Israel - Palestinian militants launch massive attack, 7 Oct 2023 #13

[PommyMommy]

6min ago

Sister of released Thai hostage: ‘His face was very happy, he seemed OK’​

The Thai citizens released from Hamas captivity are seen with Thai officials in Israel on November 25, 2023. (Courtesy)

Roongarun Wichanguen, the sister of 33-year-old Thai hostage Vetoon Phoome, expresses joy and disbelief that he is coming home. She says she thought he had been killed by Hamas.

On a video call, “his face was very happy, and he seemed okay,” she says, adding he told her he “was taken care of very well. It looks like he just stayed in a house, not the tunnel.”

Alongside 13 Israelis, 10 Thai and one Filipino national were also released from Gaza last night after 49 days in captivity.

 

[JennieM]

11m ago

Here are some images coming through the newswires of the pro-Palestine rally in London on Saturday where tens of thousands took to the streets to call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza where nearly 15,000 Palestinians were killed by Israeli strikes in the last seven weeks:

Protesters waves flags and banners as they take part in a 'National March For Palestine' in central London on November 25, 2023, calling for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images

Protestors march in solidarity with Palestine, demanding a ceasefire amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on November 25, 2023 in London, England. Photograph: Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images

People take part in the National March for Palestine, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, in Whitehall, central London to call for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Picture date: Saturday November 25, 2023. Photograph: Lucy North/PA

Members of the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community hold placards as they take part in a 'National March For Palestine' in central London on November 25, 2023, calling for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images

Protesters holding placards and Palestinian flags take part in a 'National March For Palestine' in central London on November 25, 2023, calling for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images

Sixty-one trucks deliver aid to northern Gaza, says UN – as it happened

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[Mo Thuairim]

Hamas says hostage handover delayed until Israel "adheres to agreement"​

The armed wing of Hamas said on Saturday it was delaying the handover of a second group of hostages as part of a temporary ceasefire deal until Israel “adheres to the terms of the agreement”, Agence France-Presse reports.

According to the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam brigades, the entry of aid into northern Gaza and the selection criteria for the Palestinians held in Israeli prisons were in question.

(BBM) A Hamas source told AFP that the handover of 14 hostages to the Red Cross had begun, and then said the transfer process had been halted.

An Israeli official said the hostages had not yet been handed over to the Red Cross. “Israel has not violated the agreement,” an Israeli source told AFP.

Sixty-one trucks deliver aid to northern Gaza, says UN – as it happened

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[Simply Southern]

Moo ...
Israel WON'T back down and the attack will be ferocious.
Moo ...hamas is making recuses. Either they can't find the hostages or they are injured and abused.
Not buying the not enough aid, and drones. In was my understanding, they agreed not to fly drones within a given time frame.
Guess hamas doesn't have a grasp just how advanced US satellite capability. The US can see, the eyes on a fly, from the sky.
MOO..

 

[JennieM]

2m ago

Egypt is trying to resolve the delay in the second round of Israeli hostage releases from Gaza, a Palestinian official familiar with the matter who did not want to be named told Reuters on Saturday.

The delay comes as Hamas cited issues surrounding the entry of aid into northern Gaza as well as the selection criteria of Palestinian prisoners currently detained in Israeli prisons.

Sixty-one trucks deliver aid to northern Gaza, says UN – as it happened

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[Momoffourboys]

REVEALED: How an Israeli Bedouin mini-bus driver courageously drove into the line of fire during the Hamas massacre on October 7 - saving the lives of 30 Jewish Israelis​

https://twitter.com/x/status/1728469918964752658

 

[PommyMommy]

6min ago

Visiting Gaza, Gallant says IDF troops won’t leave Strip until every hostage returned​

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks with troops in the northern Gaza Strip, November 25, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

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Gallant’s remarks were made as the minister toured the Gaza Strip this morning — for the first time since the start of the war — meeting with commanders and soldiers. Gallant entered the Strip via the sea with the head of the Navy, Vice Adm. David Sa’ar Salama.

“Our ability to bring the first group of hostages comes from the pressure exerted by the military. As soon as the military pressure is on, they want a break. When you increase the pressure, they want another break. When you increase even more, they are ready to come with an offer, and when you increase even more, and they are ready to come with an offer that can be accepted, that’s the whole method,” Gallant says.

“We cannot leave the operation and the war in Gaza until we reach a situation where we bring all the hostages [back], because we have many more,” he says.

Gallant says the ceasefire will be short. “Any further negotiations will be under fire. Meaning, if they want to continue discussing the next [deal], it will be while bombs fall and the forces are fighting, that’s the basis.”

[...]

 

[aafromaa]

Moo ...
Israel WON'T back down and the attack will be ferocious.
Moo ...hamas is making recuses. Either they can't find the hostages or they are injured and abused.
Not buying the not enough aid, and drones. In was my understanding, they agreed not to fly drones within a given time frame.
Guess hamas doesn't have a grasp just how advanced US satellite capability. The US can see, the eyes on a fly, from the sky.
MOO..

