Israel - Palestinian militants launch massive attack, 7 Oct 2023 #10

[Elley Mae]

'Hamas-backing' Egyptian TV presenter has visa revoked by Home Office

Exiled TV presenter Moataz Matar who has nearly 4.3 million subscribers on YouTube, celebrated the murders of the wife and daughters of Rabbi Leo Dee in the West Bank earlier this year

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1hr ago

IDF strikes several Hezbollah targets, including cell behind recent missile attack​

The Israel Defense Forces says its fighter jets have struck a number of Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon in response to missile attacks on the border.

Additionally, the IDF says the Hezbollah cell behind a missile attack on civilians near the northern community of Dovev earlier has been struck.

Two more cells that launched mortars from Lebanon at areas near the communities of Menara and Yir’on were also struck, the IDF says. The military does not immediately provide information on potential casualties in those attacks.

42min ago

Macron calls Herzog, says he didn’t mean to accuse Israel of intentionally bombing civilians​

According to Herzog’s office, Macron called to make clear that he “does not and did not intend to accuse Israel of intentionally harming innocent civilians in the campaign against the terrorist organization Hamas.”

“President Macron also emphasized that he unequivocally supports Israel’s right and duty to self-defense, and expressed his support for Israel’s war against Hamas,” the statement from the Israeli President’s Residence continues.

28min ago

Report: One potential hostage deal would see Hamas, Israel release women and minors​

NBC News cites a US administration official confirming earlier reporting that a potential deal being discussed would see some 80 women and children held hostage by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza released in exchange for Israel freeing imprisoned female and underage terror convicts.

The official says that’s just one of the options and there’s “no certainty that any proposed deal will succeed.”

 

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23min ago

France-operated ship to serve as floating hospital off Sinai coast this weekend — source​

A ship dispatched by the government of France will dock off the coast of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula this week and will operate as a floating hospital for wounded Gazans with roughly 70 beds, a diplomat at Israel’s Embassy in Washington reveals to The Times of Israel.

While there had initially been proposals for ships to dock off the coast of Gaza, it is too damaged from the ongoing fighting for large boats to be able to dock there.

Israel has been pushing for field hospitals and other alternatives to the existing medical centers in Gaza, saying that Hamas is operating command centers beneath them.

One of Hamas’s main command centers is believed to be located under Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, which the IDF has closed in on over the weekend.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Israel offered to supply fuel to the hospital, which is in dire need of it, but that the offer was rejected.

 

[Simply Southern]

US cowboys travel to Israel to help farmers harvest their crops: They have a 'right' to this land​

US cowboys travel to Israel to help farmers harvest their crops: They have a 'right' to this land

Amid the Israel-Hamas war, a group of American cowboys traveled to Israel in an act of goodwill to help farmers harvest their crops.
Montana cowboy John Plocher joined "Varney & Co." live from Israel to discuss his trip, detailing the extensive efforts his group has made to help the community regain a sense of normalcy.
Plocher traveled to Israel with three Montanans and one cowboy from Arkansas through an evangelical Christian volunteer-based operation called HaYovel.
"Well, what we're doing is we're out here in Judea and Samaria," Plocher explained. "What they're doing is they're supporting the farmers and the Jewish communities out here in Judea and Samaria. They're bringing things, essential supplies needed for the communities around here so that what happened on the attack here recently doesn't happen out here."
"They're bringing in bulletproof vests, night vision goggles, security drones, stuff to keep these communities safe. So what we're doing is, we're distributing supplies. We're working on a warehouse here on base. We've been out in the communities helping with just regular tasks, just stuff where they're – all the men have been called up for the draft. So, we've been working on some of the farms around here and stuff like that."
FOX Business' Stuart Varney joked that the cowboys would "stick out like a sore thumb" in Israel, a sentiment that rang true according to Plocher, who said they had been stopped and asked to take pictures with locals multiple times.

