Israel - Palestinian militants launch massive attack, 7 Oct 2023 #8

[PommyMommy]

“The Jews didn’t kill my brother; Hamas did.”

Listen to “Ashraf” as he describes what it’s like for innocent Palestinians to live under Hamas.”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1718996986378985873

The moment Ori Megidish, who was kidnapped by Hamas on 7/10 was reunited with her grandmother

We will do everything we can to bring the rest of our families home. #BringThemHome

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719065082120884609

 

[PommyMommy]

Israel-Hamas war live updates: Fears rise over strikes near Gaza hospitals (nbcnews.com)
5h ago / 2:39 PM PDT

Israeli doctor says hostages in Hamas video seem to have lost weight​

[...]

"You can see that they are living, they are conscious, they don’t have a clear sign of injuries," said Dr. Hagai Levine, the head of medicine for the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a volunteer group that’s supporting the families of people held captive by Hamas.

"We do see that they lost weight compared to their regular status," Levine said. He noted that one of the women normally wears glasses but appears in the video without any.

Netanyahu identified the three hostages as Rimon Buchshtab Kirsht, Danielle Aloni and Yelena Trupanob.

[...]

"Clearly they are under extreme stress, and even just filming them is a kind of torture," he said. "The entire situation is unhuman and very, extremely hazardous to health."

 

[PommyMommy]

The Israel Defense Force has announced that due to Escalating Tension with Hezbollah on the Border with Lebanon, the Israeli Air Force tonight has Bombed a Hezbollah Arms and Munitions Depot for the First Time during this War as a Warning to the Terror Organization.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719139646314037522

State Department spokesperson Matt Miller said Monday that the U.S. was making "significant progress" on getting fuel into Gaza via a "reliable delivery mechanism" that would assuage Israel's fear it could be intercepted by Hamas. - ABC

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719133533367583213

Convoys of Israeli Armored Vehicles are heading towards the City of Jenin in the West Bank again tonight with Arrest Raids likely to begin in the City sometime the next few hours.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719154996862718462

 

[Brightchaser47]

The Israel Defense Force has announced that due to Escalating Tension with Hezbollah on the Border with Lebanon, the Israeli Air Force tonight has Bombed a Hezbollah Arms and Munitions Depot for the First Time during this War as a Warning to the Terror Organization.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719139646314037522

State Department spokesperson Matt Miller said Monday that the U.S. was making "significant progress" on getting fuel into Gaza via a "reliable delivery mechanism" that would assuage Israel's fear it could be intercepted by Hamas. - ABC

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719133533367583213

RSBM
I'm curious as to what their "reliable delivery mechanism" is...

 

[Chimera]

RSBM
I'm curious as to what their "reliable delivery mechanism" is...

I'm admittedly skeptical.
Any fuel deliveries feel like giving in and aiding the enemy.
Omo.

 

[PommyMommy]

Israel-Hamas war live updates: Fears rise over strikes near Gaza hospitals (nbcnews.com)
29m ago / 8:35 PM PDT

U.S. believes cease-fire is not the right answer now, Kirby says​

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"We do not believe that a cease-fire is the right answer right now. We believe that a cease-fire right now benefits Hamas,” Kirby said at a briefing.

“What we have said should be considered and explored are temporary, localized humanitarian pauses to allow aid to get to specific populations and maybe even to help with the evacuation of people who want to get out,” he said.

Kirby also said today that “Hamas is still the holdup” in getting Americans out of Gaza through the Rafah crossing into Egypt.

“They’ve been making a series of demands that we’re not able to accede to,” Kirby said.

“Israel is willing to let those Americans out; Egypt is willing to let them come out,” Kirby said. “The holdup is Hamas.”

10m ago / 8:55 PM PDT

Get an inside look at the world’s largest underground hospital in Israel*​

NBC News got a look as doctors, nurses and patients are being prepared to be moved to an underground hospital in Haifa, Israel, which is the world’s largest such structure.

Its three stories span the equivalent of more than three football fields, with 2,000 hospital beds and 24 operating rooms.

It’s built for the worst-case scenario of a military confrontation with missiles falling in the area every four minutes. Haifa is a little more than 20 miles south of the Israel-Lebanon border.

* Video at the link

 

[Brightchaser47]

I'm admittedly skeptical.
Any fuel deliveries feel like giving in and aiding the enemy.
Omo.

