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The #ICRC has condemned the #hostage taking during the attacks on #Israel by #Hamas , saying "our hearts go out" to those who have lost family members or are worried about loved ones.

"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"


' #Israel had intel on #Hamas activity but didn't put #Gaza border on high alert'
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.'


On the #hostages v i24news:
' #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


Kan TV corr reports #Jordanian security forces are firing tear gas at people trying to approach the fence on the #Israel - #Jordan border
#hamas #Gaza


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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


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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


A #Hamas official has urged residents of the north of #Gaza to ignore it #Israel 's evacuation order

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.


The Wadi Gaza is a river valley located around the centre of the #Gaza Strip, snaking across its entire width and ending in the Mediterranean Sea. It is known for its coastal wetlands and biodiversity.
#Israel #hamas #WadiGaza


#Israel 's #UN ambo defended the #evacuation order saying it was giving an early warning to the residents of #Gaza to "minimise harm to those not involved" in its military operation against #Hamas "For many years, the UN has turned a blind eye to the arming of Hamas, its use of the civilian population and civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip as a hiding place for its weapons and murder," Gilad Erdan said "It is better for the UN to focus now on returning the #hostages , condemning Hamas"


The #Israeli military has told the #UN that everyone living north of Wadi Gaza should relocate to southern #Gaza in the next 24 hours, acc to a UN spox

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


The #UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs #OCHA has issued an emergency appeal asking countries to provide $294m in emergency funding for the most urgent needs of #Palestinians

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 #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"


#Israel says they have dropped 6,000 bombs on #Hamas targets in #Gaza over the course of six days. The Israeli air force said #airstrikes have hit more than 3,600 targets

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.


Good morning from London, ~ half past 8 in MENA. A recap:

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


Milo described how the #Gaza Border community's security teams "have fought bravely," noting especially the female fighters and commanders' role in stopping #Hamas militants. They have all "demonstrated extraordinary fighting skills - If anyone had any other thoughts, I think what happened leaves no doubt about the combat capabilities of the #IDF female fighters."

Milo stressed that his command's current main task is the #evacuation of residents who are still in the Gaza-Border communities


V Reuters, Nournews:
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


Poll finds 86% of Israeli Jews "said the surprise attack from Gaza is a failure of the country's leadership" and 56% think Bibi should resign after the conflict ends.

Guessing that's not quite the rally-around-the-flag effect he was hoping for.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-767880

#israel #hamas #gaza #Netanyahu


Four #Palestinian Red Crescent Society medics were Killed in #Gaza yesterday, acc to #PRCS. They piint out that targeting medical personnel is a grave breach to international humanitarian law
#Israel #hamas


#Israel 's Energy Minister Israel Katz says the #siege of #Gaza will not end until #Israeli hostages are released.

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.


#Blinken has just arrived in #Israel

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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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.


Former hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin, who secured the release of the #Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit (held by #Hamas for 5 ys) told #BBC said he is talking to Hamas, "trying to convince them to release the women and the children, (and) to let us deliver medicine". He said, "I think [Hamas] are equally surprised as Israel at their success in the military operation…in their attempt to abduct as many people as they did."


#Palestinian president Mahmoud #Abbas will meet US state sec Antony #Blinken on Friday, according to Hussein Al-Sheikh, the sec gen of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization #PLO

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


#Israel 's military #IDF says its latest air strikes in #Gaza are aiming to destroy a network of #tunnels that has for decades served as an operations centre for #Hamas , built over the years since Hamas took power in Gaza in 2007

"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."


#Israel Defense Forces #IDF said that 1,200 #Israelis had been massacred by #Hamas gunmen over the weekend with the death toll expected to rise.

The #Palestinian health ministry says 1,200 people have died since Israel started airstrikes in #Gaza
#hamas


With Gaza now under a complete #Israeli blockade and after five days of bombardment, the #humanitarian situation is becoming increasingly desperate.

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


V HRW:
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


#BBCNews - #Egypt warned #Israel days before #Hamas struck, US committee chairman says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67082047


at the moment, no crossings into #Gaza are functioning.

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


The #IDF announced that the number of #Israeli soldiers killed has risen to 189 and that they have informed the families of 60 #captives of their situation.
#Israel #Gaza #hamas


V reuters:
#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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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


V Haaretz:
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


The death toll in #Israel from the #Hamas attacks has reached 1,200 - while more than 1,100 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes on #Gaza


Via Rushdi Abualouf, #BBC correspondent in Gaza:
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.


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


Ofcourse we want Hamas destroyed by all means possible and Israel has every right to do that. But the collective punishment of millions of people in Gaza by cutting off electricity, water, medicine and food supplies is disproportional. Also it actually helps Hamas , increasing the hatred. #Opinion #Gaza #Geopolitics #Hamas #Israel @geopolitics


V Times of Israel:
#Israel ’s #Kan public broadcaster is opening a new channel where it will list the names of #Israelis killed in the devastating #Hamas assault and ongoing fighting.

Channel 26 will scroll through the names of the dead, much like the broadcasts on Israel’s Memorial Day.

The death toll is currently over 1,200, including at least 170 Israeli soldiers killed in battles with the gunmen.