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

[MyBelle]

"Jewish pediatrician Darren Klugman ​

is suspended by Johns Hopkins after ​

'deeply disturbing' posts where he branded all Palestinians 'blood thirsty morally depraved animals'."​

Jewish pediatrician suspended over 'deeply disturbing' Palestine posts

Dr. Darren Klugman has been place on leave by Johns Hopkins hospital in Maryland over offensive tweets about Palestinians.

www.dailymail.co.uk

He should be fired!

JMO

 

[JennieM]

26m ago

IDF says it has retrieved body of soldier taken hostage by Hamas​

The Israeli military said on Friday it retrieved the body of a soldier, Noa Marciano, who had been held captive by Palestinian militant group Hamas in a building near Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital.

The Israeli military on Tuesday confirmed the death of the soldier after Hamas issued a video of her alive followed by images of what the Palestinian faction said was her body after she was killed in an Israeli airstrike on 9 November.

Israeli forces ‘determined to advance’, says military – as it happened

Daniel Hagari’s comments come amid mounting concerns about Israeli plans to expand military operations where people have sought refuge from fighting

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

54m ago

Opening summary​

This is the Guardian’s live coverage of the Israel-Hamas war with me, Helen Sullivan.

The top development this morning: The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the Gaza Strip now faces a “massive” food gap and widespread hunger while nearly the entire population of the Palestinian enclave is in “desperate” need of food assistance.

In a statement on Thursday, WFP executive director Cindy McCain said food and water supplies are “practically non-existent” in Gaza that “civilians are facing the immediate possibility of starvation.”

Meanwhile a large deployment of Israeli troops raided the Jenin refugee camp overnight, AFP reporters there said. Israel’s military did not immediately comment.

Al JAzeera reports that IDF troops are raiding Ibn Sina Hospital near Jenin, with “dozens of Israeli armoured vehicles … seen surrounding the hospital complex.”

Israeli forces ‘determined to advance’, says military – as it happened

Daniel Hagari’s comments come amid mounting concerns about Israeli plans to expand military operations where people have sought refuge from fighting

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

52m ago

UN warns of ‘immediate possibility of starvation’ in Gaza​

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the Gaza Strip now faces a “massive” food gap and widespread hunger while nearly the entire population of the Palestinian enclave is in “desperate” need of food assistance.

In a statement on Thursday, WFP executive director Cindy McCain said food and water supplies are “practically non-existent” in Gaza that “civilians are facing the immediate possibility of starvation.”

Israeli forces ‘determined to advance’, says military – as it happened

Daniel Hagari’s comments come amid mounting concerns about Israeli plans to expand military operations where people have sought refuge from fighting

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

52m ago

IDF raid Jenin refugee camp in West Bank​

A large deployment of Israeli troops raided the Jenin refugee camp overnight, AFP reporters there said. Israel’s military did not immediately comment.

Al JAzeera reports that IDF troops are raiding Ibn Sina Hospital near Jenin, with “dozens of Israeli armoured vehicles … seen surrounding the hospital complex.”

Israeli forces ‘determined to advance’, says military – as it happened

Daniel Hagari’s comments come amid mounting concerns about Israeli plans to expand military operations where people have sought refuge from fighting

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

46m ago

Three Palestinians killed in drone strike on Jenin, West Bank - report​

Three Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli drone strike in the city Jenin in the West Bank, the head of the Palestinian ambulance service told Reuters on Friday.

It is unclear whether the deaths were in the refugee camp raided by the IDF overnight, or in another part of Jenin.

Since 7 October, at least 190 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Authority’s health ministry.

The figure is almost as high as the ministry’s toll of 208 dead for the first nine months of the year up to the start of the war.

Raids by Israeli forces on Palestinian communities have multiplied in the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

Seven Palestinians were killed this week during an Israeli raid in Tulkarem, in the north of the West Bank, while a ninth was shot dead near Hebron on Tuesday morning.

Israeli forces ‘determined to advance’, says military – as it happened

Daniel Hagari’s comments come amid mounting concerns about Israeli plans to expand military operations where people have sought refuge from fighting

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

39m ago

18 UN agencies and international charities reject IDF calls for evacuation to 14 km sq 'safe zone'​

After the Israeli military dropped leaflets Wednesday afternoon telling Palestinians in areas east of the southern town of Khan Younis to evacuate to a “safe zone” in Mawasi, a town of just 14 sq km, the heads of 18 UN agencies and international charities on Thursday rejected the creation of a safe zone, saying that concentrating civilians in one area while hostilities continue was too dangerous.

Similar leaflets were dropped over northern Gaza for weeks ahead of Israel’s ground invasion.

The aid agencies called for a cease-fire and unimpeded entry of humanitarian aid and fuel for Gaza’s population.

