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

[Vern]

RSBM
Thought we decided International Law didn't apply to Hamas. It hasn't so far, anyway...

Palestine did sign on to the Geneva Conventions however and Hamas is the governing party of Palestinian Gaza.

But, you are correct --- Hamas neither cares nor complies with the GCs, the LoAC (Law of Armed Conflict) or IHL (International Humanitarian Law). That's why they are terrorists.

 

[Brightchaser47]

GAZA SITUATION IS ‘DESPERATE’ AS HOSPITALS AND RESCUERS RUN OUT OF SUPPLIES, GROUP SAYS​

GENEVA — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says a race to find survivors under the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza has been thwarted by insufficient access for rescuers, as Israel’s military campaign in the enclave continues.

Tommaso Della Longa, spokesman for the Geneva-based humanitarian agency, says the situation in Gaza remains “desperate.” The Al-Quds hospital operated by the Palestinian Red Crescent Societies “was simply closed” on Sunday, he said.

While access to bombed-out areas is difficult, even the paramedics who are able to get through have no access to heavy machinery like bulldozers that could help clear ground to access any possible survivors under the rubble.

“Our colleagues are literally trying to save people from the rubble with their hands,” Della Longa told the Associated Press.

Israel has allowed scores of aid trucks -- carrying food, water and medical supplies but no fuel -- to enter Gaza as the military campaign goes on. United Nations and other officials say that’s a trickle compared to the hundreds of trucks that entered Gaza daily before the conflict.

RSBM
So the Palestinians were receiving  hundreds of trucks per day of humanitarian aid  before October 7? For how long (that's a lot of aid)?

 

[MyBelle]

If the electricity was cut a month ago as you keep insisting, how were all the lights on, the cell phones charged up and the big screen rolling for them to be showing the 7 October Massacre for their movie night right outside the hospital the other night?

Or the power on just two days ago in the uncropped baby photo??

Surely you didn't miss all that?

Frankly, I'm gobsmacked that they didn't save the fuel that Movie Night consumed to enable them running those incubators a few days or hours longer. Priorities.

It is a fact that Israel cut not just electricity but also water to Gaza more than a month ago.

The "lights" in the photos of the infants were being provided by generators that were NOT fueled by electricity.

Incubators must be run continuously.

JMO

 

[JennieM]

Sunak’s toughest message yet for Israel​

James Landale
Diplomatic correspondent

Western powers are growing concerned by the remorseless death toll in Gaza.

Rishi Sunak has yet to demand a ceasefire. But his speech at the at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet on Monday echoed American warnings that too many Palestinian civilians are losing their lives.

The Prime Minister said Israel must be able to defend itself and bring its hostages home. But it also had to act within international law, take all measures to protect innocent civilians – including in hospitals, and stop extremist violence in the West Bank.

He called for urgent and substantive humanitarian pauses in the fighting.

And he promised to redouble his efforts to seek a two-state solution to the conflict, something he said would involve doing more to help the Palestinian Authority.

This was Rishi Sunak’s toughest message yet for Israel, and a sign that international support is increasingly being tempered by calls for restraint.

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

 

[Vern]

From Bellingcat's Robert Evans:
people who deny Assad's mass murder repackaging footage of Syrians as Gazans for profit is one of the more disgusting media phenomenons right now

https://twitter.com/x/status/1724265088721252579

IDF activity in Gaza: IDF fighters uncovered a tunnel shaft in a mosque, the Air Force attacked about 200 terrorist targets in the last day and the Navy attacked a military camp that was used by the Hamas naval formation

https://twitter.com/x/status/1724320408785076489

Israeli forces take over military police headquarters in Gaza; Navy bombs Hamas naval base; infantry forces discover tunnel shaft inside mosque. via
@N12News
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1724323793131241853

 

[JennieM]

24s ago

Ben Jamal, the director of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign in the UK, has used an appearance on Sky News to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, accusing Israel of causing a “humanitarian catastrophe”

He told viewers:

We need an immediate ceasefire. If we are going to stop the humanitarian catastrophe that Israel is causing, then we need to stop the bombing. There is an imminent threat to the hospitals. More than a third of the hospitals in Gaza are already out of commission because of attacks.

