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

[Momoffourboys]

This is the full statement I issued yesterday regarding the release of Emily Hand

https://twitter.com/x/status/1728814900095701121

 

[PommyMommy]

7:33 pm

4 foreign hostages, 1 Israeli enter Egypt via Rafah on their way to Israel​

An International Red Cross vehicle carrying hostages released by Hamas drives towards the Rafah border point with Egypt ahead of their transfer to Israel on November 26, 2023. (Mohammed ABED / AFP)

The Israel Defense Forces confirms that four hostages, one Israeli and three Thais, have entered Egypt through the Rafah border crossing.

From there, they will be brought into Israel.

The other 12 hostages, handed over to the IDF in central Gaza, are en route to the Hatzerim airbase in southern Israel.

One more hostage was taken directly to Soroka Hospital.

 

[PapillonVert]

Have any Palestinians spoken out against hamas?
Is the media only presenting Palestinian rejoicing in the deaths from Oct 7th?
I assume, they all support PA and hamas as citizens have not spoken?
Moo

We did see a lot of celebration in the streets on 10/7. And there was lots of cheering when the video of the atrocities was shown at the hospital in Gaza. It was disgusting. However, there have also been videos of Palestinians speaking out against Hamas, usually after they get safely out of the grip of the terrorists. IMO they are victims too, in more ways than one- Hamas is taking all their money and aid, indoctrinating their kids, refusing to let them flee to safety, building bunkers for themselves when they could be building them for civilians. It can’t be easy to break free of a terrorist organization like this while they’re still in power. IMO these people know for sure that Hamas doesn’t give a flying you know what about them and they know they have to be careful. And we just saw several people executed by Hamas for supposedly collaborating with Israel.

If you are on Twitter, there are a few Palestinians on Twitter that are very vocal in their condemnation of Hamas - such as John Aziz. And there are also some very vocal Muslim accounts that condemn Hamas, such as Muslims against antisemitism, Imam of peace, etc. I think that as Israel makes more progress in rooting out Hamas that we will hear more Palestinians come forward because it will be safer for them to do so.

MOO

 

[Chimera]

So thankful these hostages are being released !

Sad for the ceasefire and release of Palestinians who have committed crimes, some of them serious ones ?
This is wrong.

Also dismayed at the ceasefire as Hamas is surely recouping their losses, reorganizing their fighting positions, and receiving aid aka weapons -- from the aid trucks from other countries ?
Hamas will now be able to add more terrorists who have been released form prison to add to their foul ranks.
There should not have been terms/negotiations as Hamas had no right to take these Israelis in the first place.
They are owed nothing !!!
Omo.

 

[PommyMommy]

15m ago / 9:24 AM PST

Biden praises the release of American girl from Gaza​

[...]

“Nothing is being taken for granted, but the proof that this is working and worth pursuing further is in every smile and every grateful tear we see on the faces of those families who are finally getting back together again,” he said during remarks in Nantucket, Massachusetts. “The proof is little Abigail.”

“More than 20 other children 18 years and younger have been released — they’ve been released through this deal as well,” he added. “They’ve endured a terrible ordeal and they can now begin the long journey toward healing.”

Biden also said that his administration’s “goal to keep this pause going beyond tomorrow, so that we can continue to see more hostages come out and surge more humanitarian relief into those in need in Gaza.”

Israel-Hamas war live updates: American girl, 4, among 17 hostages freed on third day of cease-fire

Follow NBC News' coverage for live updates about the Israel-Hamas war: Third group of hostages set to be released as truce holds.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Momoffourboys]

Egyptian media airs scenes from the markets of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, more than 50 days since the start of the war. Plenty of people in the streets, rejoicing at the return of vegetables and fruits thanks to the ceasefire agreement.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1728693545492455531

 

[PommyMommy]

Avigail is home! But she’s an orphan. And her brother, who hid in a closet while their mother was murdered, is reportedly not communicating.

We’ll leave no one left behind. And this war will end with the end of Hamas.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1728822525474537919

Hamas could have released little Kfir Bibas any day after he was cruelly abducted on October 7. It’s had three hostage release days. It’s choosing to keep this little baby hostage.

Hamas is evil.
Evil must be eradicated.
Hamas will be eradicated.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1728825118582050976

 

[Momoffourboys]

We did see a lot of celebration in the streets on 10/7. And there was lots of cheering when the video of the atrocities was shown at the hospital in Gaza. It was disgusting. However, there have also been videos of Palestinians speaking out against Hamas, usually after they get safely out of the grip of the terrorists. IMO they are victims too, in more ways than one- Hamas is taking all their money and aid, indoctrinating their kids, refusing to let them flee to safety, building bunkers for themselves when they could be building them for civilians. It can’t be easy to break free of a terrorist organization like this while they’re still in power. IMO these people know for sure that Hamas doesn’t give a flying you know what about them and they know they have to be careful. And we just saw several people executed by Hamas for supposedly collaborating with Israel.

