Kriszta SatoriIn #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
V BBC Poland correspondent, Adam Easton:
' #Poland has started evacuating its citizens from #Israel, with the first plane carrying around 120 people landing in #Warsaw early on Monday
Two more planes are expected to arrive later in the day.
Acc to the defence minister there were about 200 Polish tourists, including children on a school trip, waiting to leave Israel.'
#hamas #Gaza
' #Poland has started evacuating its citizens from #Israel, with the first plane carrying around 120 people landing in #Warsaw early on Monday
Two more planes are expected to arrive later in the day.
Acc to the defence minister there were about 200 Polish tourists, including children on a school trip, waiting to leave Israel.'
#hamas #Gaza
#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"
The US is concerned the conflict could broaden
- BBC 's Barbara Plett-Usher, state dept corr
#US sending an aircraft carrier with a deck of warplanes, accompanied by cruisers and destroyers – also extra military assistance such as munitions.
they want to prevent #Lebanon ’s #Hezbollah movement from joining the fight. It’s backed by #Iran, which also funds and arms #Hamas
Hamas leaders have said #Israel ’s normalization agreements with Arab states were among the factors that drove the attack
- BBC 's Barbara Plett-Usher, state dept corr
#US sending an aircraft carrier with a deck of warplanes, accompanied by cruisers and destroyers – also extra military assistance such as munitions.
they want to prevent #Lebanon ’s #Hezbollah movement from joining the fight. It’s backed by #Iran, which also funds and arms #Hamas
Hamas leaders have said #Israel ’s normalization agreements with Arab states were among the factors that drove the 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.
Here is 'The Times' view of the terrorist attack launched by #Hamas from the #Gaza Strip: Unending war'
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ff1b0e44-660f-11ee-a4e7-0fb10af55688?shareToken=63144bb373ebc1a7fd074ded4436add6
#Israel
'Volunteers searching for bodies at the Supernova music #festival site - where at least 260 people were killed on Saturday - have had to suspend their search because they are “under fire” from militants.
Yossi #Landau , a commander in the #Zaka volunteer group, says his team of 25 have so far recovered 162 bodies from the site of the festival but “couldn’t get any further”.
“We work under fire, so had to evacuate that place,” Landau told the #BBC 's Today programme.
#Israel #Gaza #hamas
This #Reuters report is full of new details on how the attack on #Israel was prepared
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2387776/middle-east
' #Hamas constructed a mock Israeli settlement in #Gaza where they practiced a military landing and trained to storm it, the source close to Hamas said, adding they even made videos of the maneuvers.'
'a crucial part of the plan was to avoid leaks.' (Cont.)
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2387776/middle-east
' #Hamas constructed a mock Israeli settlement in #Gaza where they practiced a military landing and trained to storm it, the source close to Hamas said, adding they even made videos of the maneuvers.'
'a crucial part of the plan was to avoid leaks.' (Cont.)
How Israel was duped as Hamas planned devastating assault
A careful campaign of deception ensured Israel was caught off guard when the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched its devastating attack, enabling a force using bulldozers, hang gliders and motorbikes to take on the Middle East’s most powerful army. Saturday’s assault, the worst breach in Israel’s defenses since Arab armies waged war in 1973, followed two years of subterfuge by Hamas that involved keeping its military plans under wraps and convincing Israel it did not want a fight.
'Many #Hamas leaders were unaware of the plans and, while training, the 1,000 fighters deployed in the assault had no inkling of the exact purpose of the exercises'
'The #Israeli security source said Israeli troops were below full strength in the south near #Gaza because some had been redeployed to the West Bank to protect Israeli settlers'
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2387776/middle-east
'The #Israeli security source said Israeli troops were below full strength in the south near #Gaza because some had been redeployed to the West Bank to protect Israeli settlers'
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2387776/middle-east
How Israel was duped as Hamas planned devastating assault
A careful campaign of deception ensured Israel was caught off guard when the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched its devastating attack, enabling a force using bulldozers, hang gliders and motorbikes to take on the Middle East’s most powerful army. Saturday’s assault, the worst breach in Israel’s defenses since Arab armies waged war in 1973, followed two years of subterfuge by Hamas that involved keeping its military plans under wraps and convincing Israel it did not want a fight.
