Israel - Palestinian militants launch massive attack, 7 Oct 2023 #4

[PommyMommy]

4hr ago

Blinken returns to Israel for crisis talks after Arab tour​

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returns to Israel on Monday for talks on the conflict with Hamas following a tour of six Arab countries, an AFP correspondent traveling with him says.

The top US diplomat, who was in Israel on Thursday on a solidarity visit, landed in Tel Aviv and was expected to again meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

3hr ago

Hamas claims to fire rocket at Tel Aviv as large explosion heard in city​

The Hamas terror group says it launched rockets from the Gaza Strip at Tel Aviv a short while ago.

No sirens sounded in the central city, but a large blast was reported heard by residents.

According to Channel 13, one rocket possibly landed in the sea.

2hr ago

Arab League chief demands end to IDF’s military operations in Gaza​

The Arab League chief calls for an immediate end to military operations in the Gaza Strip and for aid to be allowed into to the Palestinian enclave.

“We demand the immediate end of military operations and the opening of safe corridors to bring aid to the population,” Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit says during a meeting with Arab justice ministers in Baghdad.

 

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2hr ago

Hezbollah claims to have destroyed IDF surveillance cameras on Lebanese border​

Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group claims it has destroyed surveillance cameras on several Israeli army posts along the border with Lebanon.

Hezbollah released a video showing snipers destroying surveillance cameras placed on five points along the Lebanon-Israel border, including one outside the Israeli town of Metula.

Hezbollah’s aim appears to be to prevent the Israeli army from monitoring movements on the Lebanese side of the border.

The incidents occurred yesterday.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1713840498736091517

 

[JennieM]

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Wow, must watch video.

So this guy is like a Bin Laden or someone.

Quick google on “Khan Younis,” city in the southern Gaza Strip, from yesterday:

Children injured as Khan Younis in Gaza comes under Israeli bombardment

Residents of Khan Younis used their hands to search through the rubble of their destroyed homes on Saturday, following an Israeli airstrike overnight.

www.nbcnews.com

Map reference from @Vern ’s link



oh yeah, tunnels destroyed there.


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Eta3:

Oh noooo, I just thought of something…(switching topics real quick)

If Iran gets involved, which I’ll pretty much say it’s clearly thrown itself in the mix to put it lightly, they have sophisticated hacking groups, etc., some of which are linked to Russia…

Super quick link for reference/article from 18 April 2023

Iranian-Russian cooperation on hack attacks may challenge Israeli cyber supremacy​

A recent bid to bring down Israeli websites by a group believed linked to Moscow suggests Tehran is getting help upping its cyber warfare capabilities after years of being stymied​

Iranian-Russian cooperation on hack attacks may challenge Israeli cyber supremacy

A recent bid to bring down Israeli websites by a group believed linked to Moscow suggests Tehran is getting help upping its cyber warfare capabilities after years of being stymied

www.timesofisrael.com

Wow, so there is a major active potential cyber element here.


More from the above April 2023 article:


“When the websites of Israeli banks, telecom firms, the postal service, and more were taken down by hackers on Friday, the attack came as less than a surprise.

For years, the last Friday of Ramadan — dedicated to anti-Israel rallies championed by Iran under the banner of “Jerusalem Day” — has been accompanied by hacker groups trying to disrupt Israeli life. As in years past, Friday’s cyberattack barely registered a blip, causing only minor service interruptions according to Israeli authorities. What is significant, however, is who may have been responsible and what message that sends to Israel.

The attack was claimed by a group that goes by the name of “Anonymous Sudan,” which is thought to have no meaningful connection to the Anonymous hacking collective or the Saharan country currently locked in deadly civil strife.

Rather, experts believe the group has strong links to Russia, and given Iran’s prominent role in directing anti-Israel activity to mark Jerusalem Day, many see its fingerprints behind the cyber-assault as well.

If confirmed, Iranian-Russian cooperation in cyberspace would mark a new stage in the long-running shadow war between Israel and Iran, which has largely been waged in computer code. Such a breakthrough would significantly affect the regional balance-of-power — in favor of the Islamic Republic.”

Russia seems very interested and involved in this conflict… This is the latest.

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Russian president Vladimir Putin is on Monday speaking separately to the leaders of Israel, Iran, Syria, Egypt and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Reuters reports Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov said.

