Israel - Palestinian militants launch massive attack, 7 Oct 2023 #3

[Momoffourboys]

Body bags upon body bags upon body bags.@davidsaranga
witnessed the aftermath of the horrific Hamas massacre in which over a thousand men, women and children were slaughtered. What he saw is beyond human comprehension. These devastating images will stay with us forever.

https://x.com/Israel/status/1713199363642495146?s=20

 

[Elley Mae]

Sunset there is 6:11 about 45 minutes from now.

 

[cottonweaver]

I don’t trust the bbc either.

Jmo

Okay will use Sky & ITV then

Sky using the word 'militants' instead of terrorists

https://x.com/SkyNews/status/1713018645809402019?s=20

ITV using ' Hamas leaders' and 'fighters'
Fetch the red paint!

https://x.com/itvnews/status/1713107932542337430?s=20

 

[PommyMommy]

Israel-Hamas war live: two safe routes open for people fleeing northern Gaza, says Israel, as UN warns water running out (theguardian.com)
5m ago10.25 EDT

US tells Americans in Gaza to move toward Rafah crossing​

Edward Helmore
The US state department advised US citizens in Gaza to move south toward the Rafah Gate crossing with Egypt as diplomats try to negotiate a five-hour opening to allow civilians out of the blockaded enclave.

A senior department official traveling with secretary of state Antony Blinken said that the US was “trying to facilitate” an agreement with governments in the region to open the Egyptian-controlled gate, CBS reported. Earlier this week Egypt denied it had closed the crossing and accused Israel of blocking access on the Palestinian side with shelling and airstrikes.

“We have informed US citizens in Gaza with whom we are in contact that if they assess it to be safe, they may wish to move closer to the Rafah border crossing,” a spokesperson told CBS and other outlets, adding that “there may be very little notice if the crossing opens and it may only open for a limited time.”

The official said the department was “in touch” with a number of 500-600 US -Palestinian dual nationals who had expressed interest in receiving information about leaving” and had been working with Egypt, Israel and Qatar to open the crossing.

However the official warned that it was “not clear at all if Hamas was going to allow people to make it to Rafah.”

 

[Momoffourboys]

This rally was just 3 days before the massacre.Sadly, one of the founders of this amazing organization is being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas.

Israeli, Palestinian women unite in joint rally for peace​

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2023/10/04/Israeli-Palestinian-women-unite-in-joint-rally-for-peace

 

[PommyMommy]

Benjamin Netanyahu

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With our fighters in the Gaza Strip, on the front line. We are all ready.

 

[Momoffourboys]

A barrage of mortar shells from Lebanon, infiltration attempts, serious and critical casualties from a rocket in Nehariya, towns closed off and residents evacuating. @PiaSteckelbach
joins @laura_i24 with the latest from #Israel's volatile northern border

https://x.com/i24NEWS_EN/status/1713202127114215692?s=20

 

[PommyMommy]

They rain rockets and bullets on us. We rain leaflets on them telling innocents to leave their homes.

There is no proportionality in this war. There’s evil and then there’s those fighting against it.

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[PommyMommy]

44sec ago

Netanyahu tours scenes of Hamas assault for first time​

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured Kibbutz Be’eri and Kibbutz Kfar Azza, two of the worst hit Gaza border communities in last week’s bloody Hamas onslaught, his office announces once he has left the area.

A short statement says Netanyahu “walked between the ruins of the houses where these terrible massacres took place.”

The prime minister was briefed by IDF officers currently there, including from the head of the paratrooper battalion.

This visit was Netanyahu’s first to the scene, more than a week after the massacres that saw more than 1,300 Israelis killed, most of them civilians, as waves of Hamas terrorists breached the border.

Netanyahu has come under increasing criticism for not coming to the scene, attending funerals or visiting the wounded.

Israel-Hamas war live: two safe routes open for people fleeing northern Gaza, says Israel, as UN warns water running out (theguardian.com)
7m ago10.42 EDT

'Next stage is coming,' Netanyahu tells troops​

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu told troops today that “the next stage is coming.”

The Israeli leader was speaking in southern Israel, in a video posted by his office.

 

[DS2021]

Israel's 6-hour window for Palestinians to flee Gaza City has ended. Here's what we know

Israel's military has warned 1.1 million people living in northern Gaza to evacuate amid signs Israel could ramp up its retaliatory offensive against Hamas following the group's October 7 terror attacks. Follow live updates here.

www.cnn.com

Israel's 6-hour window for Palestinians to flee Gaza City has ended. Here's what we know

 

[PommyMommy]

Israel Gaza live news: Children among dead after strike hits Palestinian convoy - BBC News
Posted at 7:487:48

Mothers' WhatsApp group reveals horror of Hamas attack​

It's now a week since the Hamas attack on Israel.

A WhatsApp group of 200 mums, living in southern Israel, has revealed the terror they and their families faced as Hamas militants stormed through their kibbutz seven days ago.

