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

[fred&edna]

https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1719106554417332464?s=20

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has of course claimed Responsibility for the Drone Attack within the last hour on U.S. Forces at Al-Asad Airbase in Western Iraq, with 2 Attack Drones said to have Struck the Base; this is the Forth Attack by the Iranian-Backed Group on U.S. Troops in the Region within the last 24 Hours and the Second Attack on Al-Asad Airbase in the last 12 Hours.

https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1719107342657060911?s=20

The number of Attacks that have been committed by this Group against U.S. Forces in Western Iraq and Eastern Syria over the last two weeks could easily be over 30 by now, with only a Single Official Response so far by the U.S. Military and that only being the Destruction of 2 Munition Storage Sites causing No Iranian or Militia Casualties.

 

[otto]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719105696459849802

 

[otto]

Recalling the announcement from IDF - that they would pay for information about the location of hostages - I wonder whether that is how the IDF soldier was rescued today.

 

[Friday Fan]

Recalling the announcement from IDF - that they would pay for information about the location of hostages - I wonder whether that is how the IDF soldier was rescued today.

Yeah. And they are paying good money! Gotta give them credit for that!

 

[lonetraveler]

The young woman paraded around by Hamas body was found. Beheaded.

Israeli officials identify Shani Louk's body, beheaded by 'sadistic animals'

The body of Shani Louk, who was paraded around behind a pickup truck by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, was identified by Israeli officials after it was found beheaded.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Arkay]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719105696459849802

IMO they are very fortunate that Israel is a civilized society.

They know the Israelis are not going to find their families and defile their children, their wives, their mothers and grandmothers. Israel won’t behead their families, won’t kidnap civilians, won’t set them on fire.

Right now, Israel has to do what it has to do. Families were given so much advance notice to evacuate, but Israel does have to capture and/or kill anyone who is affiliated with Hamas. And even Hamas has admitted that they built their tunnels to entwine with hospitals etc., so as to prevent Israel from striking them.

The only problem is this may increase Palestinian demand for the release of these prisoners along with 6000 others.

IMO

 

[Mo Thuairim]

Cyprus is doubling the capacity of its main migrant reception camp in preparation for a potentially large influx of people if the Israel-Gaza conflict escalates, according to authorities, AP reported.

The Pournara reception camp on the outskirts of the capital, Nicosia, currently has a capacity of 1,153 people.

It will also receive an increase in staffing to adequately provide needed care to new arrivals and expedite asylum application processing, Cyprus’ interior minister Constantinos Ioannou said in a statement.

Hamas reports clashes with IDF – as it happened

This blog is now closed.See all our Israel-Hamas war coverage

www.theguardian.com

 

[Dotta]

Cyprus is doubling the capacity of its main migrant reception camp in preparation for a potentially large influx of people if the Israel-Gaza conflict escalates, according to authorities, AP reported.

The Pournara reception camp on the outskirts of the capital, Nicosia, currently has a capacity of 1,153 people.

It will also receive an increase in staffing to adequately provide needed care to new arrivals and expedite asylum application processing, Cyprus’ interior minister Constantinos Ioannou said in a statement.

Hamas reports clashes with IDF – as it happened

This blog is now closed.See all our Israel-Hamas war coverage

www.theguardian.com

Didn't I predict it?
Mediterranean Sea route.
Of course.

 

[Mo Thuairim]

Israeli strike damages Gaza’s leading cancer hospital, hospital director says​

From CNN’s Kareem El Damanhoury, Gul Tuysuz, Ibrahim Dahman & Paul Murphy

An Israeli attack has damaged the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, Gaza’s leading cancer hospital, director Sobhi Skaik told CNN on Monday.

The building suffered a direct hit to the third floor, Skaik said, causing damage to oxygen and water supplies but no injuries to people inside.

A video circulating on social media and geolocated by CNN showed smoke emerging from the hospital’s central building.

“The most severe damage is the anxiety and panic that afflicts patients,” Skaik said. “Today, there were people who fled the hospital because of what they saw.”

CNN has asked the Israeli military for comment.

The hospital, which is located just to the south of Gaza City, was funded by the Turkish government, which expressed its anger over the strike in a statement from the Foreign Ministry.

“There is no explanation for such an attack, even though all necessary information, including the coordinates of the institution in question … was shared with the Israeli authorities in advance,” said officials in Ankara, Turkey's capital.

Director Skaik said 200 people worked at the hospital, treating thousands of patients from across the strip each year.

He said the international community needed to do more to protect those most in need.

“We hope that a cancer patient will not be killed in a hospital bed as a result of airstrikes,” he said.

Second hospital struck in Beit Lahiya: Separately, Dr. Ateh Al Kahlout, the director the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, told CNN the building and its immediate vicinity had been shelled four times over the course of the day.

The hospital is in the northeast corner of the Gaza strip, which has come under some of the most sustained Israeli attacks since October 7.

Health officials have previously reported medical teams being unable to enter or exit the building due to damage from air strikes.

