentera berkata dalam satu kenyataan, sambil menambah bahawa Israel akan terus "aktiviti operasi utk mencari dan meneutralkan terowong di Gaza "semasa gencatan senjata itu.

Walau bagaimanapun, ribuan rakyat Palestin diabaikan amaran IDF dan kembali ke rumah-rumah mereka Gaza utk mencari skor rumah yang roboh dan bangkai menyekat jalan raya.

Penduduk yang dihadapi kemusnahan teruk di bandar utara Beit Hanoun.

"Tiada apa-apa yang tinggal. Semua yang saya ada telah hilang, "seorang wanita Palestin dari bandar itu memberitahu AP.

Rakyat Palestin berjalan di atas runtuhan mereka memasuki daerah utara Beit Hanun untuk memeriksa rumah mereka di Semenanjung Gaza semasa gencatan senjata kemanusiaan pd 26 Jul 2014 (Pales-tinians walk on the rubble as they enter the northern district of Beit Hanun to check their homes in the Gaza Strip during an humanitarian truce on July 26, 2014 (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)

OVER 1,000 DEAD in GAZA after ISRAEL's Op, calls for CEASEFIRE to be EXTENDED . . .

Over 1,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel started its military operation in Gaza, officials said. As the 12-hour ceasefire approaches its end and body recovery continues in the Strip, world leaders are calling for an extension to the truce.


Despite the 12-hour cease-fire between Hamas and Israel set for Saturday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has urged the Palestinians, who earlier left their homes in Gaza, to “refrain from returning.”

“The IDF shall respond if terrorists choose to exploit this time to attack IDF personnel or fire at Israeli civilians,” the military’s spokesperson also said in a statement, adding that Israel will continue “the operational activities to locate and neutralize tunnels in the Gaza Strip” during the ceasefire.

However, thousands of Palestinians ignored IDF warnings and returned to their Gaza homes to find scores of houses demolished and wreckage blocking the roads.

The residents encountered widespread destruction in the northern town of Beit Hanoun.

“Nothing is left. Everything I have is gone,” a Palestinian woman from the town told AP.

Rakyat Palestininans mereka jalan lalui runtuhan dan roda raksasa mini di daerah utara Beit Hanun di Semenanjung Gaza, semasa gencatan senjata kemanusiaan, pada 26 Julai 2014 (Palestininans go their way past rubbles and a mini ferris wheel in the northern district of Beit Hanun in the Gaza Strip, during an humanitarian truce, on July 26, 2014 (AFP Photo/Marco Longari)

Sekurang-kurangnya 100 mayat pulih daripada runtuhan di Gaza pada hari Sabtu, dengan kebanyakan mereka yang sebahagiannya reput, Ashraf al-Kidra, seorang pegawai kesihatan Palestin berkata.

Al-Kidra bercakap 20 ahli keluarga yang besar, termasuk sekurang-kurangnya 10 kanak-kanak, telah terbunuh oleh api tangki yg melanda bangunan di pinggir bandar Khan Younis.

Pengebumian mereka berlaku pada hari Sabtu, dengan beratus-ratus orang berarak, melaungkan "Tiada Tuhan selain Allah!" sambil membawa mayat2 yang dibalut dengan kain putih.

Angka kematian tentera Israel dalam serangan darat itu telah mencapai 40, dengan IDF mengumumkan bahawa 3 tentera mereka terbunuh di Gaza pada awal pagi pada hari Sabtu.

Mesyuarat Paris memerlukan lanjutan Gencatan Senjata

Menteri-menteri luar barat dari Inggeris, Perancis, Jerman, Itali, Qatar, Turki dan Amerika Syarikat telah dipanggil untuk melanjutkan tempoh 12 jam gencatan senjata antara Hamas dan Israel semasa pertemuan mereka di Paris.

"Kami semua mahu untuk mendapatkan, secepat yang mungkin, yang tahan lama, gencatan senjata dirundingkan yang memenuhi kedua-dua keperluan Israel dari segi keselamatan dan dengan keperluan Palestin dari segi pembangunan sosial-ekonomi [Gaza] dan akses ke wilayah Gaza, "Laurent Fabius, menteri Luar Perancis, tertekan.

Rakan sejawatannya dari British, Philip Hammond, menambah bahawa "keperluan sekarang adalah untuk menghentikan kehilangan nyawa" di Gaza.

"Dan kita menghentikan kehilangan nyawa dengan mendapatkan gencatan senjata ini untuk bergolek untuk 12 jam, 24 jam atau 48 jam - dan sekali lagi sehingga kami telah mewujudkan tahap keyakinan yang membolehkan pihak-pihak untuk duduk meja bulat untuk bercakap tentang substantif isu-isu, "jelas Hammond.

