Kriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
#BBCNews - #Israel declares war readiness after attacks from #Gaza
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67036625
Israel attack: PM says Israel at war after 250 killed in attack from Gaza

Palestinian militants take dozens of Israelis hostage as they launch biggest attack in years.

BBC News
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
I can see rockets flying from everywhere'
- #BBC 's Rushdi Abualouf reporting from #Gaza City
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6520fe44f34eee40bb92aac4%26%27I%20can%20see%20rockets%20flying%20from%20everywhere%27%262023-10-07T06%3A54%3A23.527Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:49317fbd-ac92-454f-9dfb-029f5ae6a00e&pinned_post_asset_id=6520fe44f34eee40bb92aac4&pinned_post_type=share
#Israel #Hamas
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
#Hamas claims thousands of rockets fired
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6520f96a3fc96e28602bf939%26Hamas%20claims%20thousands%20of%20rockets%20fired%262023-10-07T06%3A23%3A47.362Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:0d6683a9-1601-406d-8c65-2eba5ba3cf46&pinned_post_asset_id=6520f96a3fc96e28602bf939&pinned_post_type=share
#Israel #Gaza
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
Shocking videos appear to show street shootings in southern #Israel
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6520f8963fc96e28602bf938%26Shocking%20videos%20appear%20to%20show%20street%20shootings%20in%20southern%20Israel%262023-10-07T06%3A20%3A13.738Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:2a481b6d-1e1a-420d-bd0b-fa84ca76b816&pinned_post_asset_id=6520f8963fc96e28602bf938&pinned_post_type=share
#Garage #Hamas
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
Latest hospital figures in the aftermath of the #Hamas attack on #Israel
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=65210e3602d73c280f4a8dca%26Latest%20hospital%20figures%262023-10-07T07%3A53%3A22.080Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:60929d38-918a-4e03-97f1-3be6351e6a76&pinned_post_asset_id=65210e3602d73c280f4a8dca&pinned_post_type=share
#Gaza
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
V @michaelh992:
#Hamas video confirming the group used gliders to get into #Israel - a unit called 'Saqr'
#Gaza
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
Israeli Air Force says dozens of their fighter jets are now attacking targets of #Hamas in the #Gaza Strip in several locations
#Israel
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
Reuters reporting Israel's military spokesman saying that "thousands of reservists will be called up" in the wake of the earlier rocket attacks on #Israel
#hamas #Gaza #IDF
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
#Israel hasn't yet commented on the number of captives
Fighting is still ongoing at the #Erez border crossing as well as at the #Zikim base - a training base belonging to the Israel Defense Forces.
#hamas #Gaza #IDF
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
Those by the #Gaza strip in a nightmare situation
Analysis by #BBC 's Yolande Knell:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=652121563fc96e28602bf962%26Those%20by%20the%20Gaza%20strip%20in%20a%20nightmare%20situation%262023-10-07T09%3A15%3A13.859Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:8425fd1c-5652-4027-a4a7-7fa7181b72d4&pinned_post_asset_id=652121563fc96e28602bf962&pinned_post_type=share
#Israel #hamas
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
#Netanyahu statement
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=65211d6f3fc96e28602bf959%26Israeli%20PM%20statement%20in%20full%262023-10-07T09%3A05%3A41.198Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:0381fee6-614f-4d1f-868e-7cceab2c1f7f&pinned_post_asset_id=65211d6f3fc96e28602bf959&pinned_post_type=share
#Israel #Gaza #hamas
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023

#Israel caught off-guard in #intelligence failure
- analysis by Frank Gardner, #BBC security correspondent

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6521163c02d73c280f4a8dd5%26Israel%20caught%20off-guard%20in%20intelligence%20failure%262023-10-07T08%3A30%3A28.076Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:8fa40b57-2d76-4acf-b4c8-cc391538e88b&pinned_post_asset_id=6521163c02d73c280f4a8dd5&pinned_post_type=share
#Gaza #hamas

Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023

According to Magen David Adom (ambulance services - member of the ICRC) at least 22 people have been killed since the start of the #hamas attack