If you are on Twitter, there are a few Palestinians on Twitter that are very vocal in their condemnation of Hamas - such as John Aziz. And there are also some very vocal Muslim accounts that condemn Hamas, such as Muslims against antisemitism, Imam of peace, etc. I think that as Israel makes more progress in rooting out Hamas that we will hear more Palestinians come forward because it will be safer for them to do so.

MOO

Imam of Peace has been vocal for years. I have been following him for a long time. His life has been threatened so many times that he has had to move and hide several times throughout the years. But he won’t stay silent. There are other Imams but none quite as vocal.

 

[margarita25]

Hamas hostages torn by competing emotions upon return

Initial images show joyous reunions between freed hostages and their families, but what follows can be complicated.

www.nbcnews.com

Grief and joy.

These are just two of the complex and sometimes opposing emotions Hamas hostages and their families will experience as they emerge from 50 days in captivity in the Gaza Strip, one expert says.

[...]

Sharone Lifschitz, whose mother Yocheved Lifschitz, 85, was released in October, says the family’s recovery will likely be long and complicated.

“My parents’ house, which they lived in for many, many years, is burned to the ground — there’s nothing left of it,” Sharone Lifschitz, whose father and Yocheved’s husband, Oded, is believed to be still held hostage, told NBC News in an interview. “She does not know if her husband is dead or alive.”

[...]

In video produced by Hamas of the moment she was released, Yocheved Lifschitz turned to one of the armed, balaclava-clad militants leading her and another hostage to freedom, and shook the person’s hand. She uttered one word: “shalom,” Hebrew for “peace.”

She later reported being beaten while in captivity.

Yocheved Lifschitz is experiencing a mix of feelings after the horrific experience of being held deep underground, isolated and in darkness, her daughter said.

“The world she’s coming back to is very, very different,” Sharone Lifschitz said of her mother.

[...]

BBM from above:

“Sharone Lifschitz, whose mother Yocheved Lifschitz, 85, was released in October, says the family’s recovery will likely be long and complicated.”

[…]

“She later reported being beaten while in captivity.”

Do we have more reference on this? Missed it, Tia.

 

[PommyMommy]

7:42 pm

Kfar Aza evacuees erupt in cheers as they spot their neighbors released from Gaza​

Kfar Aza kibbutz members erupt in cheers at the first glimpses of their neighbors and community members returning from Hamas captivity.

“There she is, look!,” screams an excited man, pointing at a giant screen broadcasting Channel 13’s live feed of ICRC transporting the freed hostages.

Each time a new face is identified, the crowd cheers, with several people clutching their faces until the next hostage is visually confirmed.

Families from Kfar Aza say they learned last night that several of their neighbors were scheduled to be released today, and have experienced an emotional rollercoaster capped by joy when the 14 Israeli hostages were confirmed a short while ago to be in Israeli hands.

“We didn’t sleep all night from excitement,” says Meitar Yacobi, 30, who grew up on the kibbutz, in a house sandwiched between the Brodutch and Goldstein families, both of whom have members returning from 51 days of Hamas captivity today.

[...]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1728826091752882335

 

[JennieM]

Hostages passed directly to Israel because elderly woman was 'very sick' – Biden​

Some of the hostages released today were moved directly into Israel from Gaza because one of them was an elderly woman who needed urgent medical treatment, President Biden has said.

The group were originally going to be handed over to Egypt, as happened with those released on Friday and Saturday, but were instead taken to northern Gaza and moved into southern Israel.

Speaking in the last hour, Biden said that an “older, non-American elderly woman was very sick and was in need of immediate medical help”.

“They arranged to cross directly into Israel to be able to take her to a hospital,” he added.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67527098

 

[Momoffourboys]

According to footage broadcast by Al-Jazeera, Hamas handed over some of the hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza City. They were then handed over to the IDF in central Gaza and taken into Israel. The footage may indicate the hostages were being held in areas of Gaza City that the IDF had not yet reached.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1728832675476119805

 

[JennieM]

Israeli forces kill at least 8 Palestinians in surging West Bank violence, health officials say​

JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces operating in the occupied West Bank killed at least eight Palestinians, including at least one militant, in a 24-hour period, Palestinian health officials said Sunday, as a fragile pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip entered its third day.

