Israel - Palestinian militants launch massive attack, 7 Oct 2023 #2

[PommyMommy]

16min ago

Prisons chief reportedly orders power cut for Palestinian terror convicts​

Israel Prisons Service head Katy Perry has ordered that electricity be cut to prison wings housing Palestinian security inmates, the Ynet news site reports.

No reason for the move is given.

The move come after months of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir pushing to restrict benefits enjoyed by Palestinian prisoners as a punitive measure.

11min ago

Top US diplomat in Israel sees ‘evil’ up close in visit to Kfar Azza​

The head of the US embassy in Israel has paid a visit to Gaza border towns to witness firsthand the extent of the carnage caused by Hamas.

“We’ve come down here along the Gaza periphery to bear witness to the atrocities that were committed here on Saturday, and it’s really unbelievable,” Charge d’Affaires Stephanie Hallet says, choking up in a video filmed from Kfar Azza.

“As a mother and just as a human being, to see and to now what happened here is really important,” says Hallet as she stands next to the US embassy’s defense attache Frank Schlereth.

“We’ve been here, we’ve seen it, and it is evil, and we stand with Israel,” adds Hallett, who is the most senior US official based in Israel.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1712078687968092420

 

[JennieM]

8m ago
There are reports in Israeli media that parts of the opposition will join Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an emergency “unity government”.

Gaza hospitals in crisis, says WHO – as it happened

This blog is now closed. Follow live news at the blog below: Israel-Hamas war live

www.theguardian.com

 

[PommyMommy]

“Mommy I don’t wanna die. I am only 7 years old. I’m too little to die.”
— Lia (7), Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1712038582414655872

 

[JennieM]

BREAKING​

Emergency Israeli government agreed​

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gantz have agreed to form an emergency government.

A "war cabinet" will also be set up - with Netanyahu, Gantz and the country's defence minister.

It means that during the war period, "no bills or government decisions will be promoted that do not concern the conduct of the war" and all senior appointments will be automatically extended during the war period.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67073970

 

[PommyMommy]

4:54 pm

Netanyahu, Gantz agree to form emergency unity government​

An agreement is reached to bring Benny Gantz’s opposition National Unity party into an emergency government amid the war with Hamas in Gaza following days of negotiations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gantz announced in a joint statement.

A small war cabinet to direct the war with Hamas will be created, as demanded by Gantz, which will include just Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Gantz.

Former IDF general National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot together with Minister Ron Dermer will serve as observers in the war cabinet.

For the duration of the war, five members of the National Unity party will be added to the broader security cabinet which operates under every government — Gantz, Eisenkot, MK Gideon Sa’ar and two others yet to be determined.

A position in the war cabinet has been left open for Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, who has refused to join the government if the far-right Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit parties remain in it.

No legislation in Knesset or government resolutions will be advanced during the war that are not related to managing the war, it was agreed

 

[Betty P]

Dan Poraz is Israel’s deputy ambassador to Spain

The Hamas ministry of interior in Gaza is sending residents text messages to NOT evacuate from their homes and to die as martyrs.

https://x.com/PorazDan/status/1712030782158508395?s=20

I dunno, its a text. Could have been written by anyone. JMO

 

[Momoffourboys]

Hamas terrorists are being treated in Israeli hospitals 'I think that really show the humanity behind this war. That Israeli citizens, Israeli medics, Israeli volunteers continue to save all lives, no matter where they're coming from' our
@nicole_Zedek
reports live from Barzilai hospital

https://x.com/i24NEWS_EN/status/1712101907353719258?s=20

 

[PommyMommy]

4:52 pm

Woman who stalled kidnappers returns to scene of 15-hour terror, with UK foreign secretary​

Rachel and David Edery, a couple from Ofakim held hostage for 15 hours in their home, return there for the first time since police rescued them in what has become one of the few points of light to emerge out of Israel since Saturday’s massacres.

“There’s nothing here for me to do, just death and devastation,” Rachel Edery tells The Times of Israel outside the bullet-riddled semi-detached duplex. “I came to say thank you to God for saving our lives, and to our remarkable security forces.”

