Nov 4, 2023 11:48:53 am
School hosts displaced people, 12 killed in Israeli attack
At least 12 people were killed in bomb attacks on the Al-Fakhoora school in the northern Gaza Strip, where displaced people in the Jabaliya refugee camp were being accommodated. The bombings were attributed to the Israelis. This was announced by the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, as reported by the satellite channel al-Jazeera.
11/4/2023 11:21:48 AM
Gaza: Ambulances were not used by Hamas militants
The Hamas-controlled Health Ministry in Gaza rejected the Israeli military’s accusations after the IDF claimed yesterday that it hit an ambulance “being used by one.” Hamas terrorist cell near their position in the combat zone.” CNN reports on this. According to Gaza authorities, at least 15 people died and 50 were injured in the attack outside Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. According to the ministry, two ambulances were attacked and “the first was hit near the Ansar roundabout, injuring a paramedic, who was seriously injured, and the ambulance driver.” “The second attack – according to Gaza and American broadcaster reports – occurred as the convoy reached the entrance” of the health facility.
11/4/2023 11:17:35 AM
Jerusalem, a Catholic school hit
“This morning, Israeli raids hit the School of the Rosary Sisters of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the Tel al-Hawa area, damaging the large outdoor courtyard and causing damage to the surrounding buildings,” Sister Nabila Saleh announced the news to SIR, director of the school , which had 1,250 students, the vast majority of whom were Muslim. “Some time ago, the three young people who were guarding the school to avoid looting warned me about the bombing,” explains the currently displaced nun in the parish of the Holy Family. “The bombing is still ongoing and it is impossible to see the damage that was caused.”
2023-11-04 11:15:27
EU, hypothesis of humanitarian aid to Israel by sea
The proposal for a humanitarian maritime corridor based in Cyprus to bring aid to civilians in Gaza by ship, presented at the EU summit on October 26th and 27th, would have the consent of Israel on the condition that “the containers are checked in Cyprus can”. . European sources explain this to a small group of media outlets, including the European Newsroom pool of press agencies, which includes Ansa. For over a week, the EU has been working “intensively” with Cyprus to try to establish “the maritime aid corridor” to the Gaza Strip without further intermediate steps from Egypt, the same sources explain.
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2023-11-04 10:49:51
Attack on children’s hospital in Gaza, two dead
At least two people were killed and others injured in an Israeli attack outside the entrance to al-Nasser Children’s Hospital in Gaza City last night. This was announced by the local health ministry.
2023-11-04 10:31:52
The Rafah border crossing opens to let out the wounded and foreigners
For the fourth day in a row, the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will be opened for the exit of foreigners, binationalists and wounded Palestinians. We learn this from local sources, according to which there are about 800 people, although there is currently no confirmation of the number.
11/4/2023 10:07:35 AM
The Israeli army strikes in southern Lebanon
Tensions between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah remain high. The Israeli army strikes in southern Lebanon after detecting “a series of rocket attacks from across the border” on Israeli communities. Shortly before, “two terrorist cells in southern Lebanon” had been attacked and – according to the military spokesman – tried to open fire on Israel with an anti-tank missile. A Hezbollah position was also hit.
2023-11-04 09:03:32
Rocket hits the house of the head of Hamas’s political office
The Israeli Air Force today fired a rocket at the home of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’ political office, in the Shati refugee camp north of Gaza City. Local sources report this. Haniyeh moved to Qatar in 2019. It is currently unknown whether the attack resulted in any casualties.
“Here you will contribute to the creation of a Palestinian state that supports our Hamas strengthening policy and Hamas silver transfer. This is part of our strategy: to isolate Palestinians in Gaza from other Cisjordanians.”
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— Alex Nevski (@guiguifawkes) November 4, 2023
2023-11-04 08:47:23
Israel: The ground operation in Gaza continues
The ground operation in the Gaza Strip continues. The military spokesman said that “soldiers killed dozens of terrorists and destroyed Hamas infrastructure.” Yesterday – explained the spokesman – “there were numerous attempts to attack soldiers from tunnels and military compounds in the north of the Gaza Strip”. During the night, “tank troops and engineers mapped buildings and neutralized explosive devices during a targeted raid in the south of the Gaza Strip.” During the operation, the soldiers faced a terrorist cell, whose members were killed.
2023-11-04 07:53:29
Hamas hid “its militiamen” in ambulances
A US source said that “Hamas has attempted to get its fighters out of Gaza via ambulances via Rafah, slowing efforts to evacuate foreigners.” This was reported by Israeli media, to which the source reported that “Hamas Egypt and the United States provided a list of seriously injured people whom they planned to evacuate along with hundreds of foreigners waiting to leave the country.” The U.S. and Egypt noted that “a third of the names were fighters, none of whom were among the 76 injured and ultimately evacuated Palestinians.”