Israel rejects calls for cease-fire in Hamas war as Gaza hospitals go dark

The Israeli military is continuing its war against Hamas in Gaza, targeting terrorist forces near teh Al-Shifa hospital, which has gone dark as of Sunday morning. Saudi Arabia and Iran, regional opponents, have both called for a cease-fire in the conflict, while France has called for a...

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16min ago

Air raid sirens sound in Acre, Kiryat Bialik, other northern towns​

Air raid sirens are blaring in the northern cities of Acre and Kiryat Bialik, as well as other smaller towns in the Galilee.

The cause isn’t immediately clear. The Lebanon border has flared up, with a missile causing civilian casualties in Israel earlier today.

7min ago

PA claims phone, internet in Gaza will grind to halt on Thursday due to lack of fuel​

Ishaq Sidr, the Palestinian Authority’s minister of telecommunications and information technology, claims that telephone and internet services in the Gaza Strip will come to a complete halt on Thursday due to a lack of fuel, and exacerbate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

PA and Hamas officials have launched repeated warnings over the past weeks that the Strip is days away from running out of fuel, which is critical for hospitals, transport, food production, water treatment and other vital operations. However, such warnings have been sounded since the very first days of the war and have turned out to be exaggerated since fuel is yet to run out.

Additionally, Israel has provided evidence that Hamas is storing large fuel reserves for its own terror activities, and that it has diverted fuel from hospitals to its own infrastructure.

 

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4m ago

Ruth Michaelson

I just spoke to Dr Marwan Abu Sada, head of surgery at the besieged Dar al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Since Friday, Israeli forces including tanks and snipers have surrounded the hospital. Yesterday, there were multiple accounts of people being shot as they attempted to flee, and there are dead and injured people still laying on the ground at the hospital entrance.

In the neonatal intensive care unit, three out of 39 premature babies have died and the lives of the remaining infants are hanging in the balance.

“We lost the life of one baby today, yesterday we lost two, and I am afraid that all of the babies will lose their lives,” said Abu Sada.

After the bombardment of an extension to the intensive care unit, Abu Sada said that staff at al-Shifa moved the entire neonatal unit to an operating theatre previously used for cardiac patients and placed the babies in beds there, ten to a bed, in an attempt to make them comfortable despite the lack of temperature controlled required to keep them alive.

“The neonatal unit is not connected to the main surgical units within the al-Shifa medical complex, it was dangerous to go from the main building to get the babies,” he said. “We called the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Israelis just to ensure the passage of the babies from the neonatal ICU to the surgical area.”

“Where could we evacuate over 30 babies to?” he said, responding to demands from Israeli officials to evacuate patients from al-Shifa, which contains the largest neonatal unit in Gaza. Dar al-Shifa is Gaza’s largest and most well resourced hospital, and the cornerstone of its healthcare system.

“We no longer have any oxygen supplies, or even fuel to run a generator,” he said, referring to both the neonatal unit and to resources across the entire hospital.

Aid groups urge attacks on healthcare centres to stop – as it happened

This blog is now closed.

www.theguardian.com

Maybe the media could assist WHO in contacting this facility, as they have repeated stated they have lost all contact at the hospital. Moo

 

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The @IDF found civilians who hadn't evacuated Shati yet. It secured an evacuation route for them to get to safety. Gazan terrorists fired at the troops securing the safe passage of Gazan civilians. We killed the terrorists.

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International agencies in Gaza—@ICRC, @WHO, @ochaopt—have actively put Palestinian civilians’ lives at risk.For a month, they’ve refused to support an evacuation from north.Now they’re endangering everyone by requiring a hasty evacuation in the middle of ground urban warfare.

We hold Hamas responsible for all tragic civilian deaths in Gaza—those killed by its misfired rockets and those it prevented from evacuating—but @UN agencies also need to take a long, hard look in the mirror about their complicity with Hamas' human shield strategy.

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The hospital above the Shifa Terror Compound has fuel, even if it's in the basement where Hamas hides its HQ.

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Israeli soldiers are securing safe passage for Palestinian civilians to evacuate the warzone—and Hamas is attacking the soldiers helping them evacuate!

