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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 7, 2023 12:48:02 GMT -5
For now with conditions Germany releases aid for Palestinians The German Development Ministry announced releasing €71 million ($75.8 million) in aid as part of an ongoing review of its support for Palestinians, and pledged a further €20 million in new funding. Berlin had temporarily suspended its development aid to Palestinian territories pending review following the Hamas terror attack on southern Israel on October 7. "Due to the fragile situation in the region, the review has not yet been fully completed," a statement from the ministry said. However, the ministry said the review has focused on continuing support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). It cited the needs of the people in Gaza and the increasingly unstable situation in neighboring countries. The funding is set to be used particularly for providing drinking water to displaced people in Gaza and Palestinian refugees in Jordan. UNRWA said on Tuesday that some 70% of the population in the Gaza Strip — amounting to 1.5 million people — has been displaced since the beginning of the conflict with Israel. UNRWA spokesperson: 'We need humanitarian access' Belgium says Israeli attacks on Gaza 'disproportionate' Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo told reporters after meeting Jordan'sKing Abdullah in Brussels that both Israel and Hamas "disregard international humanitarian law." "Bombing down a refugee camp because it allegedly houses one Hamas leader is completely disproportionate," he said. "It is never acceptable that so many civilian casualties are caused trying to eliminate one person. "Civilians and civilian places must be protected, but of course Hamas cannot use them as a shelter either because that only complicates matters," the prime minister said. De Croo added that Hamas should release the more than 240 innocent hostages they have held since the October 7 terror attacks as soon as possible, saying it could be an important part of halting the "spiral of violence." www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-netanyahu-open-to-tactical-little-pauses/live-67323956 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 7, 2023 12:50:35 GMT -5
They still telling people get out of Dodge Israel again tells civilians in northern Gaza to move south The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) gave Gaza residents who were still in the north of the enclave a four-hour window to move to the south on Tuesday. The IDF said "thousands" of people were passing through an evacuation corridor they had opened for civilians. According to Reuters and The Associated Press news agencies, residents escaping along the route said they passed tanks in position to possibly begin storming Gaza City, home to around a third of the Palestinian enclave's 2.3 million people. www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-netanyahu-open-to-tactical-little-pauses/live-67323956 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 7, 2023 12:51:28 GMT -5
More foreigin nationals are getting out of NOWWW Baerbock says 30 more German nationals leave Gaza German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Tuesday that more than 30 additional German passport holders and their family members left the Gaza Stripon Monday. In total, more than 50 German nationals have left the besieged Palestinian territory through the Rafah border crossing to Egypt since the Israel-Hamas war started on October 7. The evacuation of German citizens marked "a small glimmer of hope," she said. Baerbock made the announcement after arriving in Tokyo for a two-day meeting with her G7 counterparts, who are set to discuss the situation in Gaza, among other topics. The top German diplomat said she repeatedly pressed for other G7 foreign ministers to back a humanitarian pause of fighting in Gaza to allow the delivery of supplies to civilians caught in the fighting. People in Gaza are in need of water, bread and medical care, Baerbock said, "and the most seriously injured must finally be treated." www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-netanyahu-open-to-tactical-little-pauses/live-67323956 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 7, 2023 15:26:59 GMT -5
Lebanon is being tricky here US envoy visits Lebanon, says stemming conflict's spread of 'utmost importance' A senior advisor to US President Joe Biden, Amos Hochstein, made an unannounced trip to Beirut on Tuesday for talks with Lebanon's parliament speaker and caretaker prime minister. Hochstein told reporters after meeting Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri that restoring calm along Lebanon's southern border was of "utmost importance." "The United States does not want to see conflict in Gaza escalating and expanding into Lebanon," Hochstein said in a brief statement. He did not take questions from reporters. His comments came as the Israeli military and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia exchanged fire along the border, calling their respective actions retaliation for other incidents. Sporadic exchanges of fire across the border have been more or less common since soon after Hamas' October 7 terror attack on Israel. They have also intensified since Israel's ground operations in Gaza began. But at the same time, both sides have so far avoided a larger-scale flare-up in