Israel - Palestinian militants launch massive attack, 7 Oct 2023 #6

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October 20, 2023
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FACT FOCUS: Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts

In the days since Hamas militants stormed into Israel early Oct. 7, a flood of videos and photos purporting to show the conflict have filled social media, making it difficult
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''THE FACTS: The video is behind-the-scenes footage from the making of “Empty Place,” a short film focused on the story of Ahmad Manasra, a Palestinian who was arrested at age 13 in 2015 in relation to the stabbing of two Israelis.
Social media users on both sides of the latest Israel-Hamas war are sharing the video, each falsely alleging that it’s proof the other group is creating propaganda about their own.
In the clip, a young actor lies on a sidewalk covered in fake blood, his right leg bent backward, as a film crew works around him. Other actors mill about dressed as soldiers and in garb worn by many Orthodox Jewish men.

“See how Israelis are making fake videos saying that Palestine Freedom Fighters killed children,” reads one tweet that had received more than 5,600 likes and more than 4,400 shares as of Oct. 11.
An Instagram post claimed the opposite, stating: “These terrorists are dressing up as JEWISH soldiers to create fake videos about Israeli soldiers! Faking Propaganda!”
But neither allegation is correct. The video shows footage from the making of the 2022 short film directed by Awni Eshtaiwe, a filmmaker based in the West Bank. The scene being shot begins about 1 minute and 10 seconds into the approximately 2 minute film.
Mohamad Awawdeh, a cinematographer listed in the film’s credits as a camera assistant, posted the behind-the-scenes footage to TikTok in April 2022, around the time the film was released. A caption on the post, written in Arabic, explains that the scene being filmed in the video shows Manasra being attacked. Awawdeh posted the same footage to Instagram on June 30.''
 
Israel-Hamas war live updates: Aid trucks wait to cross into Gaza after another night of heavy bombing (nbcnews.com)
4m ago / 6:24 AM PDT

Aerial view shows flattened Gaza buildings​

New aerial images show destroyed buildings in al-Zahra, south of Gaza City, today, following overnight Israeli bombardment.

Destroyed buildings in al-Zahra, south of Gaza City, on Oct. 20, 2023, following overnight Israeli bombardment.
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Israel-Hamas war live updates: Aid trucks wait to cross into Gaza after another night of heavy bombing (nbcnews.com)
3m ago / 6:28 AM PDT

IDF denies Orthodox church in Gaza was target of Israeli strike​

The Israeli military said Friday a Greek Orthodox church in the Gaza Strip, which was sheltering displaced Palestinian families, was not the target of an Israeli air strike.

Parts of the church collapsed in an explosion late Thursday, and Palestinian health officials said 18 people have died and dozens remain under the rubble.

The IDF said in a statement its fighter jets targeted the command and control center belonging to Hamas, involved in the launching of rockets and mortars toward Israel, Thursday night.

As a result of a strike, a wall of a church in the area of the center was damaged, the statement said, and it was aware of reports of casualties.

"The IDF can unequivocally state that the church was not the target of the strike," the statement added.

But the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem denounced what it described as “the Israeli bombing that targeted one of its church buildings in Gaza City” in a statement.

NBC News has not independently verified either side's claims.
 

Counter-terrorism officers to be present at London protest​

Dominic Casciani
Home and legal correspondent

Speaking ahead of a major pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday, the Met's Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan, in charge of the policing operation, said he had banned demonstrators from assembling outside of the Israeli embassy after concluding there could be serious public disorder.

The force has also confirmed that counter-terrorism officers will be working alongside public order teams amid concerns that some people could come to London on Saturday to show support Hamas or Hezbollah, both of which are banned under UK terror laws.



Huge rise in hate crimes, says Scotland Yard

Dominic Casciani
Home and legal correspondent

Scotland Yard says there has been a huge leap in hate crimes - predominantly anti-Semitic incidents - since the Hamas attacks on Israel.

Between 1 and 18 October there were 218 anti-Semitic incidents across London - up from 15 across the same period last year.

The number of Islamophobic incidents had risen to 101, from 42 last year.
The statistics were released on the eve of a major pro-Palestinian demonstration in London.

Police chiefs have banned any protesters from assembling outside the Israeli embassy.
The Metropolitan Police said that it was receiving reports of hate crimes occurring both in person and online and so far these had been a mixture of racially and religiously motivated incidents.