At least 100 bodies were recovered from the rubble in Gaza on Saturday, with many of them being partially decomposed, Ashraf al-Kidra, a Palestinian health official, said.

Al-Kidra spoke of 20 members of an extended family, including at least 10 children, who were killed by tank fire that hit a building on the edge of the town of Khan Younis.

Their funeral took place on Saturday, with hundreds of men marching, chanting "There is only God!" while carrying the bodies wrapped in white cloth.

Israeli military’s death toll in the ground offensive has reached 40, with the IDF announcing that three of their soldiers were killed in Gaza in the early hours on Saturday.

Paris meeting calls for ceasefire extension

Western foreign ministers from the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Qatar, Turkey and the US have called for an extension of the 12-hour cease-fire between Hamas and Israel during their meeting in Paris.

"All of us want to obtain, as quickly as possible, a durable, negotiated ceasefire that responds both to Israeli needs in terms of security and to Palestinian needs in terms of the social-economic development [of Gaza] and access to the territory of Gaza," Laurent Fabius, France’s foreign minister, stressed.

His British counterpart, Philip Hammond, added that “the necessity right now is to stop the loss of life” in Gaza.

“And we stop the loss of life by getting this ceasefire to roll over for 12 hours, 24 hours or 48 hours – and then again until we have established the level of confidence that allows the parties to sit round a table to talk about the substantive issues,” Hammond explained.

Serpihan dan asap mengisi udara semasa serangan Israel ke atas Gaza City awal pada 26 Julai 2014 (Debris and smoke fill the air during an Israeli strike on Gaza City early on July 26, 2014 (AFP Photo/Gil Cohen Magen)

Sumber dalam kerajaan Israel memberitahu Reuters Negara Yahudi sedang condong ke arah memenuhi aspirasi Barat dan melanjutkan gencatan senjata.

"Bagi Israel adalah berkenaan, tidak ada sebab utk menghalang penduduk Gaza dari menyimpan bekalan, selagi tentera boleh meneruskan tugasnya terhadap terowong. Perang kami tidak bertentangan dengan penduduk," kata seorang pegawai yang tidak didedahkan.

A source in the Israeli government told Reuters that the Jewish State is leaning towards fulfilling the West’s aspirations and extending the truce.

"As far as Israel is concerned, there is no reason to prevent Gaza's people from stocking up on supplies, so long as the military can continue its work against the tunnels. Our war is not against the population," an undisclosed official said.

Wanita Palestin berhenti seketika di tengah-tengah bangunan yang musnah di daerah utara Beit Hanun di Semenanjung Gaza semasa gencatan senjata kemanusiaan pada 26 Julai, 2014 (A Palestinian woman pauses amid destroyed buildings in the northern district of Beit Hanun in the Gaza Strip during an humanitarian truce on July 26, 2014 (AFP Photo/Mohammed Abed)

Israel melancarkan kempen udara utama di Gaza pada 8 Julai & kemudian menghantar tentera darat ke dalam wilayah yang diperintah Hamas.

IDF mengatakan bahawa Operasi Perlindungan Edge adalah bertujuan untuk meng-hentikan serangan roket Palestin dan memusnahkan terowong merentas sempadan Hamas.

Israel launched a major air campaign in Gaza on July 8 and later sent ground troops into Hamas-ruled territory.

The IDF say that Operation Protective Edge is aimed at halting Palestinian rocket fire and destroying Hamas’s cross-border tunnels.

Pekerja penyelamat membawa mayat seorang ahli keluarga al-Najar, selepas mengeluarkannya dari bawah runtuhan rumah mereka berikutan serangan udara Israel di Khan Yunis di selatan Gaza, pada 26 julai 2014 (Rescue workers carry the body of a member of al-Najar family, after removing it from under the rubble of their home following an Israeli air strike on Khan Yunis in the southern of Gaza strip, on July 26, 2014 (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)

Saudara-mara Palestin mengebumikan salah satu daripada beberapa kanak-kanak dari al-Najjar (Najar) keluarga, terbunuh dalam serangan udara Israel ke atas rumah mereka di Khan Yunis, di selatan Semenanjung Gaza, pada 26 Jul 2014 (Palestinian relatives bury one of several children from the al-Najjar (Najar) family, killed in an Israeli air strike on their house in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 26, 2014 (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)


ISRAEL, Hamas BERSETUJU untuk TANGGUH Selama 12 Jam dalam Pertempuran GAZA . . .



Srikandi גבורה Israel dan Hamas telah bersetuju untuk berhenti selama 12 jam dalam pertempuran Gaza yang bermula pada 7 pagi waktu Israel (0400 GMT) pada hari Sabtu. Amerika Syarikat, sebagai sebahagian daripada perbincangan di Mesir, adalah menolak untuk gencatan senjata selama 7 hari bermula hari ini.