fighting. Canada, France update on citizens leaving Gaza The French and Canadian foreign ministries issued updates on their citizens leaving the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. France's Foreign Ministry said that more than 100 of their nationals and their dependents had left the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing to Egypt. "Two groups of French nationals, officials and rights holders were able to leave" on Monday and Tuesday, the ministry said in a statement. The departures "bring the number of exits organized by France to more than 100 people," it added. It said such operations would continue in the coming days so that all French citizens who wish to leave are able to do so. The Rafah crossing to Egypt first opened to foreign citizens and the injured last week. It had been closed over the weekend, but was then reopened once more on Monday. www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-netanyahu-open-to-tactical-little-pauses/live-67323956 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 7, 2023 15:35:05 GMT -5
That sucks 9 minutes ago9 minutes ago UNRWA says 89 aid workers dead in conflict, most in UN's history The UN's relief agency for the Palestinian Territories, UNRWA, said in its update on the conflict on Tuesday that another of its aid workers was killed and another seriously injured in the past 24 hours. It said that 89 UNRWA colleagues had been killed and at least 26 injured since the outbreak of hostilities. "This is the highest number of United Nations aid workers killed in a conflict in the history of the United Nations," it said in the update. UNRWA said this week that almost 1.5 million people in Gaza in total had been displaced amid the conflict — equivalent to about 70% of its population. Roughly half of those were sheltering at severely overcrowded UNRWA facilities, often schools, it said. It said at least 50 such facilities had been "impacted" since the conflict's outbreak, and said that one displaced person was killed and nine more injured in one such facility in the north of Gaza on Monday after it was "directly hit by strikes." www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-netanyahu-open-to-tactical-little-pauses/live-67323956 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 7, 2023 15:35:46 GMT -5
And US envoy visting Lebanon right now US envoy visits Lebanon, says stemming conflict's spread of 'utmost importance' A senior advisor to US President Joe Biden, Amos Hochstein, made an unannounced trip to Beirut on Tuesday for talks with Lebanon's parliament speaker and caretaker prime minister. Hochstein told reporters after meeting Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri that restoring calm along Lebanon's southern border was of "utmost importance." "The United States does not want to see conflict in Gaza escalating and expanding into Lebanon," Hochstein said in a brief statement. He did not take questions from reporters. His comments came as the Israeli military and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia exchanged fire along the border, calling their respective actions retaliation for other incidents. www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-netanyahu-open-to-tactical-little-pauses/live-67323956 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 8, 2023 11:50:24 GMT -5
Another bloody day in Gaza 'War crimes' in Gaza and Israel, Palestinian death toll climbs, Blinken opposes Israeli reoccupation UN expert denounces 'war crimes' in Gaza and Israel Israel's widespread bombing of homes and civilian sites in Gaza and the indiscriminate firing of rockets by Hamas are "war crimes", an independent United Nations expert said on Wednesday. Israeli strikes have destroyed or damaged 45% of homes in the Palestinian territory, detailed Balakrishnan Rajagopal in a press release, saying this destruction had an "enormous cost in human lives". The UN Special Rapporteur stressed that the targeting of residential areas is strictly prohibited under international law. *Palestinian death toll climbs ** Gaza's health ministry announced on Wednesday that 10,569 people had been killed in Israeli bombardments since the war began on 7 October. The number of dead includes 4,324 children and 2,823 women, the ministry added. Blinken says Israel must not 'reoccupy' Gaza The US Secretary of State urged Israel on Wednesday to not "re-occupy" the Gaza Strip after the current conflict with Hamas, following a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Japan. Israel's key ally, the United States has already said it opposes a possible reoccupation of Palestinian territory after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Monday his country would take "responsibility for security" in Gaza. To achieve "lasting peace and security" in the region, Antony Blinken said Washington believes it is necessary to prevent "the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza", while stopping the territory from "being used as a platform for terrorism". www.euronews.com/2023/11/08/israeli-troops-in-heart-of-gaza-city-us-warns-against-gaza-occupation-cemeteries-now-full |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 8, 2023 11:51:08 GMT -5
