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

[Gypsy Road]

"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

They used their time and effort to paint mice and then released them into the restaurant, instead of protesting in a more constructive useful/helpful way? Wow. Just WOW. People just suck! I truly worry about mankind.

 

[Brightchaser47]

They used their time and effort to paint mice and then released them into the restaurant, instead of protesting in a more constructive useful/helpful way? Wow. Just WOW. People just suck! I truly worry about mankind.

I, too, was struck by the time, effort, and creativity that went into such a nasty behavior.

 

[Dotta]

I wonder what happened to these poor animals?
They are apolitical after all.

 

[PommyMommy]

6hr ago

IDF says it killed Hamas commander who directed attacks on Erez, Netiv Ha’asara​

The Israel Defense Forces says it has killed the commander of Hamas’s Beit Lahiya Battalion, Nisam Abu Ajina, in an overnight airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip.

According to the IDF, Abu Ajina was responsible for commanding the Hamas terrorists who carried out the deadly onslaught at Kibbutz Erez and Netiv Ha’asara on October 7.

5hr ago

Projectile said shot down over Red Sea after Eilat alert​

Following a drone infiltration alert in Eilat, reports in Hebrew media indicate that a projectile, possibly launched from Yemen, was intercepted over the Red Sea before it reached the resort city.

Residents of the city, which has swelled with Israelis displaced by the Hamas assault on southern Israel and Hezbollah attacks on the north, report hearing explosions.

5hr ago

Sirens triggered in Kissufim twice​

Sirens are sounding in Kissufim, adjacent to central Gaza.

4hr ago

Yemen seen as source of fire on Eilat​

Israeli officials suspect that a projectile shot toward Eilat was launched from Yemen, the Ynet news site reports.

On Twitter, a spokesperson for the Iran-backed Houthi militia says it will deliver an “important statement” in the coming hours, widely expected to address the suspected launches toward Israel.

Waad al-Haq, a Yemeni group linked to the Iran-backed Katai’b Hezbollah in Iraq, says online that Eilat was targeted from Yemen.

4hr ago

Army says at least 240 hostages taken October 7 being held in Gaza​

IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the military has so far notified the families of 240 hostages that their loved ones are being held in the Gaza Strip, upping the number of confirmed people who were abducted on October 7 to at least 245.

He says the number is not final as the military investigates new information.

3hr ago

80 aid trucks set to enter Gaza Tuesday, Israel says​

The Defense Ministry says 80 trucks with humanitarian aid are slated to enter Gaza today, as the pace of shipments allowed into the Strip ramps up considerably.

 

[PommyMommy]

3hr ago

Iranian general claims over 400 kilometers of tunnels under northern Gaza​

The chief of staff of the Iranian army claims that there are over 400 kilometers (248 miles) of tunnels underneath the northern section of the Gaza Strip.

“Vehicles and motorcycles can pass through some of them,” says Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri at a conference on civil defense in Tehran, according to the Iranian Tasnim News Agency.

Some of the tunnels have an entrance inside Israel, the commander claims.

3hr ago

IDF general to troops: We’ll fight in the alleys, in the tunnels, victory is the only option​

“Southern Command stations, commander is speaking. We are launching an attack on Hamas and the terror groups in the Gaza Strip. Our goal is one, victory. No matter how long the fighting will be, how difficult, there is no other result but victory,” Finkelman says.

“We will fight professionally and powerfully in light of the IDF values we were raised on. Chief among them is sticking to the mission and striving for victory,” he says.

“We will fight in the alleys, we will fight in the tunnels, we will fight where necessary. We will strike the terrible enemy that stands before us,” Finkelman continues.

“My fighting brothers, the residents of Be’eri, Sderot, Nir Oz, Kfar Aza, and the western Negev communities, and with them the entire nation of Israel, are all looking at us now. Like me, they also trust you and believe in you,. You are the generation of victory,” he says.

“Get to your tasks, hit the enemy, over and out.”

3hr ago

Hamas video shows gun battle with Israeli troops​

The Hamas terror group releases a clip showing its members clashing with Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip on Sunday.