#Israel 's Def Min Yoav Gallant says he has ordered a "complete #siege " on the #Gaza Strip: "No electricity, no food, no fuel."
As a reminder - #Israel controls the air space over Gaza and its shoreline, and restricts who and what goods are allowed in and out through its border crossings.
Similarly, #Egypt controls who passes in and out of its border with Gaza.
#Israel 's foreign minister says special flights are being arranged to help #Israeli military reservists living abroad get back to the country.
Eli Cohen says there have been "many requests" to return as soon as possible to volunteer.
Some military service is mandatory for most Israeli citizens, even if they are of dual nationality.
The #IDF says it has recruited 300,000 #reservists since Saturday - its highest #mobilisation ever.
#hamas #Gaza
#Israel imposes complete closure of #WestBank - Reporting by Yousef Shomali, #BBC Jerusalem:
'Residents say that entrances to towns and cities have been shut off with iron gates, cement blocks and mounds of earth.
New military checkpoints have been set up.'
On Sunday, shops and businesses in the West Bank were shuttered as a general strike was called in response to Israel’s military action in #Gaza.
There were angry protests. Four #Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli soldiers in Ramallah'
'Residents say that entrances to towns and cities have been shut off with iron gates, cement blocks and mounds of earth.
New military checkpoints have been set up.'
On Sunday, shops and businesses in the West Bank were shuttered as a general strike was called in response to Israel’s military action in #Gaza.
There were angry protests. Four #Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli soldiers in Ramallah'
From BBC live page:
#Lebanese political party and militant group #Hezbollah says it has not mounted an operation in #Israel after the #IDF killed at least two gunmen on the border with #Lebanon
The IDF stmt said it had killed "a number of armed suspects that infiltrated into Israeli territory from Lebanese territory", but didn't provide more details.
Hezbollah emerged with the help if Iran in the 1980s during the Israeli occupation of Lebanon.
Recap:
#Israel said its forces were in full control of the communities that had been attacked by #Hamas , whose militants shot civilians on sight
The #IDF has acknowledged some #Palestinian militants might still be at large or even continuing to enter the country
At least 700 #Israelis and 500 #Palestinians have been killed so far in the violence
A Hamas spokesman said four (of the dozens of) hostages had been killed in Israeli airstrikes - #BBC couldn't verify this
Two #refugee camps have been hit by #Israeli air strikes in #Gaza , according to the #Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It says both the Al-Shati (also known as the Beach camp) and Jabalia camps were attacked, reportedly leaving several injured and dead.
More on the refugee camps in Gaza:
A bit on how all the info is coming in: here is the #BBC 's Middle East #MENA correspondent, Anna Foster, and team at work in #Ashkelon
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#Israel #hamas #Gaza
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#Israel #hamas #Gaza
V Reuters:
#Qatar leads talks to swap #Hamas -held hostages for #Palestinians in #Israeli jails
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/qatar-leads-talks-swap-hamas-held-hostages-palestinians-israeli-jails-2023-10-09/
#Qatar leads talks to swap #Hamas -held hostages for #Palestinians in #Israeli jails
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/qatar-leads-talks-swap-hamas-held-hostages-palestinians-israeli-jails-2023-10-09/
Qatar in talks with Hamas, Israel to swap hostages for prisoners
Qatari mediators have held urgent calls to try to negotiate freedom for Israeli women and children seized by the <a href="/world/middle-east/israel-retaliates-after-hamas-attacks-deaths-pass-1100-2023-10-09/">militant group</a> and held in Gaza in exchange for the release of 36 Palestinian women and children from Israel's prisons, a source briefed on the talks told Reuters.