Well there is report that IDF may be in Heart of Gaza at this hour Israeli troops in 'heart' of Gaza City Israel's army said it was fighting in the centre of Gaza City, still home to thousands of civilians facing an increasingly disastrous situation after a month of deadly war. Israeli soldiers were now "in the heart" of the Palestinian territory's largest city, Israel's defence minister Yoav Gallant said Tuesday evening. The comments signalled a new stage for the Israeli military as it moves toward what it says is the headquarters and stronghold of the Hamas.. Ground fighting and Israeli strikes have intensified in recent days to "destroy" the Palestinian militant group, he said, adding "there will be no humanitarian truce without the return of the hostages.” www.euronews.com/2023/11/08/israeli-troops-in-heart-of-gaza-city-us-warns-against-gaza-occupation-cemeteries-now-full |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 8, 2023 11:57:55 GMT -5
Yup they are target the tunnels right now Israel-Hamas: IDF enters Gaza City, targets Hamas tunnels Israeli officials said the army was "in the depths of Gaza City" in its fight against militant group Hamas. G7 foreign ministers are, meanwhile, expected to issue a joint statement on the conflict. DW has the latest. G7 foreign ministers back "humanitarian pauses" in fighting in Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has said the Israeli army reached deep into Gaza, where Islamist group Hamas "thought we would never reach" Israeli military claims to have killed a key Hamas rocket maker UN says more Palestinians are fleeing fighting in northern Gaza Merkel calls for action against antisemitism in Germany Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for decisive action to combat antisemitism in Germany. "The democratic majority of our state must remain vigilant," she warned in a statement marking the 85th anniversary of the Nazis' November Pogrom. "The fight against all forms of hostility towards Jews — from the right, from the left and motivated by Islamism — is our state and civic duty," Merkel emphasized. "Jews must be able to feel safe in Germany." The former chancellor added that it is legitimate to wish for a Palestinian state and to criticize the political actions of the German government or the state of Israel. However, no one should use this criticism as a cover "to act out their hatred of the state of Israel and of Jews," she said. Merkel also said that the memory and knowledge of the Holocaust must be passed on from generation to generation. Airstrike kills Hamas arms developer — IDF says Israel's military and security forces have killed a "senior Hamas weapons developer," according to a statement by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The IDF said a strike from a fighter jet killed Mohsen Abu Zina. The IDF said he "served as one of Hamas' leading weapons developers and was an expert in developing strategic weapons and rockets." The statement cited joint intelligence from the IDF and the Shin Bet internal security service. The report of Abu Zina's death could not be independently verified. The statement did not say where Abu Zina was killed. Israel has said it intends to destroy Hamas' military capabilities in its strikes on the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military campaign has left over 10,000 dead in Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-led Health Ministry. Hamas is designated as a terrorist organization by Israel, Germany, the United States and several other countries. It launched terror attacks on southe www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-idf-enters-gaza-city-targets-hamas-tunnels/live-67337103 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 8, 2023 11:58:31 GMT -5
More Palensteins are fleeting the area More Palestinians flee southwards — UN agency The pace of Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza has increased, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA). The agency said up to 15,000 people in the Gaza Strip fled southwards on Tuesday, three times the number estimated to have fled on Monday. Most of those fleeing were children, the elderly and people with disabilities, the UN agency said. UNOCHA said 1.5 million people in the territory were internally displaced. It said that 725,000 were staying at UN facilities, adding that "overcrowding remains a major concern" at shelter www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-idf-enters-gaza-city-targets-hamas-tunnels/live-67337103 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 8, 2023 15:11:22 GMT -5
Now this latest report from DW news blog Israel's army says it has destroyed 130 Hamas tunnels The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say they have destroyed 130 tunnel shafts belonging to Hamas in the Gaza Strip since the conflict with the Islamist militants began a month ago. "Combat engineers fighting in Gaza are destroying the enemy's weapons and are locating, exposing and detonating tunnel shafts," the IDF said in a statement. Israel says Hamas has a vast network of underground tunnels in Gaza. The military released videos showing heavy equipment digging up tunnel entrances and lifting a concrete slab. Water and air supplies in the tunnels were evidence of planned longer stays, the military's statement said. Some of the tunnels have electricity. www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-idf-enters-gaza-city-targets-hamas-tunnels/live-67337103 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 8, 2023 15:12:06 GMT -5
