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People in southern Gaza ‘should stay out of harm's way,’ IDF warns​

... Israel Defense Forces are preparing to push on, Lerner said. “Hamas are not just operating in the north,” he said. “But they’re continuing to launch rockets from the south. So they are targets.”

Having urged Palestinians to move to the south of Gaza, Lerner said the IDF was now “instructing people to get out of harm’s way” in the south.

As for the hostages, Lerner said they were “a national priority.”

“We are utilizing all of the tools in our capability in order to identify where they are,” he said, adding that Israeli forces were “pushing forward in order to increase the pressure on Hamas because we believe that that will retrieve a better result for the hostage relief or rescue.”

Some internet and phone service restored in Gaza thanks to fuel shipment​

Some areas in Gaza have renewed access to internet and phone service after a relief organization provided emergency fuel service to the area's largest telecom provider.

Telecommunications were almost completely cut off in Gaza for more than 24 hours after the dominant provider in the area, Paltel, ran out of generator fuel.

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IDF 'close to dismantling the military system' in northern Gaza

Follow NBC News' coverage for live updates about the Israel-Hamas war: IDF ‘close to dismantling the military system’ in northern Gaza
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Israel considering deal with Hamas for temporary Gaza cease-fire in exchange for release of some hostages

Officials tell CBS News Israel is considering a temporary cease-fire, and possibly freeing some Hamas prisoners, to secure the release of some hostages from Gaza.
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BY MARGARET BRENNAN NOVEMBER 16, 2023 rbbm
''Among the hostages, there are 10 unaccounted for Americans, according to the State Department. In a disclosure meant to add pressure to the process, the White House revealed this weekend that a 3-year-old girl, a U.S. citizen, was among those believed to be held in Gaza.


One complication in these final stages of the talks has been Hamas' inability to account for each of the hostages it is either believed to be holding or able to find. Israel is stipulating that that accounting be part of the process. Other militant groups in Gaza may be holding some of the captives. Israel's demand for a full accounting of the hostages has been complicated by the fact that the captives are spread out across the war zone and are being held by various groups.

"I cannot look you in the eye and tell you that they are still alive," U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said of the American hostages earlier this week.

The U.S. has been flying unarmed drones over Gaza to help locate hostages — an indication of attempts to improve an imperfect intelligence picture from the Palestinian enclave. Last week, Israel revised its number of those killed in the attack as it continues to identify remains, and it remains unsure exactly how many people are still being held captive.

In an earlier proposal, Hamas had said it would be willing to release 10 children as part of a first tranche in exchange for a cease-fire, but Israel demanded more. Throughout the process, there has been a focus on roughly 50 civilians, and an interest among many foreign governments in retrieving dual nationals.''
 
Just an interesting tidbit about what is known to be underneath the al-Shifa hospital.

Apparently, Israel built an extensive basement under the hospital prior to 2005.
Perhaps it is from this basement that they feel tunnels may have been built later on.


There are questions over how much of its graphic presentation of the network under al-Shifa was based on what Israel knew already; its own architect had built an extensive basement area there the last time Israel directly occupied Gaza, up to 2005.

 
criticism grows...
JMO

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Biden facing growing internal dissent over Israel's Gaza campaign

It has stirred an extraordinary level of criticism from within the president’s own administration.
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US President Joe Biden is under growing pressure to rein in Israel's military campaign against Hamas in Gaza.

The growing civilian casualties and desperate humanitarian conditions have alarmed Arab allies, but also stirred an extraordinary level of criticism from within his own administration.

"I'm stunned by the intensity," said Aaron David Miller, who worked as an adviser on Arab-Israeli relations during a 25 year tenure at the US State Department.

"I've never seen anything quite like this."
 
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Five Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on West Bank refugee camp - reports​

At least five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on a building in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to reports.

Two people were injured in the strike, Reuters reported, citing the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.


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There’s more in on the blast at a Nablus refugee camp on the West Bank: witnesses have told Agence France-Presse that the strike appeared to have come from a drone.

There was no immediate confirmation.

At least five Palestinians were killed in the blast at a building in the camp, the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance service has said.

The camp’s administration said an aerial strike targeted the local headquarters of the Palestinian group Fatah in the camp.

The Israeli military said it was checking on the reports.

About 24,000 people live in the Balata refugee camp, in the northern West Bank, and several Palestinian armed groups operate inside.

The strike comes a day after Israel’s army said it had killed at least seven militants in two separate confrontations in the West Bank.

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Israeli forces ‘determined to advance’, says military – as it happened

Daniel Hagari’s comments come amid mounting concerns about Israeli plans to expand military operations where people have sought refuge from fighting
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RHONYC's star husband offers free surgery to hate-crime victims

A New York City plastic surgeon and husband to a Housewife is trying to use his talents to help those who were victims of the Hamas attack or who have faced antisemitism in its wake.
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'' RHONYC star's plastic surgeon husband offers FREE services to victims of Hamas' barbaric attack on Israel and hate-crimes saying 'we want to feel like we are doing something'​

  • NYC plastic surgeon Ira Savetsky is offering his services - including rhinoplasty costing upwards of $20,000 - free to victims of hate crimes or the Oct. 7 attack
  • At his private Park Avenue practice, Savetsky, 39, has since met with a victim of a brutal hate crime in the Lower East Side as well as a Nova music festival survivor
  • Savetsky, who is married to former Real Housewives star Lizzy Savetsky, experienced the Oct. 7 attack firsthand with his wife and three young children ''
''Upon returning to the US, he decided to contribute by offering his surgical expertise at his Park Avenue office to victims, free of charge.

The initiative gained momentum when he received messages about a Jewish individual, Rafi, who was brutally attacked in the Lower East Side.

