A recap of main events today (while i was working on a completely different story so details to come later):
-emergency government and war cabinet formed in #Israel
- #Gaza 's only power station stopped working, leaving the territory without main electricity
17 Brits, including children are dead or missing after #hamas attack in Israel
-emergency government and war cabinet formed in #Israel
- #Gaza 's only power station stopped working, leaving the territory without main electricity
17 Brits, including children are dead or missing after #hamas attack in Israel
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The US is also working with Israel and #Egypt on a potential safe passage for some civilians, the White House said
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has called for essential supplies of food, fuel and water to be allowed to reach civilians in #Gaza and said a "rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access" was needed
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The #Hamas-run health ministry in #Gaza has said the hospitals now have to limit their work to life-saving treatment, so at the moment they won't treat anyone who is not in a life-threatening condition.
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Benny #Gantz , who joined an emergency govt with #Netanyahu, stated that his cooperation is "a clear message to our adversaries and to all #Israeli citizens: all of us together are mobilizing." Gantz said after the Security Cabinet meeting, "Just as people from left and right, from the city and the village, go out to fight, decisions of the government will also be made by people from different camps. Now, we are all one camp - the camp of the people of Israel."
#Gaza #hamas
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Benjamin #Netanyahu said "the fate of the country is at stake." He added that "unity among the people in moments of grief and sorrow resonates worldwide. #Hamas is like #ISIS ; we will crush and eliminate them just as they did with ISIS."
Acc to Likud source, it was agreed that Netanyahu, Gallant and Gantz will be part of the war cabinet. Gadi Eisenkot, a member of Gantz's party and ex-IDF Chief of Staff, alongside Strategic Affairs Min Ron Dermer, will serve as observer
#Israel #Gaza
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#Turkey is carrying out negotiations regarding civilians held by the #Palestinian #Hamas militant group after its attack on #Israel on the weekend, a senior Turkish official said on Wednesday, as Ankara ramped up efforts and diplomacy to mediate the conflict.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the talks were being carried out by Turkey's relevant institutions upon orders by President Tayyip Erdogan, but provided no further details
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#Israel #Gaza #hamas
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US president Joe #Biden said that he had seen pictures of beheaded children among the casualties in #Israel - a claim that has circulated around social media and in some reports, but that has not been confirmed by the Israeli Defence Forces #IDF
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67073970?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6527207bfd63b979e1acd204%26Biden%20says%20he%20saw%20pictures%20of%20%27terrorists%20beheading%20children%27%262023-10-11T22%3A37%3A56.399Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:30504b32-f5ec-4b14-a3b9-89512aab5c0e&pinned_post_asset_id=6527207bfd63b979e1acd204&pinned_post_type=share
#Gaza #hamas
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All the crossings into #Israel have been closed since #Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel on Saturday.
Until yesterday, the #Rafah crossing between Gaza and #Egypt was operating.
On Sunday, it was open for goods and about 200 trucks of food, fuel and construction materials were allowed in, acc to OCHA
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67082047
Egypt warned Israel days before Hamas struck, US committee chairman says
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European Parliament chief Roberta Metsola says Europe is ready to broker solutions to hostage crisis
https://www.politico.eu/article/israeli-hostage-families-call-for-eu-support-to-get-loved-ones-home/
Israeli hostage families call for EU support to get loved ones home
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The Reckoning Must Be With #Hamas , Not With All #Gazans
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-10-12/ty-article-opinion/.premium/the-reckoning-must-be-with-hamas-not-with-all-gazans/0000018b-2020-d53b-af8b-737c1b7a0000?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&v=1697068717282
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With #Gaza Sealed Off, #Palestinians Face Aid Freezes Too
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/10/11/gaza-sealed-palestinians-face-aid-freezes-too
#hamas #Israel
With Gaza Sealed Off, Palestinians Face Aid Freezes Too
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It marked the first known call between the leaders since China negotiated a deal between the two after seven years of hostility.
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The #BBC reached out to the White House to get clarification on #Biden 's comments on beheaded children
A WH official has since told the BBC that Biden did not see such images, rowing back from the president's comments.
"He was referring to the reports from #Israel, " the official said.
It thrust the president into the middle of the debate over the veracity of the claim and distracted somewhat from the focus of Mr Biden’s message – that he condemned the attack
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V @zurch #BBC North America correspondent:
'Murdered #children are a heartbreaking tragedy no matter how they were killed. But Mr #Biden ’s remarks complicate matters for the US as it seeks to aid and support #Israel
As the fog of war continues to swirl around this new conflict, any walking back or confusion risks aiding those who are trying to sow #misinformation and cast doubt on events and atrocities that are verifiably true.'
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#US is in talks with #Israel , the #UN and #Egypt on allowing aid into #Gaza , and providing safe passage out of the territory for some residents. #Blinken is due to land in Israel
Israel has massed troops near the Gaza border, which includes about 300,000 #reservist forces. It is still unclear if and when it plans to launch a ground offensive inside Gaza
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Pressure is mounting for the establishment of safe corridors to allow aid and medicine into the #Gaza strip, as well as allow #Palestinians to leave
UN has said that more than 338,000 people have been displaced in Gaza
#Israel #hamas
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The #Palestinian health ministry says 1,200 people have died since Israel started airstrikes in #Gaza
#hamas
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"The Israeli Air Force has been striking a lot of neighbourhoods in Gaza. What we are doing is prioritising striking commanders, senior leaders of Hamas in all echelons," an IDF spox said.
"Whatever it is, if it belongs to Hamas, we are striking it."
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The Palestinian political leadership is deeply divided between Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party in the West Bank and its #Islamist militant #Hamas opponents who control the #Gaza Strip.
A background piece comparing the two:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67073970?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=65277fb2364b3f1612ec4731%26The%20difference%20between%20the%20Palestinian%20president%27s%20Fatah%20party%20and%20Hamas%262023-10-12T05%3A14%3A55.786Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:298aca22-4c43-44f2-bf5b-2923fad7b9ca&pinned_post_asset_id=65277fb2364b3f1612ec4731&pinned_post_type=share
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And here's another line from the #Israeli military update - #IDF spox Jonathan Conricus says that #Hamas militants did behead babies during their deadly wave of attacks at the weekend.
Conricus says a coroner who visited the aftermath of the massacre at Kibbutz Be'eri had seen the children's bodies and confirmed how they died.
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In his short visit, Blinken will meet #Israeli officials and the #Palestinian President Mahmoud #Abbas (who is a political rival to #Hamas in the #Gaza Strip).
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"The human misery caused by this escalation is abhorrent, and I implore the sides to reduce the suffering of civilians," the ICRC's regional director for the Near and Middle East, Fabrizio Carboni, says
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In a social media post, Israel Katz said no "electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck will enter" until the "abductees" are free.
Israel stopped supplies to the #Gaza Strip after the #Hamas attacks on Saturday.
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#Israel #hamas
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#Iran 's foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian will travel to #Lebanon to discuss the #Israeli - #Palestinian conflict, the semi-official #Tasnim news agency said on Thursday, citing Iran's ambassador in Lebanon.
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The presidents of #Iran and #Syria have urged Islamic countries to reach agreement on a position in support of #Palestinians , a news agency linked to Iran's top security agency, Nournews, reported on Thursday.
#Israel #Gaza #Hamas
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#Israel 's Home Front Command Commander Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo said 'that the #IDF is focused on defending civilians and killing terrorists. Milo added that the command is working with local authorities and that he discovered "shock and a big break in their trust in us" – along with what he called "a very big realisation and understanding that we must stand up and help the residents. There's no doubt that any breach of trust requires time to heal."