Rasmi, yang bercakap dengan syarat tidak mahu namanya disiarkan, mengulas kenyataan sebelum ini Setiausaha Negara Amerika Syarikat John Kerry yang beliau pada sidang akhbar di Kaherah.

Jurucakap Sami Abu Zuhri menegaskan bahawa Hamas, bersama-sama dengan semua kumpulan militan di Gaza, telah bersetuju untuk gencatan senjata sementara. Beliau menegaskan bahawa langkah itu dikemukakan oleh Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu.

Sebelum itu, Setiausaha Negara Amerika Syarikat John Kerry pada sidang akhbar di Kaherah bahawa Perdana Menteri Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu kelihatan bersedia untuk menyelesaikan krisis yang semakin meningkat antara Gaza dan Israel.

"Perdana Menteri Netanyahu telah menyatakan kesanggupan untuk berbuat demikian sebagai wajah bayaran pendahuluan yang baik dan untuk bergerak ke hadapan," kata Kerry dan kemudian menambah bahawa "kemajuan yang serius" telah dibuat pada gencatan senjata tetapi terdapat lebih banyak kerja yang perlu dilakukan, Reuters melaporkan.

Menurut kenyataan oleh Setiausaha Negara Amerika Syarikat lebih awal pada hari Jumaat, perjanjian yg telah dicari untuk gencatan senjata kemanusiaan 7 hari antara Israel dan Hamas semasa percutian Islam Eid al-Fitr yang bermula minggu depan.

"Kami sedang berusaha ke arah yang singkat 7 hari keamanan. 7 hari gencatan senjata kemanusiaan bagi meraikan Hari Raya agar dapat membawa rakyat bersama-sama untuk cuba untuk bekerja untuk mewujudkan lebih tahan lama, gencatan senjata yang berkekalan untuk (tempoh) panjang, "Kerry pada sidang akhbar di Kaherah, yang telah berkhidmat sebagai tuan rumah untuk menghubungi antara Hamas dan kerajaan Israel.

Jeda yang akan datang di Gaza sekurang-kurangnya seolah-olah menunjukkan kema-juan yang telah dibuat ke arah mencapai gencatan senjata kemanusiaan yang lebih lama.

Kerry menunjukkan bahawa draf cadangan gencatan senjata tidak lagi dihasilkan. "Kami masih mempunyai beberapa istilah . . . untuk bekerja melalui, tetapi kami yakin bahawa kita mempunyai rangka kerja asas yang boleh dan akhirnya akan bekerja," kata Kerry.

Pengumuman Jumaat ini dibuat dalam sidang akhbar oleh Kerry, dengan Menteri Luar Mesir Sameh Shukri dan Setiausaha Agung PBB Ban Ki-moon yang berdiri di sam-pingnya.

ISRAEL, Hamas AGREE to 12-hour PAUSE in Gaza HOSTILITIES . .

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 12-hour pause in Gaza hostilities which started at 7 a.m. Israeli time (0400 GMT) on Saturday. The US, as part of talks in Egypt, is pushing for a seven-day truce starting Monday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, commented on US Secretary of State John Kerry’s earlier statement which he made at a press conference in Cairo.

Spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri confirmed that Hamas, along with all militant groups in Gaza, have agreed to the temporary ceasefire. He stressed that the move was put forward by the United Nations.

Earlier, US Secretary of State John Kerry told a press conference in Cairo that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears willing to resolve the escalating crisis between Gaza and Israel.

"Prime Minister Netanyahu has indicated his willingness to do that as a good face down payment and to move forward," Kerry said and then added that "serious progress" had been made on a truce but there was more work to do, Reuters reports.

According to a statement by US Secretary of State earlier on Friday, a deal was being sought for a seven-day humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Hamas during the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday beginning next week.

"We are working toward a brief seven days of peace. Seven days of a humanitarian ceasefire in honor of Eid in order to be able to bring people together to try to work to create a more durable, sustainable ceasefire for the long (term)," Kerry told a news conference in Cairo, which has served as host to contact between Hamas and Israel's government.

The upcoming pause in the Gaza operation at least seems to indicate that progress has been made towards arriving at a longer humanitarian ceasefire.

Kerry indicated that a draft truce proposal had not yet been produced. "We still have some terminology ... to work through, but we are confident that we have a fundamental framework that can and will ultimately work," Kerry said.

Friday’s announcement was made during a news conference by Kerry, with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon standing alongside him.

Setiausaha Negara Amerika Syarikat John Kerry (L) memandang Menteri Luar Mesir Sameh Shukri dalam satu sidang akhbar di sebuah hotel di Kaherah 25 julai 2014 (U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) looks at Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri during a news conference at a hotel in Cairo July 25, 2014 (Reuters)

Menteri Pertahanan Israel mengisyaratkan Gaza untuk meluaskan

Pada masa yang sama, jeda yang diumumkan dalam kempen Gaza IDF datang hanya sebagai Menteri Pertahanan Moshe Yaalon beri amaran bahawa negara ini mungkin meluaskan operasi daratnya "dengan ketara."

