Israel - Palestinian militants launch massive attack, 7 Oct 2023 #2

[MassGuy]

British university academics accused of legitimising Hamas attacks

Professor Dr Ashok Kumar at Birkbeck University of London (pictured) and Dr Mahvish Ahmad at the London School of Economics appeared to justify the attacks in social media posts.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Sick:

Professor Dr Kumar claimed the gunning down of innocent Israelis at the Supernova outdoor rave was a ‘consequence’ for ‘partying on stolen land’ while Dr Ahmad called on students to show solidarity with the 'Palestinian struggle'.

 

[Gardenista]

Translated from Hebrew by Google
A man left 900 red roses in memory of the murdered near the Israeli embassy in Stockholm

https://twitter.com/x/status/1711859399982010386

 

[SouthAussie]

The UN can work with Egypt to set up a humanitarian corridor on the border with Gaza to supply food and medicine and other essentials to the Gaza Strip.
With everything going through an Israeli military check point, I would think.

So far Egypt has been supplyng fuel and other essentials. With the UN's help I imagine they could do a lot more. So where is the UN on this? Hope they are working on it rather than making statements about war crimes. That can come later if they choose.

In the UN statement yesterday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said .....


Medical equipment, food, fuel and other humanitarian supplies are desperately needed, along with access for humanitarian personnel. Relief and entry of essential supplies into Gaza must be facilitated and the UN will continue efforts to provide aid to respond to these needs.

I urge all sides and the relevant parties to allow United Nations access to deliver urgent humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians trapped and helpless in the Gaza Strip. I appeal to the international community to mobilize immediate humanitarian support for this effort.

‘It’s Time to End This Vicious Circle’ of Bloodshed, Hatred with Negotiated Peace Fulfilling Aspirations of Palestinians, Israelis, Secretary-General Stresses | UN Press

press.un.org

 

[Momoffourboys]

Rome lit up in support of Israel tonight.

 

[JennieM]

19m ago

First plane carrying US ammunition lands in Israel​

A plane carrying US ammunition has landed in Israel, the Israeli military said.

John Kirby, a spokesperson for the US national security council, confirmed on Monday that the first batch of American military aid in the wake of the violent assault by Hamas militants was “making its way” to Israel.

Speaking earlier this afternoon, President Joe Biden said the US was “surging” additional military assistance to Israel to replenish its Iron Dome rocket interceptor system.

Meanwhile, a US aircraft carrier strike group has arrived in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The Pentagon had previously announced that it was moving the carrier Gerald R Ford to Israel to reassure Israelis.

A statement by Gen Michael “Erik” Kurilla of the US central command said:

The arrival of these highly capable forces to the region is a strong signal of deterrence should any actor hostile to Israel consider trying to take advantage of this situation.

Biden says Israel ‘has a duty to respond’ to attacks – as it happened

This blog is now closed. Follow live updates here.

www.theguardian.com

 

[PrairieWind]

19m ago

First plane carrying US ammunition lands in Israel​

A plane carrying US ammunition has landed in Israel, the Israeli military said.

John Kirby, a spokesperson for the US national security council, confirmed on Monday that the first batch of American military aid in the wake of the violent assault by Hamas militants was “making its way” to Israel.

Speaking earlier this afternoon, President Joe Biden said the US was “surging” additional military assistance to Israel to replenish its Iron Dome rocket interceptor system.

Meanwhile, a US aircraft carrier strike group has arrived in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The Pentagon had previously announced that it was moving the carrier Gerald R Ford to Israel to reassure Israelis.

A statement by Gen Michael “Erik” Kurilla of the US central command said:

Biden says Israel ‘has a duty to respond’ to attacks – as it happened

This blog is now closed. Follow live updates here.

www.theguardian.com

Isn't Iron Dome manufactured in Israel?

 

[JennieM]

Heated exchanges in US media briefing​

Barbara Plett Usher
US State Department correspondent

The normally staid State Department Briefing got heated today, highlighting again the Biden administration’s rock solid support for Israel.

There were animated exchanges about Israel’s decision to cut off electricity and supplies to Gaza.

And criticism of the State Department for not condemning extremist rhetoric from Israeli lawmakers that indicated disregard for Palestinian civilians trapped between Hamas and Israel’s counter offensive.

