The Multifaceted Tyrannism Manifested In Israel’s Draconian Brutality.

April; 2026: Indonesia has accused Israel of flying a “propaganda” banner over the ruins of the Indonesian Hospital that had been built in Gaza with Indonesian funding. The hospital, in the north of Gaza near the fence with Israel, was opened in late 2015 after Indonesia’s Medical Emergency Rescue Committee, a humanitarian NGO, raised 126 billion rupiah (some $7.3m) in donations for its construction. It was destroyed in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

Jakarta said that a banner has now been raised over its ruins that alludes to Israel’s 12-day war against Iran last year. “The use of military symbols and propaganda over the ruins of a destroyed hospital, especially when linked to a specific military operation, is a highly provocative act and cannot be justified”, the foreign ministry said. “This act is an insult to a humanitarian facility built from the solidarity of the Indonesian people for the Palestinian people”.

Israeli forces have attacked mourners attending the funeral of two Palestinians in the village of al-Mughayyir in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian news agency Wafa is reporting. Citing local sources, it said Israeli forces fired live ammunition, stun grenades and tear gas at the funeral procession for a Palestinian teenager and a Palestinian man, who were killed during a settler attack on a school in the village yesterday (21st April 2026). Wafa reported that they were eventually buried in the village cemetery, following funeral prayers at the local mosque.

Israeli forces have carried out bombings in residential areas in the cities of Bint Jbeil and Khiam and the town of Hanine in southern Lebanon.

As the world’s attention remains largely focused on Trump’s announcement of an extension to the Iran ceasefire, the Israeli army and settlers continue to carry out attacks across the occupied West Bank.

Here are just some of the incidents reported today by the Wafa news agency:

• Settlers have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, under the protection of Israeli forces, and performed Talmudic rituals.

• The evacuated illegal Kadim settlement in Jenin was stormed by settlers under the protection of Israeli forces.

• Israeli forces have obstructed the movement of Palestinian residents east of Qalqilya as they patrolled the streets of the nearby town of Hableh and the villages of Ras Tira and Wadi Arsha.

Israeli forces have shut down several streets in occupied East Jerusalem, tightening restrictions on the movement of residents. Settlers are Israeli citizens living illegally on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Approximately 200,000 Israelis live in illegal settlements in occupied East Jerusalem, many built on private Palestinian land. They also live in Palestinian homes taken over by settlers with the help of the state. Between 1967 and 1995, more than 88% percent of housing construction in occupied East Jerusalem took place in illegal Israeli settlements supported by governmental subsidies.

Settlers are Israeli citizens who live on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. The vast majority of the settlements have been built either entirely or partially on private Palestinian land. More than 700,000 settlers, 10% of Israel’s nearly 07 million population, now live in 150 settlements and 128 outposts dotting the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

A settlement is authorised by the Israeli government while an outpost is built without government authorisation. Outposts can range from a small shanty of a few people to a community of up to 400 people.

Some of the settlers move to the occupied territories for religious reasons while others are drawn by a relatively lower cost of living and financial incentives offered by the government. Ultraorthodox Jews form one-third of all settlers.

A plurality of Israeli Jews who live in the West Bank say that the construction of settlements improves the security of the country, according to the Pew Research Center. The argument is that settlements act as a buffer for Israel’s national security as they restrict the movement of Palestinians and undermine the viability of a Palestinian state. However, some on the Israeli left argue that the settlement expansion hurts the two-state solution and thereby Israel’s own prospects for peace.

Since Israel unleashed its brutal bombing campaign in Gaza on October 07th 2023, in the wake of a deadly Hamas attack, settler attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem have more than doubled from an average of three to eight incidents a day, according to the United Nations. The spike in settler attacks have forced hundreds of Palestinians to flee their homes.

Team Maverick.