Israel - Palestinian militants launch massive attack, 7 Oct 2023 #10

[JennieM]

113 CITIZENS OF SWEDEN AND DENMARK TO LEAVE GAZA, DIPLOMATS SAY​

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- At least 113 citizens of Sweden and Denmark will be able to leave Gaza on Tuesday, Swedish and Danish media said, quoting the foreign ministries of the two countries.

The Aftonbladet daily in Sweden said 100 Swedish nationals will be allowed to leave, while Danish broadcaster DR said 13 people are expected to be able to depart.

Previously, about 60 Swedes were able to cross the border into Egypt, Aftonbladet said, while two people with Danish citizenship have been able to leave Gaza.

Live updates | Israel says it has launched an operation inside Gaza hospital

Fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in northern Gaza caused another 200,000 people to flee south in the past 10 days.

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[JennieM]

PEACE ACTIVIST CONFIRMED DEAD IN HAMAS ATTACKS ON ISRAEL​

JERUSALEM — Vivian Silver, a Canadian-born Israeli activist who devoted her life to seeking peace with the Palestinians, was confirmed killed in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks in southern Israel.

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Live updates | Israel says it has launched an operation inside Gaza hospital

Fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in northern Gaza caused another 200,000 people to flee south in the past 10 days.

apnews.com

 

[JennieM]

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Hospital director says 179 bodies in mass grave​

Earlier, the BBC's Rushdi Abualouf reported that a contact still inside Gaza City's largest hospital, Al-Shifa, had told him 170 bodies were being buried in a mass grave there.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67400490

 

[JennieM]

1m ago

Philip Oltermann is the Guardian’s European culture editor:

A dozen film-makers and artists have withdrawn their work from the world’s largest documentary festival, after its organisers strongly condemned the use of the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” at an opening night protest.

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Read more of Philip Oltermann’s report here: Film-makers pull out after Amsterdam festival condemns Palestine protest

IDF says it has entered Gaza’s largest hospital – as it happened

IDF forces say they are targeting Hamas ‘in a certain part of the Shifa hospital’ after Gaza’s health ministry said it was warned by Israel that it would raid the facility ‘within minutes’

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

28s ago

The US on Tuesday imposed a third round of sanctions aimed at Palestinian militant group Hamas since 7 October, targeting leaders and financiers of the group.

Reuters reports the US Treasury department said in a statement the action, taken in coordination with the UK, targeted key Hamas officials and the mechanisms through which Iran provides support to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).

IDF says it has entered Gaza’s largest hospital – as it happened

IDF forces say they are targeting Hamas ‘in a certain part of the Shifa hospital’ after Gaza’s health ministry said it was warned by Israel that it would raid the facility ‘within minutes’

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

1m ago

UK considering 'air and maritime options' to get more aid into Gaza​

The UK is considering using “air and maritime options” to get more aid into Gaza, including through its bases in Cyprus, a government minister has said.

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IDF says it has entered Gaza’s largest hospital – as it happened

IDF forces say they are targeting Hamas ‘in a certain part of the Shifa hospital’ after Gaza’s health ministry said it was warned by Israel that it would raid the facility ‘within minutes’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Elley Mae]

“As colder conditions set in”

What are the temperatures at night in Gaza Elley? Would it be comfortable to sleep inside an uninsulated tent, more than likely without a blanket? How will the temperatures change in November and December?

Gaza weather/temps cant be found why I posted from Egypt & Israel close to the location in gaza.

Arish Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Egypt) - Weather Spark

In Arish, the summers are long, hot, oppressive, arid, and clear and the winters are cool, dry, windy, and mostly clear. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 47°F to 88°F and is rarely below 42°F or above 92°F.

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Beer-Sheva Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Israel) - Weather Spark

At Beer-Sheva, the summers are long, hot, humid, arid, and clear and the winters are cold and mostly clear. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 45°F to 91°F and is rarely below 39°F or above 95°F.

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[Brightchaser47]

“As colder conditions set in”

What are the temperatures at night in Gaza Elley? Would it be comfortable to sleep inside an uninsulated tent, more than likely without a blanket? How will the temperatures change in November and December?

IIRC, blankets were listed along with the tents in the aid that was delivered.

 

[JennieM]

IIRC, blankets were listed along with the tents in the aid that was delivered.