The video shows drone footage of Israeli forces gathered inside Gaza, close to the Erez border crossing, before cutting to a body camera of a Hamas operative.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719288785278554243

 

[PommyMommy]

2hr ago

El Al flight to Thailand skirts Oman as Muscat raps Israel​

Israeli airline El Al begins flying an hours-longer route between Tel Aviv and Bangkok, Thailand, as Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip rages on.

Instead of taking a route over Oman, El Al flight ELY 85 it reverted to a longer route in which it flew south over Saudi Arabia and the Red Sea before turning east over the Horn of Africa and heading into the Indian Ocean.

The route will keep El Al’s aircraft farther from Iran, which has backed Hamas.

2hr ago

Rocket siren triggered in Metula on Lebanon border​

The alert comes amid repeated rocket and missile attacks by Hezbollah and allied Palestinian terror factions from southern Lebanon on northern Israel.

Separately, the Hezbollah-affiliated al-Manar outlet reports that IDF positions on the border were attacked from Lebanon, and that Israel responded with artillery shelling.

2hr ago

Hezbollah chief Nasrallah to give first public speech since start of the war Friday​

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is set to deliver a speech on Friday, his first public address since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas.

The speech is scheduled for 3 p.m. Israel time, during a ceremony to honor the “martyrs who died on the road to Jerusalem,” according to pro-Hezbollah news outlet Al Mayadeen.

2hr ago

Red Sea long-range missile intercepted by Arrow system — IDF​

The Arrow air defense system intercepted a surface-to-surface missile launched from the “Red Sea area” at Israel, the military says.

In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces says that Air Force systems tracked the missile’s trajectory, and intercepted it “at the most appropriate operational time and location.”

The missile is believed to have been launched by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, aimed for the southernmost city of Eilat.

2hr ago

Rockets alarms sound in Negev northeast of Beersheba​

The areas under attack include regions where many Bedouin live without access to proper shelters.

Four explosions are heard.

1hr ago

Iranian Quds Force head said in Lebanon coordinating possible widening of war​

According to the UK-based Amwaj.media, Qaani arrived in Beirut one day after Hamas’s October 7 assault on Israel and has been there since then with the exception of a visit to Tehran October 16-20 for consultations.

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[Vern]

Fighter jets of the Air Force directed by intelligence information from the Amman and the Shin Bet, killed last night the commander of the Beit Lahia Battalion in the northern division of Hamas, Nissim Abu Ajina, who sent the murderous attacks of Hamas on October 7 to Kibbutz Erez and Moshav Nativ enrichment.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719242970199736435

Combined forces of the IDF, under the direction of the Shin Bet and Iman, attacked about 300 targets during the last day, among them the shafts of anti-tank and rocket launching positions, tunnel shafts and military compounds of the terrorist organization Hamas.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719242892135309589

The IDF and Shin Bet confirm that they have killed Nissim Abu Ajina, commander of the Beit Lahia battalion of the Hamas terrorist organization. "Abu Ajina sent the murderous attacks of Hamas on October 7 to Kibbutz Erez and the Moshav Netiv HaTara"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719243609587716480

 

[PommyMommy]

1hr ago

IDF reports ferocious battles deep inside Gaza​

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.

34min ago

Hezbollah fires missiles at IDF posts in north​

Missiles were fired by Hezbollah terrorists at two IDF positions on the northern border, the Israel Defense Forces says.

Separately, the army says it carried out a strike against a terror cell in southern Lebanon preparing to carry out an anti-tank guided missile attack against northern Israel.

29min ago

Rocket sirens blare in Tel Aviv, Kfar Saba​

Sirens are sounding in Tel Aviv and suburbs, including Petah Tikva.

Rocket alarms also sound in areas north of Tel Aviv, including the cities of Ra’anana, Herzliya and Kfar Saba.

49min ago

Rockets target areas north of Tel Aviv for second time in minutes​

Sirens are once again sounding in areas north of Tel Aviv, including Kfar Saba, Jaljulya and Hod Hasharon.

A bombardment in the same area minutes earlier is claimed by Hamas.

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they unfold.

19min ago

Hamas raises Gaza death toll to over 8,500​

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says it registered the deaths of at least 219 people in the past day, bringing the death toll to 8,525 since the war began.

Spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra says in a televised news conference that the fatalities include 3,542 children and 2,187 women.

The terror group’s figures cannot be verified independently, and likely include members of the terror group and allied fighters, as well as people killed by rocket misfires inside the Strip.

12min ago

UK Labour chief Starmer says Gaza ceasefire would ’embolden’ Hamas​

Britain’s main opposition leader Keir Starmer is defending his decision not to call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, amid internal dissent over the stance.

“A ceasefire always freezes any conflict in the state where it currently lies,” he tells the Chatham House international affairs think-tank.

“As we speak, that would leave Hamas with the infrastructure and the capability to carry out the sort of attack we saw on October 7,” he adds. “Hamas would be emboldened and start preparing for future violence immediately.”

9min ago

Netanyahu to hold call with UK’s Sunak​

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak are slated to talk by phone today at around 5 p.m. Israel time, diplomatic sources tell The Times of Israel.

Sunak will bring up the UK’s desire to see more humanitarian aid enter Gaza, including through Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing if necessary.

He will also bring up the 3 confirmed British hostages being held by Hamas, and the 300 or so British citizens in Gaza that Hamas is preventing from leaving through the Rafah crossing with Egypt.

 

[Vern]

Listen to IDF International Spokesperson Lt. Col. Richard Hecht explain the current situation in Gaza.“We have hostages inside Gaza, we can’t forget that…Has the Red Cross met these people? Have they gone to see them?”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719344183742255583

 

[PommyMommy]

Israeli Combat Aircraft and a “Arrow 2” Anti-Ballistic Missile were launched earlier in order to Intercept a number of Hostile Drones and a Land-Attack Cruise Missile which were Detected over the Red Sea heading towards Southern Israel; this is the First Operational Use of the “Arrow” Aerial Defense System since the beginning of the War and March of 2017.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719318687339970898

Israeli Artillery is currently Shelling the Hills near the Town of Markaba in Southern Lebanon following several Attacks today by Hezbollah Forces against IDF Troops along the Border.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719329380353052755

Several Rocket Impacts seen in the City of Tel Aviv following the most recent Rocket Barrage from the Gaza Strip; Strangely there were No Interceptions reported during the Attack.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719338131508322658

 

[PommyMommy]

On October 7th, 1,400 men, women, children and babies were murdered by Hamas terrorists who went door to door butchering entire families. There is now an interactive map which provides a comprehensive representation of the atrocities committed by Hamas on that day.Please visit the website and pay tribute to the victims and their families whose lives have been destroyed.
Mapping the Massacres

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719335179473346835

Mapping the October 7 MassacreKey resource to understand the scale of Hamas's carnage. You can take it down to the resolution of the individual families massacred. https://oct7map.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719318734282637572

WARNING: DISTURBING PHOTOS
These are the murdered Israeli children of Kibbutz Be’eri. They were tortured, dismembered, and then burned to death. Archaeologists are sifting through the rubble to find their teeth. This was Hamas’ October 7 Massacre.
Eylon Levy on X: "WARNING: DISTURBING

 

[dotr]

Oct 23, 2023 #Hamas
Beasts: One of the #Hamas terrorists who participated in the massacre of Israelis on October 7th says during his interrogation: Hamas ordered us to kill, behead, and even have sex with the corpse of a girl after killing her

Live Views From Gaza | Palestine Israel Gaza Lebanon​

 

[Brightchaser47]

Oct 23, 2023 #Hamas
Beasts: One of the #Hamas terrorists who participated in the massacre of Israelis on October 7th says during his interrogation: Hamas ordered us to kill, behead, and even have sex with the corpse of a girl after killing her

Live Views From Gaza | Palestine Israel Gaza Lebanon​

I'm wondering whether these young men were also ordered (or encouraged) to make use of the drugs mentioned earlier, to enable them to commit such barbarism, or if they're merely passing blaming to the leadership, to avoid punishment.