Unless it's camoflaged as something else...

 

[fred&edna]

<img src="https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_537,w_822/561140" alt=" Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan wears a yellow Star of David at the UN Security Council on October 30, 2023. (photo credit: SCREENSHOT VIA MAARIV)"/>

 

[PommyMommy]

October 30, 2023 - Israel-Hamas war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear on Monday that Israel would not agree to a ceasefire, saying "this is a time for war."

www.cnn.com

1 hr ago

Israeli soldier kidnapped by Hamas rescued during ground operation, IDF says​

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An IDF spokesperson said they initially misspoke when they said she had been released from Hamas. The initial IDF announcement was a translation error as she had been “actively rescued” with “boots on the ground” in a joint operation between the IDF and the Israeli Security Agency (ISA), or Shin Bet, IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday local time.

“Based on intelligence” the Israeli special forces went into northern Gaza knowing her whereabouts and rescued her, Conricus said.

“They were in there for a job,” Conricus said adding that he is happy with the results as Pvt. Ori Megidish is “well mentally and physically” and reunited with her family.

He added that Megidish has also provided information about her captivity with Israeli intelligence officers which “can be used for the future.”

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Israel-Hamas war live updates: Fears rise over strikes near Gaza hospitals (nbcnews.com)
4m ago / 9:25 PM PDT

Hostages include people with breast cancer, autism and Parkinson’s disease​

Many of the hostages being held by Hamas have life-threatening conditions that require consistent access to medication, according to The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a volunteer group advocating for the hostages’ release.

The group gathered information about the hostages’ medical histories from family members, then sent a summary report to the Red Cross on Oct. 15.

The report mentions three young boys — ages 5, 13 and 16 — with autism that require special assistance, as well as a 27-year-old woman with Crohn’s disease, a 60-year-old man with multiple sclerosis and an 85-year old woman with heart failure, kidney disease and asthma.

Several hostages have breast cancer, according to Dr. Hagai Levine, the group's head of medicine. Other conditions reported by the families include Parkinson’s disease, dementia, diabetes and high blood pressure.

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Live updates: Israel-Hamas war, crisis in Gaza, Netanyahu rejects ceasefire calls (cnn.com)
3h ago21.45 EDT

Hamas claims it is 'firing machine guns and anti-tank missiles' towards Israeli forces in Gaza​

Reuters: Hamas said its militants fired machine guns and anti-tank missiles toward Israeli forces in north and south Gaza early on Tuesday as Israel’s tanks and infantry attacked the enclave’s main city, raising concerns about the plight of Palestinian civilians.

 

[dotr]

Oct 30, 2023
The Shifa Hospital, the largest hospital in Gaza, also acts as a headquarters for Hamas’ terrorist activities.

Israel Goes Unnamed on China Online Maps​

By James T. Aredd and Liyan Qi
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-gaza-war-latest/card/israel-goes-unnamed-on-china-online-maps-aY5VjRWIlsnSMuASZNF2
''Internet users in China are expressing bewilderment that the name Israel doesn’t appear on leading online digital maps from Baidu and Alibaba, an ambiguity that matches Beijing’s vague diplomacy in the region and contrasts with its attentiveness to maps generally.
Baidu’s Chinese language online maps demarcate the internationally recognized borders of Israel, as well as the Palestinian territories, plus key cities, but don’t clearly identify the country by name. The same is true with online maps produced by Alibaba’s Amap, where even small nations like Luxembourg are clearly marked. Neither company responded to questions on Monday. It is unclear whether the development is new, though it has been discussed by Chinese internet users since war broke out.''

 

[nao]

Moo..it was common knowledge that Hamas had headquarters under Shifa hospital. But it seems logical that Hamas will have an escape plan through the tunnels when the IDF get close...moo

 

[PommyMommy]

Israel-Hamas war live updates: Fears rise over strikes near Gaza hospitals (nbcnews.com)
5m ago / 10:22 PM PDT

U.S. continues to provide Israel with weapons shipments almost daily, Pentagon says​

The Associated Press

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Despite the rising number of civilian casualties, “we are not putting any limits on how Israel uses weapons,” Singh said. “That is really up to the Israeli Defense Force to use and how they are going to conduct their operations.”

Singh did not answer a question on whether there were concerns inside the Pentagon about the way the weapons were being used, but said that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has regularly emphasized the need for Israel to follow the laws of armed conflict and avoid civilian casualties as much as possible.

