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Oct 7, 2023 atrocities, the thousands of "Palestinian" Arab Muslim barbarian (Hamas/PIJ, PFLP & ordinary Gazans) onslaught on southern Israel - under Allah Akbar cries: massacring youth at a festival, torching families alive at their homes, suffocating shelters with people in them, mass torture, mass rape - some even post mortem - all while laughing, slaughtering children in front of their parents - parents in front of their children, beheading babies, dismembering bodies, kidnapping kids, men women into Gaza while parading them to cheers of other racist Arab masses. It led to operation Swords of Iron. This is part 1. Sources published from Jan 7, 2024 - three months since Oct 7 massacres continue at Swords_of_Iron:_sources_II Part 2

Notes Part I

Swords of Iron - Real Time Updates

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Shin Bet and IDF: to continue economic operations for Gaza. In the discussion with the political echelon, the top brass pushed for an increase in the number of workers from the Gaza Strip

Gili Cohen, 00:42 | October 2, 2023

The message of the Shin Bet and the IDF to the political level: in order to preserve peace in the Gaza Strip - economic operations for Gaza must continue. In a security discussion held yesterday (Sunday) by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu with the Minister of Defense and the heads of the security branches, they discussed security challenges in all arenas - with an emphasis on Iran.

One of the topics that came up in the discussion is the increase of workers from Gaza. Within the security elite there are factors pushing for this, and there is also pressure from Egypt, Qatar and the UN to act on the issue. The move is expected to be viewed positively - when there is a stable relaxation at the border. Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who was not invited to the discussion, opposes increasing the number of workers. Kan News

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'Top secret' Hamas documents show that terrorists intentionally targeted elementary schools and a youth center Maps and documents recovered from the bodies of Hamas attackers reveal a coordinated plan to target children and take hostages inside an Israeli village near Gaza.

Hamas maps of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Nahal Oz, and Alumim recovered from the bodies of Hamas by Israeli first responders. A Hamas map recovered from the body of a Hamas militants by Israeli first responders. Obtained by NBC News

Oct. 13, 2023, 5:15 PM EDT By Anna Schecter NBC _

Hamas terrorists were ordered to target Israeli schools, ‘kill as many people as possible’ in sneak attack plans: report. By Katherine Donlevy. Published Oct. 13, 2023 NY Post _

Kill As Many, Take Hostages, Hamas Told In "Top Secret" Document: Report. The attack plans seem to be orders for two trained Hamas units to surround and infiltrate villages and target places where civilians gather. Updated : October 14, 2023 4:57 pm IST NDTV

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Hamas Fighters’ Orders: ‘Kill as Many People as Possible.’ Documents found on dead militants in Israel indicate massacres were a central objective. By Dov Lieber and David S. Cloud Oct. 14, 2023 3:04 pm ET

TEL AVIV—Written orders carried by Hamas fighters sent to attack Israeli towns and settlements last weekend contained the same chilling command: Kill as many people as possible.

Documents recovered from the bodies of dead militants at the sites of attacks that killed more than 1,300 Israelis point to a deliberate strategy to massacre civilians, Israeli officials said.

The similarity of the orders given to attack teams, along with videos posted by the attackers themselves, eyewitness testimony, and the scale of civilian killings in multiple locations—at least 1,000 in total—suggest that the massacre wasn’t a byproduct of the attack but a central objective.

A Hamas squad that attacked the farming community of Alumim in southern Israel, was directed to “achieve the highest level of human losses” and then take hostages, according to documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal and which an Israeli official said were authentic.

Orders carried by militants sent to attack Sa’ad, a 670-person collective farming community, instructed them to “to take control of the kibbutz, kill as many individuals as possible, and capture hostages until receiving further instructions.”

The documents are at odds with assertions by Hamas officials that militants had been told not to kill women and children. The group, designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S., Israel and others, has blamed civilian deaths on armed Palestinians unaffiliated with Hamas who joined the attack.

“Hamas’s strategy behind this attack was very clear: they were on a mission to hurt and murder as many innocent civilians as possible,” said Tal Heinrich, a spokeswoman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, referring to “maps and documents found on the bodies of Hamas terrorists.”

The documents and maps—retrieved in areas where attackers were killed by local defenders or Israeli soldiers—indicate that Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, had amassed significant intelligence about its targets and had developed detailed plans for assaulting them.

Rescue workers, soldiers and residents have collected a trove of such documents from the bodies of dead militants.

Israeli officials said they suspect that attackers who entered communities first tried to kill as many people as possible to limit the threat of a counterattack, then took hostage those who were still alive.

One striking similarity among the plans: Attackers were told to herd hostages into kibbutz dining halls before taking them back to Gaza, something that occurred in the town of Be’eri, where dozens of residents held in its dining facility were eventually rescued by Israeli troops.

The attackers dispatched to Sa’ad, another kibbutz nearby, carried maps showing its security fence and other defenses. Orders also noted the residents’ volunteer guard force was armed and could be reinforced by Israeli army units stationed nearby.

A map showed an aerial view of the kibbutz, identifying locations along the fence line where two teams of fighters were supposed to enter the kibbutz. The attack plan also warned militants that “guards are on regular shifts, and the kibbutz surveils the surrounding area via cameras.”

The dining hall could be a place for “holding hostages,” the plan said, adding that the medical clinic could serve as “a first aid center for friends and foes.”

In Kfar Aza, across the road from Sa’ad, around 70 fighters from Hamas killed dozens of members of the 700-strong community. Officials said they found the mutilated bodies of women and children scattered across the kibbutz. Some residents, Israeli soldiers said, had been decapitated.

In Alumim, down the road from Sa’ad, the local protection force fought back against dozens of Hamas attackers, and with military help, killed around 20, preventing deaths on the scale witnessed in other nearby communities, said Tzvika Blumstein, a manager of the kibbutz.

But the Hamas attackers did reach the dorms of Thai and Nepalese laborers working for the kibbutz, who lived closest to the breached areas. There, they immediately killed some of the workers in their beds, according to Blumstein.

Others were taken to a different location, had their hands bound before being executed, said Blumstein. In total, the Hamas attackers killed 16 workers living on the kibbutz. “It was a massacre,” said Blumstein.

The Journal on Wednesday also reported on a 14-page document labeled “top secret” in Arabic and dated June 15, 2023 that describes a plan for infiltrating Mefalsim, a kibbutz near Gaza, and taking residents hostage.

Two teams of five and a commander would carry out the operation on “Hour S, Day Y,” it reads. Maps and aerial pictures of the town were contained in the document, which says there were 1,000 “civilians” guarded by a volunteer security force.

Members of the assault team were designated to open holes in a security fence, while others were to provide “artillery” fire, the document says. Once inside, the force would take prisoners and hold them at the dining hall as hostages “for negotiations,” the plan reads.

Video of the attack from a surveillance camera near Mefalsim’s front gate shows that attackers began gunning down residents as soon as they arrived.

The video was posted Saturday by South First Responders, a group of emergency personnel working in southern Israel, and verified by the Journal. In the footage, a man dressed in a white shirt running on the sidewalk grabs his right arm and drops onto the pavement, blood leaking from his head.

Within minutes, armed fighters can be seen emerging from a wooded area in ones and twos. Several run over to him and shoot him again. Residents who have abandoned their cars to hide in the bushes are attacked with grenades. One is pulled from the bushes and repeatedly shot and bludgeoned. WSJ

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Israeli video compilation shows the savagery and ease of Hamas' attack. Associated Press.

Published: October 17, 2023 at 2:21 AM Ksat

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Hamas torture confirmed as Israeli forensics institute identifies victims. By Aaron Poris/The Media Line . Published: October 20, 2023 07:34 Updated: October 20, 2023 14:48

Forensic pathologists, including Israeli staffers as well as volunteers from abroad, were visibly disturbed by the evidence before them.

Stifling the urge to retch became a difficult task as I walked through the lower levels of Israel’s National Center of Forensic Medicine (Abu Kabir) in Tel Aviv. The smell of rotting human remains, much of which was completely unrecognizable as human due to the brutality of the attack, was at times too much to bear.

In light of the growing international interest in (and denials of) the Palestinian terror group Hamas’ October 7 massacre in southern Israel, representatives of the global press were invited to see the horrors for themselves.

Forensic pathologists, including Israeli staffers as well as volunteers from abroad, were visibly disturbed by the evidence before them. Despite every effort to remain objective and detached—as called for by the profession—many broke down into tears throughout the day.

During the initial press conference, the forensics team showed images from their investigations. Among the images were those of charred hands with marks that revealed where the victims’ hands were bound behind their backs with metal wire before being burned alive.

Perhaps the most disturbing image in the slideshow was a completely charred mass of flesh, which at first glance could not be seen as ever having belonged to a human. It was only after a CT scan was done that experts could see the inhumanity of the image.

Two spinal cords—one belonging to an adult, one to someone young—a parent and child bound together by metal wires in a final embrace before being set alight.

“When you do this job downstairs, you get detached,” Dr. Chen Kugel, the head of Abu Kabir, told The Media Line. “But then you learn the stories and connect to the people. It’s hard not to feel the tragedy. It’s so big. And when I go to the Shura camp [where deceased bodies in Israel are first collected] and see containers like you’d see at the port—but they’re all full of bodies… And you hear the stories—that behind their charred bodies, something terrible happened—it’s very difficult. I’ve seen many things in my 31-year career, but the magnitude and the cruelty [here] is terrible,” Kugel added.

“The proportion of bodies we’ve received who are charred is high,” Kugel explained. “Many have gunshot wounds in their hands, showing they put their hands up to their faces in defense. Many were burned alive in their homes. … We know they were burned alive because there is soot in their trachea, their throats—meaning they were still breathing when set on fire.”

Victims likely died from carbon dioxide, soot inhalation

The single mercy, Kugel said—if there is one to be found—is that the burned victims likely died from carbon dioxide and soot inhalation before the fire killed them.

Kugel also explained that the age range of the victims spans from 3 months to 80 or 90 years old. Many bodies, including those of babies, are without heads.

Asked if they were decapitated, Kugel answered yes. Although he admits that, given the circumstances, it’s difficult to ascertain whether they were decapitated before or after death, as well as how they were beheaded, “whether cut off by knife or blown off by RPG,” he explained.

Kugel was far from the only one who got emotional when discussing the evident travesty. “We disassociate because we need to work, but from time to time it gets to you,” Dr. Nurit Bublil, head of Abu Kabir’s DNA laboratory, told The Media Line.

“Yesterday, I opened evidence from a house in a southern kibbutz, and there was a popular recipe book covered in blood. … I have this same book, and it makes you take a moment and think, it could have been my kitchen, my children, my parents, me. You can’t avoid it,” she said.

Additionally, Israel’s small population gives rise to the fact that no one is far removed from the wake of the massacre. “My sister has a close friend of hers who is still missing,” said Bublil, as she stood beside a blood-stained mattress from a baby’s crib. The DNA from the mattress will be used to try and identify a brutally disfigured and unaccounted-for infant.

“I got the message today from my neighbor,” Bublil continued. “She asked if I could help because her good friend’s husband, father, two nephews, and father-in-law’s wife were all murdered too and have yet to be identified.”

This is the crux of the forensic pathology center’s current mission in which roughly 200 experts are participating. Forensic pathologists, anthropologists, radiologists, and more from Israel as well as from the US, Switzerland, New Zealand, and elsewhere around the world have come not simply to determine the victims’ causes of death but to identify the bodies for burial.

Fighting back tears, Israeli forensic pathologist Dr. Hagar Mizrahi explained that “as you know, the Jewish people must bury their dead as soon as possible.” But as of this writing, nearly two weeks have passed since the massacre, and some 350 bodies remain unidentified. “So, the people here at Abu Kabir are doing their best to help and identify the most severe cases that arrive.”

Identifying bodies

Four places around the country are currently working to identify and release bodies for burial.

The Israel Police headquarters in Jerusalem is handling all the antemortem samples and personal items for DNA comparisons. The Israel Defense Forces is working on 1-1 DNA comparisons using their data on soldiers, including fingerprints, dental records, and DNA. In addition, Abu Kabir is working to collect DNA samples and identification for the most severe cases. It’s also where all the DNA samples from other locations come for additional testing. And the Shura camp near Ramla, in central Israel, is where all the deceased are initially collected. Shura currently has some 950 body bags in its possession.

The word “bags” is written here instead of “bodies” because it’s not clear how many victims there are within them.

“More than one person’s remains may be in a single bag,” Kugel explained, “and one person’s remains may be in multiple bags.” When looking at remains, he added, “We know there are multiple people because we see double. For example, if you see two bones from the left maxilla, then it couldn’t be from the same person.”

And in many cases, bones without so much as a speck of extractable DNA are all that’s left. For that reason, Kugel said that some victims’ families would be right to fear the worst.

“We hope that with CT and biopsies, we can bring the unidentified down to less than 200. But some people, we will never find. We will never identify them. And people need to be prepared for this.”

Speaking personally, Bublil said that she wants the world to know that “generally, Hamas enjoyed the killing.”

According to Bublil, “This was not combat, or a military conflict, or a state conflict, or a political conflict. [Hamas] enjoyed the murders so much that they did everything they could do to celebrate the killing. They celebrated burning houses with civilians inside who didn’t do anything to them. They enjoyed grabbing an 18-year-old girl from a party, a festival, dragging her to a car, and taking her to Gaza. And who knows what happened [to her] in between. They enjoyed and celebrated the death. … These are monsters. They’re not human… They weren’t merciful to anyone. No one who was alive and encountered them remained alive. No one.” JPost

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The painful, painstaking work of Israel's burial societies.

"There are no words to describe what I’ve seen. These are things I have never seen before and hope never to see again," says Menachem Levy. Menachem Posner, October 30, 2023. ...the extreme way in which the people died means that there are times when it becomes extremely challenging to positively identify the victims. In some instances, there is no DNA, no teeth to match with dental records and precious few other ways of determining who the bodies were... Unprecedented Numbers of Victims

Much of the work of identifying the remains takes place at the Shura Army Base near Ramle. The base houses a large new processing center designed to care for the bodies of victims of terror attacks and natural disasters. The center is large, but never could the planners have foreseen a national disaster of this scope. . "Truck after truck of bodies. Floor to ceiling, bodies. Each one a human, a loved one, a life," says Noiman.. "The most jarring thing was the sheer number. I felt like I was reliving a scene from the Holocaust—piles of dead Jews everywhere."

Noiman says that many of the bodies he processed bore witness to the violent way in which the murders had happened: There were gunshot wounds, burns, dismemberments, stabbings and more... JNS

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Israeli Official: Hamas Raped 'Women, Grandmothers, Children’ So Violently 'They Broke Victims' Pelvis.' By Ryan Saavedra Oct 21, 2023, DailyWire.com

New details have begun to emerge about the barbaric evils that innocent Israeli citizens were forced to experience at the hands of savage Palestinian Islamic terrorists with Hamas during their unprecedented terror attack two weeks ago.

A woman named Shari, who did not want to give her last name because she wanted to protect her family, works in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Rabbinate corps and it is her job to clean the victim’s bodies as best as possible to prepare them for burial.

“We wash the bodies and prepare them for burial. We try to bring them dignity in death,” she told the Daily Mail. “I heard stories about Auschwitz as a child growing up in New Jersey. But what I have seen here with my own eyes is worse than (films made about) the Holocaust.”

“What these barbarians did to these people is beyond words,” said Shari, who is from New Jersey and moved to Israel 20 years ago. “There is evidence of mass rape so brutal that they broke their victims’ pelvis – women, grandmothers, children.”

She said that she never expected to see some of the horrifying scenes that she was exposed to as a result of the Islamic terrorism.

“People whose heads have been cut off. Women standing in their night dresses woken up and shot. Faces blasted off. Heads smashed and their brains spilling out,” she said. “A baby was cut out of a pregnant woman and beheaded and then the mother was beheaded.”

“Women and children burned to charcoal. Bodies murdered with their hands tied behind their backs,” she continued. “My mother and my grandmother are Holocaust survivors. They were the only members of the family to come out of Auschwitz alive after they were taken from their homes in Czechoslovakia. All of her brothers and sisters and uncles and aunts were murdered there.”

The Hamas terrorists were barbaric to begin with, but many of them also reportedly took a drug called Captagon, an amphetamine produced in southern Europe and the Middle East that has helped fuel terrorism. It is commonly referred to as the “ISIS drug.” Small bags of cocaine were also found in vehicles that the terrorists used to drive from Gaza to Israel.

Colonel Rabbi Haim Weisberg said that what Israeli forces have discovered in the aftermath of the attacks was “evidence of torture and savagery.”

“We have babies with their heads cut off. Bodies without hands, without legs, without genitals,” he added. Daily Wire

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The October 7 massacre left 21 children without parents. 21 boys and girls from 13 families were left without parents - murdered, kidnapped or still missing - One of them, 4 years old, was orphaned by her parents and kidnapped to Gaza - The rest of the boys and girls are staying with family members in Israel and are accompanied by the welfare teams, who provide them with assistance and guidance

Michal Peylan|N12| Published 17:38 22.10.23

More than two weeks have passed since the brutal terrorist attack and the dimensions of the horror continue to be revealed. Today (Sunday) the Ministry of Welfare informed that 21 boys and girls from 13 families were left without parents, most of them orphaned. These are children, girls, boys and girls, under the age of 18, whose two parents are not present - murdered, kidnapped or still missing.

16 boys and girls are defined as orphans, after it was verified that both their parents were murdered in the attack. In one case one parent was murdered and the other kidnapped, in another case one parent was murdered and the other was missing and in two others one parent was murdered and the other was not part of the family unit. One of the girls who was orphaned by both her parents, 4 years old, was kidnapped to Gaza. Mako Michal Peylan @michalpeylan

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Oct 22, 2023. [1] ("21 children are now orphans A 4-year-old girl, whose both parents were murdered, was kidnapped alone to Gaza"). [2]

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Decapitation and burning: IDF officer Col. Golan Vach describes horrors of Hamas massacre.

Col. Golan Vach, who is directing search and rescue operations in southern Israel, describes the atrocities committed by Hamas forces.

Yoni Kempinski, Oct 22, 2023, 2:56 PM (GMT+3)

Arutz Sheva - Israel National News joined IDF Col. Golan Vach, commander of search and rescue operations in southern Israel, as he spoke with a group of MKs and ambassadors who came to visit the terror-stricken communities in southern Israel.

"The music festival was the most difficult scene I've witnessed in my life," he commented. I've had twenty years of natural disasters like hurricanes and earthquakes. I was a combat officer in Lebanon and in Hebron. I've seen everything, and this was something else. They had one goal - not to massacre, but to humiliate."

"They gathered young boys in lines and shot them. They raped some of the girls who came to the music festival. Some of the young people were gathered together and burned. We found the remains, and didn't understand what they were at first- we thought perhaps there had been an accident. Then we started searching for the missing, and we saw fire. We said 'Wait, maybe there are people in the fire'. There were twelve people burning. I looked up and saw more fires, and realized that we should just follow the fire. We burned our shoes trying to get them all out. We had to hurry because, in just a few hours like that, there would have been no remains left. I have horrific videos of that."

"Some people say we made it up. I don't know what kind of person could say that. More than a hundred and twenty young people were collected and burned in the music festival, and two hundred fifty people in total were murdered. They took people out of their houses and killed them. There was a decapitated soldier. Some people asked me 'Is it true?' I tell them, 'I carried him, from this very spot.' I don't know anyone besides ISIS who decapitated people and took the head - we didn't find the head. It's both torture and humiliation, that you can't be identified by your face."

"I cannot express in words the feelings of a Jewish soldier who came to Israel who came to defend the state of Israel, and finds himself collecting the burned bones of his own brothers and sisters." INN

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First responder: 'Those who had hope for peace have cracked.'

Eran Casher, a first responder in southern Israel, claims that the idea of peace with Gaza is gone once and for all.

Yoni Kempinski, Oct 22, 2023, 2:40 PM (GMT+3)

Arutz Sheva - Israel National News joined Eran Casher, a first responder in the town of Netiv HaAsara in southern Israel, as he spoke with a group of MKs and ambassadors who came to visit the terror-stricken communities about the emotions filling his community in the wake of the Hamas invasion.

"It doesn't matter how much land we give them," he says. "We took out our people, we gave them land, we gave thousands of them jobs, people ruled by Hamas, and tried to help them have better lives. I hope this helps people better understand what we're facing. I knew it all the way, I never believed in it for a single second. It is hard to see those who still had hope crack, but now we can see what we're facing, and we need to see how we will rise up from it."

Casher warns the visitors that this will not stop in Israel: "I don't know where you're coming from, but if you think it's only happening because it's us, you're wrong. You guys are next, so you'd better wake up."

"We have our own thing, we're trying to deal in a Western way in a Middle Eastern environment. We need to wake up as well and understand that it is not only the language that is different but the environment. What I'm doing as a Western man - they don't see it the same way. There is a different mentality, a different way to do things." INN

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TalkTV, 2023-10-25:

'Elderly women and babies have been raped' Volunteer at identification unit for female victims of Hamas massacre describes horrors witnessed.

A volunteer with the unit responsible for identifying female victims of the Hamas massacre has described the shocking scenes she has witnessed.

Filmed outside Shura Base, the identification unit for the murder victims of the Hamas attack in Israel, the volunteer told reporter Christine Kensche what she had seen was "just abject cruelty".

Describing some victims, she said: "They were shot in the head. They were burnt alive. They were mutilated.

"We saw genitals cut off heads cut off, baby's hands for no reason... we saw people shot in the head so many times, long after they were dead. We even saw them shot in the head after there was no more blood, there was no reason.

Volunteer describes what she has witnessed at identification unit

"This was just abject cruelty."

Ms Kensche then asked the volunteer: "There are reports about women being raped. Can you confirm this?", to which she replied: "Yes, we have seen that women have been raped.

"Children through to elderly women have been raped. [There has been] forcible entry to the point where bones were broken."

Earlier this week, Israel hosted a 45-minute screening of video footage collected from the Oct 7 attacks by Hamas assailants from Hamas body cameras, dashcams, traffic cameras, closed-circuit TV and the mobile phones and social media accounts of victims, soldiers and emergency medical workers.

Hamas fighter boasts about killings..

Journalists were also played an audio recording allegedly of a Hamas fighter calling his parents in Gaza and excitedly boasting he had killed at 10 Jews with his bare hands.

The audio, played at a United Nations meeting in New York this week by Israel's Foreign Minister, hears the terrorist claiming that he has taken the phone from an Israeli woman he has killed to tell his mother and father the news.

He made the call from Kibbutz Mefalsim, saying to his father: "Dad I am inside Mefalsim. Open your WhatsApp right now, and see all the ones I killed. Look at how many I killed with my own hands - your son killed Jews!" Talk.tv

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Adam Albilya - אדם אלביליה @AdamAlbilya:

"The plan was to go from house to house, throw grenades, and kill everyone there, including women and children,"

Hamas Terrorist of the Nukhba Force Confesses the Slaughter of Women, Children, and Post-mortem Rape of Dead Body .

More specifically, the Palestinian Nazi admitted to planning and executing indiscriminate killings of women and children, with gruesome details including beheadings and sexual assault on a young girl's dead body by a terrorist friend of his. Oct 23, 2023 [3]

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PURE FEAR - I was forced to watch harrowing footage of Hamas victims’ final moments – the atrocities I saw will never leave me. Terrorist even called his mum to boast after killing 10 Jews By Jotam Confino Published: 10:50 ET, Oct 25 2023

ISRAEL is facing a war not just against terror, but disinformation.

The country’s defence forces were forced to show the horrifying last moments of families and festival-goers slaughtered in the massacre by Hamas to combat propaganda.

Footage recorded by Hamas during the October 7 massacreCredit: IDF release of Hamas material

What kind of world do we live in when people believe authorities would lie about babies being beheaded, children shot and old people kidnapped from their homes?

The spread of lies has made lives dangerous for Jewish people around the world - just look at how quickly it was accepted Israel had bombed a hospital in Gaza.

The United States, Britain, Canada, France and Italy all agree that the strike did not come from Israel, but the damage to the reputation of Israel has been done.

On social media, Hamas supporters peddle lies about the conflict.

Reuters' fact-checking unit has identified posts using fake images and information to cause confusion and heightening tensions.

Among the videos is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin with fabricated subtitles allegedly warning America not to get involved in the war.

From a Gazan perspective, another shows the lynching of a teenager in Guatemala which purports to be an Israeli woman being killed by a ‘Palestinian mob’.

With so much disinformation on both sides, it's understandable people are misled, but it’s dangerous when they refuse to believe official statements from people actually on the ground.

This week I was one of the journalists who watched the harrowing scenes of Hamas killing innocents.

I was one of 100 journalists brought together at the Israeli Defence Force’s military base north of Tel Aviv where we were shown a compilation of material from Hamas go-pro cameras.

What I saw sickened me.

One terrorist screamed "Allahu Akhbar" as he attempted to behead a dead man with a shovel.

At the Kibbutz Be’eri, on the Gazan border, disturbing footage showed a father and his two sons, roughly seven and nine, run out of their house, drawn by the explosions outside.

The dad ran into a bomb shelter to hide and a Hamas terrorist threw a grenade, instantly killing the dad.

As the two children came out of the shelter with blood on their hands, one unable to see because of the blast, they ran back into their house only to be followed by Hamas.

One terrorist opens the fridge to drink from a water bottle, asking the boys: “Do you want some?” It was like nothing had happened.

Another scene showed a terrorist leaning under a table to talk to a little girl before shooting her dead.

At the festival where at least 260 people were brutally murdered, Hamas shot portable toilets one by one in a bid to kill anyone hiding inside. Around them, panicked young people ran away screaming.

Chillingly, a voice recording revealed a conversation between a Hamas terrorist and his parents.

“I’ve killed 10 Jews with my bare hands,” he tells his mother. “Check your Whatsapp.”

Instead of being disturbed by her son’s actions, she replies: “May [God] Allah protect you.”

Other images show a small body burned beyond recognition and a baby covered in blood.

We were five minutes into the 45 minute screening and I was already shaking, barely able to write notes. A colleague from an American TV channel started weeping as the horror show continued.

After about 35 minutes I left the auditorium, convinced I’d seen enough evidence of the atrocities eyewitnesses have already described to me.

Under normal circumstances, journalists wouldn’t be exposed to these kinds of images - a job left to forensics.

But the intense backlash over what many regard as “Israeli propaganda” and unreliable eyewitnesses has left the Israeli government no choice but to arrange this absurd screening of unspeakable atrocities.

Imagine how the released hostages must feel about this?

The question is, will people around the world still question whether this happened?

If they do, I truly don’t know what to say anymore.

Jotam Confino is the foreign editor of Jewish News in the UK. The Sun

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'Just as Cruel as the Terrorists': Many Ordinary Palestinians Joined in Hamas's Atrocities Against Israel.

Andrew Tobin, October 24, 2023

TEL AVIV—As Hamas terrorists carried out a highly choreographed massacre in Israel on Oct. 7, they received a source of support that amplified the horror that took place that day. A mob of ordinary Palestinians spontaneously joined in what became the deadliest pogrom against Jews since the Holocaust, according to videos, eyewitness accounts, and the Israel Defense Forces.

Whereas the Hamas terrorists wore uniforms and carried military-grade weapons, the Gazans who followed them into the Jewish state were dressed as civilians and mostly unarmed, two officials from Israel's devastated Gaza border region said. Young men with knives, overweight dads, and at least one elderly man on crutches were among those who exploited Hamas's rampage to create a second wave of carnage that rivaled the barbarism of the professional terrorists.

The IDF declined to provide details about non-Hamas Gazans’s involvement in the Oct. 7 attack. But IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus confirmed to the Washington Free Beacon that large numbers of Gazans who were not members of any terrorist group entered Israel and participated in the atrocities.

"They did what you say they did," Conricus said.

The extent to which the Gazan public took part in Hamas's campaign of terror has yet to be fully understood even in Israel. But for the communities near Israel's Gaza border—home to many of the country's remaining peaceniks—firsthand knowledge of what their Palestinian neighbors did has already hardened into a new consensus: Coexistence is dead, and Gaza must be crushed.

"The second wave of Arabs who came into the country were just as cruel as the terrorists of the first wave," Gadi Yarkoni, the mayor of the Eshkol Regional Council, which encompasses most of the Gaza border communities, told the Free Beacon. "We saw that it was not only Hamas who came to slaughter us. It was all the residents of Gaza, including people who worked in our kibbutzim."

Yarkoni was elected mayor under the banner of Israel's center-left Blue and White party less than a year after he lost both his legs in a mortar attack during Israel's 2014 Gaza war. Only now has his idealism been pushed past the breaking point.

In a monologue on Israel's Channel 12 news that went viral online last week, Yarkoni forcefully disagreed with the anchor’s reporting on allegations, since debunked, that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza during its ongoing war with Hamas.

"I hear what you say, and I have changed," Yarkoni said. "I don't talk like you. I don't know what's going on with our hostages and missing people. Their families are crying out, and the people of Gaza, who we once thought were good, are responsible. It’s not just Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Ordinary people from Gaza took [our citizens]."

"I demand that the State of Israel and the IDF finish this mission," he said. "Finish it this time so that we can live in peace."

Yarkoni, who survived Oct. 7 in the safe room of his house in Kibbutz Nirim, estimated that 3,000 Gazans were involved in the attack, about half of them "civilians." The IDF has put the total number of terrorists at 2,500 to 3,500 but declined to specify whether that figure includes non-Hamas members.

Speaking with the Free Beacon, Yarkoni referred to gruesome footage and survivor testimonies that have not been made public.

"I saw a scene where a Gazan civilian chopped off a man's head. It took him several attempts to detach the head from the body," he said.

According to a video that was posted online, Gazans used a bulldozer to tear down a section of Israel's border fence, and hundreds of unarmed men and boys—wearing T-shirts, baseball caps, sneakers, and flip-flops—crossed into the country. They came mostly on foot but also by bicycle, scooter, and motorcycle. Someone appears to have brought a donkey. Other online videos show ordinary Gazans taking selfies on and around Israeli tanks and ransacking a military base on the border. All the while, cries of "Allahu Akbar" rang out.

The mob soon arrived in nearby Israeli communities that Hamas was already terrorizing. Security footage and Hamas videos from Be'eri, Nir Oz, and other kibbutzim capture dozens of ordinary-looking Gazans looting and taking part in killings and kidnappings, including of women and children.

Some of these people extorted their victims. Jacqueline Glicksman, an 81-year-old resident of Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha, told the Free Beacon that three teenage boys from Gaza broke through the window of her safe room and demanded money. She told them she had none, and minutes later, her house was burned down. Glicksman somehow managed to jump out of the broken window in her pajamas and run to safety. But her friend, Silvia Mirensky, 80, was killed in an arson attack next door.

Meanwhile, in the streets of Gaza, crowds greeted the returning kidnappers as conquering heroes, online videos show. Some Gazans taunted the Israeli hostages and defiled the dead as they were paraded through the streets.

Raz Cohen, a 24-year-old former Israeli commando, saw both Hamas terrorists and ordinary Gazans kill and rape revelers at the Nova music festival in Re'im, where at least 260 people were slaughtered. After escaping the Hamas terrorists, Cohen hid in a bush with a group of friends for almost seven hours. He watched as a gang of Gazan civilians—men wearing Adidas and armed only with knives and axes—raped and murdered a young Jewish woman.

"While they were raping and killing, they always laughed. I can't forget how they laughed," Cohen told the Free Beacon.

Several members of Cohen's group later ran from the bush and were caught by the same gang of Gazans. He said he heard his friends' screams as they were tortured and stabbed to death.

"You know when you hear the screams of someone who is dying," said Cohen, who was eventually rescued by Israeli soldiers.

A young couple who were abducted at the Nova festival also appear to have been victims of ordinary Gazans. Footage shows that Noa Argamani and Avinatan Or were taken away by a group of about a dozen young men, some of them teenagers. As Or's brother told Israel's Channel 99, the kidnappers did not look to be armed. Minutes before Or was captured, he texted friends that 20 "people" were hunting down and lynching Jews, according to screenshots published by Israel's Ynet news site.

An Israeli soldier who responded to the festival massacre told Ynet about his elite unit’s encounter with four amateur terrorists.

"They had no weapons. One of them had a knife," said the commando, who spoke anonymously. "You can't say they were tough. I think they are all margarine. They are not good fighters, from what we have seen. But it was their numbers and their evil. That's all. You unleash a lot of people and say, 'Do what you want, and have fun. Enjoy the murder. And also loot.'"

Daniel Meir, Nirim's security chief, told the Free Beacon that dozens of ordinary Gazans attacked his kibbutz on Oct. 7 along with about 50 Hamas terrorists. During an hours-long gunfight with the invaders, he climbed to the top of a grain tower, where he was able to survey the battlefield.

Meir, echoing Yarkoni, said the differences between the Hamas terrorists and the other Gazans were easy to see: The Hamas terrorists wore green camouflage or black uniforms and were armed with automatic rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, and hand grenades. The ordinary Gazans wore everyday clothing and came unarmed or carrying only knives, although some appeared to have taken firearms from fallen Israelis or Hamas terrorists.

There was "complete cooperation" between the two groups, Meir said, with Hamas doing most of the fighting and the ordinary Gazans focused on looting and kidnapping.

"The civilians went into houses and turned them upside down. They took phones, computers, jewelry, whatever they could find," he recalled. "From what I know, they also took most of the hostages."

Meir, along with three fellow members of his security team and a passing IDF helicopter, improbably managed to fend off the terrorists until soldiers arrived in Nirim around 1 p.m. Five members of the kibbutz were killed and five are missing.

Even though Nirim suffered less than some of its neighbors, Meir said the attack—and particularly the role of ordinary Gazans—shattered his community's faith in coexistence. Many of the kibbutzniks were longtime peace activists, and there was widespread support among them for a program that allowed thousands of Gazans to work in Israel.

Now, the IDF has reportedly detained a few thousand Gazan guest workers and is investigating whether they helped Hamas plan the Oct. 7 attack. Several community members received text messages from Gazan workers, according to Yarkoni, warning their former employers that they were coming to kill them.

"I am a man of peace," Meir said. "I wanted us to live in peace—that we could drive to the ocean over there [in Gaza] and that we could do groceries in Rafah or Khan Yunis. I think even most right-wing Israelis at the end of the day pray for peace. The desire for peace is ingrained in all of us."

"But today we understand that [the Palestinians] are educated differently. They are educated for something else. Just as we crave peace, they crave jihad," he said. "They are raising monsters. And it is impossible to make peace with monsters." Free Beacon

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Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر @emilykschrader: Footage released from an interrogation of capture Hamas terrorist who infiltrated Israel. He admits that the Hamas terrorists fully intended to rape Israeli women who were captured.

To anyone denying or minimizing the barbarity of Hamas? Stop gaslighting the Jewish people. Oct 11, 2023. on X

Hamas Goal In Capturing Jewish Women, Children, and Babies Was To “Dirty Them, To Rape Them”, Admits Terrorist. Mass rape has been a key part of the terror of Hamas, just like ISIS, even the children and babies were to be raped.

Posted by William A. Jacobson Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 06:59am LegalInsurrection

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The untold story - the horrifying massacre on the pensioners' bus. Michal Meral Zarbialov went on a trip with friends to the Dead Sea, on the way they were caught by the barrages in Sderot. She still had time to talk to her daughter during the interceptions and the red paint, but the shelter they fled to was locked - then a van arrived with armed terrorists who opened fire, killing thirteen. Liran Kojahinoff's article from the evening news 10/19/23 Kan

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3,000 Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on Oct. 7, according to revised IDF assessment. Critical intelligence gleaned from interrogation of captured Hamas terrorists as IDF forces reach outskirts of Gaza City

Yoav Zitun | published: November 1, 2023| 17:32 Ynet

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In CNN interview: President Herzog reveals Hamas "Captive Taking Handbook."

In the booklet terrorists are advised in detail on how to carry out the kidnapping.

Israel National News, Oct 15, 2023, 10:15 PM (GMT+3)

President Isaac Herzog on Sunday, in an interview with CNN, presented evidence found on Hamas terrorists following the barbaric attack on the people of Israel a week ago. He showed viewers a booklet entitled "The Warrior's Guide - Jihad Version", issued and distributed by Hamas to terrorists in the field.

In addition, the President presented shocking photos of atrocities in the massacre at Kibbutz Be’eri, which he visited this morning.

In the booklet, recovered on the battlefield from a Hamas terrorist who was killed after taking part in the attack on Israel, terrorists are advised in detail on how to carry out the kidnapping. According to the description, the kidnappers are required to create chaos and intimidation, coercing and blindfolding captives, using electric shocks, and instructing them to execute any person who may pose a threat or distraction. They were also instructed to collect the captives and use them as human shields, if necessary, without distinction of religion, race, or sex.

According to the barbaric text, similar to the terrorist organization ISIS, the terrorists are required to document their actions by livestreaming and executing hostages.

Also in the manual was a chapter explaining IDF ranks and their importance, as well as an explanation of the IDF’s means of warfare and technological capabilities.

Like – and even worse than ISIS – the text places cruel brutality at the heart of Hamas’ actions.

In his interview, the President said, "We are faced with an extremely cruel, inhumane ending enemy which we have to uproot with no mercy. This was found on the body of one of the terrorists, this booklet is an instruction guide on how to go into a civilian premises, into a kibbutz, a city, a moshav, and how to break in. And first thing, what do you do when you find the citizens? You torture them? This is the booklet - it says exactly how to torture them, how to abduct them, how to kidnap them. So therefore, the story is not Israel versus Palestinians or Judaism versus Islam... the story is about humans, humanity, are we with the good or with evil, that's where humanity should stand. And the battle that we are carrying out now, as a nation rising up as a lion, is against evil, and we will uproot evil so that there will be good for the entire region and the world".

He added, "There is no justification. It is simply an ISIS-type ideology that wants to eliminate us off the ground, and therefore, they need to be eliminated off the ground." INN

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The IDF on an information campaign: presented a 40-minute film of the horrors perpetrated by Hamas terrorists.

200 foreign reporters from all over the world gathered and watched harsh material from the Gaza Strip in which they see, among other things, indiscriminate fire on civilians driving their cars - The full film included extremely harsh material, of which the IDF allowed only one minute to be broadcast, which alone is enough to understand what happened on Shabbat the 7th In October - Hamas terrorist in interrogation: "We were ordered to go room by room, and to murder women and children" N12|Published 17:17 23.10.23 | Updated 18:41 23.10.23 [...] Hamas terrorist under investigation: "We were ordered to murder, women and children too"

At the same time, the IDF published excerpts from the investigation conducted with a Hamas terrorist who participated in the massacre at Kibbutz Alumim and was arrested by the security forces. During the investigation, the terrorist revealed to the investigators the consent the terrorists received, including religious legal guidance, to carry out the atrocities.

A terrorist explains in the interrogation what they were ordered to do in the massacre

Among other things, the terrorist said in the interrogation: "The plan was to go from house to house, from room to room, throw grenades and kill everyone there, including women and children. Hamas ordered us to do the following: trample on their heads and cut them off, cut off their legs." He added that it was also "religiously approved for them to have sex with a corpse after they killed it." Mako

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Adam Albilya - @AdamAlbilya: "The plan was to go from house to house, throw grenades, and kill everyone there, including women and children,"

Hamas Terrorist of the Nukhba Force Confesses the Slaughter of Women, Children, and Post-mortem Rape of Dead Body.

More specifically, the Palestinian Nazi admitted to planning and executing indiscriminate killings of women and children, with gruesome details including beheadings and sexual assault on a young girl's dead body by a terrorist friend of his. Oct 23, 2023 [4]

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Visegrád 24 @visegrad24: Hamas terrorists record a live-video on October 7th during which they brag that they have kidnapped Israeli babies. Oct 23, 2023 [5]

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i24NEWS English @i24NEWS_EN: 'Father look at your phone I sent you pictures, I killed 10 Jews. Dad, 10 Jews with my own hands, the blood is still on my hands.'

Our @Guyaz recounts some of the horrible uncensored bodycam footage the Israeli government showed to foreign journalists of the October 7 attack Oct 23, 2023. [6]

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Terrorist calls his parents to livestream during his massacre of Jewish civilians. [7] Terrorist calls his parents to livestream during his massacre of Jewish civilians. Nan Jacques Zilberdik | Oct 26, 2023 “Hi dad, Your son killed Jews! … I killed 10! 10! 10 with my own hands, dad! Their blood is on my hands! Let me talk to mom.”