 

[Dotta]

"Israel's confidential plans revealed?​

The secret document was released to the media.​

Two major newspapers published in Israel - "Haaretz" and "The Time of Israel" - published the assumptions of the document, which was supposed to be created by the country's secret services. It described the alleged plans of the government in Tel Aviv towards the Gaza Strip. One variant is to force the Palestinians to settle in Egypt.


If the date on the document is to be believed, it was created on October 13, less than a week after the Hamas attack on Israel.

But it is not everything. The document also indicated the need to create a several-kilometer-wide buffer zone on the border with Egypt . All this to prevent displaced Palestinians from returning to their previous place of residence.
The document also shows that the Israeli authorities are aware that the implementation of the mass resettlement plan will be met with severe criticism, especially in the West. Therefore, before international public opinion, it would be called
'aid for war fugitives'.

Israel's shocking plan. Palestinians have spoken out​

The services also pointed to a possible alternative to the failure of resettling the Palestinians. Then a Palestinian government subordinated to Israel would be established.
However, the implementation of this assumption seems as unlikely as the resettlements themselves. -

'We oppose relocation to any place, in any form, and we see it as a red line that we will not allow to be crossed',

said Nabil Abu Rudeineh, deputy prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, referring to the revelations in Israeli newspapers.

The plan was also criticized by Egyptian President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi."

Izrael planuje masowe przesiedlenia? Szokujący plan

Dwie poważne ukazujące się w Izraelu gazety - "Haaretz" i "The Time od Israel" - opublikowały założenia dokumentu, który miał zostać stworzony przez służby specjalne tego kraju. Opisano w nim rzekome plany

wiadomosci.wp.pl

From my country's MSM

 

[Vern]

Sounds like a tunnel collapse under a residential area after it was hit with an airstrike. More civilians at risk from Hamas building it's military infrastructre in/on and under residential buildings.

#BREAKING: Jabaliya residents are claiming that several minutes after an Israeli airstrike the ground around them began to collapse, leading to massive casualties, many of whom fell into sinkholes along with structural frames of the apartment buildings.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719363073847308710

And, this tunnel network also suspected to also house Hamas munitions - the irony being that the "Jabaliya Civil Defense Teams" already knew this as they are issuing the warning to Palestinian civilians to get out:

Jabaliya: Civil defense teams are warning some residents to leave the area due to the possibility of secondary explosions due to the presence of munitions in the area.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719363355360518250

Edit to add:

And Hamas (their Head of Political & International Relations) again denying that their terrorists killed Israeli civilians on 10/7 --- "You cannot prove that".
These people are unreal:

Watch how Hamas leaders change their answers every time they are asked about their crimes against humanity:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719361718411821296

 

[abr]

3hr ago

Erdan tells Security Council he’ll don yellow Star of David until countries condemn Hamas​

Addressing the UN Security Council meeting on the Israel-Hamas war, Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan likens the current moment to the Holocaust.

“Some of you have learned nothing in the past 80 years. Some of you have forgotten why this body was established,” he says.

“So, I will remind you. From this day on, each time you look at me, you will remember what staying silent in the face of evil means.”

“Just like my grandparents and the grandparents of millions of Jews, from now on, my team and I will wear Yellow stars. We will wear this star until you wake up and condemn the atrocities of Hamas.”

53mi

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I don't know if it would be appropriate, but I would love to wear one in solidarity with the Jewish people.

 

[Brightchaser47]

"Israel's confidential plans revealed?​

The secret document was released to the media.​

Two major newspapers published in Israel - "Haaretz" and "The Time of Israel" - published the assumptions of the document, which was supposed to be created by the country's secret services. It described the alleged plans of the government in Tel Aviv towards the Gaza Strip. One variant is to force the Palestinians to settle in Egypt.


If the date on the document is to be believed, it was created on October 13, less than a week after the Hamas attack on Israel.

But it is not everything. The document also indicated the need to create a several-kilometer-wide buffer zone on the border with Egypt . All this to prevent displaced Palestinians from returning to their previous place of residence.
The document also shows that the Israeli authorities are aware that the implementation of the mass resettlement plan will be met with severe criticism, especially in the West. Therefore, before international public opinion, it would be called
'aid for war fugitives'.