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Milo stressed that his command's current main task is the #evacuation of residents who are still in the Gaza-Border communities
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The number of Israelis killed by #Hamas has risen to 1,300, with at least 150 hostages taken into Gaza
More than 1,400 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes, w 338,000 people displaced
#Netanyahu has told parliament that "difficult days await" at the swearing in of the war cabinet
The #UN says Gaza is facing a "dire" situation with food and water quickly running out
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Human Rights Watch #HRW has accused Israel of using white phosphorus, a controversial munition, in its bombings of the Gaza Strip and #Lebanon.
Israel's military told Reuters that it was "currently not aware of the use of weapons containing white phosphorous in Gaza". It did not comment on Lebanon.
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The #Israel - #Gaza conflict podcast from the #BBC brings you reports and info from our correspondents on the ground you might have missed.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gl7z5v?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
In the latest edition Lyse Doucet hears from the mayor #Sderot what response he wants to the #Hamas attack and an #Israeli volunteer clearing debris and collecting bodies in a kibbutz tells Jeremy Bowen "not even Hollywood can make a horror movie to describe what we have seen here"
The Conflict: Israel-Gaza - The Israel Hostage Crisis - BBC Sounds
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The funds will be used to help some 1.2m people, the agency said.
Acc to OCHA, more than 84,000 people in #Gaza became homeless on Thursday, the agency said, adding that there are now more than 423,000 people without shelter there
#Israel #hamas
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The UN says this amounts to approx 1.1 million people - about half the population of the entire Gaza Strip. The affected area includes densely populated Gaza City.
The alert was given just before midnight local time
#Israel #hamas
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The order also includes all UN staff and those sheltered in UN facilities which includes schools, health centres, and clinics.
The UN Security Council #UNSC is due to hold an emergency meeting today in a closed consultation format.
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#Israel #hamas #WadiGaza
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The #evacuation order is part of #Israel 's "humanitarian measures" in the #Gaza Strip, says #IDF spox Jonathan Conricus:"Civilians are not our enemy."
He said the military wants to minimise civilian casualties as it strikes targets in the Gaza Strip, and that it remains fully committed to the laws of international armed conflict.
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National Security spox John Kirby said they would also be looking into other ways to help citizens leave, by land or sea.
Argentina, France, South Korea, Australia and Canada - among others - have been evacuating their citizens throughout the week.
Japan has also announced it will send a chartered flight to Israel to evacuate Japanese citizens at the weekend
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The militant group has long been criticised by the international community for using civilians as human shields - putting innocent people in danger to protect their fighters.
Hamas took power of the Gaza strip after it won the legislative elections in 2006, before reinforcing its power in Gaza the following year by ousting the rival Fatah movement of President Mahmoud Abbas.
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'It would involve 40,000 people per hour. On the ground convoys of the International Red Cross and United Nations humanitarian agency staff have been spotted travelling south from #Gaza City towards the southern part of territory, which may be in preparation of possible evacuation operation.
But it would bring chaos to try to carry it out on this scale within 24 hrs'
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'This is my community. I've seen things I can never unsee'
#Gaza City's main hospital, Al Shifa, is at breaking point, with hundreds of seriously injured people filling the hallways and bodies lying in corridors and outside, as staff work under immense pressure.
Inside, BBC Arabic's reporter Adnan Elbursh and his team discover their own neighbours, relatives and friends are among those injured and killed.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-67094214
Emotional moment BBC crew find injured friend in Gaza hospital
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The #BBC 's Lucy Williamson has been to the site of the #Israeli music #festival where 260 bodies were discovered following an attack by #Hamas militants on Saturday. Gun shots rung out as journalists were allowed in the area for the first time, accompanied by the #Israeli military.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67094215
Shots fired as BBC visits festival massacre 'ground zero'
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'Dad. They shot me. Help': Surviving the Kfar Aza kibbutz massacre
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67089114
#Israel #Gaza #hamas #KfarAza
Kfar Aza kibbutz massacre: Father saves daughter he hadn’t seen for six years
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Stanford instructor removed for targeting Jewish students as ‘colonizers’ after Hamas attack on Israel
https://forward.com/news/564587/stanford-university-jewish-students-instructor-hamas/
Stanford instructor removed for singling out Jewish students – The Forward
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'Egypt’s difficult questions in the Gaza war'
https://www.madamasr.com/en/2023/10/11/feature/politics/egypts-difficult-questions-in-the-gaza-war/
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Hamas took about 150 people captive in its attack on 7 October. It has threatened to kill hostages if civilians homes are bombed by Israel without warning.
As the reports came in, UK Def Sec Grant Shapps told ITV he would treat the claims with "caution" but "deep concern".
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"We can clearly see that our enemy, #Russia, is interested in the worst-case scenario in the Middle East.
I am grateful to everyone who works to keep the Middle East from further exploding, but also to hold terrorists accountable for everything they have done against Israel—against children and women, against ordinary people.
We also remember about the citizens of other countries who have been detained or killed by terrorists." (Cont)
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It is critically important—for everyone around the world including those who do not yet comprehend—that terrorists must always be held accountable for all the evil they have caused."
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#hamas #Gaza
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' #IDF has notified the families of 120 hostages being held by #Hamas in the #Gaza Strip'
Would it refer to #Israeli soldiers being kept as hostages?
Previously there was talk of about 150 people altogether taken from #Israel
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By Barak Ravid
https://www.axios.com/2023/10/12/hamas-attack-israel-intelligence-failure-high-alert-shen-bet
'several high-level consultations took place on Friday night to try to understand what the new intelligence meant. #IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Shin Bet director Ronen Bar and Aharon Haliva, head of military intelligence, participated in some of these consultations.'
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The Israeli Airforce acct posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that over the last 24 hours the Israeli Army carried out "local raids" in the territory of the Gaza Strip. The post says:
"Infantry and armored forces searched and gathered in the area for findings that may help in the effort to locate the missing and thwarted terrorist infrastructure and terrorist cells found in the area."
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"We reiterate our call for their immediate release and stand ready to conduct humanitarian visits," the #RedCross said.
Their quote regarding the evacuation orders:
"The instructions issued by the Israeli authorities for the population of #Gaza City are not compatible with international humanitarian law"
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#BBCNews - #Hamas attack on #Israel kibbutz Be’eri captured by mothers’ WhatsApp group
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67105618
Hamas attack on Israel kibbutz Be’eri captured by mothers’ WhatsApp group
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67099574
Putin is ready to take advantage of Israel-Gaza war, says Steve Rosenberg
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"We are deeply saddened to learn that our videographer, Issam Abdallah, has been killed," the statement said.
Reuters journalists Thaer Al-Sudani and Maher Nazeh also sustained injuries and are seeking medical care, according to the statement.
#JournalismIsNorACrime
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The #Palestinian Ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, is demanding that the international community put pressure on #Israel to stop its aerial bombardment and to work to allow humanitarian convoys to enter the #Gaza strip, where he says Palestinians are in danger of either being killed by bombardment or starvation.
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says #Israel 's UN envoy
Gilad Erdan called on the UN to support Israel's order to evacuate Gaza:
"Hamas was democratically elected by the people of Gaza, we shouldn't forget this, don't look away," Erdan said.
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#GiftArticle #NoPaywall 'Nasrallah held an online meeting with an elite group of strategists from all the Iran-backed militias and told them to get ready for a war with #Israel with a scope and reach — incl a ground invasion — that would mark a new era, acc to two participants from Iran and Syria.'
