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
Situation in #Sderot now:
'In the last few hours there's been a fresh infiltration, he says, with more gunmen reaching the town.
The residents have been told to stay inside and be quiet. They can hear the sound of gunshots outside.
"I am carrying a knife. It won't help me much against a gun, but I can't not do anything. I am just hoping they don't come for me."
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#Israel #hamas
In #Gaza, air strikes have displaced around 123,000 people, the UN says
Hospitals in Gaza are deluged and struggling under power cuts. The UN says Gaza's last power source - its only power plant - could run out of fuel in days
#Iran was "not involved" in the attack carried out by #Hamas militants in southern #Israel , its mission to the UN has said.
"We emphatically stand in unflinching support of #Palestine ; however, we are not involved in Palestine's response" it said in a stmt acc to Reuters.
Hamas had said that assistance from Iran helped it carry out its attack over the weekend.
Iran has backed Hamas for years.
Acc to Blinken the US has "not yet seen evidence Iran was behind this particular attack"
#Thailand 's foreign ministry says 12 #Thai nationals have been killed since #Hamas launched its attacks.
Another 11 were kidnapped, and eight were injured.
One Thai worker told #BBC Thai he was almost killed on Saturday.
"I was crawling underneath a truck then the Hamas militant pulled me out and pointed the gun at me," he said.
There are approximately 30,000 Thai nationals in #Israel , and about 5,000 in the #Gaza Strip.
@fulelo My theory is this whole mess is BRICS opening up another conflict to dilute resources from Ukraine.
I have zero proof, but Russian hackers attacking Israel sure feels awfully suss.
https://www.albawaba.com/news/russian-hacker-group-killnet-declares-cyberwar-israel-1536995
@fulelo Time for Israel to overcome their fear of civilian gun ownership? Clearly the billions spent on their military cannot protect them from this type of invasion.
They would have to sort out the thorny problem of the Israeli Arabs.
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