These unbelievable and shocking words were part of an excited phone call from a Palestinian terrorist to his parents during Hamas’ massacre on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

Calling from the phone of a Jewish woman after he had just murdered her and her husband and 8 other Israelis, the terrorist bragged to his parents about his horrific "achievement." Screaming with delight, the terrorist murderer told his dad to open the Whatsapp application on his phone because he wanted to do "a livestream" from what later turned out to be the massacre of 1,400 Israelis in the south of Israel.

Stressing his religious motivation, the terrorist murderer said there was no turning back because he was born “for the sake of the religion” and for him it would be only "victory or Martyrdom" – i.e., death for Allah.

This supports what Palestinian Media Watch has exposed, that both Hamas and the PA see the conflict and the current war with Israel not as territorial but as a [8] religious conflict for Allah in whose name they set out to murder Jews.

Fulfilling this "duty" to kill Jews "wherever they are" – the same religious motivation which made the [9] PA instruct all mosque preachers to emphasize this duty to Palestinians last Friday – the terrorist murderer beamed: "Mom, your son is a hero” and instructed his family to “lift your head up" in pride: Terrorist son: Hi dad, I’m talking to you from [Kibbutz] Mefalsim, open my WhatsApp and see all the killed people. Look how many I killed with my own hands! Your son killed Jews! Father: Allahu Akbar! May Allah protect you. Terrorist: Dad, I’m talking to you from a Jew’s phone, I killed her and killed her husband, with my own hands I killed 10! Father: Allahu Akbar. Terrorist: Dad, 10 with my own hands! Dad open WhatsApp and see how many I killed, dad… Dad, I’m inside Mefalsim, dad I killed 10! 10! 10 with my own hands, dad! Their blood is on my hands! Honestly, 10 with my own hands. Mother: May Allah bring you home safely. Terrorist: Dad, go back to WhatsApp now. I want to give you a livestream. Mother: I wish I was with you Terrorist: Mom, your son is a hero. Kill, kill, kill! Kill them! … Terrorist’s brother: Mahmoud, where are you? Terrorist: I’m inside Mefalsim. I killed 10, Ala, 10 with my own hands! I’m talking to you from a Jew’s phone. Terrorist’s brother, Ala: You killed 10? Terrorist: Yes, I killed 10, by Allah… I was the first [to get in] by Allah’s grace and help. Lift your head up dad, lift your head. Inside the [Jewish] town. See on WhatsApp the ones I killed! Terrorist’s brother, Ala: Come back, that’s it, come back. Terrorist: Come back? There’s no coming back! It’s victory or Martyrdom. My mother gave birth to me for the sake of the religion… Terrorist’s sister: Open your phone? Terrorist: Open my phone, see the killed people, how I killed them with my own hands! Palwatch

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David Patrikarakos @dpatrikarakos Replying to @dpatrikarakos:

Audio is put up on screen: A Hamas terrorist calls his father:

"Father, I killed 10 Jews! Check your WhatsApp! I sent you the photos! Father, I killed 10 Jews! I killed 10 Jews with my bare hands. check your WhatsApp. Father, be proud of me!" Oct 23, 2023 [10] _

Fearing denial and disinformation, Israel shows journalists raw footage of Hamas attacks.

By JTA/Eliyahu Freedman.Published: October 23, 2023 23:49

A damaged and blood-stained kindergarten is seen following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel October 22, 2023. ([11] photo credit: Reuters/Amir Cohen)

“Walking through here is like Eisenhower walking through Bergen-Belsen and seeing the destruction and carnage. The world needs to witness this firsthand.”

On Monday morning, Roxane Runel posted a photograph to Instagram of two Israel military officers addressing a crowd of reporters in an auditorium. Behind them is a giant television screen.

“Press conference between the international media and the Israeli army after it disseminated images and recordings of the Oct. 7 attacks,” Runel, a reporter for France’s M6 television channel, wrote across the photo, touting an upcoming broadcast. “Why? What is at stake?”

Runel, who has reported from several countries, has already interviewed relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza after Hamas’ Oct. 7 invasion of Israel, which killed and wounded thousands. Yet in the middle of Monday’s screening of the attack footage, she was one of a number of journalists who stepped out early.

“It was too much,” she told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “I knew coming here that the hardest thing for me would not be the images but the sound, because you can close your eyes if the images are too much.”

Runel was one of about 200 journalists who attended the screening, which the Israeli government billed as raw and unedited audio and video taken from Hamas terrorists’ body cameras and phones as they massacred communities on Israel’s border with Gaza. In addition to clips of Hamas attackers shooting people, the 43-minute compilation contained graphic images of children being murdered, bodies burned, civilians being mowed down and other atrocities.

Evidence of Hamas's horrific crimes Gruesome photos and videos have circulated online in the two weeks after the attack, along with harrowing accounts of the violence visited upon Israelis. The images have become so ubiquitous that Jewish day schools in the United States cautioned students to delete their social media apps to avoid seeing them, while journalists and other public figures have expressed ambivalence about sharing them.

The IDF has taken delegations of foreign journalists into some of the hardest-hit communities, with one spokesperson saying just days after the attack, “Walking through here is like Eisenhower walking through Bergen-Belsen and seeing the destruction and carnage. The world needs to witness this firsthand.”

Now, the Israeli government’s decision to broadcast the footage came as it is increasingly concerned that people are questioning the scale and depravity of Hamas’ massacre. Social media users and journalists alike have expressed skepticism about widespread reports and testimonies of the attack’s most harrowing details, often at the same time as they have sought to shift attention toward the escalating casualties of Israel’s retaliatory war in Gaza, where it aims to depose Hamas.

“I can’t believe I’m saying this and I can’t believe that we as a country are having to do this,” said Eylon Levy, an Israeli government spokesman, in a video announcing the press conference. “As we work to defeat the terror organization that brutalized our people, we are witnessing a Holocaust denial-like phenomenon evolving in real time as people are casting doubt on the magnitude of the atrocities that Hamas committed against our people, and in fact recorded in order to glorify that violence.”

At the press conference, held at a military base north of Tel Aviv, chief IDF spokesperson Adm. Daniel Hagari said the military had “been thinking about this for a couple of days, whether to show it or not,” but decided that screening the footage served as a valuable reminder of the atrocities both for the international media covering the war and Israelis themselves.

“We will not let the world forget who we are fighting,” he said, adding that the footage helps Israelis “to understand ourselves what we are fighting for.”

In addition, IDF Maj. Gen. Mickey Edelstein told the reporters, the Israeli military has evidence it cannot show of sexual violence committed by the Hamas terrorists as well as evidence of links between Hamas and Iran.

He dispelled Hamas claims that terrorists unaffiliated with the group committed the atrocities, saying that the video shows proof that “the vast majority are Hamas” and that the perpetrators attacking civilians were dressed in full tactical gear. Written and other evidence the IDF has discovered, he added, shows that Hamas had planned “to bring hostages and keep families, in order that it would be much more painful.”

Many attendees gasped in horror at difficult elements of the footage, and some chose to exit the theater before the screening had finished. Runel said her personal “limit” was reached when listening to an audio clip of a call on WhatsApp between a Hamas terrorist and his parents, made via the stolen cellphone of an Israeli victim.

“He tells them on the phone — with a voice that is so ecstatic — he sounds like he’s out of his mind,” she said. “He was repeating the same thing over and over again, ‘I killed 10 of them.’ He was saying this as something he was really proud of and he wanted his parents to check the Whatsapp” to see videos he sent of the massacre. The man’s father reacted with praise, while his mother begged him to return home.

Amit Palit, a news anchor and correspondent for India TV based in New Delhi, said that after reporting on the attacks of Oct. 7 on live television, seeing the raw footage helped him understand the “bigger picture.” He said the screening “was necessary for many people who have some doubts.”

Palit, who has been covering the war in Israel for the past 12 days, was most affected by a video of two young brothers after they lost their father, who was murdered in front of them with an explosive while the three were hiding together in a bomb shelter at home. The footage was among the “very painful” clips he witnessed, he said.

“He was asking, ‘Dad,’ and the teenager said, ‘Why am I alive?’” Palit recounted. “A 13-year-old boy cursing himself, asking why he was alive, asking his brother ‘Can you see?’ And he couldn’t see because he lost [one of] his eyes” from the shrapnel of the blast that killed his father.” JPost

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Hamas gunman brags to family about 'killing 10 Jews' in audio of phone call found by Israeli officials as they reveal new clips of slaughter including terrorist using a grenade to kill a father in front of his two sons. By David Averre and Matt Strudwick 12:58 23 Oct 2023, updated 20:46 23 Oct 2023

Terrorist used Jewish woman's phone to ring his parents and boast he 'is a hero' Journalists in Tel-Aviv viewed a 45-minute-long compilation of terror Follow every update in the Israel-Hamas conflict on MailOnline's live blog HERE A Hamas gunman bragged to his family about 'killing 10 Jews' in an audio phone call found by Israeli officials.

In the haunting and sickening clip the terrorist uses a Jewish woman's phone to call his parents where he chillingly boasts that he 'is a hero' after murdering Israelis with his 'own hands'.

The audio was played by the Israel Defense Forces as part of a 45-minute-long compilation of unedited footage Israel's officials showed to a pool of journalists at a military base in Tel Aviv this morning.

Other footage captured from the bodycam of another Hamas gunman shows him sadistically throwing a grenade at a father and his two sons wearing pyjamas as they cower in their hiding place.

The blast killed the father with his sons being covered in his blood with one appearing to have lost his eye, reports The Atlantic. They run to their kitchen wailing for their mother fearing for their life, as their father's murderer comes in and demands water.

The video was so sickening it almost caused one viewer to be sick.

A new snippet of unedited footage was also released, captured from the bodycam of another Hamas gunman during the terror group's ruthless October 7 attacks on unsuspecting civilians.

The clip showed how the gunman, brandishing his AK-47 assault rifle - ordered pair of Israelis driving slowly along the road to stop their car.

The video Israel claims shows a Hamas terrorist admitting gunmen were ordered to 'behead' and 'do whatever you want' with victims The clip showed how the gunman, brandishing his AK-47 assault rifle, ordered a pair of Israelis driving slowly along the road to stop their car.

Without giving the driver a second to comply, the gunman immediately starts blasting bullets into the vehicle from mere feet away, and the passengers can be seen recoiling from the rounds in the cabin as the car rolls past.

The release of the footage was announced by government spokesman Eylon Levy to counter what he says is a 'Holocaust denial-like phenomenon' amid backlash over Israel's airstrikes of the Gaza Strip.

The brief clip was just one tiny part of a 45-minute-long compilation of unedited footage Israel's officials showed to a pool of journalists at a military base in Tel Aviv this morning.

That footage will not be released, Israel says, until all of the families of those killed within view it and give permission, meaning it is unlikely the whole clip will ever be seen by the public.

But journalists who attended the screening spoke of the utter horror with which they were confronted.

The lengthy complication pieced together material recorded by Hamas gunmen on bodycams and smartphones, as well as smartphone and dashcam footage of their victims.

Without giving the driver a second to comply, the gunman immediately starts blasting bullets into the vehicle from mere feet away

The civilians are seen lying motionless in the cabin with all the windows shot out and bullet holes riddling the doors Hamas terrorists descended on several vehicles attempting to make an escape Dashcam footage from inside the car shows how the windscreen was shattered and the car rolled to a stop, its occupants gunned down from near point blank range 'The IDF has been collecting footage from bodycams taken by Hamas death squads as they rampaged through the communities in southern Israel, butchering everyone in sight,' government spokesman Eylon Levy said

Journalists who attended the screening said many viewers began crying when presented with the footage, which included clear recordings of civilians being shot, stabbed, tortured and burned.

Their corpses were arranged for all to see - bound, gagged and riddled with bullet holes and knife wounds.

In one clip, a Hamas terrorist throws a grenade at a father and his son. The blast kills the father, who pitches forward into the turf, while the young boy is covered in his blood.

The child is dragged inside and forced to sit next to his brother, whose eye is a bloody mess after being subjected to horrific torture.

One of the boys sobs: 'Why am I alive?' as the ruthless terrorists stand over the body of his father.

Another dark chunk of footage showed how unsuspecting IDF soldiers were beheaded with their headless corpses left splayed in the streets, while a contingent of female soldiers were incapacitated by a grenade before being shot at near point blank range.

The journalists also shared they witnessed scenes of sheer panic, terror and devastation at the Nova music festival, where more than 250 civilians were slaughtered.

Some victims hid in skips, others in portable toilets, but all were found and either gunned down, or savagely beaten before being taken hostage.

Speaking last night, Levy told of the IDF's decision to show journalists the horrendous footage in all its unedited gore.

'The IDF has been collecting footage from bodycams taken by Hamas death squads as they rampaged through the communities in southern Israel, butchering everyone in sight,' Levy began.

'I can't believe I'm saying this... As we work to defeat the terror organisation we are witnessing a Holocaust denial-like phenomenon evolving in real time as people are casting doubt on the magnitude of the atrocities Hamas committed against our people and in fact recorded in order to glorify this violence.'

In previously released footage, Hamas gunmen tear away a chair in front of a desk behind which injured female soldiers are hiding so they can get a clear shot. In the dying moments of the video, one shooter raises his rifle and fires several more shots at the bloodied women from mere feet away.

One Hamas terrorist is seen holding his lighter to house plants and hanging ornaments in an Israeli that quickly set ablaze before they made their exit. In another clip, Hamas gunmen are seen shooting dead a dog before raiding houses. The dog was blasted with several shots It managed to survive the first two shots but the third sent the hound crashing to the ground. Hamas gunman is seen taking a civilian hostage after shooting many others in cold blood in previously seen footage...

Levy's statement comes as part of Israel's response to backlash over its incessant bombing of the Gaza Strip which is thought to have killed more than 5,000 Palestinians since October 7.

This morning, Israel's Defence Forces published what they claim is proof of Hamas rocket launch sites nestled among mosques, schools and nurseries in Gaza.

A series of satellite images, shared on the IDF's official website and social media accounts, shows what they claim are launch pits dug into the ground right next to the civilian structures - something Israel says backs up their claims that Hamas is using the Palestinian people as human shields.

Two alleged launch sites were located a stone's throw away from each other, one in the garden of a mosque, and another mere feet away from a kindergarten.

A third was seen across the road from a UN building in Gaza and a fourth was located opposite the Manfaluti Secondary School for Boys.

Geolocation of the images provided by the IDF confirmed the locations given were correct, and analysts pointed out that previous satellite images taken in September did not show any launch sites - suggesting that they would have been recently constructed.

'Since the beginning of the war, the Hamas terrorist organization has been exploiting civilians and civilian sites such as kindergartens, schools, and mosques for the purpose of firing rockets at Israel. Hamas deliberately fires its rockets at Israeli civilians,' IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said.

The presence of rocket launch sites at the locations provided could not be independently verified.

It also comes as Israel declared it has evidence of Iranian 'involvement' in the Hamas terror attack,

Major General Michael Edelstein, a veteran commander working with the Israel Defence Forces' southern command, pointed to the 'well trained, well equipped' gunmen as he made the claim - but refused to elaborate.

'I cannot elaborate too much but you can understand what I mean. Not just about equipment but more than this,' he said.

Israeli warplanes continued to strike targets in Gaza throughout the weekend and into Monday morning, as well as two airports in Syria and a mosque in the occupied West Bank allegedly used by militants.

Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said Monday that more than 5,000 people have been killed in the besieged Palestinian enclave since Israel launched its withering bombing campaign more than two weeks ago.

An aerial view of what the Israel Defense Forces say is a Hamas rocket launch site, in the vicinity of a kindergarten, in a location given as Gaza in this handout image released October 22, 2023 An aerial view of what the Israel Defense Forces say is a Hamas rocket launch site, in the vicinity of a mosque. The mosque is located a stone's throw away from the kindergarten. A third alleged launch site was seen across the road from a UN building in Gaza. A fourth site was allegedly seen next to a pair of schools in Gaza. A rocket is launched from the coastal Gaza strip towards Israel by militants of the Ezz Al-Din Al Qassam militia, the military wing of Hamas movement Alarm has surged about the spiralling humanitarian crisis in Gaza amid the war sparked by the October 7 Hamas attack that, Israeli officials say, killed more than 1,400 people who were gunned down, stabbed or burnt by the Islamist militants. Hamas also took more than 200 hostages... Daily Mail

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‘Barbaric, Sadistic Animals’: Israeli President Confirms Death of 23-Year-Old German-Israeli Abducted by Hamas.

by Andrew Bernard, October 30, 2023

A 23-year-old German-Israeli woman was confirmed by Israel’s President Isaac Herzog on Monday to have been murdered by Hamas after she was abducted at a music festival in southern Israel during the Hamas atrocities of Oct. 7.

Shani Louk had attended the Nova music festival about three miles from the Gaza border near kibbutz Re’im, which was overrun by Hamas terrorists.

The terrorists murdered revelers and forcibly seized dozens more as hostages among the more than 200 Israelis kidnapped and spirited to Gaza. A video published on social media depicted Hamas terrorists parading and degrading Louk’s naked body through Gaza shortly after the massacre. Her family was able to identify her from the video, but until Monday it was believed that she might have been unconscious but still alive when the original video was filmed.

"I am truly sorry to report that we have now received news that Shani Nicole Louk has been confirmed murdered and dead,” Herzog said Monday in an interview with the German newspaper Bild. “Her skull has been found. This means that these barbaric, sadistic animals simply chopped off her head as they attacked, tortured and killed Israelis. It is a great tragedy and I extend my deepest condolences to her family."

Louk’s family were informed by the Israel Defense Forces on Sunday that they believe that she was killed instantly and was not alive at the time that the video in Gaza was filmed.

“For us right now death is certain, I think the parents are kind of relieved,” Shani’s aunt, Ruthie, said. “There is comfort in the fact that she did not suffer, that she was not abused, with all the horrors we hear, that she died on the spot….Shani was a child without boundaries, she is like a free soul that does not recognize borders between countries, people, religions. And she loved to dance so much. She had integrity but also great independence. How does such a pure thing circulate in the world?”

Hamas is believed to be holding more than 200 hostages in Gaza after their murder of more than 1,400 people in Israel on Oct. 7. Algemeiner

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Hamas terrorist: Shot crying children ‘until we didn’t hear noise anymore.’

"The mission was simply to kill," Hamas operative Omar Sami Marzuk Abu Rusha told Shin Bet interrogators. Hamas operative Omar Sami Marzuk Abu Rusha during a Shin Bet interrogation. Credit: Israel Security Agency.Hamas operative Omar Sami Marzuk Abu Rusha during a Shin Bet interrogation. Credit: Israel Security Agency.

(November 1, 2023 / JNS) The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) released an interrogation video on Wednesday of a captured Hamas terrorist, who participated in the Oct. 7 massacre in Kibbutz Kfar Aza.

“The mission was simply to kill. We weren’t supposed to kidnap, just kill,” Hamas operative Omar Sami Marzuk Abu Rusha told Shin Bet agents. “To kill every person we see and come back.”

Asked if he was told to murder women and children as well, Abu Rusha said: “Yes.”

“They told us that all the settlers were soldiers. There were soldiers among them. Kill every single one you see,” he said.

In the six-minute interrogation tape, the terrorist calmly describes murdering young children hiding in a safe room.

“We heard sounds of young children,” he said. “The cries of young children. A young child, something like that.”

“I shot and Abu Kamil shot. We shot at the door,” he added. “Until we didn’t hear noise anymore.”

The Shin Bet agent asked him what the difference was between him, given he had an order to kill from Hamas’s Nukhba commando forces, and ISIS.

“In the things the interrogator showed me, there is no difference, in the things I was shown,” Abu Rusha admitted. “I saw videos worse than ISIS. The ones the interrogator showed me.”

Some 70 armed terrorists took over Kibbutz Kfar Aza, per Israel Defense Forces estimates. Hamas terrorists killed more than 100 people in the kibbutz, including 40 babies. They beheaded some of the babies.

Hamas killed at least 1,400 Israelis in its Oct. 7 surprise attack on communities near the Gaza border. Terrorists wounded thousands more and took at least 240 Israelis and foreign nationals captive. JNS

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Eylon Levy @EylonALevy: ⚠️WARNING: DISTURBING⚠️ These are the murdered Israeli children of Kibbutz Be'eri. They were tortured, dismembered, and then burned to death. Archaeologists are sifting through the rubble to find their teeth.

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This was Hamas' October 7 Massacre. Oct 31, 2023 [16]

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i24NEWS English @i24NEWS_EN: 'Take photos of the heads as the guys are playing with them.'

LISTEN to the conversation between 2 Hamas terrorists during the October 7 massacre, newly revealed by the IDF. Nov 2, 2023. i24

Hamas Terrorists Admit They Beheaded Israelis: ‘Take Photos Of The Heads As The Guys Play With Them.’ By Daily Wire News. Nov 2, 2023, DailyWire.com

TOPSHOT - A picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military shows a bloody handprint inside a house at the Nir Oz kibbutz, one of the Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip attacked on October 7 by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, on October 31, 2023. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released radio communications between Hamas terrorists during the October 7 massacre where they admitted to beheading entire families and desecrating their bodies.

The audio clip was recorded during a conversation between Malek, a Hamas Nukhba commando who was on the ground in Kibbutz Nirim, and a commander named Hamza who was off-site.

Hamas murdered 1,400 Israelis, wounded 5,300+, and kidnapped approximately 240 in an unprecedented terrorist attack that shocked the world due to the depraved stories that have emerged about the barbaric acts that the Palestinian Islamic terrorists inflicted on innocent people, including babies who were burned alive in ovens.

Hamza told Malek to take pictures of the terrorists “playing” with the severed heads of the innocent Israeli civilians.

“Right now we are in Kibbutz Nirim, praise God!” Malek said. “Our brothers from the Al Qassem battalion entered [the homes] of three settlers. They cut off their heads with knives, and shot them in the head.”

Hamza responded, “Allahu Akbar and praise God! Malek, take photos of the heads as the guys are playing with them and let them play with them [the heads] on the ground.”

“[I’ll] send them right away, Hamza,” Malek responded. “Right away.”

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Israel @Israel: They played with heads they severed and then were asked to document it. Hamas must be eradicated. [pic.twitter.com/20yUpzux2x]. — Israel ישראל 🇮🇱 (@Israel) November 2, 2023. [17] Daily Wire

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Witness to a massacre: Israeli festival survivor returns to site of Hamas rampage. Rebecca Wright and Nic Robertson, John Torigoe, Eli Kiko Cohen and Joel Bennett Updated 12:36 AM EDT, Sat November 4, 2023

([18] Israel massacre survivor revisits festival site four weeks after attack 07:13 - Source: CNN)

Re'im, Israel CNN — Aliza Samuel walks carefully through debris left strewn across the ground, picking up a bracelet before coming across some small clay trinkets that had been handmade during the Nova Music Festival.

“People just dropped everything and left,” Samuel says. “(Hamas) just tore everything apart.”

Nearly one month on from the massacre of festival-goers in Re’im in southern Israel by Hamas militants, the 24-year-old has left her home for the first time since that day, to return with CNN to the place she witnessed the murders of four of her friends. More than 260 bodies were found at the site in the aftermath of the assault on October 7, one of the deadliest of the Hamas attacks, which killed at least 1,400 people in Israel.

“I think it’s important for me to come back,” she says. “No matter how painful it is…the world needs to know what happened here.”

But the terror of it all soon comes flooding back.

“I hear everything,” she says. “I hear the screaming, I hear the bikes, and I hear the gunshots.”

Aliza Samuel, 24, returned to the site of the deadly Nova festival attack by Hamas militants, in southern Israel, on October 7. Aliza Samuel, 24, returned to the site of the deadly Nova festival attack by Hamas militants, in southern Israel, on October 7. Rebecca Wright/CNN Traumatized but trying to process her experience, she recalls the moment that she has played over and over in her mind.

“I saw one of my friends, she was begging for her life,” she says. “She asked him to not kill her, to not kill her, to not kill her, and they didn’t care, they were laughing.”

She explains how, shortly after the break of dawn, her four friends were forced to line up and kneel down in the dust of an arid field.

From her hiding place behind the trees, she overheard the single final word her friends heard from their murderers.

“Enjoy,” the Hamas militants said in English, as they laughed, before shooting the three men and one woman at point-blank range, she said.

A few hours earlier, the friends had all been dancing and having fun together just a few hundred meters away at the festival, an event billed as a celebration of “unity and love” to mark the Jewish holiday Sukkot.

But the group of thousands of young partygoers proved to be an easy target for the Hamas attackers who broke through Israel’s defenses, descending on the festival via paragliders and motorbikes, massacring festivalgoers and taking others as hostages.

Israel subsequently announced a war against Hamas, the militant group that governs Gaza and launched the coordinated assault. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began a massive aerial bombardment of Gaza, pounding the tiny strip of land with air strikes, artillery fire and helicopter gunships, followed by a ground offensive.

The IDF says it is targeting the vast network of underground tunnels below Gaza that harbor the Hamas leadership along with their fighters and weaponry. But the onslaught has also led to an immense toll on Palestinian civilians, with more than 9,100 people killed in Gaza since October 7 - the majority of them women and children - according to the latest figures released by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah, drawn from sources in the Hamas-controlled enclave.

People ‘had nowhere to run’

Walking back to her tent where she was sleeping when it all started, Samuel recalls the moment she was jolted awake soon after sunrise by the sound of Hamas rockets flying towards them from Gaza. She said she immediately woke her friend, and they fled their tent to try to find a concrete shelter.

Many of the other festival goers were asleep or still dancing, and either didn’t hear the alarm, or ignored it, placing their trust in Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system to protect them.

But Samuel and her friend didn’t want to take any chances, so they started running. As they sought cover, they suddenly spotted Hamas fighters appearing in the skies above them on paragliders, shooting at people from the air as they came in to land.

Dr Shlomo Gensler, first responder who saved dozens of lives on Oct 7.

([19] Dr Shlomo Gensler, a first responder, saved dozens of lives during Hamas' large-scale incursion. Rebecca Wright/CNN)

Panicking, the pair sprinted across the open farmland surrounding the festival site and dived into a ditch behind a line of large trees. Samuel worked on trying to calm her friend down, clamping her hand over her mouth to stop her screaming, as they began to realize what was unfolding. Others were also hiding behind the trees, “trying not to breathe,” she added.

“(Hamas) came from everywhere,” she said. “(The people) had nowhere to run.”

“I saw Hamas take a bunch of people and went to their commander, and asked if to kill them or to take them,” she said. “And once they were dead, they didn’t stop, they just kept shooting them, and you just saw the body just jump and jump from the bullets, after they were dead.”

Samuel said the Hamas attackers mostly spoke in Arabic, but occasionally they would speak some English. In the parts she could understand, she overheard them express confusion and delight at how far they had made it into Israel and how many people they had been able to attack.

After hiding in the ditch for hours, Samuel and her friend eventually saw army vehicles arrive and decided to make a run for it - stepping through “pools of blood” to escape. Finally, they found some Israeli soldiers who helped them get to safety.

Later, she learned that another male friend at the festival was also found dead – shot in the leg and then later beheaded at a nearby kibbutz.

‘Complete carnage’

Helping Samuel through this trauma is her cousin, Dr. Shlomo Gensler, an ICU doctor who was a first responder on October 7.

A rocket alarm sounds during the visit to the scene – and everyone drops to the ground. Samuel begins to panic, breathing rapidly and shaking. Gensler quickly calms her down, assuring her that she is safe.

Gensler, who is still treating patients who were injured that day, walks back through the area where he triaged injured patients during the Hamas attacks. Leftover medical equipment and bullet casings still litter the ground where he worked that night.

“It was just complete carnage, and it was like nothing I’ve ever seen before,” Gensler said.

After seeing the first dead body arrive, he said, “we didn’t realize what would be coming up after that, where it was just hundreds of bodies afterwards, and nonstop.”

Gensler witnessed “houses and villages on fire” nearby, along with seeing civilian cars that had been blown apart by shoulder-propelled grenade launchers, with bodies lying next to them.

Knowing the victims were targeted for being Jewish due to Hamas ideology, and seeing the evidence of “premeditated” intent, made the scenario more emotional, he added.

Still, his colleagues told CNN that the doctor treated around 300 people that night and saved dozens of lives. He also treated some soldiers.

“There was one soldier who came here and he was shaking,” Gensler said. “And I just (held) him in my arms. And this is a big soldier crying in my arms…and I said, you’re going to be OK.”

Nova festival aftermath site

([20] The aftermath of the Nova festival attack, where more than 260 bodies were found after Hamas' deadly incursion into southern Israel on October 7. Rebecca Wright/CNN)

([21] A sparkly sequin dress left over in the debris)

([22] The tree where Aliza hid next to farmland near the festival).

Now, as Israel wages war across the border, Gensler is following the unfolding humanitarian disaster. “I really cry about the kids in Gaza that are suffering,” he said, adding that they routinely used to treat sick Palestinian children from the strip at his hospital.

But he still wants to remind the world about what happened on October 7 to honor “the people that were slaughtered.”

For those who made it out alive, they are starting to deal with survivor’s guilt for their fallen friends.

“(I’m) sorry that I couldn’t be there for them and save them.. and I am sorry that God didn’t save them,” Samuel said.

“They were amazing people,” she said. “I’m gonna do everything I can to live my life in their name.” CNN

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The 17th day of the war. Yochaved Lifshitz and Nurit Kooper were released from Hamas captivity. .. First publication: President Biden told Netanyahu: he prefers no ground maneuver. Netanyahu alongside Galant and Levi: "Working together as a punching fist for one goal - to eliminate Hamas" - Regular updates N12| Published 01:44 23.10.23 | Updated 00:22 24.10.23

00:43 - The IDF attacked terrorist infrastructures of Hezbollah in Lebanon, including a military compound and an observation post used by the terrorist organization. The attack was carried out in response to firing at Israel in the last day.

00:19 - The police detained for questioning Maymisa Abd Elhadi, the actress who shared a series of stories in which she encouraged the atrocities of Hamas on October 7.

9:20 p.m. - Chief of Staff HaLevi in ​​the Northern Command: "We want to bring Hamas to a place of dissolution - under its leadership, its military arm and its working mechanisms. Therefore, we attack very, very strongly, we kill senior commanders, kill operatives, destroy infrastructure and act with great determination. Maneuvering in the south is very well prepared. The Southern Command provided quality programs. There are tactical, operative, strategic considerations, which gave us more time and forces that have more time, prepare better and this is what the forces are doing now."

21:10 - The spokesman for the military wing of Hamas claims: We released two hostages, with Egyptian-Qatari mediation. According to the IDF spokesman, there are 222 hostages held by Hamas.

21:03 - After a 5-hour lull in Gaza shooting: red color in Sderot and Otef

20:31 - The IDF announced that warplanes, guided by intelligence information from the Amman and the Shin Bet, eliminated the head of the anti-tank system in the northern Gaza Strip of the terrorist organization Hamas, Ibrahim al-Sahar. Elsahar carried out the anti-tank fire in which an IDF soldier, the late First Sergeant Omar Tabiv, was killed and other soldiers were wounded in "Operation Guardian of the Walls". In addition, he was responsible for planning and directing many anti-tank missiles towards Israeli territory and the IDF forces in particular .

20:20 - The IDF spokesman informed that since the beginning of the war we managed to eliminate five senior commanders in the Hamas air force, who took part in the surprise attack. In addition, he announced that the IDF attacked a gathering of dozens of terrorists in the area. Hagari refused to confirm or deny the reports about the release of the abductees with foreign passports: "Great efforts are being made to release the abductees - their faces and not their passports are in front of our eyes."

20:14 - - A political source refers to reports of the release of abductees with dual citizenship: "Israel will not be a party to the selection for the release of abductees who hold a foreign passport."

18:59 - Great Britain also confirms: the explosion at the Ahli Al-Mamadani Baptist Hospital in the heart of Gaza City "was apparently caused by a missile fired from Gaza towards Israel".

18:51 - The IDF released excerpts from an investigation conducted with a Hamas terrorist who participated in the attack on Kibbutz Alumim and was arrested by the security forces. During the investigation, the terrorist revealed that the terrorists received permission to commit atrocities, including religious legal instruction: "The plan was to go from house to house, from room to room, Throw grenades and kill everyone there, including women and children." The terrorist further confessed that Hamas approved of abusing the bodies and even dismembering them. Mako

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian @manniefabian: Hamas in Arabic: Publishes footage of it carrying out crimes against humanity during its murderous invasion of southern Israel.

Hamas in English: "These are lies by Israel." [23] Oct 11, 2023 [24]

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Hamas terrorists confess to raping Jewish dead, beheading children. The terrorists told interrogators they were promised $10,000 and an apartment for every hostage. Lilach Shoval

(October 24, 2023 / JNS) After showing foreign journalists footage of the atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists during their Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel, the IDF on Monday published two segments from the interrogation of Hamas terrorists who participated in the massacre.

“The plan was to go from house to house, throw grenades and kill everyone there, including women and children,” the terrorist said. He also told interrogators that Hamas had instructed them to behead their victims.

“The purpose of entering Israeli territory… was to kidnap civilians; they want as many hostages as possible,” one of the terrorists revealed. He added, “They [Hamas] promised us that whoever brings a kidnapped person will receive an apartment and $10,000.”

1. عاجل أحد مخربي حماس الذي شارك في الهجوم الإرهابي على كيبوتس عالوميم أثناء استجوابه: حماس أمرتنا بالقتل وقطع الرؤوس وحتى ممارسة الجنس مع جثة فتاة بعد قتلها!

كشف المخرب أمام المحققين عن الموافقة التي حصل عليها #دواعش_حماس، بما في ذلك التوجيه الشرعي الديني، لتنفيذ الأعمال… [pic.twitter.com/q5TVm2Y8BR] [#Breaking: One of the Hamas terrorists who participated in the terrorist attack on Kibbutz Alumim during his interrogation: Hamas ordered us to kill, behead, and even have sex with the corpse of a girl after killing her! The terrorist revealed to investigators the approval obtained by #Hamas_ISIS, including religious legal guidance, to carry out the actions. — افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) October 23, 2023] Another terrorist talked about the instructions to seize Sufa military post and kill the residents of Kfar Aza, saying: “The instructions were to kidnap anyone we came across—elderly, women and children. We were ordered to kill everyone in Kfar Aaza and empty the kibbutz of its people. In one case we entered a home and saw another group holding the family hostage, they were using them as human shields so that they would not get hurt.”

Another terrorist who participated in the Kfar Aza massacre said, “We entered one of the houses; there was a woman on the floor, and then her dog came towards us so I shot the dog. After that, we noticed a man in the yard of the house, and I shot him with three bullets.”

Asked whether the man in the yard had been armed, the terrorist replied, “No, he was not armed. I shot him in the chest with three bullets when he was not holding any weapon at all.”

“Afterward,” he continued, “we roamed around the area, and we saw two adjacent houses at a specific point in Kfar Aza, and we burned both of them completely.”

The terrorist also told investigators he had raped one of the corpses.

One of the terrorists, a member of Hamas’s special “Nukhba” force, told interrogators: “We reached a house where a family had taken shelter inside a reinforced room, and we yelled for them to come out, but they were afraid and stayed inside. We set off a small explosive on the iron window, creating a small hole, and threatened to throw a burning cloth in to suffocate the people inside. As a result, one of the girls inside got scared and opened the window.”

At this point, one of the terrorists fired 10 bullets at the mother and her two daughters, aged 18 and 20, he said, adding, ” Later, more of us came and fired more shots at them.” [...] “Aren’t your actions similar to those of ISIS? Killing civilians indiscriminately is exactly what ISIS does,” asked the interrogator, to which the terrorist replied, “That’s correct; it’s just like ISIS. There’s no difference.”

The same answer was given by another of the terrorists.

“There is no difference between what we did and what ISIS does. The brutality is the same.” JNS

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Footage of Hamas Terrorist Admitting to Raping Dead Bodies, Slaughtering Children Released By IDF The terrorist operative said the combatants 'became animals' during the Oct. 7 massacres Published 10/23/23 02:39 PM ET|Updated 10/23/23 03:39 PM ET Christopher Gavin The Messenger

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'Eyes were gouged out, a woman's breasts cut off and a daughter had her legs severed': Horrific details of Hamas massacre emerge as rescue worker recounts how entire families were slaughtered. By Rachael Bunyan 15:29 24 Oct 2023, updated 15:31 24 Oct 2023

Rescue worker Moshe Melayev told how families were slaughtered in homes

• • • WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT ***

Hamas terrorists killed a husband and gouged his eyes out before going on to cut his wife's breasts off and chop his daughter's leg off, a rescue worker has revealed as yet more horrific details of the terrorists' savage attack continue to emerge.

Moshe Melayev told how entire families were slaughtered in their homes by the clad-clad terrorists who were wielding assault rifles and grenades as they launched their surprise attack on southern Israel on October 7.

Melayev, of Israel's National Rescue Unit, said as he walked through kibbutzim close to the Gaza border, he saw the beheaded bodies of victims lying on the floors of their homes where they had hours earlier been drinking their morning coffee.

'I saw beheaded bodies, I saw body parts,' Melayev told Fox News. 'In a house there was a husband and wife and two children.'

'They killed the husband first, they took his eyes out, I saw the body myself. They cut the breasts of the woman off and they cut the leg off the girl. That's the family that I saw with my own eyes,' Melayev added, shaking his head as he recounted the horrors the Hamas terrorists inflicted on hundreds of families on October 7.

The rampaging terrorists unleashed horrors that defy belief, with an Israeli colonel recounting how one gunman cut open a pregnant mother's stomach and killed her baby in front of her before they shot her in the head. Daily Mail

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Israel Shares Raw Footage of the Oct. 7 Attacks.

The Israeli military showed the compilation to foreign reporters on a day when Israel continued to bombard Gaza with heavy airstrikes.

A wall covered with photos of hostages. The text on the photos says “Bring him home now!” and “Bring her home now!” Photos of Israeli citizens who are being held hostage in Gaza are displayed in Tel Aviv on Saturday.Credit...Amit Elkayam for The New York Times By Isabel Kershner Reporting from an army base north of Tel Aviv Oct. 23, 2023 Bloodied corpses lying in a bedroom, a bathroom, on the roads by their cars. An emergency medical worker pouring mineral water from a bottle to douse the smoldering remains of charred bodies. A dead baby whose body bore signs of violence.

Two soldiers without heads. Brutalized young women, one of them naked. Captives in Gaza surrounded by jeering gunmen.

Those images were part of nearly 44 minutes of raw footage that the Israeli military said was culled from hundreds of hours of material Israel had collected about the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas assailants from Hamas body cameras, dashcams, traffic cameras, closed-circuit TV and the mobile phones and social media accounts of victims, soldiers and emergency medical workers. [..] Reporters were told by the Israeli military not to record the footage. Certain sections, including video of a raid on a military base, have been previously verified by The New York Times. Some of the footage has already been shared on social media.

“We want to understand ourselves why we are in a war and what we are fighting for,” Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the chief military spokesman, said of the footage, which was shown in an auditorium at an army base north of Tel Aviv.

“What happened to Israel was not just a war crime,” he said, but “a crime against humanity.”

The footage opens with Hamas gunmen shooting at civilian cars and at people running across open fields as they flee the site of an open-air music festival. They whoop in triumph over their victims.

Footage from closed-circuit cameras captured one man scooping up two young boys, both wearing only underpants, as early morning sirens wailed, warning of incoming rocket fire. They ran out to a nearby bomb shelter. Assailants, lying in ambush, threw a grenade into the shelter, killing the man. The boys ran back to their house, where, distraught, one of them said he could not see anything. As a gunman rummaged in the refrigerator, the other boy cried, “Why am I alive?”

In another village, an assailant is heard calling his parents in Gaza from the phone of an Israeli woman. “I killed 10 Jews with my bare hands!” he shouted, according to an audio recording, adding, “Mom, your son is a hero!”

In other clips, victims are seen gagged and with their hands bound behind their backs. Faces are frozen in shock and agony. Women’s bones are broken, their legs twisted in impossible angles.

Many traumatized Israelis are only beginning to internalize the enormity of the disaster of Oct. 7. There has been little time for national mourning even as the country fears for and dreads the fighting to come.