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67053011
Hamas hostages: Who are the people taken from Israel?
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67106104
#Israel #hamas
Voices from Gaza: We don't know where to go
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It says it acted after it intercepted two "unidentified targets" above #Haifa, close to the #Lebanese border, and after an unidentified UAV (drone) crossed into northern Israel.
In recent days Israeli forces have exchanged rocket fire with Hezbollah.
Like #Hamas, Hezbollah too has been designated a terrorist organisation by the UK, US and other countries.
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Blinken wants Arab states to clearly condemn Hamas and to also show restraint over Israel’s response.
But as he arrived in Riyadh, the Saudi foreign ministry issued its strongest criticism of Israel yet, condemning what it called the targeting of defenceless civilians.
#Gaza
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#Palestinian civilians have been fleeing northern Gaza by car, on the back of trucks and on foot after an #Israeli warning - about 1.1 million people living in northern areas have been told to leave ahead of an expected ground offensive by Israeli forces.
The UN described the order as horrendous, while the US urged #Israel to take every precaution to avoid killing civilians
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#Hamas fighters kidnapped at least 150 people and took them into #Gaza during attacks on #Israel a week ago which killed at least 1,300 people
1,900 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes, authorities say
A total blockade is being enforced on Gaza, with fuel, food and water running out
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#Israelis blame gov’t for #Hamas massacre, say #Netanyahu must resign - poll
https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/article-767880#767880
new Dialog Center poll released on Thursday found that an 'overwhelming majority – 86% of respondents, including 79% of coalition supporters, said the surprise attack from #Gaza is a failure of the country’s leadership,'
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'While the world focuses on the #Hamas massacre and #Israel’ s massive bombing of the #Gaza Strip, settlers in the occupied West Bank are taking advantage of the chaos to attack and expel #Palestinians from a number of small villages.'
https://www.972mag.com/settler-attacks-west-bank-gaza-war/
Settlers take advantage of Gaza war to launch West Bank pogroms
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'In this war, #Palestinians in #Israel are trapped between two painful realities'
By Samah Salaime
'One moment I’m receiving harrowing news of mass death and expulsion from friends in #Gaza. The next I’m sick with worry for my kidnapped #Israeli friend"
https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-citizens-israel-gaza-war/
"it is impossible to breathe. The heart and mind cannot escape the horror of corpses, the wounded, and captives."
In this war, Palestinians in Israel are trapped between two painful realities
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"Issam was the sweetest colleague. He let me take a kitten I was nursing on assignment once, and made it a bed in his helmet. But he always reminded me, whenever I got careless: “Our goal is to cover the news, not become it”. I am so sorry this happened to you my dear Issam. RIP."
#IssamAbdallah
#JournalismIsNotACrime
Anselmo Lucio hat dies geteilt
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'Documents exclusively obtained by NBC News show that #Hamas created detailed plans to target schools and a youth center in the #Israeli kibbutz of Kfar Sa'ad, to "kill as many people as possible," seize #hostages and move them into the #Gaza Strip.
The attack plans, which are labeled "top secret" in Arabic, appear to be orders for two highly trained Hamas units to surround and infiltrate villages and target places where civilians, incl children, gather'
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/top-secret-hamas-documents-show-terrorists-intentionally-targeted-elem-rcna120310?
'Top secret' Hamas documents show that terrorists intentionally targeted elementary schools and a youth center
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"On Thursday, Benjamin #Netanyahu took his zero-responsibility-always-share-the-blame attitude to a new level by forming a “temporary war cabinet.” In any other case it would be the right thing to do - for him, it's just another way to make sure there is someone else to blame for the #Gaza war failures"
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-10-13/ty-article/.premium/netanyahu-is-on-brand-no-responsibility-no-accountability-no-remorse/0000018b-288d-d450-a3af-699d263a0000
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'The journalists were wearing body armor clearly labeled as “press” when Israeli forces struck Lebanon on Friday; the sudden blast killed one Reuters journalist and wounded at least six others, according to official statements and videos analyzed by CNN.
Journalists from international news organizations Al Jazeera, Agence France Presse, and Reuters were among the victims, according to statements from their outlets.'
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/13/world/israel-lebanon-journalists-attacked-intl/index.html
#JournalismIsNotACrime
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Meanwhile someone thought defacing our New Broadcasting House would be a better idea - picture taken by Victoria Derbyshire this morning:
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g0wffp
#podcast #podcasting
Israel at a defining moment
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67100014
#Hamas #Gaza
Zaka: The volunteers giving dignity to Israel's dead
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67114281
#Israel #Hamas
Strike on civilian convoy fleeing Gaza: What we know from verified video
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67112202
#Israel #Gaza
'I don't eat or sleep' says husband of new mother missing after Hamas attacks
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67113392
#Gaza #Hamas #Israel
BBC in Khan Younis: The scene is tragic
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" #IDF is gearing up for a comprehensive offensive" with the help of hundreds of thousands of reserve personnel, its stmt says.
No timings were given. A ground offensive into the #Gaza Strip has been expected and #Israel has asked residents in the north to flee.
It says they plan an offensive "involving air, sea, and land" forces.
#hamas
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That's an extra 50m euros - for a total of 75m euros. The #EU is already the largest foreign donor to the #Palestinian people.
"It is essential that safe and unrestricted access for humanitarian aid is ensured", a stmt urged
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So far at least five planes carrying humanitarian relief have arrived in Egypt's Sinai, Red Cross #ICRC officials said.
The #WHO said a plane carrying trauma medicines and health supplies had also landed.
Al Arish airport on #Sinai is about 45 km from the Gaza border, but the #Rafah crossing with #Egypt remains closed.
#Israel #hamas
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Neta Portal was shot six times when Hamas gunmen stormed the #KfarAza kibbutz in southern Israel.
She had jumped from a window to escape a grenade, only for Hamas militants to open fire.
You can find out here what happened afterwards:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67089114
Kfar Aza kibbutz massacre: Father saves daughter he hadn’t seen for six years
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67084141
#hamas
Could an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza meet its aims?
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"This war should be no exception," UNRWA said in a statement. "Protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure including UN buildings applies to this conflict too."
"Wars have rules," #UNRWA said. "Civilians, hospitals, schools, clinics and UN premises cannot be a target."
#Israel #hamas
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"We are hostages here for both sides, for #Israel and for #Hamas ."
"If Israel are not able to find Hamas, they must not bomb the civilians and the infrastructure. We are not animals, we are not in a zoo, we are human beings."
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"Forcing more than 2,000 patients to relocate to southern #Gaza could be tantamount to a death sentence"
health workers have overwhelmingly chosen to stay behind, rather than risk moving their critically ill patients, a choice it calls "impossible".
It calls for #Israel "to reverse #evacuation orders to hospitals in northern Gaza"
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In a statement, the State Department added it was aware of 15 more citizens and one permanent resident of the US that are still unaccounted for.
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Some there believed the area around #Gaza was left unprotected because troops had been deployed to the occupied West Bank by the hardline, ultranationalist govt of Netanyahu.
"The #IDF is supposed to defend us, not to secure some crazy adventure of settlers which only harm the security of Israel and the security of its soldiers" a participant said
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The former US security co-ordinator for #Israel and the #Palestinian Authority, says the Israeli military's final preparations are probably "a few days away, if not hours away".