V Reuters
The #European Commission said it was putting its full portfolio of development #aid to #Palestinian s, worth 691 million euros, under review and immediately suspending all payments.
"The scale of terror and brutality against #Israel and its people is a turning point," Oliver Varhelyi, the Commissioner for the #EU 's neighbourhood, said in a post on X. "There can be no business as usual."
V Haaretz
US Sec of State Blinken deleted a tweet where he called for a cease-fire – the 2nd such instance in the past several days when officials deleted tweets encouraging #Israeli restraint.
This follows a similar incident w the State Dept's Off. of #Palestinian Affairs, which originally said it "unequivocally condemned the attack of #Hamas terrorists and the loss of life that has incurred. We urge all sides to refrain from violence and retaliatory attacks. Terror and violence solve nothing."
US Sec of State Blinken deleted a tweet where he called for a cease-fire – the 2nd such instance in the past several days when officials deleted tweets encouraging #Israeli restraint.
This follows a similar incident w the State Dept's Off. of #Palestinian Affairs, which originally said it "unequivocally condemned the attack of #Hamas terrorists and the loss of life that has incurred. We urge all sides to refrain from violence and retaliatory attacks. Terror and violence solve nothing."
GRAPHIC UPSETTING TRIGGERING CONTENT
#Supernova #festival : How massacre unfolded from verified video and social media
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67056741
#Israel #hamas #Gaza
US President Joe #Biden has confirmed at least 11 #Americans have been killed since the #Hamas attack on #Israel started on Saturday.
"Sadly, we now know that at least 11 American citizens were among those killed — many of whom made a second home in Israel," he said in a written statement from the White House.
The US defense dept would not go into specifics about the type of weaponry and defence support it is sending #Israel
A senior official said that aircraft had already taken off with #munitions and added that the #Pentagon is in constant contact with counterparts in Israel.
When asked if the US is worried they have used up ammunition supporting #Ukraine , the official said they are able to support the armed forces there as well as Israel.
The European Commission now says that aid payments for #Palestinians are not being suspended, despite an earlier statement of Oliver Varhelyi.
The Commission said in a statement that it was launching a review of its #aid programme.
"In the meantime, as there were no payments foreseen, there will be no suspension of payments," the statement added.
Elsewhere, the UK has announced it is also reviewing its aid for #Palestinian projects.
#EU #Israel #hamas #Gaza
#BBC iv with #UNRWA rep (UN Relief and Works Agency for #Palestine #Refugees in the Near East): Juliet Touma says people in #Gaza are "terrified" and worried for their safety
Asked how much harder it will be to get aid into Gaza since a "complete siege" was ordered, she said "We worry that further tightening will make a situation that is already bad far far worse," adding 1.2 million people rely on the agency for food assistance - a significant number of those being women and children.
The death toll in #Gaza has risen to almost 690, a spokesman for the #Palestinian health ministry said. He added that an additional 3,700 people had been wounded.
Recap:
Benjamin #Netanyahu warned the country will use "enormous force" against #Hamas
Israel's defence minister ordered a "complete #siege" of the #Gaza Strip, cutting off food, fuel, electricity and water supplies
The armed wing of Hamas, the Al-Qassam brigades, has announced it will "begin executing an #Israeli civilian captive in return for any new Israeli bombing of civilians houses without pre-warning"
Why did it take #Israel so long to deal with #Hamas 's attack from #Gaza ?
Analysis by BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67056987
'Defences seem to have been patchy - #Israeli security and defence forces had in recent months been more focused on the West Bank rather than Gaza, potentially leaving gaps.
Israel's military and intelligence capability has long been rated one of the best in the world. But they may also have underestimated the abilities of their opponents.'
Every #Jewish family in #UK affected by attack on #Israel , says chief rabbi
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67030722
"a traumatic and horrific time"; "many, many people showing their full solidarity with our Jewish community and people in Israel".
