Israel - Palestinian militants launch massive attack, 7 Oct 2023 #11

[Brightchaser47]

Why did they do this?

Israel-Hamas war: Statues in honour of Yasser Arafat are destroyed in Tulkarm

At least two monuments to the former Palestine Liberation Organisation leader were destroyed in the West Bank town of Tulkarm. The move followed clashes between Palestinian gunmen and Israeli soldiers, which left seven militants dead.

news.sky.com

Ignorance?

 

[Simply Southern]

6:00 pm

Demonstrators calling for ceasefire in Gaza block bridge in Boston​

Demonstrators calling for a ceasefire in Gaza block traffic on the Boston University bridge during rush hour this morning, slowing traffic to a trickle.

The group chants “Ceasefire now!” during the protest, and also hold signs that say, “Let Gaza Live.” The bridge connects Boston and Cambridge.

Activists were demanding that Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts support an immediate ceasefire and use her influence to stop the IDF military campaign.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1725159291999375393

Why are so many of the pro Palestinian protest destructive, violent and obstructing buildings and people?

Kinda scares me, when I hear threat levels are raised, and we have this type activity on our streets. I will NEVER forget 911, NEVER. It could happen again.
Moo...

 

[PommyMommy]

IDF releases footage of its Commando Brigade fighting in the Gaza Strip.

It says the commando troops raided Gaza City’s al-Shati camp, along with tanks, combat engineers, and air support.

Commando Brigade forces directed 54 airstrikes, navy strikes, and artillery shelling, the IDF says, in which Hamas operatives were killed and infrastructure belonging to the terror group was destroyed.

The IDF says the commando forces also raided a booby-trapped hotel in northern Gaza, finding a weapons depot, which was later destroyed.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1725197172809859461

 

[Brightchaser47]

6:00 pm

Demonstrators calling for ceasefire in Gaza block bridge in Boston​

Demonstrators calling for a ceasefire in Gaza block traffic on the Boston University bridge during rush hour this morning, slowing traffic to a trickle.

The group chants “Ceasefire now!” during the protest, and also hold signs that say, “Let Gaza Live.” The bridge connects Boston and Cambridge.

Activists were demanding that Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts support an immediate ceasefire and use her influence to stop the IDF military campaign.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1725159291999375393

Blocking traffic is one thing (which I don't support), but I have a real problem with the "diverting ambulances" part.

 

[Dotta]

Why are so many of the pro Palestinian protest destructive, violent and obstructing buildings and people?

Kinda scares me, when I hear threat levels are raised, and we have this type active on our streets. I will NEVER forget 911, NEVER. It could happen again.
Moo...

There are no protests without emotions.
What motivates people to devote themselves to a given cause?

Negative emotions related to the feeling of being disregarded or treated without respect by those in power are closely related to the willingness to sacrifice for a given cause.

JMO

 

[dotr]

Synagogue in Armenia set alight in latest attack on Jewish diaspora | The Jerusalem Post

A similar attack occurred in October by ASALA, which targeted the World Jewish Center in Yerevan.

www.jpost.com

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARDNOVEMBER 16, 2023 rbbm.

A synagogue in Yerevan, Armenia, which is the country’s only synagogue, was burned last night. Alarming rise in #antisemitism in Armenia makes its small Jewish community quite vulnerable. According to @ADL study, Armenia is the 2nd most antisemitic country in Europe. pic.twitter.com/mbXQzTXhkQ
— Nasimi Aghayev (@NasimiAghayev) November 15, 2023

'The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) claimed responsibility for attacking the synagogue, according to Azerbaijani media. The report continued that ASALA stated their plans to continue attacks against the Jewish community outside of Armenia.'

 

[JennieM]

1h ago

Julian Borger
John Kirby, the White House national security spokesperson, was questioned by reporters today about the limited evidence Israel has so far produced to back its claim that the al-Shifa hospital was being used as a Hamas command centre and weapons store.

Kirby replied:

We have our own intelligence that convinces us that Hamas was using al-Shifa as a command and control node and most likely as well as a storage facility.
They were sheltering themselves in the hospital, using the hospital as a shield against military action, placing the patients and medical staff at greater risk. We are still convinced of the soundness of that intelligence.

He declined to say what if any intelligence Israel has shared on the hospital since its seizure by IDF troops.

The questions for Kirby came the morning after Joe Biden’s full-throated support of IDF operations in Gaza, at al-Shifa in particular.

Biden had suggested that the ground operation should be more targeted that the aerial bombing campaign, which the appeared to acknowledge had been less discriminate. Biden said on Wednesday night:

So this is a different story than I believe it was occurring before - the indiscriminate bombing.

Gaza civilians ‘face immediate possibility of starvation’ – as it happened

This blog is now closed. Read our recent coverage at the link below:

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

1h ago

Here’s more from Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner general of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), who has been speaking to reporters in Geneva today.