The logistical sustainment of such an operation - such as the number of casualties the Israeli military is likely to sustain - is hard to predict
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The draft resolution calls for an immediate, durable and fully respected #humanitarian #ceasefire, the secure release of all #hostages, and the distribution of humanitarian assistance and the safe evacuation of civilians in need
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67105784
Worry in UK as Israel-Gaza anxiety spreads
By Aleem Maqbool (BBC News)Kriszta Satori •
In recent days the checkpoint has been closed due to #Israel's aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip which has reportedly damaged the #Palestinian side of the crossing.
This has prevented people from leaving or entering Gaza through the checkpoint. It also means aid has been held up at the border, and aid agencies have urged authorities to let their convoys through.
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Israel has been carrying out retaliatory air strikes in #Gaza and a ground offensive is expected.
In total, 2,329 #Palestinians have been killed and 9,714 have been injured, according to the health ministry.
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In its latest update the #IDF says civilians still in northern Gaza must head south between 10:00 and 13:00 local time.
They should use a single route running from Beit Hanoun towards Khan Yunis, it says, adding that it will not target the route during those hours.
Initially, a 24-hour evacuation window was set by Israel for people to flee the area.
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'Deterrence between #Israel and #Hizbollah Must Hold'
https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/east-mediterranean-mena/israelpalestine/deterrence-between-israel-and
#Gaza #hamas #Lebanon #Hezbollah
Deterrence between Israel and Hizbollah Must Hold
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'Repeated #Israeli strikes to disable Damascus and Aleppo airports are a strong indication that
the #Iranian regime is trying to move strategic weapons to or via #Syria to open a northern front and the Israelis are determined to preempt that. It demonstrates that if the Israelis were to decide that Assad must pay the price for hosting Khamenei & Nasrallah’s front, they can take out any target'
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https://www.nybooks.com/online/2023/10/13/nowhere-to-go-in-gaza/
#Israel #hamas
Nowhere to Go in Gaza | Sari Bashi | The New York Review of Books
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' #Lebanon: #Israeli Shelling Kills 1, Injures 6 #Journalists , Including Carmen Joukhadar and Christina Assi '
https://www.womeninjournalism.org/threats-all/lebanon-israeli-shelling-kills-1-injures-6-journalists-including-carmen-joukhadar-and-christina-assi
#JournalismIsNotACrime
Lebanon: Israeli Shelling Kills 1, Injures 6 Journalists, Including Carmen Joukhadar and Christina Assi
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'The arm of the #Palestinian militant group -
#Hamas in #Lebanon - has confirmed that three of its members were killed while infiltrating #Israel from southern Lebanon early on Saturday.
It said the men were “able… to blow up the border fence” and “target the surveillance and access checkpoint” near the Israeli village of #Margaliot
On Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces #IDF said it had killed “from the air” three “terrorists” in that area.'
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Those eligible will leave from the port city of #Haifa for #Cyprus on Monday.
'Entry requirements can be found here: https://mfa.gov.cy/visa-information.html
Those wanting to board will be asked to sign a n agreement to repay the US govt
Meanwhile the UK Foreign Office is telling British nationals in #Gaza to prepare in case the #Rafah border crossing into #Egypt is opened:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67114394
Gaza: UK pushing for Rafah crossing into Egypt to open
By Christy Cooney & Sam Francis (BBC News)Kriszta Satori •
#China 's Wang Yi says #Israel 's actions in #Gaza have 'gone beyond self-defence'
#Pakistan , #UAE urge 'cessation of hostilities' amid Israel- #Hamas war
Tunisian parliament considers bill criminalising normalising ties with Israel
#Afghan #Taliban condemn Israel's 'brutal' measures in Gaza
Pakistan paper warns of Israel-Hamas war turning into 'regional war'
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#IDF Spox stmt saying that following an assessment of the situation and the shooting incident in the north, the army decided to 'isolate the area of up to four kilometers from the northern border with #Lebanon '.
The spox clarified that 'entering the area is strictly prohibited and asks the public to be vigilant. Residents staying up to two kilometers from the border are required to be near a protected area.'
#Israel #Gaza #hamas
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Kibbutz #Kfar #Azza released a statement saying that 52 of its residents were murdered in the #Hamas attack. It was also reported that 13 residents are identified as missing, and seven were abducted to the #Gaza Strip
#Israel #KfarAzza #KfarAza
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#Israeli investigation identifies native #Persian speakers in #Hamas videos, U.S. requests materials for examination
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' #Egypt is on the verge of accepting an agreement that would allow foreigners and dual nationals to traverse the #Rafah crossing into North #Sinai , having set as a precondition the approval of the entry of #humanitarian #aid into the #Gaza Strip, according to informed sources'
https://www.madamasr.com/en/2023/10/15/feature/politics/under-pressure-egypt-inclined-to-accept-israel-us-push-to-host-palestinians-potentially-displaced-by-israeli-offensive/
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#Israeli military says at least 279 of its soldiers killed since Oct 7, number of confirmed #Gaza hostages is 126
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'there are so many people coming back to #Israel to join the army that El Al, the Israeli airline, has had to operate during Shabbat - a first in decades.'
#Gaza #Hamas
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“the staff... can’t (go home) because of the number of people coming in that need help."
Around 60% of casualties coming into the hospital are women, children and elderly, he says. Al-Shifa is running out of medical supplies, with fuel powering the generators expected to run out today.
“We feel so helpless, like we can’t do anything"
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67102956
Muhannad Tutunji, Haitham Abudiab and their BBC Arabic team were driving to a hotel on Thursday when their car was intercepted.
BBC journalists held at gunpoint by Israeli police
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A moment's silence was held for victims of the #Hamas onslaught last Saturday.
The Israeli leader told the cabinet that the military knows the "entire country" is behind them and understand "this is a fateful hour"
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"Smoke is rising from the northern part of Gaza Strip and there is steady artillery fire into Gaza from Israeli guns.
But nothing I’ve seen here this morning feels like the brink of action. Perhaps the Israeli army needs a few more days."
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'BBC "urgently investigating" journalists at BBC World (Service)'s Arabic channel (who) are accused of writing and sharing social media posts in support of Hamas and (allegedly) claiming "no Israelis are civilians"
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2023-10-15/ty-article/.premium/bbc-investigating-journalists-alleged-praise-for-hamas-attacks-on-israeli-civilians/0000018b-32ae-da5e-abef-bbef4c31000
BBC Arabic reporters celebrate Hamas attack
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67116403
#Israel #KhanYounis #hamas
Khan Younis: A Gaza city on its knees, now with a million mouths to feed
By Rushdi Abu Alouf in Khan Younis, Gaza (BBC News)Kriszta Satori •
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67117157
#Israel #Gaza #hamas
One week on - survivor recalls fleeing Israeli festival
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67115875
Eritrean asylum seekers in Israel: 'Our second country is bleeding'
By Akeder Ahmedin (BBC News)Kriszta Satori •
What is #Hamas , and what’s happening in #Israel and #Gaza ? A really simple guide
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67039975
What is Hamas, and what’s happening in Israel and Gaza?
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V #BBC def corr Jonathan Beale:
#IDF have been displaying some of the WEAPONS from the #Hamas attack. #Israel said the militants had brought more than 1,000 with them when they crossed the border, incl some thermobaric bombs (which was said to have been used to burn out buildings and incinerate those inside), a few Soviet-era Strela shoulder-launched missiles and a couple of shoulder-launched rockets, which appeared to have Nato stockpile numbers written on the side.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67117730
#Israel #Gaza
Vigil for victims of Hamas attack held in London
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-67117891
#Israel #Gaza
Thousands join pro-Palestinian march in Birmingham
By Susie Rack (BBC News)Kriszta Satori •
'Who is #Hamas leader #Yahya #Sinwar , dubbed ‘a dead man walking’ by #Israel ?'