The hospital continues to be operating below full capacity, Al Kahlout told CNN, while at the same time it continues to provide shelter to thousands of displaced people.

October 30, 2023 - Israel-Hamas war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear on Monday that Israel would not agree to a ceasefire, saying "this is a time for war."

edition.cnn.com

 

[AliceInPain]

The young woman paraded around by Hamas body was found. Beheaded.

Israeli officials identify Shani Louk's body, beheaded by 'sadistic animals'

The body of Shani Louk, who was paraded around behind a pickup truck by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, was identified by Israeli officials after it was found beheaded.

www.foxnews.com

Shani's body has not been found and she was not beheaded. The president was talking before he knew all the facts. A piece of her skull was found that confirmed she's not alive. When I watched the video of her being "paraded around" the first time I thought she may have been alive. Today I came across a longer HQ version. She was very clearly not alive and they were also showing off the back of her skull where they shot her, holding up her hair. A civilian spat on her dead body.

 

[fred&edna]

I'm not sure why these tidbits of info about Hamas official "Abu Marzouk" keep finding their way to me.

Hamas Official Mousa Abu Marzouk: The Tunnels In Gaza Were Built To Protect Hamas Fighters, Not Civilians; Protecting Gaza Civilians Is The Responsibility Of The U.N. And Israel

Mousa Abu Marzouk, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau said in an October 27, 2023 interview that aired on Russia Tod...

www.memri.org

Mousa Abu Marzouk, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau said in an October 27, 2023 interview that aired on Russia Today TV that the tunnels in Gaza were built to protect Hams fighters from airstrikes, not civilians. He added that Hamas fights Israel from within the tunnels. Abu Marzouq added that since 75% of the residents in the Gaza Strip are refugees, it is the responsibility of the United Nations to protect them. He added that according to the Geneva Conventions, it is the responsibility of the "occupation" to provide civilians in Gaza "will all the services," as long as they are under occupation.

Interviewer: "Many people are asking: Since you have built 500 kilometers of tunnels, why haven't you built bomb shelters, where civilians can hide during bombardment?"

Mousa Abu Marzouk: "We have built the tunnels because we have no other way of protecting ourselves from being targeted and killed. These tunnels are meant to protect us from the airplanes. We are fighting from inside the tunnels. Everybody knows that 75% of the people in the Gaza Strip are refugees, and it is the responsibility of the United Nations to protect them. According to the Geneva Convention, it is the responsibility of the occupation to provide them with all the services as long as they are under occupation."

 

[fred&edna]

dbm

 

[otto]

Regarding numerous warnings from IDF for people North of the Gaza River to evacuate to South of the Gaza River, they were initially given 24 hours to evacuate. There were many announcements from the UN, and other spokespersons for Hamas, stating that locals needed more time than 24 hours - especially to evacuate the hospital.

Fair enough. IDF then provided 3 weeks to evacuate. Locals were told that anyone who remained in the area could be viewed as Hamas. There's no excuse for anyone to remain in Gaza City, casually socializing in the hospital hallways, when Hamas is hiding in tunnels under the hospital.

Hospitals asked for more time, received more time, and then ... it appears they did not evacuate. Why did they ask for more time when they had no intention of evacuating?

 

[Friday Fan]

I'm not sure why these tidbits of info about Hamas official "Abu Marzouk" keep finding their way to me.

Hamas Official Mousa Abu Marzouk: The Tunnels In Gaza Were Built To Protect Hamas Fighters, Not Civilians; Protecting Gaza Civilians Is The Responsibility Of The U.N. And Israel

Mousa Abu Marzouk, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau said in an October 27, 2023 interview that aired on Russia Tod...

www.memri.org

Mousa Abu Marzouk, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau said in an October 27, 2023 interview that aired on Russia Today TV that the tunnels in Gaza were built to protect Hams fighters from airstrikes, not civilians. He added that Hamas fights Israel from within the tunnels. Abu Marzouq added that since 75% of the residents in the Gaza Strip are refugees, it is the responsibility of the United Nations to protect them. He added that according to the Geneva Conventions, it is the responsibility of the "occupation" to provide civilians in Gaza "will all the services," as long as they are under occupation.

Interviewer: "Many people are asking: Since you have built 500 kilometers of tunnels, why haven't you built bomb shelters, where civilians can hide during bombardment?"

Mousa Abu Marzouk: "We have built the tunnels because we have no other way of protecting ourselves from being targeted and killed. These tunnels are meant to protect us from the airplanes. We are fighting from inside the tunnels. Everybody knows that 75% of the people in the Gaza Strip are refugees, and it is the responsibility of the United Nations to protect them. According to the Geneva Convention, it is the responsibility of the occupation to provide them with all the services as long as they are under occupation."

Maybe he's got a thing for you

 

[fred&edna]

Interesting! I had no idea.