Gaza, as seen from southern Israel, as Israeli strikes continue. Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters

Despite the IDF having told Palestinians to leave northern Gaza for the south, strikes continued in the south Thursday. In the city of Deir al-Balah, a funeral was held for 28 people killed in an overnight bomb that leveled several buildings.

Most of Gaza’s population is crowded into southern Gaza, including hundreds of thousands who heeded Israel’s calls to evacuate the north. Some 1.5 million people driven from their homes have packed into UN shelters or houses with other families.

If the assault moves into the south, it is not clear where they would go. Egypt has refused to open its borders to Palestinians forced to leave their homes by Israeli forces., though Egypt has received limited numbers of medical evacuees from Gaza through the Rafah crossing this month, most of whom have been taken to Egyptian hospitals for treatment.

“We have to concentrate on getting medical facilities established inside of Gaza so it can be more accessible to Palestinians who are in need for medical assistance,” Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said at a briefing for foreign media in Cairo on Thursday.

Israeli forces ‘determined to advance’, says military – as it happened

Daniel Hagari’s comments come amid mounting concerns about Israeli plans to expand military operations where people have sought refuge from fighting

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

16m ago

As of late Thursday night, there was no further word from the Palestinian companies, Paltel and Jawwal, whose internet, mobile phone and landline networks remain inoperable because fuel has run out.

Israel refuses fuel imports, saying Hamas could use them for military purposes.

Israeli forces ‘determined to advance’, says military – as it happened

Daniel Hagari’s comments come amid mounting concerns about Israeli plans to expand military operations where people have sought refuge from fighting

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

6m ago

With communications out and in the absence of fuel, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said it was impossible to coordinate humanitarian aid truck convoys.

“If the fuel does not come in, people will start to die because of the lack of fuel. Exactly as from when, I don’t know. But it will be sooner rather than later,” said UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini.

Israeli forces ‘determined to advance’, says military – as it happened

Daniel Hagari’s comments come amid mounting concerns about Israeli plans to expand military operations where people have sought refuge from fighting

www.theguardian.com

 

[Sundog]

IDF recovers body of Cpl. Noa Marciano from Gaza, days after announcing her death​

The IDF says it has recovered the body of Cpl. Noa Marciano from the Gaza Strip, three days after announcing she had been killed in Hamas captivity.

Marciano’s body was recovered from a building near Shifa Hospital, as troops there continue to search for terror infrastructure.

Marciano, 19, of the Combat Intelligence Collection Corps 414th unit, was serving at the Nahal Oz IDF base when it was overrun by terrorists during their murderous onslaught on southern Israel on October 7. She lived in Modiin and was the oldest of three siblings.

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Rest in peace, Corporal Noa Marciano.

 

[otto]

WARNING: SOME GRAPHIC COMMENTS RELATED TO RAPE

I wonder how Hamas terrorists feel after a few days without receiving one bruise in the prison system in Israel. They cut off people's heads, and they are treated more humanely than they may have experienced before. To be so angry as to shoot a baby in the head - that doesn't come out of thin air. That's an awful lot of anger. No empathy. No natural nurturing genes.

The video posted upthread about raped women and children in the farm community, and the woman who was gang raped and maimed at the festival before being shot in the head while being raped. That is what we normally see in someone who experienced a brutal, depraved childhood, or someone who is a dangerous sociopath. On October 7, there were somewhere between 2-3000 thousand young men who all think the same way - they can shoot a baby in the head and brag about it.

They are now in an Israeli prison and they are being teased by two female soldiers, probably a lot of interrogation too. No one is cutting off their feet.

 

[Sundog]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/protest-jacques-cartier-bridge-1.7029971

My hometown. Lived half of my life there.
Sad to see this.

 

[katydid23]

You believe a poll that is utter propaganda?
I'm sorry but I don't believe anywhere on this planet are human beings in favor of raping and killing families in Israel or anywhere else. gmab.

JMO

How could there not be people in favour of it? THOUSANDS of people helped plan it and carry it out.

And THOUSANDS of people welcomed the killers/rapists back home with cheers and open arms.

Did you watch the crowds cheering and dancing when they saw the Israeli greatgrandmother , kidnapped and being driven away on the golfcart?

And they cheered when the young woman was thrown onto the back of the pick up truck. [only to be found dead later]

Militants in Gaza cheer as motionless hostage is paraded around, video shows

Fighting in Israel is raging a day after Hamas fighters breached the border from Gaza in a surprise attack, killing hundreds of people. Follow for live updates.

www.cnn.com

Militants in Gaza cheer as motionless hostage is paraded around, video shows​

From CNN's Paul P. Murphy, Allegra Goodwin and Benjamin Brown

An unconscious woman taken hostage by Gaza militants attacking an Israeli music festival was seen being paraded around the coastal enclave in new video authenticated and geolocated by CNN.

CNN has confirmed the identity of the woman as Shani Louk, a German-Israeli dual national. CNN has reached out to her family for comment but has not yet received a response.

