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

[JennieM]

NETANYAHU REJECTS U.S. POSTWAR VISION​

Netanyahu has begun to outline Israel’s postwar plans for Gaza, which contrast sharply with the vision of the United States.

He said Gaza would be demilitarized and Israel would retain the ability to enter Gaza freely to hunt down militants. He rejected the idea that the Palestinian Authority, which administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, would at some stage control Gaza.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the U.S. opposes an Israeli reoccupation of Gaza and envisions a unified Palestinian government in Gaza and the West Bank as a step toward a Palestinian state, long opposed by Netanyahu’s government.

The war threatens to trigger a wider conflict, with Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon trading fire along the border. Attacks by Hezbollah on Sunday wounded seven Israeli troops and 10 others, Israel’s military and rescue services said.

Heavy fighting rages near main Gaza hospital and people trapped inside say they cannot flee

Israeli strikes have pounded Gaza City as ground forces battle Hamas militants near its largest hospital. In a televised address, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls for a cease-fire.

apnews.com

 

[fred&edna]

The war has displaced over two-thirds of Gaza’s population.

Heavy fighting rages near main Gaza hospital and people trapped inside say they cannot flee

Israeli strikes have pounded Gaza City as ground forces battle Hamas militants near its largest hospital. In a televised address, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls for a cease-fire.

apnews.com

Which is sadly a great deal more than Hamas has done for the people of Gaza. Their leaders sitting on their fat behinds calling for death. imo

Have links and will post if needed.

 

[Dotta]

NETANYAHU REJECTS U.S. POSTWAR VISION​

Netanyahu has begun to outline Israel’s postwar plans for Gaza, which contrast sharply with the vision of the United States.

He said Gaza would be demilitarized and Israel would retain the ability to enter Gaza freely to hunt down militants. He rejected the idea that the Palestinian Authority, which administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, would at some stage control Gaza.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the U.S. opposes an Israeli reoccupation of Gaza and envisions a unified Palestinian government in Gaza and the West Bank as a step toward a Palestinian state, long opposed by Netanyahu’s government.

The war threatens to trigger a wider conflict, with Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon trading fire along the border. Attacks by Hezbollah on Sunday wounded seven Israeli troops and 10 others, Israel’s military and rescue services said.

Heavy fighting rages near main Gaza hospital and people trapped inside say they cannot flee

Israeli strikes have pounded Gaza City as ground forces battle Hamas militants near its largest hospital. In a televised address, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls for a cease-fire.

apnews.com

Who knows what government will be after this war?

 

[JennieM]

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In Australia, senior politicians have “softened their objections to a ceasefire” in Gaza, the Australian Associated Press reports, after a weekend of nation-wide demonstrations showed strong support for peace.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong told ABC’s Insiders program on Sunday everyone wanted to “take the next steps towards a ceasefire” but warned such action could not be “one-sided”.

Senator Wong said Israel should observe international law, citing Australia’s concerns with the deaths of civilians in struggling Gazan hospitals.

Protestors are seen during a Pro-Palestine demonstration in King George Square in Brisbane, Sunday, 12 November 2023. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

However, Nationals Senate leader Bridget McKenzie claimed Senator Wong’s comments were an “equivocation”.

“Calling for a ceasefire as if there was some equivalence between the actions of Hamas and the actual reality of war is absolutely appalling and it needs to be highly condemned,” she told Seven’s Sunrise program on Monday.

But Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek clarified that Senator Wong said “we should be working towards the ceasefire” rather than outright pushing for an end to violence, and reiterated Israel’s “right to defend itself”.

“Working towards a ceasefire, calling for a humanitarian pause - that is a recognition that the civilian casualties in Gaza at the moment are very high, unacceptably high,” she told Sunrise on Monday.

Aid groups urge attacks on healthcare centres to stop – as it happened

This blog is now closed.

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

UK government challenged over ICC inquiry into Israel’s conduct​

The UK government is being challenged over whether it will join Labour in supporting an international criminal court inquiry into potential war crimes committed by Israel, with the shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, calling for all parties to uphold international law.

UK government challenged over ICC inquiry into Israel’s conduct

Tories reject international criminal court’s right to investigate war with Hamas but Labour wants an inquiry into potential war crimes

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

“Shifa is besieged; no one can get out, and no one can enter,” Abu Sada said.