Dipetik Yaalon oleh pejabat beliau sebagai memberitahu tentera dikerahkan dalam bidang yang "anda perlu bersedia untuk kemungkinan bahawa tidak lama lagi kita akan mengarahkan tentera untuk ketara memperluaskan operasi darat di Gaza."

IDF dipaparkan di akaun Twitter bahawa walaupun "tetingkap kemanusiaan di Gaza," ia akan masih terus mencari dan meneutralkan terowong keganasan.

IDF juga memberi amaran bahawa ia akan "bertindak balas jika pengganas memilih untuk mengeksploitasi masa ini untuk menyerang."

Menurut Israel 31 terowong tentera Hamas ditemui setakat separuh telah dimus-nahkan. IDF menyatakan bahawa terowong itu menimbulkan ancaman strategik kepada Israel, dan digunakan oleh Hamas untuk menembusi wilayahnya.

Walaupun tanpa peningkatan lagi, Israel telah diuruskan tangan yang berat kepada Gaza, dengan lebih daripada 820 rakyat Palestin dilaporkan terbunuh dan lebih 5,200 cedera akibat pengeboman dan penggunaan tentera darat. Ada 3/4 daripada yang mati, dan majoriti yang cedera adalah orang awam menurut PBB.

Di Israel, sementara itu, 38 orang terbunuh setakat ini sejak pertempuran meletus pada 8 Julai Jumlah itu termasuk 35 askar, 2 orang awam Israel dan seorang pekerja Thai, menurut AP.

Protes berlaku di Tebing Barat dan di seluruh DUNIA

Sebagai Gaza telah berlarutan, protes pemasangan di seluruh DUNIA, kedua-dua dalam menyokong Israel dan mengutuk dakwaan pencabulan hak asasi manusia oleh IDF di wilayah-wilayah Palestin. 

Khususnya, kematian 16 rakyat Palestin terbunuh dalam serangan Israel di sebuah sekolah rendah di Gaza di bawah perlindungan PBB seolah-olah memburukkan lagi keadaan. Lebih daripada 100 orang tercedera dalam serangan itu, termasuk wanita, kanak-kanak dan bayi.

Beribu-ribu rakyat Palestin bertempur dgn tentera Israel di sebuah pusat pemeriksaan di Tebing Barat di timur Baitulmaqdis pada hari Khamis, menandakan permulaan protes terbesar dalam tahun-tahun di Tebing Barat.

Pada hari Jumaat insiden dilaporkan dari kampung utara Hawara berhampiran Nablus ke kampung selatan Beit Omar, berhampiran Hebron. Di Hawara beratus-ratus pen-duduk kampung menunjukkan selepas solat Jumaat. 4 orang cedera dalam protes mereka, salah seorang daripada mereka, yg berusia 19 thn, mati di Hospital Rafidiyeh di Nablus, menurut Datuk Bandar Hawara ini.

Juga di Hawara yang berusia 22 tahun terbunuh selepas tentera Israel melepaskan tembakan ke atas penunjuk perasaan Palestin. Menurut jurucakap polis Israel, Mickey Rosenfeld, pegawai sempadan telah melepaskan tembakan untuk menyuraikan orang ramai, yang dilaporkan membuang firebombs pada polis.

Protes menyokong Gaza dan masyarakat awamnya Palestin telah berlaku di bandar-bandar di seluruh DUNIA. Walaupun sebahagian besarnya aman, polis Perancis telah mengharamkan dirancang protes pro-Palestin selepas demonstrasi sebelum mengha-silkan keganasan. 

Pada hari Rabu ribuan berkumpul di Paris untuk menyatakan perpaduan dengan Gaza, dan telah tersebar apabila polis melepaskan gas pemedih mata dan menahan kira-kira 16 orang. Penganjur demonstrasi pro-Palestin telah dilaporkan memfailkan saman terhadap pengharaman itu.

Israel's Defense Minister hints Gaza operation to be broadened

At the same time, the announced pause in the IDF’s Gaza campaign came just as Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon warned that the country might broaden its ground operation “significantly.”

Yaalon was quoted by his office as telling troops deployed in the field that "you need to be ready for the possibility that very soon we will instruct the military to significantly broaden the ground operation in Gaza."

The IDF posted on its Twitter account that despite the “humanitarian window in Gaza,” it will still continue to locate and neutralize terror tunnels.

The IDF also warned that it will “respond if terrorists choose to exploit this time to attack.”

According to Israel of 31 Hamas military tunnels discovered so far half have been destroyed. The IDF maintains that such tunnels pose a strategic threat to Israel, and are used by Hamas to penetrate its territory.