Israel's shocking plan. Palestinians have spoken out​

The services also pointed to a possible alternative to the failure of resettling the Palestinians. Then a Palestinian government subordinated to Israel would be established.
However, the implementation of this assumption seems as unlikely as the resettlements themselves. -

'We oppose relocation to any place, in any form, and we see it as a red line that we will not allow to be crossed',

said Nabil Abu Rudeineh, deputy prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, referring to the revelations in Israeli newspapers.

The plan was also criticized by Egyptian President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi."

Izrael planuje masowe przesiedlenia? Szokujący plan

Dwie poważne ukazujące się w Izraelu gazety - "Haaretz" i "The Time od Israel" - opublikowały założenia dokumentu, który miał zostać stworzony przez służby specjalne tego kraju. Opisano w nim rzekome plany

wiadomosci.wp.pl

From my country's MSM

If the document was indeed leaked, the only purpose (imo) would be to stir the pot, and it doesn't need any more stirring.

 

[Cryptic]

I saw watched this protest for about an hour while visiting New York. Though I had noticed some last minute participants rushing to get in, I did not realize the extent of the protest until after it started.

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators flood New York City streets, marching from Brooklyn to Manhattan

The group of thousands marched from the Brooklyn Museum, over the Brooklyn Bridge and into Manhattan.

www.cbsnews.com

Anyways, and for what its worth, here are my observations of it:

- Fully legal, the police had closed off portions of the Brooklyn Bridge and some streets in advance.

- The marchers: About 75% "ethnic" stakeholders. Mostly Palestinians, but including people from nearby Arab nations etc. 25% of the participants were "non ethnics"- including a noticeable number of likely professional protestors willing to turn out for any even semi leftist cause. There was also a small contingent of anti Israel mega ultra Orthodox Jews.

- Behavior: Extremely good. No HAMAS, ISIS, Al Queda banners what so ever. Absolutely no anti Semitic chants. One small group of professional lefties tried to climb up a low portion of the bridge supports to place banners- but lacked the athleticism to do so. They quickly gave up. Probably saved some broken bones.

- Support from observers: Little. Men and teenage boys did smile and wave at the marchers- well, after attractive female participants waved to them first. This group of "instinctual wavers" included me a few times. A handful of observers shouted support. Most just watched.

- Humor Moment: Watching a white college student type chant caller with a Palestinian Keffiyeh scarf around his neck mangle Spanish after he experienced a "Che Guevara" moment and tried calling chants in Spanish.

 

[Dotta]

If the document was indeed leaked, the only purpose (imo) would be to stir the pot, and it doesn't need any more stirring.

Do you mean "Haaretz' and "Times of Israel"?

 

[Chimera]

I saw watched this protest for about an hour while visiting New York. Though I had noticed some last minute participants rushing to get in, I did not realize the extent of the protest until after it started.

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators flood New York City streets, marching from Brooklyn to Manhattan

The group of thousands marched from the Brooklyn Museum, over the Brooklyn Bridge and into Manhattan.

www.cbsnews.com

Anyways, and for what its worth, here are my observations of it:

- Fully legal, the police had closed off portions of the Brooklyn Bridge and some streets in advance.

- The marchers: About 75% "ethnic" stakeholders. Mostly Palestinians, but including people from nearby Arab nations etc. 25% of the participants were "non ethnics"- including a good number of likely professional protestors willing to turn out for any even semi leftist cause. There was also a small contingent of anti Israel mega ultra Orthodox Jews.

- Behavior: Extremely good. No HAMAS, ISIS, Al Queda banners what so ever. Absolutely no anti Semitic chants. One small group of professional lefties tried to climb up a low portion of the bridge supports to place banners- but lacked the athleticism to do so. They quickly gave up.

- Support from observers: Little. Men and teenage boys did smile and wave at the marchers- well, after attractive female participants waved to them first. This group of "instinctual wavers" included me a few times. A handful of observers shouted support. Most just watched.

- Humor Moment: Watching a white college student type chant caller with a Palestinian Keffiyeh scarf around his neck mangle Spanish after he experienced a "Che Guevara" moment and tried calling chants in Spanish.

Bbm.
Interesting link and observation, thanks.
The bolded gave me a little chuckle !