Israel has repeatedly claimed that Hamas uses hospitals as control and command centres, which the group has denied.

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

 

[MyBelle]

4m ago

It has become increasingly difficult to contact people in Gaza, particularly in the north where Gaza City and al-Shifa hospital are located. On Monday morning, the aid group Doctors Without Borders (MDF) said they had managed to contact one doctor, an MSF surgeon, at al-Shifa by phone. He told them:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1724084856026501404

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

Doctors without Borders is a wonderful organization. I remember well the vital role they played in the Ebola epidemic.

JMO

How MSF is responding to the war in Gaza

An unprecedented humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Gaza, with attacks on civilians, attacks on health care, and a brutal siege.

www.doctorswithoutborders.org

 

[Vern]

The IDF is in the process of coordinating the transfer of incubators from a hospital in Israel to Gaza.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1724315771340214353

We are doing everything we can to minimize harm to civilians, assist in evacuation, and facilitate the transfer of medical supplies and food.Our war is not with the people of Gaza.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1724318093092978695

IDF says 10 of 24 Hamas battalions shattered in Gaza fighting, no longer able to carry out effective operations. via @Jerusalem_Post

https://twitter.com/x/status/1724313940899856755

IDF activity in the refugee camp in Tulkarm: During the night, the IDF arrested wanted persons, exposed explosive devices and attacked from the air using an unmanned aerial vehicle. The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported six deaths
https://twitter.com/kann_news/status/1724306595423666473

 

[Vern]

Watch IDF Spokesperson RAdm. Daniel Hagari walk through one of Hamas' subterranean terrorist tunnels—only to exit in Gaza's Rantisi hospital on the other side.

Amidst continued fighting on the northern border with Lebanon terror groups, the IDF announced that preparations are underway for the extended stay of the extra thousands of deployed troops during the winter stormy season which features snow in some areas. IDF head of logistics…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1724301622417686693

 

[MyBelle]

12m ago

Israel and Hamas, and their supporters, have increasingly been waging their war online and misinformation is circulating widely. The Associated Press news agency has been looking at some of the claims and delving in to the facts behind them – here’s one such example.

CLAIM: A video shows a makeup artist applying dirt and fake blood to a young girl on a stretcher, proving that people in Gaza are faking injuries in the latest Israel-Hamas war.

THE FACTS: The video is behind-the-scenes footage from a short film made in Lebanon, and was not made to mislead people, the director confirmed to the Associated Press.

In recent weeks, social media users have repeatedly misrepresented videos to falsely accuse Palestinians of being “crisis actors” in the war, as part of a conspiracy theory dubbed “Pallywood.”

In the latest example, people are sharing a clip that begins with a child who appears to be wounded being treated on a stretcher as protesters wave Palestinian flags. As the video goes on, however, a makeup artist can be seen applying makeup to the girl to depict blood and wounds, and the child smiles at the camera.

The video was shared on multiple social media platforms including X, formerly known as Twitter, claiming it shows how Palestinians “fake injuries.”

“The Palestinians are fooling the international media and public opinion. DON’T FALL FOR IT,” reads one post on X, which garnered more than 10,000 likes. “Pallywood gets busted again.”

However, the video is actually behind-the-scenes footage of a short film. The director, Mahmoud Ramzi, first uploaded the actual film, “ The Reality,” to his Instagram account on 28 October. The movie is clearly not intended to look like real footage of the conflict.

Ramzi confirmed to the Associated Press that the short film was shot in Lebanon and said it was to show the “pain that Gaza’s people endured.”

“It was not filmed to mislead people or to fabricate any truth, because what’s happening in gaza don’t need any form of fabrication, the videos are all over the media,” Ramzi wrote in an Instagram message.

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

BBM. How very, very sad.

JMO

 

[MyBelle]

Sunak’s toughest message yet for Israel​

James Landale
Diplomatic correspondent

Western powers are growing concerned by the remorseless death toll in Gaza.