Here moreee Italy to deploy hospital ship off the coast of Gaza Italy is sending a hospital ship to waters off the coast of Gaza to help treat victims of the Israel-Hamas conflict, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said. The ship is leaving on Wednesday from the western Italian port of Civitavecchia, near Rome, with 170 staff, including 30 people trained for medical emergencies, the minister said. He added that Italy was also working to send a field hospital to Gaza. The ship will stop at Cyprus before continuing to the area closest to the Gaza Strip. Injured people will be brought on board for treatment and then returned to Gaza. "We are the first to carry out such a humanitarian operation in this area and we hope that other countries will follow us," Crosetto said. Meanwhile, the Netherlands said it would also UN chief says Gaza death toll shows something 'wrong' with Israel operation United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told the Reuters news agency that the number of civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip shows that there is something "clearly wrong" with Israel's military operation against Hamas. "There are violations by Hamas when they have human shields," Guterres told Reuters. "But when one looks at the number of civilians that were killed with the military operations, there is something that is clearly wrong." The UN chief also noted that the number of child www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-idf-enters-gaza-city-targets-hamas-tunnels/live-67337103 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 8, 2023 15:17:59 GMT -5
I like these armchair Generals NOT LOL! Israel says its forces are at the "heart of Gaza City," where they are targeting Hamas infrastructure and commanders. It is unclear where exactly Israel is operating inside the city. Thousands of Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza say "nothing is left" as Israel continues its offensive. Doctors in Gaza are running out of medical supplies and all bakeries in the north have closed due to lack of water and fuel. As civilian casualties mount, G7 foreign ministers voiced support for humanitarian pauses in the fighting but stopped short of calling for a ceasefire, with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken escalating his opposition to a ceasefire. Israel has ruled out humanitarian pauses without the release of hosta Israel says its forces are at the "heart of Gaza City," where they are targeting Hamas infrastructure and commanders. It is unclear where exactly Israel is operating inside the city. Thousands of Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza say "nothing is left" as Israel continues its offensive. Doctors in Gaza are running out of medical supplies and all bakeries in the north have closed due to lack of water and fuel. As civilian casualties mount, G7 foreign ministers voiced support for humanitarian pauses in the fighting but stopped short of calling for a ceasefire, with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken escalating his opposition to a ceasefire. Israel has ruled out humanitarian pauses without the release of hosta Human Rights Watch calls for investigating attack on ambulance outside Gaza hospital as "possible war crime" The nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch is calling for an investigation into the Israeli military's attack on an ambulance outside Gaza's biggest hospital last week as a "possible war crime." "The Israeli military’s strike on a marked ambulance just outside of Gaza City’s al-Shifa hospital on November 3, 2023, was apparently unlawful and should be investigated as a possible war crime," according to a HRW statement released on Tuesday. The group, which reports on and investigates human rights abuses around the world, has further called on the investigation to be conducted by the United Nations Human Rights Council's Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel. The Israel Defense Forces said edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-11-08-23/index.html |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 8, 2023 15:18:48 GMT -5
Look like Spain may have victim of Hamas here A Spaniard killed in Hamas October 7 attack has been identified, Israeli officials say From CNN’s Al Goodman in Madrid Israeli officials said Wednesday a Spanish man has been identified as being killed by Hamas in the attack on October 7, after he had been listed as missing for a month. Israel’s Ambassador to Spain, Rodica Radian-Gordon, said in a Wednesday post on social media, “Our hearts are broken by the news of the brutal murder of Iván Illarramendi. He has been identified a month after the terrorist massacre committed by Hamas in Israel.” An Israeli embassy spokesperson told CNN, “He was found in Israel. He was murdered on October 7. He was listed as missing. He was identified yesterday” on November 7, a month after the attacks. Acting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez posted on social media that he was “heartbroken” by Illarramendi’s death, adding that “the Spanish government reiterates its condemnation of the terrorist attacks by Hamas on October 7.” Sanchez had publicly identified Illarramendi on October 17, during a news conference in Madrid, when he called “for the immediate release, without conditions, of all of the hostages, under Hamas’s control, including our compatriot Ivan Illarramendi.” Illarramendi was still considered missing at the time. Spain’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday dec edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-11-08-23/index.html |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 9, 2023 11:43:05 GMT -5