Lazzarini said he feared civil order could break down after Gaza was hit with a new communications blackout on Thursday.

“Gaza is again in a total communication blackout, and... it is because there is no fuel,” AFP reported him saying.

He said he was worried that the blackout could heighten panic in the Gaza Strip and erode the last traces of public order.

A communications blackout “triggers and fuels even more the anxiety and the panic”, he said, adding:

This can provoke or accelerate the last remaining civil order that we have in the Gaza Strip. And if this completely breaks down, we will have difficulties to operate in an environment where you do not have a minimum of order.

Gaza civilians ‘face immediate possibility of starvation’ – as it happened

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www.theguardian.com

 

[Simply Southern]

There are no protests without emotions.
What motivates people to devote themselves to a given cause?

Negative emotions related to the feeling of being disregarded or treated without respect by those in power are closely related to the willingness to sacrifice for a given cause.

JMO

I believe it's due to lack of self control, lack of ability to compromise, inability to accept laws, guidelines or regulations, grandiose feelings of being right.

Wondered if they played well with others as a child?

We all have negative emotions but most of us don't divert ambulances, vandalize buildings, stop traffic and threaten harm to others.

I just don't think they are special in their cause. Most of us, have a passionate cause and use our actions for positive outcomes.

Moo....

 

[JennieM]

1h ago

Hamas’s armed wing, the al-Qassam brigades, has claimed responsibility forthis morning’s shooting at a checkpoint between Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem.

Six Israeli security force members were wounded after three gunmen opened fire at the checkpoint on Wednesday, Israeli police said.

Israel’s police chief Yaakov Shabtai said the assailants arrived in a vehicle from the direction of Bethlehem and opened fire when Israeli forces there began questioning them. They were killed when the Israeli forces shot back, he said.

The gunmen had planned a much bigger attack, he said. The Israeli police said they found two automatic rifles, two handguns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, 10 fully loaded magazines and two axes on the suspects and in their vehicle.

Gaza civilians ‘face immediate possibility of starvation’ – as it happened

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[JennieM]

50m ago

Human Rights Watch (HRW) have said images released by Israel showing what it said were weapons found inside Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital were not sufficient to justify the hospital’s status as protected by the laws of war.

On Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a video that it said showed some of the material recovered from an undisclosed building within the large hospital complex, including automatic weapons, grenades, ammunition and flak jackets.

The video was released after Israel sent troops into al-Shifa hospital in a raid that drew fierce condemnation from the head of the World Health Organization, who called it “totally unacceptable”. Later on Wednesday, a senior Israeli military official said “weapons and other terror infrastructure” had been found during the operation “in one specific area”.

Speaking to Reuters today, HRW UN director Louis Charbonneau said:

Hospitals have special protections under international humanitarian law. Doctors, nurses, ambulances and other hospital staff must be permitted to do their work and patients must be protected.
Hospitals only lose those protections if it can be shown that harmful acts have been carried out from the premises. The Israeli government hasn’t provided any evidence of that.

Gaza civilians ‘face immediate possibility of starvation’ – as it happened

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www.theguardian.com

 

[PommyMommy]

13min ago

Pointing to ISIS, al-Qaeda, US says it’s likely impossible to completely eliminate Hamas​

The White House says it believes Israel can dramatically reduce the threat from Hamas, but that eliminating the group and its ideology is likely impossible.

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby points to the US efforts to disrupt al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group, a day after Biden said Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza would only end once the militant group was no longer a threat.

“What we have learned through our own experiences, that that military and other means you can absolutely have a significant impact on terrorist groups ability to resource itself, to train fighters, to recruit fighters, to plan to execute attacks,” Kirby tells reporters. “And look at the shadow of itself that ISIS is right now, look at the shadow of itself al-Qaeda is right now.”

“It doesn’t mean that the ideology withers away and die,” Kirby adds.

 

[JennieM]

44m ago

Here is our video report on how Israel’s military actions have reduced large parts of Gaza to rubble: [video at link]

Gaza City before and after: footage shows destruction wreaked by war – video

Israel-Hamas war live: communications across Gaza down ‘due to lack of fuel’; UN looking at how to evacuate al-Shifa hospital

Palestinian telecommunication company says all services down; Palestinian Red Crescent lacks fuel for ambulances to evacuate patients, WHO says

www.theguardian.com

 

[Dotta]

I believe it's due to lack of self control, lack of ability to compromise, inability to accept laws, guidelines or regulations, grandiose feelings of being right.

Wondered if they played well with others as a child?

We all have negative emotions but most of us don't divert ambulances, vandalize buildings, stop traffic and threaten harm to others.

I just don't think they are special in their cause. Most of us, have a passionate cause and use our actions for positive outcomes.

Moo....

Look at former American protests against Vietnam war.
I guess present protests are kind of mild in comparison.