Israel is trying to minimize harm to civilians.
Hamas is trying to maximize it.

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The @IDF is the only force on the ground in Gaza trying to get Palestinian civilians out of harm's way.We're killing the terrorists holding civilians as human shields, then coming under fire when securing their safe evacuation.

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If true, this is appalling, and the whole world must be outraged. Why is the AC still running in Hamas HQ in the basement of the hospital instead of medical machines above ground?

And why is it taken for granted that of course Hamas will prioritize its terror HQ in the basement?

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UK Defence Sec Shapps: If Britain was subjected to an attack, with terrorists murdering ppl, cutting off heads, & we knew where they were, no one would say stop. How can we ask Israel not to destroy their bunkers? Hamas must stop using ppl as human shields, release the hostages.

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No, it’s not convenient that Hamas hides it terrorists and weapons under hospitals, schools, homes and mosques.

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IDF humanitarian efforts:

The evacuation corridors will remain open between 09:00-16:00 for civilians through the Salah Al-Din route toward south of Wadi Gaza.

There will be a tactical pause of military operation for humanitarian purposes in the the area of Jabalia camp and Ezbet Mallin today between 10:00-14:00 to encourage evacuation southward via Salah Al-Din route and to provide supplies.

A safe passage will be opened from Shifa Hospital via Al-Wahda Street to Salah Al-Din route to the south of Wadi Gaza.

Residents that are being blocked from evacuation by Hamas are able to contact the IDF through this number +97250-341-0322 or the Telegram channel- @gaza_saver.

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IDF troops have been operating in the Shati Camp in Gaza over the past day. During the operational activity, the IDF:

Eliminated numerous terrorists
Uncovered a large number of terrorist infrastructure
Secured an evacuation route for Gazan residents
Identified and eliminated a terrorist cell barricaded inside a house
Struck a Hamas weapons storage facility

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The IDF has repeatedly called for the evacuation of Gazan residents from northern Gaza—especially the Shifa, Rantisi and Nasser hospitals.

Listen as an officer in Israel’s Coordination and Liaison Administration to Gaza informs the manager of the Shifa Hospital with evacuation passages from the hospital:

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Never again is NOW.IDF forces discovered a copy of Hitler's infamous book "Mein Kampf"—translated into Arabic—in a child’s bedroom used as a Hamas terrorist base in Gaza. The book was discovered among the personal belongings of one of the terrorists, featuring annotations and highlights. Hamas embraces the ideology of Hitler, the one responsible for the annihilation of the Jewish people.

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Since November 8, between the hours of 10:00-14:00, the IDF has put in place local tactical pauses for Gazan civilians to move south of Wadi Gaza.

We continue to reiterate to all those involved; we are at war with Hamas, not the people of Gaza.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1723702373262971117

Hamas is committing crimes against humanity. If you think otherwise, think again. I

s it legal in times of war to…
- Embed rockets and terrorist infrastructure within civilian areas?
- Steal humanitarian aid from innocent civilians for their terrorist goals?
- Abduct and confine 239 hostages?

For the full list of Hamas’ war crimes, click here: https://gov.il/en/Departments/General/hamas-israel-conflict-2023-key-legal-aspects

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This beautiful 12 year old girl is being held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Help us bring Noam Avigdori home by sharing this. BRING NOAM HOME

https://twitter.com/x/status/1723675832101618010

This beautiful baby boy Kfir Bibas was just nine months old when he was ripped from his home and kidnapped by Hamas terrorists. He is now 10 months old and still being held hostage in Gaza. Pray for the return of Kfir, his big brother Ariel, his mother Shiri and father Yarden BRING THE BIBAS FAMILY HOME.