An earlier readout of a call between Putin and Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad said the pair “called for an end to the shelling of Gaza and the forced displacement of its residents.”

It will be the first time Putin has spoken to Israel’s leadership since the 7 October Hamas attack was launched.

Iran warns of ‘pre-emptive action’ as Gaza ground assault looms – as it happened

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www.theguardian.com

 

[PommyMommy]

2hr ago

New footage shows dozens of Hamas terrorists entering Kibbutz Be’eri​

New footage shows Hamas’s onslaught on the southern Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, as well as dozens of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip joining the terrorists and looting the community.

Videos published by the South First Responders group on Telegram show more than 10 pickup trucks carrying Hamas terrorists entering the community.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1713855551858217084

Another clip shows dozens of Palestinians arriving, some by car and some on bicycles, and entering the kibbutz. Some of the Palestinians are seen armed.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1713861471996702865

In further clips, the Palestinians can be seen stealing agricultural equipment, motorbikes, and televisions.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1713861480993480915

More than 100 Israelis were murdered by the terrorists in the community.

 

[JennieM]

1m ago
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told British prime minister Rishi Sunak in a call on Monday that western countries should refrain from “provocative steps” regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Turkish presidency said.

Erdoğan also told Sunak that western powers must “remember the unkept promises to Palestine and do what is necessary”, the presidency said. It said the two also discussed the resolution of the “grave humanitarian crisis” in Gaza.

Iran warns of ‘pre-emptive action’ as Gaza ground assault looms – as it happened

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www.theguardian.com

 

[PommyMommy]

2hr ago

IDF says it hit dozens of targets in Strip in recent hours​

The Israel Defense Forces says it carried out dozens of strikes in the Gaza Strip in the last few hours.

The targets have included Hamas headquarters, mortar launching positions, and a number of terrorists at a military compound, according to the IDF.

The IDF says it also struck the command center of Ali Qadhi, a commander in the Hamas commando forces, who was killed in an Israeli strike two days ago.

The IDF also releases footage of several overnight strikes in the Strip.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1713864501391421823

 

[PommyMommy]

2hr ago

Iran claims Hamas willing to release hostages if Israel ends airstrikes on Gaza​

Iran’s Foreign Ministry says that Hamas potentially was ready to release the nearly 200 hostages it is holding if Israel stops its campaign of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. The terror group hasn’t acknowledged making such an offer.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani speaks at a news conference in Tehran. Iran is a main sponsor of Hamas in its fight against Israel.

Hamas officials “stated that they are ready to take necessary measures to release the citizens and civilians held by resistance groups, but their point was that such measures require preparations that are impossible under daily bombardment by the Zionists against various parts of Gaza,” according to Kanaani.

Hamas has said it will trade the captives for thousands of Palestinians held by Israel in the kind of lopsided exchange deals that have been reached in the past.

“We heard from the resistance that they have no problem to continue resisting,” Kanaani said, referring to Hamas. “They said the resistance holds the military capability to continue resisting in the field for a long time.”

 

[PommyMommy]

1hr ago

Liberman: Make aid to Gaza conditional on Red Cross access to hostages​

Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman calls for making humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip contingent upon a Red Cross welfare check upon hostages taken by Hamas to the Gaza Strip on October 7.

Addressing himself to “everyone who speaks now about humanitarian aid,” he demands that it be “provisioned that they get don’t get one crumb, that one liter of water won’t be transferred until the Red Cross sees our abductees.”

The right-wing opposition party head says that “otherwise, it’s abandoning our hostages.”

Israel has already turned on the taps to southern Gaza, where it has urged civilians to flee, ahead of an expected Israeli ground invasion into Gaza’s north.

Explaining his rationale, Liberman says Hamas’s massacres in Israel’s southern Gaza border communities — from where many of the hostages were taken — was horrific.

“I am returning shocked from a visit at Kibbutz Kfar Aza. I thought that such atrocities could only be seen in movies about Nazis.”

“We aren’t talking about humans, we’re talking about Nazi monsters,” Liberman says.

 

[PommyMommy]

1hr ago

Liberman says he has not heard from Netanyahu about joining emergency government​

Addressing the Likud party’s premature Saturday night statement that the Yisrael Beytenu party was joining the government, Avigdor Liberman says that he was not even contacted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s people.