Do you (or does any other WSer) have a link to anything detailing the agreement? Or what Thailand gave Hamas to trade for their citizens release?

I expected there to be some Hamas nonsense in these exchanges but thought it would be on the 4th day not the 2nd. How is Israel supposed to trust anything they say about the rest of the hostages when they can’t even get through the 2nd release?

 

[Momoffourboys]

Sheikh Mwafak Tarif, the spiritual leader of the Druze community: "The heart is torn by the great pain of the families of the abductees"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1728477939707113548

 

[Momoffourboys]

'We won't succumb to Hamas' psychological warfare': Hostage families speak out​

The rally took place while 13 kidnapped Israelis were released by Hamas on Friday night, and the anxious wait for their second release continued.​

We won't succumb 'psychological warfare,' Hostage families insist

The rally took place while 13 kidnapped Israelis were released by Hamas on Friday night, and the anxious wait for their second release continued.

www.jpost.com

 

[Sundog]

Do you (or does any other WSer) have a link to anything detailing the agreement? Or what Thailand gave Hamas to trade for their citizens release?

I expected there to be some Hamas nonsense in these exchanges but thought it would be on the 4th day not the 2nd. How is Israel supposed to trust anything they say about the rest of the hostages when they can’t even get through the 2nd release?

It has been reported that Thailand government in Bangkok has connections with Iran so I am assuming that Iran helped with the release of the Thai hostages. This was a separate agreement from the Israeli-Hamas agrreemnt.

 

[Mo Thuairim]

Hamas spokesperson Osama Hamdan told a press conference today that Israel has not fulfilled its part of their truce agreement and that it had informed the mediators about Israel's violations. He also said the group affirmed its commitment to the truce sponsored by Egypt and Qatar that began on Friday.

Hamas spokesperson Osama Hamdan said: A total of 340 aid trucks entered Gaza since yesterday, 65 of which reached northern Gaza and that number is "less than half of what Israel agreed on."

Egypt is trying to resolve the delay in the second round of Israeli hostage releases from Gaza, a Palestinian official familiar with the matter who did not want to be named has told Reuters.

Irish-Israeli girl Emily Hand freed from captivity

Follow developments live as the nine-year-old Irish-Israeli girl Emily Hand, who was held hostage by Hamas, has been freed from captivity in Gaza.

www.rte.ie

 

[Momoffourboys]

Anyone surprised that Hamas is playing games and toying with Israeli families awaiting their loved ones doesn't know Hamas.
This is a terrorist group.
It cares not a whit about Israeli or Palestinian lives.
It lies as a matter of course.That's who we're dealing with.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1728478733659500796

 

[margarita25]

 

[Momoffourboys]

According to Israeli media, a delegation of Egyptian officials has now physically arrived at Rafah crossing where they are meeting Hamas military chief Yahya Sinwar's representativesThey came to exert physical pressure in the abductee crossing area as over 4.5 hours have passed since the handover was due to start

https://twitter.com/x/status/1728482286960574702

 

[PommyMommy]

A Group of Generals and other Officers with the Egyptian Armed Forces have reportedly arrived at the Rafah Border Crossing into the Gaza Strip in order to provide “Pressure” on Hamas to continue with the Release of Hostages.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1728482668138881334

 

[Simply Southern]

Do you (or does any other WSer) have a link to anything detailing the agreement? Or what Thailand gave Hamas to trade for their citizens release?

I expected there to be some Hamas nonsense in these exchanges but thought it would be on the 4th day not the 2nd. How is Israel supposed to trust anything they say about the rest of the hostages when they can’t even get through the 2nd release?

No written agreement that I can find. Media and X postings only source I see.

Yeah, that under the table Thailand deal was kind of hinky. moo

President Biden stated ....not verbatim... hamas only understands pressure.
Moo

 

[Vern]

According to Israeli media, a delegation of Egyptian officials has now physically arrived at Rafah crossing where they are meeting Hamas military chief Yahya Sinwar's representativesThey came to exert physical pressure in the abductee crossing area as over 4.5 hours have passed since the handover was due to start

https://twitter.com/x/status/1728482286960574702

What's the time check for Israel right now??

It's only 1439hrs here, but it must be getting close to midnight there.

Israel gave them until midnight to comply with the Ceasefire Agreement and let the hostages out did it not?

 

[Ravenmoon]

What the time check for Israel right now??

It's only 1439hrs here, but it must be getting close to midnight there.

Israel gave them until midnight to comply with the Ceasefire Agreement and let the hostages out did it not?

8:41 PM

 

[Momoffourboys]

ZAKA volunteers are the unsung heroes of Israel's tragedy. This is why​

Following the Hamas massacre on October 7, hundreds of ZAKA first responders entered southern Israel to collect the dead bodies and ensure their proper burial.​

ZAKA volunteers are the unsung heroes of Israel's tragedy. This is why

Following the Hamas massacre on October 7, hundreds of ZAKA first responders entered southern Israel to collect the dead bodies and ensure their proper burial.

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