The Ederys host James Cleverly, the foreign secretary of the United Kingdom, in what’s left of their home. Foreign Minister Eli Cohen meets Cleverly there along with Ofakim Mayor Yitzhak Danino and about 30 reporters, mostly from the foreign press.

Cohen thanks the United Kingdom for its friendship with Israel and promises that Israel will triumph over Hamas. Cleverly says he came to Ofakim “because it’s important to show solidarity right now.”

The couple, who are staying with one of their sons as they coordinate the renovation of their home with insurance agencies and the Defense Ministry, stay mostly in the yard, only peering into the messy interior, which reeks of putrid blood from the five terrorists killed as police moved in to rescue the couple.

Upstairs, flies swarm around puddles of caked blood. The walls are blackened from at least one grenade that went off during the extraction, which ended without any injuries to Israelis. Before the extraction, the terrorists killed at least two police officers outside the Ederys’ home.

In the upstairs seating area, a plate of dried rice and beef stew remains half eaten on a coffee table. Rachel Edery served the five terrorists who entered her home food, sang with them and calmed them down, she later recounted in testimonies that have made her into a local hero. Her calm poise and good humor have won her plaudits around the world.

“The reverse psychology she employed is just amazing, she’s an inspiration,” one local woman, 69-year-old Batsheva Dahan, tells The Times of Israel.

“I was playing for everything, for my whole life. I just wanted to stall them long enough to be alive when the rescue forces break in. But it’s still unbelievable I’m alive,” Edry tells The Times of Israel at her home.

 

[JennieM]

3m ago14.56 BST
Former Israeli minister of defense, Benny Gantz, a key member of the opposition, has agreed to form an emergency government.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought expansion of the government to include politicians in the opposition.

This idea of an “emergency national government” would be to unify a country with deep domestic political fractures during a crisis.

Gaza hospitals in crisis, says WHO – as it happened

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[Momoffourboys]

https://x.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/1712093124850258109?s=20

The #Hezbollah terrorist movement warned on Wednesday that it considers the US a "full partner" with #Israel in the ongoing war launched by Hamas this week, saying it was "not frightened" by the entry of a US aircraft carrier to the area.

 

[PommyMommy]

Live updates: Israel-Hamas war, Gaza hit with airstrikes as atrocities revealed (cnn.com)14 min ago

Germany evacuates students from Israel through Jordan, foreign minister says​

Germany has so far evacuated from Israel students from 17 classes, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told lawmakers Wednesday, after a moment of silence in Parliament to commemorate the victims of the Hamas attacks.

The children were evacuated by moving them on buses to neighboring Jordan, where they flew home from Amman or took flights through Reykjavik, Iceland, if direct flights to Germany were not available.

Lufthansa, the German airline, will also operate eight special flights on Thursday and Friday to evacuate German citizens who had to register with the country's emergency list beforehand.
Around 5,000 Germans so far have registered to leave Israel and will be selected according to urgency, per a government spokesperson. More than 100,000 German citizens — many of them dual nationals — are presently staying in Israel.

“It is already clear that October 7, 2023, will be a turning point for Israel, probably the bloodiest day in the country's history,“ Baerbock said, adding Israel's security is a priority for Germany.

 

[PommyMommy]

10min ago

Netanyahu, Gantz agree to form emergency unity government​

An agreement is reached to bring Benny Gantz’s opposition National Unity party into an emergency government amid the war with Hamas in Gaza following days of negotiations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gantz announced in a joint statement.

A small war cabinet to direct the war with Hamas will be created, as demanded by Gantz, which will include just Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Gantz.

Former IDF general National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot together with Minister Ron Dermer will serve as observers in the war cabinet.

For the duration of the war, five members of the National Unity party will be added to the broader security cabinet which operates under every government — Gantz, Eisenkot, MK Gideon Sa’ar and two others yet to be determined.

A position in the war cabinet has been left open for Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, who has refused to join the government if the far-right Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit parties remain in it.