Acc to local reports at least 300 people have been wounded
#Israel #Gaza

Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
Updates and recap from the #BBCWorldService #news bulletin:
Security forces in southern #Israel have moved to a war footing to combat an unprecedented attack launched by the #Palestinian militant group, #Hamas Militants infiltrated Israel using motorbikes, paragliders and boats. Israeli Radio says 35 Israeli soldiers have been kidnapped.
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
#Israel 's emergency services say at least 22 people have been killed so far. #Israeli military vehicles have been attacked and some taken back over the border into #Gaza
In the town of #Sderot gunmen opened fire on residents. A hospital in #Beersheba (Soroka Medical Center) says it has received more than 80 wounded Israelis, with some in critical condition.
#Gaza #Hamas
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
A barrage of rockets from #Gaza into #Israeli territory began just after dawn, with explosions on the streets of #Ashkelon and #TelAviv. #Israel 's PM Benjamin #Netanyahu said his country was at war, and that it would win. Israeli forces have carried out retaliatory #airstrikes in the #Gaza Strip.
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
#Hamas said their operation was a response to #Israeli violence against #Palestinians in the West Bank. The #Lebanese militant group, #Hezbollah which went to war with #Israel in 2006 has expressed its support for the Hamas operation. The #Palestinian militant faction Islamic #Jihad - which is active in the occupied West Bank - has also backed the incursion.
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023

The US has condemned the violence and urged both sides to refrain from retaliating. Egypt, which usually mediates between #Israel and #Palestinian militants, has warned both sides of dire consequences to the current escalation. In a statement, the Egyptian foreign ministry called for exercising maximum restraint and the need to spare civilians. The EU and several European countries have also condemned the attack.

#BBCWorldService bulletin at 1100 BST

Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
Via #Haaretz :
#Palestinian Islamic #Jihad says it is holding several #Israeli soldiers captive
Sirens still on in #Sderot and #Gaza border communities
#Israel #hamas
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
Update from #BBC 's Yolande Knell on the ongoing attack on #Israel :
At least 40 #Israelis are reported dead
People are calling into TV stations being under attack asking to be rescued; large explosions in #Gaza , casualties reported there too after people rushing out there to buy supplies;
Recap: 8 hours ago dozens of militants entered Israel - no confirmations on numbers yet; fear is the fighting could spread to West Bank - this might become a wider conflict;
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023

#Israel retaliates with air strikes on #Gaza - in response to the rocket attacks by #Palestinian militants earlier on Saturday.

The air strikes have killed 161 people and injured 1,000, according to Palestinian officials.

Emergency services in Israel say more than 40 people have been killed in the morning attack
#hamas

Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023

Recap: Dozens of #Israelis are believed to have been captured by #Palestinian militants in an unprecedented #assault into Israeli territory

"We are at war," says Israel's PM Benjamin #Netanyahu

At least 40 people in #Israel have been confirmed killed, with hundreds of others being treated in #hospitals , according to emergency services

Nearly 200 people have been killed in retaliatory Israeli strikes in the #Gaza strip, officials there say

#hamas

Show threadKriszta Satori
Emergency services say the death toll in #Israel from a surprise attack by #Palestinian militant group #Hamas has increased to 70 - v Magen David Adom (MDAIs) they say 'hundreds are wounded seriously, moderately and lightly'.
Oct 7, 2023 at 3:07pmWeb
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023

V #BBC security corr Frank Gardner:
#Israeli officials deny reports that an #IDF major #general has been kidnapped.

#Hamas claims it has taken 53 "prisoners of war" - ie. hostages.

Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023

V Haaretz:
985 people confirmed wounded in #hamas attack on #Israel
Fighting ongoing in southern communities of Be'eri, Re'im and #Sderot
Hostages held in Be'eri and #Ofakim
_________________
Opp leader Yair #Lapid says he is willing to form emergency govt with #Netanyahu

#Biden offering support

Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023

V Reuters, Guardian:

In a speech on Saturday, #Hamas leader, Ismail #Haniyeh , told Arab countries that #Israel cannot provide them with protection.

Haniyeh added that 'armed #Palestinian factions plan to extend #Gaza ’s fight into the West Bank and Jerusalem'

Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023

V Haaretz:
#Israel 's Health Ministry said the 'number of #Israelis who were wounded and hospitalized reached 1,104 people, incl 17 in critical condition.

200 people seriously wounded, 226 people in moderate condition, 451 sustained minor wounds. In addition, 142 are currently undergoing medical evaluation.'