Even without further escalation, Israel has dealt a heavy hand upon Gaza, with more than 820 Palestinians reported dead and over 5,200 wounded as a result of bombardment and the use of ground forces. Some three-fourths of the dead and a majority of the wounded are civilians according to the UN.

In Israel, meanwhile, 38 people have been killed so far since hostilities erupted on July 8. That number includes 35 soldiers, two Israeli civilians and a Thai worker, according to the AP.

Protests take place in West Bank and Around the WORLD

As the Gaza operation has dragged on, protests have been mounting around the world, both in support of Israel and to decry alleged human rights violations by the IDF in the Palestinian territories. In particular, the deaths of 16 Palestinians killed during an Israeli attack on an elementary school in Gaza under UN protection seemed to further exacerbate the situation. More than 100 were wounded during that attack, including women, children and infants.

Thousands of Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces at a West Bank checkpoint in east Jerusalem on Thursday, marking the beginning of the largest protests in years in the West Bank.

On Friday incidents were reported from the northern village of Hawara near Nablus to the southern village of Beit Omar, near Hebron. In Hawara hundreds of villagers demonstrated after Friday prayers. Four people were hurt during those protests, one of whom, a 19-year-old, died at Rafidiyeh Hospital in Nablus, according to Hawara’s mayor.

Also in Hawara a 22-year-old was killed after Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinian demonstrators. According to a spokesman for Israeli police, Mickey Rosenfeld, border officers had opened fire to disperse the crowd, which were reportedly throwing firebombs at police.

Protests in support of Gaza and its civilian Palestinian community have been taking place in cities around the world. Though largely peaceful, in France police have banned planned pro-Palestinian protests after prior demonstrations resulted in violence. On Wednesday thousands had gathered in Paris to express solidarity with Gazans, and were dispersed when police fired tear gas and arrested some 16 people. Organizers of the pro-Palestinian demonstrations have reportedly filed lawsuit against the ban.


Saturday 26 July 2014

Militan Negara Islam ISIS Meletupkan MAKAM Nabi Allah YUNUS Alayhis Sallam di IRAQ . . .

Orang berjalan melalui runtuhan Masjid Nabi Allah Yunus selepas ia telah dimusnahkan dalam serangan bom oleh militan daripada Negara Islam, yang sebelum ini dikenali sebagai Negara Islam di Iraq dan Levant (Isil) di bandar Mosul, 24 Jul 2014 (People walk through the rubble of the Prophet Younis Mosque after it was destroyed in a bomb attack by militants of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the city of Mosul, July 24, 2014 (Reuters)

Srikandi גבורה Makam Nabi Allah Yunus Alayhis Sallam – yang dihormati oleh orang Kristian dan Muslim - telah menjadi "debu" berhampiran Mosul Iraq. Rakaman kejadian itu telah diposkan dalam talian, dan saksi berkata ia mengambil militan ISIS hanya satu jam untuk barangan masjid dengan bahan2 letupan.

"Militan ISIS yang telah memusnahkan Makam Nabi Allah Yunus Alayhis Sallam timur bandar Mosul selepas mereka merampas kuasa masjid sepenuhnya," sumber kesela-matan tanpa nama memberitahu al-Sumaria News yang berpangkalan di Iraq.

Kumpulan pelampau ISIS menukar namanya dari Negara Islam Iraq & Syria (ISIS/Isil) kepada hanya Negara Islam (IS), selepas secara rasmi mengisytiharkan pemerintahan baru di Syria dan Iraq pada akhir bulan Jun.

Islam tahu kubur sebagai Makam Nabi Allah Yunus Alayhis Sallam, manakala Kristian merujuk kepadanya sebagai makam Jonas.

Nabi Allah Yunus Alayhis Sallam terkenal kerana mempunyai kisah yang telah ditelan oleh ikan atau ikan paus dalam Alkitab Perjanjian Lama, dengan cerita yang sama hadir di dalam Quran. Laman web ini di mana masjid telah dibina bertarikh kembali ke abad ke-8 SM.

"“[Yang] Negara Islam memusnahkan Makam Nabi Allah Yunus Alayhis Sallam selepas memberitahu keluarga tempatan untuk menjauhkan diri dan menutup jalan untuk jarak 500 meter dari tempat suci," seorang pegawai tanpa nama dari Endowment Sunni, yang menguruskan hal ehwal agama Sunni di Iraq , kepada AFP.

ISIS militants blow up Prophet JONAH’ tomb in IRAQ

The shrine of Jonas – revered by Christians and Muslims alike – has been turned “to dust” near Iraq’s Mosul. Footage of the event was posted online, and witnesses said it took ISIS militants just an hour to stuff the mosque with explosives.