'Next thing I knew people were sending me messages about a kid who was beat up on the Lower East Side for being Jewish,' Savetsky told Dailymail.com.

'''Rafi, who unfortunately was a victim of a recent anti-Semitic hate crime. I’m grateful I could offer my assistance following this terrible incident,' Savetsky wrote on Instagram. 'If you know someone who has experienced a hate crime and requires plastic or reconstructive surgery, please contact my office. These services will be free.' ''
 
MyBelle said:
criticism grows...
JMO

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Biden facing growing internal dissent over Israel's Gaza campaign

It has stirred an extraordinary level of criticism from within the president’s own administration.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com

US President Joe Biden is under growing pressure to rein in Israel's military campaign against Hamas in Gaza.

The growing civilian casualties and desperate humanitarian conditions have alarmed Arab allies, but also stirred an extraordinary level of criticism from within his own administration.

"I'm stunned by the intensity," said Aaron David Miller, who worked as an adviser on Arab-Israeli relations during a 25 year tenure at the US State Department.

"I've never seen anything quite like this."
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Straddling the fence is hard work, dontcha' know....

MOO and Peace
 

How the US says it pushed Israel to agree fuel deal​


Barbara Plett Usher
US State Department correspondent

A US State Department official has explained to the BBC how Israel reached a deal to allow some fuel into Gaza.

He said the agreement on a mechanism – refuelling the Rafah depot in the south for onward distribution in Gaza - was reached in principle several weeks ago.

But the Israelis delayed implementation for two reasons: They kept telling the Americans that fuel still hadn’t actually run out in southern Gaza, and they’d also been waiting to see if they could first get a hostage deal.

On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer and told him time was up, fuel had expired and immediate action was needed to avert a profound humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.

The Israelis could not wait for a resolution of hostage issues, he said, which might or might not happen.

On Thursday, Blinken called Israel's opposition leader Benny Gantz, who is part of the country's emergency unity government.

That was an important conversation and the Israeli war cabinet then voted to approve the fuel deal.

The State Department official said the US would keep trying to increase the amount of fuel. But he said convincing Israel to move on Gaza aid was always a process of pushing and getting measured progress.

 
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IDF 'close to dismantling the military system' in northern Gaza

Follow NBC News' coverage for live updates about the Israel-Hamas war: IDF ‘close to dismantling the military system’ in northern Gaza
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  • Israeli forces searched several hospitals in northern Gaza, saying they had found tunnels, weapons and at least one vehicle.
  • The IDF has so far not provided definitive evidence that Hamas command centers exist beneath Al-Shifa and other hospitals, a claim that Israeli and American officials have repeatedly made and Hamas and doctors have forcefully denied.
Red emphasis mine.

Of course Hamas had enough time to remove a ton of evidence from the tunnels.
Every time there's a humanitarian 'pause'.
Busy little bees, those Hamas terrorists !

From the above link :
  • The IDF said it had found the body of Yehudit Weiss, a hostage abducted by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack, and that of Noa Marciano, a 19-year-old soldier taken hostage by Hamas. The military describe both as being found "adjacent" to Al-Shifa Hospital.
Rest in peace, Yehudit and Noa ! May their memories be a blessing.

Curious about that 'adjacent' part ?
Were they being kept in another building close by the hospital ?
Was there evidence of more hostages being held there ?
Omo.
 
JennieM said:

How the US says it pushed Israel to agree fuel deal​


Barbara Plett Usher
US State Department correspondent

A US State Department official has explained to the BBC how Israel reached a deal to allow some fuel into Gaza.

He said the agreement on a mechanism – refuelling the Rafah depot in the south for onward distribution in Gaza - was reached in principle several weeks ago.

But the Israelis delayed implementation for two reasons: They kept telling the Americans that fuel still hadn’t actually run out in southern Gaza, and they’d also been waiting to see if they could first get a hostage deal.

On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer and told him time was up, fuel had expired and immediate action was needed to avert a profound humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.

The Israelis could not wait for a resolution of hostage issues, he said, which might or might not happen.

On Thursday, Blinken called Israel's opposition leader Benny Gantz, who is part of the country's emergency unity government.

That was an important conversation and the Israeli war cabinet then voted to approve the fuel deal.

The State Department official said the US would keep trying to increase the amount of fuel. But he said convincing Israel to move on Gaza aid was always a process of pushing and getting measured progress.

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Looks like the hostages lose with this deal. JMO.
 
Al-Shifa search

The crisis at al-Shifa hospital is ongoing, where Israel recently began searching for evidence of a Hamas command centre it says is located in tunnels under Gaza's largest medical facility.

The Israeli military says its troops have found the body of a second woman held hostage by Hamas, during a search close to al-Shifa. This morning, a funeral was held for 19-year-old soldier Noa Marciano - who was one of about 240 people kidnapped during the 7 October atrocities.

The Hamas-run health authorities in Gaza say 24 people have died in the hospital’s emergency department over the last two days because of a lack of power.

Officials also say the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks has exceeded 12,000. Many more are believed to be missing under the rubble of Gazan buildings.

 
Pressure on Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has admitted Israeli forces have not been "successful" in minimising civilian casualties in Gaza, but blamed Hamas for using people as human shields.

One of Netanyahu's predecessors, Ehud Olmert, has called for a political solution to resolve the future of Gaza in a BBC interview - blaming his rival for security failings that led to more than 1,200 Israelis being killed by Hamas.

Meanwhile, families and friends of those being held hostage in Gaza are marching in protest from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, with the journey of around 43 miles (69km) due to end at Netanyahu's office on Saturday to demand their release.

 
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