So far, 21 people have been arrested and officers had been sifting through 1,400 reports of potentially illegal content online.

 
13min ago

Rocket sirens wail in Lebanon border town of Dovev​

Incoming rocket sirens are sounding in the northern town of Dovev on the Lebanon border.

The alerts come amid repeated attacks from southern Lebanon on IDF posts and Israeli towns along the northern frontier.

There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

4:30 pm

Hezbollah claims to target IDF posts with anti-tank guided missiles and gunfire​

The Lebanese Hezbollah terror group claims to have targeted a number of Israeli military positions along the Lebanon border with anti-tank guided missiles and gunfire.

The IDF does not immediately comment on the missile attacks, but says 20-30 rockets were launched at the Mount Dov area earlier.
 
4:22 pm

Aid ‘a lifeline’ for war-torn Gaza, UN chief says at Rafah border​

Aid trucks waiting to cross from Egypt into Gaza are “a lifeline” which need to move into the war-torn Palestinian enclave as soon as possible, the UN chief says.

“These trucks are not just trucks, they are a lifeline. They are the difference between life and death for so many people in Gaza,” says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as he visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing with Gaza to oversee preparations for the delivery of aid.

Cargo planes and trucks have been bringing humanitarian aid to Rafah for days, but so far none has been delivered to Gaza which has been under intense Israeli bombardment for almost two weeks since the deadly October 7 onslaught.

“To see (the aid trucks) stuck here makes me be very clear: what we need is to make them move… to the other side of this wall… as quickly as possible and as many as possible,” Guterres tells reporters at the crossing.

The UN chief says it must be “a sustained effort” with not just one convoy crossing but for many “to be authorized in a meaningful number to have enough trucks to provide support to Gaza’s people.”

The United Nations, he says, was “actively engaging with all the parties,” including Egypt, Israel and the United States, to get the trucks moving as quickly as possible.
 

Rafah border crossing cleared in preparation for opening​

This is an image from last night of the concrete barriers being removed from the Rafah border crossing in preparation for the first aid lorries to pass through.
Published on Telegram channels and verified by the BBC, the writing on the building read “Rafah Land Port”.


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Then, early this morning, this image from the Quds Telegram channel captures bulldozers and cranes working to clear and repair the roadway to allow trucks to pass through. The building, road and vegetation match the one of the Rafah crossing.


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Telegram


As preparations continued through the morning, this image posted another local Telegram channel shows how tight security is on the Egyptian side of the border.


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Telegram

 

UN chief's passionate plea for trucks to cross border​


Paul Adams
Diplomatic correspondent, in Jerusalem

This was the day when Joe Biden said he hoped a first, experimental convoy of around 20 trucks would cross from Egypt into the Gaza Strip, carrying food, water and medicine.

But it’s yet to happen.

Standing at the still-closed Rafah crossing, Antonio Guterres made a passionate plea for the trucks to cross as quickly as possible.

They represented, he said, the difference between life and death. He spoke of conditions that still needed to be addressed. It’s not clear precisely what the problem is, except that Israel insists nothing should reach Hamas.

It also won’t allow fuel to enter, something Guterres said was absolutely essential to enable the UN to distribute aid.

Israel carried out another hundred air strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight, saying it had killed yet another Hamas leader.

 
3m ago
Thousands of Jordanians rally in support of Hamas

Chanting slogans urging Islamist Hamas militants to intensify their strikes on Israel, thousands of Jordanians marched in the capital and around the country on Friday to protest against Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza.

More than 6,000 people took part in the protest in downtown Amman arranged by opposition parties and tribal groups in a kingdom where passions are running high since the escalation of violence between Palestinians and Israel.

“Oh Hamas, hit them with al-Qassam rockets ... Bring the suicide bombers to Tel Aviv,” they chanted, referring to the military wing of Hamas.

In Amman on Friday, several thousand people also gathered near the Israeli embassy, a common spot for anti-Israel protests at times of turmoil in the Palestinian territories.
“No Jewish embassy on Arab land!” protesters chanted.

Riot police blocked roads leading to the fortified embassy complex to keep back demonstrators who gathered around the nearby Kaloti mosque in the capital.

Authorities in Jordan earlier this week quelled rioting around the Israeli embassy and said they would not tolerate any attempt by mobs who sought to exploit anger against Israel to create havoc.