“ISIS militants have destroyed the Prophet Younis (Jonah) shrine east of Mosul city after they seized control of the mosque completely,” an anonymous security source told the Iraq-based al-Sumaria News.

The extremist group ISIS changed its name from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL) to just the Islamic State (IS), after formally declaring a new caliphate in Syria and Iraq at the end of June.

Muslims know the tomb as the shrine of Younis, whereas Christians refer to it as the tomb of Jonas.

Jonas is renowned for having been swallowed by a fish or a whale in the Bible’s Old Testament, with a similar story being present in the Koran. The site upon which the mosque had been built dated back to the eighth century BC.

“[The] Islamic State completely destroyed the shrine of Nabi Yunus after telling local families to stay away and closing the roads to a distance of 500 meters from the shrine,” an anonymous official from the Sunni Endowment, which manages Sunni religious affairs in Iraq, told AFP.



Pegawai itu berkata ia mengambil pelampau Sunni 1 Jam ke pelantar Makam (bagi orang Islam) kuil (bagi orang Kristian) dengan bahan letupan. Selepas memindahkan orang dari kawasan itu, mereka meniup ia sehingga di hadapan orang ramai yang besar.

Walaupun beberapa laman agama telah dimusnahkan di hari baru-baru ini - dengan rasmi memetik Yahya Ibn al-Qassem, Aoun al-Din, dan Nabi Allah Daniel Alayhis Sallam sebagai Makam/kuil yang paling penting - "kemusnahan yang paling teruk ialah Makam Nabi Allah Yunus Alayhis Sallam, yang telah menjadi tanah".

30 Makam/kuil dan 15 hussainias dan masjid-masjid di kawasan Mosul telah dimusnahkan oleh IS pada bulan-bulan kebelakangan ini.

Sumber lain berkongsi gambar tapak kemusnahan di Twitter. Kebocoran Arab - Wikileaks Timur Tengah - Ditweet semula tapak kebocoran Arab berasingan yang menyatakan: "Ini adalah apa yang kekal masjid di Mosul daripada seorang Nabi Allah Yunus Alayhis Sallam."

Video dan gambar juga telah dikongsi oleh ahli biologi Iraq dan jurugambar Asmaa A. Akif.

Batu nisan mereka sendiri telah menghancurkan pada awal bulan Julai.

"Unsur-unsur ISIS [mempunyai] dikawal masjid Nabi Allah Yunus Alayhis Sallam di Mosul kerana mereka menyerang bandar2," kata pegawai Ninevah Zuhair Al-Chalabi yang memetik sebagai berkata oleh IraqiNews.com.

The official said it took the Sunni extremists an hour to rig the shrine with explosives. After evacuating people from the area, they blew it up in front of a large crowd.

Though several religious sites have been destroyed in recent days – with the official citing the Yahya Ibn al-Qassem, Aoun al-Din, and Prophet Daniel shrines as most important – “the worst destruction was of Nabi Yunus, which has been turned to dust.”

Thirty shrines and 15 hussainias and mosques in the Mosul area have been destroyed by IS in recent months.

Other sources shared photographs of the site of the destruction on Twitter. Arab Leaks – the Middle Eastern Wikileaks – retweeted a separate Arabic leaks site that stated: “This is all that remains of a mosque prophet Jonah in Mosul.”

Videos and pictures were also shared by Iraqi biologist and photographer Asmaa A. Akif.

The tombstone itself was smashed at the beginning of July.

"Elements of ISIS [have] controlled the mosque of the Prophet Younis in Mosul since they invaded the city,” Ninevah official Zuhair Al-Chalabi was quoted as saying by IraqiNews.com.

Orang berjalan melalui runtuhan Masjid Nabi Allah Yunus Alayhis Sallam selepas ia telah dimusnahkan dalam serangan bom oleh militan daripada Negara Islam, yang sebelum ini dikenali sebagai Negara Islam di Iraq dan Levant (Isil), di bandar Mosul, 24 Julai, 2014 (People walk through the rubble of the Prophet Younis Mosque after it was destroyed in a bomb attack by militants of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in the city of Mosul, July 24, 2014 (Reuters)


Thursday 24 July 2014

600 juta peranti Apple MENGANDUNGI BACKDOORS rahsia, tuntutan PENYELIDIK . . . .



Srikandi גבורה Seorang penyelidik keselamatan dianggap sebagai antara pakar-pakar terkemuka dalam bidang beliau mengatakan bahawa peranti mudah alih lebih daripada setengah bilion berjalan IOS terbaru Apple sistem operasi mengandungi backdoors rahsia.

Jonathan Zdziarski, juga dikenali oleh alias talian beliau "NerveGas," memberitahu penonton menghadiri persembahan pagi Jumaat beliau di Hacker pada persidangan Planet Bumi di New York City yang sekitar 600 juta peranti Apple, termasuk iPhone dan tablet, mengandungi ciri-ciri yang membolehkan data yang tersembunyi slurped akan curi-curi daripada peranti.