Admiral Hagari said it was necessary to begin gathering the evidence to create a collective memory for future generations of what happened that day, which was the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.

“We will not let the world forget,” he said. “It will define who we are.” NYTimes

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Sick note found on body of Hamas terrorist calls for beheadings, removal of hearts. By Yaron Steinbuch. Published Oct. 25, 2023, 7:47 a.m. ET

A handwritten note found on the body of a Hamas terrorist encouraged the jihadists to remove the heads, hearts and livers of their Israeli victims, Israel's military said.

Israel Defense Forces spokesman Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari was shown the horrific missive by an aide for the first time during an interview with CBS News [25].

"You must sharpen the blades of your swords and be pure in your intentions before Allah. Know that the enemy is a disease that has no cure, except beheading and removing the hearts and livers. Attack them!" the note reads in Arabic, according to the Jerusalem Post. [26].

The orders came from Hamas leadership, which declared the religious importance of killing Jews and provided inspiration from historical Muslim leaders who massacred men, sold women and children into slavery, and looted cities.

Hagari reacted to the note by stressing the need to vanquish the terror group.

An aide handed Daniel Hagari, Israel's chief military spokesperson, a slip of paper that he claims was taken off the body of a Hamas militant.

"Know that the enemy is a disease that has no cure, except beheading and removing the hearts and livers," the note reportedly says. [27]

The handwritten note was found on a dead terrorist. [28] X / @idfonline "The Oct. 7 massacre is something that I haven't seen through my life," he told CBS News. "This is a war. We have to fight. There is only one goal: Defeat Hamas. Kill the leaders of terror and bring our people home.'

Asked what his message was to the people who wrote the note, he said: "We have only one country. It's Israel. It’s our democracy, it’s our country. We’re not going anywhere. We’re going to fight for our country and we’re going to use all the means we can."

More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed, mostly civilians who died in the initial rampage, according to Israeli officials.

On Wednesday, the IDF raised the number of remaining hostages in Gaza to 222 people, including foreigners believed captured by Hamas during the incursion. JPost

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Fatah brags it took part in October 7 slaughter. WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES. Itamar Marcus | Nov 1, 2023 Fatah brags: “We killed [them]… and stepped on their heads”

Fatah: “We had a prominent and clear role” PalWatch

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Fatah: “Strike the (so called) sons of apes of pigs… slaughter everyone who is Israeli.” Nan Jacques Zilberdik | Oct 9, 2023 PalWatch

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Pal Media Watch @palwatch: "Palestinians are crushing the Israel-rat" is how Fatah is celebrating Hamas’ barbaric massacre of .. civilians. Fatah joins the Nazis in depicting Jews as rats to be crushed, which is fitting, since the massacre Fatah is celebrating was Nazi-like in its barbarity. Families hunted down and massacred in their homes while huddled in each other’s arms or hiding behind trees, exactly from the Nazi play book. And let’s not forget the rapes. Fatah has shown its true colors with its fitting bedfellows: Hamas and the Nazis. Oct 9, 2023 [29]

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Hamas threatens to kill Israel hostages over Gaza strikes.

AFP | Published: 09th October 2023 11:55 PM GAZA CITY: Palestinian militant group Hamas threatened Monday to kill hostages if the Israeli army carried out air strikes without prior warning ... the Ezzedine al-Qassem Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said in a statement.

"The enemy doesn't understand the language of humanity and ethics, so we'll address them in the language that they understand."

Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip over the past three days after Hamas militants surged into southern Israeli towns in a surprise attack that has left hundreds killed. NewIndianExpress

Hamas Threatens To Kill Israel Hostages Over Gaza Strikes.

Palestinian militant group Hamas threatened Monday to kill hostages if the Israeli army carried out air strikes without prior warning targeting residents of the Gaza Strip.

... the Ezzedine al-Qassem Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said in a statement.

"The enemy doesn’t understand the language of humanity and ethics, so we’ll address them in the language that they understand."

Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip over the past three days after Hamas militants surged into southern Israeli towns in a surprise attack that has left hundreds killed.

Militants, who sprayed bullets under the cover of thousands of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, fled back to the enclave... Channelstv

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Report: Terrorists came with precise maps, had time for selfies. Document found on dead terrorist includes order to kidnap soldiers, civilians; video taken by terrorists shows ease of entering intelligence base and destroying communication and computer hub. Ynet | October 14, 2023 Hamas came in under the protection of its heavy rocket fire on Israel, by a massive invasion over land, and by air and sea. In order to disrupt the military's observation capabilities, Hamas launched UAVs to destroy communication towers and observation posts along the Gaza border, causing blind spots, while bulldozers broke through the border fence allowing hundreds across in the first wave, sources told the paper. A further 1,800, followed the initial invaders. .. In the document, the terrorists received clear orders to kidnap Israelis. "Take soldiers and civilians prisoner and hostage so that we would use them to negotiate," the document said. This is in contradiction to claims made by Salah al Arouri, a senior Hamas official, to Al Jazeera, that Hamas only targeted the military and that the Israelis were taken by civilians crossing the breached border fence. YNet

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Herzog confirms Israel found Hamas files with instructions for making chemical weapons.

Barak Ravid, Oct 22, 2023

Israeli President Isaac Herzog confirmed on Sunday Axios' report that the IDF found a USB key with instructions for producing a "cyanide dispersion device" on the body of a Hamas operative who participated in the Oct. 7 terrorist attack.

The big picture: Herzog's comments in an interview with Sky News are part of a wider Israeli diplomatic effort to mobilize support in the West for the Israeli operation against Hamas.

"This is how shocking the situation is where we're looking at the instructions that are given on how to operate and how to create a kind of non-professional chemical weapon with cyanide," Herzog told Sky News. Axios

Hamas terrorists found carrying instructions for cyanide-based chemical weapons.

By Alex Oliveira. Published Oct. 22, 2023, 5:47 p.m. ET

Hamas terrorists killed in the horrific Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel were discovered carrying instructions on how to deploy cyanide-based chemical bombs, Israeli officials revealed.

The directions included detailed diagrams for a “cyanide dispersion device” and were stored in USBs found on the bodies of Hamas operatives who massacred Kibbutz Be’eri, according to Israeli intelligence reviewed by Axios. NY Post

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Hamas Official Ghazi Hamad: We Will Repeat The October 7 Attack, Time And Again, Until Israel Is Annihilated; We Are Victims – Everything We Do Is Justified . November 1, 2023 Palestine | Special Dispatch No. 10923

Ghazi Hamad of the Hamas political bureau said in an October 24, 2023 show on LBC TV (Lebanon) that Hamas is prepared to repeat the October 7 "Al-Aqsa Flood" Operation time and again until Israel is annihilated. He added that Palestinians are willing to pay the price and that they are "proud to sacrifice martyrs." Hamad said that Palestinians are the victims of the occupation, therefore no one should blame them for the events of October 7 or anything else, adding: "Everything we do is justified."

To view the clip of Hamas official Ghazi Hamad, click here or below:

"The Al-Aqsa Flood Is Just The First Time, And There Will Be A Second, Third, And Fourth[;] Will We Pay A Price? Yes, And We Are Ready To Pay It"

Ghazi Hamad: "Israel is a country that has no place on our land. We must remove that country, because it constitutes a security, military, and political catastrophe to the Arab and Islamic nation, and must be finished. We are not ashamed to say this, with full force. [30]. Memri

'We will repeat October 7 again and again' - Hamas official. By Jerusalem Post Staff Published: November 1, 2023 16:38. ([31] A damaged and blood-stained kindergarten is seen following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Beeri in southern Israel October 22, 2023.) Last week, Hamad stormed out of an interview with the BBC after he was asked about the terrorist group’s massacre of civilians in Israel on October 7. "Israel is a country that has no place on our land," Hamas official Ghazi Hamad told Lebanese news outlet LBCI news this week... JPost

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Hamas religious scholars: 'Spill the blood of Israeli soldiers and settlers.' In decree published in Gaza, clerics permitting and encouraging the killing of 'Zionist soldiers and settlers both within and outside of Palestine'; Hamas official: 'guide their strikes and gunfire upon the Jews' throats'

Itamar Eichner | October 26, 2023 YNet

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IDF: This is the true identity of Hamas terrorist Abu Obaida. By Jerusalem Post Staff. Published: October 25, 2023 15:39 Updated: October 25, 2023 16:21

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Hudhayfah Kahlot, as named by the Israeli military's Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee, "hides behind his red keffiyeh just as Hamas hides behind civilian facilities."

The IDF on Wednesday claimed to have revealed the identity of Hamas terrorist and spokesperson of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades known as Abu Obaida. 

Hudhayfah Kahlot, as named by the Israeli military's Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee, "hides behind his red keffiyeh just as Hamas hides behind civilian facilities to launch rockets toward Israel.

"Hudhayfah Kahlot, you have been exposed," Adraee wrote with an attached video revealing the terrorist's face. "It is time to stop covering up. The mask and keffiyeh will not help you." JPost

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BRING THEM HOME - Innocent faces of 32 children held in tunnels by Hamas as distraught parents plead with terror group to release them. While International aid agencies and charities back calls to free the 32 children.

Daniel Hammond in Jerusalem, Nov 1 2023 ...The Sun is today publishing the names and photos of all 32 innocent kids to back the plea of their distraught families: “Please free our children.”

Who kidnaps kids? Where in the world is that the right thing to do? The Sun

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The world should know.

Opinion: In the face of unthinkable atrocities, the world must act against Hamas and help us bring the innocent captives back home, for the sake of the continued existence of Israel and for a sense of humanity, wherever it may be found. Snunit Liss | October 14, 2023

The following text contains very harsh and triggering descriptions of genocide and rape, but this is our life in Israel since October 7, 2023, and the world should know.

I am writing so that you all know...

Parents and children in the pastoral kibbutz of Kfar Aza, whose members woke up to a typical Saturday morning, were tied and tortured in front of each other by invading Hamas terrorists.

They were murdered, their bodies horrifically mutilated—one by one until none remained. Then the terrorists casually dined amid the grisly scene, surrounded by severed limbs in the devastated family home. This account was provided by a member of ZAKA, an Israeli organization responsible for recovering bodies after disasters, during an interview with Israel’s Radio 103FM.

Shani Louk, a young German-Israeli woman who partied at a peace rave, was kidnapped into the Gaza Strip by terrorists who invaded the party, murdering its attendants indiscriminately. She was stripped, and her naked body was tossed on a truck face down between the Hamas terrorists. The truck drove through the streets of Gaza, with the masses cheering the appalling scene, and Shani’s naked, discarded body spat on by the surrounding throngs.

Another young woman kidnapped from the party was pulled from the back of the truck violently and taken to the front with the back of her pants, between her legs, soaked with blood. The soul aches at the thought of the events preceding these images. The survivors of the peace party-turned-pogrom reported that the Hamas terrorists who raided it raped young women beside the bodies of their murdered friends.

At Kibbutz Kfar Aza - a quiet, peace-seeking rural community, which until last week numbered 750 residents - dozens were slaughtered in their homes, 20 of its residents were kidnapped and contact has been lost with 36. In the kibbutzim of the Gaza border region, which have endured the horrific Hamas massacre, dozens of bodies of babies and children were found murdered in their cribs, in their beds, wrapped in the bodies of their dead parents who died trying in vain to protect them, or burned alive while trying to shelter from the atrocities in the safe rooms in their homes.

Over 100 Israeli citizens have apparently been kidnapped to Gaza, including babies, toddlers whose parents were murdered, mothers with their children and elderly Holocaust survivors. Over 1,200 people were murdered in this brutal, violent attack. We, Israelis in the fields of writing, humanities and academia, are mostly left-wing in persuasion and believe in equality and human rights. Many of us have been active over the years to promote a diplomatic and peaceful solution between Palestinians and Israelis.

The barbaric massacre that took place in the Gaza border area on October 7, 2023, the horrific rapes and abductions of civilians have nothing to do with the struggle for the rights of Palestinians or human rights. These are acts of pure sadism, of the worst and most abominable type imaginable, of the kind ISIS committed against their victims. Those who committed them would have gone on to do the same to any Israeli resident – Jew, Arab or foreign national that had fallen into their hands had the security forces not stopped them. It is the duty of Israel and of humanity to protect themselves and eradicate such acts and those capable of committing them. The world must know and act against them and help us bring the innocent captives back home, for the sake of the continued existence of Israel and for a sense of humanity, wherever it may be found. Snunit Liss (1980) is an Israeli author. Born in Kibbutz Ein-Shemer, Liss has worked as a local journalist, music critic and entertainment and technology reporter. She owns a marketing content firm and researches literature and disability. Ynet

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IDF eliminates terrorist who led last week's Hamas massacre. By Gadi Zaig, Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman Published: October 14, 2023

The IDF struck down 1,000 strategic Hamas locations in Gaza since Operation Swords of Iron started.

The IDF and the Shin Bet eliminated Ali Qadi, the commander of the "Nakba Force" who led the Hamas massacre last week that killed more than 1,300 Israelis, the IDF announced Saturday afternoon.

IDF aircraft, with the intelligence guidance of the Shin Bet and AMAN (Military Intelligence Directorate), targeted the terrorist. In 2005, Qadi was arrested following the kidnapping and murder of Israelis and was later released as part of the Gilad Shalit exchange deal.

The announcement came shortly after a briefing by IDF Brigadier General Daniel Hagari, who told the press that the IDF has struck down 1,000 strategic Hamas locations in Gaza since Operation Swords of Iron started.

It also eliminated dozens of Hamas terrorists, including many from Qadi's Nakba Force.

In addition, the IDF assassinated Merad Abu Merad, who was the head of the Hamas aerial system, it said Saturday morning. He was primarily responsible for directing terrorists during the massacre.

Hagari stressed that some 600,000 Palestinians in Gaza should relocate to the enclave's south.

"The IDF calls on all residents of Gaza City to evacuate their homes, move south for their protection, and settle in the area south of the Gaza River," an IDF statement read Thursday. "This evacuation is for your safety. Returning to Gaza City after a notification confirming [safety] will be possible. Do not approach the border fence with the State of Israel."

Hagari reiterated that call and stressed that the IDF needed the residents to leave because it planned to target strategic Hamas targets in the area. Hamas uses the residents as human shields, putting tunnels and bunkers under houses in Gaza City and inside civilian buildings.

"We didn't put those civilians there," IDF spokesperson Jonathan Conricus said in an English briefing on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday morning. "They are not our enemy. We are not trying to kill or injure any civilians. We are fighting against Hamas. That needs to be abundantly clear. We are targeting their infrastructure - wherever it is."

"We appreciate the tens of thousands who have left in the last hours," Hagari said. "Anyone who chooses not to leave puts their family in danger." [...] Hagari stressed that any movement of Gazans out of the enclave, even through Egypt, would be coordinated with Israel.

At the same time as Israel is attacking Gaza, the army will also protect Israel on other fronts, Hagari added.

He stressed that the army was strong and would be able to manage Hezbollah in the north and terrorism emanating from the West Bank.

On Saturday, Hezbollah fighters fired an anti-tank missile at Israeli troops. It also sent drones into Israel and fired surface-to-air missiles at an Israeli aircraft, which the IDF quickly intercepted.

The IDF also foiled a cell of Palestinian terrorists that operated under Hezbollah's direction and tried to infiltrate Israel via Lebanon, an army spokesperson said.

Conricus stressed that as of Saturday morning, the situation at Israel's northern border remains extremely tense, and Hezbollah's activities are being monitored.

In the West Bank, the IDF has arrested more than 230 Hamas operatives since Operation Swords of Iron started, the military updated on Saturday morning.

The focus of the arrests has been on Hamas operatives, as well as instigators of terrorism. JPost

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IDF conducts ‘localized’ ops in Gaza as war enters 2nd week. Charles Bybelezer October 14, 2023 / JNS The IDF also killed Murad Abu Murad, the head of Hamas’s aerial array in Gaza, in an overnight airstrike. Abu Murad “took a big part in directing terrorists during the massacre” of 1,300 Israelis during last Saturday’s invasion of the western Negev. JNS

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IDF fighter jets operated in the Gaza Strip and killed Billal Al Kedra last night, the Nukhba commander of the forces in southern Khan Yunis.

Israel National News, Oct 15, 2023, 7:44 AM (GMT+3)

Following Shin Bet (ISA) intelligence, IDF fighter jets operated in the Gaza Strip and killed Billal Al Kedra last night, the Nukhba commander of the forces in southern Khan Yunis, who was responsible for the Kibbutz Nirim massacre. Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror operatives were also killed.

The IDF also struck over one hundred military targets located in Zaytun, Khan Yunis, and west Jabaliya. These strikes impacted the capabilities of the Hamas terrorist organization, by targeting its operational command centers, military compounds, dozens of launchers, anti-tank missile launch posts, and observation posts. Furthermore, operational command centers belonging to the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization were struck. INN

IDF kills Hamas commander involved in deadly attacks as rocket fire on south resumes. Military says over 100 terror targets struck overnight; evacuation of Sderot residents slated to start; IDF spokesman: Top priority in Gaza op is freeing hostages By Emanuel Fabian and TOI Staff Today, 1:25 pm [...] The IDF said Billal al-Qedra, the commander of the so-called Nukhba unit's southern Khan Younis battalion, was killed in an airstrike following intelligence efforts by the Shin Bet security agency and Military Intelligence Directorate. TOI

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Israel at War

LIVEBLOG: IDF holds out on ground maneuver, giving Gazans more time to evacuate. Oct 15, 2023 i24

The 7th day to the war... N12, Oct 13, 2023

(Israel, local times)

12:35 - It is reported in Gaza: the IDF distributed leaflets - in which it urged residents to evacuate the Gaza Strip to the south.

12:00 - The IDF destroyed dozens of positions for launching drones built on the roofs of civilian houses in the Gaza Strip. "This is another example of how the terrorist organization Hamas uses the citizens of the Gaza Strip as a human shield," said the IDF spokesperson. It should be noted that the Hamas UAV array was tested during Operation "Guardian of the Walls" during which it tried to implement a number of plans to launch UAVs that failed - some of them were intercepted by the Air Force and some of them fell due to technical malfunctions.

08:04 - So far, more than 400,000 residents of the Gaza Strip have evacuated to about 100 shelters and relatives.

08:03 - IDF warplanes attacked 750 military targets throughout the night across the Strip, including underground tunnels, military compounds and outposts, high-ranking houses that served as military headquarters, IDF warehouses, communications rooms and the organization's operatives. At the same time, three mortar operatives of an organization were thwarted in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip.

07:49 - IDF spokesman, Brigadier General Daniel Hagari: "Our priority is the elimination of senior officials and terrorists who participated in the murderous massacre. We cannot live with Hamas-ISIS rule near our borders. We are going to collapse the Hamas infrastructure in Gaza." He further added: "We have informed 258 families that their loved ones in the IDF have fallen since Saturday. The status of the abductees is 97 families."

07:44 - The Hamas Interior Ministry told the residents of the Gaza Strip this morning - in response to the IDF's call to evacuate their homes: Israel is trying to spread false propaganda to sow confusion among the residents of Gaza. Do not cooperate with these attempts which constitute psychological warfare.

07:11 - IDF spokesperson to residents of Gaza City: "All residents are called to evacuate their homes, move south for their protection and settle in the area south of the Gaza River. This evacuation is for your personal safety. It will be possible to return to Gaza City only after a notification confirming this. Do not approach the fence area with the State of Israel. Hamas terrorists are hiding in Gaza City in tunnels under houses in Gaza City, and inside many buildings are innocent civilians."

06:25 - Israel's Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan: "The UN's response to Israel's early warning to the residents of Gaza is a disgrace! For many years the UN has been 'turning a blind eye' to the arming of Hamas and its use of the civilian population and civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip as a hiding place for weapons and his murder. And now, instead of standing by Israel, whose citizens were slaughtered by Hamas terrorists and who tries to minimize harm to those not involved, he preaches specifically to Israel. It is better for the UN to focus now on returning the abductees, condemning Hamas and supporting Israel's right to defend itself."

05:42 - The IDF informed the UN: 1.1 million Palestinians living in the north of the Gaza Strip are required to evacuate to the south within 24 hours. In response, the United Nations called for the cancellation of the demand in order to "prevent a disaster and devastating humanitarian consequences." According to the details that the IDF provided to the representatives of the United Nations, the residents of Gaza City are required to move to the south - in order to prevent possible harm to them. Those who do not obey the instructions - "put the himself and his family in danger."

05:40 - The pictures of the Israeli abductees, including toddlers and the elderly, were projected onto the UN headquarters - demanding their release. The headquarters of the families of the abductees in the US made three demands: their immediate release, the opening of a humanitarian corridor for the supply of medicine and necessary equipment, and a call for the intervention of world leaders in general and the Arab world in particular. "The world needs to know. The world needs to wake up. We will not rest until our sisters and brothers who were captured by murderous violence return home to their families," it said. Mako [33][34]

David's Slingshot intercepted a rocket from Gaza to Haifa - The IDF found 30 bodies near Be'eri

Minister Galant: "The war will have heavy costs, but we will win" - The IDF destroyed dozens of positions for launching drones on the rooftops of Gaza's citizens • The IDF: All residents of northern Gaza, about one million and one hundred thousand - to evacuate to the south of the Gaza Strip within 24 hours - So far, more than 400,000 were made available - During Shabbat, the silent wave frequencies will operate. Ch. 10. 28 Tishrei 5784 / (Oct 13. '23). Ch10

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Israel urges civilians in northern Gaza to go South. Michael Holmes talks with IDF Spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus. ["The problem with the aid that goes in intended for Palestinians is taken by Hamas..."] (Oct 14, 2023)) CNN

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Antony Blinken Says Hamas Blocking Palestinians From Evacuating North Gaza.

Newsweek, Oct 13, 2023 Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Hamas is allegedly blocking roads and preventing civilians from evacuating Northern Gaza. Israel warned 1.1 million Gazans to flee to the south ahead of an anticipated ground invasion. on YouTube

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Hamas seen blocking evacuation routes in Gaza - IDF. By Tzvi Joffre Published: October 15, 2023 05:00 Updated: October 15, 2023 05:44

Analysts noted that a car bombing seemed to target the evacuation routes in Gaza on Saturday.

... Hamas urges Gazans to ignore IDF evacuation directive After the IDF issued the directive on Friday, officials in the Hamas-run government in Gaza called the instructions "false propaganda and psychological warfare," saying "we urge our citizens to ignore it."

On Saturday, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said that Palestinians would remain in their homes "even if they are destroyed." JPost

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CHUCK DEVORE: The U.N. shames Israelis for evacuating Palestinian - while Hamas uses the innocent as human shields. When will the world see that these vicious terrorists - not Israel - are Gaza's worst enemy? By Chuck Devore For Dailymail.Com 14:41 14 Oct 2023, updated 14:41 14 Oct 2023

Israel is pleading with more than one million Palestinian civilians to flee Gaza City. The vile terrorists in control of that doomed metropolis are telling innocent people to stay put.

Hamas has used the Palestinian people as pawns for decades. It's no surprise they're now using them as human shields.

On Thursday, the Israeli Defense Forces, massing 360,000 troops on the border of Gaza in preparation for the grim task of rooting out and dismantling Hamas, dropped fliers from planes instructing non-combatants to get out.

'Civilians of Gaza City, evacuate south for your own safety and the safety of your families and distance yourself from Hamas terrorists who are using you as human shields,' the IDF said.

Hamas responded: 'Our Palestinian people reject the threat made by the leaders of the occupation and its call for Gazans to leave their houses and leave to the south or to Egypt.'

Like clockwork, the United Nations and America's left-wing, anti-Israel media took up the Hamas narrative.

Hamas has used the Palestinian people as pawns for decades. It's no surprise they're now using them as human shields.

The U.N. called for the IDF evacuation request to be 'rescinded' and warned that a mass evacuation could be 'calamitous.' The Washington Post desperately described the Gaza Strip as a 'kill box.' The ridiculous phrase was later edited out of the article, but this twisted narrative cannot be ignored.

Bordering the Mediterranean Sea on its west and Israel on its north and east, the Gaza Strip is 140-square miles. Gaza City is the most populous area in the region, but there are large cities in the south near its border with Egypt.

Israel sees no military utility in indiscriminate bombing. They want to evacuate as many civilians as possible from the immediate warzone.

Hamas' information warfare strategy requires them to remain.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken alluded to this on Friday. 'Efforts to get humanitarian aid into Gaza are complicated by the fact that Hamas continues to use innocent civilians as human shields and is reportedly blocking roads to prevent Palestinians from moving to southern Gaza out of harm's way.'

Indeed, Hamas thrives on tragedy. And one can see where this is all headed as the U.N. and a complicit press attempt to gradually erode global support for Israel's offensive and force them to stop short of eliminating the terrorist threat in Gaza once and for all.

But in all of this, it must be understood that the ultimate blame for the despair of the Palestinian people falls not on Israel, but on Hamas and its Islamist benefactors in Tehran.

For it's them who for decades have valued their own political purposes over the lives of innocents.

But in all of this, it must be understood that the ultimate blame for the despair of the Palestinian people falls not on Israel, but on Hamas and its Islamist benefactors in Tehran.

Israel sees no military utility in indiscriminate bombing. They want to evacuate as many civilians as possible from the immediate warzone.

In 2005, Israel withdrew all of its citizens - some voluntarily and some by force – from Gaza City and turned over governance to the Palestinians.

A Palestinian unity government soon collapsed after Hamas waged a bloody civil war against the opposition party Fatah. The struggle concluded with Hamas agents throwing rival politicians to their deaths from high-rise buildings.

Since then, local Palestinian elections have been held just three times – though only in the Fatah-ruled West Bank – while Hamas has rededicated itself to the destruction of Israel and always at the cost of its own people.

Under the scourge of indiscriminate rocket strikes, Israel and Egypt agreed in 2007 to prevent arms, ammunition, and other goods that could be turned into weapons from entering Gaza.

In response, Hamas turned their land into an arms factory. Whatever they couldn't smuggle in from Iran, they made themselves.

Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades posted videos online of militants digging up water pipes to cut them down and convert them into rockets.

Is it any wonder that today only 10 percent of Gazans have access to clean drinking water?

Hamas rockets rain down on Israeli cities like Ashkelon — whose power plant provides Gaza with electricity for free because Hamas has prioritized war over civilian improvements. The lights are typically on for about half the day in Gaza - now the city is dark.

Despite all of this, in 2010, Israel began allowing importation into Gaza for humanitarian projects like the building of schools, hospitals and housing. But Hamas seized the concrete to construct tunnels under the border to stage attacks on Israel.

Hamas seized the concrete to construct tunnels under the border to stage attacks on Israel.

One such terror tunnel - said to have required 500 tons of concrete – was discovered by Israel in 2013. 'Instead of building reservoirs for water or kindergartens, Hamas is investing in tunnels,' an IDF spokesperson said at the time.

And of course, the lives of Gazans don't appear to hold much value for their Hamas wardens

It is well-known that Hamas' de facto military headquarters is located inside al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza, because they know Israel will not bomb it. The IDF cares more about Palestinian civilians than Hamas does.

Why else would Hamas store and fire rockets from inside Palestinian schools? The United Nations agency dedicated to helping Palestinian refugees exposed this practice in 2014 when they discovered 20 rockets hidden in a single schoolhouse.

In the coming days, there will be horrific images broadcast out to millions that will surely shake the world's conscience.

War is terrible.

But we cannot lose sight of the truth that Israel is attempting to protect innocent lives no matter the nationality - and Hamas is the Palestinians' worst enemy. Daily Mail

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Hamas destroyed the crossing through which the Gazans made a living: documenting the destruction at the Erez terminal. Defense Ministry employees returned to the Erez crossing for the first time since the outbreak of war, and assessed the enormous damage that Hamas terrorists caused to the terminal that Israel established after the disengagement and that was upgraded last year. The terrorists did justice in the facility through which 17 thousand Palestinian laborers passed every week to earn 12 times more than in Gaza. Watch the first documentary. Yoav Zeyton Published:17.10.23 | 13:44

Automatic gates. Certificate and passport stamping stations. Mirroring devices. Many agree including explanations for the following. high ceiling All of these were part of the upgraded terminal at the Erez crossing. Now there are mostly ruins there.

The destruction to the terminal at the Erez crossing. Photo: Spokesperson and Public Relations Department at the Ministry of Defense)

The first documentation since the surprise attack by Hamas shows the enormous destruction caused by the hundreds of terrorists to the terminal at the Erez crossing, through which 17 thousand workers from Gaza passed every week in order to earn a living in Israel and receive a wage that is 12 times higher than the average wage in the Gaza Strip. Watch the documentation, at the beginning of the article. Erez Crossing workers of the Crossings Authority of the Ministry of Defense returned to the crossing today, for the first time since the outbreak of the war, to assess the damage and document the enormous destruction caused by Hamas terrorists to the crossing - which was used for the entry of thousands of Gaza residents every day for work, trade and medical treatment.

The damage caused by hundreds of Hamas terrorists to the upgraded terminal at the Erez crossing through which tens of thousands of Gaza residents pass for medical treatment and work

Israel established the crossing after disengagement, but from 2007 and for more than a decade it waited as a kind of white elephant for more prosperous and quieter times. Last year - with the significant increase in the number of Palestinian workers passing through the crossing - the arrivals hall of the terminal was upgraded , so that an advanced security check was possible, with technological imaging scans.

From the moment of the upgrade, the border control phase was carried out automatically, based on a biometric system of facial recognition, similar to Israel and crossings in Judea and Samaria. The checkpoints were also canceled and in their place were deployed automatic gates, which open upon certain recognition of the facial features and attachment of a magnetic card. Even the toilet facilities and infrastructure were upgraded , and so is the parking lot. All these are a thing of the past, after the raid by thousands of Hamas terrorists on the Gaza Envelope on the first day of the war. One of the central points of the raid was the nearby Erez Crossing post, and also through the terminal, members of the Nohva Force raided Israeli territory. YNet

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Israel shows major damage to Erez Crossing with Gaza following Hamas assault. By Emanuel Fabian. 17 Oct 2023, 8:06 pm

([35] Damage is seen to the Erez Crossing with the Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023, after it was attacked by Hamas terrorists on October 7. Defense Ministry)

The Defense Ministry publishes footage showing damage to the Erez Crossing with the Gaza Strip, after it was attacked by Hamas terrorists on October 7...

The ministry says that for the first time since the war began, ministry personnel returned to the pedestrian crossing to assess the damage.

The crossing had facilitated the daily entry of thousands of Palestinians into Israel for work, medical treatment and other special cases. It is not expected to reopen amid the fighting. TOI

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian @manniefabian: Hamas announces the death of Ayman Nofal, a member of the terror group's General Military Council, in an Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip. Oct 17, 2023 [36]

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IDF tells world: This is how Islamic Jihad destroyed the Gaza hospital. The chief spokesman presented actual audio recordings in which Islamic Jihad members say out loud that they are responsible for the explosion.

By Yonah Jeremy Bob October 18, 2023 10:04 Updated: October, 2023 10:35

IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari on Wednesday laid out the IDF's full comprehensive intelligence case to prove that an Islamic Jihad failed rocket caused the damage Tuesday night to a Gaza hospital, leading to a still-unclear, but large, number of Palestinian civilian deaths.

The chief spokesman presented actual audio recordings in which Islamic Jihad members say out loud that they are responsible for the explosion.

Hagari also presented a detailed video on top of earlier videos put out by Israel's public relations apparatus showing different stages of the rocket's trajectory and the layout of the hospital being hit.

The press conference was highly unusual in terms of making signals and other military surveillance intelligence available to the public, showing Israel's realization that how the incident is perceived has strategic importance for global support or opposition to the next stages of the war, especially the anticipated ground invasion, which has already seemed on pause for nearly a week.

1. عاجل بعد تحقيق شامل ومعمق أجريناه في جيش الدفاع نستطيع ان نؤكد ان تنظيم الجهاد الاسلامي هو المسؤول عن استهداف المستشفى المعمداني في مدينة غزة pic.twitter.com/AgIaon2uKd

— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) October 18, 2023 Hagari said, "The IDF has concluded an after-action review and confirmed that the Islamic Jihad was responsible for the strike," on the Gaza hospital.

"We did an immediate review for all relevant branches of the IDF," he said.

(IDF satellite footage above the explosion site at a hospital in Gaza .credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT [37])

Next, he said, "At 6:15 p.m., a barrage of rockets was fired by Hamas at Israel." At 6:50 p.m., a barrage of 10 rockets was fired by Islamic jIhad from a nearby cemetery, he said. Further, at 6:59 pm., there were reports of an explosion at the hospital. According to our intelligence, Hamas checked reports, and itself understood that it was as Islamic Jihad rocket misfired and decided to launch a global media campaign to hide what happened, he said.

Hamas also inflated casualties, he stated.

Moreover, he said the PIJ rocket was fired from a cemetery next to the hospital and hit a parking lot next to the hospital which likely had terror munitions, which caused further damage.

He said there was visual evidence showing infrared imagery of the nearby parking lot.

The IDF also confirmed there was no IDF fire by land, sea, or air which could have hit the hospital.

A failed rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization hit the Al Ahli hospital in Gaza City.IAF footage from the area around the hospital before and after the failed rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization: pic.twitter.com/AvCAkQULAf

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 18, 2023 IDF shares internal Islamic Jihad conversation on hospital blast A rough summary of some of the internal Islamic Jihad conversation included statements such as:

"It's from us? Who says this? They are saying the shrapnel from the missile is Islamic Jihad and not an Israeli missile. They shot it from the cemetery coming from behind the hospital. There is a cemetery behind it?"

On Tuesday night, Hagari had already given initially declared that "an analysis of IDF operational systems indicates a barrage of rockets was fired by terrorists in Gaza, passing in close proximity, to the hospital at the time it was hit. Intelligence from a few sources that we have in our hands indicates that the Islamic Jihad is responsible." JPost

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IDF confirms Islamic Jihad failed rocket destroyed Gaza hospital. By Jerusalem Post Staff. Published: October 17, 2023 20:26 Updated: October 18, 2023 00:35. The IDF confirmed late Tuesday night that a Palestinian Islamic Jihad failed rocket attack damaged a Gaza hospital, leading to a still unclear number of deaths. JPost _

Netanyahu: ‘Those who brutally murdered our children also murder their own children.’ "The entire world should know: It was barbaric terrorists in Gaza that attacked the hospital in Gaza and not the IDF," said the Israeli prime minister. (October 17, 2023 / JNS) Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a terrorist group based in the Gaza Strip, fired a rocket that killed hundreds of Palestinians at Gaza’s al-Ahli Arab Hospital, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Tuesday.

“An analysis of IDF operational systems indicates that a barrage of rockets was fired by terrorists in Gaza, passing in close proximity to the Al Ahli hospital in Gaza at the time it was hit,” he wrote on social media. “Intelligence from multiple sources we have in our hands indicates that Islamic Jihad is responsible for the failed rocket launch which hit the hospital in Gaza.”

“The entire world should know: It was barbaric terrorists in Gaza that attacked the hospital in Gaza and not the IDF,” he added. “Those who brutally murdered our children also murder their own children.” JNS

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IDF confirms Islamic Jihad rocket caused Gaza hospital blast. The army provided additional visual and audio evidence.

(Visual evidence from the IDF of the failed Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket launch that caused an explosion next to a Gaza hospital on Oct. 17, 2023. [38])

(October 18, 2023 / JNS) A failed Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket launch at Israel caused the explosion at a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday night, the IDF confirms.

“The IDF has concluded an After Action Review and can confirm that the Islamic Jihad was responsible for the strike on the hospital in Gaza City,” Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said at a press briefing on Wednesday morning.

Terrorists fired a barrage of rockets at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, and at 6:59 p.m., Islamic Jihad fired another barrage of around 10 rockets from a nearby cemetery. This was the exact time that the hospital blast was reported, Hagari explained.

“According to our intelligence, Hamas checked the reports, understood it was an Islamic Jihad rocket that had misfired—and decided to launch a global media campaign to hide what really happened,” Hagari continued.

“They went as far as inflating the number of casualties. They understood, with absolute certainty, that it was a rocket misfired by Islamic Jihad that damaged the hospital.”

The IDF provided a recording of a conversation between Hamas operatives regarding the hospital bombing, which confirms that it was a failed Islamic Jihad rocket launch that caused it, including that it looked “like local shrapnel and not like Israeli shrapnel.”

One of the Hamas operatives said that the Palestinians launched the rocket from a cemetery behind the hospital and that “it misfired and fell on them.”

Islamic Jihad struck a Hospital in Gaza—the IDF did not.

Listen to the terrorists as they realize this themselves: [pic.twitter.com/u7WyU8Rxwz]

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 18, 2023 Aerial footage shows that the hospital was not directly hit and that the only place showing damage was the parking lot next to it, Hagari said.

A failed rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization hit the Al Ahli hospital in Gaza City.

IAF footage from the area around the hospital before and after the failed rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization: [pic.twitter.com/AvCAkQULAf]

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 18, 2023 Israel’s Channel 12 also provided visual evidence on Wednesday of the errant Islamic Jihad rocket, showing footage from one of its news cameras placed in the southern Israeli city of Netivot.

The video appears to show the rocket being launched and then immediately striking in the vicinity of the hospital.

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 12 News camera records the Hamas shooting at the hospital in Gaza [39] @LeviYonit [pic.twitter.com/9cVBCwIraN]

– N12 (@N12News) October 18, 2023 It is common for Gazan terrorist rockets aimed at Israel to fall short, causing Palestinian casualties, Hagari noted, adding that the IDF has counted approximately 450 rockets that misfired and hit in Gaza.

“Palestinian civilians pay the price,” he said.

Hagari said that the information was being shared with partners, including the United States.

“We want maximum transparency because we take any incident involving civilians very seriously. Unfortunately, many in the media immediately reported the statements coming out of Hamas-controlled Gaza, which blamed Israel,” he continued.

“Instead of waiting for the examination of credible information from the IDF, some media outlets ran with Hamas’s lies. Some of those headlines are still up and have not been corrected.

“I understand the desire to break news, but I hope you will all agree that accuracy and credible information comes before speed,” said Hagari.

“The IDF acts in accordance with international law,” he noted.

“In conclusion, this incident shows how allegations—in this case, false and baseless allegations made by terrorists—against Israel can spread and inflame tensions in the region,” Hagari said. JNS

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IDF: Military intercepted communications indicating Islamic Jihad fired hospital rocket. By AP and TOI STAFF Oct 18, 2023, 4:45 am In a briefing with reporters, IDF spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said radar detected outgoing rocket fire at the same moment the blast at the Gaza hospital occurred on Tuesday, and intercepted communications between terror groups indicating that Islamic Jihad fired the rockets.

The army determined there were no air force, ground or naval attacks in the area at the time of the blast at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital.

Hagari also shared aerial footage collected by a military drone that showed a blast that he said was inconsistent with Israeli weaponry. He said the explosion occurred in the building’s parking lot TOI

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IDF Releases Audio of Hamas Admitting Hospital Strike. Charlie McCarthy, October 18, 2023 Newsmax

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Yair Lapid @yairlapid: At around 19:00 this evening, a failed rocket launch was shown live on air on Al Jazeera. The rocket was launched and fell in Gaza causing an explosion.

They don't only kill our children, they also kill their own. Oct 17, 2023 [40]

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LIVEBLOG: PIJ rocket caused Gaza hospital explosion, according to IDF; Biden en route. i24NEWS October 17, 2023 at 11:47 PM latest revision October 18, 2023 at 12:48 AM Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted a comprehensive investigation of the hospital incident and concluded that it was a failed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) rocket launch, one of approximately 450 that land within the Gaza Strip.

Nevertheless, the Arab world continued to blame Israel, with rioters breaking into the Israeli embassy compound in Jordan, and protests outside Western embassies in other Middle Eastern countries. i24

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Misfired Palestinian Islamic Jihad Rocket Responsible for Hospital Explosion, IDF Says. By Ari Blaff October 17, 2023 3:59 PM ...members, including Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) as well as Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.), cited articles relying on the Palestinian Ministry of Health reports.. Images have circulated online showing Hamas announcing on Telegram, a social-media network, minutes before the hospital strike that the terrorist group was set to launch long-range missiles capable of striking the city of Haifa in northern Israel. "One minute before a rocket blew up a hospital in Gaza, Hamas announced on Telegram that they were launching their most robust weapons in the arsenal at Haifa. No rockets reached Haifa. High probability these hit the hospital and set off secondary explosions within building." NRO

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Amir Tsarfati: Another view of the failed launch. Oct 17 at 15:26 [41]

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Israel Defense Forces shared raw footage, revealing the moment a rocket misfired and exploded the same time the Gaza hospital was hit. 'A rocket aimed at Israel misfired and exploded at 18:59—the same moment a hospital was hit in Gaza,' the IDF wrote on X Israel denied responsibility for the blast at al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday, claiming it was a rocket misfired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists. A newly released video by the Israel Defense Force shows a rocket misfiring and exploding in Gaza at the same moment a Baptist hospital was struck and at least 500 people were killed.

