Israel - Palestinian militants launch massive attack, 7 Oct 2023 #10
- Thread starter MassGuy
- Start date
- Status
UN says peacekeeper shot in Lebanon near Israel border
Hugo BachegaReporting from Beirut
Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images
A UN peacekeeper photographed at the border
The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, Unifil, says a peacekeeper was hit by a bullet in southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel, overnight.
The peacekeeper – who has not been identified – is recovering and currently stable, the force said.
Unifil added that the origin of the gunfire was unknown and that it had launched an investigation.
The Lebanese group Hezbollah and the Israeli military have frequently exchanged fire along the Lebanon-Israel border.
2m ago
In an update on the number of people who have been able to exit Gaza and enter Egypt today, Reuters reports that at least seven injured Palestinians arrived on Egyptian soil, and that 32 Egyptians crossed over, alongside 80 foreign nationals and dependents.
Egyptian security sources also told the news agency that at least 80 aid trucks had moved from Egypt into Gaza by Sunday afternoon.
www.theguardian.com
In an update on the number of people who have been able to exit Gaza and enter Egypt today, Reuters reports that at least seven injured Palestinians arrived on Egyptian soil, and that 32 Egyptians crossed over, alongside 80 foreign nationals and dependents.
Egyptian security sources also told the news agency that at least 80 aid trucks had moved from Egypt into Gaza by Sunday afternoon.
Aid groups urge attacks on healthcare centres to stop – as it happened
This blog is now closed.
- Joined
- Dec 2, 2022
- Messages
- 1,917
- Reaction score
- 7,990
Maybe Hamas doesn't know about the evacuation and is assuming there are still people there. jmo
Former UK member of Parliament George Galloway posted denials of the October 7 atrocities in an X post on November 10. The post alleged that Hamas terrorists never committed rape, only one baby had been killed “by persons unknown” and that anyone stating the contrary is a “war criminal.”
m.jpost.com
…
Believing Israeli accounts of Oct. 7 makes you a war criminal - ex-UK MP
Former MP George Galloway claimed that only one baby was killed on October 7 and there was no evidence that it was Hamas terrorists that committed the murder.
…
8m ago
Al Jazeera reports that the Hamas-run health authority in Gaza has said it is unable to issue updated casualty statistics in the Gaza Strip “due to the targeting of hospitals.”
The news network carries a statement from the government media office in Gaza which said:
www.theguardian.com
Al Jazeera reports that the Hamas-run health authority in Gaza has said it is unable to issue updated casualty statistics in the Gaza Strip “due to the targeting of hospitals.”
The news network carries a statement from the government media office in Gaza which said:
During the course of the conflict it has not been possibly for the casualty figures issused from inside the Gaza Strip to be independently verified.
Aid groups urge attacks on healthcare centres to stop – as it happened
This blog is now closed.
- Joined
- Dec 2, 2022
- Messages
- 1,917
- Reaction score
- 7,990
I'm confused. Are they claiming a lack of oxygen or a lack of power for the treatment of those babies? Because every photo being posted indicates they do have electricity. And obviously cell phones are working. jmo
4m ago
Ruth Michaelson
I just spoke to Dr Marwan Abu Sada, head of surgery at the besieged Dar al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Since Friday, Israeli forces including tanks and snipers have surrounded the hospital. Yesterday, there were multiple accounts of people being shot as they attempted to flee, and there are dead and injured people still laying on the ground at the hospital entrance.
In the neonatal intensive care unit, three out of 39 premature babies have died and the lives of the remaining infants are hanging in the balance.
“We lost the life of one baby today, yesterday we lost two, and I am afraid that all of the babies will lose their lives,” said Abu Sada.
After the bombardment of an extension to the intensive care unit, Abu Sada said that staff at al-Shifa moved the entire neonatal unit to an operating theatre previously used for cardiac patients and placed the babies in beds there, ten to a bed, in an attempt to make them comfortable despite the lack of temperature controlled required to keep them alive.
“The neonatal unit is not connected to the main surgical units within the al-Shifa medical complex, it was dangerous to go from the main building to get the babies,” he said. “We called the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Israelis just to ensure the passage of the babies from the neonatal ICU to the surgical area.”
“Where could we evacuate over 30 babies to?” he said, responding to demands from Israeli officials to evacuate patients from al-Shifa, which contains the largest neonatal unit in Gaza. Dar al-Shifa is Gaza’s largest and most well resourced hospital, and the cornerstone of its healthcare system.
