Israel - Palestinian militants launch massive attack, 7 Oct 2023 #2

[JennieM]

2m ago

Gaza health ministry says 447 children and 248 women killed in Israeli strikes​

The ministry has now provided more details:

Some 447 children and 248 women are among the 1,417 killed by Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip, it said.

Israel-Hamas war live: Israeli military has told 1.1 million in Gaza to move further south in next 24 hours, UN says

UN spokesperson says such a movement would have ‘devastating humanitarian consequences’ as Israel prepares for a ground offensive; Palestinian death toll rises to 1,537, according to Gaza’s health ministry

www.theguardian.com

 

[JennieM]

Two Palestinians killed in West Bank - Palestinian health ministry​

Palestinian health officials say two men have been killed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Witnesses told the Reuters news agency that the father and son were attending the funeral of four men killed by settlers and Israeli soldiers in a separate incident when the attackers opened fire near Nablus.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67073970

 

[PommyMommy]

11min ago

Rocket alerts sound in Ashdod​

Rocket sirens blare in Ashdod, sending residents to bomb shelters.

There are no immediate reports of impacts or interceptions.

10min ago

Hamas ministry says 1,417 killed, 6,268 injured in Gaza strikes​

The Hamas-run health ministry says 1,417 Palestinians have been killed and another 6,268 have been wounded in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.

The Israel Defense Forces has said it has killed some 1,500 Palestinian terrorists inside Israeli territory.

 

[Momoffourboys]

IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says Israel is targeting those who filmed and broadcast Hamas's murderous invasion of southern Israel on Saturday morning. Overnight, the military killed Mustafa Shahin, a Hamas operative the IDF identified from footage online.

https://x.com/manniefabian/status/1712333909206114577?s=20

 

[PommyMommy]

9min ago

Patriot air defense missile is launched in north; no immediate comment from IDF​

A Patriot air defense missile is reportedly launched over northern Israel, according to footage shared online.

The Israel Defense Forces has not yet commented on the incident.

Earlier this week, a Patriot missile was launched, in what was later said to be a false alarm.

EDITED:

4:47 pm

IDF says Patriot missile launch in north was a false alarm​

The Israel Defense Forces says the Patriot launch in northern Israel was a false alarm.
“An investigation shows that there was no hostile aircraft, and it is a false interception,” the IDF says.

There have been several false alarms in northern Israel in recent days due to mistaken identifications.

 

[Momoffourboys]

Harvard students will be blacklisted by Wall Street after joining 31 organizations that blamed Israel for the Palestine war​

• Harvard students have been warned they have jeopardized their futures after putting out a statement blaming Israel for the horrific Hamas terror attack
• Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is among wealthy business chiefs who say they want the students named and shamed so they don't get jobs

Harvard students will be blacklisted by Wall Street CEO warns

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman says his fellow bosses want to know who they are so 'none of us inadvertently hire any of their members'.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Momoffourboys]

#Hamas's al-Aqsa TV channel was hacked on Thursday afternoon, broadcasting a message urging residents of the #Gaza Strip to protect themselves and go to shelters.

Hamas's al-Aqsa TV channel was hacked on Thursday afternoon, broadcasting a message urging residents of the Gaza Strip to protect themselves and go to shelters.

"Hamas destroyed the Gaza Strip and smuggled its leaders to safe places. Now you have to protect yourselves, evacuate your homes, and go to safe places because the blow will be fatal," read the message broadcast on the channel.

https://x.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/1712466208640156134?s=20

 

[PommyMommy]

1min ago

Hebrew University to Harvard and Stanford: ‘You have failed us’​

In response to what they perceive as inadequate statements put out by Harvard and Stanford universities in the US in response to the unprecedented October 7 Hamas massacre of civilians in the south of Israel, heads of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem release a strongly worded response, saying that the statements did not “meet the most minimal standards of moral leadership, courage, and commitment to truth.”

In joint letters, the Hebrew University leaders berate the Harvard and Stanford administrations, saying they have “failed us not only as Israelis, who are subject to the imminent threat of being subject to genocide, but also as leaders of an academic institution, who expect their colleagues to present higher moral standards, and more courage.”