'A rocket aimed at Israel misfired and exploded at 18:59—the same moment a hospital was hit in Gaza,' the IDF wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

The video shows a rocket exploding in the air before descending below. It's unclear what exactly was hit by the misfired rocket in the video.

Israel denied responsibility for the blast at al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday, claiming it was a rocket misfired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists.

A spokesman for Islamic Jihad blamed the strike on Israel and accused the IDF of 'trying to cover for the horrifying crime and massacre they committed against civilians.' Daily Mail

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US analysis shows Israel not responsible for hospital explosion. -White House Politics Reuters| Washington | United States

Updated: 18-10-2023 20:29 IST | Created: 18-10-2023 20:29 IST US analysis shows Israel not responsible for hospital explosion -White House

A U.S. analysis of currently available data indicates that "Israel is not responsible for the explosion at the hospital in Gaza yesterday," a spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council said on Wednesday.

The assessment is based on the United States' analysis of overhead imagery, intercepts and open source information, NSC spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said in a post on X, adding that the United States is continuing to collect information. Reuters, David's Course

Biden tells Israel, "You're not alone"; says military data show Gaza militants to blame for hospital explosion. By Kathryn Watson Updated On: October 18, 2023 / 7:51 PM / CBS News CBS

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Analysing Israel's 'proof' that it wasn't behind Gaza hospital bloodbath: Experts examine IDF's dossier of 'evidence' including images of misfiring rocket, lack of crater and shrapnel on roof. By David Averre 08:47 EDT 18 Oct 2023 , updated 14:49 EDT 18 Oct 2023 Israel published a slew of evidence it said showed a misfiring rocket caused blast. Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad slammed IDF claims it did not strike hospital. Now experts have weighed in on the statements shared by the warring sides...

Now, experts review each piece of evidence provided by the IDF to suggest Israel was not behind the brutal hospital blast. ... Images of blast site 'inconsistent' with an Israeli aerial strike ...

What the experts say

RUSI aerial warfare analyst Justin Bronk agreed with Hagari's statements.

He wrote: 'No crater or obvious shrapnel pattern consistent with IAF JDAM/Mk80 series bombs visible.... Joel Rayburn, director of the American Center for Levant Studies, said: 'There is no bomb crater here and nowhere near the destruction that would be required to cause (hundreds of deaths).

'The initial reports of an airstrike that allegedly killed hundreds of people are not plausible given this physical scene.'

Former UN war crimes investigator Marc Garlasco concurred: 'Whatever hit the hospital in Gaza it wasn’t an airstrike. Even the smallest JDAM leaves a 3m crater. Widespread surface damage and total lack of cratering inconsistent with an airstrike,' he concluded.

Open-source intelligence group GeoConfirmed also said the strike was likely to have been caused by 'a missile launched by a Palestinian group [which] exploded mid-air (reason unknown) and one piece fell on the hospital causing an explosion', based on analysis of videos and images of the scene.

And sharing an image of what appeared to be fire damage and minimal impact damage to the courtyard outside the hospital, Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins said: 'The is the most noticeable damage to the ground, which, if it were the impact point of the munition used, would mean it's pretty small payload, ...' [...] What the experts say

Speaking on the result of the blast, Dr Andreas Krieg - a senior lecturer at the School of Security Studies at King's College London - said: 'If we look at the evidence... whatever happened in that car park (at the hospital) was very unlikely to be an Israeli airstrike.

Tal Hagin, an investigative analyst specialising in the Israel-Palestine conflict, said of the video footage: 'Due to the fuel time on the rocket and the explosion, I'd assume this was most likely an R-160 (rocket used frequently by Palestinian militants)... There is a high likelihood that this rocket misfired - but its payload was not entirely destroyed, resulting in a devastating explosion.

'Conclusion based on current data: A misfired rocket by Hamas/PIJ was responsible for the explosion at the hospital.'

J Andres Gannon, an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University, in the US, told the BBC the explosion appears to be small, meaning that the heat generated from the impact may have been caused by leftover rocket fuel rather than an explosion from a warhead.

And US National Security spokesman Adrienne Watson said that, while a full investigation is still pending, 'our current assessment... is that Israel is not responsible for the explosion in Gaza yesterday'. Daily Mail

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‘It Wasn’t An Airstrike’: Forthright Critic of Israeli Military Says IDF Not Responsible for Gaza Hospital Explosion.

Ben Cohen, October 19, 2023 A former Human Rights Watch (HRW) official with a long record of harsh criticism of Israeli military conduct has added his voice to the controversy around the explosion on Tuesday near the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza City — saying clearly that an Israeli air strike was not responsible.

“Whatever hit the hospital in Gaza, it wasn’t an airstrike,” Marc Garlasco — a former US Defense Department and UN official who previously served as a senior military expert with Human Rights Watch — stated in a post on X/Twitter.

“Even the smallest JDAM [Joint Direct Action Munition, a guided air-to-surface weapon] leaves a 3m crater,” Garlasco added, alongside a photograph of the impact crater in the car park adjacent to the hospital that, according to Israeli and US intelligence, was struck by a misfired missile launched against Israel by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group.

“Widespread surface damage and total lack of cratering inconsistent with an airstrike,” Garlasco noted.

During his career at HRW from 2003-2010, Garlasco authored three highly critical reports of Israel’s military, focusing on the use of white phosphorous in Gaza, cluster munitions in Lebanon, and the demolition of Palestinian homes in Rafah, at the southern end of the Gaza Strip. In 2006, Garlasco was directly challenged by Maj. Gen. Meir Klifi of the IDF over his assertion that eight members of a Palestinian family had been killed at a Gaza beach by artillery shells fired by Israeli forces. After meeting with Klifi, Garlasco revised his conclusion, saying that the deaths were more likely caused by unexploded Israeli ordinance.

Garlasco left HRW under a cloud in 2010, following revelations the previous year that he was an avid collector of Nazi military memorabilia. He subsequently went on to become a civilian protection specialist, serving with the UN’s aid mission in Afghanistan. Algemeiner

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Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid: Clown Trudeau becomes the only Western leader who condemned Israel for the Gaza hospital blast, before evidence emerged that a terrorists' misfired rocket caused it 🤡.

No wonder no world leader takes this clown seriously... Oct 17, 2023 [42]

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Bennett vs. New York Times: 'Shame on you!.' Former PM responds to New York Times initial headlines on Gaza hospital explosion. 'Is there a special exemption from fact-checking when it’s the Jewish State involved?'

Israel National News, Oct 18, 2023, 2:31 PM (GMT+3)

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennet responded to the headlines in The New York Times, which defined the explosion in the Gaza hospital as an "Israeli strike."

"Yesterday, at 6:59PM Islamic Jihad fired a barrage of around 10 rockets to Israel," Bennett wrote. "One of the rockets misfired (fairly common event) and hit the parking lot of the Al-Ahli Hospital, killing many innocent people."

"Hamas immediately understood that this was the Islamic Jihad’s rocket, and launched a massive lie campaign, blaming Israel. The New York Times immediately adopted Hamas’ version, peddling this lie for hours."

"New York Times: Shame on you. Apologize now for this slander," Bennett added. "Aren’t you supposed to check facts? Isn’t that your claim to fame? Is there a special exemption from fact-checking when it’s the Jewish State involved?"

The IDF undertook serious investigations and the IDF spokesman held briefing for foreign media, proving that the missile which hit a Gaza hospital on Tuesday night was not one of Israel's. In addition to the aerial footage, there is a recording of Hamas terrorists discussing the hit, describing the shrapnel at the site as "local" and "not Israeli." INN

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No, there aren’t two 'narratives' to the Gaza hospital blast. Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett denounces CNN's report over the Gaza hospital explosion. Israel National News, Oct 19, 2023, 11:47 AM (GMT+3) INN

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Report: NYT Twice Changes Reckless Headline: ‘Israeli Strike Kills Hundreds in Hospital, Palestinians Say.’

Wendell Husebo, 10/18/2023 The New York Times reportedly edited a headline twice on Tuesday about a blast that blew up a Gaza hospital, changing the title each time to reflect less blame against Israel for the tragic explosion.

After the blast, multiple pieces of evidence emerged from the Israel Defense Forces and the media that suggested the blast was an errant rocket fired by Hamas, not an Israeli airstrike. As the evidence came to light, the Times altered its headline. [...] Here's the false map from @GettyImages -- still up for media worldwide to spread -- accusing Israel of attacking the hospital, based on Hamas sources. Map was made in Turkey. This is how lies spread, how future generations are taught to hate Israelis and Jews. No retraction, yet. Breitbart

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Iconic Jewish NYC deli vandalized with swastika after pro-Israel social media posts. By Jared Downing and Alyssa Guzman Published Oct. 17, 2023, 7:03 p.m. ET NY Post

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Sky News's Shameful Coverage of Gaza Hospital Blast. Oct 19, 2023 — ...On Tuesday afternoon, October 17, news reports began circulating the claim that an Israeli air strike had hit a Gaza hospital, killing hundreds of men, women, and children... Within 24 hours, it turned out that every aspect of the initial story was most likely false. The blast in question was not caused by an Israeli strike at all, but by an errant rocket launched from within Gaza. The hospital itself was not hit; the rocket landed in the parking lot. And it’s likely that the number of people killed was nowhere even close to the number originally reported by Hamas.

While there were many, many journalistic failures on Tuesday, one of the worst was Sky News’s Anna Botting. In an interview with Netanyahu Senior Advisor Mark Regev, Botting made clear that she had abandoned any pretense of objectivity or even of journalistic curiosity. Her comments to Regev displayed a disregard for facts that would be shocking for any person, let alone a journalist...

In other words, according to [Anna] Botting, the truth about the explosion was irrelevant to the question of who was to blame. This is an appalling comment coming from someone, as Regev pointed out, whose job is supposed to be to find out what the facts are and convey them to the public. After Regev’s response to Botting’s initial comment, Botting continued. “Well how quickly can you prove that it wasn’t to you, if it wasn’t?” was her even more shocking follow up. It is not supposed to be the job of Israel to prove the negative, but the job of responsible journalists to seek out the evidence to support the claims they make on air or in print. Aside from her words, Botting’s voice and face conveyed nothing but anger and contempt for a spokeperson who, in fact, was doing her job for her... CAMERA

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Inside the Islamic Jihad, the group blamed for the attack on a Gaza hospital. By Melissa Koenig. Published Oct. 18, 2023, 1:32 p.m. ET The Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a lesser-known terrorist organization working in coordination with Hamas, has been blamed for a deadly attack on a hospital in Gaza City. ... at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital... Israeli officials .. demonstrated that the blast at the hospital was caused by a misfired rocket launched by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

The attack marked the deadliest escalation of the war between Israel and Hamas since the terrorist group launched its surprise attack on October 7.

Here is what we know about the Islamic Jihad and its ties to Hamas:

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad is the second-largest armed group in Gaza, with around 1,000 active members, according to the U.S, Director of National Intelligence.

Its goal is to establish an Islamist Palestinian state and destroy the state of Israel, according to Fox News.

The group was founded in 1979 in the Gaza Strip to fight Israeli occupation and continues to maintain a presence in both Gaza and the West Bank.

It is now led by Sec. Gen. Ziya al-Nakhalah, whom the United States Department of State classifies as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.

How does it relate to Hamas?

The PIJ and Hamas are considered the two most important members of the joint operations room, which coordinates most military activity among armed groups in the Gaza Strip, according to The New York Times.

But the PIJ often works independently from Hamas, and is more focused on military confrontations — and has rejected peace talks with the Jewish state.

Its military wing, the al-Quds Brigades, has been responsible for many of the attacks on Israel over the past few years.

Israel and the United States consider both organizations to be terrorist groups.

What role has the PIJ played in the current war? Aside from being blamed for the attack on the Gaza City hospital, al-Nakhalah has taken responsibility for holding captive more than 30 of the hostages Hamas took when it launched its surprise attack on Israel earlier this month.

In a statement, the al-Quds Brigade spokesman said: “We are part of this battle and our fighters are shoulder to shoulder alongside their brothers in the Al-Qassam Brigades until victory, God willing.”

What is its relation to Iran? The PIJ, like Hamas, receives support from Iran, Syria, and the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah, Fox reports

Iran, in particular, has provided rockets and drones to the terrorist organization, which got much of its inspiration from the Iranian revolution — seeing it as a movement to be modeled across the Arab world.

In that fashion, the PIJ adopted the suicide techniques used by Islamists in Iran in 1979.

Shaqaqi’s successor, Ramadan Abdallah Shallah, has also held meetings with Iranian officials in Tehran and Damascus.

Israeli officials now believe Iran is orchestrating the terrorist group’s attacks. NY Post

Israel disputes Hamas’ claim of of 471 dead in Gaza City hospital blast, says ‘several dozen’ died By Jesse O’Neill Published Oct. 19, 2023, 10:42 a.m. ET Several dozen people lost their lives in a Tuesday blast outside a Gaza City hospital, not nearly 500 as Hamas had claimed, a spokesperson for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday.

The clarification came after Israel and the US said preliminary evidence suggested the explosion was sparked by a Hamas rocket misfire, which the militant group blamed on Israel and inflated the death toll to inflame tensions in the war-torn region. The explosion at the Al-Hali Hospital in Gaza is a human tragedy in which several dozen people were apparently killed,” Lior Haiat posted on X.

“This is also a Palestinian tragedy, where we see again the Palestinian terrorist organizations murdering their own people, after they cynically use them as human shields,” Haiat said.

The foreign affairs official went on to lambaste media outlets that went with the terror organization’s version of events, directly calling out the New York Times with a screenshot of its headline ... NY Post

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N.Y. Times Says It Was “Incorrect” to Rely on Hamas Claims to Wrongly Blame Israel for Gaza Hospital Blast.

Etan Vlessing, October 23, 2023

“Times editors should have taken more care with the initial presentation” of the Oct. 17 Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion in Gaza City — caused by a misfired rocket aimed at Israel — the marquee newspaper said in a statement.

The New York Times has said it was wrong to “heavily” rely on claims by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas that Israel was to blame for the Oct. 17 Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion, without first verifying those claims. Hollywood Reporter

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Rep. Tlaib Repeats Debunked Claim That Israel (sic) Bombed Hospital.

Alana Goodman, October 18, 2023. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) repeated her claim that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza in a speech at an anti-Israel rally on Wednesday afternoon, despite extensive evidence that the explosion in the hospital parking lot was caused by a faulty rocket launched by a Palestinian terrorist group Free Beacon _

'The View' co-host rips Omar and Tlaib over Israel statements: Shame on them. "The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin blasts Squad members who blamed Israel for explosion in Gaza hospital which was caused by Islamic Jihad rocket. Elad Benari, Oct 19, 2023, 6:07 AM (GMT+3) INN

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Pro-Hamas extremists and neo-Nazis flood social media with calls for violence. Law enforcement officials are concerned about attacks on Jewish Americans, as well as Arab Americans and Muslim Americans, over the events in Israel and Gaza. Oct. 18, 2023, 2:15 PM EDT By Ken Dilanian, Julia Ainsley, Tom Winter and Jonathan Dienst [...] Groups linked to Al Qaeda and American neo-Nazis have been seeking to exploit the ongoing war to encourage attacks, according to two separate intelligence products obtained by NBC News... NBC

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IDF says it killed head of military wing of Gaza’s Popular Resistance Committees. By Emanuel Fabian and TOI Staff 19 Oct 2023. The IDF says that overnight it killed the head of the military wing of Gaza’s Popular Resistance Committees terror group.

The military says that warplanes carried out an airstrike on the southern Gaza city of Rafah following information received from the Shin Bet, killing Rafat Abu Hilal.

The Popular Resistance Committees is the third largest terror faction in the Strip after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Separately, the IDF says it targeted several members of Hamas’s so-called Nukhba commando forces, who led the October 7 onslaught.

The military says more than ten Nukhba members were killed in the strikes.

In addition, the IDF says it destroyed hundreds of Hamas sites in the last 24 hours, including anti-tank missile launch sites, tunnel shafts, intelligence infrastructure, and various command centers. TOI

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Turkish politician from AK Party applauds Hitler’s genocide of Jews, sparking controversy. 21.10.2023 Suleyman Sezen, a council member representing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in Atakum district, Samsun province, publicly commended Adolf Hitler for the genocide of Jews. Voice of Europe

MEMRI@MEMRIReports: Suleyman Sezen, Turkish Politician from Erdoğan’s Party: May [Allah] Bestow Mercy Upon (Suleyman Sezen says:) Hitler; Once the World Is Purified (Suleyman Sezen says:) of the Jews, There Will Be Peace #Turkey #Hamas #Gaza #antisemitism. Oct 22, 2023 On X

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The New Swastika | Ziona Greenwald | Oct 23, 2023.

Comparisons to the Holocaust have always been verboten. To even suggest a parallel or a portent in modern manifestations of antisemitism would reflexively draw immediate censure across the board. And indeed, despite the ugly rhetoric and sporadic but increasing attacks against Jews in the US, Europe, and elsewhere around the globe, nothing has approached the heinousness or the magnitude of what Hitler’s regime inflicted on our people.

Until now.

Activists in the Black Lives Matter movement and their intersectional allies, including the brainwashed hordes on college campuses following the script furnished them by Students for Justice in Palestine, have adopted the black silhouette of a parachutist as a symbol of their solidarity with “Palestine.” The image iconicizes the murderous rampage by Hamas terrorists who descended from the sky upon hundreds of young Israelis attending a music festival in a field in southern Israel. It is a symbol of jihad, plain and simple.

Before our soldiers had even arrived at their bases in response to the national call-up, before Israel had mounted a military response to the invasion – and while the country, huddled in bomb shelters, began to digest the carnage and account for all the casualties and the missing, including those taken hostage into Gaza – thousands across America and the world took to the streets to rally in support of Hamas, celebrating the butchering of Jewish babies and elderly.

October 7th’s well-planned and well-funded attacks marked in Jewish blood the worst atrocity against our people since the Holocaust. Comparisons to Nazism are not merely acceptable – they are imperative.

For those paying attention, the Palestinian agenda has never been a secret. Until now, Western supporters have either been misled by the propaganda or knowingly complicit but content to couch their support for terror – and hatred for Israel – in political, diplomatic, or “humanitarian” terms.

Now anyone who actually doubted what was meant by “Free Palestine” or “From the river to the sea” can claim ignorance no more. “We are calling for full liberation of all of Palestine.” “When people are occupied, resistance is justified.” “Globalize the intifada.”

Read the placards. See the swastikas. Listen to the chants. Watch the Palestinian flags used to attack Israel supporters. In Manhattan. Bay Ridge. San Diego. Atlanta. Chicago. Minneapolis. St. Louis. Houston. Dallas. Dearborn. Harvard. UCLA. U. Michigan. Queens College. Brooklyn College. Columbia. And on and on. Red cities, blue cities. Thousands shouting, glorifying the most barbaric attacks in Israel’s history. Out for more blood.

There’s more behind this naked pro-terrorism than successful propaganda. As documented in a new report by George Washington University entitled “The Hamas Network in America,” Hamas, working with the Muslim Brotherhood, began infiltrating the US in the 1980s, inserting their jihadist agenda into American Muslim communities, the US education system and academia and, of course, the halls of power in Washington and local governments, sowing a scrupulously shrouded radicalism which is now coming out from the shadows.

Reading the report is as chilling as watching videos of the protests-cum-riots filling the streets. It details the Hamas network’s plan for infiltration, including creating charitable-sounding front organizations, capturing the curriculum in Islamic children’s schools, propagandizing and fundraising, and “the development of a carefully crafted media strategy, defending Hamas without giving the impression of supporting violence.” “I swear by Allah that war is deception,” one of the senior leaders is overheard saying at a meeting wiretapped by the FBI.

The movement’s efforts have paid off. The sleeper cells are wide awake.

Can the same be said of the American people? Or even of American Jewry? TOI Blogs

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Naaman Mashaikh, an Imam at a mosque in Balata in Shechem incites to murder Jews and even praises Hitler.

Nazis not just in Gaza: Imam in Shechem Praises Hitler Hakol Hayehudi, 24/10/2023

Hakol Hayehudi exposes:

Naaman Mashaikh, an Imam at a mosque in Balata in Shechem incites to murder Jews and even praises Hitler.

In a recent post, he quoted a passage that many Arabs attribute to Hitler which says “I could have killed all the Jews in the world, but a left a few so you could...”

Together with the post, the Imam attached a picture of Hitler.

An assessment by Hakol Hayehudi uncovered that Mashaikh is an Imam at the ‘Old’ Mosque in the Balata camp in Shechem. [43] Hakol H.

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Hateful teen shouts ‘I will kill you, Jew’ at 9-year-old boy at NYC playground. By Joe Marino and David Propper Published Oct. 26, 2023 Updated Oct. 27, 2023, 2:51 p.m. ET A hateful teen threatened a young boy with a knife and yelled “I will kill you, Jew” in the latest antisemitic attack in the Big Apple, police and law enforcement sources said.

The sickening scene unfolded at a playground at KIPP AMP Middle School and MS 354 Monday evening in Crown Heights, according to the NYPD and the victim’s mother, who said her daughter was also targeted in the attack.

“My kids were shaking, they were crying,” Chaya Sundroy, who came to the US from Israel 10 years ago, said. “They asked why – we didn’t do nothing to him, why they say that, why they want to killed us. They were really, really scared about it.”

Police and sources said the man also screamed “Heil Hitler” at the boy, but Sundroy, who was at the park with her six children, said that was actually directed at her daughter.

During the attack, several people also shouted “Allah Akbar” in front of the children, according to Sundroy and police sources.

The initial attack occurred shortly after the family arrived at the park around 6 p.m., according to Sundroy.

The mother tried looking for the unknown man who spewed the hatred, but couldn’t find him. Soon after, a group of people showed up and directed another antisemitic comment at her daughter, she said.

One of the suspects flashed a knife during the attack, according to police and the mother.

The incident happened at the playground near KIPP AMP Middle School.

“When the guy took out the knife I saw it,” she said. “It was very close to me. I saw it and heard it.”

The group fled after police were called to the scene. No one was injured, police said.

Cops said they are seeking one suspect and looking into the case as a “possible biased incident.”

No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.

No students from KIPP AMP Middle School were involved in the incident, “which occurred after the close of the school day,” the school told The Post in a statement Friday.

Sundroy said she isn’t sure if the same person who threatened her son and also approached her daughter.

She said the group, including the suspect, looked like teenagers.

“In New York, we thought we were safe,” she added.

New York City has seen a spike in hate crimes since the terror attack on Israel with nearly 60% of the heinous acts targeting the Jewish community, the NYPD said this week. NY Post

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Israeli comedians ruthlessly mock BBC reporting of Al-Ahli hospital bombing in Gaza: Satirical show pokes fun at the Beeb with report by fake journalist 'Harry Whiteguilt' - after broadcaster was slammed for its coverage of blast. By Miriam Kuepper 02:27 27 Oct 2023, updated 07:53 27 Oct 2023

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BBC had been criticised for reporting that hospital was hit by 'Israeli air strike.' Israeli comedians have ruthlessly mocked the BBC's reporting of the Al-Ahli hospital bombing in Gaza after the broadcaster was slammed for its coverage of the blast.

In the satirical show, a fake BBC newsreader said: 'Good evening from London, here are some news from the war in Gaza.'

A BBC News banner on screen read: 'Israel bombs hospital. 500 killed' as the actress continued: 'Israel has bombed a hospital killing hundreds of innocent people.'

She then shook her head and indicated to the person behind the camera for 'more, more'. The banner's death count then changed to '750 killed', with the fake newsreader declaring this was 'much better'.

The screen cut to mock BBC Middle East correspondent 'Harry Whiteguilt', who said: 'Good evening Rachael from the illegal colony of Tel Aviv.

In the satirical show, the fake BBC newsreader said: 'Good evening from London , here are some news from the war in Gaza'

'Israeli officials have denied bombing the hospital, but we have video footage showing what really happened indeed.'

The footage that followed was a compilation of clips from the hospital blast - which including a paper plane flying over head, a scene from the movie Oppenheimer and an exploding bomb.

The newsreader said: 'Absolutely shocking Harry.' A new banner across the screen said 'We love Hamas' with the BBC News logo next to it.

'We got this video from Hamas the most credible not terrorist organisation in the world,' correspondent Harry reported.

'I'm sorry Rachael, I've got some terrible news. The United States Pentagon says it has evidence Israel did not bomb the hospital.'

Newsreader Rachael looked shocked and quickly backpedaled: 'What? Well... I guess it's going to be one of those things we can never be sure about. Like how the Jews knew about 9/11 and did not go to work that day,' she said while winking.

'No, they just published recordings of Hamas Freedom Fighters admitting they were the ones who fired the missiles by mistake,' correspondent Harry clarified.

The show then played a recording from who they call 'Jihad Militant #1', who said: 'My god, what a huge mistake. I fired our missile on our own hospital.'

Another militant replied: 'It's ok not a big deal. Maybe we had there a few gays. That's life. You win some you lose some.'

Back in the studio, fake BBC journalist Rachael said again: 'Well, I guess we'll never know exactly what happened.'

Another audio clip by 'Jihad Militant #1' repeated: 'No, no, we did it,' but Rachael still insisted: 'It's just going to stay a mystery.'

[45] A new banner across the screen in the satirical show read 'We love Hamas' with the BBC News logo next to it

The show then played a recording from who they call 'Jihad Militant #1', who said: 'My god, what a huge mistake. I fired our missile on our own hospital.' Another militant replied: 'It's ok not a big deal. Maybe we had there a few gays. That's life. You win some you lose some'

Newsreader Rachael ended her newscast with the words: 'Good night everyone and remember: Israel is (lol) ISIS'

'Jihad Militant #2' said: 'It's not a mystery. It's us. Totally us. Only us.'

Both fake BBC employees looked uneasy, until Harry declared: 'But it's still Israel's fault... because the Israel blockade prevented Hamas from getting proper functioning missiles and this is why tragic accidents like this happened indeed.'

Newsreader Rachael ended her newscast with the words: 'Good night everyone and remember: Israel is (lol) ISIS.'

This comes after the BBC was slammed for its coverage of the blast and even Israel warned the broadcaster it could be stopped from reporting in the country for refusing to call Hamas terrorists.

The BBC admitted it was wrong to speculate that a rocket that hit a Gaza hospital was an 'Israeli air strike'.

A senior Israeli official said the government could take action if the BBC continued 'crossing the line in accordance with our laws'. It came after Israel's president Isaac Herzog said its policy of referring to Hamas as militants was 'atrocious'.

Israel's communications ministry is currently looking at the possibility of closing Qatari owned Al Jazeera's local bureau over claims its coverage was favourable to Hamas.

The BBC refers to Hamas as a 'militant' group rather than a terror group and described the slaughter of civilians as a 'militant' attack.

It has a long-standing policy of only using the term 'terrorist' when it is attributed to someone else.

This comes after the BBC as slammed for its coverage of the blast and even Israel warned the broadcaster it could be stopped from reporting in the country for refusing to call Hamas terrorists. Pictured is the aftermath of the explosion

In the immediate aftermath of the blast, correspondent Jon Donnison said it was 'hard to see' what else could have happened at the al-Ahli Hospital other than an 'Israeli air strike'

John Simpson, its World Affairs Editor, has warned that calling Hamas terrorists would be 'taking sides' and 'it's not the BBC's job to tell people who to support and who to condemn'.

The BBC was criticised after a reporter speculated that an 'Israeli strike' was responsible for an explosion at a hospital in Gaza that killed hundreds of people.

In the immediate aftermath of the blast, correspondent Jon Donnison said it was 'hard to see' what else could have happened at the al-Ahli Hospital other than an 'Israeli air strike'.

Despite this claim, growing evidence has emerged that the explosion at the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City was caused by a failed rocket launch by terrorist group Islamic Jihad.

Following huge criticism, the corporation issued a statement on October 19 on the 'Corrections and Clarifications' page of its website, which admitted 'it was wrong to speculate in this way'. Daily Mail

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N12 - The IDF spokesman revealed in a statement: "Hamas is using the hospital in Gaza as a terrorist headquarters."

During a briefing to the international media, Brigadier General Daniel Hagari showed intelligence information from the security system - according to which the central terror headquarters of Hamas is located under the central hospital in the Gaza Strip • "The hospital has several underground complexes, and a control center of Hamas," he said • A recording with a senior member of the system was revealed The energy in the Gaza Strip, which clarified: "It is certain that there is at least half a million liters of fuel underground" N12| Posted 10/27/23 17:04

The IDF spokesman, Brigadier General Daniel Hagari, today (Friday) gave a special statement to the international media - in which he showed intelligence information from the IDF and the Shin Bet that proves that the central terrorist headquarters of Hamas is located under the al-Shifa ["Shifaa"] hospital, the main one in Gaza City. [46]

The hospital has several underground compounds used by the leaders of the terrorist organization Hamas to direct their activities and a tunnel that reaches the hospital, which allows entry to the Hamas headquarters without going through the hospital," he said. He said that from the existing set-up in the hospitals, the intention is to fire rockets, store IEDs, weapons and ammunition.

The hospital is a human shield for the leaders of Hamas," he emphasized. "The hospital's energy infrastructure that is supposed to be used by its patients is actually used at the same time by the terrorist organization's underground terrorist infrastructure." Brigadier General Hagari added: "The heads of the terrorist organization are using this shelter while endangering the civilian population."

In a conversation revealed by the IDF spokesperson between an IDF officer and a senior official in the energy sector in the Gaza Strip, it is shown that there is still diesel and gasoline in the Gaza Strip. "Those who have protection go to the station and there is fuel," said the senior in the energy industry to the officer. "There is even gas, someone who has gas fills a tank and brings me gas" when in favoritism. He added to the IDF officer that "Hamas has diesel, at least a million liters. Now the stations are full and diesel is taken from them and brought to the hospitals." _

Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו @netanyahu: Hamas-ISIS is sick. They turn hospitals into headquarters for their terror. We just released intelligence proving it. Here it is: Oct 27, 2023 [47] Mako

IDF: Hamas’s terror command center built under Gaza’s main hospital. The Israeli military shares detailed information on how Hamas has turned hospitals into terror command centers and hideouts. Yaakov Lappin. (October 27, 2023 / JNS) [48] Hamas has systematically turned hospitals in the Gaza Strip into terror command centers and hideouts, the Israel Defense Forces said on Friday, as volleys of rockets fired by Hamas targeted central and southern Israel.

Four people were injured in a direct rocket strike on a residential building in Tel Aviv on Friday afternoon, ranging from moderate to light injuries. Half an hour after that attack, central Israel was again targeted by rockets.

According to IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military is affixing a red flag to the world about Hamas’s war crime of using hospitals in Gaza as human shields and revealed intelligence for that purpose.

“Hamas has turned hospitals into command-and-control centers, and hideouts for terrorists and commanders,” he stated. “According to intelligence in our hands, there is fuel in hospitals in Gaza, and Hamas is using it for its terror infrastructure.”

The IDF shared this information and more with intelligence agencies from allied countries, he said.

Addressing Shifa Hospital in Gaza City—the largest in the Strip, with more than 1,500 beds, 4,000 staff and people arriving in recent weeks around the hospital grounds—Hamas is “cynically using” such places as a “shield for its underground terror complex,” said Hagari.

The Gazan network of underground combat tunnels, dubbed “the metro” by the IDF, is often placed right next to sensitive sites like hospitals, mosques, schools and UNRWA sites as part of a deliberate doctrine by Hamas to limit IDF airstrikes.

Pointing to a map of the Shifa Hospital, Hagari said that Hamas conducts its command and control out of places like the X-ray room for terror activities like launching rockets.

“It is here in Shifa Hospital where Hamas operates its command-and-control cells. Hamas terrorists operate inside and under Shifa Hospital, with a network of terror tunnels. It also has an entrance to the tunnels from different places in the hospital,” said Hagari. “Right now, terrorists move freely at Shifa Hospital.”

‘Hamas’s use of hospitals is systematic’

Hundreds of terrorists flooded the Shifa hospital after the Oct. 7 massacre of more than 1,400 Israelis by Hamas, stated Hagari.

“Hamas not only endangers the lives of Israeli civilians but also exploits the lives of innocent Gazans as human shields. Hamas’s use of hospitals is systematic. They do so precisely because they know Israel distinguishes between terrorists and civilians,” he said. “We already exposed that Hamas stole fuel from UNRWA—and UNRWA confirmed it.”

He was referring to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East.

Hagari played an audio recording between an IDF officer and a senior Gazan energy official, who stated that Hamas uses very large quantities of fuel for its underground tunnel activities, in addition to oxygen and electricity.

When medical facilities are used like this, they are liable to lose protection under international law, Hagari warned.

“For over two weeks, the IDF has called and continues to call the civilians of northern Gaza and Gaza City to temporarily move south for their own safety,” he stressed. “We continue to back efforts by Egypt and the United States to get food medicine and water to south Gaza. We will increase this humanitarian effort.”

Terror targets struck, Palestinian commander killed

Meanwhile, in recent hours, the IDF conducted a ground raid in the Gaza Strip and struck dozens of terror targets belonging to Hamas, it said.

IDF ground forces, accompanied by Israeli Air Force fighter jets and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), conducted the raid in the central Gaza Strip early on Friday.

As part of the activity, IDF aircraft and artillery struck terror targets belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in the Shuja’iyya area and throughout the Gaza Strip, the military said.

The troops exited the area at the end of the activity. No IDF injuries were reported.

During the activity, the IDF identified and struck numerous terror targets, including anti-tank missile launch sites, military command-and-control centers, as well as Hamas terrorists themselves.

Overnight on Friday, the IDF killed Madhath Mubashar, commander of the Western Khan Yunis Battalion of the Hamas terrorist organization. Madhath took part in explosives and sniper attacks against Israeli civilian communities and IDF soldiers, the military said in a statement. JNS

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Detained terrorists admit Hamas using hospitals to shield themselves. Member of Hamas's elite Nukhba force says terror group using medical institutions, especially Gaza City's Shifa Hospital, because 'you won’t strike them'

Yoav Zitun | October 28, 2023. Hassan Zaarab told his interrogator that his a medic for the military wing of the organization, and that during the October 7 attack, he operated in Kibbutz Sufa near the Gaza border. He was then asked about Hamas's use of hospitals, and replied that “the Shifa hospital, they're using it, they're hiding there.” Ynet _

Terrorists admit: Shifa hospital being used for terrorist activity. The IDF and ISA reveal additional evidence of Hamas' use of the Shifa Hospital for terrorist activity Israel National News, Oct 28, 2023, 6:42 PM (GMT+2)

Following the IDF Spokesperson revealing yesterday that the Hamas terrorist organization uses the Shifa hospital for terrorist activity, the ISA has released footage from the interrogation of two terrorists who confirmed the hospital is being used for Hamas activity. INN

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The 22nd day of the war - Hamas "proposed a deal" that includes the release of all security prisoners, IDF spokesman: "This is psychological terrorism." Qatar: "The negotiations for the deal to release the abductees are proceeding at a 'slow pace' after the escalation of the Israeli attacks" - Netanyahu, Gallant and Gantz held a press conference, and the Prime Minister answered questions from journalists for the first time: "There was a terrible omission, there will be no stone unturned that will not be checked" - Two lightly injured From a rocket hit in Ashdod - The Chief of Staff on the activity in the Gaza Strip: "The war objectives require ground entry - there is no victory without prices" - Regular updates News reporters 12| N12| Published 00:45 28.10.23 | Updated 22:55 28.10.23 Mako

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Live updates - Week three: Direct hits on homes in Be'er Sheva and central Israel Rockets continue to be fired from Gaza and Lebanon terror groups throughout war's third week. Israel National News. Published: Oct 22, 2023, 3:08 PM (GMT+3) Updated: Oct 28, 2023, 10:10 PM

Israel entered its third week of war, which has been dubbed "Swords of Iron," on Saturday. The war was sparked on October 7th, when the Hamas terrorist organization launched a surprise attack by land, air, and sea. After a heavy barrage of several thousand rockets, Hamas terrorists invaded Israeli territory, infiltrating military bases and civilian population centers, where they massacred the inhabitants and took others captive. As of Sunday, October 22, over 1,400 Israelis have been killed, about 4,000 were injured, and at least 210 Israelis, including civilians, are in Hamas captivity. (Direct hit on a home in Rishon Lezion [49]) INN

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Israeli girl dies after cardiac arrest while running to bomb shelter. ... Israeli Tamar Torpiashvilli, 9, died days after suffering cardiac arrest while running to a bomb shelter in the southern city of Ashdod, Oct. 28, 2023 JNS

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IDF ground forces stay in northern Gaza as incursion expands Former military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin: “If Sinwar thinks he can play for time, he's absolutely wrong.” Yaakov Lappin. October 28, 2023 JNS

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As Gazans Scrounge for Food and Water, Hamas Sits on a Rich Trove of Supplies

Hamas has spent years stockpiling desperately needed fuel, food and medicine, as well as ammo and weapons, in the miles of tunnels it has carved out under Gaza.

By Matthew Rosenberg and Maria Abi-Habib Oct. 27, 2023

As supplies of virtually every basic human necessity dwindle in Gaza, one group in the besieged enclave remains well-stocked: Hamas.

Arab and Western officials say there is substance to Israeli claims of Hamas stockpiling supplies, including desperately needed food and fuel. Hamas, they say, has spent years building dozens of kilometers of tunnels under the strip where it has amassed stores of virtually everything needed for a drawn-out fight. It is a reality that Israel may soon find itself grappling with if it makes good on its threat to invade Gaza.

Hamas has hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel for vehicles and rockets; caches of ammunition, explosives and materials to make more; and stockpiles of food, water and medicine, the officials said. A senior Lebanese official said Hamas, which is estimated to number between 35,000 and 40,000, had enough stocked away to keep fighting for three to four months without resupply.

Matthew Rosenberg was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for reporting on Donald Trump, and more recently exposed how Cambridge Analytica harvested private information from Facebook. He previously spent 15 years as a foreign correspondent in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and was expelled from Afghanistan in 2014 because of his reporting.

Maria Abi-Habib is an investigative correspondent based in Mexico City, covering Latin America. She previously reported from Afghanistan, across the Middle East and in India, where she covered South Asia. More about Maria Abi-Habib... Hamas has grown adept at manufacturing its own weapons in underground bunkers and shielding them from Israel’s advanced surveillance systems, the Lebanese official said. NY Times

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Two Israeli soldiers wounded as ground op expands in Gaza. IDF continues to expand incursion • Over 450 Hamas targets hit in 24 hours • Internet service partially restored in the Strip • Hamas call for prisoner exchange dismissed by IDF as "psychological terror." Joshua Mark Oct 29, 2023 JNS

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IDF attacks over 450 Hamas targets in Gaza Strip. Jerusalem Post Staff October 29, 2023 IDF fighter jets attacked over 450 military targets of Hamas throughout the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit announced on Sunday morning.

Among the targets that were attacked were military headquarters, observation posts, and Hamas anti-tank firing positions. JPost

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IDF strikes Lebanon as rockets pummel central Israel. Israeli forces responded to rocket attacks from the Land of the Cedars.

(October 29, 2023 / JNS) Israeli forces struck a terrorist cell attempting to launch anti-tank missiles from Lebanon at the area of Moshav Avivim in the Upper Galilee on Thursday afternoon, the military said. JNS

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The 24th day of the war. Reports in Syria: the air force attacked targets in the south of the country Hours after the thwarted infiltration attempt from southern Lebanon - Islamic Jihad accepted responsibility • In Gaza it is reported that the IDF attacked targets in the Al-Quds Hospital area - one of the many civilian facilities used by Hamas for terrorist purposes • About 20 rockets were fired from Lebanon, the IDF To attack Hezbollah infrastructure in response • IDF spokesman - we sent messages to the families of 239 abductees. News reporters 12| N12| Published 00:01 30.10.23 | Updated 03:06 30.10.23 Mako

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European Parliament calls for Hamas to be ‘eliminated,’ urges release of hostages. Non-binding resolution expresses concern for humanitarian conditions in Gaza Strip, calls for pause in fighting to allow for supplies to reach needy By TOI STAFF and AGENCIES Oct 19, 2023

The European Parliament on Thursday called for the Hamas terror group to be “eliminated” in a scathing rebuke of its devastating onslaught on southern Israel on October 7.