Liberman also says his efforts to offer advice to Netanyahu’s aides have been rebuffed.

“Since Saturday evening, no one has spoken with me. I called the [prime minister’s] military secretary yesterday, I wanted to speak with him and at least share my wisdom… I still haven’t gotten a callback,” the former defense minister says.

“Everyone who called me, I spoke with him,” says Liberman of the stalled efforts to bring him into the national emergency government.

“I haven’t spoken with the prime minister in a long time,” he says.

Liberman said on Saturday that he would only join the government if given a spot on the war council, which comprises Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Minister Benny Gantz, in addition to observers and staff. While remaining on the government’s sidelines, Liberman, a bitter Netanyahu rival, says that for the duration of the war, it’s important to be united.

 

[Momoffourboys]

WATCH Israel's new Saar 6 missile ships in action in their first first operational attack on the Gaza Strip

https://x.com/i24NEWS_EN/status/1713903231829422262?s=20

 

[Mica]

Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Evacuates Americans from Israel​

Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Evacuates Americans from Israel - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News

The Rhapsody of the Seas sailed on Monday from Haifa, on its way to Cyprus, carrying Americans evacuating Israel. The Royal Caribbean International cruise ship was sailing on the request of the U.S. embassy in Israel. “Royal Caribbean Group is actively supporting the U.S. Department of State in...

cruiseindustrynews.com

 

[PommyMommy]

38min ago

Lebanese army says it found 20 rocket launchers set up near border with Israel​

The Lebanese army says search operations have led to the discovery of 20 rockets launchers near the Lebanon-Israel border.

The army says in a statement that four of the launchers discovered had rockets inside them and were ready to be fired at Israel.

The army says military experts are working on dismantling the launchers, which were discovered near the village of Qlaileh, south of the port city of Tyre.

Over the past days dozens of rockets have been fired from Lebanon into northern Israel as tension rises in the region over the war in Gaza — some by Palestinian terror groups and some by Hezbollah.

3min ago

Biden cancels Colorado visit, fueling speculation of Israel trip​

US President Joe Biden has canceled plans for a trip today to Colorado, the White House says, fueling speculation that he will go to Israel in a show of support as it wages war against Hamas.

Biden will instead stay in Washington to attend national security meetings, the White House says in a short statement, as several US media outlets report he might travel to Israel this week.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited Biden yesterday.

 

[Momoffourboys]

Pope Francis' representative in the Holy Land said on Monday he was willing to exchange himself for Israeli children taken hostage by Hamas and held in Gaza. Read more:

https://x.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/1713896177790238787?s=20

 

[PommyMommy]

Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages as crisis deepens in Gaza (cnn.com)
36 min ago

Israel orders evacuation of 28 villages near Lebanese border in northern Israel​

The Israeli government on Monday ordered the evacuation of 28 villages in northern Israel within two kilometers of the country's border with Lebanon.

“The implementation of the plan was approved by Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant," a joint statement by Israel’s Ministry of Defense and the Israel Defense Forces says. "A short while ago, the Northern Command updated the heads of the local authorities on the decision. The plan will be implemented by the heads of the local municipalities, the Ministry of Interior and the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) of the Ministry of Defense."

The 28 communities included in the plan are: Ghajar, Dishon, Kfar Yuval, Margaliot, Metula, Avivim, Dovev, Ma’ayan Baruch, Bara’m, Manara, Yiftach, Malkia, Misgav Am, Yir’on, Dafna, Arab al-Aramshe, Shlomi, Netu’a, Ya’ara, Shtula, Matat, Zari’t, Shomera, Betzet, Adamit, Rosh HaNikram, Hanita and Kfar Giladi.

Some context: News of the evacuation comes amid an exchange of fire on the border between Israel and members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. On Sunday, Israeli jets struck Hezbollah military targets in Lebanon, in response to nine rockets being fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory earlier in the day, the IDF said.