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-hamas-war-yahya-sinwar-gaza-leader-dead-man-walking-rcna120423
'Sinwar joined Hamas after it was founded in 1987, gaining a reputation for brutality after he reportedly helped to form the militant group’s internal security force, acc to ECF.
He was captured by Israel just two years later and sentenced to life - but being behind bars did not stop him from rising through the ranks, and it also gave him the opportunity to learn to speak Hebrew'
Who is Yahya Sinwar, Hamas' leader in Gaza being hunted by Israel?
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Blinken has warned that every precaution must be taken to avoid harming civilians as #Israel prepares for a major ground offensive in #Gaza. More than 2600 #Palestinians have been killed since the #Hamas assault on Israel
The Israeli energy minister says the country has decided to resume supplying #water to Southern Gaza. Katz said the decision has been agreed between #Netanyahu and Biden
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"The UN has stocks available of food, water, non-food items, medical supplies and fuel....These goods can be dispatched within hours," he said.
"Each one of these two objectives are valid in themselves. They should not become bargaining chips."
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"If they do not cease their atrocities in Gaza, Iran cannot simply remain an observer," For Min Amirabdollahian told Al Jazeera.
"If the scope of the war expands, significant damages will also be inflicted upon America," he added.
It comes one day after Amirabdollahian met with the leader of Hamas in Doha.
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“Last week’s attack on #Israel was horrendous. The attack and the taking of #hostages are a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law. But the answer to killing civilians cannot be to kill more civilians"
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It also says that Israel has the right to "defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law in the face of such violent and indiscriminate attacks".
It also calls for all hostages to be released and calls for measures to be taken to protect civilians in Gaza.
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Ghassan Abu Sitta is a British-Palestinian surgeon working for #MSF at the Al Shifa hospital in northern Gaza.
He says staff do not have enough equipment to help people - and they are running out.
"In terms of medical supplies, we consume a month or a month-and-a-half of medical supplies every day in this emergency," he says.
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#Netanyahu says he'll “eliminate” #Hamas. But what happens the day after? We’ve been getting some clues about thinking within parts of the #Israeli govt.
Cabinet minister Gideon Sa’ar said on Israeli TV that Gaza must end up smaller - with Israel taking control of a belt of land in the east and north of the strip. This will play into the worst fears of #Palestinians as it evokes their core issue - the loss of lands in the conflicts surrounding Israel’s creation 75 ys ago
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NBC News, citing a #Palestinian official, said the crossing would be open at 9am local time. ABC News, citing a security source, said the crossing would open for a few hours on Monday "and then close again in the late afternoon".
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Asked about a bombing on Friday which killed a reported 70 people on a road identified as safe by the Israeli army, Conricus repeated that IDF does not actively target civilians.
But at one point during the briefing he appeared to acknowledge that the 'nature of the operation' means it’s 'not always possible to avoid civilian casualties.'
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“schools’re filling up and the facilities are poor. Thousands more are just staying on the streets,”
He says there were at least 10 air strikes in and around the city overnight. "The queues for bread are enormous."
The conditions have led some to return home in northern Gaza, despite the threat of an imminent ground invasion.
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Shirel Hogeg went viral after he was captured on camera heckling an #Israeli minister:
“You lot need to apologise... you’ve left a deep tear in the people of Israel,” he was seen shouting.
His family was injured when #Hamas militants attacked their home.
He told the BBC: “We were caught unguarded. The government, the army and intelligence. And this is a failure. Nobody is hiding that. Because it happened on your watch, we will be sure that you'll take responsibility.”
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#IDF spox on air just now with #BBCWorldService didn't seem to have any knowledge of any such agreement
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"There is currently no truce and humanitarian aid in Gaza in exchange for getting foreigners out."
#Israel #Gaza #hamas
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In a phone call w Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Mahmoud Abbas also called the PLO the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people," WAFA said.
He "affirmed his rejection of the killing of civilians on both sides and called for the release of civilians, prisoners and detainees on both sides"
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"reports of a temporary ceasefire in southern #Gaza have been quickly quashed by the #Israeli PM’s office.
BBC sources in Cairo speak of an agreement in principle on a temporary ceasefire. But it appears there are still difficult issues to sort.
The Egyptians have made it clear they won’t open the #Rafah passage until there are guarantees for the safety of their staff.
#Israel wants to inspect all lorries travelling into Gaza to ensure they aren’t carrying weapons."
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#Iran accused of threatening ‘terrified’ #BBC staff in London
Journalists at BBC #Persian says they are scared to go out alone as UK counter-terrorism police raise security levels and staff warned: ‘we can do whatever we want in London’
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/oct/16/iran-accused-of-threatening-terrified-bbc-staff-in-london
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#Hamas's military wing says it has fired a "barrage of rockets" at #Jerusalem and Tel Aviv - with sirens sending lawmakers to bomb shelters
UN aid chief says #Gaza 's health system and hospitals are "collapsing before our eyes" without water, fuel and medical supplies
#Rafah crossing from Egypt into Gaza has been hit by an air strike - the extent of the damage is unclear
Nr of people #Israel believes are being held hostage in up from 155 to 199
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In the video, a young woman says her name is Maya Shem, she is 21 years old and from Shoham, in Israel.
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The insight into what happened in the meeting between Antony #Blinken and Benjamin #Netanyahu was released by US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller.
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Joe Biden will visit #Israel on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced. Biden will coordinate with #Israeli partners to secure the release of hostages taken by #Hamas, and hear from Israel how it would conduct its operations in a way that minimises civilian casualties and allow #humanitarian aid to flow into #Gaza in a way that does not benefit Hamas
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A video analysed by BBC Verify appears to show an air strike at the Rafah crossing on the Egyptian side of the border, creating a large explosion
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67122609
Steve Bell sacked by Guardian in antisemitism row over Netanyahu cartoon
By Emma Saunders (BBC News)Kriszta Satori •
Could other countries be dragged in?
Jeremy Bowen:
The Americans just deployed 2 aircraft carrier battle groups to the eastern Med to send a very firm message to #Iran to stay out. One of the major fault lines in the Middle East runs between the US and its allies, and the Iranians and theirs. If it went from a cold to a hot war it would ignite a Middle East conflagration of global significance.
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A military onslaught can destroy its metal and concrete but not the mettle of the people whose resolve to die for their cause will only harden.
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Frank Gardner: The reason given at the time by Hamas spox was that "enough is enough". The attack, he said, was in response to what Hamas called constant provocations and humiliations suffered by #Palestinians at the hands of #Israelis in both #Gaza and the West Bank. Analysts believe there may have been other, undeclared reasons. Before the attack, Israel and #Saudi Arabia were well on the way to normalising ties. (Cont.)
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Hamas has its roots in the Muslim Brotherhood, an organisation founded in Egypt a century ago. The Brotherhood wants to reshape states and society in line with Islamic teaching and belief. (Cont.)
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#Egypt 's current regime has relations with #Hamas, and has in the past been the link between Hamas and #Israel . But it does not want an influx of #Palestinian refugees.
The camps in Gaza still exist 75 years after they were established to house refugees - forced out by newly independent Israel - who have never been allowed home.
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Paul Adams: #Israel did not consider itself at war with Hamas before 7 October, despite previous rounds of conflict stretching back many years. For Israel, this was an act of terrorism, not war. Benjamin Netanyahu's government is pursuing justice in its own way (cont.)
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It will doubtless attempt to kill many more.
