Israel - Palestinian militants launch massive attack, 7 Oct 2023 #8

[PommyMommy]

Status update:
Gaza: Strikes continue; dozens killed in IDF ground ops
Lebanon: IDF bombed several Hezbollah targets
Syria: IDF fired back after launches into Israel
IDF fighting a limited war (for now) on 3 fronts

https://twitter.com/x/status/1718729383077126239

The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah will Speak this Friday, November 3rd, at 3pm; with this being the First Speech he has given since the Hamas Surprise Attack against Southern Israel on October 7th.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1718738520229990688

 

[espirtu pampa]

"Fabric of society is starting to break down" in Gaza, UN agency says​

The "fabric of society" in Gaza is starting to break down, an official from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) told CNN — — echoing warnings Sunday of a breakdown in civil order.

Thomas White, director of Affairs for Gaza for UNRWA, spoke about how people were looting logistic and aid warehouses in Gaza.



White said he was concerned for the people of Gaza but also for the UNRWA's ability to maintain operations there. He called for a humanitarian ceasefire, citing the urgent need “get the assistance that people need and stabilize society in Gaza."

October 29, 2023 Israel-Hamas war

Israel says the next stage of its war with Hamas has begun after expanding its ground operations in Gaza. Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis in the enclave is deepening. Follow for live updates.

edition.cnn.com

Maybe Palestinians will start fighting against Hamas.

 

[Brightchaser47]

Let us hope the “beast” is not like the mythical hydra— cut off one head and two more shall grow in its’ place.

We’re not talking about rational minds here. My opinion only.

I was actually referring to Palestinians thinking of Israel as the beast to be defeated, but, yes, Hamas is definitely the hydra.

 

[katydid23]

From Medusa. Dagestanians in Makhachkala airport throw stones at police.
This is how revolutions start in Russia, btw. With angry crowds and a critical mass of people knowing how to use guns which happens after wars. The reason is unimportant. (And - it is the last thing needed now, so I hope this riot will be clashed).

Crowd that has overrun the Makhachkala airport in Dagestan, Russia attacks police — Meduza

Protesters at the Makhachkala airport attempted to overturn a police vehicle. Video footage of the incident has been circulated by Telegram channels.

meduza.io

And the reason the crowd stormed the airport is because they heard a plane from Tel Aviv had just landed. So the crowd stormed the tarmac and began surrounding the deplaning passengers---demanding their passports. There are videos of the crowds doing so.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1718734332892774526

 

[PommyMommy]

Israel-Hamas war live updates: Thousands break into Gaza aid warehouse (nbcnews.com)
6m ago / 2:16 PM PDT

Netanyahu invokes 'Amalek' narrative during speech about expanding ground operation in Gaza​

[...]

“You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible," Netanyahu said during the speech, based on a translation. "And we do remember and we are fighting. Our brave troops and combatants who are now in Gaza or around Gaza, and in all other regions in Israel, are joining this chain of Jewish heroes, a chain that has started 3,000 years ago from Joshua ben Nun, until the heroes of 1948, the Six-Day War, the '73 October War and all other wars in this country."

Amalek is an ancient biblical nation that was situated in Canaan, which was a land in the southern Levant. The Amalekites attacked the Jewish people after the exodus from Egypt, and "they are seen as the archetypal enemy of the Jews," according to Chabad.org.

[...]

 

[Mo Thuairim]

The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, as well as a handful of human rights and civil society NGOs in Israel, are calling for the end to the “state-backed wave of settler violence”.

The statement said:

We, the undersigned human rights and civil society NGOs in Israel, call on the international community to act urgently to stop the state-backed wave of settler violence which has led, and is leading to, the forcible transfer of Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

For the past three weeks, since Hamas’s atrocities of October 7th, settlers have been exploiting the lack of public attention to the West Bank, as well as the general atmosphere of rage against Palestinians, to escalate their campaign of violent attacks in an attempt to forcibly transfer Palestinian communities.

During this period, no fewer than thirteen herding communities have been displaced. Many more are in danger of being forced to flee in the coming days if immediate action is not taken …

Unfortunately, the Israeli government is supportive of these attacks and does nothing to stop this violence. On the contrary: government ministers and other officials are backing the violence and in many cases the military is present or even participates in the violence, including in incidents where settlers have killed Palestinians.

Moreover, since the war has begun there has been a growing number of incidents in which violent settlers have been documented attacking nearby Palestinian communities while wearing military uniform and using government-issued weapons.