“We no longer have any oxygen supplies, or even fuel to run a generator,” he said, referring to both the neonatal unit and to resources across the entire hospital.
www.theguardian.com
Ruth Michaelson
I just spoke to Dr Marwan Abu Sada, head of surgery at the besieged Dar al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Since Friday, Israeli forces including tanks and snipers have surrounded the hospital. Yesterday, there were multiple accounts of people being shot as they attempted to flee, and there are dead and injured people still laying on the ground at the hospital entrance.
In the neonatal intensive care unit, three out of 39 premature babies have died and the lives of the remaining infants are hanging in the balance.
“We lost the life of one baby today, yesterday we lost two, and I am afraid that all of the babies will lose their lives,” said Abu Sada.
After the bombardment of an extension to the intensive care unit, Abu Sada said that staff at al-Shifa moved the entire neonatal unit to an operating theatre previously used for cardiac patients and placed the babies in beds there, ten to a bed, in an attempt to make them comfortable despite the lack of temperature controlled required to keep them alive.
“The neonatal unit is not connected to the main surgical units within the al-Shifa medical complex, it was dangerous to go from the main building to get the babies,” he said. “We called the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Israelis just to ensure the passage of the babies from the neonatal ICU to the surgical area.”
“Where could we evacuate over 30 babies to?” he said, responding to demands from Israeli officials to evacuate patients from al-Shifa, which contains the largest neonatal unit in Gaza. Dar al-Shifa is Gaza’s largest and most well resourced hospital, and the cornerstone of its healthcare system.
“We no longer have any oxygen supplies, or even fuel to run a generator,” he said, referring to both the neonatal unit and to resources across the entire hospital.
Aid groups urge attacks on healthcare centres to stop – as it happened
This blog is now closed.
Have you ever seen babies in emergency hospital care Brightchaser? A lot of equipment is needed to keep them alive. The doctors are claiming that “Moving dozens of babies from intensive care is a delicate process at the best of times” and that “with heavy fighting on their doorstep and stories of evacuees being fired on, many inside the hospital feel any attempt to leave is fraught with the greatest of danger”. These newborn babies in surgical theatre rely on heavy equipment for receiving oxygen and treatment. I think it’s clear what the hospital is saying here.
Last edited:
"The eyes of the whole world are focused on one point on the map.
A lockdown spells disaster.
If the conflict in Israel escalates and, as a result, Iran blocks the Strait of Hormuz, the price of oil will soar.Why is the strait so strategic?
And how big is the risk that it will actually be blocked?
The conflict in the Middle East is escalating.
At the beginning of the week, the United States sent a submarine with nuclear warheads to the Mediterranean Sea.
As U.S. Central Command explains, the Ohio-class unit has arrived in the 'region of responsibility'.
It covers the eastern Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
The Times of Israel website emphasizes that the arrival of the unit may be part of a strategy under which two strike groups of US ships with aircraft carriers have already been sent to the region.
The US actions are not accidental.
They are intended to deter Iran and groups subordinated to it, including the Lebanese Hezbollah, from attacking Israel, which is conducting offensive operations in Gaza against Hamas.
The region in which the United States is increasing its activity is also not accidental.
The escalating conflict in the Middle East threatens global oil supplies.
The Strait of Hormuz, located in the Arabian Sea, between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, may be a critical point.
The coast here is divided between Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Oman (specifically its exclave).
Why is it so strategic?
The Isthmus is the world's most important oil transit point.
Approximately 2.4 million barrels of oil every day.
If, as a result of the escalation of the conflict that broke out in Israel, the strait was blocked, it would result in significant delays in deliveries.
Transport costs would also increase, which would have one effect - an increase in oil prices on world markets.
Markets are monitoring the conflict in Israel and the Gaza Strip.
If Iran joins, it will block the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world's exports flows.
The price of the raw material will reach USD 150 per barrel.
These calculations were published by the World Bank.
$80 is the amount around which the price of a barrel of oil currently fluctuates.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have infrastructure that could partially compensate for a possible blockade of a critical point.
However, pipelines cannot replace sea transport via this route."
Oczy całego świata zwrócone na jeden punkt na mapie. Blokada oznacza katastrofę
Jeśli konflikt w Izraelu eskaluje i w rezultacie Iran zablokuje cieśninę Ormuz, to cena ropy sięgnie 150 dol. za baryłkę - mówi w rozmowie z money.pl Dawid Czopek, ekspert rynku ropy. Dlaczego cieśnina jest tak...
www.money.pl
From my country's MSM
Last edited:
- Joined
- Dec 2, 2022
- Messages
- 1,917
- Reaction score
- 7,990
You're absolutely right. It's very clear what the hospital is saying here...
Herzog: Arabic copy of ‘Mein Kampf’ found on Hamas terrorist shows what war is about
Is your clear different to my clear?