 

[IDK]

Moo..it was common knowledge that Hamas had headquarters under Shifa hospital. But it seems logical that Hamas will have an escape plan through the tunnels when the IDF get close...moo

I was wondering the same thing.

 

[Elley Mae]

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan and his delegation wore yellow Stars of David at the UN Security Council meeting on Monday bearing the message "Never Again."

"I will make you remember the shame of your silence every time you look at me," Arden said. "I will wear the yellow patch until the Nazi Hamas is eliminated and until the Security Council stops being silent and condemns the October 7 massacre. Some of you have learned nothing in the last eighty years! Some of you have forgotten why the United Nations was founded. So I will remind you. From today on, every time you look at me you will remember."

'Ayatollah regime is the Nazi regime,' Gilad Erdan says at the UN

"'Never again' happened again," Erdan said, and that "Khamenei is playing the role of Adolf Hitler."

m.jpost.com

 

[Dotta]

"Pro-Gaza activist hurls dozens of​

LIVE MICE ​

painted in Palestinian flag colours into a Birmingham McDonald's leaving customers screaming -​

'because the chain supports Israel."​

Pro-Palestine activist releases dozens of mice loose in McDonald's

This is the shocking moment a pro-Palestine activist let dozens of mice loose in a McDonald's restaurant in Birmingham.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Sarahlou]

"Pro-Gaza activist hurls dozens of​

LIVE MICE ​

painted in Palestinian flag colours into a Birmingham McDonald's leaving customers screaming -​

'because the chain supports Israel."​

Pro-Palestine activist releases dozens of mice loose in McDonald's

This is the shocking moment a pro-Palestine activist let dozens of mice loose in a McDonald's restaurant in Birmingham.

www.dailymail.co.uk

What are people like, honestly! Disgusting.
The amount of hate around is very concerning.

 

[dotr]

IDF reports ferocious battles deep inside Gaza

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www.timesofisrael.com

''The Israel Defense Forces says that in the last few hours, troops are engaged in “fierce battles against Hamas terrorists deep in the Gaza Strip.”
The military says ground and air forces hit several Hamas positions and anti-tank guided missile squads.
According to the IDF, troops have killed dozens of terrorists amid the fighting today, as well as seizing weapons.'

Israeli forces battle Hamas around Gaza City, as military says 800,000 have fled south

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops battled Hamas militants and attacked underground compounds on Tuesday with a focus on northern Gaza, from which an estimated 800,000 Palestinians have fled south despite continued Israeli bombardment across the besieged enclave. Buoyed by the...

news.yahoo.com

''Buoyed by the first successful rescue of a captive held by Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected calls for a cease-fire and again vowed to crush Hamas' ability to govern Gaza or threaten Israel following its bloody Oct. 7 rampage, which ignited the war.''

Oct 31, 2023 #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia
An Israeli government ministry has reportedly drafted a wartime proposal to transfer Gaza's 2.3 million people to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. ABC Middle East correspondent Allyson Horn tells The World it's already causing much distress throughout the Arab world.

 

[Brightchaser47]

Moo..it was common knowledge that Hamas had headquarters under Shifa hospital. But it seems logical that Hamas will have an escape plan through the tunnels when the IDF get close...moo

I don't think they intend to get everyone out. They stress "martyrdom" a lot. I could be wrong.

 

[Brightchaser47]

DBM

 

[dotr]

'Oct 31, 2023 rbbm
Former Labor MP Michael Danby says Hamas “will try and do it elsewhere” in response to the news Israeli-German woman Shani Louk was confirmed dead after the “mass slaughter” on October 7 in Israel.“Depraved mass rape of women is the civilisational challenge of that October 7 mass slaughter in Israel,” Mr Danby told Sky News Australia host Rita Panahi.“That’s why so many people around the world understand that this is a bigger issue than just the usual Israeli-Palestinian stoush.“If they can do it there, these people will try and do it elsewhere and I am very afraid of the ASIO Director General’s warning that there are chances of spontaneous and opportunistic attacks here in Australia.”Mr Danby said that if the police let people get away with what they are doing everywhere, people will be empowered to start violently attacking people in Australia.'

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Israel-Hamas war: Victims in Gaza are 'casualities of Hamas', says former Israeli ambassador'​