Do you know if it’s one blanket for each person?

 

[PommyMommy]

2hr ago

Israeli forces capture several Hamas government buildings in Gaza City – IDF​

Among the sites captured by the troops are the Hamas parliament, its government complex, and the police headquarters.

It says troops captured the so-called governor’s house in Gaza, which housed Hamas offices for its military wing and police, offices of Hamas’s intelligence division, and other sites that were used to prepare for the October 7 onslaught.

The IDF says it also captured a Gazan university’s engineering faculty building, which “served as an institute for the production and development of weapons,” and another Hamas compound with a training base, command center, interrogation rooms, and detention cells.

2hr ago

Universities push back start of academic year to December 24​

The beginning of the academic year for Israel’s universities will be delayed until at least December 24, the Association of University Heads say in a statement, contingent on a demobilization of the massive IDF reserve force called up for the Israel-Hamas war.

Due to the conflict the academic year, originally slated to begin on October 15, had already been pushed off until December 3, depending on the release of the reservists.

Around 30 percent of all university students are currently serving in the IDF, along with thousands of university teachers and staff.

 

[Brightchaser47]

Do you know if it’s one blanket for each person?

I don't know how they dispense the aid.

 

[PommyMommy]

2hr ago

Demanding answers from government, families of hostages kick off march in Tel Aviv​

The families of the Israelis being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, along with supporters, kick off a protest march in Tel Aviv to call for their release.

The marchers will be walking to Jerusalem in the coming days, where they will converge on the Prime Minister’s office to demand their loved ones’ freedom.

Shelly Shem-Tov makes an impassioned plea for the release of her son Omer, who was abducted from a music festival ravaged by Hamas terrorists.

“I don’t know if you can imagine what it’s like for me, as a mother, to be unable to do anything for my son. We’re losing people,” she says, mentioning the Marciano family, who were told today that their daughter, a soldier, had died in captivity.

54min ago

Israel police probe ‘several cases’ of sexual violence by Hamas on Oct. 7​

Israeli police say they are investigating “several cases” of sexual violence Hamas terrorists allegedly committed against women during the October 7 attacks, with “multiple witnesses” to incidents of rape.

“We have multiple witnesses for several cases,” says David Katz, head of the Lahav 443 criminal investigation unit, after showing reporters footage of testimony from a survivor of the attack on a rave party who described seeing a woman gang-raped, then shot during the assault.

 

[PommyMommy]

32min ago

Scholz calls Erdogan’s fascism accusation against Israel ‘absurd’​

Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s accusation of fascism against Israel is “absurd,” days before the German leader is due to host the Turkish president for talks in Berlin.

Israel “is a democracy” and “a country that is bound to human rights and international law and acts accordingly. Therefore, the accusations against Israel are absurd,” Scholz tells a press conference.

He is responding to a question about Erdogan’s comment on Friday that Israel’s legitimacy is “being questioned due to its own fascism.”

22min ago

Foreign minister, hostages’ family members meets Red Cross chief in Geneva​

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is meeting with president of the International Committee of the Red Cross Mirjana Spoljaric Egger in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the plight of Israelis and foreign nationals held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.

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The foreign minister will show the WHO director-general evidence of Hamas using hospitals and medical facilities in Gaza as a platform for attacking Israel and holding the hostages there, and demand he unequivocally condemn the terror group for such practices.

Cohen will also brief foreign ambassadors to the United Nations Office at Geneva on the international efforts to free the hostages during the course of his visit.

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[sds71]

Many of my colleagues are currently watching the video that I saw in Israel of the Hamas killings. Hamas copied the Nazis, lining up families killing kids in front of parents. Burning people alive, in pits.They will hear brothers scream as their father jumped on a grenade.

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Dozens of House members are currently watching footage from the Hamas attack on Israel. One member just came out in tears less than 5 minutes after going into the room.

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[PommyMommy]

21min ago

New video shows Hamas attacking ravers, off-duty soldier throwing back their grenades​

New footage from October 7 shows how Hamas terrorists attacked a packed public bomb shelter near the Nova festival near Re’im, hurling grenades at partygoers who were sheltering from rocket attacks.

The video, taken from the dashcam of a nearby car and published by the South First Responders group on Telegram, shows how an unarmed and off-duty soldier, Staff Sgt. Aner Elyakim Shapiro, managed to toss back seven of the grenades, saving those inside the shelter.