Questions may arise about the organisation's political leadership - which lives in #Qatar and #Lebanon - who, some say, were unaware of the military wing's plans to attack inside #Israel
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James Landale: The main reason why many countries are not urging #Israel to stop its airstrikes is because they accept the country has been attacked by #Hamas and has a right to defend itself. Where they are urging restraint is about how Israel defends itself. The United Nations too has urged Israel to avoid civilian casualties. UN Sec Gen Guterres said a few days ago: "International humanitarian law and human rights law must be respected (cont )
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#Israel insists its warplanes and artillery are striking #Hamas targets in #Gaza. But many civilians are indeed being killed and injured in those strikes.
#Palestinians say that is because the #Israeli strikes are excessive and indiscriminate. #Israel says it is because #Hamas uses civilians as human shields (in #Gaza )
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Yolande Knell: In the past, Israel's military has opened up its control centre for surveillance of Gaza to journalists, and it's clear that it has excellent real-time information about movements on the ground from drones and other cameras. It also has a vast network of informants. We saw in May's fighting with Islamic Jihad just how accurate Israel's information on the whereabouts of leading militants could be. (Cont.)
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However, we can rely on the fact that it has an accurate, long list of Hamas targets that it will go after as soon as it gets boots on the ground.
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Hugo Bachega: Hezbollah - a #Lebanese military, political, and social movement - has long been seen by #Israel as a more formidable force than #Hamas
The heavily armed Iranian-backed group has an estimated 130,000 rockets and missiles, according to the CSIS. Most of this arsenal is made up of small, man-portable and unguided surface-to-surface artillery rockets. But it also includes anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles, (cont.)
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Hezbollah's leader has claimed to have 100,000 fighters, although independent estimates vary between 20,000 and 50,000. Many are well trained and battle hardened, and have fought in the Syrian civil war.
Hamas, by comparison, has an estimated 30,000 fighters, according to Israel.
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The South Korean military says it has been monitoring signs that North #Korea supplied #Hamas with weapons used in its attack on #Israel , a military official said in a background briefing to domestic reporters.
The official also suggested that the Hamas tactic of incursion by motorised paragliders could have originated in North Korea, pointing to the regime’s reinforced air infiltration training using paragliders.
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#Iran 's foreign minister has said #Israel will not be allowed to act in the #Gaza Strip without consequences, and warns of "pre-emptive action" in the coming hours.
For the past week, #Hezbollah and the Israeli military have exchanged fire across the border but so far the fighting has been contained.
Overnight, the Israeli military said it had targeted infrastructure linked to the militant group in response to cross-border violence. There were no reports of casualties
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It said another 28 people were killed in a strike on a house in the #Rafah area, near to the border crossing with #Egypt . The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said women and children were among the dead
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But, he goes on "still a few hundred thousand that need to - and should - go".
Conricus claims #Hamas - which told people to stay put - had a "delaying effect" on people leaving the area, but he is confident that the more time goes on, the more the militant group will stop using "its own civilians as human shields"
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The #Hamas-led authorities in Gaza say 500 people died in the explosion at the Al Ahli hospital. Hamas blamed #Israel , which in turn blamed #Palestinian militants
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"Hospitals should be sanctuaries to preserve human life, not scenes of death and destruction," says ICRC.
"No patient should be killed in a hospital bed. No doctors should lose their lives while trying to save patients."
#Hamas have blamed an #Israeli air strike.
But Israel denied its military was involved and said the blast was caused by rockets fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad
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France condemns the attack on the Al-Ahli Arab hospital in #Gaza, President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday in a post on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
"France condemns the attack on the Al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza, which made so many Palestinian victims. Our thoughts are with them. All the light must be shed on the circumstances," the French president said.
" #Humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip must be opened back without delay," he said.
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#UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said she was "horrified" by the #Gaza #hospital attack without ascribing blame to either party.
"While details are still emerging and bodies are still being counted, the scenes on the ground are devastating," she said, adding "attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, such as hospitals, are unacceptable and must cease now."
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"It is absolute horror show which is unfolding," Canon Richard Sewell, dean of St George’s College, told #BBC. "There is also no justification for this type of attack." #Hamas have blamed an Israeli air strike, Israel denied its military was involved
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On all fronts now - the #humanitarian situation in #Gaza; the military situation between #Israel and Gaza, the political situation across the region - things are escalating very quickly and this is a very volatile and difficult time.
Everything is showing as critical – red lights are flashing all over the Middle East – and #Biden is flying into the heart of all of this. (Cont.)
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That is a reflection of the gravity of the situation here, but also of the waning power of America.
A few years ago I don’t think they would have dared to deliver what is effectively a great big snub to the President of the United States.'
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#Hamas says an #Israeli air strike hit the hospital. #Israel says the blast was caused by rockets misfired by another group, #Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and both sides deny blame.
The #BBC is working to verify what happened.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67141589?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=652f4a21364b3f1612ec551d%26WATCH%3A%20Chaos%20in%20Gaza%20after%20strike%20hits%20hospital%262023-10-18T04%3A37%3A36.782Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:9ea19005-1093-4afb-96f3-bbf7be2cebad&pinned_post_asset_id=652f4a21364b3f1612ec551d&pinned_post_type=share
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"I call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire... to ease the epic human suffering we are witnessing," he said, "Too many lives, and the fate of the entire region hang in the balance."
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Joe #Biden is due to arrive in #Israel in the coming hours. The omens for his visit could not be worse. Israel and the #Palestinians are locked in claim and counter claim about what happened last night at the #Ahli hospital in #Gaza
It’s thought that as many as 500 people were killed – patients and people sheltering in the grounds, thinking the hospital was safe.
The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas - based in the West Bank - has blamed Israel, (cont.)
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#Israeli officials insist the carnage was caused by a #Palestinian rocket which misfired. All around the region, furious protestors have taken to the streets.
In the West Bank, Palestinians clashed with their own security forces, throwing stones and chanting against Abbas, who many blame for not being able to protect them. But there were protests too in Lebanon, Jordan, Libya and Iran.'
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67124745
Family tell of heartbreak after Israel kidnap live-stream
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Joe #Biden ’s personal intervention was always a gamble. The destruction of Al #Ahli #hospital makes it even more difficult.
He wants simultaneously to protect and support #Israel , and alleviate the humanitarian catastrophe among #Gaza ’s civilians.
Israel insists the hospital was destroyed by #Palestinian Islamic Jihad #PIJ , a faction that is smaller than #Hamas and closer to #Iran .
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Millions of #Palestinians and others in the Middle East will not believe that. #Jordan , #Egypt , #Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates #UAE are among the countries condemning Israel.
The question now is whether anger caused by the attack increases the chances of a wider war.'
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He says a barrage of rockets were fired by #Hamas to #Israel at 18:15 local time on Tuesday - before the hospital blast.
Then, at 18:59, he says a barage of around 10 rockets was fired by PiJ from a nearby cemetery. At the same time, there were reports of an explosion at the hospital in #Gaza City, he says.
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"They went as far as inflating the numbers of casualties," he says. "They understood with absolute certainty that it was a rocket misfired by Islamic Jihad that damaged the ( #Ahli ) #hospital ."
He says aerial footage confirms there was no direct hit to the hospital itself and there was no damage to nearby buildings.
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Showing a diagram of the ( #Ahli ) #hospital, he says there is no such damage - "the walls stay intact".
He says this is because the blast was caused by an Islamic Jihad #PIJ rocket, which "failed to launch" properly and was "misfired".
