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UK PM #Sunak stmt:
“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."


President #Biden backed #Israel's claim, saying it was supported by "data" he had seen from the US defence department

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


Hagari says if the #IDF was responsible for the blast there would have been a "crater" or some "structural damage".

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


#IDF Hagari continues, saying #Hamas understood the blast was caused by a misfired Islamic Jihad rocket, but launched a "global media campaign" to blame #Israel

"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.


#IDF 's Daniel Hagari says the #Israeli military has concluded the #Palestinian Islamic Jihad #PIJ group was responsible for the Al #Ahli #hospital blast.

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.


V #BBC Jeremy Bowen:
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 .


One of the Anglican Church’s leading figures in Jerusalem has called the huge blast at a hospital in #Gaza City "an unmitigated disaster". The Al Ahli hospital, which is fully funded by the Anglican Church.

"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


#ICRC says it is "shocked and horrified" by reports of the huge blast at the Al Ahli Arab hospital in #Gaza

"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


Hundreds of people are feared dead after a huge explosion at a hospital in #Gaza City where #Palestinians injured in the #Israel - #Hamas war were being treated, while others were seeking safety after days of #Israeli air strikes.

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


#IDF spox Conricus says 600,000 #Palestinians have made "the smart and self-preservatory" decision to move south (ahead of its expected ground offensive).

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"


V #BBC Jean Mackenzie:
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.


How does #Hezbollah compare to Hamas?
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.)


In briefings, #Israeli military officials accept there have been major intelligence and security failings when it comes to the unprecedented, deadly attack by #Hamas
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.


and upheld; civilians must be protected and also never used as shields."
#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 )


Why is the UN not intervening on air strikes?
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 )


and has already killed at least two #Hamas commanders it regards as responsible for the massacres.
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


The world issued an international arrest warrant against Putin. Why has there not been the same response against #Hamas leadership? Was this not a war crime on a massive scale?
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.)


The #Egyptian military opposes that desire. It overthrew an elected Muslim president in 2013.
#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.


Why is #Egypt keeping the crossing closed? Jeremy Bowen: the Egyptian government, even at quiet times, does not allow routine access from #Gaza through the #Rafah crossing. #Egypt has been the junior partner in earlier versions of Israel's siege of Gaza ever since #Hamas took over there in 2007.
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.)


This was opposed by both #Hamas and its backer, #Iran . The #Saudis have now suspended those talks. Hamas's leadership will have noticed the sharp divisions in #Israeli society caused by judicial reforms introduced by the right-wing government of Benjamin #Netanyahu . They aimed to deal Israel a painful blow - and in that they succeeded


What was #Hamas goal with the attack?
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.)


when it confronts what it knows will be a ferocious #Israeli response. And unlike the Islamic State group, #Hamas is also a political and social organisation embedded in #Palestinian society.

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.


What is #Israel 's objective? Lyse Doucet: In past wars, Israel vowed to "hit #Hamas hard", now it is vowing "to destroy Hamas". Israel has the military might to smash Hamas's infrastructure, crush its tunnels, and cripple its command and control networks. Hamas's military prowess, including an astonishingly granular understanding of Israeli security that enabled it to outsmart its formidable defences, has shocked Israelis. Hamas is likely to possess the same sophistication (cont.)


Good morning, it is nearly 7 AM in the Middle East - some overnight developments:
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


A video showing one of the #hostages taken from #Israel and being held in #Gaza has been released by #Hamas ’ armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades.

In the video, a young woman says her name is Maya Shem, she is 21 years old and from Shoham, in Israel.


Nearly 1 AM in the Middle East - a quick recap:
#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


At least six British citizens killed in the #Hamas attack on #Israel , ten are missing, UK PM Rishi #Sunak tells Parliament


#Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud #Abbas said the actions and policies of #Hamas group do not represent Palestinian people, according to official news agency WAFA.

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"


#Netanyahu 's office says there is no ceasefire in place around the #Rafah crossing
"There is currently no truce and humanitarian aid in Gaza in exchange for getting foreigners out."
#Israel #Gaza #hamas


V #BBCWorldService
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.”


#IDF spox said they estimate some 500,000 people have left northern #Gaza so far and accused #Hamas of making it difficult for those trying to move south.
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.'


V BBC's Tom Bateman:
#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


The European Council of the #EU has released a new stmt: "The Eur. Union condemns in the strongest possible terms #Hamas and its brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks across Israel and deeply deplores the loss of lives"
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.
#eu #Hamas


From #UN Sec Gen Guterres stmt - he made two appeals - for #Hamas to release the #hostages without any conditions, and for #Israel to grant rapid and unimpeded access for £humanitarian #aid to #Gaza.

"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."


From the #BBCWorldService news bulletin:
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


V nbc:
'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'


#BBCNews - Vigil for victims of #Hamas attack held in #London
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67117730
#Israel #Gaza