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[Teche]

London’s pro-Palestine march live: 126 people arrested as police highlight ‘deeply concerning’ rightwing violence​

2h ago
Matt Twist, assistant commissioner at the Met, has given an update on today’s events, in which 126 people have been arrested so far. In the statement, he calls the extreme violence from rightwing protestors towards the police “extraordinary” and “deeply concerning”. Describing the day’s events, he said:


Twist says that many in the groups of far-right protesters were stopped and searched, with weapons including a knife, a baton and knuckleduster and class A drugs being found. He said: “Thanks to the considerable efforts of our officers, who put themselves in harm’s way, nobody was able to reach the Cenotaph, which was protected at all times.”

Twist added that nine police officers had been injured on Saturday, with two requiring hospital treatment: one with a fractured elbow and another with a suspected dislocated hip. Those officers were injured on Whitehall as they prevented a violent crowd getting to the Cenotaph while a remembrance service was taking place, he said.

Speaking about the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) march, Twist said it had not displayed the sort of physical violence carried out by the rightwing protesters. He said:


Commenting on the challenge of policing a crowd of the size that was at the pro-Palestinian march seen today, Twist said that it had been made more difficult by the violence of far-right protesters:


He added that the Met would publish images of some of the suspects soon and vowed to “pursue all available lines of inquiry to identify suspects and take action even after the conclusion of protests”. Twist ends with a reminder that many officers are still deployed across central London, responding to any outbreaks of disorder and ensuring key sites are protected before tomorrow’s remembrance events.

London’s pro-Palestine march live: 126 people arrested as police highlight ‘deeply concerning’ rightwing violence – as it happened

Met assistant commissioner Matt Twist says nine officers were injured while preventing a violent crowd reaching the Cenotaph

www.theguardian.com

I hope that the destructive protesters have their Visa’s pulled. Peaceful protests are fine.

 

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2 hr 44 min ago

IDF says they are enabling passage from Gaza hospitals, as fresh shelling reported near Al-Shifa​

The Israel Defense Forces has said they are enabling passage from three hospitals in northern Gaza, and have opened an additional route for civilians to evacuate southwards.

It named the hospitals as Al-Shifa, Rantisi and Nasser.

In a statement issued Sunday, the IDF said, “following the repeated calls by the IDF to Gazan residents to evacuate from northern Gaza for their own safety, the IDF is enabling a passage from the Shifa, Rantisi and Nasser hospitals,” both on foot and in ambulances.

The IDF also said that in recent days Israel’s Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza (CLA) “spoke with the manager of the Shifa Hospital multiple times and presented him with possible passages from the hospital.”

2 hr 1 min ago

Red Cross unable to confirm any evacuations from Al-Shifa hospital​

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has told CNN that the Committee can’t confirm any evacuations from Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza.

The Israel Defense Forces have repeatedly said that an evacuation corridor has been opened on the eastern side of the hospital, where thousands of displaced people are taking shelter in addition to staff and patients.

ICRC spokesperson Ala'a Nayel told CNN: “We are in touch with the parties and with the [Hamas-controlled] Ministry of Health [in Gaza] but can’t confirm any evacuation operation at this point.”

1 hr 13 min ago

Netanyahu tells CNN "no reason" Israel can't take patients out of Gaza hospital, blames Hamas​

"We have designated routes to a safe zone south of Gaza City," he told CNN's Dana Bash on Sunday. "We want all civilians to be moved out of harm's way."

However, he stressed that Hamas is "doing everything in its power to keep them in harm's way."

"We've called to evacuate all the patients from that (Al-Shifa, Gaza's largest) hospital, and 100 or so have already been evacuated," Netanyahu told CNN.

"There's no reason why we can't just take the patients out of there."

CNN cannot verify those claims. Israel earlier announced a corridor near Al-Shifa but the International Committee of the Red Cross said it could not confirm any evacuations had taken place.

More broadly, Netanyahu questioned what the United States would do in the same situation, if "50,000 Americans" had been killed and with "10,000 Americans held (as) hostages, including babies, women and children."

"It would take all its force and go after these killers. And what if these killers embed themselves in hospitals and schools?" he questioned.