As a reminder, #Hamas and #Palestinian authorities have blamed #Israel for the blast at the hospital
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Confirmation there was no IDF fire from "land, sea or air that hit the hospital"
Israel's "radar system" tracked rockets fired from within #Gaza - he says there are two independent videos that show the failure of the rocket launch
There is intelligence, which shows communication between militant groups about failed rocket launches - he goes on to translate some of that
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The BBC has not been able to verify Hagari's claims. Our team is looking at the incident to try to work out what happened, using weapons experts.
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He says it's now known this isn't true.
Responding, Hagari admits #Israel has, in the past, been "fast to go to conclusions".
But he says after the hospital blast, officials "took their time" because they wanted to "double check" they had all the facts right.
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Hagari says he hopes, following the IDF's analysis, that "the BBC will now share this investigation and those countries will listen".
He adds that the IDF intends to share the analysis with the US - and any other country that wants to see it.
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"All facts need to be established and those responsible must be held accountable," she said, without attributing blame.
Von der Leyen has faced some criticism for her visit to Israel last week, in which she did not caveat her message of solidarity by stressing Israel also had to follow humanitarian law. (Cont)
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But she also emphasised that the EU had always been the biggest donor for Palestinians and "this will not change".
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'Central Tel Aviv is locked down. Hundreds of armed #Israeli security forces are in front of barricades forming a ring around the venue #Biden will meet #Netanyahu.
It’s chaotic here. At one point a US sec official ordered press members back from a crowded check point inside, amid rowdy confusion about who was allowed past.
It’s a sign of how quickly this has all been slapped together. It’s extremely rare for a US president to make a visit to a conflict zone at short notice
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A planned meeting with Arab leaders has already been cancelled.
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#Egypt 's president Sisi: "Forced displacement of #Palestinians cannot be implemented; If I call on the Egyptian people to reject the idea of displacing Palestinians then millions of Egyptians will heed this call"
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'The #Palestinian Islamic Jihad #PIJ rejected the #Israeli military #IDF spokesman's statement that a failed rocket launch by the militant group in #Gaza was the source of the explosion at Al-#Ahli #Hospital on Tuesday night, claiming that "the angle of the impact and the intensity of the fire proves that it was an attack from the air", adding that "Israel is spreading [contradicting] versions [of events]". (Cont.)
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The #PIJ also said that "just as #Israel has previously abdicated responsibility for crimes it committed, including the injury to journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, this is repeating itself now as well."
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Fadel Naim, head of orthopaedic surgery says he found the hospital full of dismembered bodies and wounded people after hearing a huge explosion.
"People came running into the surgery department screaming 'help us, help us, there are people killed and wounded inside the hospital'," Naim tells Reuters.
(Cont.)
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Inhaltswarnung: Extremely graphic content - survivors of the Ahli hospital blast talk
#Gaza resident Adnan al-Naqa tells AFP the "entire square was on fire, there were bodies everywhere, children, women and elderly people".
Fatima S.was in the hospital when the blast occurred, says she "felt" the fire", "I don't know how to describe it, a massacre"
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67141589?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=65301738364b3f1612ec5679%26WATCH%3A%20What%20footage%20and%20images%20show%20about%20hospital%20blast%262023-10-18T22%3A16%3A41.862Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:ae41e417-260a-4911-b57d-2ee305138cdd&pinned_post_asset_id=65301738364b3f1612ec5679&pinned_post_type=share
#Gaza #Hamas #Israel
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"There has been too much violence, heartbreak and brutality," he said in a video posted on X.
"All lives are sacred and must be protected. The massacres need to stop. Families are being torn apart.
"I am calling on the world leaders to come together to prevent further slaughter of innocent souls.
"Humanity must prevail."
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67144061
#Israel #hamas
Gaza hospital: What video, pictures and other evidence tell us about Al-Ahli hospital blast
By Paul Brown, Joshua Cheetham, Sean Seddon and Daniele Palumbo (BBC News)Kriszta Satori •
US President Joe #Biden left Israel after a show of support - he will make a public address from the White House on Thursday evening
Egypt's president has agreed to open up the #Rafah crossing to allow in up to 20 trucks of #humanitarian aid into #Gaza
the huge blast that ripped through a crowded area at the Al-#Ahli hospital killed 471 people acc to #Palestinian health officials
Israel strongly denies any involvement the hospital explosion in Gaza
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Israel was immediately blamed by #Hamas but the Israel Defense Forces #IDF said the blast was caused by a misfired #Palestinian militant rocket
A range of Arab countries joined Hamas in blaming Israel for the explosion, and some Arab leaders cancelled meetings with Biden
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Initial evidence from the explosion at #Gaza's Al-Ahli al-Arabi hospital yesterday appeared to be "inconsistent with an airstrike" and "far more consistent with a small projectile failing", says Nathan Ruser, an expert from ASPI .
Hard to attribute rhe cause of the blast without seeing details and remains of the munition used.
He told the #BBC the small crater at the scene of the explosion was inconsistent with an airstrike, as was the extent and type of damage to nearby cars
(Cont)
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Ruser said most of the damage at the scene appeared to have been caused by fire, which he said would be consistent "with a rocket that had a lot of fuel and propellant in it".
Ruser added that's it's "incredibly tricky" to get reliable information out of #Gaza.
He said both sides "have a track record of not necessarily providing the honest truth"
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“Every civilian death is a tragedy. And too many lives have been lost following #Hamas ’ horrific act of terror.
"The attack on Al-#Ahli Hospital should be a watershed moment for leaders in the region and across the world to come together to avoid further dangerous escalation of conflict."
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'Even more than Joe #Biden ’s emotional words of support, the photo of him hugging the #Israeli PM #Netanyahu has placed him solidly in #Israel ’s corner at the most explosive moment in its war with #Hamas
No matter who fired the rocket which killed hundreds of people at the Al-#Ahli hospital in #Gaza , this image will reinforce Arab anger not only towards Israel, but the US.'
(Cont.)
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Protesters in Arab capitals have already accused Washington of giving #Israel a green light.
Some are chanting “Death to America,” including in Bahrain, a close American ally and one of only two Arab states to explicitly condemn the #Hamas attack".'
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He spoke about #Israel's right to defend itself, saying “Israel has been badly victimised but the truth is they have an opportunity to relieve suffering of people who have nowhere to go … it’s what they should do".
“If you have an opportunity to alleviate the pain, you should do it."
Biden was defiant in vowing to get "people out" but he wouldn't share further details
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Biden said: “If -Hamas confiscates them or doesn’t let it get through … then it’s going to end.”
“The bottom line is Sisi deserves a lot of credit.”
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Arab states continue to blame Israel for the explosion which left at least 471 people dead
The United States vetoed a UN Security Council vote calling for humanitarian pauses in Gaza, a move that was condemned by other members including Russia, China and the UAE
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People who spoke to the BBC on Tuesday near Nablus said that violence against Palestinians had increased dramatically since Hamas ' assault on 7 Oct
Israeli human rights group B’Tselem says it has documented dozens of attacks by Israeli settlers, incl several fatal shootings.
There are some 3 million Palestinians and 600,K settlers living in the West Bank, which Israel occupied in 1967
Most of the intl community considers the settlements illegal under international law
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' #Biden pledged $100m in #humanitarian assistance for the #Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
He restated his admin’s commitment to peace between #Israel and the #Palestinians, allowing the two peoples to live in security and dignity.
Israel, he said, did not live 'by the rule of terrorists' but by the rule of law. Israel, he said, needed to be clear about its objectives. That required “an honest assessment about whether the path you’re on will achieve those objectives".