“It is dangerous for us, even the medical staff, to look out the window. We are so afraid of the shooting.” Amid fears of sniper fire, hospital staff have moved all 600 remaining patients away from the windows and into corridors deeper inside the complex.

Under bombardment, Gaza medics fight to save patients with no power, water or food

Just one hospital in the territory is still able to take patients as doctors and nurses try to keep those in their care alive

www.theguardian.com

 

[fred&edna]

Quoting myself because it might be worth repeating.

Once the cloak of a lie is removed... the ugly naked truth is clear for all to see.

ETA: The sad part is that some people just refuse to look.

 

[PommyMommy]

ICYMI:

MUST-WATCH Testimony From A Hamas Terrorist​

In this testimony, he explains why Hamas headquarters are located in tunnels underneath the Shifa hospital: “to exploit them for their use… So you won’t strike them. And then they can pass… explosives, weapons, food, medical equipment for them.”

 

[JennieM]

The Palestinian health minister, Mai al-Kaila, in the West Bank town of Ramallah, said 12 patients inside al-Shifa had died in the past two days. A drone was targeting people in the compound, she said, and staff were forced to leave at least 100 decomposing bodies in the hospital grounds because they have been unable to reach them. The rotting corpses were a potential health risk, she said, while staff had witnessed stray dogs tearing into the bodies.

Under bombardment, Gaza medics fight to save patients with no power, water or food

Just one hospital in the territory is still able to take patients as doctors and nurses try to keep those in their care alive

www.theguardian.com

 

[Arkay]

Oh yes, sick babies are news!!! Folks will be outraged, media all over this. NBC lead with the hospital and a live phone interview.

Yes, sick babies in Gaza are news and stir outrage in the media, which leads to violent protests against Jews.

Whereas the dead and captive Israeli babies are forgotten or considered an irritant or fake news, everywhere outside of Israel and a handful of other countries who know what is true, along with the journalists who saw the actual footage of the atrocities perpetrated by Hamas.


IMO

 

[JennieM]

Ambulances are unable to bring the wounded to the hospital or take any patients to other facilities, said Abu Sada, although one person who was shot in the surrounding neighbourhood managed to flee into the grounds of al-Shifa on foot. Another, he said, was shot in the chest when he looked out of the window and died instantly.

“It is a horrifying scene for the entire staff. We are so afraid, so scared of the bombardments. But we must stay here, we are ethically obliged to treat patients, and we cannot leave with our patients still inside. Even if we could, where would we go?” he asked.

Under bombardment, Gaza medics fight to save patients with no power, water or food

Just one hospital in the territory is still able to take patients as doctors and nurses try to keep those in their care alive

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

Al-Kaila said the Israeli demands to evacuate hospitals meant the wounded would be left to fend for themselves on the street. “This is not an evacuation, but an expulsion at gunpoint,” she said.

Under bombardment, Gaza medics fight to save patients with no power, water or food

Just one hospital in the territory is still able to take patients as doctors and nurses try to keep those in their care alive

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

Barbara Leaf, the US state department’s highest-ranking official on the Middle East, previously said the death toll in Gaza was likely “higher than is being cited”.

The Jordanian air force said it had carried out another emergency aid drop of medical supplies to its field hospital in Gaza on Sunday, while other facilities in Gaza City said they had been forced to cease operations. Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City, where an estimated 14,000 people are sheltering, was reportedly surrounded by Israeli tanks on Saturday. The Palestinian Red Crescent, which runs al-Quds, said the hospital was “no longer operational. This cessation of services is due to the depletion of available fuel and power outages.”

“The hospital has been left to fend for itself under ongoing Israeli bombardment, posing severe risks to the medical staff, patients and displaced civilians,” it added.

Under bombardment, Gaza medics fight to save patients with no power, water or food

Just one hospital in the territory is still able to take patients as doctors and nurses try to keep those in their care alive

www.theguardian.com

 

[Simply Southern]

The mattresses are on tables or hospital beds and not directly on the floor. The edge of one of the tables is clearly visible in one of the photos.

JMO

You are correct, had to blow up to see the corner. Much relief they were not on the floor.
@JennieM, I apologize, I did not see the corner of what maybe a stretcher or table.