" #Antisemitism is a feature of life right around the globe, and we have just witnessed one of the most awful terrorist outrages in living memory, ever since the conclusion of World War Two."
Scotland's first minister says his parents-in-law are "trapped" in #Gaza , as he unequivocally condemned the attacks by #Hamas in #Israel
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67057367
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-67057367
#BBCNews - #Israelis , united in shock, rally behind war to punish #Hamas
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67056981
Jeremy Bowen reporting from southern #Israel
'Outside a military base on the highway that goes south to #Gaza hundreds of cars were parked along both hard shoulders and on the central reservation. They were left by reservists who had reported for duty. More were arriving.'
'More armed men have entered Israel through breaches in the wire that was designed by Israel to contain Hamas.'
(Cont.)
#Israelis are incredulous that their army is taking so long to regain control of the land and villages bordering #Gaza . One unit appealed on social media for drones, others have asked for sleeping bags and food.'
#Israel is still bitterly divided about Mr #Netanyahu , whose government's extreme right-wing agenda prompted months of protests. But citizens of all political persuasion are rallying behind their flag'
'As survivors and victims tell their stories, the desire deepens to punish #Hamas for the way its men went from house-to-house killing families and children in Israeli border communities. As we drive, callers phoning in to the radio are talking about parents who had calls from their terrified children at the rave in the desert where Hamas massacred hundreds of civilians.
They're haunted that parents heard the shots that killed their sons and daughters. '
#Israel #Gaza
They're haunted that parents heard the shots that killed their sons and daughters. '
#Israel #Gaza
'The scale of the bloodshed inflicted on #Israel by #Hamas is unprecedented. An organisation that planned its attack so carefully will have been aware that 'Israel's response would be ferocious'
Israel's war plans will be complicated by the presence of around 100 #hostages taken in the attack. But one cabinet minister, according to a cabinet leak reported in the #Israeli press, has said that should not hold them back."
Israel's war plans will be complicated by the presence of around 100 #hostages taken in the attack. But one cabinet minister, according to a cabinet leak reported in the #Israeli press, has said that should not hold them back."
'My phone pings. A post on the #BBC #Jerusalem office WhatsApp group says that a market in €Gaza has been hit and many killed as #Israel attacked what it said was a #Hamas target. The video of broken bodies feels like a harbinger of something even worse. '
Barack Obama:
"All Americans should be horrified and outraged by the brazen terrorist attacks on #Israel and the slaughter of innocent civilians."
"We grieve for those who died, pray for the safe return of those who’ve been held hostage, and stand squarely alongside our ally, Israel, as it dismantles #Hamas ."
"As we support Israel’s right to defend itself against terror, we must keep striving for a just and lasting peace for #Israelis and #Palestinians alike."
Pro-#Palestinian groups gathered outside the #Israeli Embassy in #London
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Emotions run high at Jewish vigil outside Downing Street
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By Sebastian Usher, #BBC Arab Affairs Editor:
'Reports have emerged from #Qatari officials that the Gulf state - which has long provided vital financial support for #Gaza and also hosts some of the #Hamas leadership - has tried to initiate talks that could secure the release of some of the #hostages
Both #Israel and #Hamas have denied reports of a possible prisoner exchange.'
Good morning from London, posts to follow from where i left yesterday, so you don’t miss any major news on #Israel #Gaza #hamas
Leaders of UK, US, France, Italy and Germany released a stmt last night which voices "unequivocal condemnation of Hamas and its appalling acts of terrorism".
"Our countries will support Israel in its efforts to defend itself and its people against such atrocities. This is not a moment for any party hostile to Israel to exploit these attacks to seek advantage"
(Cont.)
"All of us recognize the legitimate aspirations of the #Palestinian people, and support equal measures of justice and freedom for #Israelis and Palestinians alike."