Further air and artillery strikes reported in northern Gaza – as it happened

IDF says it attacked Hezbollah in Lebanese territory and launch sites in Syria; Sunday sees largest amount of aid enter Gaza since the conflict began

www.theguardian.com

 

[PommyMommy]

11:17 pm

Dagestan airport ‘freed’ from mob, closed till Nov. 6 — Russian aviation body​

[...]

“The airport in Makhachkala will be closed to receive aircraft… until, preliminarily, 02:59 Moscow time on November 6, 2023,” the agency says.

The head of Russia’s Dagestan republic denounces the mob, vowing punishment.

“All Dagestanis empathize with the suffering of victims by the actions of unrighteous people and politicians and pray for peace in Palestine. But what happened at our airport is outrageous and should receive the appropriate assessment from law enforcement,” Sergei Melikov, the republic’s governor, says on Telegram. “This will be done.”

 

[PommyMommy]

The Bataan Amphibious-Ready Group consisting of the USS Bataan (LHD-5) and USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) as well as roughly 2,000 Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit has now being ordered to Immediately Deploy to the Eastern Mediterranean after recently entering the Red Sea near Yemen; once crossing the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean she will link-up with the remainder of the ARG, the USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) who has been Underway in the Eastern Mediterranean for the last week or so, where they will then await further Orders.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1718742037527228574

 

[katydid23]

11:17 pm

Dagestan airport ‘freed’ from mob, closed till Nov. 6 — Russian aviation body​

[...]

“The airport in Makhachkala will be closed to receive aircraft… until, preliminarily, 02:59 Moscow time on November 6, 2023,” the agency says.

The head of Russia’s Dagestan republic denounces the mob, vowing punishment.

“All Dagestanis empathize with the suffering of victims by the actions of unrighteous people and politicians and pray for peace in Palestine. But what happened at our airport is outrageous and should receive the appropriate assessment from law enforcement,” Sergei Melikov, the republic’s governor, says on Telegram. “This will be done.”

The mob apparently left the airport and is now mobbing in the streets:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1718727567299993763

https://twitter.com/x/status/1718732443925053779

 

[Dotta]

The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, as well as a handful of human rights and civil society NGOs in Israel, are calling for the end to the “state-backed wave of settler violence”.

The statement said:

We, the undersigned human rights and civil society NGOs in Israel, call on the international community to act urgently to stop the state-backed wave of settler violence which has led, and is leading to, the forcible transfer of Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

For the past three weeks, since Hamas’s atrocities of October 7th, settlers have been exploiting the lack of public attention to the West Bank, as well as the general atmosphere of rage against Palestinians, to escalate their campaign of violent attacks in an attempt to forcibly transfer Palestinian communities.

During this period, no fewer than thirteen herding communities have been displaced. Many more are in danger of being forced to flee in the coming days if immediate action is not taken …

Unfortunately, the Israeli government is supportive of these attacks and does nothing to stop this violence. On the contrary: government ministers and other officials are backing the violence and in many cases the military is present or even participates in the violence, including in incidents where settlers have killed Palestinians.

Moreover, since the war has begun there has been a growing number of incidents in which violent settlers have been documented attacking nearby Palestinian communities while wearing military uniform and using government-issued weapons.

Further air and artillery strikes reported in northern Gaza – as it happened

IDF says it attacked Hezbollah in Lebanese territory and launch sites in Syria; Sunday sees largest amount of aid enter Gaza since the conflict began

www.theguardian.com

The settlers are like "the 5th column" endangering their country.
And making "black PR" for Israel in the world IMO.

Whose interest have they in mind?
Who really benefits from this?
What is their aim?

Not peaceful coexistence - that is for sure.

JMO

 

[PommyMommy]

11:32 pm

Report: Elon Musk speaks to Shin Bet chief on supplying internet to Gaza​

X owner Elon Musk has spoken to Israel’s Shin Bet head Ronen Bar after saying he would enable some internet in Gaza through his Starlink satellite network, Hebrew media outlets report.

Musk told Bar he would only grant access to recognized aid organizations, the reports say.

[...]

According to Channel 12, Musk said he would doublecheck with Israeli and American security officials before enabling any connections.

 

[Friday Fan]

Initial Reports of U.S. Airstrikes on Iranian-Backed Militias near the City of Albukamal on the Syrian-Iraqi Border.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1718725971258282399

An Unknown Aircraft which is believed to be an Iranian Surveillance Aircraft is currently Airborne over the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman likely looking at U.S. Assets in Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE,
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1718726847909749059

It disappeared when it entered Iran near Bandar-e-mahshahr. I don't know if it landed at the airport there or what....