Rishi Sunak has yet to demand a ceasefire. But his speech at the at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet on Monday echoed American warnings that too many Palestinian civilians are losing their lives.

The Prime Minister said Israel must be able to defend itself and bring its hostages home. But it also had to act within international law, take all measures to protect innocent civilians – including in hospitals, and stop extremist violence in the West Bank.

He called for urgent and substantive humanitarian pauses in the fighting.

And he promised to redouble his efforts to seek a two-state solution to the conflict, something he said would involve doing more to help the Palestinian Authority.

This was Rishi Sunak’s toughest message yet for Israel, and a sign that international support is increasingly being tempered by calls for restraint.

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

BBM. That message is being conveyed loud and clear. The question remains: is the political leadership of Israel hearing it or does it even care?
JMO

 

[Vern]

IDF humanitarian efforts: The evacuation corridors will remain open between 09:00-16:00 for civilians through the Salah Al-Din route southward of Wadi Gaza.
Additionally, all those located on the northern coastline, from 10:00-16:00, the evacuation corridor will remain open from Youssef Al-Azmeh Street to the Salah Al-Din route and from there to the south of Wadi Gaza.
There will be a tactical pause of military operation for humanitarian purposes between 10:00-14:00 in the the neighborhoods of Al-Daraj and Al-Tuffah. During this time, civilians should move south to the Salah Al-Din route.
Residents that are being blocked from evacuation by Hamas are able to contact the IDF through this number +972 50-341-0322 or the Telegram channel- @gaza_saver.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1724339336106139932

 

[Friday Fan]

For perspective:

Al Rantisi Children with cancer evacuated from Gaza for treatment to Egypt and Jordan

WHO, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital and key countries coordinate vital humanitarian action amidst ongoing conflict​

Several children with cancer and serious blood disorders evacuated from Gaza

Their evacuation comes on the heels of weeks of difficult negotiations involving the U.S., Egypt, Israel and Hamas. Dozens more remain.

www.nbcnews.com

Several children with cancer and serious blood disorders evacuated from Gaza​

They tried to evacuate 10 days previously, but were unsuccessful. It took the WHO, St Jude's and a secret mission to get them across the border.

And now this:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-hamas-operated-command-center-likely-held-hostages-under-gaza-kids-hospital/

IDF: Hamas operated command center, likely held hostages under Gaza kids’ hospital​

Army spokesman releases video from basement of Rantisi hospital showing stash of weapons, accuses terror group of using medical facilities in Strip ‘as an instrument of war’​

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Al Ransiti was founded by an American NGO in 2019. Al Ransiti was a partner with St. Judes, which is based in Memphis, TN. Even though it is now known as a "Hamas Command Center", I struggle to find the hospital complicit.

I hate compare humans to rodents, but I've had problems with rats before. I thought I didn't have a problem. One day, I opened a dark kitchen cabinet, which I hadn't open in years. (I believe it had been 10 years!) and it was obvious that they had taken up residency. They rats were building tunnels in my house from the attic down through the walls and into my kitchen. This had been going on for years and I had no idea. How could I not hear them??????

MOO I feel like Hamas is like this, They make their tunnels under the cover of darkness. Hospital staff may not be aware of going on, because Hamas know where the places are where staff doesn't visit. MOO

I really struggle to find doctors and nurses at Al Ransiti complicit with terrorism.

I personally don't feel medical professionals are complicit with Hamas. They may have had to issues and run ins with them, but they are treating patients and they seem quite dedicated to me! I was a nurse. (The baby picture is "different", but I won't judge) I see enough trauma video of adults and kids to know that they are truly hurt and being treated. I feel the medical professions are doing their best.

I don't believe medical professionals are engaged in terrorist activities. (Now of course, there might always be one!) But I feel these are hard worker professionals who care about their patients.

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It too wonder where the patients at al-Shifa will go? They need to be evacuated to Egypt, like these children were..MOO. I hope someone has a secret evacuation plan.