"But make no mistake: #Hamas does not represent those aspirations, and it offers nothing for the Palestinian people other than more terror and bloodshed."
At a prayer for peace at a N. London synagogue a representative of the Magen David Adom (the Israeli medical emergency service - #MDAIs ) spoke about how senior paramedics had been killed and the service, which is entirely privately funded, was in desperate need of everything from bandages and blood test kits to breathing equipment and flak jackets.
#Israel #hamas #Gaza
#Israel #hamas #Gaza
#BBC correspondent Rushdi AbuAlouf has given an update from inside a building in #Gaza. He says he could hear the screaming of children inside the seven-storey complex.
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#Israel #hamas
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What next? Analysis by #BBC diplomatic corr Paul Adams:
For all the unprecedented horror surrounding the start of this episode, events now may start to follow a pattern familiar from previous #Gaza “wars”.
#Israel knows that a wave of international sympathy and goodwill gives its military a window of opportunity to conduct extensive military operations inside Gaza.
One former govt official told me Israel will have “at least two weeks” (cont.)
For all the unprecedented horror surrounding the start of this episode, events now may start to follow a pattern familiar from previous #Gaza “wars”.
#Israel knows that a wave of international sympathy and goodwill gives its military a window of opportunity to conduct extensive military operations inside Gaza.
One former govt official told me Israel will have “at least two weeks” (cont.)
'before calls for restraint from #Washington (the only power that matters here) will become hard to resist.
If #Israel is determined to deal a decisive blow to #Hamas , this will inevitably involve a massive ground operation, at which point civilian casualties – already high – are likely to soar.
Complicating matters enormously is the fate of at least 100 Israeli #hostages – soldiers and civilians - now being held in #Gaza .'
Member of the House Foreign Affairs Comm., California Congressman Brad #Sherman has told #BBC News: “You can’t just pretend this didn’t happen and just leave them with the sophisticated military power that they’ve demonstrated. You’ve got to disarm #Hamas "
He says Hamas might have felt obliged to launch an #attack out of the fear that #Saudi Arabia would reach a peace deal with #Israel
“You have to defeat Hamas,” he added. “You cannot reform Hamas.”
He says Hamas might have felt obliged to launch an #attack out of the fear that #Saudi Arabia would reach a peace deal with #Israel
“You have to defeat Hamas,” he added. “You cannot reform Hamas.”
V Reuters
the #Rafah border crossing between #Gaza and #Egypt had been closed - and then reopened but for humanitarian cases only. #Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-#Sisi and #Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman #MBS - talking in a phone call - have said the "voice of reason" should prevail in the conflict between #Israel and #Hamas.
An Egyptian presidency spokesman said that they agreed the ongoing escalation threatens the region's stability.
V Unicef:
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/statement-unicef-executive-director-catherine-russell-deteriorating-situation
the #humanitarian situation in the conflict zone is "rapidly detereorating", and aid workers need to have safe passage.
Exec dir Catherine Russell: “I remind all parties that in this war, as in all wars, it is children who suffer first and suffer most; “I am also deeply concerned about measures to block electricity and prevent food, fuel and water from entering Gaza; called for the "immediate and safe release of any children being held hostage in Gaza"
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/statement-unicef-executive-director-catherine-russell-deteriorating-situation
the #humanitarian situation in the conflict zone is "rapidly detereorating", and aid workers need to have safe passage.
Exec dir Catherine Russell: “I remind all parties that in this war, as in all wars, it is children who suffer first and suffer most; “I am also deeply concerned about measures to block electricity and prevent food, fuel and water from entering Gaza; called for the "immediate and safe release of any children being held hostage in Gaza"
V RBC.ru
Russia and #hamas are in touch about the return of Russian hostages
https://www.rbc.ru/politics/10/10/2023/6524cf909a7947899592b026?from=from_main_3
V Reuters
PA leader to visit Moscow:
"An agreement has been reached that Mr Abbas will come here to Moscow," Abdel Hafiz, Palestinian envoy to Moscow is reported as saying. "We are awaiting an official statement from the Kremlin... about when the visit will take place,"
The #BBC has been hearing from Doron #Kempel, former deputy chief of the #SayeretMatkal - #Israel 's elite commando unit:
"The challenge is how to know enough about where the #hostages are and how to time the assault such that you can at one time break into wherever they’re being held and save as many of them as possible."