Well today start Today there going have 4 hour of pause fighting Israel agrees to four-hour 'pauses' in fighting to let Hamas hostages out, White House announces as Biden says there's NO chance of a ceasefire The White House says Israel has agreed to four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in its assault on Hamas in northern Gaza to get hostages out. National Security Spokesman John Kirby confirmed the windows will be announced three hours in advance and will begin today. The move was announced as President Joe Biden said he had bleak hopes for a long-term ceasefire in Gaza and Israeli troops engaged in brutal street warfare with Hamas. Fighting has intensified in the 34 days since Hamas' brutal October 7 attack, and tensions in the region have sparked attacks on American forces by Iranian-backed proxies. Biden also warned he was prepared to order more airstrikes in the Middle East in retaliation for attacks on U.S. troops. The president said he dispatched two F-15s to attack Iranian Revolutionary Guard weapons depots in Syria because 'they struck us'. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12730655/Israel-agrees-four-hour-pauses-fighting-let-Hamas-hostages-White-House-announces.html |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 9, 2023 11:55:54 GMT -5
Yeah it being now confirmed various News wires Israel-Hamas war: Israel agrees to pauses in Gaza, says US The White House says Israel has agreed to begin daily four-hour "pauses" of military operations in northern Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his position that there would be no cease-fire talks until the militant Islamist group Hamas releases the more than 200 people it is holding hostage Over 50 Western and Arab nations as well as non-governmental organizations are meeting in France to coordinate aid for civilians in the Gaza Strip Israel to begin four-hour pauses in northern Gaza, says US Israel will begin daily four-hour pauses in northern Gaza to allow people to flee fighting in the territory, the White House said. US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said that the first humanitarian pause would be announced Thursday and that the Israelis had committed to announcing each four-hour window at least three hours in advance. Kirby said the pauses would allow people to get out of harm's way and for deliveries of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. He added the breaks in fighting could also be used as a way to get hostages out. "We've been told by the Israelis that there will be no military operations in these areas over the duration of the pause, and that this process is starting today," Kirby said. The White House said US President Joe Biden had asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to institute the daily pauses during a Monday call. www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-thursday-november-9/live-67349840 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 9, 2023 11:56:37 GMT -5
Really sad more people are dying Gaza death toll rises to 10,812: Hamas-run Health Ministry The death toll in the besieged Gaza Strip, which has been under heavy Israeli bombardment for over a month, has risen to 10,812, Hamas' health authorities in Gaza said. The death toll includes 4,412 children, the Gaza Health Ministry said. Some 26,905 more individuals have been injured, it added. The conflict in Gaza followed the October 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel, which Israel says left more than 1,400 dead. The militant group also captured some 240 people as hostages. Israel, the US, Germany and the EU have listed Hamas as a terrorist organization. Aid coming in through Rafah 'blatantly inadequate,' UNRWA chief says The volume of aid coming into the besieged Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing with Egypt is "blatantly inadequate," said Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA). Addressing an international conference on Gaza in Paris, Lazzarini called for all border crossings into the territory to be opened, "in particular, crossing points with Israel like Kerem Shalom." The UNRWA chief mourned the 99 members of staff at the UN agency killed since the start of the conflict, describing the period since Hamas' bloody October 7 attacks on Israel as a "painful month for UNRWA www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-thursday-november-9/live-67349840 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 9, 2023 11:57:27 GMT -5
More bloodshed Several killed in Israeli raid in West Bank, Palestinian Health Ministry says At least ten people were killed during an Israeli raid on Jenin, a Palestinian city in the northern part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Thursday. Twenty more people were injured as a result of the raid, the ministry added. The Israeli military said its forces were conducting counterterrorism raids in Jenin. The IDF said it carried out aerial attacks on "armed men" who shot at the forces and "threw explosives," leading the IDF forces to respond by shooting at them. www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-thursday-november-9/live-67349840 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 9, 2023 15:13:16 GMT -5