“One may remind Israel of its duties, and may criticize it, if one finds that Israel has violated its commitments. These are issues that will have to be addressed when the relevant information is available. This factual uncertainty cannot serve as a justification for taking a morally relativist approach regarding the massacre committed by Hamas,” the Hebrew University says.

The Hebrew University letter is signed by its president Prof. Asher Cohen, its rector Prof. Tamir Sheafer, and former rector Prof. Barak Medina.

Both Harvard and Stanford universities posted what were seen by some as lukewarm statements about the brutal assault, and Harvard, in particular, found itself embroiled in controversy this week after an umbrella group of pro-Palestinian students released a separate statement blaming Israel for the attack, part of the latest round of campus issues around Israeli-Palestinian issues.

 

[Momoffourboys]

Warning: Extremely graphic

We debated whether or not to share these horrific images, but the world needs to know what we are up against. These aren’t “freedom fighters”. They are Hamas terrorists, but no different than ISIS terrorists. Same tactics, different names. Hamas = ISIS

https://x.com/IsraelMFA/status/1712330627607924776?s=20

 

[PommyMommy]

4:49 pm

Ben Gvir announces worsening of terror inmates’ conditions​

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir announces new restrictions on terror inmates in Israeli prisons, aimed at worsening their living conditions in light of Israel’s ongoing war with the Gaza Strip, where an estimated 200 hostages are being held.

Approved by Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, the restrictions will “make prisoners’ living space more crowded.”

In addition, Ben Gvir says that terror convicts will sleep on mattresses, which the far-right minister says will enable prisons to absorb new inmates — namely terrorists captured by Israel after they infiltrated from the Gaza Strip on Saturday to conduct a staggering mass onslaught.

 

[PommyMommy]

4:58 pm

Father recounts welcoming the news his 8-year-old girl is dead, rather than held in Gaza​

The father of an eight-year-old girl who had been missing since Saturday’s Hamas onslaught in Kibbutz Be’eri near Gaza has welcomed the news that she is dead rather than being held hostage in the Strip, in a heartbreaking interview with CNN.

Thomas Hand says he waited for two days to hear about his daughter Emily’s fate, after she slept at a friend’s house the night before terrorists massacred more than 100 people in its early morning attack.

“They said: ‘We found Emily. She’s dead,’ and I just went ‘Yes!’ I went ‘yes,’ and I smiled, because that is the best news of the possibilities that I knew,” he says, trembling.

“She was either dead, or in Gaza. And if you know anything about what they do to people in Gaza, that is worse than death,” he says.

“They’d have no food. They’d have no water. She’d be in a dark room filled with Christ knows how many people. And terrified every minute, hour, day, and possible years to come. So death was a blessing. An absolute blessing.”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1712313504227615187

 

[Momoffourboys]

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

This is the most difficult image we’ve ever posted. As we are writing this we are shaking. We went back and forth about posting this, but we need each and every one of you to know. This happened.

https://x.com/Israel/status/1712468070068031490?s=20

 

[Inthedetails]

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

This is the most difficult image we’ve ever posted. As we are writing this we are shaking. We went back and forth about posting this, but we need each and every one of you to know. This happened.

https://x.com/Israel/status/1712468070068031490?s=20

Extra warning: A photo of baby.

 

[justtrish]

#Hamas's al-Aqsa TV channel was hacked on Thursday afternoon, broadcasting a message urging residents of the #Gaza Strip to protect themselves and go to shelters.

Hamas's al-Aqsa TV channel was hacked on Thursday afternoon, broadcasting a message urging residents of the Gaza Strip to protect themselves and go to shelters.

"Hamas destroyed the Gaza Strip and smuggled its leaders to safe places. Now you have to protect yourselves, evacuate your homes, and go to safe places because the blow will be fatal," read the message broadcast on the channel.

https://x.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/1712466208640156134?s=20

It sounds like the IDF is doing everything is can think of it warn those innocent civilians they are coming in and to seek shelter. Fliers being dropped, TV hacked to broadcast a message. What has Hamas done to warn it's people? Oh yeah they said stay in your houses and die martyrs.

Which one seems like the enemy to the Palestinian people?

 

[Cryptic]

Harvard students will be blacklisted by Wall Street after joining 31 organizations that blamed Israel for the Palestine war...

Looks like things are getting even dumber at Harvard:

- First, 31 student organizations solely blame Israel for the war.