GRAPHIC WARNING
Aftermath of #airstrike on #Jabalia #refugee camp
#Palestinian health officials say at least 15 people were killed in an #Israeli attack in the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the #Gaza Strip.
#BBC Arabic filmed some of the destruction left by the airstrike.
From a #BBC iv of Raphael Poch, spox for #Israel 's national #volunteer emergency #medical services United #Hatzalah :
"We're going home to home in the towns where people are told not to leave or exit their houses because it's too dangerous, bringing them food and water and medical supplies. We're doing everything we can."
"We're going home to home in the towns where people are told not to leave or exit their houses because it's too dangerous, bringing them food and water and medical supplies. We're doing everything we can."
'My family sleep together so they will die together' - Oxfam aid worker family testimony from #Gaza - the #Israeli #bombing campaign has "never been this bad. There's no water, there's no electricity, there's no fuel and supplies are dwindling,"
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Analysis by #BBC security corr Frank Gardner:
'There is an assumption in some quarters that the threat to #Israel from #Hamas can somehow be eliminated once and for all with a full-scale invasion on the ground.
History would suggest this is unlikely to be the silver bullet some are hoping for.
When Israel invaded #Gaza in 2014, more than 2,000 #Palestinians were killed, with each funeral generating ever more radicalised young men.'
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' #hamas armed wing is believed to number around 30K fighters, they know their tunnels, cellars, bunkers and backstreets better than the invaders.
Such a densely populated place is no place for tanks, which would be highly vulnerable to ambush.
From a purely military standpoint, a ground assault could result in short-term success, eliminating most of Hamas’s commanders.
But in the absence of a lasting peace deal, it would likely regenerate itself...'
#BBC 's Anna Foster reporting from #Ashkelon - ' #Israel says it has retaken control of the border fence with #Gaza , and managed to block off the holes that #Hamas militants tore in it. But talking to people here yesterday, there are concerns that the fence is not the only way through.
On Saturday morning members of #Hamas infiltrated by sea and with paragliders. Even though those methods would be difficult to use again, the possibility of entering via #tunnels is still an issue.'
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'It’s hard for #Israeli forces to pinpoint where those underground routes are. Rumours spread here yesterday that an infiltrator had entered a nearby kibbutz through a #tunnel .
We don’t know whether that’s true. But stories like that show you the nervousness, concern and fear here that not all #Hamas militants who’ve entered southern Israel have yet been caught.'
RobCornelius@fulelo The only way to use tanks in urban warfare is to bulldoze the buildings or level them with artillery / air strikes.... I can see that happening
Ira عيرا עירא 🎗️🏴 🇱🇧🕊️🇮🇱🕊️🇵🇸☮️@fulelo nobody thinks it's a silver bullet other than extremists bent on violence.
Personally if I was the PM, I would promote the narrative that the Hamas is the enemy of both the Palestinians and the Israelis, and try to get cooperation to do this surgically.
Indy Richard 🏴@fulelo Endlessly sad.
Elizabeth Alcinoe@fulelo Did Egypt close the crossing? If so, do you know why?
@alcinoe they did and waiting for more info on that
@fulelo It seems like a terrible thing to do. What if neighboring countries had refused entry to Ukrainian or Sudanese refugees fleeing war? I heard someone (not a BBC reporter, as of course, you know) on Newsday, claiming that it was bombed. But that would also be awful.
The Boxing Kangaroo@fulelo can't see them caring about the hostages who are everyday people..