This came off BBC world news IDF got video of some of hostage may be alive Israel sees 'sign of life' in Gaza hostage video The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group has posted videos of two Israeli hostages held in Gaza. The group said it was prepared to release a 77-year-old woman and a 13-year-old boy for humanitarian and medical reasons, but only if "appropriate measures" were met. Israel described the videos as an important sign of life, but declined to say whether they would be released. That would play into the captors' "psychological terror", it said. In the video, the two hostages are seen addressing the camera. The woman, Hanna Katsir, a woman in her 70s, is seen sitting in a wheelchair. She was abducted from kibbutz Nir Oz on 7 October, when Hamas attacked Israel. The second is a teenage boy from the same community. Both hostages sharply criticise Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. It is unclear whether they are reading from a script. The BBC will not be broadcasting the clip itself, which is more www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67373461 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 9, 2023 15:17:00 GMT -5
There is possiblty EU may get involved more Leaders of Germany and Egypt discuss Gaza war, humanitarian situation German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken by phone with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi about the war in Gaza. "Chancellor Scholz reiterated that Germany is strongly committed to the protection of civilians and also in favor of humanitarian pauses to enable safe and sufficient humanitarian supplies for the people in the Gaza Strip," government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit said. Scholz and El-Sissi agreed that it remains essential to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from spreading regionally and that only a political solution can bring long-term peace, Hebestreit said. Egypt has been a key player in diplomatic efforts to improve the humanitar www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-thursday-november-9/live-67349840 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 9, 2023 15:17:36 GMT -5
Possibly rocket attack Israel says unidentified drone hits southern city of Eilat A drone of unknown origin has hit a building in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, the Israeli army said. No one was physically hurt in the explosion, but paramedics were treating seven people for shock. Israeli media reported that a school had been damaged. "The identity of the UAV and the details of the incident are under review," the military said in a statement, referring to an unmanned aerial vehicle. So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the incident. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have claimed repeated missile and drone attacks aimed at Israel. The group has stepped up a campaign of disruptive strikes, also targeting US forces in the region, during Israel's war with Hamas. www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-thursday-november-9/live-67349840 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 9, 2023 15:18:34 GMT -5
There might be deal for EU Israeli, US spy chiefs in Doha for talks on Gaza hostage deal — reports Israeli and US spy chiefs have met with the Qatari prime minister in Doha for talks on the parameters of a deal for hostage releases and a potential humanitarian pause to the war in Gaza, news agencies reported. David Barnea, head of Israel's Mossad intelligence service, CIA Director William Burns and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani held the meeting after Qatari mediators met officials from the Hamas political office on Wednesday night. Burns and Barnea "are both visiting Doha for trilateral talks with the Qataris to work through the details of a potential humanitarian pause that would see the release of hostages and more aid entering Gaza," an official was quoted by AFP as saying. "Talks have been progressing well towards a deal in the past few days," the official added. Qatar, where several Hamas political leaders are based, has been leading efforts to mediate between the militant group and Israeli officials for the release of hostages. Hamas militants took more than 240 hostages wh www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-thursday-november-9/live-67349840 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 10, 2023 11:42:27 GMT -5
Like I say it was bloody night in Gaza Israel agrees to 'breaks' in fighting, food running out in Gaza, war devastates Palestinian economy Israel agrees to pauses in northern Gaza The Israeli army has agreed to observe breaks of a few hours each day in the north of the Gaza Strip, to allow Palestinian civilians to flee. “A ceasefire with Hamas means a surrender,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated on Thursday evening on the Fox News channel. Israel, however, agreed to make daily humanitarian pauses from Thursday to allow civilians to flee the north - where fighting is raging - towards the south of the territory, according to the United States. These "breaks" "of four hours in certain areas of the north of the Gaza Strip, will be announced three hours in advance", said White House spokesperson John Kirby. He said Washington has received assurances that "there would be no military operations in these areas for the duration of the pause". The Israeli army opened "an evacuation corridor" on Sunday, but Palestinians have testified to persistent