 

[MyBelle]

NETANYAHU REJECTS U.S. POSTWAR VISION​

Netanyahu has begun to outline Israel’s postwar plans for Gaza, which contrast sharply with the vision of the United States.

He said Gaza would be demilitarized and Israel would retain the ability to enter Gaza freely to hunt down militants. He rejected the idea that the Palestinian Authority, which administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, would at some stage control Gaza.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the U.S. opposes an Israeli reoccupation of Gaza and envisions a unified Palestinian government in Gaza and the West Bank as a step toward a Palestinian state, long opposed by Netanyahu’s government.

The war threatens to trigger a wider conflict, with Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon trading fire along the border. Attacks by Hezbollah on Sunday wounded seven Israeli troops and 10 others, Israel’s military and rescue services said.

Heavy fighting rages near main Gaza hospital and people trapped inside say they cannot flee

Israeli strikes have pounded Gaza City as ground forces battle Hamas militants near its largest hospital. In a televised address, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls for a cease-fire.

apnews.com

No wonder Biden is so frustrated with Netanyahu! Israel's economy will be circling the drain.

JMO

 

[PommyMommy]

ICYMI:

Hamas’ Exploitation of Gazan Hospitals—A Briefing by IDF Spokesperson RAdm. Daniel Hagari.​

00:00 Opening statement
02:48 Infographic showing multiple efforts conducted by the IDF to evacuate civilian population
04:13 Video of leaflets distribution and a recorded phone call on the subject
05:35 Video of leaflets distribution and a recorded phone call on the subject
06:29 Recording of phone call between IDF officer and Gazan civilian regarding evacuation of Jabaliya area
07:33 Recordings of a testimony of Hamas’ actions to prevent civilian evacuation
08:24 Infographic of Hamas roadblocks preventing civilians from evacuating south
10:00 Video showing Hamas underground terrorist infrastructure located beneath the Sheikh Hamad Hospital
10:50 Exploitation of the Sheikh Hamad Hospital by Hamas for terrorist purposes
11:26 Graphics regarding Hamas underground terrorist infrastructure embedded beneath the Indonesian Hospital from 2010 – 2023
15:38 Recording of conversation with an official close to Hamas
17:43 A recording exposing Hamas of using fuel from hospitals for terrorist purposes
18:59 Part of an interview with the deputy head of Hamas’ political bureau, Abu Mahrzouk, describing how Hamas uses underground infrastructure and claiming that the U.N is responsible for the civilians in the Gaza

 

[JennieM]

You are correct, had to blow up to see the corner. Much relief they were not in the floor.
@JennieM, I apologize, I did not see the corner of what maybe a stretcher or table.

Thank you x

 

[otto]

I suppose the reason for the massive propaganda campaign about lack of fuel for hospital staff could mean that Hamas is running low on fuel for their vehicles, rockets and tunnels.

 

[Vern]

The biggest open secret in GazaReports of al-Shifa Hospital coming under siege by the IDF are not the only fishy thing going on. The media has conveniently been leaving out the well-known fact that Hamas uses the site as a base of operations...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1723822938351128841

Our troops risked their lives to hand-deliver 300 liters of fuel to the Shifa hospital for urgent medical purposes.Hamas forbade the hospital from taking it. Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry has been warning for weeks that its hospitals are running out of fuel. If so, why would they prevent the hospital from receiving it?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1723811069234184587

I think this interview with @TheMediaLine covers a lot of ground on what's happening now in Gaza and around Israel, how we got here, and why civilians are at risk in Gaza. Clue: not because of the @IDF

https://twitter.com/x/status/1723844563746373902

After the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza was bombed, Indonesia has announced it is sending a hospital ship to Palestine.

https://twitter.com/search?q=gaza%20hospital&src=typed_query&f=top

 

[JennieM]

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is urgently calling for the respect and protection of medical facilities, patients and healthcare workers in Gaza.​

The rules of war are clear. Hospitals are specially protected facilities under international humanitarian law.

The ICRC urgently calls for the immediate protection of all civilians, including humanitarian workers and medical personnel. This protection is not only a legal obligation but a moral imperative to preserve human life in these terrible times.

Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC demands protection of patients, health-care workers, medical facilities in Gaza amid escalating attacks

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is urgently calling for the respect and protection of medical facilities, patients and healthcare workers in Gaza.

www.icrc.org