On the outskirts of the capital, hundreds of anti-riot police blocked all roads leading to Jordan Valley opposite the West Bank, where activists had called for large protests.

More than 2,000 protesters who were prevented from heading to the border called on the authorities to allow them to join the fight alongside Hamas.

In the southern city of Karak, hundreds of protesters gathered at a checkpoint on a highway leading to the border chanting pro-Hamas slogans.

Many of Jordan’s 10 million citizens are of Palestinian descent. They or their parents were expelled or fled to Jordan in the fighting that accompanied the creation of Israel in 1948.

They have close ties with family on the other side of the Jordan River in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, both captured by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. (Via Reuters)



54m ago

Russia advises its citizens to avoid Israel and adjacent territories​

Russia is urging its citizens to refrain from travelling to Israel, the Palestinian territories, Lebanon or Jordan, the foreign ministry said on its website on Friday.

It added in a statement:

We continue to work closely with the Egyptian and Israeli authorities to ensure the exit from the Gaza Strip of Russian citizens who have asked for assistance in evacuating.
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(Reuters)

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Biden ‘didn’t hear the full question’ on whether Israel should delay Gaza ground assault, White House says – as it happened

White House says US president was only commenting on whether he wanted to see more hostages released
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acutename said:
how do aid workers distinguish between civilians and terrorists? how do they ensure that commodities to be given out are not commandeered, given to or stolen or destroyed by terrorists?
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IMO this is the heart of this dilemma.

It’s like having an enormous fish tank filled with goldfish and piranhas. You want your docile goldfish to eat the food you sprinkle in, but the aggressive piranhas are going to take it all.

That leaves you with no choice but to remove the piranhas from the tank so the goldfish don’t starve. But what about the numerous piranhas in the tank that somehow pass themselves off as goldfish?

History shows us that this happens continually where there are terrorists embedded among a population.

IMO
 
17 min ago

Iran's military chief warns the US over sending weapons to Israel, state media says​

From CNN’s Adam Pourahmadi in Abu Dhabi


Iran warned the US about the consequences of sending weapons to Israel, saying it would further complicate the situation in Gaza, according to Iran's state-aligned news outlet Tasnim.

“The widespread support of the United States including sending weapons and ammunition to the Zionist regime is considered as participation by the American government in the crimes of the Zionist regime. It further complicates the situation in Gaza,” Iranian Armed Forces chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri said during a telephone call with Turkey’s defense minister Yasar Guler on Friday.
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Bagheri also said that “serious action” is needed to prevent war crimes and called for humanitarian aid to be sent to Gaza, Tasnim reported.

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Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages as Gaza awaits aid in worsening conditions

Two US hostages are being released by Hamas, according to sources. Meanwhile, Gaza's hospitals are facing collapse as aid trucks line up at the Rafah crossing. Follow here for live news updates.
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1 hr 41 min ago

Shortages in Gaza “are going to kill many, many people,” says US head of Doctors Without Borders​

From CNN's Alex Hardie

Utility shortages in Gaza “are going to kill many, many people,” said Avril Benoît, executive director of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) also known as Doctors Without Borders.

Benoît told CNN that it often loses contact with its team in the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza due to lack of electricity, inability to charge phones and cell signal often being cut out, making it “difficult to get real-time information.”

“What we do know is our medical coordinator was warning that the fuel was reaching catastrophic lows,” she said.

Benoît added that there is a lack of painkillers, something which she said has “been going on for quite a time.”

“There’s a real shortage of anesthesia. And again, those surgical teams are going to have to ration. They are going to have to choose who gets it and who doesn’t, who gets the lifesaving surgery, who doesn’t," she said.

People in Gaza are “exhausted, including the medical teams who have been working around the clock,” Benoît said. “Everyone is dehydrated, malnourished, hungry,” she said. “It’s really a difficult circumstance in which to be able to even focus on a mass casualty response that’s needed.”

“It’s absolutely life or death at this point. Hour by hour it’s essential for that humanitarian assistance to be brought in,” Benoît continued. “We are deeply concerned for the fate of everyone who happens to be in Gaza right now, where nowhere is safe.”

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Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages as Gaza awaits aid in worsening conditions

Two US hostages are being released by Hamas, according to sources. Meanwhile, Gaza's hospitals are facing collapse as aid trucks line up at the Rafah crossing. Follow here for live news updates.
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1 hr 4 min ago

UN human rights group calls for "rapid and unimpeded passage" of humanitarian aid for all civilians​

From CNN’s Alex Hardie and Caitlin Danaher in London

The office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in a statement Friday implored all parties "to allow the rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief for all civilians in need, wherever they are."