- Second, Very public "doxxing" campaign kicks off while ignoring that organizations signed it, not individual students. Organizations can sign things with consent of all members. And....doxxing campaign zeros in on some students who have not been at Harvard for years.

As Students Face Retaliation for Israel Statement, a ‘Doxxing Truck’ Displaying Students’ Faces Comes to Harvard’s Campus | News | The Harvard Crimson

A billboard truck drove through the streets surrounding Harvard’s campus Wednesday and Thursday, digitally displaying the names and faces of students allegedly affiliated with student groups that signed onto a controversial statement on Hamas’ attack on Israel.

www.thecrimson.com

 

[Arkay]

4:58 pm

Father recounts welcoming the news his 8-year-old girl is dead, rather than held in Gaza​

The father of an eight-year-old girl who had been missing since Saturday’s Hamas onslaught in Kibbutz Be’eri near Gaza has welcomed the news that she is dead rather than being held hostage in the Strip, in a heartbreaking interview with CNN.

Thomas Hand says he waited for two days to hear about his daughter Emily’s fate, after she slept at a friend’s house the night before terrorists massacred more than 100 people in its early morning attack.

“They said: ‘We found Emily. She’s dead,’ and I just went ‘Yes!’ I went ‘yes,’ and I smiled, because that is the best news of the possibilities that I knew,” he says, trembling.

“She was either dead, or in Gaza. And if you know anything about what they do to people in Gaza, that is worse than death,” he says.

“They’d have no food. They’d have no water. She’d be in a dark room filled with Christ knows how many people. And terrified every minute, hour, day, and possible years to come. So death was a blessing. An absolute blessing.”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1712313504227615187

I saw this interview and was pierced through my heart.
That his immediate reaction was relief that his 8-year old daughter was dead is emblematic of how gruesome these attacks were.
He rejoiced that she was dead because he knew the alternative was not that she was okay, but that she would be tortured, kidnapped, possibly raped and extremely terrified for who knows how long.

My sincere hope is that everyone, everyone who is connected to Hamas is wiped off the face of the earth.

 

[Momoffourboys]

It sounds like the IDF is doing everything is can think of it warn those innocent civilians they are coming in and to seek shelter. Fliers being dropped, TV hacked to broadcast a message. What has Hamas done to warn it's people? Oh yeah they said stay in your houses and die martyrs.

Which one seems like the enemy to the Palestinian people?

Sad. Very sad.

 

[Momoffourboys]

I saw this interview and was pierced through my heart.
That his immediate reaction was relief that his 8-year old daughter was dead is emblematic of how gruesome these attacks were.
He rejoiced that she was dead because he knew the alternative was not that she was okay, but that she would be tortured, kidnapped, possibly raped and extremely terrified for who knows how long.

My sincere hope is that everyone, everyone who is connected to Hamas is wiped off the face of the earth.

Clarissa Ward couldn’t compose herself. Neither could I or my husband.
It was definitely the hardest interview to watch.

 

[Momoffourboys]

Sinwar and Hamas members are dead men and we will destroy them' IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi has vowed that the head of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, will be targeted and eliminated by Israel after the Hamas atrocities in southern Israel

https://x.com/i24NEWS_EN/status/1712471673583423515?s=20

 

[JennieM]

#Hamas's al-Aqsa TV channel was hacked on Thursday afternoon, broadcasting a message urging residents of the #Gaza Strip to protect themselves and go to shelters.

Hamas's al-Aqsa TV channel was hacked on Thursday afternoon, broadcasting a message urging residents of the Gaza Strip to protect themselves and go to shelters.

"Hamas destroyed the Gaza Strip and smuggled its leaders to safe places. Now you have to protect yourselves, evacuate your homes, and go to safe places because the blow will be fatal," read the message broadcast on the channel.

https://x.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/1712466208640156134?s=20

I don’t understand this if someone can please explain nicely.

Can Palestinians actually really protect themselves? There is nowhere for them to go? They can’t leave the region unless Egypt lets them and there is no other way out.

If these shelters were safe, wouldn’t all the children and vulnerable go there? Are these shelters really safe? Are they enough of them?

I don’t understand how Palestinians in Gaza can get out of the crossfire like it’s an option for them. Safety is not an option for them, is it?