Israel - Palestinian militants launch massive attack, 7 Oct 2023 #4

[JennieM]

6 min ago

Russia requests meeting of UN Security Council after Gaza hospital blast, Russian official says on Telegram​

From CNN's Mariya Knight

Russia requested an urgent open meeting of the United Nations Security Council to be held Wednesday morning following Tuesday's deadly Gaza hospital blast, Russia's first deputy to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, said on Telegram.

Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages as crisis in Gaza deepens

US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday as he seeks to demonstrate staunch support for the country while also pressing for ways to ease humanitarian suffering in Gaza. Follow here for the latest.

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[Chimera]

Gaza has a government: Hamas. But what has Hamas done for them? They receive billions and billions of dollars in aid, and billions more from other benefactors. But we see that their hospitals are all run by outside agencies, they have no independent water system, no mass transit, a blockade leaves them starving a couple of days because there are no food stores, but there are billions of dollars of rockets to rain down on Israel. There is no one to negotiate with. There can be no solutions as long as Hamas is there and any aid or relief just goes to more weapons or siphoned off to Qatari bank accounts.

I think that's what I was trying to say. ^^^

You clarified it nicely, thank you !
Omo.

 

[cottonweaver]

Conservative MPs call on the UK Govt again to proscribe Iran's Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

The Government is under growing pressure from its own MPs to proscribe the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation following the recent terror attack in Israel.
Robert Courts, a member of the Defence Select Committee, who signed the letter in January, told PoliticsHome he believed the IRGC should be described as a terrorist organisation.

“The IRGC is the primary funder, trainer and driving force behind Hamas and Hezbollah. Proscribing this dangerous, destabilising force ought to be an urgent priority for the Government.”

Henry Smith, Conservative MP for Crawley, and member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, told PoliticsHome “The Abraham Accords are a growing threat to the malign influence of Tehran through its Middle East proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah, I suspect this was the motivation and money that was behind the attack from Gaza of Israel last week.

Senior Conservatives Urge Government To Proscribe Iran's IRGC As Terrorists

A number of Tory MPs have urged the Government to describe the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) as terrorist organisation.

www.politicshome.com

edited to add
why haven't they til now? claim below

'The ex-secretary of state claimed the Government might be hesitant to proscribe the IRGC as it could further impede the Iranian nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. However, he claimed the deal was beyond recovery.'

 

[margarita25]

6 min ago

Russia requests meeting of UN Security Council after Gaza hospital blast, Russian official says on Telegram​

From CNN's Mariya Knight

Russia requested an urgent open meeting of the United Nations Security Council to be held Wednesday morning following Tuesday's deadly Gaza hospital blast, Russia's first deputy to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, said on Telegram.

Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages as crisis in Gaza deepens

US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday as he seeks to demonstrate staunch support for the country while also pressing for ways to ease humanitarian suffering in Gaza. Follow here for the latest.

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(Hmm.)

 

[JennieM]

Hospital blast 'a horror show' - Anglican church leader​

One of the Anglican Church’s leading figures in Jerusalem has called the huge blast at a hospital in Gaza City "an unmitigated disaster".

Hundreds of people are feared dead after the blast at 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 Radio 4’s World Tonight programme.

"I have no way of proving who did it, that will transpire in time.

"But we deal with the tragedy, we deal with the disaster and the recriminations will have to run their course."

He said the international community "needs to learn the lessons and to see exactly the nature of the disaster that is unfolding".

"There is also no justification for this type of attack, accidental or deliberate."

Hamas have blamed an Israeli air strike for causing the explosion at the Al Ahli hospital. Israel denied its military was involved and said the blast was caused by rockets fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The militants have also denied blame.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67119233

 

[margarita25]

Israel tells its citizens to leave Turkey immediately amid fears of reprisal attacks

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www.timesofisrael.com

“The National Security Council issues a warning against travel to Turkey and Morocco, citing fears that Israeli travelers will be targets of those angry at the ongoing Israel-Gaza war.

The NSC says it is raising the alert to Turkey to a 4 and calling on all Israelis in the country to leave as soon as possible.”

 

[JennieM]

3 min ago

UN Security Council will hold meeting on Middle East Wednesday​

From CNN's Richard Roth and Mariya Knight

The United Nations Security Council will hold an open meeting Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET on developments in the Middle East, including the bombing of a Gaza hospital.

Both Israel and Palestine are expected to speak at the meeting, which was requested by Russia and the United Arab Emirates.

The incident at the Gaza hospital is expected to be a major topic of the meeting.
Russia requested the open meeting of the UNSC following the Gaza hospital blast, Russia's first deputy to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, said on Telegram.

Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages as crisis in Gaza deepens

US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday as he seeks to demonstrate staunch support for the country while also pressing for ways to ease humanitarian suffering in Gaza. Follow here for the latest.

