Kriszta SatoriOct 20, 2023

Meanwhile #Israel's defence minister, Yoav Gallant, has said Israel will sever all ties with the #Gaza Strip once its war with #Hamas is over -- it would, as he put it, end its "responsibility" for life there.

The #Hamas authorities say #Israeli attacks have now killed more than 4100 people.

Over 1400 Israelis were killed in Hamas' unprecedented extremist attacks within Israel earlier this month

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UN Sec Gen has visited #Egypt's #Rafah border crossing into #Gaza with a plea for aid trucks to be allowed in asap. Antonio Guterres said the lorries represented a lifeline for Gaza's suffering civilians. Mr Guterres said negotiations were continuing with Israel about the conditions for their entry. Egypt said it had opened its side of the border and wasn't preventing anything going through.
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The #Israeli military says it believes most of the 200 people held #hostage in #Gaza are still alive. It’s thought the bodies of several other Israelis were taken into the enclave after the killings. The army said more than 20 of the hostages were children, while up to twenty are aged over 60. All were kidnapped in southern Israel after Palestinian militants killed more than fourteen-hundred people – most of them civilians – on 7th Oct. The attack was the worst in Israel’s 75 history.
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#Hamas now says its military wing has released two of the hostages it took to #Gaza after its unprecendented attacks in #Israel. its Telegram channel said a mother and a daughter were American citizens and had been freed for humanitarian reasons -- and with the involvement of #Qatar. Some #Israeli media say that Israeli govt officials have confirmed the release, they'd probably be transferred to the care of the Red Cross who would bring them to Egypt and then Israel.
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Govt of #Israel shares first picture of Judith and Natalie #Raanan - two of the #hostages kidnapped in the #Hamas attack

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67165505?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6532e880364b3f1612ec5b0f%26First%20image%20of%20freed%20hostages%262023-10-20T20%3A53%3A50.899Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:551c3470-61de-499f-a88d-edeb187ae585&pinned_post_asset_id=6532e880364b3f1612ec5b0f&pinned_post_type=share
They were in Israel to celebrate the 85th birthday of Judith's mother, Tamar Raanan, and Natalie’s graduation from high school. They were taken from Kibbutz Nahal Oz on 7 Oct.

Another 8 family members are missing from Kibbutz Be'eri, and three were killed, incl a carer.

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Blinken says US officials will meet with the released #hostages as soon as possible.

Blinken also says there's still 10 additional Americans who remain unaccounted for.

"No family anywhere should have to experience this torture," he says

"I want to thank the government of Qatar for their very important assistance," he says, but also states that he "can't speak publicly" about the details.

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The #Palestinian Red Crescent says that #Israeli forces have issued an evacuation order to Al-Quds hospital in #Gaza.

The hospital is currently home to over 400 patients and 12,000 displaced civilians, according to the Red Crescent.

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@fulelo surely issuing demands to evacuate a hospital with the threat that you are going to target the hospital is against all reasonable rules of war? The hospital is treating both sick people as well as those who’ve been injured by the conflict.
Oct 21, 2023 at 10:16amWeb