 

[Momoffourboys]

Hamas is a genocidal terrorist organization. We will eliminate Hamas.

https://x.com/IDF/status/1713896361714766026?s=20

 

[Momoffourboys]

Second ‘son of Hamas’ leaves terror group, exposing corruption, Turkish spy ring​

Suheib Yousef, son of Hamas co-founder and brother of 'Green Prince' who secretly worked for Shin Bet, opens up to Israeli TV after also fleeing group; urges his father to resign​

Second 'son of Hamas' leaves terror group, exposing corruption, Turkish spy ring | The Times of Israel

www.timesofisrael.com

 

[PommyMommy]

Israel-Hamas war live updates: Gaza-Egypt border closed as crowds gather in bid to flee (nbcnews.com)
4m ago / 6:11 AM PDT
More than 270 Americans evacuated from Israel are back on the U.S. soil.

NBC News spoke with them as they landed in Tampa, Florida, from the first flight to return to the U.S. in an operation organized by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Ninety-one of the passengers on board were children.

22m ago / 5:52 AM PDT
U.N. says its fuel and medical supplies in Gaza were taken

The United Nations said it has received reports that supplies were taken from its headquarters in Gaza City.

It said in a statement that "a group of people with trucks, purporting to be from the Ministry of Health of the de facto authorities (DFA) in Gaza, removed fuel and medical equipment from the Agency’s compound in Gaza City."

United Nations Relief and Works Agency workers and staff evacuated the headquarters on Friday and have not been able to return. Cameras that normally cover the building's entrance were not working because of blasts, the agency said.

"UNRWA’s fuel and other types of material are kept for strictly humanitarian purposes, and any use of such assets for any other purposes is strongly condemned."

 

[JennieM]

2m ago
In Gaza’s north people have told Reuters that Israeli aircraft bombed areas around the Al-Quds hospital early on Monday. Houses were damaged, forcing hundreds of people to take shelter in the Red Crescent-run hospital.

Health officials said Israeli planes also bombed three offices of the Civil Emergency and ambulance service in Gaza City, killing five people and paralyzing the rescue services.

With hundreds of people trapped in collapsed buildings, rescuers and residents were frantically tearing away rubble, sometimes pulling out barely breathing children.

“We were inside the house when we found bodies scattering, flying in the air – bodies of children who have nothing to do with the war,” said resident Abed Rabayaa, whose neighbour’s house in Khanis Younis was hit overnight.

Iran warns of ‘pre-emptive action’ as Gaza ground assault looms – as it happened

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www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

Thousands living on streets in Khan Younis - resident​

Mohamed Madi
BBC News

Khan Younis, southern Gaza’s largest city, has become a temporary home for hundreds of thousands of people who have fled the northern part of the Strip.
But Mohammed Abo-Rejaal, a Palestinian content creator, says most people there have nowhere to stay.

“Those that have relatives are staying with them. Others have gone to schools, but they’re filling up and the facilities are poor. Thousands more are just staying on the streets,” he adds.

He says there were at least 10 air strikes in and around the city between last night and this morning, hitting residential areas as well as farmland to the east. One of the airstrikes hit the area of Hay al-Amal, causing civilian deaths, he adds.

Overhead, Mohammed says, there’s the constant sound of Israeli surveillance aircraft.
The city is also struggling to cater for this influx of refugees. "The queues for bread are enormous. I know people who started queuing at six in the morning only to get some loaves of bread at noon," he Mohammed says.

The conditions have led some to return to their homes in northern Gaza, despite the threat of an imminent Israeli ground invasion.

“This is no way to live, people are going back because they’d rather die than live like this,” Mohammed says.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67108364

 

[JennieM]

Who can leave Gaza if Rafah crossing into Egypt opens?​

Egypt has been under pressure from diplomats and aid agencies to open the Rafah crossing on its border with Gaza.

That would allow Palestinians with dual nationality - as well as foreign nationals trapped in Gaza - to leave.

Many Palestinian-Americans have already gathered close to the crossing, after the US government on Saturday advised its citizens to move south to be ready for when it opens.

The US Embassy in Israel reiterated this suggestion in a security alert early Monday amid reports that the crossing could re-open on Monday morning local time.
The UK has also been pushing for the crossing to help British nationals leave Gaza, but its foreign secretary James Cleverly said on Sunday that it has "not been successful" in its efforts.

NGOs like ActionAid have also called for the crossing to be open for much-needed humanitarian assistance to come through to Gaza.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67108364