Rocket sirens in Tel Aviv and central Israel;

#IDF says it killed hundreds of Palestinian militants in southern border communities
Energy minister signs off disconnecting #Gaza
#hamas

Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
Direct hits and casualties reported in multiple locations, including Tel Aviv, Rishon Lezion,Yavne, Bat Yam, following the latest wave of rocket attack
#Israel #hamas #Gaza
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023

V Haaretz:
#Netanyahu 's #Likud party says PM offered #Lapid , #Gantz to form #emergency govt

Other sources say unity govt will be badedon the current govt, incl #Smotrich and Ben Gvir

#Israel #hamas #Gaza

Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023

V Reuters, Guardian:
#Israeli planes bombed the house of #Hamas #Gaza chief Yehya Al-Sinwar in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Hamas media said on Saturday, with no reports of casualties.

V Times of #Israel
Hamas-run health ministry says 232 people killed and 1,697 people wounded in the Gaza Strip.
#KhanYounis

Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
" #Israel has the right to defend itself and its people, full stop," #Biden said. "This is not a moment for any party hostile to Israel to exploit these attacks, to seek an advantage. The world is watching"
#hamas #Gaza
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023

A delicate dilemma: How to get the hostages back? By #BBC Frank Gardner
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=65219fcb3fc96e28602bfc1a%26A%20delicate%20dilemma%20-%20how%20to%20get%20the%20hostages%20back%262023-10-07T18%3A17%3A56.150Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:f07b763b-7905-44f9-b679-af0d43e5fb5c&pinned_post_asset_id=65219fcb3fc96e28602bfc1a&pinned_post_type=share
#Israel #Gaza #hamas

Here is a short documentary about how #GiladShalit was returned:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct3c3v

Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
Israel blindsided by most serious attack in a generation
Analysis by #BBC#MENA editor Jeremy Bowen
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67041679
#Israel #Gaza #hamas
Hamas blindsides Israel with most serious attack in a generation - Jeremy Bowen

Risk of flare-up between Palestinian militants and Israel has been deepening for months, writes Jeremy Bowen.

BBC News
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023

#Israeli captives kept in secure places and tunnels, #Hamas says

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=652188fb3fc96e28602bfbb7%26Israeli%20captives%20kept%20in%20secure%20places%20and%20tunnels%2C%20Hamas%20says%262023-10-07T16%3A44%3A49.520Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:d229d99e-aa21-4d1b-96c1-0ae3a654c6e1&pinned_post_asset_id=652188fb3fc96e28602bfbb7&pinned_post_type=share
#Israel #Gaza

Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
More and more #Israeli soc med (mainly telegram) accts are publishing photos of the missing and are filled with posts of people looking for their loved ones
#Israel #Gaza #hamas
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
V Haaretz:
The centre for locating the #missing will 'operate in HaNegev 4, building 433 in #Israel 's Airport City complex near the Ben Gurion #airport .
Relatives searching for family members are advised to come there with the missing person's identification details, a photograph, and an item from which DNA can be extracted. Relatives who are in conflict zones are urged to report to the police hotline 105 by phone.'
#hamas #Gaza
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 8, 2023
#BBCNews - #Israel faces 'long, difficult war' after #Hamas attack from #Gaza
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67044182
Israel faces 'long, difficult war' after Hamas attack from Gaza

Militants are still fighting in Israel, says the military, after an unprecedented Hamas attack.

BBC News
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 8, 2023
#BBCNews - What we know about #Israeli #hostages taken by #Hamas
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67044255
What we know about Israeli hostages taken by Hamas

A "significant number" of Israelis are being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military says.

BBC News
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 8, 2023
#BBCNews - People hide in homes as #Palestinian militants enter from #Gaza
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67040167
#Israel
People hide in homes as Palestinian militants enter from Gaza

People in towns near the Gaza Strip are phoning news stations saying they are trapped in their homes.