fighting along this road used by 100,000 people since Wednesday, according to figures from the Israeli army. Food running out in Gaza Hundreds of thousands of refugees are crowded in south Gaza, facing increasingly disastrous conditions. “We have no water, no toilets, no bakery,” said Oum Alaa al-Hajin, who found refuge in al-Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younes, after walking for days. “We have a loaf of bread every three or four days, and we have to wait in line for several hours.” According to OCHA, the number of displaced people in Gaza now stands at 1.6 million out of a population of 2.4 million. In the north, where hundreds of thousands of people still remain, "the lack of food is increasingly worrying", said the UN, which says it has been unable to provide assistance for eight days. The hospitals that remain open do have enough medicine and fuel to run generators www.euronews.com/2023/11/10/israel-agrees-to-breaks-in-fighting-food-running-out-in-gaza-war-devastates-palestinian-ec |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 10, 2023 11:43:01 GMT -5
Yeah blame it on Hamas HELLO! Devastating economic collapse in Gaza, says UN A new UN report paints a stark picture of how the Palestinian economy has collapsed after a month of war and Israel’s near-total siege of Gaza. The gross domestic product shrank 4% in the West Bank and Gaza in the war’s first month, pushing more than 400,000 people into poverty. Such a severe economic impact was unseen in the conflicts Syria and Ukraine, or any previous Israel-Hamas war, the UN said. The rapid assessment of the economic consequences of the war released Thursday by the UN Development Program and the UN Economic and Social Commission for West Asia was the first UN report showing the devastating impact of the conflict especially on the Palestinians. If the war continues for a second month, the international organisation predicts that Palestine's GDP, which was $20.4 billion (€19.1bn) before the war began, will drop by 8.4% — a loss of $1.7 bn (€1.6bn). www.euronews.com/2023/11/10/israel-agrees-to-breaks-in-fighting-food-running-out-in-gaza-war-devastates-palestinian-ec |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 10, 2023 11:51:56 GMT -5
SUCK part this only Israel Natonal news they going on so called Shabbath IDF: Three aircraft intfiltrated from Lebanon Nov 10, 2023 The IDF Spokesperson's Unit confirmed that, a short while ago, three aircraft infiltrated into Israeli territory from Lebanon. One was intercepted by the IDF Aerial Defense Array and the other two fell in an area in the north. The event has concluded and the incident is under review. www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 10, 2023 11:55:47 GMT -5
Yeah it got reallyyyyy close to the hospitals Israel-Hamas war: Deadly strikes hit close to Gaza hospitals Hamas-run government in Gaza reports multiple hospitals attacked Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel does not seek to "conquer," "occupy," or "govern" the Gaza Strip US top diplomat Antony Blinken says more needs to be done to protect Palestinian civilians Hamas-run Health Ministry says more than 11,000 killed in Gaza Nearly 600 foreign passport holders to leave Gaza on Friday A total of 594 foreigners and Palestinian dual nationals were expected to leave the Gaza Strip for Egypt on Friday, according to Palestinian sources cited by Germany's DPA news agency. Those leaving via the Rafah border crossing were said to include citizens of Canada, the US, Germany, Romania, Russia, Brazil, Poland, and other countries. The border authority told the travelers to arrive at the crossing early in the morning to wait to leave the besieged territory. The Rafah border in southern Gaza is the only crossing not controlled by Israel. It has been used for aid deliveries and to 2 injured in Israel after Hamas rockets: medics Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said sirens were sounding in Tel Aviv and central Israel, with reports of two injuries. The Magen David Adom rescue service said two women were wounded by shrapnel from the salvo. More than 100 UN workers killed since October 7 Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, said over 100 United Nations workers were confirmed dead during the conflict in the Gaza Strip. "Devastated. Over 100 UNRWA colleagues confirmed killed in 1 month. Parents, teachers, nurses, doctors, support staff. UNRWA is mourning, Palestinians mourning, Israelis mourning," Lazzarini said on X. UNRWA had confirmed a day earlier that 99 of its workers were killed in Gaza, saying: "This is the highest number of United Nations aid workers killed in a conflict in the history of the United Nations." www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-deadly-strikes-hit-close-to-gaza-hospitals/live-67362724 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 10, 2023 11:56:40 GMT -5
THis one of main hospital got hit Bombardment' reported in Gaza's Shifa hospital compound World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Margaret Harris said the Shifa hospital, in central Gaza City, was "coming under bombardment," adding that there were reports of more hospitals being attacked in Gaza. The Hamas-run government in Gaza earlier said 13 people were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli attack on the Shifa hospital compound. A Palestinian official quoted by the DPA news agency said multiple hospitals in Gaza, including Shifa, were coming under fire. When asked about Hamas accusing Israel of the bombing, Harris said: "I haven't got the detail on Al Shifa, but we do know they are coming under bombardment." www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-deadly-strikes-hit-close-to-gaza-hospitals/live-67362724 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 10, 2023 13:30:02 GMT -5