In a non-binding resolution passed 500-21, the body demanded the “unconditional release” of hostages held in Gaza, blasting their kidnapping as a war crime while expressing sympathy for civilian victims on both sides of the conflict. TOI

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JPost Editorial: What lessons can we learn from the Gaza hospital blast? There are several lessons here for our media colleagues.

October 19, 2023

The first is that no information released by the Gaza Health Ministry should be presumed true; in fact, it should be regarded as highly suspect. That’s because that ministry – like every other government agency in Gaza – is controlled entirely by Hamas and is utilized to advance its murderous agenda. In this case, Israeli officials say, Hamas knew immediately that it was a Palestinian rocket that had hit the hospital but it nevertheless fabricated an Israeli airstrike in order to smear Israel.

The second is that, in the fog of war, journalists must take extraordinary care in how they report events on the ground. What appears to be the story often is not, and misreporting an event as consequential as the deaths of a large number of civilians at a hospital exposes reporters to charges of journalistic malpractice. But perhaps the most important lesson here is that Israel and Hamas are not on equal moral footing.

Israel is a liberal democracy governed by the rule of law; Hamas is an Islamist terrorist organization with an openly antisemitic and genocidal agenda. Israel protects civilians and considers the loss of civilian life on either side to be an operational failure; Hamas targets civilians and considers the loss of civilian life on either side to be an operational success. Israel takes seriously its commitment to report the truth and is held accountable by a vibrant and free press; Hamas openly and brazenly lies and tightly controls the flow of information from Gaza.

Journalists and media organizations wield enormous power in the global conversation and they bear tremendous responsibility to get the story right. Many have egg on their faces because of how they reported the incident at the Gaza hospital. They should have the integrity to apologize to their readers – and commit to doing better. JPost

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Full text: Netanyahu, Sunak presser in Israel “Eighty years ago, eighty years ago, Prime Minister, the civilized world stood with you in your darkest hour. This is our darkest hour. It’s the world’s darkest hour. We need to stand together, and we will win. ” (October 19, 2023 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Thursday with his visiting British counterpart, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak. Below is the full text of their joint press conference.

Netanyahu:

“Prime Minister Sunak, Rishi, I want to thank you for your solidarity, your clear unwavering support from the minute this war began. I think the fact that you came to Israel tells us a lot.

“I said to [U.S.] President [Joe] Biden yesterday, if there is one thing more heartwarming than standing with Israel it’s standing in Israel. And the fact that you came here to do that is a very strong statement of support which we deeply appreciate it.

“Chancellor [Olaf] Scholz, who also visited here called Hamas the new Nazis. He was right. You fought the Nazis 80 years ago resolutely, and the entire world supported your action. President Biden called Hamas worse than ISIS. He’s right, too.

“Hamas are the new Nazis, they’re the new ISIS, and we have to fight them together just as the civilized world united to fight the Nazis and united to fight Hamas, it must together now stand with Israel as we fight and defeat Hamas.

“This is not merely our battle. It’s the battle of the entire civilized world. It’s the battle of Israel, it’s the battle of the moderate Arab countries, it’s the battle of Western civilization, the battle of the free world, the battle for the future.

“We have here two forces. One is an axis of evil, led by Iran through Hezbollah, Hamas and others that want to bring back the Middle East to the Middle Ages, to an age of bondage and war and slavery and annihilation.

“The other force are the forces of progress and humanity that want to push the Middle East into a world of peace and prosperity. We were on the cusp of expanding that peace and destroying that move was one of the reasons why this action was taken. We have to resist it, and we have to win.

“Above all, we have to win.

“We have to release the hostages. You have nationals. I understand, I know you do, that they have our children, babies, women, elderly, Holocaust survivors and your nationals. And we have to work together in every way possible, and we’re doing that, to get them back.

“I appreciate the fact that you also sent some military forces into the region. We discussed practical cooperation on many fronts, and I value that very much.

“Eighty years ago, eighty years ago, Prime Minister, the civilized world stood with you in your darkest hour. This is our darkest hour. It’s the world’s darkest hour. We need to stand together, and we will win. And this is why I support and value your support. And the fact that you’re here, we must win together.

“That means it’s going to be a long war, and we’ll need your continuous support, continuous support. There will be ups and downs. There will be difficulties. The people here are united; they’re prepared to take the necessary action. I’ve never seen the people of Israel as united, more united as they are now. But we need that unity across the board and continuous support as we prosecute and win this just war against the modern barbarians, the worst monsters on the planet. Thank you, Rishi, for coming here.”

Sunak:

“Prime Minister, thank you for your warm words and for welcoming me to Israel. I’m just sorry to be here in such terrible circumstances.

“In the last two weeks, this country has gone through something that no country, no people, should have to endure, least of all Israel which has lived through some of the most awful scenes, the specter of violence and terrorism every day of its existence.

“I want to share the deep condolences of the British people and stress that we absolutely support Israel’s right to defend itself in line with international law, to go after Hamas, to take back hostages, deter further incursions and to strengthen your security for the long term.

“Now, I know that you are taking every precaution to harming civilians in direct contrast to the terrorists of Hamas which seek to put civilians in harm’s way.

“But I also want to thank you for the support your government has given to the families of British nationals caught up in this horror, including your efforts to release the hostages, secure their release. And I know that we will continue to cooperate, particularly with regard to British nationals that are involved.

“We have seen the scenes over the past day that have shocked all of us, particularly at the hospital. And we mourn the loss of every innocent life, civilians of every faith, every nationality, who have been killed. And we also recognize that the Palestinian people are victims of Hamas, too.

“That is why I welcome your decision yesterday that you took to ensure that routes into Gaza will be open for humanitarian aid to enter. I’m glad that you made that decision. We will support it. We are increasing our aid to the region, and we will look to get more support to people as quickly as we can.

“The last thing for me to close on is this. You described this as Israel’s darkest hour. I am proud to stand here with you in Israel’s darkest hour. As your friend, we will stand with you in solidarity, we will stand with your people and we also want you to win.” JNS

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Three Israelis injured as Hamas claims rocket attacks from Lebanon Oct 19, 2023 A father and daughter were hurt when a rocket hit a residential building in Kiryat Shmona. JNS

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10 Israeli police officers hurt during Samaria counterterror op. October 19, 2023 An IDF drone struck a terrorist cell in the Nur Shams camp; 10 wanted suspects arrested there. JNS

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Israel says 30 Gaza hostages are children, IDF strikes in Lebanon. Over 4,600 wounded, 1,400 killed • IDF: At least 203 captives in Gaza, over 100 still considered missing By Jerusalem Post Staff Oct 19, 2023

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Death toll in Gaza hospital blast greatly exaggerated - independent intel Local Hamas-run Gazan sources allege that 471 people were killed at the hospital; foreign independent intelligence sources claimed instead that the number was closer to 10-50. By Maya Zanger-Nadis Oct 19, 2023 JPost

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U.S. Warship, Bases in Syria and Iraq Come Under Drone Attack. By Nancy A. Youssef, Oct 19, 2023 WJS

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US shoots down missiles launched from Yemen, perhaps towards Israel "Any response, should one occur, will come at a time and a manner of our choosing," said a U.S. Department of Defense spokesman.

(October 19, 2023 / JNS) The USS Carney, a U.S. Navy destroyer, shot missiles and drones from Yemen that could have been aimed at Israel, the Pentagon said on Thursday afternoon.

“The crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Carney, operating in the northern Red Sea earlier today, shot down three land-attack cruise missiles and several drones that were launched by Houthi forces in Yemen,” said U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, a Defense Department spokesman. JNS

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Iran Proxies Target US Bases Amid Israel-Hamas Tensions. Oct 19, 2023 Author: Iran International Newsroom

Two US military bases in Syria have been targeted in drone attacks, suggesting Iran's proxies are becoming ever more emboldened to expand Hamas' proxy war further.

Both Lebanon's Iran-aligned Al Mayadeen TV and the IRGC-affiliated Fars news agency, reported the news on Thursday though the US has not yet made official comment on the incidents.

According to Al Mayadeen, a drone strike occurred at the Al-Tanf base near Syria's borders with Iraq and Jordan, while a missile attack targeted the Conoco base in the northern Deir al-Zor region. However, no additional details have been provided.

The Al-Tanf base is notably significant for American forces in southeastern Syria and is situated in the triangular border area shared by Syria, Iraq, and Jordan.

Since Iran-backed Hamas declared war on Israel on October 7 after an invasion by air, land, and sea, there has been significant concern that the regime will activate its other proxies in the region on Israel's borders with Lebanon and Syria, and further afield including its Yemeni proxy, the Houthis. Iran Intl

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Iranian terror axis begins challenging US in Mideast U.S. warship intercepts projectiles off Yemen, as drone strikes on American bases in Syria and Iraq join ongoing Hezbollah attacks on Israel from Lebanon. Yaakov Lappin, October 19, 2023 / JNS JNS

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Jordanian man arrested for plan to ‘attack Jewish gathering’ Sohaib Abuayyash was not allowed to use firearms but posted with guns on social media.

By Ben Clerkin, November 03, 2023 22:58

A Jordanian man arrested in Houston was ‘plotting to attack a Jewish gathering’ and spoke of ‘martyrdom’, an affidavit has revealed.

It states that Sohaib Abuayyash, 20, had been studying how to build bombs and training with rifles and pistols.

He was ordered by a federal judge to be detained pending trial. His target was not disclosed.

Abuayyash allegedly spoke of committing ‘martyrdom’ in support of a religious cause and made statements ‘that he wants to go to Gaza to fight.’ The JC

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Foreign national charged with firearms violation. Friday, November 3, 2023 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas HOUSTON – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against a 20-year-old Palestinian citizen for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

The charges allege Sohaib Abuayyash was an alien illegally and unlawfully in the United States. He knowingly possessed a firearm, namely a Canik, model TP9 Elite SC, 9 mm pistol, according to the indictment.

The FBI arrested Abuayyash Oct. 19 who remains detained pending further criminal proceedings. He is set to appear for his arraignment Nov. 13 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Yvonne Ho in Houston at 2 p.m.

According to the criminal complaint filed upon his arrest, Abuayyash entered the United States on a nonimmigrant visa, which expired in 2019, and has allegedly been in direct contact with others who share a radical mindset. The charges further allege he has been conducting physical training and has trained with weapons to possibly commit an attack.

If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in federal prison as well as a possible $250,000 maximum fine.

The FBI is conducting the investigation.

An indictment is a formal accusation of criminal conduct, not evidence. A defendant is presumed innocent unless convicted through due process of law.

Updated November 3, 2023 Southern District of Texas

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IDF eliminates senior Hamas engineer IDF eliminates Mahmud Sabih, who operated to facilitate the transfer of information for Hamas in the production of weapons and UAVs. Israel National News, Oct 20, 2023, 10:45 PM (GMT+3) INN

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For fifth time today, UAV kills terrorist squad on Lebanon border.

An Elbit Hermes 450 UAV, aka Zik, neutralized a terrorist squad in front of an IDF outpost on the Lebanon border. This was the fifth attack against terror squads on the Lebanon border on Friday. (Yoav Zitun) Oct 20, 2023 Ynet

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Yehudit and Nathalie Ra'anan are the abductees who were released from Hamas captivity. The two, a mother and daughter who live in Chicago and have American citizenships, were released from Hamas captivity due to "humanitarian (sic. Hamas propagated) reasons" • They came to Israel to visit their family in Nahal Oz - and were kidnapped in a surprise attack by Hamas • The Commissioner for Captives and Missing Persons informed that they are already in Israel • President Biden: thanks the Israeli government and to the government of Qatar for the efforts that led to the release • Qatar: We will continue to talk with Israel and Hamas about the release - of all the abductees Sapir Lipkin |Ehud Yaari, Dana Weiss| N12| Published 19:58 20.10.23

It should be noted that since the beginning of the war, Hamas has been using abductees for propaganda purposes - in the shadow of the sharp international criticism and its comparison to ISIS. The announcement of the release of the hostages, unusually published in English, is another clear example of psychological warfare that reflects the pressure the terrorist organization is under.

Comment: "If this is humanitarian release then let the children be released..."

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The radical Arab-Palestinian beasty fascists dare to talk about "humanitarian."

We don't know the money involved and Hamas terrorists financiers-Qatar steps in releasing only 2 out of 203 hostages by the cruel Hamas Gaza regime.

But we do know the psychological warfare the vicious inhumane people use these poor hostages as mere tools for propaganda.

"Humanitarian" - no less, their statement said on releasing two and not a single child freed. at EoZ

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PA: All mosques must teach that extermination of Jews is an Islamic imperative. Itamar Marcus  | Oct 22, 2023

The genocide message was included in the PA Ministry of Religious Affairs’ instruction sheet for all preachers for this past Friday. Palwatch

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IDF airstrike thwarts ‘imminent’ terror attack in Jenin. A Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror cell had been using the Al-Ansar mosque, which was hit in an airstrike, as an operations room, according to the IDF.

The entrance to a terrorist tunnel shaft inside the Jenin refugee camp's Al-Ansar mosque. Credit: Israel Defense Forces.

(October 22, 2023 / JNS) Israel on Saturday night struck a “terror route” under a mosque in the Jenin refugee camp, killing Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad members planning an “imminent terror attack.”

The terror cell was using the Al-Ansar mosque as an operations room to plan and carry out acts of terror, including an Oct. 14 attack in which a bomb exploded close to Israeli soldiers operating near the security barrier in northern Samaria, the IDF said on Sunday. No soldiers were hurt in the blast.

The Palestinian Authority Health Ministry said two people were killed and several others injured in the strike.

It is believed to be the first strike carried out by an Israeli fighter jet in Judea or Samaria in more than two decades.

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the terror cell that Israel targeted in Jenin overnight was a “ticking time bomb” planning a “murderous terror attack inside Israel,” and was it therefore struck while hiding in a tunnel under a mosque.

“Hamas desecrates holy places in the hope that we will attack them. They use the symbols of Islam as a human shield,” he added.

During a two-day incursion in the Jenin refugee camp in July, Israeli forces uncovered weapons and military gear in the Al-Ansar mosque. They also found a tunnel leading to a nearby kindergarten.

Lt. Col. M., who was involved in the operation, said that “the excavations carried out in the mosque turned it into a fortified target.”

Established in 1953, the U.N.-administered camp is often referred to by Palestinians as the “Martyr’s Capital.” Between 2000 and 2003, during the Second Intifada, at least 28 suicide bombers came from the Jenin camp.

In mid-June, an unusually large roadside bomb wounded seven Israeli soldiers during a counterterror operation in Jenin. The incident was followed by the launch of the first rocket from the city.

Earlier on Saturday, Israeli forces raided the Samaria home of top Hamas commander Saleh al-Arouri, detaining several of his relatives.

Al-Arouri, the commander of Hamas operations in Judea in Samaria and the deputy of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, is currently based in Lebanon.

Israeli forces entered al-Arouri’s home in the village of Arura north of Ramallah at dawn and arrested more than 20 people, including one of his brothers and nine of his nephews, according to AFP.

Israeli forces reportedly raised a banner over the home showing al-Arouri on the backdrop of an Israeli flag. On it appeared the caption: “This was the house of Saleh al-Arouri and has become the headquarters of Abu al-Nimer.”

Abu al-Nimer is reportedly an alias for the Israeli intelligence officer responsible for the area.

The IDF has arrested 727 Palestinian terrorists across Judea and Samaria since the start of “Operation Swords of Iron” on Oct. 7.

Out of the 727 Palestinian terrorists arrested, more than 480 are affiliated with Hamas, including 27 Hamas members arrested overnight Sunday, the army said.

Over the past two weeks, there have been several clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians in Judea and Samaria and several attempted terrorist attacks. JNS

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A fighter jet bombed a mosque in Jenin where terrorists were hiding: "They planned an attack inspired by the massacre in Otef (Gaza-Envelope)" | Documentation.

For the first time since the second intifada, a fighter jet attacked in Judea and Samaria: the Al-Ansar mosque in Jenin was used by terrorists from Hamas and Jihad as an operational headquarters for planning attacks. According to the army and Shin Bet, the five terrorists who hid in a tunnel in the mosque recently carried out a series of attacks, and planned to carry out today A terrorist attack with grenades and weapons. Yoav Zeitoun, Einav Halabi, Elisha Ben Kimon. 21.10.23 YNet

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IDF carries out airstrike on terror cell at Jenin mosque planning ‘murderous attack’ 2 said killed in what may be the 1st fighter jet attack in West Bank in 20 years; military, Shin Bet say Hamas, Islamic Jihad gunmen used al-Ansari mosque as base of operations. By Emanuel Fabian, 22 October 2023

...The cell was believed by the IDF to have a large number of firearms and explosives, and planning to carry out a deadly terror attack inspired by Hamas’s October 7 massacres in southern Israel. TOI

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Israel Says It Killed Hamas "Terror Operatives" In Jenin Mosque Air Strike

The strike hit the Al-Ansar mosque, which the Israeli military said: "was used by the terrorists as a command centre to plan the attacks and as a base for their execution." World News, Ritika Updated: October 22, 2023 6:18 am IST NDTV

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Israeli forces raid Samaria home of Hamas’s second-in-command. Troops reportedly entered Saleh al-Arouri’s home in the village of Arura and arrested more than 20 people. Oct 21, 2023 JNS

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Hezbollah 'dragging Lebanon into war,' Israel warns. IDF thwarts attack from Lebanon - 14 more northern Israeli communities to be evacuated - Two terrorists killed at Gaza security fence - Israeli military ups preparations for Gaza ground offensive. Joshua Marks (October 22, 2023 / JNS) JNS

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Israel: Gaza aid shipments were inspected for weapons. The New York Times had reported that the first goods to enter the Hamas-ruled enclave since war erupted on Oct. 7 were not screened.

Charles Bybelezer (October 22, 2023 / JNS) Israel denied on Saturday that some 20 trucks carrying aid into the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip earlier in the day were not checked for weapons and contraband.

“At the request of the U.S. administration, humanitarian aid [comprising] only water, food and medical equipment went through Egypt’s Rafah crossing into the southern Gaza Strip. All equipment was inspected before entering Gaza,” according to a statement from Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories.

“We emphasize that Israel has the ability to verify that nothing other than [the] aforementioned was brought in or removed,” the statement added.

The New York Times cited U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric on Saturday as saying that the first aid to enter Gaza since the war erupted on Oct. 7 was not screened. Instead, he said the trucks had entered the enclave via an “expedited process,” under which a cargo manifest was submitted to the United States, Egypt and Israel and the aid distributed by the Red Cross.

Dujarric said the process would not be used again, and could not confirm when additional trucks would be allowed to enter.

[The goods crossed into the Gaza Strip via Egypt on Saturday for the first time since Hamas’s Oct. 7 invasion of southern Israel that left 1,400 people dead, at least 4,100 wounded and 200 others held hostage by the terrorist group.]

“The opening of this essential supply route was the result of days of exhaustive U.S. diplomatic engagement in the region and an understanding President [Joe] Biden reached with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi,” said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday.

“We urge all parties to keep the Rafah crossing open to enable the continued movement of aid that is imperative to the welfare of the people of Gaza. We have been clear: Hamas must not interfere with the provision of this life-saving assistance. Palestinian civilians are not responsible for Hamas’s horrific terrorism, and they should not be made to suffer for its depraved acts,” added the statement.

More than 200 trucks carrying some 3,000 tons of cargo have amassed at the crossing after being held up for days.

Israel imposed a siege on Gaza following Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre,...

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said on Saturday that food, water and medical supplies would be permitted into Gaza, but that “fuel will not enter.”

Families of the captives have expressed anger at Netanyahu’s approval of the aid deliveries. JNS

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Israel-Hamas war: IDF carries out limited Gaza incursion. October 26, 2023 DW

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Swastikas, Nazi slogan found graffitied on Jewish students' doors at American University dorm. University President Sylvia Matthew Burwell said the graffiti was "unacceptable" and campus police were conducting a thorough investigation. Author: Jordan Fischer, October 21, 2023. Wusa9

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Shati Barud, deputy head of Hamas intelligence who helped plot Israel terror attack is killed by Israeli air strike.

IDF strike kills deputy head of Hamas intelligence directorate

By Emanuel Fabian, October 26, 2023, 6:35 pm

The Israel Defense Forces says it has killed the deputy head of Hamas’s intelligence directorate, Shadi Barud, in a strike in the Gaza Strip today.

The IDF accuses Barud of planning the October 7 attacks in southern Israel with Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

Barud previously served as a battalion commander in the Khan Younis area and held other roles in the terror group’s intelligence directorate, and “was responsible for planning numerous terror attacks against Israeli civilians,” the IDF adds.

The IDF publishes a video showing the airstrike that killed the senior commander... TOI

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StopAntisemitism @StopAntisemites: UPDATE: this woman has been identified as Dr. Zena Al-Adeeb, an endodontist.

Her employer has announced she has been fired effective October 21st. Quote: StopAntisemitism @StopAntisemites · Oct 20, 2023: Boston, MA - a woman at an upscale shopping center in Chestnut Hill was spotted removing posters of Israeli children kidnapped to Gaza by Hamas terrorists. Oct 22, 2023 On X

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‘F*** Jews’: Antisemites Vandalize the Office of Bari Weiss’s Media Outlet. By Caroline Downey October 23, 2023 8:52 AM NRO

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House approves resolution backing Israel in first move by new Speaker. BY Mychael Schnell And Laura Kelly. 10/25/23 05:27 PM ET ... The House approved the resolution in a 412-10-6 vote, a strong show of support for Israel after Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on the U.S. ally Oct. 7, massacring more than 1,000 civilians in the south of the country, kidnapping more than 200 and raining thousands of rockets down across the country.

The resolution declares that the House “stands with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists” and “reaffirms Israel’s right to self-defense.” It also “condemns Hamas’ brutal war against Israel” and calls on the U.S.-designated terrorist group “to immediately cease these violent attacks and safely release all living hostages and return the bodies of deceased hostages.”

Hamas has so far released four hostages, with an estimated 220 people kidnapped from Israel still in captivity in the Gaza Strip. Americans and other nationalities are believed to be among them. Israel and the U.S. have not confirmed that any hostages have been killed, saying any claims by Hamas cannot be trusted.

Wednesday’s resolution was a long time coming.

Lawmakers in both parties and chambers have spoken about their desire to move a resolution supporting Israel since Hamas launched its attack earlier this month, but the decision by eight House Republicans and Democrats to vote to oust McCarthy plunged the chamber into a standstill, leaving members unable to move such a measure... The Hill

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White House spokesperson: Biden will not apologize for saying civilians will die in war.

Watch: White House spokesperson John Kirby fires back at reported when asked whether he thought Biden's comments on Gaza deaths are "harsh".

Israel National News .Oct 26, 2023, 11:17 PM (GMT+3)

John Kirby, Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council in the White House, fired back on Thursday when asked by TV Globo’s Raquel Krähenbühl about President Joe Biden’s comments about the deaths of civilians in the war in Gaza.

Krähenbühl asked Kirby whether he thought it was insensitive for the President to say that “innocents will die and that this is the price of the war” and whether Biden would apologize.

Kirby said Biden would not apologize and dismissed her assertion that Biden’s comments were harsh

“What’s harsh is the way Hamas is using people as human shields. What’s harsh is taking a couple of hundred hostages and leaving families anxious, waiting and worrying to figure out where their loved ones are. What's harsh is dropping in on a music festival and slaughtering a bunch of young people just trying to enjoy an afternoon. I could go on and on. That's what's harsh,” he said.

“And being honest about the fact that there have been civilian casualties and that there likely will be more is being honest, because that's what war is. It's brutal. It's ugly. It's messy. I've said that before. President also said that yesterday,” added Kirby.

“Doesn't mean we have to like it. And it doesn't mean that we're dismissing anyone of those casualties. Each and every one is a tragedy in its own right...and each and every one we should try to prevent. And that is why we’re in close contact with our Israeli counterparts, to do everything we can to help them minimize the risk to civilians that are in harm’s way. It would be helpful if Hamas would let [Gazans] leave....we know that there are thousands waiting to leave Gaza writ large, and Hamas is preventing them from doing it. That is what is harsh,” he stated. INN

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Respect Where It’s Due: WH’s Kirby NUKES Reporter’s Far-Left Question on Being ‘Insensitive’ to Gazans. Curtis Houk | October 26, 2023

While not to be confused with anything more than a longtime Democratic regime official, Biden National Security Council official John Kirby showed surprising backbone all sides can applaud in Thursday’s White House press briefing when provided refreshing moral clarity upon being dealt a snarky question from the left by Raquel Krӓhenbühl of the Brazilian network TV Globo on whether he should apologize to Gazans for being “insensitive” for predicting innocent civilians will continue to die in the Israel-Hamas war.

Krӓhenbühl’s question came as a diversion from what was similarly a pathetic series of questions from her colleagues standing up for Hamas terrorists and showing scorn for Kirby and President Biden (correctly) showing severe skepticism toward Gaza death tallies put out by Hamas. She began by noting that, on Wednesday, Biden said “innocents will die and that this is the price of the war.” MCRTV

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Sapir Lipkin, reporters' chat: The Hizbullah announced two more terrorists who were killed in IDF strikes - thereby declaring 40 dead since the beginning of the war.

(Oct.25.23) Mako, writers chat

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Rocket fire from Gaza targets Tel Aviv, central areas; Gantz says returning hostages is moral and national duty Apartment in Petach Tikva takes direct hit causing fire, no injuries; hear Gazan saying Hamas blocking civilians from reaching south. October 26, 2023 YNet

‘They are shooting at people,’ Gazan says Hamas preventing evacuation to safety IDF releases recording of call urging civilians to move southward to safety ahead of Israeli strike as part of military intelligence effort to minimize civilian casualties. Yoav Zitun | published: :03 YNet

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The 21st day of the war Direct hit to a building in Tel Aviv; report: progress in ceasefire negotiations. The ceasefire - for a prisoner deal brokered by Qatar • A senior member of the Hamas delegation in Moscow: "We will not be able to release hostages without a ceasefire, it will take time for us to locate them all in the Strip" • An American source told Reuters: Qatar told the US that it was "open to reconsidering" the presence of Hamas in its territory • Documentation: This is how the naval fighters acted in Gaza tonight - the organization's naval infrastructure was destroyed • Regular updates News reporters 12 |N12| Published 01:21 27.10.23 | Updated 16:04 27.10.23

16:02 - Disclosure - Hamas's underground city of terror: The IDF spokesman disclosed to the international media a great deal of information proving that Hamas uses humanitarian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip on a routine and emergency basis for the benefit of its terrorist activities while taking advantage of the humanitarian shelter to protect its terrorists and the leaders of the terrorist organization.

Among other things, it was revealed that the [al-Shifa] "Shifaa" hospital has a number of underground complexes used by the leaders of the terrorist organization Hamas to direct their activities and a tunnel that reaches the hospital, and allows entry to the Hamas headquarters without going through the hospital. The place has 1,500 beds and about 4,000 staff members who are a human shield for the leaders of the terrorist organization Hamas.

In addition, the entrance to the underground headquarters is made from a number of tunnel shafts adjacent to the hospital, and there is also an entrance from the hospitalization and treatment departments of the hospital; The hospital's energy infrastructure, which is supposed to be used by its patients, is actually used at the same time by the underground terrorist infrastructure of the organization and the leaders of the organization.

16:27 - Rocket fire to Ashkelon: 2 direct hits on houses in the city; Firefighters are scanning the arenas for trapped people. [50] The direct hit in Ashkelon|Photo: Ashkelon Municipality

16:20 - Terrorists fired from Lebanese territory at the IDF post in the Avivim area and towards the Mashgav area. There were no casualties; IDF artillery forces are now attacking the sources of the fire.

16:19 - Alarms in Ashdod, Ashkelon and the surrounding area.

16:10 - In Amsterdam they placed empty carts with the pictures of the kidnapped babies - calling for their return [51] [...] [52] [53] 14:02 - a direct hit to a building in Tel Aviv, following a barrage of missiles to the center of the country and the lowlands; A 53-year-old and a 20-year-old were moderately injured and two other men were slightly injured from smoke inhalation. Apparently the damage is on the fourth floor of the building. At the same time, several successful interceptions of Iron Dome were carried out in the skies of Gush Dan.

13:43 - Alarms in Ashdod. One rocket was intercepted from the Gaza Strip and successfully intercepted by the Iron Dome system, no casualties or damage.

13:10 - The US Department of the Treasury announces additional sanctions against Hamas that focus on the organization's funding sources and Hamas representatives in Iran and elements in the Revolutionary Guards.

13:00 - The IDF released a recording of a conversation from the day of the massacre between a terrorist from the Hamas special forces and his commander in the Gaza Strip, in which he describes the murders he committed in the Gaza Strip. In the conversation, he is heard saying: "Inform all the members of the house that we are inside. These scoundrels live happily and we are humiliated, I will dismantle them one by one. Stay on the line with me, hear the shooting." He told the terrorists with him: "Whoever you catch, kill him." [...] 12:47 - The Kremlin spokesman clarifies that the Hamas representatives who arrived in Moscow met only with officials from the Foreign Ministry and not from the Kremlin, he also emphasized that Russia should maintain dialogue with all parties and continue the dialogue with Israel. He added that despite the US attacks tonight, there is no danger that Russia will be dragged in - but the American attacks reflect the existing tension in the region and that it is "very bad".

12:43 - after 10 hours without firing - alarms in the Gaza Strip. [...] 11:52 - The IDF and the Shin Bet killed the commander of the West Khan Yunis battalion in Hamas, Madhat Mabasher. Midhat took part in sniping attacks and large explosives against IDF forces and Israeli settlements.

Also, in the last 24 hours, the IDF attacked over 250 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. Among them, terrorist tunnels, dozens of terrorists, operational headquarters and launching positions using fighter jets. [...] 10:46 - The IDF spokesperson updates: "We have sent a message to the families of 229 abductees in Gaza - and to the families of 310 IDF martyrs." ...

10:44 - IDF spokesman: "The raid on Gaza began in broad daylight and made it possible to eliminate terrorists and launch positions." He announced: "We will soon reveal materials that reveal Hamas' use of humanitarian facilities in the Gaza Strip for terrorist infrastructure in a way that endangers the residents of the Gaza Strip." 10:32 - At the end of an extensive arrest operation to counter terrorism and confiscate weapons tonight, 36 wanted persons were arrested in Judea and Samaria, including 17 Hamas operatives. The commander of the Central Command, Major General Yehuda Fux, signed the confiscation and demolition order for the house owned by senior Hamas terrorist Saleh al-Aruri, in the village of 'Arura. A military source clarified: "The situation has changed. We are fighting with all the tools against Hamas-ISIS. Terrorist operatives, homes, finances and businesses - we will continue to arrest, damage and destroy everything related to the murderous terrorist organization even in Judea-Samaria." So far, since the beginning of the war, about a thousand wanted persons have been arrested throughout the Judea and Samaria Division and the Bekaa and Emekim Division, over 670 are affiliated with Hamas. 10:30 - In an exchange of fire during an IDF operation in Jenin, Aisar al-Amar, a terrorist of the Islamic Jihad, was killed. In the city of Qalqilya, equipment was confiscated and a store that engaged in acts of incitement and support for terrorism was closed. Mako

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Nejwa Ali, PLO ex-spokeswoman, put on leave by Citizenship and Immigration Services - Washington Times.

DHS puts on leave a former PLO spokeswoman whom it had hired as asylum officer, after being confronted with her history as an operative for the Palestine Liberation Organization and a more recent series of pro-Hamas social media posts.

By Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times Wednesday, October 18, 2023 Homeland Security’s legal immigration agency put an employee on leave Wednesday after being confronted with her history as an operative for the Palestine Liberation Organization and a more recent series of pro-Hamas social media posts.

Nejwa Ali had been hired at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as an asylum officer in 2019 and is now serving as an adjudication officer, according to her LinkedIn profile.

That profile is also used to highlight her time as a public affairs officer for the PLO, an umbrella group that advocates for Palestinians and has been designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S.

The Daily Wire first reported on Ms. Ali’s troubling history, saying she has been posting for years in support of Palestinian causes, and has intensified those comments in the wake of Hamas’ horrific sneak attack on Israel earlier this month.

The comments were a black eye for USCIS.

“USCIS strongly condemns antisemitism and the use of violent rhetoric in any form. USCIS employees are held to high ethical standards both on and off duty, including their presence on social media. Any violation of these standards is taken seriously by the agency,” Matthew Bourke, a spokesperson for the agency, said Wednesday afternoon.

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By the evening, the agency had put Ms. Ali on leave.

Former USCIS officials said the agency must figure out how someone with those views managed to secure such a sensitive job.

Ms. Ali’s online profile says she was responsible for ruling on immigration cases at Homeland Security and helped guide new hires.

She began as an asylum officer in July 2019 and started as an adjudication officer at the start of this year.

Her LinkedIn profile used to list her role as a public affairs officer for the PLO’s delegation to the U.S. in 2016 and 2017. The U.S. listed the PLO as a designated terrorist organization in 1987.

Her LinkedIn profile used to list her role as a public affairs officer for the PLO’s delegation to the U.S. in 2016 and 2017. But as of Wednesday afternoon, that part of her public profile had been deleted.

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The Daily Wire reported that Ms. Ali had posted images of Hamas militants and, after the initial Hamas attack, wrote on Instagram: “F*** Israel, the government, and its military. Are you ready for your downfall?”

“She should be terminated,” said Emilio Gonzalez, who ran USCIS in the Bush administration.

He was stunned that she was hired in the first place, given her background.

“The PLO is a designated foreign terrorist organization,” he said. “The fact that she worked for them and then was hired by the Department of Homeland Security tells me that somebody dropped the ball with her background checks.”

USCIS said applicants are “thoroughly vetted” and face “extensive” background checks before being hired for a permanent position.

The agency also said its handbook directs employees not to post anything to social media that is “discriminatory, obscene, harassing or intimidating.”

Former USCIS employees said asylum and adjudication officers hold sensitive positions with power over the fate of people’s lives. The employees said Ms. Ali’s expressed views raise questions about whether applicants whose cases came before her could have received fair treatment.

Ms. Ali assured The Daily Wire she was able to keep her views separate.

“That does not affect the ability to do my job at all. You can mind your own business,” she said, according to the news outlet.

Ms. Ali’s case harkens back to a case in 2020 in which a USCIS employee in Florida was caught in a viral video telling a Black teenage girl that she didn’t “belong” in his neighborhood. The girl’s family lived on the street.

Lee Jeffers, the employee, said his comments weren’t racially motivated and he was upset after seeing the girl and her friends driving a golf cart dangerously. Washington Times

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Ex-MLB Star Ian Kinsler Wears Israel Jersey, Throw First Pitch At ALCS.

10/19/2023 9:50 AM PT Ian Kinsler wasn't repping the Rangers or Astros last night, the former MLB star had a bigger cause on his mind than the ALCS ... the 4x All-Star, who is Jewish, threw out the first pitch wearing a Team Israel jersey.

Kinsler is a special assistant to the Rangers general manager ... and the organization invited him to kick off Game 3 of the American League Championship Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX with the ceremonial first pitch. TMZ

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Conservatives call for Congress to defund Palestinians across board.

PA to immediately reward families of Oct. 7 terrorists with nearly $3 million The "pay-for-slay" stipends will continue for the rest of their relatives' lives Oct 17. 2023 JNS

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Conservatives call for Congress to defund Palestinians across board. A group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence organized a letter from more than 60 activists, politicians and thought leaders. (October 17, 2023 / JNS)

Advancing American Freedom (AAF) has urged the U.S. House of Representatives to stop sending money to “any Palestinian entity or person, whether government or non-government, whether direct or indirect, and whether military, political or civilian.”

In a letter sent on Friday, the 501(c)(4) organization founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, wrote: “We the undersigned demand the immediate and complete defunding of the Palestinians via the appropriations process underway this fiscal year.”

The group said that “the language in the relevant appropriations legislation, including continuing resolutions, composite appropriations bills and individual appropriations bills, must be clear, very specific, comprehensive and not able to be circumvented by unscrupulous bureaucrats.”

Among the signatories offering to assist “in any way to accomplish these objectives” were former U.S. Attorney General Ed Meese III; Robert Wilkie, the former U.S. secretary of veterans affairs; Ellie Cohanim, the former deputy special envoy to monitor and combat anti-semitism; and Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America.

“The United States will not fund terrorist organizations like Hamas, that use whatever funding given to Palestinians to carry out terrorist operations and attacks like the one we just witnessed,” said AAF executive director Paul Teller. “Congress must demonstrate its unwavering support to Israel and cease funding the Palestinians.” JNS

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Despite US admission Hamas ‘may seize’ aid to Gaza, Biden announces $100m in Palestinian aid. "We know Hamas is going to commandeer that money, and Hamas is going to use it to advance terrorism," stated Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a presidential candidate. David Swindle, Menachem Wecker, Oct 18, 2023 JNS

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2024 GOP candidates condemn Biden’s $100M pledge to Palestinians. By Diana Glebova Published Oct. 19, 2023, 4:07 p.m. ET GOP presidential candidates largely condemned President Biden’s pledge to give $100 million to Palestinians amid the Israel-Hamas war, arguing the money will likely fall into the hands of terrorists.

The president promised to fund the Palestinian territories — including the approximately 2 million residents in Gaza — in a speech in Israel Wednesday. Biden’s $100 million would go to the West Bank and Gaza, the president said, and is intended to "support more than 1 million displaced and conflict-affected Palestinians, including emergency needs in Gaza."

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former President Donald Trump, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum all said they are vehemently opposed to the US funding the Gaza Strip due to the presence of Hamas, while conservative entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy denounced Biden’s reported request for an additional $100 billion for foreign wars and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called the funding “low priority. NY Post

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Biden to Israel: 'You are not alone' Biden pledged “immense security.assistance for the State of Israel of an unprecedented scope, including assistance that further strengthens our war capabilities,” Netanyahu underscored. By Tovah Lazaroff, October 18, 2023 22:50 Updated Ooctober 18, 2023 JPost

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Jamila al-Shanti, 1st woman in Hamas political bureau, said killed in Israeli strike. October 19, 2023 | 8:58 am TOI

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Panic on the Internet: "Suspects photographed houses", the police: "There is no suspicion of attacks."

Surfers published posts on social networks in which they claimed that suspects were seen taking photographs near residential buildings: "They are scanning the area! It is clear that they are planning something" • The police clarified that all the reported incidents were investigated and there was no suspicion of an attempted terrorist attack or involvement in terrorism: "In order to avoid panic, the public is asked not to forward these messages" • Police spokesman: Some of the photos are not authentic, maybe a foreign country is involved

Moshe Nussbaum | Branu Tegene |N12 |Published 00:47 19.10.23 | Updated 08:59 19.10.23 The police responded tonight (between Wednesday and Thursday) to several posts published last night on social networks, in which surfers claimed that suspects were documenting houses in the center. "In all of the incidents examined by the police officers, there was no suspicion of terrorist activity (hostile sabotage activity)," emphasized the police. "In order not to cause panic, the public is asked not to chain these messages online."

The police added: "As a general rule these days, any report of this type is handled quickly and thoroughly by the thousands of police officers and soldiers who are in all the cities with increased forces and are ready for any scenario. The Israel Police is back and calls on citizens to continue to be vigilant and to call the 100 hotline in real time for any unusual incident." ... Buildings are photographed, they are very suspicious" One surfer wrote: "They posted in our group that they saw Arabs taking pictures of houses. Now I see reports like this from Petach Tikva and other places. They pass and take pictures of houses. Is anyone doing anything about it?" Another surfer joined in: "A significant number of Arabs pass between cities, taking pictures of buildings, entrances and what not?"