Her cousin confirmed to The Washington Post that Louk attended the Nova Festival, an all night dance party celebrating the Israeli harvest festival Sukkoth near Re'im, Israel.

Louk is seen motionless in the video.

One gunman, carrying a rocket propelled grenade, has his leg draped over her waist; the other holds a clump of her dreadlocks. "Allahu Akbar," they cheer – "God is Great," in Arabic.

Some of the crowd gathered around the truck, just outside of the Al-Shalfoh bakery and grocery store, join in the cheers. One man spits on Louk's head as the car drives off.

 

[NoSpoonFeeding]

You believe a poll that is utter propaganda?
I'm sorry but I don't believe anywhere on this planet are human beings in favor of raping and killing families in Israel or anywhere else. gmab.

JMO
[/QUOTE]
I'm confused, are you claiming that Hamas terrorists on Oct 7 weren't in favor of raping and killing families?

 

[otto]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/protest-jacques-cartier-bridge-1.7029971

My hometown. Lived half of my life there.
Sad to see this.

My son lives in Montreal and is visiting Ottawa over the weekend. It would be a shame if major thoroughfares are disrupted. Thank you for the heads up!

 

[Dotta]

"Mediator:​

25 Thai hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are ‘safe’.​

Thai politician Lepong Syed says hostages could be released in ​

’10 days or less’ ​

if ceasefire is agreed on by Israel and Hamas."​

https://www.timesofisrael.com/mediator-25-thai-hostages-held-by-hamas-in-gaza-are-safe/

 

[otto]

"Mediator:​

25 Thai hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are ‘safe’​

Thai politician Lepong Syed says hostages could be released in ​

’10 days or less’ ​

if ceasefire is agreed on by Israel and Hamas."​

https://www.timesofisrael.com/mediator-25-thai-hostages-held-by-hamas-in-gaza-are-safe/

What's the negotiation now ... 25 hostages and 2 days ceasefire? One day?

Hamas has dropped from 70 hostages and 5 day ceasefire to 50 hostages and 3 day ceasefire. Now it's 25 hostages for how many days ceasefire? Why is Hamas desperate to have a ceasefire? Is it for senior leaders to escape tunnels?

Why are pro-Gaza protesters demanding a ceasefire? They know that Hamas is not agreeing to anything more than a 5-day ceasefire. Do they not understand war strategy, so they don't understand that a 1-5 day ceasefire is simply regrouping? It does not help civilians.

The hostages will be released in 10 days? Why not tomorrow? It sounds disingenuous

 

[katydid23]

52m ago

UN warns of ‘immediate possibility of starvation’ in Gaza​

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the Gaza Strip now faces a “massive” food gap and widespread hunger while nearly the entire population of the Palestinian enclave is in “desperate” need of food assistance.

In a statement on Thursday, WFP executive director Cindy McCain said food and water supplies are “practically non-existent” in Gaza that “civilians are facing the immediate possibility of starvation.”

Israeli forces ‘determined to advance’, says military – as it happened

Daniel Hagari’s comments come amid mounting concerns about Israeli plans to expand military operations where people have sought refuge from fighting

www.theguardian.com

Is Hamas suffering an immediate food shortage? I doubt it.

Hamas headquarters is right underneath the hospitals and local schools. I am certain there are food and water stashes in those tunnels. Maybe the locals should band together and storm those tunnels to feed their starving people?

 

[Dotta]

What's the negotiation now ... 25 hostages and 2 days ceasefire? One day?

Hamas has dropped from 70 hostages and 5 day ceasefire to 50 hostages and 3 day ceasefire. Now it's 25 hostages for how many days ceasefire? Why is Hamas desperate to have a ceasefire? Is it for senior leaders to escape tunnels?

Why are pro-Gaza protesters demanding a ceasefire? They know that Hamas is not agreeing to anything more than a 5-day ceasefire. Do they not understand war strategy, so they don't understand that a 1-5 day ceasefire is simply regrouping? It does not help civilians.

The hostages will be released in 10 days? Why not tomorrow? It sounds disingenuous

It is interesting that 25 Thai hostages are supposedly going to be freed.

Are they women and children?

Is Thailand negotiating separately?
Did they promise something to Hamas in exchange of Thai hostages?

Are countries doing negotiations separately?

 

[katydid23]

MyBelle :You believe a poll that is utter propaganda?
I'm sorry but I don't believe anywhere on this planet are human beings in favor of raping and killing families in Israel or anywhere else. gmab.

JMO

NoSpoonFeeding:

I'm confused, are you claiming that Hamas terrorists on Oct 7 weren't in favor of raping and killing families?

Yes, the OP says that 'no human beings anywhere on this planet is in favour of raping and killing Israeli families'---

And yet thousands of people organised and carried out that massacre on Oct 7th. So that belief is unfounded. JMO