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[Charlot123]

The lynch mob which stormed the airport in Dagestan, Russia to search for Jewish passengers have now stopped a bus full of kids in front of the airportThey suspect that the children are Israeli and demand to check everyone's passports

https://twitter.com/x/status/1718722690368823520

Well, USSR actively supported Yassir Arafat, he was always on Soviet TVs. So when HAMAS took the reigns from PLO, it was a natural step for Russia. “The enemy of my enemy is my friend”. Only in the meantime, Israel stopped being Russia’s enemy, which is natural as 1) Putin himself, his other qualities aside, is not anti-Semitic; 2) he and Netanyahu are both authoritarian and I can imagine them seeing eye to eye; 3) mostly, 1/4 of Israeli immigrants are from former USSR. It means a lot.
4) This being said, all old connections are with the Middle East.

It puts Russia in a precarious position. I would not be surprised the tasks are divided, if one group there meets and talks with HAMAS leaders, and another, communicates with Israel. Basically, the situation is 1) advantageous as it distracts from Ukraine; 2) disadvantageous as Israel is not Russia’s enemy; 3) would be advantageous if Russia could sell anyone arms but it needs them now itself; 4) very disadvantageous as any instability in Islamic world reverberates everywhere else.

So, I have no crystal ball but I won’t be surprised if Russia quietly phased out of that situation. In this regard, Dagestan is a good pretext to deal with “interior issues”.

 

[SouthAussie]

Israel-Hamas war live updates: Thousands break into Gaza aid warehouse (nbcnews.com)
2m ago / 2:00 PM PDT

Gaza receives largest aid shipment since the war began​

The Associated Press

Nearly three dozen trucks entered Gaza on Sunday in the largest aid convoy since the war between Israel and Hamas began, but humanitarian workers said the assistance still fell desperately short of needs after thousands of people broke into warehouses to take flour and basic hygiene products.

Israel has allowed only a trickle of aid to enter. On Sunday, 33 trucks of aid entered the only border crossing from Egypt, a spokesperson at the Rafah crossing, Wael Abo Omar, told The Associated Press.

I have read in multiple places that typically there would be around 400 supply trucks DAILY entering Gaza. Link
Which accentuates the trickle they are now speaking of. And gives a level of understanding how dire the situation is, and why people are stealing supplies from the distribution centres in Gaza as food desperation sets in.

imo

 

[Brightchaser47]

The mob apparently left the airport and is now mobbing in the streets:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1718727567299993763

https://twitter.com/x/status/1718732443925053779

I have two questions:
* Where do all these yahoos come from, to gather so quickly (no jobs, school, etc)?
* How are they hearing about incoming Jews, to even know they're there?

 

[Brightchaser47]

I have read in multiple places that typically there would be around 400 supply trucks DAILY entering Gaza. Link
Which accentuates the trickle they are now speaking of. And gives a level of understanding how dire the situation is, and why people are stealing supplies from the distribution centres in Gaza as food desperation sets in.

imo

I still want to know why they're having to steal it, in the first place...

 

[Charlot123]

I have read in multiple places that typically there would be around 400 supply trucks DAILY entering Gaza. Link
Which accentuates the trickle they are now speaking of. And gives a level of understanding how dire the situation is, and why people are stealing supplies from the distribution centres in Gaza as food desperation sets in.

imo

I don’t know… on the one hand, what HAMAS did in kibitzes was horrible and the sooner Israel takes over, the better.

As a person born in the USSR where there were 3 waves of hunger (1920-21 - claiming 5 million lives; 1931-32 Ukrainian claiming, per my guesstimates, 7 million, 1945-46 claiming 0.5 million) I can’t process people dying of starvation. This is where something needs to be done.

Maybe evacuate at least all Israeli and Palestinian kids for the time being? Let the adults sort out their issues? I am sure many would agree to help.

 

[PommyMommy]

The Israeli Air Force has reportedly just Intercepted a Hostile Target over the Red Sea.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1718743812904784193

NEW: Hamas calls for "decisive" action by Egypt on Gaza aid - Al Mayadeen

https://twitter.com/x/status/1718742008175423790

 

[SouthAussie]

I still want to know why they're having to steal it, in the first place...

My guess is that they are so desperate that they cannot wait for the distribution ... which will be carried out in an orderly manner, with a certain arrangement of who gets the supplies (perhaps first the children, then elderly, then women, then men - or maybe families before singles). Meaning some/many will go without the limited supplies.

I remember seeing photos of people clamouring for food in the Uganda food drops (many years ago). They could wait for hours for their small portion of the food. The lines of needy people were so long.

imo

 

[justtrish]

Maybe Palestinians will start fighting against Hamas.

That would be ideal. They have to want it for themselves if they ever will get out from under HAMAS.