17m ago
The Palestine Red Crescent Society has published a video clip of an interview with CNN by their spokesperson Nebal Farsakh, about the situation in al-Quds hospital, which it earlier declared out of action.
She told viewers:
www.theguardian.com
The Palestine Red Crescent Society has published a video clip of an interview with CNN by their spokesperson Nebal Farsakh, about the situation in al-Quds hospital, which it earlier declared out of action.
She told viewers:
Aid groups urge attacks on healthcare centres to stop – as it happened
This blog is now closed.
10m ago
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, has issued a statement expressing concern about the situation in al-Shifa hospital, where three out of 39 premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit have reportedly died while the hospital is suffering from Israeli attacks and a lack of fuel and resources.
In the statement, it described the reports coming from the hospital as “deeply troubling”, saying they “reveal a dire situation where thousands of injured and displaced civilians find themselves trapped within the hospital grounds.”
The statement goes on to say:
He said that “UN agencies also need to take a long, hard look in the mirror about their complicity with Hamas’ human shield strategy”, and complained that “For a month, [NGOs and UN agencies] refused to support an evacuation from north. Now they’re endangering everyone by requiring a hasty evacuation in the middle of ground urban warfare.”
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza has claimed that over 11,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began airstrikes on the Gaza Strip following the 7 October Hamas massacre inside Israel’s borders which killed 1,200 Israelis.
www.theguardian.com
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, has issued a statement expressing concern about the situation in al-Shifa hospital, where three out of 39 premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit have reportedly died while the hospital is suffering from Israeli attacks and a lack of fuel and resources.
In the statement, it described the reports coming from the hospital as “deeply troubling”, saying they “reveal a dire situation where thousands of injured and displaced civilians find themselves trapped within the hospital grounds.”
The statement goes on to say:
Earlier, Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy accused international agencies operating within Gaza of actively putting Palestinian civilians’ lives at risk.
He said that “UN agencies also need to take a long, hard look in the mirror about their complicity with Hamas’ human shield strategy”, and complained that “For a month, [NGOs and UN agencies] refused to support an evacuation from north. Now they’re endangering everyone by requiring a hasty evacuation in the middle of ground urban warfare.”
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza has claimed that over 11,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel began airstrikes on the Gaza Strip following the 7 October Hamas massacre inside Israel’s borders which killed 1,200 Israelis.
Aid groups urge attacks on healthcare centres to stop – as it happened
This blog is now closed.
2m ago
Jon Henley
Tens of thousands of people, including many senior politicians, are expected to march in Paris against antisemitism amid a dramatic surge in anti-Jewish incidents across France and bitter political rows over whether – and how – to take part.
“I will be marching for the values of the Republic and against antisemitism,” wrote Élisabeth Borne, the French prime minister whose Jewish father was deported during the second world war, on X, formerly Twitter. “This combat is vital for our national cohesion.”
The interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said more than 3,000 police and gendarmes would be deployed to maintain security along the route of the “great civic march” from the Quai d’Orsay, on Paris’s Left Bank, to the Luxembourg gardens in the centre of the capital.
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has said he will not take part but will be there “in my heart and in my thoughts”, adding that there could be “no tolerance for the intolerable” and France must be “united behind its values, its universalism”.
In a letter published in Le Parisien newspaper, Macron condemned the “unbearable resurgence of unbridled antisemitism” in France. “A France where our Jewish citizens are afraid is not France,” he said.
www.theguardian.com
Jon Henley
Tens of thousands of people, including many senior politicians, are expected to march in Paris against antisemitism amid a dramatic surge in anti-Jewish incidents across France and bitter political rows over whether – and how – to take part.
“I will be marching for the values of the Republic and against antisemitism,” wrote Élisabeth Borne, the French prime minister whose Jewish father was deported during the second world war, on X, formerly Twitter. “This combat is vital for our national cohesion.”
The interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said more than 3,000 police and gendarmes would be deployed to maintain security along the route of the “great civic march” from the Quai d’Orsay, on Paris’s Left Bank, to the Luxembourg gardens in the centre of the capital.
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has said he will not take part but will be there “in my heart and in my thoughts”, adding that there could be “no tolerance for the intolerable” and France must be “united behind its values, its universalism”.
In a letter published in Le Parisien newspaper, Macron condemned the “unbearable resurgence of unbridled antisemitism” in France. “A France where our Jewish citizens are afraid is not France,” he said.
Aid groups urge attacks on healthcare centres to stop – as it happened
This blog is now closed.