The eighth grenade fatally wounded him.

At least seven of those who had taken refuge inside the shelter survived.

The graphic video also shows the moment one of the Israeli civilians attempts to flee from the bomb shelter, and is gunned down by the terrorists.


Staff Sgt. Aner Elyakim Shapiro is seen at the entrance to a public bomb shelter near Re’im, as Hamas terrorists hurl grenades inside. (Social media: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Warning: Graphic content

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[Brightchaser47]

8m ago

Israeli minister says Israel no longer able to accept existence of Gaza, calls for 'voluntary emigration'​

A senior member of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government said on Tuesday Gaza could not survive as an independent entity, and Palestinians there should agree to “voluntary emigration” and leave for other countries.

Finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said “I welcome the initiative of the voluntary emigration of Gaza Arabs to countries around the world. This is the right humanitarian solution for the residents of Gaza and the entire region after 75 years of refugees, poverty and danger. The State of Israel will no longer be able to accept the existence of an independent entity in Gaza

Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich in Tel Aviv in August. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters

Reuters reports Smotrich, who heads one of the religious nationalist parties in Netanyahu’s coalition, was speaking after a call by two members of the Israeli parliament who wrote in a Wall Street Journal editorial that western countries should accept Gazan families who expressed a desire to relocate.

His comments underscore fears across the region that Israel wants to drive Palestinians out of Gaza, repeating the mass dispossession of Palestinians when Israel was created in 1948 referred to as the Nakba.

In the Wall Street Journal opinion piece, two Israeli Knesset members, Danny Danon of Likud, former ambassador to the UN, and Ram Ben Barak of Yesh Atid, ex-deputy director of the Mossad, said:

IDF says it has entered Gaza’s largest hospital – as it happened

IDF forces say they are targeting Hamas ‘in a certain part of the Shifa hospital’ after Gaza’s health ministry said it was warned by Israel that it would raid the facility ‘within minutes’

www.theguardian.com

I'm willing to bet that the more talk there is of "relocating" Palestinians elsewhere in the world, the more humanitarian aid is going to come pouring into the area (to keep Palestinians in Gaza). It just floors me to learn that (prior to October 7) Gaza has been receiving vast amounts of aid (100 trucks a day- wow) for a long time now, which suggests to me that as a people, they've not been self-sufficient. That's not meant as an insult, btw, just an observation.

 

[Brightchaser47]

Many of my colleagues are currently watching the video that I saw in Israel of the Hamas killings. Hamas copied the Nazis, lining up families killing kids in front of parents. Burning people alive, in pits.They will hear brothers scream as their father jumped on a grenade.

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Dozens of House members are currently watching footage from the Hamas attack on Israel. One member just came out in tears less than 5 minutes after going into the room.

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And yet there are those who insist "it never happened". Sound familiar?

 

[PommyMommy]

17m ago / 5:32 AM PST

U.S. imposes new sanctions on Hamas 'leaders and financiers'​

The Biden administration has announced a new round of action against what it describes as "Hamas-affiliated individuals and entities."

The State Department said the sanctions, imposed in coordination with Great Britain, "designates key Hamas officials and the mechanisms by which Iran provides support to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)," another militant group.

In a statement, the State Department said it was "designating Akram al-Ajouri as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist for being a leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)."

Mass grave being dug at main hospital in the Gaza Strip

Follow NBC News' coverage for live updates about the Israel-Hamas war: Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza says it's digging a mass grave to bury the dead.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[PommyMommy]

In our latest briefing, @LtColRichard delves into the unseen aspects of the Gaza situation and humanitarian aid, underscoring modern warfare's intricate nature against a terrorist organization.


There's more than meets the eye…and Hamas isn’t making it easier to reduce the war’s impact on Gazans. Click below for a deep dive: https://idfspokesperson.substack.com/p/hamas-anti-humanitarian-efforts?r=xql5d&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=Twitter…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1724382466905911404

 

[PommyMommy]

Israel is accepting and facilitating various forms of medical assistance to Gaza.

Our goal is to support initiatives aimed at providing vital healthcare benefiting Gaza civilians.

Our war is with Hamas, not the People in Gaza.

#FreeGaza from Hamas
#HumanitarianEfforts

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