[…]

Israeli forces kill at least 8 Palestinians in surging West Bank violence, health officials say

Health officials say Israeli forces operating in the occupied West Bank killed at least eight Palestinians in a 24-hour period.

apnews.com

 

[PommyMommy]

BBM from above:

“Sharone Lifschitz, whose mother Yocheved Lifschitz, 85, was released in October, says the family’s recovery will likely be long and complicated.”

[…]

“She later reported being beaten while in captivity.”

Do we have more reference on this? Missed it, Tia.

There is reference to it here somewhere, but more easily found with Google. Here are a couple of articles:

Released hostage, 85-year-old woman, says she was beaten with sticks when kidnapped

Yocheved Lifshitz, an 85-year-old woman released by Hamas, told reporters Tuesday that the militants beat her with sticks, bruising her ribs and making it hard to breathe, as they kidnapped her during their attack on towns in southern Israel on Oct. 7.

www.washingtontimes.com

‘I Went Through Hell,’ Freed Israeli, 85, Says of Subterranean Captivity in Gaza (Published 2023)

Yocheved Lifshitz, a grandmother and Israeli peace activist, was kidnapped, beaten and held in tunnels built by Hamas for 17 days.

www.nytimes.com

Israeli hostage released by Hamas, Yocheved Lifshitz, talks about ordeal, and why she shook her captor's hand

Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, says she "went through hell" being taken hostage by Hamas, but after 2 weeks in captivity, she shook one of the militants' hands.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[PommyMommy]

3min ago

First image emerges of Russian-Israeli Roni Krivoi after release from Hamas​

[...]

Krivoi can be seen in the back of a Red Cross jeep in Gaza and then in a photo after he was handed over to Israeli officials.

Krivoi was released tonight as part of a separate deal between Hamas and Russia, after President Vladimir Putin requested it.

The 25-year-old was born in Israel as the youngest sibling in a Russian family. He was working as a sound technician at the Supernova festival on October 7 when Hamas terrorists stormed the gathering, killing and abducting hundreds.

[...]

 

[Momoffourboys]

First documentation of 4-year-old Abigail Idan, who was released this evening from Hamas captivity

https://twitter.com/x/status/1728832575219863722

 

[PommyMommy]

11m ago / 9:47 AM PST

Three children and their mother among the 17 hostages released​

Hagar Brodutch and her three children, Ofri, Yuval and Uriah, were among the 17 hostages released by Hamas today.

They were taken from Kfar Aza kibbutz on Oct. 7. Ofri turned 10 the next day, according to the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum. Yuval is 8 and Uriah is 4.

Hagar Brodutch, 39, grew up in kibbutz Gvulot and moved to live in Kfar Aza nine years ago with her husband, who works in agriculture, according to a statement from the forum. She works as the community manager for kibbutz Magen.

Israel-Hamas war live updates: American girl, 4, among 17 hostages freed on third day of cease-fire

Follow NBC News' coverage for live updates about the Israel-Hamas war: Third group of hostages set to be released as truce holds.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Momoffourboys]

A report in the French news agency: Hamas informed the mediators of its intention to extend the ceasefire (two to four days) and that it believes that it will be able to bring about the release of 20-40 hostages. According to the report, Hamas has informed the mediators of its intention to extend the ceasefire, and believe that they will be able to secure The release of another 20-40 abductees

https://twitter.com/x/status/1728834730853126539

 

[PommyMommy]

8:00 pm

Biden welcomes release of 4-year-old US-Israeli Avigail Idan who ‘endured the unthinkable’​

US President Joe Biden says he, his wife and so “many Americans are praying” that 4-year-old Israeli-American Avigail Idan will be alright after she was released from Hamas captivity earlier today.

Idan saw her mother killed in front of her in Kibbutz Be’eri during Hamas’s October 7 massacre and then ran to her father who shielded her with his body, as terrorists then shot him dead, Biden says. She then ran to her neighbors’ home where she along with those inside were taken hostage into Gaza.

“What she endured is unthinkable,” Biden says, noting that she celebrated her 4th birthday on Friday in captivity and that he had personally pressed for her release in a recent call with the emir of Qatar.

Biden says he is continuing to work for the release of the remaining hostages, who include eight US citizens and one US Green Card holder. Two other dual Israeli-American nationals are also expected to be released during the ongoing truce. The seven others are male adults, who are not included in the current deal.

[...]

Biden notes that “innocent children in Gaza are suffering greatly as well because this war that Hamas has unleashed,” leading to the deaths of thousands of civilians.

[...]

 

[Momoffourboys]

(Dafna and Ella)
home again

https://twitter.com/x/status/1728836237438730376