Live updates: Israel-Hamas war, Gaza evacuations, hospital crisis (cnn.com)

 

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2h ago / 6:13 AM PST

There could be a deal to free hostages, Netanyahu tells ‘Meet the Press’​

In an interview with Kristen Welker, Netanyahu said no deal was close until his forces began the ground operation in Gaza. “We heard that there was an impending deal of this kind or of that kind and then we learned that it was all hokum. But the minute we started the ground operation that began to change,” he said.

Asked if he knew where all the hostages were being held right now, he said, “We know a great deal, but I won’t go beyond that.” He added that if a deal was available, “we will talk about it when it’s there. We’ll announce it if it’s achievable.”

8m ago / 7:37 AM PST

Netanyahu says Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital refused Israel offer of fuel​

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today, told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that his country offered fuel to Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital last night, but it was “refused.”

“We offered actually, last night, to give them enough fuel to operate the hospital, operate the incubators and so on, because we have, obviously, no battle with patients or civilians at all,” he told host Kristen Welker.

“They refused it,” he added after he was pressed on the matter.

Israel-Hamas war live updates: Patients die at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza (nbcnews.com)

 

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30min ago

Netanyahu to NBC: Hostage deal possible; Shifa Hospital rejected Israeli fuel offer​

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there “could be” a potential deal to release some of the 239 hostages believed to be held by Hamas and other terror groups in Gaza, but the premier cites the sensitivity of negotiations and declines to provide additional details.

“I think the less I say about it, the more I’ll increase the chances that it materializes,” Netanyahu tells NBC News on Sunday.

22min ago

Netanyahu said to tell ministers to weigh every word when talking about war​

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly warns ministers to weigh their every word in public remarks about Israel’s war with Hamas.

“Every word has meaning when it comes to diplomacy. If you don’t know — don’t speak,” he says during a cabinet meeting, according to several Hebrew media reports.

“We need to be sensitive,” he adds.

13min ago

Netanyahu reiterates PA can’t rule Gaza, Israel must maintain ‘military responsibility’​

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubles down on his Saturday remark that the Palestinian Authority is not fit to govern Gaza should Israel succeed in dislodging Hamas’s control over the coastal enclave.

“As far as the civilian management of Gaza, we have to see the following two things: Gaza has to be demilitarized and Gaza has to be de-radicalized,” Netanyahu tells NBC News.

“And I think so far, we haven’t seen any Palestinian force, including the Palestinian Authority, that has been able to do it,” he adds, saying “it’s too early to say” who will govern the Strip.

 

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6min ago

Netanyahu blasts anti-Israel protesters as ‘misguided,’ says they’re backing ‘sheer evil’​

“Those who protest for Hamas — you’re protesting for sheer evil,” Netanyahu tells NBC News, claiming that some demonstrators are “misguided people who do not know the facts.”

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Hamas, Netanyahu says, “are people who deliberately targeted civilians, who raped and murdered women. Who beheaded men. Who burnt babies alive. Who kidnapped little babies and Holocaust survivors. These are the people you are supporting.”

Directing his comments towards anti-Israel protests, he says: “Who do you protest against? Do you protest against the Nazis? Or… against the Allies?”

5min ago

Netanyahu on responsibility for Oct. 7: Did people ask the same about Pearl Harbor, 9/11?​

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again pushes off a question about his personal responsibility for the failures that led to the October 7 Hamas massacres, saying this question will be dealt with after the war.

“Did people ask Franklin Roosevelt, after Pearl Harbor, that question? Did people ask George Bush after the surprise attack of November [sic] 11?,” Netanyahu tells CNN, referring to the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.

“It’s a question that needs to be asked… and I’ve said we’re going to answer all these questions, including me,” after the war, he continues.

 

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Translated from Hebrew by Google:

Thanks to the quick and efficient access of the intelligence to the field: the fighters of the Golani Brigade's combat team eliminated seven terrorists within ten minutes; Dozens of Adanim (deployable-level military personnel) are operating for the first time and providing intelligence to maneuvering forces in Gaza.For the full article >> For the first time in the IDF: Dozens of EDs provide intelligence to forces in Gaza. How does it work? | ATC (www.idf.il)

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