 

[Vern]

MSN

Jordanian arrested in Houston supported killing ‘individuals of particular faiths,’ judge’s order said​

A Jordanian man arrested last month in Houston on a federal firearm possession charge had spoken of “martyrdom,” a federal judge said in a court order, and was “plotting to attack a Jewish gathering,” a law enforcement source told CNN.
,,,
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MSN

A19-year-old Michigan man pleaded guilty Monday to threatening to commit a mass shooting targeting Jewish people in a series of Instagram messages, authorities said.
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[Charlot123]

Feel free to remove if off-topic, but I paid attention to the date of this article, October 6 2023, it means that the data breach in 23@me happened shortly before that. Am I seeing too much conspiracy in unrelated events, both of which may be targeting Jews, or are things more connected than we think?

23andMe User Data Stolen in Targeted Attack on Ashkenazi Jews

At least a million data points from 23andMe accounts appear to have been exposed on BreachForums. While the scale of the campaign is unknown, 23andMe says it's working to verify the data.

www.wired.com

"THE GENETIC TESTING company 23andMe confirmed on Friday that data from a subset of its users has been compromised. The company said its systems were not breached and that attackers gathered the data by guessing the login credentials of a group of users and then scraping more people’s information from a feature known as DNA Relatives....Hackers posted an initial data sample on the platform BreachForums earlier this week, claiming that it contained 1 million data points exclusively about Ashkenazi Jews."

 

[Elley Mae]

The armed wing of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas said on Monday that it told Qatari mediators the group was ready to release up to 70 women and children held in Gaza in return for a five-day truce with Israel.

Israel 'days away' from hostage deal, Hamas pushes for five-day truce

"The truce should include a complete ceasefire and allow aid and humanitarian relief everywhere in the Gaza Strip," Hamas's military wing spokesman said.

m.jpost.com

 

[JennieM]

2h ago
A Lebanese journalist was interrupted by a missile strike while reporting live on the escalation of cross-border hostilities between Israeli forces and the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah.

Rif Akil of the Lebanese channel Al Jadeed was with a group of journalists in Yaroun, within sight of the Israeli border, when the missile struck. She escaped without injury, according to reports. Israel’s military has not commented on the incident. Here is the video clip [at link].

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]

3h ago

There are conflicting reports still about events overnight in Tulkarm, where Israeli forces have killed several Palestinians. [See 6.09 GMT]

The Israeli army and police said their forces, sent in to detain suspected militants, came under fire and killed several Palestinian gunmen in the skirmish that followed.

An Israeli airstrike hit a group of Palestinians who shot and threw a bomb at the group, an army and police statement claimed. The Palestinian news agency Wafa said the airstrike was carried out by a drone and killed three people.

Reuters reports that there was no word of any Israeli casualties and no Palestinian armed faction said it had lost members in the incident. Medics and local media put the death toll at seven.

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]

3h ago
AFP is reporting that a journalist inside al-Shifa hospital who has been working with them has said that the stench of decomposing bodies was everywhere in the facility, but night-time fighting and airstrikes from Monday into Tuesday had been less intense than previous nights.

3h ago
Rushdi Abualouf reports for the BBC from inside Gaza that he has spoken to someone inside al-Shifa hospital this morning. He writes:

He said the tense situation around the hospital remains the same, and that he heard a few explosions and exchanges of fire overnight.
He also told me tanks are surrounding the hospital from all directions and that access in and out of the hospital is impossible.
Even moving from one building to another inside the hospital compound itself is a big risk, as he described it to me.
He said people have died in the hospital because there is no electricity, no water and not enough medicine.

3h ago
Al Jazeera reports that al-Shifa hospital director Mohammad Abu Salmiya has said the hospital has been forced to bury 179 people, including babies and patients who died in the intensive care unit, “in a mass grave” in the complex.

The claim has not been independently verified.

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]

3h ago
My colleague Patrick Wintour has flagged up a comment piece in the Wall Street Journal, in which two senior Israeli figures suggest that third-party countries should be taking Palestinians out of Gaza as refugees.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1724344853725618563

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