Spokesman Matthew Miller said the US expected that Israel would act in accordance with international law.

But “some of the questions seem to pretend that Israel should not be able to conduct operations to defend itself" he said.

“We always mourn the loss of civilian life,” he shot back as one questioner suggested he was accepting “baby killing”.

“But the Hamas terrorists who launched this terrorist attack knew it would produce the loss of Palestinian civilian life. They ultimately bear the responsibility for those.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67050350

 

[MassGuy]

Isn't Iron Dome manufactured in Israel?

It’s now co-produced with the US, to include the missile components.

 

[JennieM]

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - occupied Palestinian territory | Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #4

The Humanitarian Coordinator issued a statement calling on all sides to uphold international humanitarian law, protect civilians, and asking for all relevant parties to facilitate safe access of humanitarian goods and personnel. Over the past 24 hours, heavy Israeli bombardments from air, sea...

ochaopt.org

 

[JennieM]

Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #4​

KEY POINTS​

Information on humanitarian needs is as of 12:00, while casualty figures and the number of people displaced are updated as of 21:00.

10 Oct 2023

• The Humanitarian Coordinator issued a statement calling on all sides to uphold international humanitarian law, protect civilians, and asking for all relevant parties to facilitate safe access of humanitarian goods and personnel. Over the past 24 hours, heavy Israeli bombardments from air, sea, and land have continued almost uninterrupted across the Gaza Strip. This has led to a significant increase in the death toll, including among children and women. Palestinian armed groups in Gaza carried out indiscriminate rocket firing overnight, targeting Israeli population centres.

[…]

• According to Israeli sources, between 50 and 100 members of the Israeli forces and Israeli and foreign civilians, including women and children, have been captured and forcibly taken into Gaza. Palestinian armed groups in Gaza claim to have captured and forcibly taken over 150 people.

• Mass displacement has continued over the past 24 hours across the Gaza Strip, with the total displacement now exceeding 263,934 people. This number is expected to rise further. Among the displaced, over 175,486 people are seeking shelter in UNRWA schools, while about 3,000 Palestinians in Gaza remain displaced due to previous escalations.

• On 9 October, people claimed to be members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) reportedly infiltrated Israel from Lebanon and exchanged fire with Israeli forces. Three Israeli soldiers and two PIJ members were killed.

[…]

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - occupied Palestinian territory | Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #4

The Humanitarian Coordinator issued a statement calling on all sides to uphold international humanitarian law, protect civilians, and asking for all relevant parties to facilitate safe access of humanitarian goods and personnel. Over the past 24 hours, heavy Israeli bombardments from air, sea...

ochaopt.org

 

[MassGuy]

Death toll in Israel has now increased to about 1,200.

https://x.com/kann_news/status/1711874938917822687?s=20

 

[JennieM]

Gaza health system close to collapse - British-Palestinian doctor​

Peter Gillibrand
BBC Newsnight

A leading British-Palestinian war doctor has warned that the health system in Gaza could “collapse within a week”.

Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah has been helping wounded Palestinians since the late 1980s.

He’s been operating at Gaza’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa, and says that the system is "already on its knees because of the siege".

"Having 3,000 wounded within 72 hours means the health system in Gaza will not cope…unless a humanitarian corridor is set up and aid is brought in," he says

Speaking to BBC Newsnight between operations, he says that the hospital was already at capacity: "The beds are full, the operating rooms are operating at maximum capacity. We’re already seeing the depletion of the tools.”

He says it’s the bloodiest assault he's seen in Gaza: “Because people are being injured in their homes, around 30-40% of the injuries are children."

“In war you try to discharge cases early so you can free up beds - but these patients are all coming from houses that have been destroyed, so you cannot send them back to the street, and that’s where the system completely comes to a halt."
Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67050350

 

[JennieM]

6m ago

Lisa O'Carroll

Elon Musk responded to a letter by Thierry Breton warning him over the alleged disinformation about the Hamas attack on Israel on X.

Musk wrote:

Please list the violations you allude to on , so that that the public can see them.