"There are a bunch of suspects walking around who pretend to be 'cleaners' of the building, even though its residents report that the cleaner was already that morning," added another surfer. They photograph buildings and scan the area! It is clear that they are planning something... very suspicious, anyone who sees them should report it to the police immediately." Mako

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Egypt willing to accept Americans from Gaza but Hamas stopping crossing, White House says. From CNN’s Nikki Carvajal and Jasmine Wright

Hamas has been stopping Americans from leaving Gaza through the Rafah crossing to Egypt, even though Cairo has agreed to let US citizens cross into the country, the White House said Sunday....

CNN spoke to several Gaza residents Saturday who said they tried to leave via the Rafah crossing but were eventually turned away. (10.15.23) CNN

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US says Israel resumed water supply to southern Gaza. Oct 15, 2023 JNS

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IDF Spokeperson: 'Hezbollah working to escalate tensions on the northern border'.

IDF Spokeperson: 'Hezbollah working to escalate tensions on the northern border' Until now, the IDF updated 289 families of fallen soldiers and 155 families of captives. Israel National News, Oct 15, 2023, 9:42 PM (GMT+3) INN

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The IDF eliminated the head of Hamas's general intelligence. Yair said, Srugim news 16.10.23 | The IDF acted against a series of targets in the Gaza Strip, killing in an airstrike the head of Hamas's general intelligence in the Khan Yunis Brigade The IDF published a series of documents from precise attacks against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, the elimination of senior officials and the elimination of launch squads. Among other things, during the last night the IDF eliminated the head of general intelligence in the Khan Yunis Brigade. Srugim

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IDF assassinates Hamas leader linked to Gilad Shalit prisoner swap. By Jerusalem Post Staff. Published: October 17, 2023 01:00 Updated: October 17, 2023 01:06 The IDF assassinated Osama al-Mazini, a senior member of Hamas's political bureau and the head of Hamas's Shura Council, on Monday, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit and the Shin Bet said in a joint statement. JPost

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UN refugee agency accuses Hamas of stealing fuel, medications from its Gaza premises.

October 16, 2023

UNRWA, the UN organization that treats Palestinian refugees and their descendants, says Hamas authorities in Gaza have apparently stolen fuel and medical supplies meant for refugees from its premises in Gaza City.

The agency says on X that the people claiming they were from the Hamas-run health ministry loaded the supplies on trucks, adding than any non-humanitarian use of the fuel is “strongly condemned.”

The agency deletes the posts shortly thereafter, without explanation.

Barak Ravid @BarakRavid: UNRWA deleted this tweet thread, but UN sources and Israeli officials tell me the incident did happen. [54] Oct 16 2023 [55] TOI

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UN Security Council rejects Russia’s resolution on Gaza that fails to mention Hamas. By Edith M. Lederer Updated 8:03 PM EDT, October 16, 2023 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council rejected a Russian resolution Monday night that condemned violence and terrorism against civilians but made no mention of Hamas, whose surprise attack that killed 1,300 Israelis was the worst Jewish massacre since the World War II Nazi Holocaust. AP

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Explanation of Vote by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on a Russia Drafted UN Security Council Resolution on the Situation in the Middle East. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield U.S. Representative to the United Nations. New York, New York October 16, 2023 [...] Unfortunately, Russia’s resolution presented today does not meet all of these responsibilities. Russia’s resolution, put forward without any consultations, makes no mention of Hamas – none. By failing to condemn Hamas, Russia is giving cover to a terrorist group that brutalizes innocent civilians. It is outrageous, it is hypocritical, and it is indefensible.

Colleagues, the United States could not support Russia’s resolution – which, in ignoring Hamas’ terrorism, dishonors victims. We agree that this Council should take action, but we have to get it right. And we’ll work intensively with all members on the Council to do so.. USUN

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Islamic State flag found on slain Hamas terrorist.

While the Gaza-ruling terror group portrays itself as a humanitarian organization soliciting donations around the world, they are in fact a vicious murderous group perhaps worse than the Islamic State.

Yoav Zitun | Oct 12, 2023 YNet

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Al Qaeda and ISIS training booklet found on the terrorist. On the body of one of the terrorists who crossed into Israeli territory, a training and inspiration booklet of the murderous terrorist organizations ISIS and al-Qa'ida was found | The IDF spokesman revealed the cover this evening (Terrorists) Yair Toker, Kikar haShabbat (12.10.23) [56] Kikar

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Biden: Hamas's Attack 'Sheer Evil.' By Ken Thomas, October 10, 2023

President Biden condemned Hamas’s terrorist attack Tuesday, calling it “an act of sheer evil” that has killed 14 Americans.

Biden addressed the nation from the White House, describing the attacks in graphic terms. He said more than 1,000 civilians were “slaughtered” and 14 American citizens were killed in the attacks. The president noted that parents were “butchered” and cited reports of babies being killed, young people massacred and women raped. WSJ

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The White House

OCTOBER 10, 2023 Remarks by President Biden on the Terrorist Attacks in Israel.

BRIEFING ROOM SPEECHES AND REMARKS State Dining Room

2:24 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon.

You know, there are moments in this life — and I mean this literally — when the pure, unadulterated evil is unleashed on this world.

The people of Israel lived through one such moment this weekend. The bloody hands of the terrorist organization Hamas — a group whose stated purpose for being is to kill Jews.

This was an act of sheer evil.

More than 1,000 civilians slaughtered — not just killed, slaughtered — in Israel. Among them, at least 14 American citizens killed.

Parents butchered using their bodies to try to protect their children.

Stomach-turning reports of being — babies being killed.

Entire families slain.

Young people massacred while attending a musical festival to celebrate peace — to celebrate peace.

Women raped, assaulted, paraded as trophies.

Families hid their fear for hours and hours, desperately trying to keep their children quiet to avoid drawing attention.

And thousands of wounded, alive but carrying with them the bullet holes and the shrapnel wounds and the memory of what they endured.

You all know these traumas never go away.

There are still so many families desperately waiting to hear the fate of their loved ones, not knowing if they’re alive or dead or hostages.

Infants in their mothers’ arms, grandparents in wheelchairs, Holocaust survivors abducted and held hostage — hostages whom Hamas has now threatened to execute in violation of every code of human morality.

It’s abhorrent.

The brutality of Hamas — this bloodthirstiness — brings to mind the worst — the worst rampages of ISIS.

This is terrorism.

But sadly, for the Jewish people, it’s not new.

This attack has brought to the surface painful memories and the scars left by a millennia of antisemitism and genocide of the Jewish people.

So, in this moment, we must be crystal clear: We stand with Israel. We stand with Israel. And we will make sure Israel has what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself, and respond to this attack.

There is no justification for terrorism. There is no excuse.

Hamas does not stand for the Palestinian people’s right to dignity and self-determination. Its stated purpose is the annihilation of the State of Israel and the murder of Jewish people.

They use Palestinian civilians as human shields.

Hamas offers nothing but terror and bloodshed with no regard to who pays the price.

The loss of innocent life is heartbreaking.

Like every nation in the world, Israel has the right to respond — indeed has a duty to respond — to these vicious attacks.

I just got off the phone with — the third call with Prime Minister Netanyahu. And I told him if the United States experienced what Israel is experiencing, our response would be swift, decisive, and overwhelming.

We also discussed how democracies like Israel and the United States are stronger and more secure when we act according to the rule of law.

Terrorists purpo- — purposefully target civilians, kill them. We uphold the laws of war — the law of war. It matters. There’s a difference.

Today, Americans across the country are praying for all those families that have been ripped apart. A lot of us know how it feels. It leaves a black hole in your chest when you lose family, feeling like you’re being sucked in. The anger, the pain, the sense of hopelessness.

This is what they mean by a “human tragedy” — an atrocity on an appalling scale.

But we’re going to s- — continue to stand united, supporting the people of Israel who are suffering unspeakable losses and opposing the hatred and violence of terrorism.

My team has been in near constant communication with our Israeli partners and partners all across the region and the world from the moment this crisis began.

We’re surging additional military assistance, including ammunition and interceptors to replenish Iron Dome.

We’re going to make sure that Israel does not run out of these critical assets to defend its cities and its citizens.

My administration has consulted closely with Congress throughout this crisis. And when Congress returns, we’re going to ask them to take urgent action to fund the national security requirements of our critical partners.

This is not about party or politics. This is about the security of our world, the security of the United States of America.

We now know that American citizens are among those being held by Hamas.

I’ve directed my team to share intelligence and deploy additional experts from across the United States government to consult with and advise the Israeli counterparts on hostage recover- — recovery efforts, because as president I have no higher priority than the safety of Americans being held hostage around the world.

The United States has also enhanced our military force posture in the region to strengthen our deterrence.

The Department of Defense has moved the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to the Eastern Mediterranean and bolstered our fighter aircraft presence. And we stand ready to move in additional assets as needed.

Let me say again — to any country, any organization, anyone thinking of taking advantage of this situation, I have one word: Don’t. Don’t.

Our hearts may be broken, but our resolve is clear.

Yesterday, I also spoke with the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, and the UK to discuss the latest developments with our European allies and coordinate our united response.

This comes on top of days of steady engagement with partners across the region.

We’re also taking steps at home. In cities across the United States of America, police departments have stepped up security around centers for — of Jewish life.

And the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are working closely with state and local law enforcement and Jewish community partners to identify and disrupt any domestic threat that could emerge in connection with these horrific attacks.

This is a moment for the United States to come together, to grieve with those who are mourning.

Let’s be real clear: There is no place for hate in America — not against Jews, not against Muslims, not against anybody. We reject — we reject — what we reject is terrorism. We condemn the indiscriminate evil, just as we’ve always done.

That’s what America stands for.

You know, just over 50 years ago — I was thinking about it this morning, talking with the Secretary of State, the Vice President in my office and — over 50 years ago, as a young senator, I visited Israel for the first time, as a newly elected senator.

And I had a long, long trip — or meeting with Golda Meir in her office just before the Yom Kippur War. And I guess she could see the consternation on my face as she described what was being faced — they were facing.

We walked outside in that — that sort of hallway outside her office to have some photos. She looked at me and w- — all of a sudden and said, “Would you like to have a photograph?” And so, I got up and followed her out.

We were standing there silent, looking at the press. She could tell, I guess, I was concerned. She leaned over and whispered to me — she said, “Don’t worry, Senator Biden. We have a secret weapon here in Israel” — my word this is what she said — “We have no place else to go.” “We have no place else to go.”

For 75 years, Israel has stood as the ultimate guarantor of security of Jewish people around the world so that the atrocities of the past could never happen again.

And let there be no doubt: The United States has Israel’s back.

We will make sure the Jewish and democratic State of Israel can defend itself today, tomorrow, as we always have. It’s as simple as that.

These atrocities have been sickening.

We’re — we’re with Israel. Let’s make no mistake.

Thank you.

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Blinken Calls Hamas Terror “Depravity” As Israel Releases Horrifying Photos Of Murdered Babies. Mike Jenkins October 12, 2023 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared photos with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken showing the sheer evil and depravity during the siege of terror at the hands of Hamas in Israel. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared photos with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken showing the sheer evil and depravity during the siege of terror at the hands of Hamas in Israel.

Blinken discussed the atrocity during a press briefing from Israel on Thursday.

“It’s hard to find the right words. It’s beyond what anyone would ever want to imagine, much less actually see and God forbid experience,” said Blinken Thursday during a press briefing.

“A baby, an infant, riddled with bullets, soldiers beheaded, young people burned alive in their cars or their highway rooms. I could go on, but it’s simply depravity in the worst imaginable way,” said Blinken.

“Here are some of the photos Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Warning: These are horrifying photos of babies murdered and burned by the Hamas monsters,” the post read.

Warning: Graphic content below. Following a roundtable discussion with Jewish community leaders on Wednesday, Joe Biden stated he had seen horrific pictures of slaughtered and beheaded Israeli children.

“I never really thought that I would see and have confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading children,” said Joe Biden during a roundtable with Jewish community leaders.

These photos were then made public.

An IDF spokesman, Jonathan Conricus, said terrorists had likely carried out decapitations of babies in the Be’eri kibbutz.

Warning: These are horrifying photos below of babies murdered and burned by the Hamas monsters were shown to Blinken Thursday and released by the Prime Minister of Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared photos with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken showing the sheer evil and depravity during the siege of terror at the hands of Hamas in Israel. [57] [58]. Source: Prime Minister Of Israel.

On Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis denounced leftists in the United States for protesting in support of Hamas terrorists, who have murdered more than 1,200 Israelis since launching an attack on Saturday.

“These demonstrations … where they’re cheering Hamas, knowing that Hamas has decapitated babies, they’re executing elderly people, raping women. … I think that they scraped the bottom of the barrel of human depravity on this,” DeSantis told Newsmax host Rob Schmitt on Wednesday.

“And to take to the streets and celebrate that there’s a sickness in our society here.”

In the news: Dershowitz Rips Harvard President’s Response To Student Orgs Blaming Israel For Hamas Attack

For those in America who have praised Hamas, said DeSantis, “I just wonder why are you even in this country, if that’s your belief on some of that stuff.”

“It’s almost like they’re pouring salt in the wound by going out and celebrating these atrocities,” he added.

Continuing, DeSantis said Israel’s response should not be “proportionate,” as it has done to reply to past terrorist incidents.

“It should be the elimination of Hamas and the terrorist infrastructure that has grown up in Gaza,” he told Schmitt.

The Republican governor and presidential candidate noted that Palestinians have rejected Israel’s offer of creating their own country because all they will accept is the elimination of the Jewish state.

“This will be the final battle with Hamas,” DeSantis predicted... Tampa Free Press

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Secretary of State Blinken: 'As long as there is the US, Israel will never be alone.' US Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken holds a press conference in Tel Aviv in the aftermath of the Hamas massacre of 1,300 Israelis.

Israel National News Published: Oct 12, 2023, 6:11 PM (GMT+3) Updated: 7:49 PM

US Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken held a press conference in Tel Avi this evening (Thursday) following his meetings with Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog, in the aftermath of the massacre of 1,300 Israelis by the Hamas terrorist organization.

"I came to Israel with a simple message: The United States stands with Israel and with its people, today, tomorrow, every day," the US Secretary of State opened.

Blinken explained that he discussed what Israel needs to defend itself with Israeli leaders. "We're delivering on those needs as we speak." He added that the US is doing everything it can to secure the release of the hostages that are being held by the Hamas terror organization.

"For the families of the missing, there is an unrelenting agony of not knowing the fate of their loved ones, something that I don't think most of us can truly understand, truly contemplate, if we're not in their shoes," he added.

Blinken described the civilian efforts in the wake of the war: "I also had the chance to see up close the genuinely inspiring solidarity of the Israeli people in the wake of Hamas' attacks when I visited one of the many sites where citizens have swiftly organized efforts to collect, to sort, to distribute donations to those in need, including many families who have been displaced from the south," he stated.

"In our time here, everywhere we've gone, we've met people who've been touched, in one way or another, by Hamas' bloody hand. We encountered a nation knit together by grief but also a nation united in resolve. The United States shares that resolve. We stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Israel," said Secretary Blinken.

Blinken discussed peace in the Middle East: "One path forward is a region that comes together, integrated, normalized relations among its countries, people working in common purpose to common benefit. More peaceful, more stable. Then there's the path that Hamas has shown in shark clear light. Terror, destruction, nihilism. The choice could not be clearer," he stated.

"Hamas launched this attack on Simchat Torah. This is the day that Jews celebrate finishing the reading of the Torah. This Saturday, Jews around the world will chant the first words of the book of Genesis. They'll read that 'In the Beginning, there was darkness, and then, there was light,' that the first person was alone until a partner joined them. I'm standing here today alongside our Israeli friends and all those who reject terror to help find the glimmers of light even in this moment of deep darkness and to make clear that as long as there is the United States, Israel will never be alone."

Secretary Blinken says his team saw images of the Hamas massacre. "It's hard to find the right words. It's beyond what anyone would ever want to imagine, much less actually see and, God forbid, experience. A baby, an infant, riddled with bullets, soldiers beheaded, young people burned alive in their cars or in their hideaway rooms. I could go on, but it's simply depravity in the worst imaginable way. It almost defies comprehension." He added that the images of the Hamas massacre "harken back to ISIS and some of the very things we saw when it was on its rampage, that thankfully was stopped.

When you see this, you can't help but imagine yourself, your family, your loved ones, our friends in that situation, in that predicament. And maybe the best word for me is overwhelming, This is a moment for moral clarity. This is a moment where everyone needs to make clear that there is revulsion, disgust, and determination not to allow this to go forward. Images are worth a thousand words. These images may be worth a million," he concluded.

In response to a question by the press on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, Blinken says that the situation is "complicated" because "Hamas continues to use civilians as human shields, something that's not new, something that they've always done. Intentionally putting civilians in harm's way to try to protect themselves or to try to protect their infrastructure or protect their weapons. So that's one of the basic facts that Israel has to deal with.

Civilians should not be used in any way as the targets of military operations. They are not the target of Israel's operations. We did discuss ways to address the humanitarian needs of people living in Gaza, to protect them from harm while Israel conducts its legitimate security operations to defend itself from terrorism and to try to ensure that this never happens again."... INN

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Austin to Netanyahu: "I know ISIS, what is happening here is worse." The US Secretary of Defense, who planned the war on ISIS, says in his meeting with Netanyahu that the atrocities committed by Hamas are worse than those of ISIS - "We are with you, Mr. Prime Minister," Austin told Netanyahu: "As the president said, you have our backs." Editors of Channel 14, 28 Tishrei 5784, 13.10.23 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met today (Friday) with the Secretary of Defense of the United States Lloyd Austin, in Kirya in Tel Aviv. Austin, who was the person who planned the war on ISIS for the first time - said during the meeting that he does know the horrors of the murderous terrorist organization, but what Hamas did this week is worse.

"We are with you, Mr. Prime Minister," Austin addressed Netanyahu at the beginning of the meeting, "as the president said, you have our back. It has been a terrible week. We have seen the horrific acts of this terrorist organization. As you know, I was the one who planned the war against ISIS For the first time. So I know ISIS well, and it's worse than what I saw with ISIS. We are with you and we stand by you, Mr. Prime Minister." Now14

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100 ton... Oct 8, 2023. At the same time, a military infrastructure was attacked in the house of Farah Hamad, a senior operative in the terrorist organization Hamas, the military infrastructure in his apartment is located near a mosque and three schools, this target proves once again that the terrorist organization Hamas exploits holy sites and the civilian population in order to promote terrorism. 0404

Notice the extensive secondary explosions. Might want to ask why there was obviously a cache of weapons being stored in a mosque…  [59]

— AG (@AGHamilton29) October 9, 2023 [60]

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Hamas again using human shields in Gaza "To mitigate harm to noncombatants, the IDF carries out surgical strikes," said the army.

(October 10, 2023 / JNS) Hamas continues to use Gazan civilians as human shields by building its terrorist infrastructure in densely populated civilian areas, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday, sharing evidence of the Islamist group’s facilities located near medical clinics, schools and U.N. buildings.

“Hamas infrastructure is deliberately embedded within civilian areas and in proximity to international assets, using the population as human shields,” said the report by the IDF International Cooperation Division.

“In order to mitigate harm to noncombatants, the IDF carries out surgical strikes,” it added.

The report included aerial maps of Gaza City’s Rimal residential neighborhood, showing Hamas facilities in or near commercial buildings, pharmacies, welfare offices, mosques and other public facilities.

Hamas’s well-documented use of its own civilians as human shields, as well as its use of mosques, hospitals, schools and private homes as weapons storage facilities and firing platforms, violates international humanitarian law.

The Israel Defense Forces continued to pound Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as the war sparked by the Palestinian terrorist group’s brutal Oct. 7 attack on the Jewish state entered its fourth day.

The military said it struck the shaft of a tunnel and other assets Hamas used to penetrate Israeli territory on Saturday and indiscriminately butcher at least 900 Israeli men, women and children.

Israel Air Force fighter jets also struck a mosque containing a Hamas operations and command center used to coordinate this weekend’s Iran-backed attack. The air force also carried out “widespread” strikes on weapons depots and other terrorist infrastructure.

As of 7 a.m. Tuesday, the IDF had conducted five waves of airstrikes in Gaza, attacking more than 1,500 terrorist targets, including attack tunnels, rocket launching sites, and command and control centers.

More than 400 Hamas terrorists have been killed inside the Gaza Strip so far, the report noted.

This is in addition to an estimated terrorist 1,500 terrorists slain inside Israel since Saturday.

IDF spokesman Lt. Col. Richard Hecht on Tuesday urged Gazans to leave the Strip immediately amid the intensifying war with Hamas.

Hecht’s warning came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday night vowed that “every place in which Hamas hides will become a city of ruins.

“This war was forced upon us by a despicable enemy, human animals celebrating the murder of women, children and the elderly,” the prime minister said in an address to the nation. JNS

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CNN.com - Transcripts. CNN, Oct 9, 2023 [...] HALEVY: That's exactly what happened in actual fact. It was not only the fact that every day many, many thousands were leaving Gaza to work in

Israel. It is also a fact that Israel opened its hospitals for treatment of people in Gaza. In many cases, giving the best treatment that can be given, whether it's in the operating room or elsewhere.

And I think that in this, Israel more or less was extending a hand to Hamas without saying it in as many words. And they, at the same time -- and at the same time, as receiving all of this, they were planning something totally different and they were able to keep it secret. [61]

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Kibbutzniks who drove Arabs from Gaza for treatment in hospitals in Israel saw those Gazans participating in the looting of the kibbutzim. This is what Avigdor Lieberman says on N12 that he was told by people from the Kibbutzim. In addition, those Arabs from Gaza passed on information about the moshavs and kibbutzim.

16.10.23 Rotter

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Israel’s Work Permits for Gaza Enabled the Hamas Attack-Gazans got permits to work inside Israel. They came as killers and rapists. Daniel Greenfield, Oct 18, 2023 FPM [62]

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A look at how Israeli communities defended themselves during Hamas attack. CNN's Rafael Romo learns more about how some communities held off some of the Hamas terrorists on October 7th. 04:26 - Source: CNN October 29, 2023. (Except: They believed in coexistence with Arabs "that not all Arabs are bad.) CNN

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Iran Helped Plot Attack on Israel Over Several Weeks. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gave the final go-ahead last Monday in Beirut. by Summer Said, Benoit Faucon and Stephen Kalin. Oct. 8, 2023 4:40 pm ET

DUBAI—Iranian security officials helped plan Hamas’s Saturday surprise attack on Israel and gave the green light for the assault at a meeting in Beirut last Monday, according to senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah, another Iran-backed militant group. WSJ

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Hamas Attack on Israel Brings New

Scrutiny of Group’s Ties to Iran Officials from Iran and Hezbollah helped plan the attack, people familiar with the operation said, but the U.S. and its allies have not found evidence directly linking Tehran.

By Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman Published Oct. 13, 2023 Updated Oct. 14, 2023, 12:06 p.m. ET

Last weekend’s attack on Israel by Hamas has brought renewed scrutiny of the armed Palestinian group’s longstanding relationship with Iran, and questions about whether the Gaza-based group could have pulled off such a sophisticated and devastating operation on its own.

Iran has a long history of training and arming proxy militia groups in the region, from Gaza to Lebanon, Iraq and Syria. It supports Hamas militarily and has helped it design and produce a domestic missile and rocket system to match the capabilities and material available in Gaza — an impoverished, densely populated coastal strip that has been blockaded by Israel and Egypt for the past 16 years.

And over the past year, there have been signs that Iran and its proxies were preparing to take a more aggressive approach toward Israel. NY Times

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IDF hits hundreds of Hamas assets as Israeli death toll passes 900. Oct 9, 2023. JNS

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The dimensions of the massacre at the party are revealed: 260 bodies were evacuated. "Anyone who took out their head was murdered." The horror testimonies of the survivors Avi Sedrina, Oct 8, 2023. 23:27 N12

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Girls 'raped next to their dead friends' at rave massacre. A survivor of the attack said he saw scantily clad corpses, many of whom appeared to have been shot point-blank

By Orlando Radice, October 9, 2023, 11:03

([63] Screengrab from a video shot as revelers realize Hamas gunmen are attacking)

A survivor of the rave massacre – in which over 260 young revelers at a party near the Gaza Strip were gunned down by Hamas terrorists – has said that women were “raped next to the dead bodies of their friends”.

Speaking to US website Tablet, the survivor said that several of the rape victims appeared to have been executed later, while others were taken to Gaza. The JC

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Eyewitness Account of the Rave Massacre Scenes of young women raped next to the dead bodies of their friends. By Liel Leibovitz October 8, 2023 ...Later, when the gruesome attack was finally over and IDF soldiers managed to subdue the attackers, they searched these trucks and found RPG launchers, high-end communications devices, assorted AK-47s and other mostly Soviet-made weapons, along with numerous copies of the Quran. Tablet

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Music fest massacre Haunting pics show Hamas attack that killed at least 260 at music venue as Israeli officers acted as human shields. Graphic new images include a photo of the scores of dead lying in a tent from the rave in southern Israel, which turned into bloody mayhem as heavily armed Palestinian terrorists paraglided into the area and others stormed in on vehicles. [64] NY Post

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Tragic last dance for peace-loving tattoo artist murdered by Hamas: Shani Louk, who refused military service in Israel, is seen having fun.. before being slaughtered and paraded naked by terrorists. By Rachael Bunyan And Rob Hyde 13:35 09 Oct 2023, updated 17:21 09 Oct 2023 Daily Mail

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Please meet Mahmoud Abourjila.

He is one of the murderers of 22-year-old German-Israeli Shani Louk, whose half naked dead body was desecrated and paraded on a Hamas pick-up truck.

He was identified by German internet users.

The other men involved will also be identified. [pic.twitter.com/trEuXi5C8s]

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 9, 2023 [65]

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'I Just Hope That They Are Alive': How Hamas Abducted 150 Israelis. Oct 9, 2023 NY Times

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Elderly Holocaust survivor in wheelchair kidnapped by Hamas. Isabel Keane Oct 8, 2023 NY Post

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Hamas Is Reportedly Using Rape as Warfare. Where Are the Feminists? | Opinion. Monica Osborne, Editor-At-Large at The Jewish Journal On 10/10/23 At 4:01 PM EDT

Just when you thought the news out of Israel couldn't get any worse, reports emerged Tuesday morning that 40 babies had been executed by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. Some of these babies were reportedly beheaded. Read that again: So-called Palestinian resistance fighters, cowards targeting the most vulnerable, cut off the heads of babies.

The report joined widespread ones of sexual assault and rape during Hamas's medieval, ISIS-style rampage. It joined footage of women abducted with their babies, grandmothers taken hostage and paraded down the streets of Gaza. According to one survivor, "They came to slaughter, to destroy. I know they kidnapped girls. They raped women even after killing them." Another survivor tells of returning to the site later to look for his friends, and seeing mostly bodies "of young women, lying cold and mutilated." Another widely shared video showed a young woman's nearly naked body, lifeless and mutilated, being paraded through the streets of Gaza in the back of a pickup truck. Palestinian men sat on her, draped their legs over her, pulled at her hair, and spit on her: a broken female body brandished like a trophy.

Then there's the video of a teenage Israeli woman being pulled by terrorists from the back of a vehicle in Gaza. In the video, she is barefoot, wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt, and as she turns, you can see the back of her sweatpants covered in blood that came from between her legs.

These videos, broadcast on social media and Telegram for the world to see, were filmed and shared by Hamas with pride. There is no effort to hide or minimize what they are doing to women. In fact, the rape and brutalization of women has been the crucial hallmark of this brutal attack.

It's chilling and sickening. But nearly as disturbing is the complete silence of the largest and most visible international women's organizations supposedly dedicated to protecting women all over the world from rape and violence. They have all suddenly gone silent. Not one has spoken out against what appear to be the mass rapes committed by Hamas fighters.

Their silence sends a loud and clear message: We don't care about the rape of Israeli and Jewish women. We don't care if their broken bodies are paraded through streets by terrorists.

The silence of feminist and women's organizations authorizes rape as a weapon of war. It sanctions the beheading of babies when it is called "resistance."

I expected more from human rights organizations devoted to women, feminist organizations created to expose atrocities committed against women. Equality Now describes itself as an international women's rights organization working to end discrimination and violence against women and girls globally. But not one statement has been made on behalf of women violently raped by Hamas or the babies (presumably some of them girls) executed and beheaded.

It turns out that it's not rape these orgs care about; it's who is being raped, and whether these women meet their ideological criteria for qualifying as victims. Jewish women don't count. Women in Israel (who, by the way, aren't all Jewish) don't count.

Likewise, AWID, describing itself as a feminist and women's rights organization, hasn't made a peep about the mass rapes in Israel. Women for Women International? Also nothing. Feminist Majority Foundation, advocating for "women's social, political, economic equality around the world," has rightly spoken out this week against the oppression of women and girls in Afghanistan, but nothing on the rape of Israeli women.

Hamas is using rape as warfare. This fact should be beyond politics and it's time for feminist and women's organizations around the world to start talking about it and to condemn it. Newswek

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In Kibbutz Be’eri, where at least 120 residents were killed by Hamas, Israeli officers survey aftermath of attack.

Mark Mackinnon Senior International Correspondent

Oct 11, 2023

Kibbutz Be’eri was a symbol of the Israeli national dream, the desire and ability to make the desert bloom. This tiny oasis of greenery on the northern edge of the Negev Desert was one of the most affluent of its kind and one of the few kibbutzim that remained true to the co-operative principles it was founded upon in 1946, two years before the state of Israel itself.

Today, Be’eri symbolizes the nightmare that has always haunted Israelis – that the massacres and pogroms that had driven their ancestors from Europe and from other parts of the Middle East would somehow follow them here to this supposed refuge for the Jewish people.

When Hamas militants launched their surprise invasion of Israel on Saturday morning, Be’eri had just over 1,000 residents. By the time Israeli forces finally recaptured Be’eri more than three days later, at least 120 of those kibbutzniks were dead. And an unknown number of others are being held hostage in the Gaza Strip.

“We find more and more bodies all the time,” said Major-General Itai Veruv, who led the battle to retake Be’eri and who accompanied foreign and Israeli journalists to the shattered kibbutz on Wednesday. “I served more than 39 years, and I am used to seeing problems and difficulties on the battlefield. But this is not a battlefield. This is a pogrom. This is an ISIS event, something you cannot imagine.”

Maj.-Gen. Veruv said it wasn’t clear yet how much of Be’eri’s population had survived. “There are survivors in Israel that ran away, that we took out of the kibbutzes during the fight. We don’t know how to count how much are in Israel, how much dead, how much kidnapped to Gaza, how much we still didn’t find. We still haven’t found survivors in the kibbutz, but we hope.”

One of those believed to have been taken hostage from her home in Be’eri was Vivian Silver, a 74-year-old grandmother and peace activist with roots in Winnipeg. Ms. Silver, who was a founder of a group called Women Wage Peace, is believed to have been taken to Gaza as a hostage by Hamas. Also seized in Be’eri was 85-year-old grandmother Yaffa Adar, who was filmed being driven into Gaza in a golf cart by laughing militants

Tragedy haunts every corner of Be’eri. On what was once a quiet cul-de-sac near the main gate to the community – a place small enough that there was no need for street names – entire homes are now reduced to piles of smashed concrete. In the remains of one, photographs documenting a family growing up together – a newborn baby lying in blankets, schoolchildren sharing a picnic, graduation photos, wedding pictures, precious time with grandparents – lay beside a metal shopping cart in the rubble.

Next to it was a metre-deep crater filled with water. Several doors down, in front of another destroyed home, the body of a Hamas fighter lay inside a zipped white plastic bag with the Hebrew word for “terrorist” written on the outside of the bag in red. The bagged bodies of more Hamas fighters were piled more than a dozen high. Four days after the shooting started in Be’eri, the stench of death still hung over the entire kibbutz.

Some of the damage to Be’eri, Israeli officers acknowledged, was done by Israeli weaponry during the prolonged battle to liberate the kibbutz that continued until Tuesday. At the western end of the cul-de-sac, a two-storey house was scorched and missing part of its outer wall. Two unexploded mortar shells lay on yellowing grass.

Across the road, a pile of captured Hamas equipment – including a rocket-propelled grenade, and a pile of cartridges for Kalashnikov assault rifles, plus binoculars, rope and several of Hamas’s signature green headbands – lay on the lawn of another abandoned home.

Major Doron Spielman, a spokesman for the Israeli army, said the scorched home was the scene of a standoff that saw 20 Hamas fighters holed up inside with 40 Israeli hostages until the house was stormed by Israeli troops on Sunday. He said six Israeli soldiers had died in the fight for that home, though he wasn’t sure what had happened to the hostages.

“The destruction, the devastation was so massive that we’re still not sure here which DNA we have that proves that people were killed, and which DNA we have here, that shows that people were taken hostage.”

The road leading into Kibbutz Be’eri was an equally grim scene. Just four kilometres south of the kibbutz stands the ghostly parking lot of the nearby community of Re’im. It was here that many of the young Israelis attending an outdoor music festival that began Friday night and continued until Hamas attacked on Saturday morning had parked their cars.

At least 260 festivalgoers were killed, many of them in the Re’im parking lot where they were shot point-blank in their cars while trying to escape. On Wednesday, the parking lot was a graveyard of vehicles with bullet holes through their doors and windows shot out.

Retribution is coming, Israeli soldiers deployed to the region vowed on Wednesday. Large numbers of tanks and troops were visible in the area around Be’eri and Re’im amid rising expectation that Israel will soon launch a ground invasion of Gaza. The Globe & Mail

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The stench of corpses, a living room that was hit by an anti-tank missile and a trail of blood: a report from Kibbutz of the inferno Be'eri. A toothbrush with children's toothpaste on a sink, a hole in the wall of a house through which a missile entered and cars crushed by tanks. The soldiers of the 890th paratrooper battalion were dropped into the killing fields on Saturday, and now the general has required all of them to be fit for the ground maneuver: "I took their phones, so that no video of horrors would be seen and they would not be diverted" Yoav Zeytoun Published: October 11, 2023 [...] At the entrance to the kibbutz, the vehicles are mostly white, light-colored, belonging to Zaka. Some of them are bulletproof, massive. Only last night, around 6:00 p.m., the white angels finished doing a real act-of-kindness, and removed the body of the last victim, who was found under a broken table." The smallest child we found is a shot baby, a few months old, the oldest murdered here is 85 years old," said Kobi Mazka, a 50-year-old veteran volunteer who collected body parts in the inferno bus bombings of Jerusalem during the second intifada. "Here it is different, really similar to the descriptions I read as a child about what the Nazis did to us.." [...] "I quickly realized that the terrorists had developed a method, a real technique to increase the dimensions of the massacre," said last night the commander of Division 99, Lt. Col. Barak Hiram, who arrived here at 9:00 a.m. and took over the fighting sector of the city of Netivot and the kibbutz Alumim and Re'im. "The terrorists knew that the residents would lock themselves in the safe-room, and those who refused to come out, they simply opened the trunk of his car in the yard, took out the spare tire, lit it on fire and rolled it into the house to hasten its burning. We found bodies of people who died of suffocation in the gas tanks. Others were burned alive and those who tried to escape from the window were shot to death." [...] Landau... Despite the mental stress and the heavy concern for his parents who shut themselves in the nearby kibbutz, he led his fighters into fierce battles from point blank range, to save those who remained from Kibbutz Nahal Oz. His commander, Majd 890 Lt. Col. Yoni HaCohen, is the one who was asked to explain what happened here. He preferred to skip over many graphic details. Occasionally a tear falls from his left eye, which is swollen and red, but not from crying. He was hit by shrapnel during the assault and did not stop for a moment, didn't stop. He fought in Tzuk-Eitan (op.) not far from here, in Khan Yunis, but the battles here were completely different: to open a 'firing angle' between the bodies of children, to jump over civilians who were handcuffed and shot. The tough Majd asks not to talk about his part in the battle The long one, which lasted almost a day straight. "Another force of ours was sent at the same time to rescue female observers and Golani fighters who were under heavy siege at the Nahal Oz outpost. We had to distribute the forces correctly," he said... YNet

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Bodies of Israeli dad, wheelchair-bound 16-year-old daughter found 12 days after Hamas’ music fest massacre. Oct 19, 2023 NYPost

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'It smells of death here': Surveying the atrocities committed by Hamas in Kfar Aza.

Nicole Zedek, October 10, 2023

The smell of death — that’s what’s left of a once vibrant community. Now, the foreign press were invited to witness the inhumane crimes, much like the Allies had done after they had won the second World War and liberated the Holocaust concentration camps. Upwards of 70 armed terrorists invaded the community, their bodies are still lying on the ground for the whole world to see the cruelty these Hamas terrorists committed.

“It’s not a war, it’s not a battlefield. You see the babies, the mother, the father, in their bedrooms, in their protection rooms, and how the terrorists killed them,” IDF Major General Itai Veruv first described the scene. “It’s a massacre.”... But first, the army unit is dedicating itself to removing the bodies of the Israeli civilians. We can see them covered in sheets being carried out of their own homes where they were murdered. The IDF does not have a definitive number of victims yet.

Many soldiers were called up for reserve service, and could be seen actively consoling each other after what they had to witness. They arrived expecting the worst, but the scenes are beyond anything that one could imagine. Some soldiers say they found babies with their heads cut off, entire families gunned down in their beds. About 40 babies and young children have been taken out on gurneys — so far. i24

Hamas terrorists 'slaughtered 40 babies and children with some beheaded' According to Israeli Defence Force's Major General Itai Veruv, some 70 Hamas terrorists wielding guns and grenades stormed the quiet Kfar Aza kibbutz. By Alessandra Scotto Di Santolo Oct 10, 2023

Israeli soldiers remove the body of civilian in Kfar Aza (Image: Getty) Hamas fanatics 'slaughtered 40 babies and children with some beheaded', ...

Reports state that Hamas terrorists launched a horrifying massacre in the peaceful village of Kfar Aza, near the Gaza border.

The Israeli soldiers, who took back control of the besieged village after a two-day siege, revealed scenes of violence where families, including babies and children, were slaughtered in their homes.

According to Israeli Defence Force's Major General Itai Veruv, some 70 Hamas terrorists wielding guns and grenades stormed the quiet Kfar Aza kibbutz, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.

[READ MORE: Sickening moment Hamas terrorists shoot pet dog dead and set fire to home]

The attackers, alleged Israeli forces, beheaded babies and gunned down entire families in their homes. "It's not a war. It's not a battlefield. It's a massacre," said Major General Veruv.

The Israeli troops, accompanied by foreign press, walked through the village on Tuesday, encountering a devastating scene of burned-out houses, strewn furniture, and torched cars.

The stench of death hung heavy in the air as reporters traversed the paths of the kibbutz, where the lifeless bodies of Israeli residents lay among the ruins.

[Hamas warns citizens of Israeli city to flee by 5pm as they prepare attack] Express UK

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The horror is revealed: 40 bodies of children and babies burned and beheaded The number of those murdered by Hamas terrorists rose to over a thousand - a mother was murdered and a dead fetus was found in her womb attached to the placenta - a foreigner wrote: "Babies' heads were cut off. People were burned alive in their homes. Women were raped and dragged through the streets." Idan Yosef - news editor - News1

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BEYOND HORRIFIC: 40 Babies & Children Murdered, BEHEADED In Kfar Aza [SHOCKING VIDEO REPORT]. October 10, 2023 11:45 am YWN

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Hamas Barbarities Include Decapitating Babies — Call It What It Is: Jihad. By Andrew C. Mccarthy October 10, 2023 11:19 AM

Personal belongings including a child’s stroller are seen on the road next to a car days after a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, near Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in southern Israel, October 10, 2023. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)

Our Haley Strack’s documenting of Hamas’s atrocities is essential, if excruciating, reading. Haley’s latest on the Corner deals with yet more depravity: The jihadists’ slaughter of 40 babies at a kibbutz about a quarter mile from the Gaza border. Some of the babies were reportedly beheaded.

Understand: We are likely to continue getting more such reports because in many areas, Israeli security force have only just retaken control after clearing out lurking jihadist cells. The extent and shocking nature of the carnage is still being uncovered.