Semasa persembahan Zdziarski ini HARAPAN, "Mengenal yang pasti backdoors, Mata Serangan dan Pengawasan Mekanisme iOS Devices," penyelidik mendedahkan bahawa beberapa perkhidmatan forensik tanpa izin dipasang pada setiap iPhone baru dan iPad, menjadikannya lebih mudah yang pernah bagi pihak yang ke-3 untuk mengambil data dari peranti mereka untuk berkompromi sasaran dan mengambil memegang maklumat peribadi mereka, termasuk gambar, mesej teks, rakaman suara dan banyak lagi.

Antara fungsi-fungsi tersembunyi yang di jalan pada peranti iOS, Zdziarski berkata, program yg dikenali sebagai "pcapd," "file_relay" & "file_relay." Jika digunakan dengan betul, katanya, program-program boleh membenarkan sesiapa sahaja dengan cara yang betul & kaedah utk menarik jumlah yg mengejutkan data dari telefon yg disasarkan, walaupun tuan punya yang sah mengesyaki peranti cukup dikunci.

Zdziarski sebelum ini telah dieksploitasi versi yang lebih lama sistem operasi iOS dan mengarang beberapa buah buku mengenai keselamatan mudah alih. Walaupun selepas menaikkan pelbagai soalan dengan Apple, bagaimanapun, beliau berkata beliau masih belum memahami mengapa, tepat, teknologi kapal gergasi peranti iOS dengan program-program yang kelihatan berbuat apa-apa selain daripada data digital bocor.

Menurut slides Zdziarski dibentangkan semasa bercakap pada Jumaat, ada sedikit sebab untuk mempercayai fungsi itu digunakan untuk menjalankan diagnostik atau membantu pemaju.

"Kebanyakan perkhidmatan tidak dirujuk oleh mana-mana perisian Apple dikenali," kata satu slaid sebahagiannya, dan "format mentah dari data yang menjadikannya mustahil untuk meletakkan data kembali ke telefon, menjadikan tidak berguna untuk Bar Genius atau tujuan penerbangan berteknologi."

"Sifat peribadi data yang menjadikan ia sangat tidak mungkin sebagai mekanisme debugging," katanya.

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600 million Apple devices CONTAIN Secret BACKDOORs, researcher CLAIMS . . .

A security researcher considered to be among the foremost experts in his field says that more than a half-billion mobile devices running Apple’s latest iOS operating system contain secret backdoors.

Jonathan Zdziarski, also known by his online alias “NerveGas,” told the audience attending his Friday morning presentation at the Hackers on Planet Earth conference in New York City that around 600 million Apple devices, including iPhones and tablets, contain hidden features that allow data to be surreptitiously slurped from those devices.

During Zdziarski’s HOPE presentation, “Identifying Backdoors, Attack Points and Surveillance Mechanisms in iOS Devices,” the researcher revealed that several undocumented forensic services are installed on every new iPhone and iPad, making it easier that ever for a third-party to pull data from those devices in order to compromise a target and take hold of their personal information, including pictures, text messages, voice recordings and more.

Among the hidden functions running on iOS devices, Zdziarski said, are programs called “pcapd,” “file_relay” and “file_relay.” If used properly, he added, those programs can allow anyone with the right means and methodology to pull staggering amounts of data from a targeted phone, even when the rightful owner suspects the device is sufficiently locked.

Zdziarski has previously exploited older versions of the iOS operating system and authored several books on mobile security. Even after raising multiple questions with Apple, however, he said he has yet to figure out why, exactly, the tech giant ships iOS devices with programs that appear to do nothing other than leak digital data.

According to the slides Zdziarski presented during Friday’s talk, there’s little reason to believe the functions are used to run diagnostics or help developers.

“Most services are not referenced by any known Apple software,” one slide says in part, and “the raw format of the data makes it impossible to put data back onto the phone, making useless for Genius Bar or carrier tech purposes.”

“The personal nature of the data makes it very unlikely as a debugging mechanism,” he added.

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Menurut penyelidik, keterangan mengenai program misteri menimbulkan lebih banyak ianya soalan daripada jawapan.

"Mengapa ada seorang penghidu paket berjalan pada 600 juta peranti peribadi iOS dan bukannya dipindahkan kepada pemaju bergunung?" Tanya beliau dalam satu slaid.

"Mengapa ada perkhidmatan yang memintas pengguna sandaran penyulitan yang membuang jumlah jisim data peribadi dari telefon tanpa izin?

Mengapa kebanyakan data pengguna saya masih tidak disulitkan dengan frasa laluan atau PIN, membolehkan pencerobohan privasi peribadi saya dengan ANDA?"