Well that report right now Poll suggests most Israelis want to negotiate for hostages but continue fighting From CNN’s Richard Allen Greene in Jerusalem An increasing number of Israelis say their country should immediately begin negotiations with Hamas for the release of hostages held in Gaza – but should continue fighting while negotiating, a new survey out Friday suggests. Nearly four out of 10 Israelis (38%) expressed the opinion in a survey by the Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute. That’s a rise from 32% saying Israel should negotiate while fighting when the survey was last conducted about two weeks earlier. Another 22% – about one in five – said Israel should not negotiate at all to trade Hamas prisoners in Israeli jails for hostages. One in 10 (10%) said Israel should negotiate only when the fighting is over, while about one in five (21%) said Israel should begin negotiations immediately, even if it meant halting the fighting. The survey of 606 men and women was carried out online and by phone on November 5-6, 2023. Some 502 interviews were in Hebrew and 104 were in Arabic. The margin of error on the full sample is four points. Hezbollah and IDF cross-border skirmishes continue Friday, Lebanese state-run media says Cross-border skirmishes between the militant group Hezbollah and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continue Friday, Lebanon's state-run NNA news reported. According to NNA news, Israeli artillery fire near the Lebanese towns of Ramiya and Bayt Lif and Israeli drones over the eastern sector of the Israel-Lebanon border were reported Friday morning. Later Friday, Hezbollah claimed it struck Israeli troops in the eastern sector — which was followed by Israeli artillery strikes in the area where that attack was launched, according to NNA. Hezbollah also reportedly targeted the Israeli town of Metula with a guided missile, and Israel responded with artillery, according to NNA. edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-11-10-23 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 10, 2023 13:30:55 GMT -5
They think that hospital they hit with rocket might be Hamas terrorist MIGHT BE US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday gave one of his most direct condemnations of the civilian death toll in Gaza. “Far too many Palestinians have been killed. Far too many have suffered these past weeks,” Blinken said at a press availability in the Indian capital of New Delhi. He added that more needs to be done to “minimize harm to Palestinian civilians.” Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces announced a six-hour long window Friday for an evacuation corridor along Salah Eddin Street for people to flee south from northern Gaza. These are some of the latest developments: Hospital "completely surrounded": The director of a hospital in northern Gaza has warned that the medical center is completely surrounded by tanks, making it impossible to leave. Mustafa al-Kahlout, who heads Al Nasr hospital and Al Rantisi pediatric hospital, urged for an evacuation of the doctors and patients inside as fighting intensifies. Al-Shifa Hospital: Several social media videos are showing people injured in what was described as the outpatient clinic of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. It’s unclear what struck the hospital, but the videos show injured people lying on the ground of the outdoor clinic. Witnesses in the videos said it was due to strikes on the area. CNN could not verify potential strikes and has reached out to the Israel Defense Forces. "Nowhere in Gaza is safe": The top United Nations human rights official on Friday raised doubts over Israel’s unilateral establishment of “safe zones” in Gaza, saying that nowhere within the territory was safe for civilians. “Demands for civilians to relocate to an Israeli Defense Force(s)-designated ‘safe zone’ are also very alarming,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said during a news conference in Amman, Jordan. Israeli attacks in Gaza have resulted in the deaths of 11,025 Palestinians since October 7, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah, which draws its figures from the Hamas-controlled health ministry in Gaza. CNN cannot independently verify these numbers. Six-hour evacuation corridor: The Israel Defense Forces on Friday announced a six-hour-long window for an evacuation corridor along Salah Eddin Street for people to flee south from northern Gaza. The corridor, it said, would be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. local time (3 a.m. ET to 9 a.m. ET). Thousands of Gazans have fled south in recent days, according to the Israeli government and the United Nations. Tel Aviv rocket interception: A CNN team in Tel Aviv on Friday witnessed about 10 interceptions by Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system of rockets edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-11-10-23 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Nov 10, 2023 13:56:53 GMT -5
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