The shocking nature of the carnage is not a case of “militants” who got carried away in the heat of battle. This is the jihadist way of war. There was not much battling in any event: These were jihadists strategically using terror, as they are instructed is their divinely ordained obligation, to obliterate their perceived enemies. Not just break their will; extirpate them. In my column on the homepage this morning, I try to explain why it is important to call them jihadists and stop assessing them under Western standards of warfare. Further, we have to grasp that their Jew-hatred is doctrinal — this is not, pace the revisionism of transnational progressives, a mere territorial dispute in which aliens were intruded into Arab Muslim due to Western guilt over the Holocaust. We need to see clear that these are jihadists catalyzed by a fundamentalist, sharia-supremacist interpretation of Islamic scripture; otherwise, we will never understand their objectives, the atrocious lengths to which they will go to achieve them, and the need to defeat them utterly because there can be no modus vivendi with them.

From the column:

The Quran and hadiths (collections of the sayings and doings of Mohammed, Islam’s prophet), command jihadists to strike “terror” into the hearts of their enemies — to wage war ferociously and mercilessly. This includes regarding as their enemies all non-Muslims who decline to submit to the dominion of sharia. The distinction between combatants and noncombatants, so central to Western laws of warfare and human rights, is eviscerated in sharia. Those we regard as “civilians” the jihadist sees as loyalists of their non-Muslim enemies who pay taxes that stand up the armed forces arrayed against them. They are fair game for forcible attacks.

Understand: As we witnessed with the weekend’s unspeakable attacks on Israeli civilians — parents killed in front of their children, old women and children taken captive, revelers mowed down indiscriminately, and able-bodied men systematically killed — this includes rape and enslavement. The Quran (in sura 33:50) explicitly approves of jihadists’ using as concubines “those whom thy right hand possesses out of the captives of war whom Allah has assigned to thee.” (This endorsement is repeated in sura 4:23-24, which excludes captives — those “whom your right hands possess” — from the categories of women with whom Muslim men must abstain from sexual relations.) Furthermore, Reliance of the Traveller, a sharia manual endorsed by influential Islamic scholars, instructs: “When a child or a woman is taken captive, they become slaves by the fact of capture, and the woman’s marriage is immediately annulled” — meaning she is available for sex slavery.

In fundamentalist strongholds, such as Gaza, non-Muslims are dehumanized in the education of Muslim children. The idea is not to raise an army of “militants.” The goal of jihad is to terrorize the enemy into surrender and submission; it is not to conduct combat operations limited to strategic military objectives that avoid or at least minimize civilian casualties. That kind of discrimination and proportionality, bedrock principles of Western warfare, is alien to jihad.

Classical sharia is systematically discriminatory against all non-Muslims, but the contempt for Jews is especially intense. As recounted over the weekend, Muslim scripture foretells an end-of-times war between Muslims and Jews. That vision is etched into the Hamas charter, which is unabashedly dedicated to the destruction of the Jewish state. Mohammed and his companions repeatedly warred with Jewish tribes. The Islamic claim on Israel is scripturally rooted in al-Isra’, the “night journey,” in which Allah is said to have arranged the prophet’s transport, on a winged beast, “from the sacred mosque to the farthest mosque” (sura 17) — i.e., from what is now the Kaaba in Mecca to the al-Aqsa Mosque at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Young Muslims are taught, based on hadiths (see, e.g., Bukhari 3:47:786 and Muslim 26:5430) that Mohammed was poisoned to death by a Jewish woman. NRO

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'They shot children, babies, old people’: kibbutz survivors describe Hamas’ deadly assault.

Israeli soldiers stand next to the bodies of Israelis killed by Hamas militants in kibbutz Kfar Azza on Tuesday By Euronews with AFP Published on 10/10/2023 - 19:01 [...] 'They shot children, babies, old people, anyone' In the Kfar Aza kibbutz, the bodies of Israeli citizens and Hamas fighters are still lying next to the burnt-out remains of homes - as soldiers just recently started the collection effort.

One resident described the harrowing events on Saturday: "[The militants] came into every home, into every room, every place.

"They would burn their house with them inside so they would die," he said.

"They shot children, babies, old people, anyone. No one was safe from it. The first victim was a 90-year-old woman who was sitting on her porch. She saw them coming and she got shot."

Another resident described hours spent hiding from the gunmen: "We were in this panic room for I think about over 30 hours. Then they broke windows and started shooting everywhere. I think at some point they shot at the door of the panic room." Euro News

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Corpses and kids’ bikes, burned homes and death in kibbutz where Hamas butchered 100. Foreign media shown grim aftermath of Palestinian terrorists’ massacre in Kfar Aza community where whole families were slaughtered, victims mutilated By AFP and TOI Staff Oct 11, 2023. TOI

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"They came to slaughter, not to conquer": the commander's testimony in the field. "They shot bound civilians and children. They entered not to occupy a settlement but to slaughter its inhabitants." Channel 7, 26 in Tishrei 5784. 11.10.23, 17:07 INN

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Kfar Aza kibbutz: Children, women, elderly 'butchered' in Hamas attacks on border communities, IDF says | CNN

Children found ‘butchered’ in Israeli kibbutz, IDF says, as horror of Hamas’ attacks near border begins to emerge. By Muhammad Darwish, Nic Robertson, Artemis Moshtaghian, Amir Tal, Ivana Kottasová and Sana Noor Haq, CNN.

Updated 3:20 PM EDT, Wed October 11, 2023

Kfar Aza, Israel (CNN) — Bodies of Israeli residents and Hamas attackers lay outside burned-out homes in the Israeli kibbutz Kfar Aza on Tuesday, days after the Palestinian militant group launched a large-scale surprise assault on Israel.

Hamas sent waves of heavily armed fighters pouring across the border from Gaza and rampaging through rural communities – Israel said it found 1,500 bodies of militants in the aftermath of the assault.

Houses in Kfar Aza were ransacked and set ablaze. Overturned mattresses, destroyed furniture, broken trinkets and unexploded grenades lay strewn across the grounds, along with bodies – a window into the scale of devastation wrought by Hamas in this area.

“I’ve never seen anything like this in my career, never in 40 years of service this something I never imagined,” Maj. Gen. Itai Veruv told CNN on Tuesday, just a few hours after Israeli troops secured the kibbutz from Hamas assailants.

In Kfar Aza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was going house to house, collecting the dead in body bags and loading them onto a truck. The IDF told CNN that women, children, toddlers and elderly were “brutally butchered in an ISIS way of action.”..

Kfar Aza is one of the several kibbutzim, small farming enclaves, that bore the brunt of Hamas’ ground assault on Saturday. A number of kibbutzim and towns were targeted, including Kfar Aza, Be’eri, Ofakim, Sderot, Yad Mordechai, Yated, Kissufim and Urim. Revelers at a music festival held in the desert outside of Be’eri were also gunned down and taken hostage.

Bullet holes are seen in a cracked window at the entrance of a kindergarten in Be'eri, Israel, on October 11. The self-sustaining farming community near Gaza was one of the first places targeted by Hamas militants on October 7.

Israeli soldiers carry a body on October 10 in Kfar Aza, a village in Israel just across the border from Gaza. Hamas militants carried out a "massacre" in Kfar Aza during their attacks over the weekend, the Israel Defense Forces told CNN.

At least 1,200 people have died in Israel since the conflict erupted, IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus said in an update on Wednesday.

Israel has retaliated by pounding Gaza with a relentless aerial campaign that has flattened homes, schools, medical institutions and government buildings in the besieged strip.

‘Massacre’ in Kfar Aza

The kibbutzim go back to the time of the founding of Israel, when small groups of people set up communities based on the idea of communal living. About 125,000 people live across approximately 250 kibbutzim in Israel, according to the Jewish Agency for Israel. For many, they were symbols of good life and safety.

What happened at the weekend destroyed that idyll.

Babies and toddlers were found “decapitated” in Kfar Aza, Tal Heinrich, a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Wednesday. CNN could not independently verify that report, and Hamas said media reports about attacking children were false.

This comes after the IDF told CNN Tuesday that the killings at Kfar Aza amounted to a “massacre.”

Maj. Gen. Veruv said his soldiers spent “about 48 hours” fighting “waves and waves of terrorists” on roads and in neighboring communities. He said he had started fighting militants in the Yakhini moshav (community) on Saturday, moving then “from battle to battle,” on the road to Sderot, before reaaching the Be’eri kibbutz on Monday evening.

“I saw hundreds of terrorists in full armor, full gear, with all the equipment and all the ability to make a massacre, go from apartment to apartment, from room to room and kill babies, mothers, fathers in their bedrooms,” Veruv said.

“I have heard during my childhood about the pogroms in Europe, the Holocaust, of course. All my family came from Europe, they are survivors. But I never thought I would see…things like that,” he said about the scene in Kfar Aza.

Be’eri

More than 100 bodies were found in Be’eri on Monday. Civilians were killed and taken hostage in the kibbutz, which is home to about 1,000 residents, according to Israeli authorities and videos obtained and authenticated by CNN.

Heavily armed militants arrived in Be’eri on motorbikes around 7 a.m., just half an hour after they breached the typically high-tech, tightly guarded border fence between Gaza and Israel, videos show.

A screenshot from a video, geolocated by CNN, shows six Hamas militants arriving at Be'eri on Saturday morning local time. A screenshot from a video, geolocated by CNN, shows six Hamas militants arriving at Be'eri on Saturday morning local time. Obtained by CNN.

A bloodbath followed.

Footage shows militants pulling three bodies out of a car, before stealing the vehicle and driving north. The video, which first surfaced on Telegram, was taken by a surveillance camera in Be’eri. CNN has geolocated the video to an intersection in the northeastern part of the kibbutz.

Another video shows armed militants taking five Israeli civilians captive, with the bodies of four later seen lying on the ground nearby in another video verified by CNN.

More than 100 bodies found in Israeli kibbutz Be'eri after Hamas attack Terrified residents told Israel’s Channel 12 television station that assailants went door to door, trying to break into their homes.

Of at least 107 bodies discovered in the aftermath, most were of local residents of the kibbutz, though some were of Israeli security forces, a search and rescue spokesperson told CNN.

The IDF acknowledged on Monday that Be’eri was “very badly hit.”

“We thought we would need more rooms (to house the evacuees). We didn’t need all the rooms,” said IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Richard Hecht.

The attack on Be’eri came around the same time as Hamas militants descended upon a music festival, known as Nova, just three miles south, shooting revelers at point-blank range and looting their belongings.

More than 260 bodies were later found at the festival site, with many attendees believed to have been captured and brought to Gaza, sparking a desperate search by family members and foreign governments.

Urim

In Urim, a kibbutz 10 miles south of Be’eri, residents awoke at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday to the sound of sirens and rushed to above-ground bomb shelters. The routine reaction to incoming rocket fire soon became more concerning, as the sirens continued sounding throughout the morning and they went in and out of hiding.

Members of the community, which is not far from where militants rampaged the Nova music festival, began to see reports of Hamas attacks on kibbutzim and towns near the border.

Wayne Lucas, a Virginia native who serves as a “lone soldier” in the IDF and lives in Urim, said that he spoke to several friends “who were hiding in their houses from the terrorists,” and, as the day progressed, he heard of attacks closer to home.

“We learned that someone from our kibbutz who I know very well, whose family also hosts lone soldiers was shot at the junction outside our kibbutz near the gas station. Luckily, he was only shot in the hand,” he told CNN.

On Sunday, after a restless night, residents in Urim heard gunshots close by.

“Shortly after 1:30 in the afternoon, we heard gunshots coming from inside the kibbutz. We all dropped everything. We ran as fast as we could to the shelters. We locked the doors, and we were barricading ourselves inside. People had knives and random things to use as weapons,” Lucas said.

All Israeli buildings erected after 1993 are required to have bomb shelters – reinforced rooms with concrete walls and heavy steel doors. But these safe rooms are designed to withstand a rocket attack, not an armed incursion. The doors are heavy, but they don’t have locks – they are not supposed to be lockable, for safety reasons.

Another soldier who lives in Urim said he heard gunfire but couldn’t make it to the shelter in time. “I heard a round of six bullets being shot right outside my room. I cannot tell you how scared I was. I didn’t know what I needed to do first: hide, lock my door, find a weapon, run to the nearest shelter?” the soldier, who asked not to be named, told CNN. “There was nowhere good to hide, and I ended up hiding in my closet.”

The soldier and Lucas said that when they were given the all-clear, an Israeli army unit was outside and had apprehended several militants who had tried to storm the kibbutz.

Nirim

In Nirim, which lies less than a mile from the border with Gaza, residents had spent Friday – the day before the Hamas attack – celebrating the anniversary of the kibbutz’s founding. Guy, a 33-year-old painter, said he could not believe the horrors that began the next morning.

When he heard the alarm at 6.30 a.m., he did not think much of it. “Usually, it stops and starts after a few minutes then we get on with life,” he told a CNN team on the ground. But this time was different: The alarm did not stop, and rumors began to swirl. “Rumors started in the kibbutz that someone saw a terrorist in a car and heard Arabic,” he said. “It didn’t seem possible. We didn’t think it was happening.”

He had been waiting in the shelter with his wife, Tamar, and her mother. Tamar’s sisters had come to the kibbutz for Friday’s celebration, along with their husbands and three young children, who had stayed the night in another house in the kibbutz.

Although most houses in the kibbutz have shelters, they are designed to protect civilians from rockets – not armed intruders. “It’s impossible to lock from the inside. No one imagined there will be terrorists inside the kibbutz,” Guy said. He spent the next several hours holding the door “with my hand, with a knife in my pocket.”

“I was reading online: How can I fight with a knife?” he said. He had grabbed the only weapon he could find in his kitchen: “I could make a salad but I don’t think I could win against a gun.”

As he guarded the door, they heard gunshots and began to smell smoke. “Their strategy was to burn houses, to start fires so… people go outside,” he said. “Then they wanted to kill them or kidnap them.

“Finally, the military came at 7 p.m., something like that,” he said. Initially, they refused to open the door: They had been messaging others over WhatsApp all day, and had heard rumors “that the terrorists were also knocking on the door and saying they were military.”

He said his wife knew many people who had died. “They just slaughtered everyone. They killed kids, babies, grandmothers.” CNN

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Despite one infamous dreadful .. Israelophobe guy trying to deny the beheading because he “hasn’t seen the babies”… others did see it and confirmed it..”

Journalist slams doubts about her reporting of beheaded Israeli children: ‘I wish it wasn’t true’

By David Propper.Published Oct. 11, 2023

“You know, it’s sickening, really, that people are asking, ‘Where are the babies? Why aren’t you showing the babies?’” she shot back. “Is that something that anyone would want to see the first thing with their own eyes? Because after the graphic images that I saw of just children’s beds covered in blood I don’t think I would be able to stomach those atrocities as well.”

She credited Israeli soldiers who had to carry the children’s bodies into ambulances and conveyed the brutality of the killings.

“I could never imagine something like that happening so I could never speak those words if no one had spoken them to me because I didn’t know that was a possibility for someone to witness with their own eyes,” she said.

“I didn’t know anyone was capable of committing something like that so that’s the only way I could report it by speaking to these soldiers, these commanders, who witnessed it firsthand.”[66]

Asides from that i24 News [67] who made it public, there is also:

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(Margot Haddad is a multimedia journalist, a field producer and on air reporter for French, U.S. and U.K. media. She most recently served as an international news field producer for CNN. She is a graduate of the Columbia University Journalism School.)

✦Margot Haddad ✦ @margothaddad That’s it, the information is out. It’s so macabre that no one wanted to give it away before having 100% confirmation.

Infants and children under 2 years old were beheaded by Hamas in the Kibbutz of Kfar Aza. It is a horror, a massacre.

For those asking for the source. They are multiple: Israeli army, internal intelligence service and atrocious images which reached me and which I was able to cross-check. But the best source remains this: courageous journalists from the foreign press who were able to see / agreed to see with their own eyes the bodies in Kfar Aza.[68] [69]

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Inside Kfar Aza where Hamas militants killed families in their homes By Jeremy Bowen International editor, in southern Israel 10 October 2023 Updated 11 October 2023 Soldiers told the BBC’s International Editor Jeremy Bowen that Hamas stormed in, burning homes and killing families. An Israeli officer said some of the dead had been beheaded.[70]

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4:54 AM / OCTOBER 11, 2023 Israelis find “a massacre,” with children and adults beheaded, in Hamas-raided kibbutz

Yossi Landau, the head of operations for the southern region of Zaka, Israel’s volunteer civilian emergency response organization, told CBS News on Wednesday that he personally saw adults and children, including babies, who had been beheaded.[71]

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Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal: 🚨CNN: “The Israeli Prime Ministers spokesman just confirmed babies and toddlers were found, with their heads decapitated. The Israeli Prime Ministers spokesman just confirmed babies and toddlers were found, with their heads decapitated. Oct 11, 2023. X

Babies and toddlers were found with “heads decapitated” in Kfar Aza, Netanyahu spokesperson says

From CNN’s Lauren Izso and Mostafa Salem. Oct 11, 2023

Babies and toddlers were found with their “heads decapitated” in Kfar Aza in southern Israel after Hamas’ attacks in the kibbutz over the weekend, Tal Heinrich, a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Wednesday.

Heinrich's comments come after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told CNN Tuesday that Hamas militants carried out a “massacre” in Kfar Aza, in which women, children, toddlers and elderly people were "brutally butchered in an ISIS way of action.” CNN

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Photos of babies being burnt, decapitated confirmed. By Tzvi Joffre Published: October 12, 2023 16:37 Updated: October 12, 2023 19:46

The Jerusalem Post can now confirm based on verified photos of the bodies that the reports of babies being burnt and decapitated in Hamas's assault on Kfar Aza are correct. May their memory be a blessing.

The photos were shown to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his visit to Israel on Thursday by the Public Diplomacy Directorate in the Prime Minister's Office. Later in the day, the photos were published by the Prime Minister's Office on Twitter. The photos are graphic and have a content warning covering them until a button reading "show" is pressed.

Hamas attempts to deny murdering, abusing civilians In the past two days, the Hamas terrorist movement has launched a campaign denying that it kidnapped, murdered, and abused civilians during its attack on southern Israel.[72].

[Personal belongings including a child's pram are seen on the road next to a car days after a mass infiltration by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, near Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in southern Israel, October 10, 2023 (credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS)] [...] Footage from the area captured on Saturday showed individuals in the uniform of the al-Qassam Brigades and of other terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip taking part in the massacre and mass kidnapping in southern Israel.

Jerusalem Post

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Mountains of rubble and sooty earth: first entry into the epicenters of the disaster - after the terrible massacre The extent of the destruction in Netiv HaAsara and Be'eri is not yet fully known, but it is known about dozens of murdered people and scenes that are difficult to describe in words • The photos of the horror illustrate the magnitude of the tragedy that occurred in the Eshkol Regional Council, with dozens of houses burned by terrorists - many times with their occupants • Our correspondents with the first documents from the settlements that were destroyed • Documentation Tamir Steinman, Adva Dadon N12 | Published 14:35 11.10.23 | Updated 15:34 11.10.23

As the days go by, the extent of the horror that occurred in the first days of the surprise attack by Hamas terrorists begins to become clear. Among the hard centers were Moshav Netiv HaAsara and Kibbutz Be'eri. There, armed terrorists from head to toe managed to take control of the settlement for a long time and commit atrocities on the residents. Today (Wednesday) our reporters Tamir Steinman and Edva Dadon were allowed to enter the disaster sites with News 12 photographers and provide first images.

When we arrived at Netiv HaAsara, we were surrounded by IDF soldiers who are still deployed in the area for fear of encounters with additional terrorists. As we walked alongside them, we could not believe our eyes. In shock and choked throats, we documented the mountains of ruins that remained from the place that was, until Saturday morning, a pastoral settlement of a strong and cohesive community which is no more.

Hamas terrorists who arrived at the scene went house by house and slaughtered the residents during incessant rocket barrages. The inferno began on Saturday at 6:30, when the first terrorists arrived on the scene using paragliders, armed with weapons. They shot everyone they could, burned houses and protected spaces. Any place where the inhabitants wanted to believe they were protected.

The terrorists managed to occupy the Moshav for many hours, during which time they tried to cause as much destruction and death as possible. With bravery that is hard to describe, the standby squad fought, almost alone and for hours, against the terrorists who were shooting at everyone already. They burned many houses with their occupants and also set fire to vehicles. In some places smoke is still billowing, as a result of a fire in one of the houses that was extinguished only recently.

Netiv HaAsara is just one of the localities where Hamas terrorists mercilessly slaughtered innocent civilians - along with Bari and Nahal Oz, which suffered many casualties. The IDF soldiers who arrived at the moshav engaged in face-to-face battles with dozens of terrorists who managed to capture the moshav and actually control it for many hours.

When you see the lists of those murdered in Be'eri, your stomach turns, and when you see the dimensions of the disaster, your eyes refuse to believe. The magical kibbutz that was full of children's laughter, remained silent with sooty soil and much destruction. The sights in the exclusive documentation from Be'eri are difficult, but they are not the most difficult. It is not possible to show the bodies of the murdered residents and the families who tried to escape as long as their souls are in them.

Yesterday, Brigadier General Givati ​​told, about 70 terrorists entrenched in the Kfar Aza village, but according to what can be understood today, hundreds of armed terrorists arrived in Be'eri. At first glance at the pictures of the horror, one could be mistaken and think that the houses were destroyed by rocket fire. But that is not the case. Each house was destroyed by a different act of hatred. Terrorists who burned down houses on their occupants, threw grenades, fired RPGs and sprayed large amounts of munitions.

The photos are shocking and the stories of the residents who were rescued are even more shocking. Some residents tell about their relatives, who simply stood in line and were shot to death. Without a distinction and in cold blood. Another resident says that she lost her husband and six-month-old baby son in an instant.

"The terrorists asked my husband to stand up after they shot him in the leg. He couldn't stand up, and then they shot him to death," she painfully recalls. The mother held her baby son on her shoulders, but the terrorists did not miss him either. The baby was murdered by the heinous terrorists and the mother was injured in her shoulder. Now she is being treated in the hospital without knowing what happened to her neighbors.

Netiv HaAsara, Be'eri and Nahal Oz are of course not alone: ​​the terrorists infiltrated and terrorized many settlements in the surrounding area. Helpless residents cried out for help from the security forces from inside the MAMAD, while they hear the terrorists raiding their homes. "We are in the MAMAD and we hear shots from all directions," Micah Biton, a resident of Netiv HaAsara in the midst of the terrorists' takeover, told N12.

Another center that suffered a heavy blow in the surprise attack was the settlement of Be'eri. Like Netiv HaAsara, the settlement, which is 4 kilometers from the Gaza Strip, was left destroyed and burned, with dozens of dead who saw their home destroyed before their eyes. Mako

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IAN AUSTIN Hamas is no different from ISIS – butchering kids at a music festival & kidnapping toddlers is terrorism, plain & simple. Ian Austin Published: Oct 8 2023

KIDNAPPING defenseless toddlers and old ladies, slaughtering families in their homes and kids at a music festival or raining thousands of rockets on civilians is not self-defense, as Hamas and their supporters claim. This is brutal terrorism, plain and simple. The Sun

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Sky News Australia, Oct 9, 2023

Hamas' attack on Israel a 'horror show' driven by 'malice and hate':

What's happening in Israel is a "horror show" and Australia needs to stand with them to condemn Hamas’ attacks on the world stage, says Sky News host Peta Credlin.

"We now have an even better idea of what being under existential threat looks like: rockets raining down on people's homes; innocent people being taken hostage; and civilians being massacred in the street in cold blood," Ms Credlin said.

“The Islamist fanatics behind the slaughter in Israel don't simply want to destroy the Jewish state, but quite literally to drive the Israeli people into the sea as part of their vicious 'death to the infidel' ideology.

“This was a completely unprovoked attack, driven by malice and hate.

“Yes, the Gaza Strip is poor and crowded, but as Israel has proven time and time again, it's more than happy to be a good neighbour, provided the Palestinian leadership is prepared to accept Israel's right to exist behind secure borders – and to stop the incessant hate against the Jewish people.” on Sky News Australia on YouTube

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Israel at War: What We Know about the Barbaric Hamas Attacks.

Philip Klein, Oct 7, 2023

... Some of the images and video emerging of the unfolding series of massacres are too graphic to share. But here are some videos providing an idea of what is going on:

Here is one of cheering and shouts of “Allahu Akbar” as Hamas terrorists unload an Israeli woman hostage:

Jewish Israeli woman reportedly kidnapped by Hamas and taken to Gaza

The world ignored us when we said how sick Palestinian society is with a bloodlust for antisemitic violence.

Now everyone knows the truth.

Devastating day. [pic.twitter.com/q6nvODt5IH] [73] — Emily Schrader – אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) October 7, 2023

Here is another video of hostages:

Palestinian terrorists captured an Israeli woman and took her hostage. Just hear her screams. [pic.twitter.com/L8obwWxpL9]

— Hananya Naftali (@HananyaNaftali) October 7, 2023

This is a building in the southern Israeli town of Ashkelon hit by rocket fire:

A residential building in Ashkelon city was directly hit by a rocket fired from Gaza.

Tell the world – Israeli civilians are targeted in rocket fire. (#IsraelUnderFire) [pic.twitter.com/AoHdLKkgEd] — Hananya Naftali (@HananyaNaftali) October 7, 2023

Here are Palestinians cheering as Hamas terrorists parade dead Israeli bodies back in Gaza:

⚠️warning. disturbing content.

Hamas terrorists parade the bodies of murdered Israelis through Gaza.

Thousands of Palestinians are celebrating the slaughter of innocents, the elderly, the young, the infirm. [pic.twitter.com/B6ApQayNXE]

— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) October 7, 2023. NRO

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Littlest victims of war: The faces of Israeli child hostages in Hamas slaughter. By Olivia Land Heartbreaking accounts are emerging of the scores of children who were taken captive by Hamas when the terrorist group unleashed its unprecedented assault over the weekend — and the innocent kids thought to be in the attackers’ hands are as young as 9 months old. Published Oct. 11, 2023, 11:59 a.m. ET NY Post

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Terrorists called and said: 'Your girl is in our hands, we will rape and kill her.'" Oct 8, 2023.

Many young people were murdered and wounded by the terrorists' shots at the nature party in the Reim forest and there are others who are missing and have been cut off from contact until this moment. One of them is Karin Giorno, whose mother In.. and sister Mei.. beg for information about her fate and reveal a disturbing phone call they received.

"Yesterday at 07:42 K. called me and said: 'Mom, they are shooting at us, I am scared to death. If something happens to me, I love you. They are shooting live fire at us,'" Inb.. described, "K. with a broken leg, with a brace on Right leg, she can't run. All her friends ran away, she stayed because she can't run. She had no way to escape. She said they were being shot at and there were a lot of wounded people next to her... Mako

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This is how the family found out about the grandmother's death: the terrorist posted a photo of her on Facebook. The granddaughter told about the shocking murder and the moment of discovery: "My grandmother was murdered yesterday in a brutal murder by a terrorist in her home. At 7:00 I saw the nightmare of my life, a terrorist entered her home, murdered her, took her phone, took a picture of the horror and posted it on her Facebook. That's how we found out" JDN staff, 23 Tishrei 5784 (October 8, 2023)

Shocking stories continue to be published on social media that reveal the strength of the blow that Hamas inflicted on the citizens of the State of Israel in the surprise war that began on the morning of Simchat Torah.

A shocking story was published by Mor Bayder, who told about the shocking murder of her grandmother, and the horrifying way in which the family members discovered the horror: the terrorist posted the photo of the dead grandmother, on her account on the social network Facebook.

"My grandmother, my whole world, the light of my life, the pillar of my life, the life of my family, my grandmother, a resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz all her life, was murdered yesterday in a brutal murder by a terrorist in her home. At 7:00 I saw the nightmare of my life, a terrorist He broke into her home, murdered her, took the phone, took pictures of the horror and posted it on her Facebook. That's how we found out."

"This morning I didn't get a 'Teacher, my love, are you up?' As you would insist on doing every morning at 7:00. It's not caught, my heart is shattered to pieces. Anyone who knows me, knows what she is to me, what a connection we had. What a person she is, pure and good, loves her kibbutz, the garden Hers who nurtured and invested in her."

"My flower. Grandma rode a bicycle to the commune every morning to wash and fold all the members of the kibbutz their clothes, returned in the afternoon to take care of the garden she loved more than anything. My grandmother loved life but how do we go on without you? Who am I without you? I'm not ready to talk about you in the past tense It's a nightmare of my life." JDN

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"Missing Israelis": Viral Post Shows Pics Of Men And Women Kidnapped By Hamas. Oct 8, 2023 Hamas seems to have kidnapped mostly women. It has already been confirmed that Hamas fighters are using rape as a weapon of war. There must be no mercy for these barbarians, they wrote on X, along with images of missing Israelis. NDTV

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Sunday the 23rd of Tishrei 5784. 08.10.23

Hamas terrorist under investigation: We prepared for more than a year. The demonstrations in Israel encouraged us. We were shocked that the IDF was not waiting for us.

From the investigation of a Hamas terrorist captured in Israel "We prepared for more than a year. The demonstrations in Israel encouraged us. It was 5 hours before we were shot at. We were prepared with 1,000 fighters, we made 15 breaches in the fence. We were shocked that the IDF was not waiting for us." Channel 13. Oct 8, 2023 [74] Rotter

N12, Oct 9, 2023, 9:21-4 AM:

Mr. Sari: You have to remember what happened in the last months. As one of the terrorists said who was investigated, we saw the divide in the people and we were happy. Mr. Blum: That's right, they saw a weakness.

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N12, Oct 8, 2023. 8:06 AM: Gilad Shalmor: A text I found (near the torched vehicles and shoes scattered) that expresses the [Islamic] religious mission in the violence.

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N12, Oct 8, 2023. 10:15 PM:

A family (with a large Sukkah seen) was saved as they just didn't open the door to the terrorists who rang in the intercoms. Though they wore clothes something similar local police.

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Ayelet and Nachmias Rabin of the Fund for Victims of Terror N12, Oct 9, 2023. 1:25 AM+ We receive phone calls from Yogis all over the world about how we can help... they say "All people of Israel is bound to each other".

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Jonathan Concricus, with Jake Tapper, CNN, Oct 8, 2023 9:12-9:16PM, Jonathan Conricus: we urged Gaza residents to leave and to stay as far as possible. Human shields, it's a feature of Hamas. They should have not allowed the Hamas from the beginning . Yes, we do care about civilian life. Israel is held to different standards when it comes to defending itself.

With Jake Tapper, CNN, Oct 8, 2023, 9:23 PM (interviewed with an Israeli resident chocking up on horror sites):

Parading with a body of a 5 years old. Another parade, with a girl half naked body bloodied - Shooting elderly people at a bus stop.

Rep. Gregory Meeks, with Jake Tapper, CNN, Oct 8, 2023, 9:48-54 PM "Evil terrorist Hamas group" ... "Bi partisan and unified letter." In defense of Israel.

Michael Oren, with Jake Tapper, CNN, Oct 8, 2023, 10:10 PM One should never compare tragedies. But in numbers, proportionally like twice that of 911.

N12, Oct 8, 2023, 10:47+ Ohad Hemo Many rush to shelters and to other places.

"The terrorists are knocking on our window, save us": the testimonies of the survivors of the massacre in the Gaza Strip For hours, Nofer Almog and her husband hid in a shelter together with their 3-year-old daughter: "We realized that we had no way to protect ourselves, we brought knives and tried to convey that everything was fine" • Ascher Eldan Cohen published regular updates on her parents' condition, until contact with them was cut off: "Mother She said she wanted us to know she loved us. Many hours passed before we found out she was alive."

Avivit Misnikov, N12 | Published 08/10/23

Long hours passed until they knew they were safe. They hid in hiding places, tried to arm themselves or escape and also offered prayers that they would stay alive. A day after the events in the Gaza Strip, survivors are telling today (Sunday) about the moments of horror, the neighbors who were hurt and the messages they received in the shared WhatsApp groups: "The terrorists are knocking on our window, save us."

"We felt that we were being watched over from above" Nofer Almog, her husband, and her 3-year-old daughter from Netiv Hathara hid in the shelter of their home yesterday from six in the morning until hours after midnight, when they were informed that the seat was safe and they could leave. Around them, 15 of their neighbors to the seat were murdered by Hamas, "We are on the face, we ran away to my mother-in-law in Ashkelon and will spend the night at her place. Now we are checking where to go."

"The moments were really difficult in the shelter, to understand that we are in a prison that cannot be locked and there are terrorists walking around the moshav," Nofer said. My girlfriend heard them going, we specifically felt that we were being watched from above." Mako

The couple held hostage in Ofakim recalls: "They threatened to kill, the bullets went over us." David and Rachel were besieged for hours in their home - together with 5 terrorists armed with weapons and means of warfare • During the negotiations that took place in front of the IMM, Rachel worked to distract the terrorists: "I made them coffee and cookies..." • David also recalled He is in the moments of horror: "They came with the aim of killing. I didn't believe there would be a break-in" • Documentation of the policemen's conversation with the terrorists - and the dramatic rescue. Omri Maniv | The main edition | Published 08/10/23 23:17 Mako

Mother of kidnapped children with Jake Tapper, CNN, Oct 7, 2023, 10:16-10:23 PM ET They took 2 years old they did nothing they were just in their beds... [someone] over 80, they took people who were shot... you just don't... just how cruel they are...what I'm going through... I don't know if they're fed if they're tortured ... it's a hard day for others...even war has rules ... you want to fight, fight the army."

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The massacre in Nir Oz An entire family was wiped out: parents and their three children were murdered Tamar Kedem Siman Tov, her husband Yonatan, their two 6-year-old daughters and their 4-year-old son were murdered in the kibbutz. Tamar ran for the presidency of the Eshkol Regional Council Channel 7, 24 in Tishri 5784. 9.10.23 ...Family friend Gilad Maman also eulogized: "Dear Tamari. The tears don't stop. I promise not to forget." "I will not forget your wedding on the grass in the kibbutz, how much happiness you had in your eyes. I will not forget your and Johnny's modesty, tenderness and love. I will not forget sweet Johnny with the light in his eyes and an endless tone. I will not forget the films we produced together in the years that followed To the senior high school with all the talented children, how important this place was to you, how important the children were to you."

"How important this whole area was to you, I have no doubt that you were elected to be head of the council, leadership flowed in your veins. Thank you. Thank you for who you were in the world for me. You are an example of people who are missing in this country and my heart aches for you, for Johnny and for the three Your sweeties. Sorry for not being there for you in the last moments to help. I promise I won't forget you." INN

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ADL on CNN, Oct 9, 2023. 11:30-11:40 AM Raping girls and then parading them as they bleed. Grandmother burned alive at her home. Do not call them fighters, please. They kidnap babies. It is also a result of dehumanizing Israelis / Zionists and falsely terming "genocide". Eradicating the ideology that justifies that leads to it. We have to treat this as ISIS. It's not a retaliation. Israel is forced to defend itself.. Human animals who shoot girls in the legs so that they can't run..

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CNN.com - Transcripts

Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees

IDF Soldiers Kill Three Militants In Exchange Of Gunfire In Ashkelon; Biden Condemns Hamas Attacks As Sheer Evil; Evidence Of Hamas' Brutality At Israeli Kibbutz; 100 Plus Bodies Found In One Israeli Kibbutz After Hamas Attack; Biden Condemns Hamas Attacks As "Sheer Evil"; Mother Of Shani Louk: We Have Received Information That She Has A Bad Head Injury And Is In A Gaza Hospital. Aired 8-9p ET

Aired October 10, 2023 - 20:00 ET

COOPER: The incoming rockets we have witnessed today are just one reminder of the war that began on Saturday here. We've also obtained new video from the Israeli Defense Forces showing how Hamas attackers got into one kibbutz on Saturday.

Now, like many of the videos circulating from that day, it's disturbing. There's no doubt about it. But the reason we're showing it to you is because it shows a level of planning and potential knowledge of how to infiltrate this particular kibbutz that is striking.

According to the IDF, the video begins outside the main gate of one of the kibbutz that was attacked on Saturday. You can see two Hamas gunmen in camouflage holding rifles at the top left of the screen. Now one of the gunmen eventually crosses to the other side of the road. You can see him standing next to what looks like a guard house or a security station.

Both then wait for someone to arrive and open the gate. A few seconds pass. Eventually a civilian car arrives. As the gate then opens, the two gunmen rush from either side of the car begin firing into it. We have cut that part out, murdering the people inside.

Moments later, the gate is now open, the two gunmen are then able to enter. The car with the apparently lifeless body of the driver rolls forward. One of the gunmen then appears to try to knock or tip down the camera filming the scene. The car keeps rolling forward. You then see one of the gunmen walking calmly into the kibbutz.

Now according to Israeli authorities, more than 100 bodies have been found at this particular kibbutz. That's how bad this slaughter was.

I'm joined now by the international spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus.

Lieutenant Colonel, what is your assessment on when you see a video like this of the level of training and experience of some of these Hamas fighters who took part early on in this terror attack?

JONATHAN CONRICUS, INTERNATIONAL SPOKESPERSON, ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: First of all, it hurts. It hurts to see that they were able to get into an Israeli community. And, yes, you cut out the really gory details of how they fire into the vehicle and what the viewers can't see. Or maybe they've seen in other clips is the results of these activities.

The whole attack, what we're seeing is the -- one of the last stages of a very meticulously planned and executed attack. This was what they were aiming for. This was the whole aim of the operation to get into Israeli communities, murder Israeli civilians, take hostages and get out.

And that is, unfortunately, sadly, exactly what they did. And today, the world, through the international media, was able to get a first access and see the carnage that they left behind. The dead bodies of Israelis, women, children, parents, grandparents in the kibbutz. And it's beyond words.

The monstrosity is beyond words. It's something in Israeli general who was there showing it to the journalist said that the only thing that he could reference it to would be scenes of a pogrom or something else from the Second World War or the Holocaust. There's no other historic reference for a Jew to look at the scene like this and understand what we're seeing.

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COOPER: Yes. It's really only in the last today. And I think, in no doubt in the coming days, the true horror of what occurred on many of these kibbutz agrarian communities is really coming to the fore. I mean, we saw as you're talking about it as Kfar Aza. There's also near Om (ph) and other kibbutz communities.

You know, these are --I mean, these are peaceful communities of 300, 400 people that have been there for decades and decades. These aren't new settlements that have popped up in East Jerusalem that may be controversial, that are controversial.

And yet, the level of brutality of the terror attacks in these kibbutz. I mean, it's really now just starting to be revealed.

CO[N]RICUS: Yes. You know, if we want to take it to the political, these kibbutzim were there. They were founded before 1948. And many of the people who live there, I know, because I have friends there, are people who believe in the two-state solution who had friends in Gaza, and who really believe that a long-lasting peace could be achieved with Gaza and Palestinians.

I've had discussions with people in the kibbutzim, friends of mine, who believe in that. And then they wake up to hear gunshots in their kibbutz, and they fight for their lives, barricading themselves inside their bomb shelters, only to have their houses torched for them to flee out of the burning house, and then massacred on the lawn in front of their house.

And today, we saw the bodies that were left outside of the houses and the kibbutz and it is appalling. So there's no -- you know, for anybody who is seeking to justify and explain, you know, on an academic level, why would Hamas attack these targets, there's nothing to it.

This is pure, unfiltered hatred, fueled by crazy religious extremism, and some crazy idea that by killing Israeli civilians, they can somehow beat Israel and create some Sharia-based political entity in the wake of what they will destroy.

All of these are, of course, dreams that never ever will come true. But it just goes to show the kind of organization and the kind of beasts that we have on the other side of that border, their line of thinking.

And again, this wasn't, you know, some local initiative and an operation that went astray or people, operatives on the ground who got carried away with themselves. This was the plan. The Hamas spokesperson, a day and a half after the attack happened, he said, the attack went according to plan, and we are happy with the consequences. So that is what we're looking at. CNN

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A mother shielding her son, a ‘pro-peace’ academic and 2 brothers are among the Americans killed in Israel.

Danielle Ben Senor was attending the Nova festival and has been reported missing. By CNN Newsource

October 9, 2023 Brothers Igal Wachs, 53, and Amit Wachs, 48, were killed when Hamas gunmen stormed their village of Netiv HaAsara, which borders Gaza, Igal’s ex-wife Liat Oren-Wachs told CNN on Wednesday. Ktzv

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Itai & Hadas Berdichevsky, both 30 years old, bravely shielded their 10-month-old twins in a shelter as terrorists invaded their home in Kfar Gaza, a Kibbutz in southern Israel. Despite their efforts to defend, they tragically lost their lives.