The BBC has viewed the extraordinary minute-by-minute account of the women as they hid from the attack - and grew increasingly desperate when the Israeli state failed to materialise for hours.

Alice Cuddy spoke to three of the women about that day in October when their lives changed forever. Read the full story here.

 

[PommyMommy]

Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages as Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises (cnn.com)
1 min ago

Egyptian authorities are not allowing US nationals to enter Egypt from Gaza, local media says​

Egyptian authorities are not allowing US nationals and citizens of other countries to enter Egypt through the Rafah border crossing on Saturday, insisting that the crossing must also facilitate humanitarian aid to Gaza, according to Alqahera News, a local Egyptian news channel.

"Egyptian authorities have rejected the idea of using the Rafah crossing only for foreigners. They added that, 'The Egyptian position is clear,' and that it requires the facilitation of the entry and passage of aid to the Gaza Strip," Alqahera News said, quoting Egyptian sources.

Alqahera News is owned by Egypt's United Media Services and is linked to the government.

This comes after the US State Department sent guidance to Palestinian-Americans in Gaza saying that the Rafah border crossing "may be open" on Saturday afternoon.

CNN has reached out to Egyptian officials for comment.

A Palestinian border official told CNN Saturday morning that concrete slabs were being placed at the Rafah crossing, blocking all gates. The slabs were being placed by a winch visible on the Egyptian side of the crossing, the official told CNN.

“Hundreds of Palestinians with foreign passports flocked to the Rafah border crossing Saturday and have been sat in the streets for hours, waiting to cross,” the official said. “The gates are closed, and no one is being let through."

“Unfortunately, the crossing is closed. There is no crossing for any traveler or any holder of Arab or foreign residency or otherwise,” the Palestinian border official told CNN.

There are an estimated 500-600 Palestinian-Americans in Gaza.

A senior State DepARTMENT official said earlier that the US is in touch with some of them, but did not say how many had reached out for assistance to leave. The official also said the situation at the border crossing is ever-changing.

 

[PommyMommy]

5:54 pm

Netanyahu speaks to Germany’s Scholz, discuss keeping Hezbollah out of conflict​

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has talked again with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the current situation in Israel following last week’s assault by Hamas.

During their phone conversation on Saturday, both leaders “agreed on the need to avoid a regional conflagration and, in particular, the intervention of Hezbollah in the conflict,” the German government says in a statement, adding that Scholz briefed Netanyahu about his latest diplomatic efforts in this regard.

The German statement said that Netanyahu told Scholz about Israeli efforts to protect civilians in the Gaza Strip which the Israeli leader said were being hindered by Hamas.

Scholz reiterated “Germany’s full solidarity with the people of Israel in these difficult hours and underscored that Germany stands unwaveringly by Israel’s side.”

There was no immediate readout from Israel.

Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages as Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises (cnn.com)
5 min ago

Blinken arrives in the United Arab Emirates as part of multinational diplomatic trip​

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in the United Arab Emirates — his fifth stop in an intensive multinational trip aimed at stopping the war in Israel from expanding further.

The top US diplomat started his day in Saudi Arabia, where he met with the Saudi foreign minister and spoke of protecting civilians and stopping the conflict. He is scheduled to meet with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi.

On Friday, Blinken was in Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain before arriving in Riyadh. He was in Israel on Thursday, and he is slated to stop in Egypt Sunday before returning to the US.

 

[Momoffourboys]

When Hamas terrorists stormed the Zikim kibbutz, Alina Vaisberg, 17, was with her friends and boyfriend, who were later found lying dead in pools of blood. Her fate remains unknown. The last videos of her taken by her boyfriend are chilling, her sister Yasmin tells @laura_i24

https://x.com/i24NEWS_EN/status/1713209249331822858?s=20

 

[PommyMommy]

Israel-Hamas war live: two safe routes open for people fleeing northern Gaza, says Israel, as UN warns water running out (theguardian.com)
2m ago16.06 BST

Summary of the past hours​

• Thousands of Palestinians have continued to leave northern Gaza and cram into already crowded schools, homes and makeshift shelters in the south, as Israeli airstrikes pound the blockaded strip ahead of an expected ground invasion.
• US President Joe Biden said Washington “is working with the governments of Israel, Egypt, Jordan — and with the UN — to surge support to ease the humanitarian consequences of Hamas’s attack, create conditions needed to resume the flow of assistance, and advocate for the upholding of the law of war.”
• Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu told troops in southern Israel that “the next stage is coming.”
• Lebanon’s Hezbollah took responsibility for firing guided missiles and mortars shells toward Israel. In response, the Israeli Defense Forces hit targets in Lebanese territory. Residents of multiple northern Israeli communities have been instructed to take shelter.
• The US state department advised US citizens in Gaza to move south toward the Rafah Gate crossing with Egypt as diplomats try to negotiate a five-hour opening to allow civilians out of the blockaded enclave.
• The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) called on the Israeli authorities “to protect all civilians who have been sheltering” in its premises in the Gaza Strip and said that its shelters “are not safe anymore”.
• UNRWA also warned that “clean water is running out” in Gaza.
• Meirav Eilon Shahar, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations and international organisations in Geneva, has insisted that Israel is complying with international humanitarian law (IHL).
• Thousands of people have joined a pro-Palestine rally in central London over the Israel-Hamas war.
• The death toll in Gaza has risen to at least 2,215, with 8,714 wounded, the local health ministry said.
• Israel’s death toll is at over 1,300, the Israeli authorities said, with more than 3,360 injured.
• Sirens have continued sounding in southern and central Israel.