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2011
- Messages
- 972
- Reaction score
- 5,336
I am failing to understand why we did not have this very vocal worldwide concern for the children and women of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and the situation going on in South Africa right now ? Those children and women were/are in just as much danger from missles, bombing and ground war fare. We did not have calls for a cease fire or the Pro-marches in for the innocent citizens when the U.S., U.K and other allied forces were fighting against the Taliban, ISIS, ISIL or for citizens being targeted by the RSF in South Africa. We did not have our cities under seige from the "peaceful" protestors, monuments damaged, or the call to wipe out the citizens of the U.S., UK and other allied forces.
I honestly do not understand the Pro Palestine/Anti-Israel movement happening in the world right now compared to the silence in other conflicts/wars. Ukraine has been fighting against Russia for almost 2 years now and sure a lot of people changed their social media profiles to the colors of the Ukrainian flag but worldwide marches to protest against the innocent civilans of Ukraine being killed by Russian troops did not happen.
If Hamas or Isis governed Mexico or Canda and entered the U.S. and brutally murdered and raped 1400+ U.S. citizens, does anyone really think the U.S. wouldn't bomb the hell out of every location they thought the terrorists were hiding ?
IMO, the citizens of the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, etc should be praying Israel wipes out Hamas because ISIS, ISIL and other terrorists groups are watching this worldwide condemnation of Israel defending itself..and are preparing to strike us all.
I honestly do not understand the Pro Palestine/Anti-Israel movement happening in the world right now compared to the silence in other conflicts/wars. Ukraine has been fighting against Russia for almost 2 years now and sure a lot of people changed their social media profiles to the colors of the Ukrainian flag but worldwide marches to protest against the innocent civilans of Ukraine being killed by Russian troops did not happen.
If Hamas or Isis governed Mexico or Canda and entered the U.S. and brutally murdered and raped 1400+ U.S. citizens, does anyone really think the U.S. wouldn't bomb the hell out of every location they thought the terrorists were hiding ?
IMO, the citizens of the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, etc should be praying Israel wipes out Hamas because ISIS, ISIL and other terrorists groups are watching this worldwide condemnation of Israel defending itself..and are preparing to strike us all.
@escape2sc
I had the same thought yesterday about the women & children in ukraine, where was the outrage against putin.?
I had the same thought yesterday about the women & children in ukraine, where was the outrage against putin.?
"Crew member from hit Netflix drama Fauda is killed in action in Gaza while fighting for Israel's 551st Brigade's 697th Battalion.
- Matan Meir, who worked on the hit Netflix show Fauda, had died
- He was a reservist in the IDF's 551st Brigade 697th Battalion
- Meir, 38, was one of five people killed in a blast in a booby-trapped tunnel "
RIP
Crew member from hit Netflix drama 'killed in action' in Gaza
Matan Meir, a crew member for the show and a reservist for Israel's 551st Brigade 697th Battalion, was killed 'in action', the show's official social media account said in a post to X
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2018
- Messages
- 61,436
- Reaction score
- 486,010
2hr ago
According to the IDF, during the raids, the troops destroyed Hamas infrastructure in the area, including long-range rocket launchers aimed at Israel, anti-tank missile launch positions, tunnels, and observation posts.
2hr ago
There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The towns surrounding the Strip have been largely evacuated of civilians since the initial days of the war, which was sparked by the October 7 massacre by the Hamas terror group.
1hr ago
There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The alerts come amid sky-high tensions on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, shortly after a number of people were badly wounded in an anti-tank missile attack by the Hezbollah terror group that struck a number of vehicles near the northern community of Dovev, close to the border.
IDF: Troops captured ‘al-Karameh area’ in north Gaza, destroyed long-range rocket launchers
The Israel Defense Forces says troops of its Harel Reserve Brigade have captured the “al-Karameh area” — apparently named after a local hospital — between Beit Hanoun and Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip.According to the IDF, during the raids, the troops destroyed Hamas infrastructure in the area, including long-range rocket launchers aimed at Israel, anti-tank missile launch positions, tunnels, and observation posts.
2hr ago
Rocket sirens sound in Gaza border town
Rocket sirens sound in the Gaza border community Holit.There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The towns surrounding the Strip have been largely evacuated of civilians since the initial days of the war, which was sparked by the October 7 massacre by the Hamas terror group.
1hr ago
Rocket sirens sound in towns on northern border with Lebanon
Rocket sirens sound in a number of towns in northern Israel, including Kiryat Shemona.There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The alerts come amid sky-high tensions on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, shortly after a number of people were badly wounded in an anti-tank missile attack by the Hezbollah terror group that struck a number of vehicles near the northern community of Dovev, close to the border.
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked
- Locked
- Locked
- Locked
Online statistics
- Members online
- 127
- Guests online
- 1,460
- Total visitors
- 1,587