In a reference to the law’s requirement that platforms regulate their own content under the new laws Breton replied:

Up to you to demonstrate that you walk the talk

Israel-Hamas war live: Israel defence minister ‘releases all restraints’ on troops; Biden calls Hamas attack an ‘act of sheer evil’

UN commission sees proof of crimes on both sides and is ‘gravely concerned’ by Israel’s siege announcement; Biden says Israel ‘has a duty to respond’ to attacks

www.theguardian.com

 

[Friday Fan]

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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - occupied Palestinian territory | Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #4

The Humanitarian Coordinator issued a statement calling on all sides to uphold international humanitarian law, protect civilians, and asking for all relevant parties to facilitate safe access of humanitarian goods and personnel. Over the past 24 hours, heavy Israeli bombardments from air, sea...

ochaopt.org

After watching the bombings last night, I'm surprised Gaza's deaths aren't much higher!

However, I believe Israel did not want bombings into Israel aired, so maybe that is why.

 

[Momoffourboys]

Her mother spoke to the press earlier. Sadly, she has been found.

https://x.com/ayonadav/status/1711876246211100692?s=20

At a time of so much heartbreak already, it hurts even more to have to share that Orya's body was found this morning. May her memory be a blessing.

 

[JennieM]

1m ago
Hamas rejected US president Joe Biden’s remarks on Israel, which they described as “inflammatory” and accused him of attempting to “cover up the criminality and terrorism of the Zionist government” against the Palestinian people.

In a statement, a Hamas spokesperson said the US leader’s statements “coincided with the continuation and escalation of the barbaric Zionist aggression against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the rest of our occupied territories”.

The statement accused Biden of not having referred “at all in his speech to the massacres committed by the Zionist forces against our people in cold blood and in full view of the world.”

Israel-Hamas war live: Israel defence minister ‘releases all restraints’ on troops; Biden calls Hamas attack an ‘act of sheer evil’

UN commission sees proof of crimes on both sides and is ‘gravely concerned’ by Israel’s siege announcement; Biden says Israel ‘has a duty to respond’ to attacks

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

2m ago

Biden: 'This is terrorism'​

Joe Biden has just posted a short statement to X, formerly Twitter.

He says, “The brutality of Hamas, the blood-thirstiness, brings to mind the worst rampages of ISIS. This is terrorism.”

Israel-Hamas war live: Israel defence minister ‘releases all restraints’ on troops; Biden calls Hamas attack an ‘act of sheer evil’

UN commission sees proof of crimes on both sides and is ‘gravely concerned’ by Israel’s siege announcement; Biden says Israel ‘has a duty to respond’ to attacks

www.theguardian.com

 

[shotgun09]

1m ago
Hamas rejected US president Joe Biden’s remarks on Israel, which they described as “inflammatory” and accused him of attempting to “cover up the criminality and terrorism of the Zionist government” against the Palestinian people.

In a statement, a Hamas spokesperson said the US leader’s statements “coincided with the continuation and escalation of the barbaric Zionist aggression against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the rest of our occupied territories”.

The statement accused Biden of not having referred “at all in his speech to the massacres committed by the Zionist forces against our people in cold blood and in full view of the world.”

Israel-Hamas war live: Israel defence minister ‘releases all restraints’ on troops; Biden calls Hamas attack an ‘act of sheer evil’

UN commission sees proof of crimes on both sides and is ‘gravely concerned’ by Israel’s siege announcement; Biden says Israel ‘has a duty to respond’ to attacks

www.theguardian.com

Hamas' spokesperson is a clown. MOO
They need to be looking for someone else...

 

[Friday Fan]

<modsnip - quoted post was removed>
Jerusalem is characterized by a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa), with hot, dry summers, and mild, wet winters. Snow flurries usually occur once or twice a winter, although the city experiences heavy snowfall every three to four years, on average, with short-lived accumulation.

Jerusalem averages 21 inches of rain annually. (Desert is 10 inches)
Los Angeles averages 14 inches

The hottest month is July with avg temps of 84/67. Los Angeles is 83/64.
People in Florida, Southern AZ and Texas would die for that kind of weather!

Jerusalem - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[MassGuy]

Hamas' spokesperson is a clown. MOO
They need to be looking for someone else...

If your organization rapes women, murders babies, and kidnaps children and the elderly, then no one cares about any grievance, present or past. There is zero justification.