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[margarita25]

 

[JennieM]

Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #11​

17 Oct 2023

Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #10​

16 Oct 2023

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - occupied Palestinian territory | Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #11

Hundreds of fatalities in Al Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza were reported as this Flash Update was being finalized (22:00). The compound hosted patients and internally displaced persons (IDPs) seeking safe shelter.

www.ochaopt.org

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - occupied Palestinian territory | Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #10

As hostilities entered the tenth day, heavy Israeli bombardments on Gaza, from the air, sea and land, have continued almost uninterrupted. In the last 27 hours (as of 21:00), 138 Palestinians have been killed, bringing the cumulative fatality toll in the Gaza Strip to 2,808, according to the...

www.ochaopt.org

 

[margarita25]

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[JennieM]

Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #11​

17 Oct 2023

KEY POINTS​

• Hundreds of fatalities in Al Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza were reported as this Flash Update was being finalized (22:00). The compound hosted patients and internally displaced persons (IDPs) seeking safe shelter.
• As hostilities entered the eleventh day, heavy Israeli bombardments on Gaza, from the air, sea and land, have continued almost uninterrupted. In the last 20 hours (as of 17:30), 192 Palestinians have been killed, bringing the cumulative fatality toll in the Gaza Strip to 3,000, including at least 853 children, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza (excluding Al Ahli hospital casualties). Hundreds of additional fatalities are believed to be trapped under the rubble.
• The number of IDPs in Gaza is estimated at about one million, including about 352,000 IDPs staying in UNRWA schools in central and southern Gaza alone, in increasingly dire conditions. This afternoon (17 October), an UNRWA school in Al Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, sheltering some 4,000 IDPs, was hit during an Israeli airstrike, killing at least six people.
• The Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office stated on Tuesday that there are “appalling reports that civilians attempting to relocate to southern Gaza were struck and killed by an explosive weapon,” and urged Israel “to avoid targeting civilians and civilian objects or conducting area bombardments, indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks.”
• The complete siege of Gaza continues. The Rafah Crossing has remained closed, preventing the entry of desperately needed humanitarian aid, including food, water and medicines awaiting on the Egyptian side.
• The UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs stressed today (17 October) the need for a humanitarian suspension of hostilities enabling the delivery of aid, along with some respite from the bloodshed.
• Gaza has been under full electricity blackout for the seventh consecutive day. Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) managed to deliver locally stored fuel to Gaza’s largest hospital (Shifa), enabling the operation of generators for a few more days. Other hospitals are operating at a bare minimum capacity.
• The average water consumption for all needs (drinking, cooking and hygiene) is currently estimated at three litres per day per person in Gaza. There is increasing water consumption from unsafe sources, placing the population at risk of death or infectious disease outbreak.
• The Palestinian armed groups’ indiscriminate rocket firing towards Israeli population centres continued, with no new Israeli fatalities reported (as of 21:00 17 October). Overall, more than 1,300 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed in Israel, according to Israeli authorities, the vast majority on 7 October.
• At least 199 people are held captive in Gaza, including Israelis and foreign nationals. On 16 October, UN’s emergency relief chief Martin Griffiths expressed deep concern about the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and about the fate of Israeli hostages, stressing that “they have to be let out straight away.”
• In the West Bank, since the afternoon of 15 October, Israeli forces have killed three Palestinians, bringing the fatality toll by Israeli forces and settlers since 7 October to 61, including 16 children.

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - occupied Palestinian territory | Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #11

Hundreds of fatalities in Al Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza were reported as this Flash Update was being finalized (22:00). The compound hosted patients and internally displaced persons (IDPs) seeking safe shelter.

www.ochaopt.org

 

[JennieM]

Young Palestinian woman flees south - but won't leave homeland​

UGC
Image caption: Rahaf pictured while sheltering at the Al-Quds hospital

Previously, we brought you a personal account from Rahaf, a young Palestinian woman who has made the arduous journey to Khan Younis in southern Gaza with her family.
The BBC has been keeping in touch with her. Having finally reached Khan Younis, we asked Rahaf if she and her family planned to try to cross the (currently closed) Rafah crossing in order seek refuge in Egypt.

Rahaf says while she and her family “all don’t know what will come to us,” she is “confident that I won’t leave my house (homeland) and repeat the 1948 Nakba.”
The Nakba (or Catastrophe) refers to when more than 700,000 Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes in the conflicts surrounding Israel's creation in 1948.

On 14 May 1948, Israel declared independence, and in a war which began the next day, up to 750,000 Palestinians who had lived on that land fled or were expelled from their homes. Neither they nor their descendants have been allowed by Israel to return.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67119233

 

[JennieM]

5 min ago

Biden briefed on Gaza hospital blast but White House does not weigh in on culpability​

From CNN's Nikki Carvajal, MJ Lee and Kayla Tausche

US President Joe Biden has been briefed on the “the terrible loss of life at a hospital in Gaza,” the White House said Tuesday, but officials did not weigh in on what the Biden administration believes happened or who is responsible.