JMO

 

[JennieM]

39m ago

'Violent attack' at Gaza's al-Ahli hospital, says Palestinian Red Crescent Society​

Al-Ahli hospital in the Gaza Strip is currently under siege by Israeli tanks, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) have said.

In a statement posted to social media, the PRCS said a “violent attack is underway” at the hospital in Gaza City. It said it teams were unable to move and reach injured people.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1725164334769197466

Israel-Hamas war live: communications across Gaza down ‘due to lack of fuel’; UN looking at how to evacuate al-Shifa hospital

Palestinian telecommunication company says all services down; Palestinian Red Crescent lacks fuel for ambulances to evacuate patients, WHO says

www.theguardian.com

 

[Friday Fan]

Synagogue in Armenia set alight in latest attack on Jewish diaspora | The Jerusalem Post

A similar attack occurred in October by ASALA, which targeted the World Jewish Center in Yerevan.

www.jpost.com

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARDNOVEMBER 16, 2023 rbbm.

'The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) claimed responsibility for attacking the synagogue, according to Azerbaijani media. The report continued that ASALA stated their plans to continue attacks against the Jewish community outside of Armenia.'

I don't think we have anything to fear from ASALA...trust me...They're about as relevant to the world as the Symbionese Liberation Army. Seriously......Armenia has no power...zilch....none... (I'm the Armenian of the group)

 

[JennieM]

28m ago
A dialysis patient died while Israeli forces raided al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, according to a spokesperson for the Palestinian ministry of health in the besieged enclave.

The patient died when the dialysis machines stopped working when the power was cut off, Ashraf al-Qudra said today.

He warned that a number of premature babies at Shifa were in mortal danger because there was no electricity to power their incubators, NBC reported.

There was also no food and no water for the remaining 650 patients or approximately 7,000 displaced people who were sheltering at the complex, he said.

The Gaza health ministry spokesperson described the situation at Shifa as “very dangerous”, and said Israeli troops had destroyed all the cars in the parking lot and refused to allow medical staff to leave.

He also said Israeli claims about the presence of weapons at the hospital were a “lie”, adding:

The Israeli story about the presence of weapons in the al-Shifa complex is false and does not deceive anyone. The Shifa complex and Gaza’s hospitals are humanitarian institutions and we will not allow them to be used as a theatre for military operations.

Israel-Hamas war live: communications across Gaza down ‘due to lack of fuel’; UN looking at how to evacuate al-Shifa hospital

Palestinian telecommunication company says all services down; Palestinian Red Crescent lacks fuel for ambulances to evacuate patients, WHO says

www.theguardian.com

 

[PommyMommy]

7:20 pm

Hospital in south says it used AI to identify Oct. 7 wounded who showed up without ID​

Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba — the south’s only Level 1 trauma center — shares that many of the hundreds of injured brought there following the horrific attacks by Hamas on October 7 came without identification.

Thanks to a combination of internet sleuthing and artificial intelligence, dozens of these people were quickly identified.

As soon as the injured began streaming in, a team of social workers, medical students and hospital photographers immediately swung into action. As in all mass casualty events, the photographers took pictures of the unidentified. Concurrently, the team scoured all social media platforms to gather hundreds of images of people missing after the attacks.

The hospital also announced and circulated an email address to which family members could submit photos and identifying details of their loved ones.

While the team worked with the hospital’s computing and data systems department to match photos, Israeli company Corsight AI, which specializes in facial recognition, volunteered to help and speed up the process.

[...]

 

[JennieM]

23m ago

There have been reports of shooting at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza today, as an Israeli military official confirmed its commandos have been combing through the complex.

A BBC journalist reported one of its contacts saying:

Soldiers are everywhere, shooting in all directions.

He said soldiers had “stormed all departments” of the hospital, destroying the southern part of the building’s wall and dozens of cars.

He also said armoured bulldozers had been brought in to the complex.

Israel-Hamas war live: communications across Gaza down ‘due to lack of fuel’; UN looking at how to evacuate al-Shifa hospital

Palestinian telecommunication company says all services down; Palestinian Red Crescent lacks fuel for ambulances to evacuate patients, WHO says

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

10m ago

Gaza hospital completely shut down, announces hospital director​

The Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza has been completely shut down and about 45 patients who urgently need surgery have been left in the reception area, hospital chief Atef al-Kahlout has told Al Jazeera.

“The Indonesian hospital has completely stopped serving and operating,” Kahlout said, Reuters reported. He added:

Due to our clinical inability to accommodate patients from Gaza and the north, we announce that the hospital has completely stopped operating.

Israel-Hamas war live: communications across Gaza down ‘due to lack of fuel’; UN looking at how to evacuate al-Shifa hospital

Palestinian telecommunication company says all services down; Palestinian Red Crescent lacks fuel for ambulances to evacuate patients, WHO says

www.theguardian.com