2023-11-04 06:04:34
Guterres: horrified by attack on ambulances
2023-11-04 01:39:26
Little Minerva and her mother came to Italy from Gaza
Minerva, the six-year-old Italian girl celebrating her birthday today with her Palestinian mother Bayan Alnayyar, and humanitarian worker Jacopo Intini with his Palestinian wife Amal arrived in Italy this evening. In Fiumicino, the father greeted the little girl, tired but smiling, with a Minnie Mouse doll in his hand and a balloon with the words “Happy Birthday” on it, and his wife emotionally. The group, which managed to leave Gaza via the Rafah border crossing, landed at Fiumicino Airport on a scheduled Ita Airways flight from Cairo at around 9 p.m. Upon arrival, the group was assisted by employees of the airport’s financial police.
2023-11-04 01:38:26
Hamas: “Israel hit two ambulances: 15 dead and 17 injured”
Two ambulances were reportedly hit by Israeli raids, leaving 15 dead and 17 injured. This was stated by the spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Health, which is controlled by Hamas, Ashraf al-Qidreh, in an interview with journalists. He reports that the first vehicle was aimed at the Ansar roundabout in Gaza City. The driver of that ambulance was injured and a paramedic also suffered life-threatening injuries and is still in the operating room, al-Qidreh said. The medical convoy then turned around, the spokesman said, and when it arrived at the gate of the Al-Shifa hospital compound, a second ambulance was targeted: Fifteen people were killed in the attack on the second ambulance, he claimed. Sixteen other people were injured.
2023-11-04 01:37:28
The United States confirms the use of drones on the Strip to locate hostages
The US has confirmed for the first time that it has flown unarmed surveillance drones over the Gaza Strip since Hamas began its attack on Israel on October 7. “The United States is conducting unarmed drone flights over Gaza and providing advice and support to our partner Israel in the recovery of the hostages,” said Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder. “These flights began after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7,” he added. The confirmation comes after MQ-9 Reapers, normally used by US special forces, were spotted circling over Gaza by journalists on Flightradar24, a publicly available flight tracking website.
by Marco Ventura
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returns to Tel Aviv as Israel’s “best friend” and reiterates, on the one hand, that “Israel has not only the right but also the duty to defend itself to ensure that there is another October 7th “This will not happen again, no country can tolerate a massacre of innocent people and will never be alone.” On the other hand, however, he urges respect for international law, the avoidance of civilian casualties and a “humanitarian pause” of at least twelve hours, to bring help to Gaza. “But no rest,” replies Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “until Hamas has freed all the hostages.” We are going full throttle.”
INSIGHTS
With all the firepower.
The Israelis are convinced that only local pressure can convince Hamas to release the 240 hostages.
THE MESSAGE
Blinken’s message is twofold: complete solidarity and closeness to Israel, but with the warning that “it depends on how it fights to defend itself.” Revenge, regardless of the presence of civilians used as human shields by Hamas, would risk destroying prospects for future peace and increasing radicalism. “There will be no interlocutors for peace,” he tells Netanyahu, “if they are overwhelmed by the humanitarian catastrophe and alienated by the perception of indifference to their situation.” Netanyahu shows a video about the unknown horrors of the attack on the kibbutzim on October 7, including the horrifying image of a father killed in front of his young children and that of a bloodied newborn in his crib. “It is a blow to the heart, a real shock,” Blinken commented afterwards, “that many have so quickly lost the memory of the brutality of this massacre, but not in Israel and not in America.”
At the same time, Biden’s “Secretary of State” says he is shocked by the images of children killed or injured in Gaza. “And when I see them and look into their eyes, I see my children again: how could it be otherwise? Hamas does not care for a second about the survival or well-being of the Palestinian people.” It turned the residents into human shields. The request to Bibi Netanyahu is twofold: a humanitarian ceasefire and to prevent the conflict from spreading to other regional fronts, from Hezbollah in Lebanon to Iran and its militias scattered across the Middle East, starting with Syria. But the other concern is the consensus of the moderate Arab countries whose leaders Blinken will meet in Amman after Israel: Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Abu Mazen’s Palestinian Authority, which rules the West Bank. And Qatar, which hosts Hamas leaders and acts as a mediator along with the largest American military base in the region.
THE FUTURE
Blinken also argues with Netanyahu in the post-war period. “Our discussions with partners in the Middle East must continue even after the defeat of Hamas.” “It is unacceptable for Hamas to continue to have government responsibility in Gaza,” says Blinken, “but now is the time to stand up for to establish peace, not tomorrow, not after the war.” The only path to peace is a two-state solution to end the cycle of violence once and for all. Nothing has to be the same anymore. Now, in our darkest moment, we must fight for a path of stability, security, opportunity, integration, prosperity and peace.” The images of the October 7 massacre “exceed the human capacity to understand and process them,” yet “We gave Israel the advice,” adds Blinken Sibillini, “the advice that only the best of friends can give, on how to minimize civilian deaths and still achieve the goal of tracking down and eliminating Hamas terrorists.” .”
Blinken also called for guarantees for the condemnation of violence committed by settlers in the West Bank. Finally, a solution appears to have been found to deliver fuel and other supplies to Gaza with the guarantee that they will not end up in the hands of militiamen, although Netanyahu continues to say he is against any delivery. Meanwhile, the new US ambassador to Israel, whose position has been vacant for five months, has arrived on Blinken’s plane. He is Jack Lew, an Orthodox American Jew.