“Following reports of the terrible loss of life at a hospital in Gaza, President Biden was briefed by his national security team, including National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer,” the White House said in a statement to the press pool. “The President spoke by phone with Secretary of State Tony Blinken, who is still in the region.”

Biden also spoke with King Abdullah II of Jordan and with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and “continues to receive regular updates,” the White House said.

There are varying reports on the number of casualties in the hospital blast in Gaza and who is responsible. Gaza officials blame Israel for the hospital blast, while the Israel Defense Forces said it was an Islamic Jihad rocket

Hours before Biden was expected to fly to Israel for an extraordinary visit to the war-torn region, a massive blast hit a hospital in Gaza, killing hundreds of people.

There was immediate consequence for the president’s upcoming trip, even before Biden had left the White House: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas pulled out of his meeting with Biden, which had been set to take place in Jordan along with other regional leaders.

The moment vividly captured precisely how much is at stake for Biden as he heads to the Middle East.

US officials had said they had made painstaking efforts to ensure Biden’s security before greenlighting the trip. Biden was also set to emphasize to his Israeli counterpart and others the importance of minimizing civilian casualties in the conflict.

Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages as crisis in Gaza deepens

US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday as he seeks to demonstrate staunch support for the country while also pressing for ways to ease humanitarian suffering in Gaza. Follow here for the latest.

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[Momoffourboys]

Haaretz.com

@haaretzcom

LIVE UPDATES: Israel has audio recordings of Islamic Jihad members implicating the organization in Gaza hospital explosion, IDF says Biden cancels Jordan leg of Middle East visit

https://x.com/haaretzcom/status/1714410571284509159?s=20

 

[Vern]

Times of Israel releasing recordings of the hospital explosion:


Al Jazeera Gaza Live Feed:
I note timestamps of:
9 seconds: where airborne rocket can be seen to "fail" on the screen;
10 - 14s: Rocket can be seen streaking downwards toward the ground;
17 seconds: huge explosion can be seen at the hospital right underneath where the rocket was. Al Jazeera then zooms in on the hospital.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1714378040115867883

Surveillance camera footage from Netiv Haasara:
(Low horizon footage) Timestamps:
0 - 16 seconds: Barrage of Rockets being launched in Gaza;
(Note: misfire cannot be seen on this screen due to low horizon angle);
19 seconds: Huge explosion can be seen on ground underneath at the hospital. Note that is the same 3 second difference in time from the above video from last firing to explosion at hospital.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1714377828131553446

 

[Vern]

Haaretz.com
@haaretzcom

LIVE UPDATES: Israel has audio recordings of Islamic Jihad members implicating the organization in Gaza hospital explosion, IDF says Biden cancels Jordan leg of Middle East visit

https://x.com/haaretzcom/status/1714410571284509159?s=20

I believe it.

 

[Friday Fan]

The only way to know whose bomb this is, is to go to the site and inspect the debri from the bomb.

I heard the word "sortie" on the Arabic video that the IDF spokesman shared.

Generally you can hear a plane on these livestream videos if there is audio. So, if there is audio, it's fairly easy to determine if a sortie was going on at the same time.

IDF spokesman said a terrorist group fired a volley of rockets and a rocket misfired.


Is it possible that Israel had another target and a rocket hit the Israeli bomb and sent it off course?

I have been hearing those terror groups didn't possess bombs of this capacity. Or did the terrorist bomb hit something explosive on the ground?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1714376318136021443

Don't shoot me. I'm not too bright!

 

[JennieM]

1m ago

Protests taking place in West Bank cities, Beirut and Amman​

In the wake of the hospital blast, hundreds of Palestinians have flooded the streets of major West Bank cities including Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority, where protesters hurled stones at Palestinian security forces who fired back with stun grenades.

Palestinians rally in solidarity with the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on 17 October 2023. Photograph: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images

Others threw stones at Israeli checkpoints, where soldiers killed one Palestinian, West Bank authorities said.

Jordanians gather outside King Abdullah Mosque to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in Amman, Jordan, 17 October 2023. Photograph: Alaa Al Sukhni/Reuters

Hundreds of people joined protests that erupted in Beirut and Amman, where an angry crowd gathered outside the Israeli Embassy.

Demonstrators chant slogans during a protest in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza, at Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, 17 October 2023. Photograph: Bilal Hussein/AP

US president’s visit to Jordan cancelled – as it happened

This blog is now closed.

www.theguardian.com

 

[cottonweaver]

is this responsible reporting?
MSNBC clip

https://x.com/DeadlineWH/status/1714384506113646736?s=20

1.45 minutes onwards ' this kind of deathtoll is not normally what you'd associate with Palestinian rockets'

 

[mickey2942]

Your allies are quietly helping.

I know that Australia has facilitated Aussie reservists flying to Israel to help. While at the same time pledging $10,000,000 to aid organisations to humanitarianly help the displaced.

imo

Interesting. I wonder how many refugee Palestinians Australia will welcome.