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
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'
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
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
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
A delicate dilemma: How to get the hostages back? By #BBC Frank Gardner
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#Israel #Gaza #hamas
Here is a short documentary about how #GiladShalit was returned:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct3c3v
#Israeli captives kept in secure places and tunnels, #Hamas says
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#Israel #Gaza
Deepening risk of an explosion for months
Analysis by #BBC 's Jeremy Bowen
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#Israel #Gaza #hamas
Deadliest day of violence since the Yom Kippur war
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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.
V Times of Israel:
Some #hostages rescued in southern #Israel following unprecedented #Hamas assault
#IDF hits Hamas targets in #Gaza ; #rocket hits #Ashkelon hospital; relatives of missing persons rush to help with identification; forces take control of #Sderot police station
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-october-8-2023/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
What could happen next?
By Yolande Knell, #BBC #MENA correspondent in #Jerusalem
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#Israel undoubtedly sees the potential for a war that could open up on multiple fronts. A worst-case scenario is that it could draw in the powerful #Lebanese militant group, #Hezbollah .
Meanwhile, the Israeli military has ordered a massive reinforcement of troops. As well as its intense air raids on #Gaza, it has indicated that it is planning a ground operation there .
'Safe recovery of #hostages may call for ground operation'
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'Overnight, #Israelis have been watching social media posts of civilians dragged out of their homes at gunpoint, shipped into #Gaza and often humiliated on camera.
That is a searing shock to the country. The safety and recovery of those hostages will be at the forefront of everyone's minds.'
The Israeli military is mobilising thousands of infrantry and tanks are being brought on the road to Gaza.
#hamas #IDF
V WSJ:
#Israel Asks #Egypt to Help Negotiate Release of Israelis, say Egyptian Officials
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-gaza-rockets-attack-palestinians/card/israel-asks-egypt-to-help-negotiate-release-of-israelis-say-egyptian-officials-4mGrUhbvOSbN1tPVInmC
#hamas #Gaza
V Times of #Israel :
The #Israeli military says it is evacuating civilians from towns adjacent to the border with the #Gaza Strip at this stage.
The towns include #Nahal Oz, #Erez, #Nir Am, #Mefalsim, #Kfar #Aza, #Gevim, #Or Haner, #Ibim, #Netiv Ha’asara, #Yad Mordechai, #Karmia, #Zikim, £Kerem Shalom, #Kissufim, #Holit, #Sufa, #Nirim, #Nir Oz, #Ein Hashlosha, #Nir Yitzhak, #Be’eri, #Magen, #Re’im, #Sa’ad and #Alumim
V Times of #Israel :
The security cabinet voted last night to put the country officially at war, and it can carry out “significant military activities,” the PM Office announces.
#Netanyahu had already said the country was at war.
The security cabinet decision gives the declaration legal standing in keeping with Basic Law: The Government, which in its Clause 40 says that the country cannot go to war without a government decision.
The #Iranian president has spoken with the leader of #Palestinian militant groups #Hamas and Islamic Jihad ( #PIJ ) after the latest developments, state media in #Iran reports.
Details of Ebrahim #Raisi 's conversations with the two men were not disclosed.
Hamas is backed by Iran, which funds it and provides weapons and training.
V Times of #Israel :
More restrictions introduced - #IDF announces schools to remain closed, as the Home Front Command extends existing restrictions.
businesses south of #Netanya and north of the central #Negev can only be opened if there is ready access to bomb shelters, the military says.
Gatherings are restricted to 10 people outdoors and 50 people indoors in those areas.
The restrictions are valid till Tuesday at 6 p.m
#hamas
More than 600 Israelis have been killed since Saturday, according to a Facebook post from the press office of #Israel 's government.
It adds that more than 100 people have been kidnapped, and more than 2,000 injured.
In #Gaza, at least 370 people have been killed following Israeli air strikes and 2200 injured, according to #Palestinian officials.
Secretary of State Anthony #Blinken told CNN the #US government has received reports that several Americans have died in #Israel - and that officials are trying to verify those reports.
The US is "likely" to give details on new military assistance for Israel later today, he says. "Our first focus is to make sure Israel has what it needs."
A rally has taken place in #Beirut #Lebanon which saw people wave #Palestinian and #Hezbollah flags, followed Hezbollah’s limited artillery and missile strikes this morning on #Israeli positions.
#BBC Yolande Knell reports from #Ashkelon:
'The hospital here has treated over 400 people injured in this huge assault: soldiers from military bases that were overrun, partygoers from a rave in the fields next to #Gaza , and locals injured when their homes were hit by #rockets
There are reminders that the fighting still continues with booms overhead as the Iron Dome missile defence system intercepts incoming rocket fire
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#Israel #hamas
V Haaretz:
#Israeli PM office says #Netanyahu held discussions on Sunday with German Chancellor Olaf #Scholz , Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelensky , Italian Prime Minister Giorgia #Meloni , and British Prime Minister Rishi #Sunak
According to the statement, "the leaders expressed unwavering support for Israel's right to self-defense as needed."
#hamas #Gaza
V AFP:
#Jews In #France Fear Reprisals From #Israel - #Hamas War
https://www.barrons.com/news/jews-in-france-fear-reprisals-from-israel-hamas-war-86d3c224
#BBC live page:
It's approaching midnight in #Israel , where the overall death toll following attacks from #Hamas militants has passed 600 - although some some reports say the number is even higher.
In the #Gaza Strip, more than 400 people have been killed in retaliatory #Israeli strikes.
Here's the latest top lines:
More than 250 bodies have been removed from the site of a music #festival in southern Israel which came under attack, according to search and rescue organisation Zaka
Here are some of the graphic testimonies of those who survived the festival shooting:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67047034
And here is Gili Yoskovich' story:
'They were going tree by tree and shooting'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67044787
#Israel #hamas #Gaza
@fulelo
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@fulelo
Not really sure!
Rule of thumb for media links: the question mark and everything after it can (usually) be deleted.
@fulelo
Thanks, and apologies again.
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