 

[PommyMommy]

Israel Gaza live news: Children among dead after strike hits Palestinian convoy - BBC News
7:55

US tells citizens in Gaza to go to Rafah crossing with Egypt​

The US government is encouraging its citizens in Gaza to move south toward the Rafah crossing with Egypt.

The only crossing in and out of Gaza that is not controlled by Israel has closed because of Israeli strikes on the Gazan side of the gate.

US State Department says that its citizens should be ready at the crossing for its possible reopening amid the humanitarian crisis, especially after Israel ordered the evacuation of the northern part of the Strip.

"We have informed US citizens in Gaza with whom we are in contact that if they assess it to be safe, they may wish to move closer to the Rafah border crossing," a State Department spokesperson said.

"There may be very little notice if the crossing opens and it may only open for a limited time."

 

[PommyMommy]

Israel Gaza live news: Children among dead after strike hits Palestinian convoy - BBC News
Posted at 8:108:10

'The border crossing isn’t safe, there’s bombing and no shelter'​

Palestinian content creator, Mohamed Aborjelaa, has spent the day at the crossing between Egypt and Gaza.

He says around 500 people holding foreign passports have been trying to get out, with no success.

“The border crossing itself isn’t safe, there’s bombing and there’s no shelter. People got messages telling them to be there from 12 to 3pm local time but at no time during that window was the crossing open” he told the BBC.

Nationalities at the border included American, British, French, Chinese, Swiss and Swedish passport holders. The vast majority were dual nationals also holding a Palestinian passport.

“Some of them are in touch with their embassies, who told them to return to their homes. But some of them don’t have homes to go back to. It’s impossible”.

On his Instagram page, he posted an interview with a young girl holding a British passport.

“I am scared of dying. There’s no water, electricity, internet” she says. “There’s bombing everywhere, and I just don’t know where to go. Where should I go?”

 

[Chimera]

@PommyMommy : Those videos are gut-wrenching.
Our oldest had a training bed with low raised sides in the upper half when she changed from her crib to a 'big bed'.

The footage of those toys interspersed with the blood spatters.

Hope that poor doggo finds a loving family !

My god how disgusting to target a young family like this.
Omo.

 

[PommyMommy]

6:07 pm

Khamenei says Gaza war ‘a symbol of the power of Islam’​

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the recent unprecedented Hamas assault on Israel will lead to victory for the Palestinians and calling the ongoing war “one of the symbols of the power of Islam,” the official IRNA news agency reports.

“Part of the current [events] is an indication of the incredible power of Islam in Palestine and God willing, the move that began in Palestine will move forward and will lead to the full victory of Palestinians,” he said.

6:15 pm

French police: Bomb threat at Palace of Versailles, evacuation underway​

France’s Palace of Versailles was being evacuated on Saturday after a bomb threat, police sources tell AFP.

The alert came via an anonymous message online, a source close to the matter says, adding that the palace, a major tourist attraction, would be closed at least for the rest of the day.

This comes after the Louvre was shuttered amid threats earlier in the day amid spiraling tensions following a deadly Islamist stabbing at a school yesterday.

 

[Chimera]

Israel Gaza live news: Children among dead after strike hits Palestinian convoy - BBC News
Posted at 8:108:10

'The border crossing isn’t safe, there’s bombing and no shelter'​

Palestinian content creator, Mohamed Aborjelaa, has spent the day at the crossing between Egypt and Gaza.

He says around 500 people holding foreign passports have been trying to get out, with no success.

“The border crossing itself isn’t safe, there’s bombing and there’s no shelter. People got messages telling them to be there from 12 to 3pm local time but at no time during that window was the crossing open” he told the BBC.

Nationalities at the border included American, British, French, Chinese, Swiss and Swedish passport holders. The vast majority were dual nationals also holding a Palestinian passport.

“Some of them are in touch with their embassies, who told them to return to their homes. But some of them don’t have homes to go back to. It’s impossible”.

On his Instagram page, he posted an interview with a young girl holding a British passport.

“I am scared of dying. There’s no water, electricity, internet” she says. “There’s bombing everywhere, and I just don’t know where to go. Where should I go?”

This is sad !
And there's no way to ascertain if anyone in Hamas is hiding amongst them ?
Although Egypt isn't letting people in, but they could provide some humanitarian aid by crossing into Gaza themselves, correct ?
Omo.

Eta : I don't think Israel is bombing that specific area where the refugees are fleeing to, though.