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The sheer number of people killed by #Hamas in southern Israel has created significant delays in the identification of the dead.
It means some #Israeli families who believed their loved ones had been taken into #Gaza are only now learning they were in fact killed in the initial attack.
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' #Iran has already threatened it will not stand by while #Palestinians are killed in #Gaza.
There are now reports in the Arab media that #Iranian-backed militias are moving westwards from #Iraq and #Syria into southern #Lebanon, closer to #Israel ’s borders.
Some of these fighters have had recent combat experience supporting the Syrian army against rebels.
Of all the various pro-Iranian militias in the region, Hezbollah in Lebanon is the most potent' (cont )
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Some are long-range and precision-guided, enough to flatten whole ministries in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, if they can overwhelm Israel’s air defences.
If and when Israeli forces make a full-scale incursion into Gaza, there is a serious risk this could be the trigger for Hezbollah to open a new front from Lebanon.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67138165
In Gaza's crowded Khan Younis, 90 people shelter in one house
By Deirdre Finnerty (BBC News)Kriszta Satori •
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67147068
By Anna Foster
Inside an Israeli 'war room' on the volatile Lebanon border
By Anna Foster (BBC News)Kriszta Satori •
#Hamas says it’s closely coordinating war’s next moves with #Hezbollah in #Lebanon
Head of Hamas’ political bureau in Lebanon raises specter of a second front, saying Hezbollah is ‘geared for a major war.’
https://www.politico.eu/article/hamas-say-closely-coordinate-war-next-move-hezbollah-lebanon/
Hamas says it’s closely coordinating war’s next moves with Hezbollah in Lebanon
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Egypt's President al-Sisi has agreed to open up the Rafah crossing with Gaza to allow up to 20 trucks of aid into Gaza. This comes after US President Biden's high-stakes visit to Israel. Biden has said the aid delivery could start arriving from Friday
There has been no mention of people being allowed to leave Gaza via Rafah. Asked by reporters on the possibility, Biden said: "We’re going to get people out, but I’m not going to go into any detail with you now"
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67124745
Family tell of heartbreak after Israel kidnap live-stream
By Frankie McCamley, James Bryant, Jamie Ryan & Robert Greenall (BBC News)Kriszta Satori •
In a post on X the IDF said it "continues to attack all the time throughout the #Gaza Strip", adding that it destroyed "anti-tank missile launch sites, tunnel shafts, intelligence infrastructures, operational headquarters and other headquarters".
It also claims that "over ten terrorists were also eliminated".
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Josh Paul, director of congr. and public affairs at the Bureau of Pol-Mily Affairs, said on LinkedIn: "I cannot work in support of a set of major policy decisions, including rushing more arms to one side of the conflict, that I believe to be shortsighted, destructive, unjust and contradictory to the very values that we publicly espouse." Cont.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67151404
Rishi Sunak calls for stability after backing Israel against Hamas
By Paul Seddon (BBC News)Kriszta Satori •
The IDF says it carried out the airstrike on the southern Gaza city of #Rafah following information received from the Shin Bet intelligence service.
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'there is an "implied united front" between the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who was in Israel on Tuesday, President Biden, who was there yesterday, and the UK PM visiting today.
They are part of what is known in diplomatic circles as "the #Quint " – the US, Germany, France, Italy and the UK.
Pres Macron of France is expected in the region in the coming days.
The leaders of the Quint spoke shortly after Hamas’s slaughter in Israel earlier this month.'
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"I'm very much looking forward to my meetings later with the prime minister and president and I very much hope they'll be productive meetings," Sunak said.
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#Israeli media have been discussing a quid pro quo deal - in exchange for aid via #Rafah #Israel has requested #ICRC access to the #hostages
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https://www.mediaite.com/uk/israeli-president-attacks-bbc-in-meeting-with-prime-minister-rishi-sunak/
Israeli President Attacks BBC In Meeting With Rishi Sunak
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'It would take around 60 trucks to transport that, it would be enough to feed just under half a million people for one week.'
"We were told that tomorrow some of the trucks can cross but we don't know, it's been like that for the last five days," she says, adding that "every minute counts for the people in Gaza".
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The US wants to see "sustained humanitarian assistance" going into Gaza and is "watching carefully" to see aid does not benefit Hamas", according to State Department spokesman, Matthew Miller.
#Israel #Gaza #Rafah #hamas
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to PM spox.
'Sunak encouraged Saudi Arabia to use its influence to "support stability" in the Middle East'
Sunak and bin Salman "underscored the need to avoid any further escalation"
"The prime minister and crown prince agreed on the pressing need for humanitarian access into Gaza to provide vital water, food and medicine", the stmt added.
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"It will take a week, it will take a month, it will take two months, until we eliminate them. You are not alone in battle," he told infantry troops, who are awaiting the start of an expected ground operation in the enclave.
#Israel #Gaza #hamas
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Incident Room, #Israel - #Gaza : Why Is There A War?: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0glszkm
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With a million people having fled their homes in #Gaza, "frustration and tensions" are growing among the displaced competing for a "critically short supply" of water, food and medicine, says the United Nations' humanitarian agency OCHA.
the cost of drinking water is rising considerably. OCHA says the main sources are remaining bottles for sale and sellers operating small purification plants powered by solar. It says bottled water is now "unaffordable for most families" (cont)
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Shifa hospital was "overwhelmed" by the inflow of wounded after the blast at al-Ahli hospital. It says doctors were forced to attempt surgery on the floor, mostly without anaesthesia. OCHA says nearly 100,000 housing unit are destroyed or damaged, decomposing bodies "an increasing concern".
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https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/worldwide-caution.html
Worldwide Caution
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He added they have also run out of the pins and the rods used to stabilise fractures in traumatic injuries.
#Israel #hamas
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#Israel #hamas #Gaza
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An interview with Yuval Noah Harari
"Don’t be intellectually lazy, don’t be emotionally lazy, don’t see just part of this terrible reality."
https://youtu.be/uAizvjJP7tM?feature=shared
#Israel #Gaza #hamas
Krieg in Israel: Was Yuval Noah Harari jetzt fürchtet
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67156865
The world is losing its humanity, UNRWA chief says
By Jeremy Bowen in Jerusalem and Toby Luckhurst in London (BBC News)Kriszta Satori •
'The only road into #Gaza set to reopen is bomb damaged and dangerous.
Egyptian diggers are trying to repair the #Rafah crossing amid hopes 20 aid lorries could go in, possibly today.
#Israel has said it will agree only to food, water and medicines passing through. Desperately needed fuel to power hospitals and water filter systems aren’t part of the deal.'
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Biden urged Israeli leaders to learn from US mistakes after the 9/11 attacks and to avoid being "blinded by rage"
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Gaza remains under siege, with Israel blocking supplies of water, electricity, food and fuel across its border. Medical charity Doctors Without Borders warns that the wounded in Gaza are in danger of dying in the "next few hours"
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67158836
Residents leave as tension grows at Israel-Lebanon border
By Hugo Bachega in southern Lebanon (BBC News)Kriszta Satori •
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gmnfm7
#Israel #Gaza #hamas
The Conflict: Israel-Gaza - Aid and Air Raids - BBC Sounds
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' #Iran mobilizes proxies for drone war on US and #Israel
https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-769306#769306
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'Window of Opportunity to Free Israeli Hostages Is Closing,’ Warns Mossad Expert in Prisoner Exchanges
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-10-19/ty-article-magazine/.premium/window-of-opportunity-to-free-israeli-hostages-is-closing-we-have-a-week/0000018b-482f-d5d2-afef-ccff4a650000
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