No legislation in Knesset or government resolutions will be advanced during the war that are not related to managing the war, it was agreed.

 

[JennieM]

More details on emergency government and war cabinet​

Here's a bit more on the agreement to form an emergency government in Israel. It comes after days of talks between PM Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gantz.

Netanyahu first invited the opposition leaders - Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz - to do so on Saturday after the surprise attack by Hamas.

The statement from Netanyahu and Gantz, chair of the National Unity party, released just now reads: "The two agreed on the establishment of an emergency government and a war management cabinet.

"A 'war management cabinet' will be established with three members: the prime minister, the defense minister and the chairman of the National Unity".
There will also be two extra officials serving as observers in the war management cabinet.

"On behalf of the National Unity party a total of five ministers without a portfolio will be added to the political-security cabinet (with one of them as an observer): Benny Gantz, Gideon Sa'ar, Gadi Eisenkot and two other ministers. This is for the duration of the war."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67073970

 

[Gardenista]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1712105537041477665

 

[JennieM]

King Charles condemns ‘barbaric acts of terrorism’ in Israel​

The British monarch is among the latest world figures to condemn the actions of Hamas.

According to a Buckingham Palace spokesperson, King Charles is said to be “appalled by and condemns the barbaric acts of terrorism in Israel”.

“This is a situation His Majesty is extremely concerned about, and he has asked to be kept actively updated.

“His thoughts and prayers are with all of those suffering, particularly those who have lost loved ones, but also those actively involved as we speak.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67073970

 

[MesquiteO21]

https://x.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/1712093124850258109?s=20

The #Hezbollah terrorist movement warned on Wednesday that it considers the US a "full partner" with #Israel in the ongoing war launched by Hamas this week, saying it was "not frightened" by the entry of a US aircraft carrier to the area.

i'm becoming more and more frightened that this will expand beyond just an Israel-H*mas war...dear god please let me be wrong

 

[PommyMommy]

5:08 pm

Army says it is still battling terrorists hiding in south, hostage rescued​

Since Saturday, infantry, combat engineering, and Armored Corps troops have worked to clear the Gaza border communities of Kibbutz Be’eri and Re’im of Palestinian terrorists.

In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces says that the 99th Division has swept every house in the two communities, clashing sporadically with Hamas gunmen.

The military says that in one incident during the last few days, Palestinian terrorists wearing Israeli army uniforms opened fire at troops in Be’eri. An IDF tank fired a shell at the terrorists, killing them.

The rest of the homes in Be’eri were later cleared of any possible terrorists, the IDF adds.
In Re’im in recent days, the IDF says Kfir soldiers encountered a Palestinian terrorist holed up inside a bomb shelter.

Amid an exchange of fire with the terrorist, troops managed to rescue a young civilian, the IDF says, adding that the gunman was eventually killed.

In a call with reporters, the commander of the 99th Division, Brig. Gen. Barak Hiram, says the battles in the two towns were “very difficult.”

“There were very difficult battles, most of them as terrorists fortified themselves against forces that tried to break in. We sustained several wounded and dead,” Hiram says.

He says that in Be’eri, forces killed 108 Palestinian terrorists. The bodies of over 100 Israelis were also found there.

Hiram says that troops “found people handcuffed and shot, babies shot.”

 

[Momoffourboys]

Many of the Israelis being held hostage by Hamas are civilians. Some are disabled. Some are elderly. Some have medical conditions. Some are children. Hamas won't let @ICRC access any of them.

https://x.com/IsraelWarRoom/status/1711781047216517632?s=20

 

[bobbymkii]

The formation of an emergency "unity" government and creation of a "war cabinet."

Not exactly signs that suggest this is going to end any time soon!

 

[Inthedetails]

Dan Poraz is Israel’s deputy ambassador to Spain

The Hamas ministry of interior in Gaza is sending residents text messages to NOT evacuate from their homes and to die as martyrs.

https://x.com/PorazDan/status/1712030782158508395?s=20

So Hamas did have a plan for it's own people after all, to sacrifice civilians in Gaza to make Israel look worse than them. imo

jmo