A spokesperson for the human rights group expressed concern about continuing Israeli strikes across Gaza, including in the south.

"Strikes, coupled with extremely difficult living conditions in the south, appear to have pushed some to return to the north, despite the continuing heavy bombing there," the statement said.
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It also expressed concern about the rockets being fired from Gaza into Israel and the alarm at the "rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied West Bank and the increase in unlawful use of lethal force.”

Citing reports of ill-treatment and lack of due process, it called for the end of "arbitrary arrests of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Arab Israelis in Israel."


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Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages as Gaza awaits aid in worsening conditions

Two US hostages are being released by Hamas, according to sources. Meanwhile, Gaza's hospitals are facing collapse as aid trucks line up at the Rafah crossing. Follow here for live news updates.
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1hr 8 min ago

Shortages are leaving Gaza hospitals on the brink of collapse. Here's what you need to know​

From CNN staff

Conditions in Gaza are worsening by the hour as fears continue to grow over a catastrophic humanitarian crisis unfolding in the enclave.
Multiple rights groups are warning of the deadly consequences of ongoing shortages in the Gaza Strip and urging for vital supplies to be allowed through the Rafah crossing.
Here’s where things stand:
  • Hostages in Gaza: Israel's military says a majority of the hostages in Gaza are alive. While it is still unclear exactly how many people are still being held there, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had been able to reduce the number of missing, initially thought to be around 3,000 on the first day of the war, to between 100 and 200 on Friday as they have confirmed people’s locations. More than 20 of the hostages are under the age of 18 and between 10 and 20 of those held are over the age of 60, according to the latest update from the IDF on Friday.
  • Rafah crossing: Fears are mounting that life-saving aid destined for Gaza will be still stuck in Egypt for another day. Around 200 trucks carrying vital aid are queuing outside the closed border as officials work toward an agreement to open the gates. Negotiations continued through Thursday as workers repaired roads to allow up to 20 trucks to pass in an initial delivery. Despite expectations voiced by US President Joe Biden that the crossing would be opened Friday, US officials now expect that the first convoy will cross the border this weekend.

[…]

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Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages as Gaza awaits aid in worsening conditions

Two US hostages are being released by Hamas, according to sources. Meanwhile, Gaza's hospitals are facing collapse as aid trucks line up at the Rafah crossing. Follow here for live news updates.
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1 hr 18 min ago

7 Gaza hospitals are "out of service," Palestinian Ministry of Health says​

From CNN's Eyad Kourdi

Seven hospitals and 21 primary care health centers in Gaza are "out of service," and 64 medical staff have been killed as Israel continues its airstrikes, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Ministry of Health said Friday.

"Due to the Israeli violations, seven hospitals are out of service and 21 Primary Health care centers as well. 64 medical staff were killed and 23 ambulances were destroyed," said the health ministry spokesperson Dr. Ashraf Al-Qidra.

CNN cannot independently verify the extent of the casualties.

On Thursday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a statement that more than 60% of primary care facilities are shut down, and hospitals in Gaza are on the brink of collapse due to the shortage of power, medicine, equipment and specialized personnel.

edition.cnn.com

Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages as Gaza awaits aid in worsening conditions

Two US hostages are being released by Hamas, according to sources. Meanwhile, Gaza's hospitals are facing collapse as aid trucks line up at the Rafah crossing. Follow here for live news updates.
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further to the WS posts about online disinformation and online hate, new stats

Verified Accounts on X Spread 74% of Wartime Misinformation
adweek is an advertising industry publication. the link explains which companies are monitoring X and why
( If you don't use X, you may be unaware that the new, paid verified accounts was a change made by Musk when he bought the company & he was warned repeatedly that this was a terrible idea. Logarithms are now set to prioritise the visibility of these new paid accounts)

Adweek comments include:
'“This is another nail in the coffin for X in terms of deteriorating advertisers’ trust,” said Ruben Schreurs, chief strategy officer at independent marketing and media consultancy Ebiquity. “And they’re enforcing their decision not to return to X.”

www.adweek.com

Verified Accounts on X Spread 74% of War Misinformation

'This is another nail in the coffin for X' among advertisers.
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