First defendant listed:

Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, Defendant

This is a civil action under the Antiterrorism Act (“ATA”), 18 U.S.C. § 2333,arising from the shooting murder of U.S. citizen Yitzchak Weinstock by theterrorist group Hamas – Islamic Resistance Movement (“Hamas”) on December1, 1993, near Jerusalem. The Plaintiffs are Yitzchak’s estate, mother, andsiblings, and the estates of his late father and maternal grandparents. Hamascarried out the terrorist attack in which Yitzchak was murdered. (Compl., ECFNo. 1 at ¶¶ 17-35, 44.)Defendant Hamas was served with process in this action as of August 31,2018. (ECF Nos. 45, 46.) However, Hamas “failed to plead or otherwise defend”this action, Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(a), and after the time to do so expired, the Clerk ofthe Court entered default against Hamas on November 26, 2018 (ECF No. 47).

GovInfo

Official Publications from the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

www.govinfo.gov

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-flsd-1_17-cv-23272/pdf/USCOURTS-flsd-1_17-cv-23272-1.pdf

 

[Friday Fan]

Regarding numerous warnings from IDF for people North of the Gaza River to evacuate to South of the Gaza River, they were initially given 24 hours to evacuate. There were many announcements from the UN, and other spokespersons for Hamas, stating that locals needed more time than 24 hours - especially to evacuate the hospital.

Fair enough. IDF then provided 3 weeks to evacuate. Locals were told that anyone who remained in the area could be viewed as Hamas. There's no excuse for anyone to remain in Gaza City, casually socializing in the hospital hallways, when Hamas is hiding in tunnels under the hospital.

Hospitals asked for more time, received more time, and then ... it appears they did not evacuate. Why did they ask for more time when they had no intention of evacuating?

63 UN workers have also been killed

Gaza hospitals hanging on by a thread: UN humanitarians

UPDATED: With the Israel-Palestine crisis in its fourth week, UN aid teams on Monday highlighted the mounting pressure on north Gaza hospitals where patients and health workers remain, amid reports of expanded Israeli ground operations.

news.un.org

 

[lonetraveler]

Didn't I predict it?
Mediterranean Sea route.
Of course.

Yes, but I came up with the cruise ship taking refugees away from the war area. LOL

 

[fred&edna]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1719144799729516701

 

[PommyMommy]

5hr ago

UN envoy on Syria warns of ‘wider escalation’ of Israel-Hamas war​

The Israel-Hamas conflict has spilled into Syria, which is now “at its most dangerous situation for a long time,” fueled by growing instability and violence and a lack of progress toward a political solution for its 12-year conflict, the UN special envoy for the country says.

Geir Pedersen tells the UN Security Council that he is “sounding an alarm” that the Syrian people now face “a terrifying prospect of a potential wider escalation.” He points to airstrikes attributed to Israel hitting Aleppo and Damascus airports several times and US retaliation against what it says are multiple attacks on its forces by groups the US “claims are backed by Iran, including on Syrian territory.”

4hr ago

PM says all aid to Gaza is checked by Israeli security officials, helps war aims​

The Prime Minister’s Office issues a statement reiterating that any humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza will help its military efforts and is being checked before entry.

“The humanitarian aid allows Israel an important area of activity to reach its war aims,” the PMO says, noting that the aid in question is not coming from Israel, but from international sources, entering via Egypt. Israeli officials have said that enhancing the amount of aid in the southern Gaza Strip will further convince civilians to move out of the north.

[...]

Earlier, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says the US is working toward a plan to greatly increase the amount of aid entering Gaza.

“This first phase that we talked to the Israelis about is trying to get it up to about 100 [truckloads] a day,” Kirby said earlier today, adding that around 45 had got through yesterday. “We’re confident that we can get there in coming days.”

 

[PommyMommy]

3hr ago

Erdan tells Security Council he’ll don yellow Star of David until countries condemn Hamas​

Addressing the UN Security Council meeting on the Israel-Hamas war, Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan likens the current moment to the Holocaust.

“Some of you have learned nothing in the past 80 years. Some of you have forgotten why this body was established,” he says.

“So, I will remind you. From this day on, each time you look at me, you will remember what staying silent in the face of evil means.”

“Just like my grandparents and the grandparents of millions of Jews, from now on, my team and I will wear Yellow stars. We will wear this star until you wake up and condemn the atrocities of Hamas.”

53min ago

Gantz appeals to Arab citizens amid wartime ethnic tensions, says they’re integral part of country​

[...]

In his video address, Gantz stresses that October 7 was a “black day” for all Israelis and that the victims included Jews and Arabs alike.

“Arab Israeli citizens are hurting just like all of us over the criminal massacre of innocent children, women and the elderly,” Gantz says.

[...]

He calls on the public to allow law enforcement to deal with those who are supporting Hamas, rejecting vigilantism.

If there are individual members of Arab society who express support for Hamas, community leaders must denounce them and law enforcement will prosecute them, Gantz asserts.

“Today, it’s important for me to tell the Arab citizens of Israel. We are at a war over the homeland and you are an inseparable part of its inhabitants,” the minister declares. “Only together, all the parts of Israeli society, will we win and bring about better days.”