BBC News
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 8, 2023

Deepening risk of an explosion for months
Analysis by #BBC 's Jeremy Bowen

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6521f7fd3fc96e28602bfcbb%26Deepening%20risk%20of%20an%20explosion%20for%20months%262023-10-08T02%3A02%3A05.636Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:a74414de-9dd1-403b-943c-1f8e56633078&pinned_post_asset_id=6521f7fd3fc96e28602bfcbb&pinned_post_type=share
#Israel #Gaza #hamas

Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 8, 2023

Deadliest day of violence since the Yom Kippur war
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6521ed443fc96e28602bfcb6%26Deadliest%20day%20of%20violence%20in%20Israel%20since%20the%20Yom%20Kippur%20war%262023-10-08T00%3A15%3A13.038Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:f3e4393e-3d46-4027-8fbc-c002fd2d8d14&pinned_post_asset_id=6521ed443fc96e28602bfcb6&pinned_post_type=share
At least 250 #Israelis have been reportedly killed following #Hamas 's ground, air and sea offensive. More than 1,000 people have been wounded - and more than 3,000 rockets have been fired into the Israeli territory, according to the #Israeli army.

More than 230 #Gazans were also killed when #Israel responded with retaliatory strikes, #Gaza officials have said.

Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 8, 2023
Dangerous moment as pressure piles on #Netanyahu to do something big
- Analysis by BBC 's chief International correspondent Lyse Doucet
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6521d1c402d73c280f4a9185%26Dangerous%20moment%20as%20pressure%20piles%20on%20Netanyahu%20to%20do%20something%20big%262023-10-07T23%3A32%3A19.347Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:75b7f0e8-8fab-4b31-aeed-4357386443ea&pinned_post_asset_id=6521d1c402d73c280f4a9185&pinned_post_type=share
#Israel #hamas #Gaza
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 8, 2023
#Israeli army tells Gaza Strip residents to take shelter
- reporting by #BBC 's #Gaza correspondent Rushdi Abualouf
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6521e1b4f34eee40bb92ae7f%26Israeli%20army%20tells%20Gaza%20Strip%20residents%20to%20take%20shelter%262023-10-07T22%3A54%3A45.219Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:a3d0dbcc-7313-443b-902a-eb0c36f6af51&pinned_post_asset_id=6521e1b4f34eee40bb92ae7f&pinned_post_type=share
Witnesses told the BBC that dozens of families had started leaving their homes and were sheltering in UN schools.
#Israel #Hamas
Show threadElizabeth AlcinoeOct 8, 2023
@fulelo "...an endless cycle of suffering" So tragic.
Show threadTransitBikerOct 8, 2023
@fulelo he should resign then
Show threadLyla MehtaOct 8, 2023
@fulelo the ‘biggest’ & best thing would be to resign.
Show threadekesOct 8, 2023

@fulelo

Lyse Doucet does realize Netanyahu is part of the right wing and also one of those wishing to do something big?

Show threadElizabeth AlcinoeOct 8, 2023
@fulelo It's all so awful, what is happening in our world.
Show threadJeri DanskyOct 8, 2023
@fulelo Thank you so much for all your reporting here on Mastodon.
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 8, 2023
@jeridansky thanks for reading it, Jeri
Show threadHashOct 7, 2023
@fulelo Direct rocket hit on a building in tel aviv
Show threadHashOct 7, 2023
@fulelo
Florentino neighborhood hit by rocket
Show threadRob DolinOct 7, 2023
@fulelo can you share your source for the #Ofakim story? I’m trying to find more info as we have family there. Thanks much.
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
@robdolin came via Haaretz, they have granular details. Hope your family is safe
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
@robdolin Mannie Fabian of ToI has written about it too
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 7, 2023
@robdolin was mentioned here too
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=652183d73fc96e28602bfb9d%26What%27s%20happened%20so%20far%3F%262023-10-07T16%3A53%3A17.071Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:dd8f3230-e3f3-4c4d-bb69-72ef308d691c&pinned_post_asset_id=652183d73fc96e28602bfb9d&pinned_post_type=share
Show threadRob DolinOct 7, 2023
@fulelo Thank you for Sharing these #Ofakim references
Show threadKriszta SatoriOct 8, 2023
@robdolin https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6521efe13fc96e28602bfcb7%26Hostages%20rescued%20in%20Israeli%20town%20-%20media%20reports%262023-10-08T00%3A00%3A45.173Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:22d09710-1c48-4577-86a5-3575c7770848&pinned_post_asset_id=6521efe13fc96e28602bfcb7&pinned_post_type=share
Show threadRob DolinOct 8, 2023
@fulelo good news that hostages from #Ofakim were rescued. Thank you for sharing.
Show threadKim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷Oct 7, 2023
@fulelo Wasn’t it Netanyahu who declared that this was a war? Seems reasonable for #Hamas to take prisoners of war in that case. Why must you describe them as hostages?