"Apple benar-benar memerlukan untuk meningkatkan dan menerangkan perkhidmatan yang ini lakukan," Zdziarski memberitahu Ars Technia pada hari Isnin selepas persembahan HARAPAN beliau telah dinobatkan pada hujung minggu oleh peserta persidangan itu sebagai kemuncak acara 3 hari.

"Saya tidak boleh datang dengan perkataan yang lebih baik dari 'pintu belakang' untuk menggambarkan fail geganti, tetapi saya bersedia mendengar apa penjelasan lain Apple. Pada akhir hari, walaupun, terdapat banyak barangan tidak selamat di jalankan telefon melepaskan banyak data yang tidak boleh berputus asa. bahawa Apple benar-benar memerlukan untuk menetapkannya."

Sesungguhnya, Apple responded pada lewat kelmarin dengan mengatakan bahawa fungsi pokok dalam soalan adalah "keupayaan diagnostik untuk membantu jabatan-jabatan IT perusahaan, pemaju dan AppleCare menyelesaikan isu-isu."

"Apple rasa tradisional, mengakui untuk mempunyai belakang pintu pada peranti khusus untuk kegunaan mereka sendiri," Zdziarski responded balas dengan cepat di blog beliau.

"Mungkin orang salah faham istilah 'pintu belakang' kerana stigma Hollywood telah memberikan mereka, tetapi saya tidak pernah menuduh ini 'kaedah akses tersembunyi' seperti yang dimaksudkan untuk apa-apa yang berniat jahat, dan saya telah membuat kenyataan berulang bahawa saya tidak menuduh Apple bekerja dengan NSA.

Ini tdk bermakna, bagaimanapun kerajaan tdk boleh mengambil kesempatan daripada pintu belakang untuk mengakses maklumat yang sama. Apa yang membimbangkan saya adalah bahawa Apple muncul untuk menjadi benar-benar mengelirukan tentang beberapa ini (terutamanya memfailkan relay), dan tidak menangani isu-isu yang saya bangkitkan kepada orang lain."

"Saya memberikan Apple kredit untuk mengakui perkhidmatan ini, dan sekurang-kurangnya cuba untuk memberikan jawapan kepada orang-orang yang ingin tahu mengapa perkhidmatan yang ini ada - sebelum ini, tidak ada dokumentasi mengenai fail relay sekalipun, atau perkhidmatan yang 44 data untuk menyalin data peribadi ‘off’. lanya kelihatan mengelirukan mengenai keupayaannya, bagaimanapun, dlm down-playing nya, dan ini membimbangkan saya, "katanya.

Di pihak Apple, syarikat itu berkata mereka "tidak pernah bekerja dengan mana-mana agensi kerajaan dari mana-mana negara untuk mewujudkan backdoor dalam mana-mana produk perkhidmatan kami."

According to the researcher, evidence of the mysterious programs raises more questions than it does answers.

“Why is there a packet sniffer running on 600 million personal iOS devices instead of moved to the developer mount?” he asked in one slide.

“Why are there undocumented services that bypass user backup encryption that dump mass amounts of personal data from the phone? Why is most of my user data still not encrypted with the PIN or passphrase, enabling the invasion of my personal privacy by YOU?”

"Apple really needs to step up and explain what these services are doing," Zdziarski told Ars Technia on Monday after his HOPE presentation was hailed over the weekend by the conference’s attendees as a highlight of the three-day event.

"I can't come up with a better word than 'backdoor' to describe file relay, but I'm willing to listen to whatever other explanation Apple has. At the end of the day, though, there's a lot of insecure stuff running on the phone giving up a lot of data that should never be given up. Apple really needs to fix that."

Indeed, Apple responded on late Tuesday by saying that the tree functions in question are “diagnostic capabilities to help enterprise IT departments, developers and AppleCare troubleshoot issues.”

“Apple has, in a traditional sense, admitted to having back doors on the device specifically for their own use,” Zdziarski responded quickly on his blog. “Perhaps people misunderstand the term ‘back door’ due to the stigma Hollywood has given them, but I have never accused these ‘hidden access methods’ as being intended for anything malicious, and I’ve made repeated statements that I haven’t accused Apple of working with NSA.

That doesn’t mean, however that the government can’t take advantage of back doors to access the same information. What does concern me is that Apple appears to be completely misleading about some of these (especially file relay), and not addressing the issues I raised on others.”

“I give Apple credit for acknowledging these services, and at least trying to give an answer to people who want to know why these services are there – prior to this, there was no documentation about file relay whatsoever, or its 44 data services to copy off personal data. They appear to be misleading about its capabilities, however, in downplaying them, and this concerns me,” he added.

On Apple’s part, the company said they have “never worked with any government agency from any country to create a backdoor in any of our products of services.”


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