Their babies remained…  [pic.twitter.com/UfJrY658vu]

— Sacha Roytman (@SachaRoytman) October 9, 2023 [75]

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Remember their names. Tamar, Yonatan and their children Shachar (6), Arbel (6), Omer (4) were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz. An entire family vanished from the face of the earth. More than 700 Israelis were massacred by Hamas terrorists and the death… pic.twitter.com/Kdkf1mI6w8

— Elad Strohmayer (@EladStr) October 8, 2023 [76]

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She devoted her life to “ hospital treatments for sick Gazan children.” And they took her and killed her colleagues anyway. Hamas didn’t discriminate and didn’t check her resume first.  [77]

— Emily Zanotti 🦝 (@emzanotti) October 8, 2023 [78]

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Mike Sington @MikeSington : Heartbreaking. Anderson Cooper struggles to speak after watching Israeli woman plea for the release of her kidnapped family. (Video: CNN) Oct 9, 2023 [79]

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Anderson Cooper Struggles to Speak After Israeli Woman Makes Harrowing Plea For Kidnapped Family. Jamie Frevele Oct 9, 2023 3:33 PM

In a stark reminder that covering tragedy can take its own emotional toll, CNN’s Anderson Cooper became visibly choked up on camera while reporting on the Hamas terrorist attacks that rocked Israel over the weekend.

After airing an interview with a distraught woman, Yifat Zailer, whose cousin’s family — including an infant and a three-year-old — was kidnapped by Hamas, Cooper was back on camera but silent for a moment. He then appeared to look down and off-camera for a moment before throwing to correspondent Hadas Gold. When he finally did speak, his voice was audibly shaky.

Cooper and Gold spoke about the dire situation that has cost 900 Israeli lives after a surprise attack by Hamas over the weekend. Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to speak, and Cooper and Gold cut away when he began speaking.

The footage from Israel has been harrowing and while journalists know their job is not to provide commentary, it’s not unheard of for them to react to what they’re seeing. CNN’s Clarissa Ward was forced to hit the ground during an attack while live on camera, a situation that left her with her face in the dirt and cursing out of fear. Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst was also unable to control his emotions while reporting on the identification of dead children. Mediaite

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WATCH: White House spokesperson breaks down while speaking about scenes coming out of Israel. October 9, 2023 TOI

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The hero of Nir: "We encountered terrorists and killed them, I emptied a cartridge." From the morning hours, terrorists infiltrated Kibbutz Nirim in the Gaza Strip and the residents hid in shelters. Those who bravely fought the terrorists were the members of the alert squad along with a policeman on leave who was present at the scene. Michael Bass of the alert squad, who was part of the first squad that eliminated terrorists who infiltrated the Nirim, told Mako. Terrorists arrived at the kibbutz fence, we waited for the troops to arrive and then we attacked them under fire" Shay Levi |mako| Posted 07.10.23 | 16:49 Mako

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She pretended to be dead. The battle over the Sderot station and the bravery of the police officer: "I was hurt and I continued to fight" Yanir Yagana Last updated: 10.10.2023 / 8:07 Mali Shoshana killed at least four terrorists from the roof of the station in a battle that lasted for many hours, while her friends were killed before her eyes. She threw the terrorists' grenade back at them, and when they managed to get in - she pretended to be dead and survived. "We asked in connection: save us" Walla

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Nir Am's heroine. The young woman who killed residents in minutes - and saved the kibbutz Yanir Yagana Last updated: 10.10.2023 / 7:18

As the shelling began at the beginning of the fighting, the kibbutz corporal, Inbal Lieberman, 25, heard noises in the area - different from the noises of the barrages that the kibbutz is used to absorbing. With unimaginable resourcefulness, she decided to be true to her gut feeling, opened her weapons and set up a standby squad - which eliminated 25 terrorists for hours of battle. Walla

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"Two heroes": Neta jumped on a grenade to save his lover.

"He love her true love, the wedding dress was in the closet": Neta jumped on a pomegranate to save Irann

Neta Epstein and Irann Shavit, only 22 years old, were in the shelter while the terrorists broke into their home in Kfar Aza. Yael Shavit, Irann's mother tells the heartbreaking story of Neta's heroism and the story of her daughter's survival. "She hid behind his body while the terrorists barricaded themselves in the apartment."

Avivit Misnikov|N12| Published 13/10/23 11:45 | Updated 13/10/23 12:26 Mako

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"They were 100 terrorists, against 12 members of the standby squad." The former head of the Eshkol Regional Council told of the inferno in the kibbutz occupied by Hamas: "The families are crying out in the MAMAD (safe room), you understand that this is the end of them - and can't help." Channel 7, 26 in Tishrei 5784. 11.10.23, 14:41 INN

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"The values ​​of Zionism." Reuven insisted on milking the cows, and was murdered by a terrorist hiding in the barn in Kisufim

Eli Ashkenazi, 10.10.2023 / 8:26

Reuven Heinik from Ashkelon was the barn manager of Kibbutz Kissufim for the past 15 years. He was killed by a terrorist hiding in a barn. "He said he couldn't leave the cows without food and water" Walla

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At Magen David Adom blood drive, a show of force by Israelis of every type. Hundreds from all walks of life stand in line for up to 11 hours at Jerusalem's Pais Arena in order to donate for devastated nation after Hamas bloodbath By Jessica Steinberg Oct 10, 2023, 8:44 amUpdated at 6:35 am TOI

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Israelis donate blood and volunteer to help victims. Watch Uploaded: Oct 10, 2023

Hundreds are coming together to gather supplies for the Israeli community after the deadly Hamas attack. Many are giving blood and volunteering in an effort to assist those in need NBC News

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Israelis answer to call, donate blood, food, toys and support. Oct 9, 2023 Ynet

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Dashcam footage documents farmer who saved 120 lives on Oct. 7. Oz Davidian, from a local moshav, traveled again and again to the site of the attack to rescue survivors. David Isaac (November 18. 2023 / JNS) JNS

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The escape from the massacre - and the photograph under fire: "I said if we die at least they will see that we loved to the end." Amit and her partner Nir hid behind a bush - while Hamas terrorists were shooting in all directions at the "Nova" nature party • A few minutes before, their friend Ziv helped other people escape from the scene • From that moment, he no longer returned - and so far it is not known what happened to him • "He said he knew the area - and disappeared. Where is the army? We are frustrated," she told N12 • The difficult reconstruction, and the story behind the photo. [80] I said that at least if we die, our family will have a souvenir that we loved until the last moment." Amit & Nir Mako

Gabriel Noronha @GLNoronha: Washington Post analysis of Hamas videos shows they killed four hostages shortly after taking them captive on Saturday morning. Oct 9, 2023. [81]

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IDF commander: The terrorists arrived with enormous quantities of weapons. IDF commander: The terrorists arrived with enormous quantities of weapons Brigadier-General Dan Goldfus sums up the fighting so far: 'The enemy is super-cruel, they murdered men, took women and children into captivity.' Kobi Finkler Oct 10, 2023, 1:57 PM (GMT+3)

Commander of the Paratroopers Division and elite commando unit 98, Brigadier-General Dan Goldfus, who led his soldiers during the initial battles of the war, on Tuesday morning spoke about the three days of battle thus far.

On Saturday morning an estimated 1,500 Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israel via land, air, and sea, masacring Israeli civilians and taking others hostage.

"This morning, the fourth morning of fighting, we succeded in returning the situation in the Gaza border region to its previous condition - relatively speaking," Goldfus said. "There are still isolated clashes with the enemy. We are working to return the towns to their usual state. It will take time."

He noted that it is difficult to say for certainty that there are no terrorists in the Israeli communities around Gaza: "I say in the most realistic way: There was a terrorist who got into a closet in a home and waited. We are doing a lot of searches and cleansing the area, but I will not fly off my chair if there is contact with a cell which hid under a home."

"DIvision 98 was relevant with all its abilities, providing immediate responses from the first moment. We are talking about hundrds of terrorists, dozens of infilatration sites, difficult sights, murder of civilians, homes and command rooms which were burned together with their occupants. This is a super-cruel enemy, they murdered men, took women and children into captivity. INN

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IDF: 1,500 Hamas terrorists killed inside Israel. Israeli forces have "more or less" regained control over the Gaza border, says IDF spokesman.

(October 10, 2023 / JNS) Some 1,500 Palestinian terrorists have been killed in Israeli territory since Hamas launched its cross-border assault on Oct. 7, the Israel Defense Forces revealed on Tuesday morning. JNS

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian @manniefabian:

Hamas in Arabic: Publishes footage of it carrying out crimes against humanity during its murderous invasion of southern Israel.

Hamas in English: "These are lies by Israel" [82]. Oct 11, 2023 [83]

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Phillip Smyth @PhillipSmyth: 1. Don't assume *just HAMAS* was involved in the attacks on Southern Israel. A ton of other Iran-controlled subgroups were. Note: HAMAS had a rapprochement with Iran, are back in the orbit, but it's not black and white. Oct 7, 2023 [84]

Phillip Smyth @PhillipSmyth I'm waiting for the, "But Iran only really supports Shia, Palestinians are Sunni!" or the "sectarianism and Syria mean.. Thus, Iran had no role" lines. Someone is bound to say it. Also, they're painfully wrong. Oct 7, 2023. [85]

Phillip Smyth @PhillipSmyth: I'm going on @ErinBurnett on @CNN to discuss the events in Israel and Gaza at 7:30PM EST. Oct 7, 2023 [86]

Phillip Smyth of near East policy, Iran, "has internal problems..." CNN, Oct 7, 2023. (With Erin Burnett).

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The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine issued a communique saying it participated in the invasion of southern Israeli communities.  [pic.twitter.com/g8rl1VwMfj]

— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) October 9, 2023 [87]

Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine field commander Raed al-Zaza has been killed by Israeli security forces.  [pic.twitter.com/HilQxz8e1F]

— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) October 9, 2023 [88]

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Captive Israeli child bullied by Gazans An Israeli child held captive by Hamas is bullied by children in Gaza. Israel National News, Oct 8, 2023 INN

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Israel’s UN envoy: Hamas holding dozens of American citizens in Gaza. "We have reports that several Americans were killed,” said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

(October 8, 2023 / JNS) The Hamas terrorist organization is keeping dozens of Americans hostage in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan said on Sunday.

“We don’t have all the names yet, we’re still working to get all the names of the missing people, civilians and soldiers, but as I said, dozens are Americans,” Erdan stated during an interview with Fox News.

Erdan spoke shortly after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN that U.S. officials are working to verify reports of American citizens being killed or abducted by Hamas

“We have reports that several Americans were killed,” Blinken revealed on CNN’s “State of the Union” program.

“We are working overtime to verify that,” the top diplomat said, adding that there are also reports of missing U.S. citizens.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Brig. Gen. (res.) Gal Hirsch to coordinate the government efforts to locate missing persons.

Hamas killed at least 700 Israelis and wounded more than 2,000 since Saturday in a massive offensive launched from the Gaza Strip, including firing thousands of rockets and sending dozens of terrorists to infiltrate the Jewish state.

The terrorist group claims to have taken 163 Israeli captives to Gaza... JNS

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Rocket barrage on southern Israel: 3 critically & seriously injured. A 50-year-old woman was seriously injured in Ashdod; in Ashkelon, four were injured from intercept shrapnel. Israel National News, Oct 9, 2023, 3:20 PM (GMT+3) INN

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US demands condemnation of Hamas at UN meeting, but Security Council takes no immediate action.

By Edith M. Lederer, October 8, 2023,

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting behind closed doors Sunday, with the United States demanding all 15 members strongly condemn “these heinous terrorist attacks committed by Hamas,” but they took no immediate action.

U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood said afterward that “a good number of countries” did condemn the Hamas attack but not all council members. He told reporters they could probably figure out one of them.

Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, told The Associated Press the Americans tried to say during the meeting that Russia isn’t condemning the attacks, but “that’s untrue. Newsmax (from AP)

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Ohad Hemo N12, Oct 8, 2023, 12:03 PM:

Hamas that I spoke with, they have no problem with half of Gaza being wiped out. They speak of Israel will be eliminated. [They speak of with Islamist-Messianic visions].

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'Leave now': Netanyahu's warning to Gazans. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered his second address to the nation on Saturday night, telling Gazan residents Israel will target terrorist hideouts. Leave now because we will operate forcefully everywhere. By ILH Staff Published on 10-08-2023 ILH

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IDF spokesman in Arabic: "Residents of the Gaza Strip, for your safety, you must evacuate your residences." The IDF Spokesman in Arabic, Avichay Adraee, in .. message to the residents of the Gaza Strip, especially in the places near the border, in which he prepares them for the ground entry of IDF forces into the Strip, and orders them to evacuate their homes. "Residents of the Gaza Strip, pay attention! Hamas actions are forcing the IDF to operate where you live. For your safety, you must evacuate your place of residence immediately." Following his words, Adrei detailed the residential points near the border and ordered their residents to move to points that are deeper in the Strip. The meaning is actually a population movement inside the Gaza Strip - a warning to citizens to evacuate the areas before an attack.

Tal Lev Ram, 08/10/2023 02:02 Maariv

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The IDF to the residents of Gaza: "Those who can - let them flee to Egypt" | Attacks documents More than 200 targets were attacked in the Gaza Strip, a terrorist was located and eliminated tonight at the Saad junction. It appears that the conditions are ripe for the establishment of a national emergency government, the heads of the coalition will gather. The Chief of Staff spoke with his counterpart from the USA. The names of 38 other officers and soldiers who fell in the Gaza Strip were allowed to be published. Tonight it was allowed to be published that in an incident on the Lebanese border Lt. Col. Alim Abdullah was killed, five other Israelis were injured. About 2,700 have been injured since the beginning of the war. Ynet

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Watch: The IDF took over the Hamas TV channel.

Srugim News, 12.10.23 A message that appeared on the TV screens in the Gaza Strip warned the residents to stay away from places where the terrorist organizations stay "Run away while you can" According to reports coming from Gaza, cyber fighters took over Al Jazeera's broadcasts and published a video of IDF attacks in the Gaza Strip. In the strip that appeared on the broadcast, a warning was written to the citizens of the Gaza Strip to flee from areas where the terrorist organizations stay. The broadcast also stated: "Every target and every terrorist is a mortal, run away, as long as you can." Srugim

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Palestinian Media Watch - Hamas calls on Gazans to be human shields. Nan Jacques Zilberdik | Oct 11, 2023

Hamas’ Interior Ministry: “We again call on [Gazan] citizens not to cooperate with the recorded phone messages that the occupation (i.e., Israel) is sending at random, asking people to leave their homes” Using civilians as human shields, Hamas has called on Gazans not to leave their homes when Israel warns about bombings.

While the Israeli army has been notifying Gazan civilians to leave their homes and seek safety elsewhere before Israel attacks terrorists or terror infrastructure in their apartment buildings, Hamas’ Interior Ministry is calling on Palestinians to remain in their homes to serve as human shields:

Headline: "The Interior Ministry calls on citizens not to cooperate with the recorded messages the occupation (i.e., Israel) is sending at random”

“Important notice:

We again call on [Gazan] citizens not to cooperate with the recorded phone messages that the occupation (i.e., Israel) is sending at random, asking people to leave their homes. Their goal is to arouse panic and fear as part of the psychological warfare accompanying the occupation's aggression against our people.

Media Office, Ministry of Interior and National Security

Tuesday, October 10, 2023”

[Website of Hamas' Ministry of Interior and National Security, Oct. 10,2023]

It has always been Hamas' policy to use the civilian population in Gaza as human shields. Palestinian Media Watch documented that in the 2014 Gaza war, Hamas also demanded that Palestinians “return to their homes”. [89].

Even Fatah has mocked Hamas for its use of civilians as human shields [90] and criticized them for storing explosives among the civilian population. [91] [92][Website of the Fatah Commission of Information and Culture, Aug. 29, 2021] Palwatch

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The IDF in a message to the UN: "Within 24 hours - residents of the northern Gaza Strip must evacuate to the south." 0404, Oct 13 2023

The IDF informed the UN tonight that all Arabs in the northern Gaza Strip must evacuate to the south in the next 24 hours. 0404

Israel's military orders civilians to evacuate Gaza City, ahead of a feared ground offensive. Israel’s military has directed the hundreds of thousands of residents in Gaza City to evacuate “for their own safety and protection,” ahead of a feared Israeli ground offensive

By Joseph Krauss, Edith M. Lederer and Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press October 13, 2023, 12:00 AM ET ABC

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Israel attacked by Hamas live updates: Israeli ambassador to UN calls Hamas attack on Israel ‘our 9/11’, brands terrorists as ‘animals.’ By Post Staff Updated Oct. 7, 2023 ...Terrifying scenes have begun to emerge from the conflict, with one video – which has been verified by CNN – showing a woman being shoved into the backseat of a Jeep by Hamas militants with her hands zip-tied and arms bleeding. NYPost

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Haaretz's Michael Hauser Tov, (on N12 TV, Oct 8, 2023 at 1:44-7 AM), had to inject his politics (propagating for Yair Golan) while looking at his cell. This, even after a lefty Yoaz Hendel (interviewed) asked to refrain from politics - despite being critical of policies of Netanyahu.

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Testimonies of the survivors of the nature party: "We pretended to be dead, friends were missing." "As soon as a red alarm sounded, a rush of cars started trying to leave the party, but the terrorists surrounded us, shot everywhere, a grenade was thrown" Channel 7, 22 in Tishri 5784. 7.10.23 ... The terrorists arrived at the scene and actually surrounded the people who wanted to escape. "We saw people running for their lives. We hid like partisans under the trees. Every time someone raised their heads, we heard bursts of automatic rifle fire. Everyone present felt the impact of the bullets and explosions. It's not an easy emotional burden. And they took care of everything for us."

Sa'ar Rahamim, another witness, said: "I don't think it was a fake. It was planned. At about 5:30 in the morning, they started firing at us. As soon as a red alarm sounded, a rush of cars started trying to leave the party, but the terrorists surrounded us. They threw a grenade People were shocked, terrorists shot everywhere, policemen fell. It was a massacre. We hid in the forest for several hours. My friends are still missing. I don't know how to deal with what I saw. INN

The massacre at the party at Re'im: The terrorists shot at the young men who tried to escape Mako

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News from Israel and the world, military and security. "Murdered with an ax in front of his children": the horrifying testimonies from the settlements around Gaza While Israel is trying to recover from the murderous surprise attack that began a day ago, dozens of testimonies are being published. One of the testimonies is that of the children's mother who hid in the MAMAD. "He tried to protect -with his bidy- my two children who were with him in the MAMAD and was murdered" Maariv Online, 08/10/2023 [Tags: Terror / Operation Swords of Iron] Maariv

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Israeli reporter: 'They massacred my family, two little children were witnesses." Yuval Segev, Galei Zahal’s political reporter, learned that his uncle and aunt were murdered together in front of their children.

Israel National News, Oct 8, 2023, 7:20 PM (GMT+3). [Kibbutz Be'eri] ... Today, Segev updated with the sad news: "After my family hid in the bush together for hours, one of the terrorists spotted them and started shooting. My family was massacred." INN

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N12, Oct 8, 2023:

Regarding the party near Kibbutz Re'im, Laura Malu (interviewed) who was rescued after many hours, that God aswerd the prayers...

She recalls that the attack was via missiles

Yaniv from Kibbutz Be'eri, terrorists attacked a family home with thugs through the window. The terrorists shot and chased after them. I locked the house and so we were two families waiting for the army.

In Nahal Oz 13 hours after the start of the war, Jews in the MAMAD (Merkhav Mugan) are surrounded and there are shots fired...

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Videos show captives in Gaza and Israel. By Joyce Sohyun Lee and Imogen Piper October 7, 2023 at 2:05 p.m. EDT

The Washington Post has independently verified three videos appearing to show captives held in Gaza and surrounding areas in Israel. Both Hamas and the Israeli military have confirmed that Hamas militants are holding Israeli military personnel and civilians captive, but the total number is unknown.

The Post verified videos from three separate locations, spanning several miles — from Shejaiyia in Gaza to Be’eri, a Kibbutz in southern Israel.

Two of the videos alleging to show captured Israeli citizens appear to have been filmed 8 a.m. local time shortly after the attack, which began around 6:30 a.m. Saturday. They show graphic content.

In one video, from Be’eri, first geolocated on the platform X, armed men in military garb are seen dragging at least five people away from a residential area near the border with Gaza. One of the militants films the scene, and his shadow shows he is holding a walkie-talkie. Two of the captured appear older and thinly dressed. All are barefoot, with their hands tied behind them. Grey smoke rises in the background.

Captives in Be'eri

Video posted on Oct. 7 shows at least five captured people being walked through the streets of Be'eri, an Israeli kibbutz near the border with Gaza. (Video: Twitter) In another video, filmed by a local journalist, Palestinian fighters drive around in pickup trucks, parading captured men through a busy downtown market area in Bani Suhella, Gaza. It is unclear whether the men are alive; they lie in the bed of the trucks, shirtless and immobile. Bystanders film, cheer and run alongside the vehicles. When the trucks slow down, young men draw close and beat the bodies.

Captured Israeli soldiers paraded around Gaza

Video shared on Oct. 7 and taken by a local journalist claims to show captured Israeli soldiers being driven through crowds in Bani Suhella, Gaza. (Video: Alkofiya/Amr Tabash via Storyful) Another video first geolocated on X, filmed late morning in Shejaiya, Gaza, shows a woman covered in blood with her hands tied behind her being driven in the back of a vehicle by several armed men. A man with a handgun removes her from the back and forcibly puts her into the back seat. Shouts of “God is great” and nearby gunshots can be heard.

Bloodied woman forced into back of vehicle in Gaza

Video posted on Oct. 7 claims to show Hamas militants with a woman covered in blood with her hands tied behind her back being forced in the back of a Jeep. (Video: Twitter) Washington Post

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Palestinian Hamas terrorists parading the bodies of dead Israelis as crowds cheer.

Palestinian Hamas terrorists parading the bodies of dead Israelis, civilians, children & soldiers around Gaza as tens of thousands of local residents cheer and hit bodies with sticks. Rumble

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The fighting in the south: at least 600 dead and over 2000 wounded. Srugim news, 08.10.23 | 14:11 The Ministry of Health has informed that 2,048 wounded are hospitalized, including 20 in critical condition and 330 in serious condition. The number of people killed in the war rose to over 600 people The number of people killed in the war in the south has risen to over 600 people - this is what sources in the security system estimate today (Sunday). This is alongside 2,048 wounded who have been evacuated to the hospitals so far. Srugim

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On N12 Oct 7, 2023 evening ("Yachad Nenatzeah", around after 9PM local time).

Amos Yadlin spoke about shattering Hamas, the complete change of the IDF how it operates that had taken with extra caution like "roof knocking: that the fatalities today it's equivalence of around 10,000 in the 911 proportion, whereby the US took on Al Qaeda.

Israel Hasson suggested an overall operation on every building to announce that all non combatants should be evacuated we are against a dangerous Islamic radical organization.

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Michael Oren: I can tell you the feeling of Istaelis...I can see Hebron from my window... Listening to Mustafa Barghouti speaking about "rights to defend themselves" does that mean killing women and children and taking 90 years old hostage? Abbas, Barghouti are alive because we are keeping them alive. Can you imagine what would have happened if there is a Palestinian, like Hamas controlled Gaza. I just watched a Hamas guy filmed hostage showing a V sign standing over a 90 years old woman held hostage. Is this "defending" itself?

CNN, Michael Oren, interviewed by Amanmpour, Oct 7, 2023 (after 1PM ET)

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Robert Baer:

I would say it's not so much of a failure of Israeli intelligence. Hamas has (gotten off cell phones) moved into residential homes and basements to have communications and with guerilla carriers. It's a black hole for the Israelis.

CNN, Robert Baer, interviewed by Amanmpour, Oct 7, 2023 (around 1:44 PM ET)

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Husam Zomlot ("Palestinian" Ambassador to the United Kingdom) started off first describing a Hamas military command, attacked, as "civilians."

CNN, Husam Zomlot, interviewed by Amanmpour, Oct 7, 2023 (after 2PM ET)

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IDF evacuating civilians from Gaza border region. “We’ll reach each and every community and kill every terrorist in Israel,” said IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari. Oct 8, 2023 JNS

IDF calls on Gaza residents to evacuate residential areas. Ynet | published: Oct 8, 2023

The IDF calls on the residents of Gaza to evacuate residential areas. The army added that the terrorist organizations are taking advantage of the residential areas. (Ynet) Ynet

Sunday the 23rd in Tishrei 5784. 08.10.23

IDF spokesman in Arabic to the residents of the Gaza Strip: for your safety, you must evacuate your residence immediately | watch

The IDF Spokesman in Arabic, Avichay Adraee, in an unusual message to the residents of the Gaza Strip, especially in the places near the border, in which he prepares them for the ground entry of IDF forces into the Strip, and orders them to evacuate their homes. Translation of his words: "Residents of the Gaza Strip, pay attention! Hamas actions are forcing the IDF to operate where you live. For your safety, you must evacuate your place of residence immediately."

Following his remarks, Adrei detailed the residential points near the border and ordered their residents to move to points that are deeper in the strip. [93] Rotter

The spokesman for the terrorist organization Hamas, Razi Hamed, tells the BBC network: "Iran supported the surprise attack on Israel." Oct 7, 2023 Rotter

Sunday the 23rd in Tishrei 5784. 08.10.23 Major General (Res.) Eliezer Marom: We did not lose a human being, the IDF will not attack innocents, it is a moral and ethical army and will remain so, we will not behave in the same way as the murderers

This is what Major General (Ret.) Eli [Eliezer (Cheney)] Marom, former commander of the Navy, said a short while ago on News 12: "We did not lose our humaneness - 'human character.' The IDF will not attack innocent targets, the IDF will not do this. We will not behave in the same way as these murderers did. We may remove the 'roof knocking,' we will not level villages, such things will not happen, because the IDF is a moral and ethical army and will remain so. Hitting Hamas hard to the point of crushing it, I think it is realistic, the IDF is capable and can do it and it should be done, and we need to see terrorists killed, unlike the last operations where the number of dead was low, we need to see Hamas killed, and in quantities, Because that's how you win a war in the end.

The second thing is the Arabs of Israel, we need to tell them out loud and in a clear way: whoever goes out into the streets now and tries to take advantage of the situation, blood on his head. He thought, we are in an emergency situation, we are in a different situation, not a normal situation." Rotter

The IDF recently completed an attack on ten terrorist targets of the terrorist organization Hamas; The targets were located in high-rise buildings used by the terrorist organization throughout the Gaza Strip.

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IDF shells Lebanon after Hezbollah fires into Israel. The Israeli military subsequently carried out a drone strike against Hezbollah "infrastructure." JNS, Oct 8, 2023 JNS

Two Israeli tourists killed in terror attack in Alexandria. Their Egyptian tour guide was also shot dead and another Israeli was wounded. JNS, Oct 8, 2023 JNS

Reports in Lebanon: Five Hezbollah .operatives were killed in IDF strikes in southern Lebanon, including a commander in the organization. 09.10.23 Rotter

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Hamodia - Two Seriously Wounded as Rockets Strike Ashdod and Ashkelon. Oct 9, 2023. Hamodia

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7 hurt in rocket attack on Jerusalem area. Multiple people injured by 3 direct hits from rockets in towns surrounding Jerusalem. Israel National News, Oct 9, 2023, 6:17 PM (GMT+3) INN

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Giora Eiland suggested to call the Hamas regime the Gaza State (to show the dimensions) that the Gaza State attacked Israel, and to do what Golda Meir did, tgat when the situation in Gaza is going to be critical for the Palestinians and the UN will start pressuring, to condition to travel it with releasing Israeli hostages. (N12, 7:40 AM)

Cartoon - Words can hurt. We have been invaded by what most members of the United Nations recognize as the "State of Palestine." Yaakov Kirschen Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen.Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen. [94] (October 8, 2023 / JNS) When TV reported the horrifying news of the coordinated land, sea and air invasion of Israel, it was accompanied by quotes from heads of states condemning the “terrorism.” Shame on them. We have been invaded by what most members of the United Nations recognize as the “State of Palestine.” JNS

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Esther was saved from the nature party She says it was the Divine Providence... someone came and watched over us... I'm praying for everyone... it's terrible this thought that the parents don't know what's going on... at first we played it dead... for two and a half hours as the body is tilted... N12 Oct 8, 2023, 9:20-27 AM +

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"Iron Swords." IDF spokesperson:

The IDF recently completed an attack on ten terrorist targets of the terrorist organization Hamas; the targets were located in high-rise buildings used by the terrorist organization throughout the Gaza Strip.

During the night, the IDF attacked ten operational infrastructures used by the terrorist organization Hamas which were used by the organization to direct terrorism in the Gaza Strip against the State of Israel, including an intelligence headquarters of the terrorist organization and a military structure that was used by the terrorist organization's air force.

At the same time, two bank branches used by the organization to finance terrorism were attacked, including the National Islamic Bank used by the organization to finance terrorist activities and the organization's first bank branch, a compound for the production of aerial weapons used by the air force of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization in Gaza City, and a building in which There are offices and a warehouse where the terrorist organization stores weapons and military equipment.

Attached is documentation of the attack by many terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip during the last day: [95] Rotter

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'Squad' Dems face backlash calling for 'ceasefire' after Israel attacks: 'Can’t merely condemn terrorism.' Rep. Rashida Tlaib, at the time of publication, has yet to make a statement By Houston Keene, Fox News. Published October 7, 2023

Fox News

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Dem Congressional Staffer Shared Messages Justifying Hamas Terrorist Attack On Israel. Daily Caller | October 12, 2023 | Dylan Housman Deputy News Editor A staffer advising Democratic Indiana Rep. Andre Carson on Middle Eastern policy shared messages on her Instagram account sympathizing with Hamas after the terrorist organization killed more than 1,000 Israelis in an attack beginning last weekend.

Diala Qasem is a senior legislative assistant for Carson, including on Middle East affairs and Muslim issues, according to her own LinkedIn page. In recent days, the Daily Caller viewed multiple posts shared on Qasem’s Instagram story which expressed sympathy for, and justification of, the Hamas slaughter of innocent Israeli civilians, including the rape of women and execution of children. DK

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Hamas leader Mashaal calls for day of "rage" tomorrow against Zionists and Americans by Muslims and Arabs all around the world. Itamar Marcus | Oct 12, 2023 Palwatch

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The survivors of the nature party: "We encountered an ambush by terrorists - we saw many bodies." Shlomi Heller Last updated: 7.10.2023 Walla

Around a thosand terrorists infiltrated from Gaza into Israeli territory. At least a 100 dead. Hamal, Oct 7, 2023

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Dramatic documentation: the elimination of a squad of Hamas terrorists inside the settlement of Be'eri.

The IDF spokesman published dramatic documentation of the elimination of a terrorist squad that managed to penetrate into the territory of the State of Israel and murdered Israelis in the settlement of Bari | Watch (Army and Defense) | Kikar ha Shabbat | Oct 7, 2023 Kikar HaShabbat

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Testimonies of Otef-Aza residents from the surprise attack on Israel: "Babies are being massacred here."

Ilya Yagorov, Neta Bar, Yaron Doron 7/10/2023. ILH

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ynet blog

Israel confirms at least ... dead, dozens captured in Hamas offensive

Dozens of Israeli captives, including numerous women and children, believed to have been taken into the Gaza Strip as fighting continues in several locations along border area

Attila Somfalvi, | published

At 6:29am, the Gaza Strip terrorist group launched an incursion into Israeli territory by land, sea and air as well as some 3,000 rockets within hours.

Armed Palestinians managed to overwhelm several Israeli communities and military bases along the border, which have stayed under their control for hours. Dozens of Israeli civilians were believed to be held captive in Kibbutz Be'eri. Israeli forces poured into the conflict zones and engaged the terrorists. Ynet

Netanyahu: "Hamas kidnaps and murders children, a brutal war has been launched against us." The Prime Minister spoke and referred to Operation Iron Swords, and warned that the campaign is expected to continue for a long time, and also sent a threatening message to the leaders of Hamas: "What happened today did not happen in Israel." Anna Barsky, 07/10/2023

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke this evening (Saturday) and referred to Operation Iron Swords, and warned that the campaign is expected to continue for a long time, and also sent a threatening message to the leaders of Hamas.

[In the heart of Gaza: the IDF demolished buildings that were used for Hamas' terrorist infrastructure | Watch the documentation]

Hamas started a cruel and evil war," Netanyahu said. "We will win this war, but the price is too heavy to bear. This is a very difficult day for all of us. Hamas wants to murder us all. This is an enemy who murders children and mothers in their homes, in their beds. An enemy who kidnaps the elderly, children, girls. Murderers who beat and slaughter our citizens, our children, in total Everyone went out to spend the holiday."

"What happened today will not be seen in Israel - and I will make sure it doesn't happen again," he continued. "The entire government stands behind this decision. The IDF will immediately use all its strength to destroy the capabilities of Hamas. We will beat them to the bone and take revenge with force for this black day they have inflicted on the State of Israel and its citizens. As Bialik said: "The blood revenge of a small child has not yet created the devil".

[Israelis are waiting to donate blood at the Ichilov Hospital. Photo: Dovrat Ichilov] "I say to the residents of Gaza: get out of there now, because we will act everywhere and with all the strength," he clarified. "At this time, IDF forces are clearing the last settlements of terrorists. They go settlement by settlement, house by house and return control to our hands. I send a hug and condolences from the bottom of my heart, to the bereaved families whose loved ones were murdered today in cold blood and with endless cruelty." "We all also pray for the peace of the wounded and all those held hostage. I say to Hamas: You are responsible for their safety. Israel will come to account with anyone who harms a single hair on their head," he threatened at the end of his speech. "I am turning from here to the residents of the south - we all stand by you, we are all proud of you for standing bravely, for fighting. This war will take time. She will be hard. Challenging days are still ahead. But I can guarantee one thing: with the help of God, with the help of the joint forces of all of us, with the help of our faith in the Eternal of Israel [God] - we will win." Maariv

Israel-Palestine latest news: Hamas committed 'cold-blooded murder', says Israeli President.

Hamas has committed “cold-blooded murder of innocent men, women, and children,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog said in an address to the nation after militants launched an unprecedented surprise multi-front attack.

KEY MOMENTS Chosen by us to get you up to speed at a glance:

3:51pm 'Normalisation' will not create stability or security for anyone, Hamas tells The Telegraph 8:17am Israel: 'Hamas has made a big mistake this morning' 8:06am Armed militants reported in a dozen cities 6:41am Israel calls up reservists. 6:29am Hamas launches surprise attack against Israel in biggest offensive in years. [96] Telegraph

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Hamas abducted 11 Thai nationals Five thousand Thais work near the Gaza border. Oct 8, 2023 JNS

IDF strikes Hamas as operation 'Iron Swords' commences By Jerusalem Post Staff October 7, 2023

The IDF was striking the southern region and communities near the Gaza Strip with multiple operational forces it said Saturday afternoon in an operation it is calling "Iron Swords."

"Operational commanders are arriving to manage the combat in all areas," explained IDF Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Hagari. "Concurrently, we have initiated the call-up of reservists for various units within the IDF."

According to the Hagari, some 2,200 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory. Simultaneously, there were several infiltrations into Israeli territory in the southern part of the country.

Numerous IDF units, including special units, have been deployed to the Gaza periphery and are engaging in various combat zones to protect the residents of the southern region. Dozens of combat aircraft from the Air Force have recently struck several targets belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip.

The IDF Spokesperson calls on the public to listen to the instructions of the Home Front Command, which save lives. JPost

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Amid Hamas carnage, Abbas calls to ‘bolster steadfastness of the Palestinian people.’ October 7, 2023 JNS

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Fatah calls to expand war to West Bank – “confrontation in all arenas” Fatah calls to expand war. Oct 8, 2023 Palwatch

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Fatah: “Strike the sons of apes of pigs… slaughter everyone who is Israeli” Fatah: Slaughter everyone who is Israeli.” PA's Antisemitism & Demonization Oct 9, 2023 Palwatch

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The IDF destroyed a "pizzeria" in Hawara that mocked an Israeli kidnapped to the Gaza Strip | Documentation. The commander of the Central Command issued an unusual order to a business that mocked a Holocaust survivor who was reportedly kidnapped to the Gaza Strip - and within minutes, IDF forces were on the scene, destroyed the exterior, sealed it off, and detained the owner of the pizzeria for questioning. A short time later, an apology was published on Facebook in Hebrew: "The photo was not published in our opinion."

Elisha ben Kimon, October 12, 2023.

...The order states that the "pizzeria" is "Eiffel Bakery and Supermarket", or in Arabic - "mukhbiz wasubar markit 'iifil".[مخبز وسوبر ماركت إيفل] Ynet

Yossi Dagan: "Congratulations on the sealing of the Nazi pizzeria - we will not be complacent anymore" (Palestinians - Huwara [Hawara]) Two hours after the head of the Samaria Council, Yossi Dagan, called for the destruction of the pizzeria in Hawara [حُوّارة] that advertised itself while humiliating an elderly woman who had been kidnapped to Gaza, the IDF sealed the pizzeria with tons of sand - for all its contents. . Israel raises its head - what was will no longer be!" Channel 7, 28 in Tishrei 5784. 13.10.23.

Dagan emphasized the importance of quick and unequivocal action: "I congratulate the General of the Central Command, the Shomron Brigade and the backing of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense. For a clear statement against the Nazi, the scumbag, the terrorist who advertised his pizza - while mocking a Holocaust survivor who was kidnapped to Gaza. Like a barbarian-Nazi from the village of the murderers Huwara." INN

Nazi symbols resurface in Huwara for second time in 10 days. By Jerusalem Post Staff. Published: October 24, 2023. ([97] Nazi flags and PLO graffiti adorn a wall in Huwara, West Bank, October 24, 2023). JPost

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BBC guest compares Hamas onslaught to Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Palestinian writer and educator Refaat Alareer told the news channel that the carnage in southern Israel was “legitimate and moral.” Georgia L. Gilholy.

(October 8, 2023 / JNS) A BBC News guest has compared terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians to a major episode of Jewish resistance against the Nazis.

The comments came during a discussion on the United Kingdom’s national broadcaster of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, following the incursion of Hamas terrorists into southern Israel on Saturday which has left hundreds of Israeli civilians dead and an unconfirmed number held hostage. There have been reports of sexual assault and torture.

Speaking from Gaza City on Saturday evening, writer and educator Refaat Alareer told the news channel that today’s scenes were “legitimate and moral” and “exactly like the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.”

Lord Austin, a former Labour MP and independent member of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords responded to the clip via X (formerly Twitter), writing, “Needs to educate himself. Clearly knows nothing about Hamas, their appalling atrocities and even less about the Warsaw Ghetto and the uprising.”

In 2018 Alareer took to social media to accuse “most Jews of being [Alareer:] evil,” and referred to Zionists as “the most despicable filth.” ...

What was The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising?

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was a major act of Jewish resistance against the Nazi occupation during World War II. The Warsaw Ghetto, located in the capital of Poland, Warsaw, was established by Nazi forces in 1940 as a segregated and confined area where hundreds of thousands of Jews were forced to live in extremely cramped and inhumane conditions.

In 1943, as the Nazis began the final stages of liquidating the ghetto and deporting its inhabitants to extermination camps, the ghetto’s Jewish inhabitants, primarily from various resistance organizations, initiated armed resistance against the Nazi forces who they were significantly outnumbered and outgunned by.

The face-off lasted over a month before the Nazi forces brutally suppressed the uprising and the ghetto was razed to the ground, but the episode has become a symbol of Jewish resistance and the struggle for human rights and freedom during the Holocaust. JNS

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UN staff celebrate Hamas massacre. October 16, 2023. Israel, United Nations

While Hamas terrorists were murdering babies in Israel on October 7, killing 1300 Israelis and wounding 3000, UN school teachers, principals and other staff in Gaza were publicly celebrating the massacre, as revealed by UN Watch. See the thread below.

(For our major reports on incitement to hate and terrorism in UNRWA schools, click here. [98]) UNWatch

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Nazism again in Huwara: Swastikas and PLO flags on a wall in Huwara.

'Destroy the wall immediately. The policy of accepting Nazi terror is over!' Samaria leader Yossi Dagan demands.

Israel National News, Oct 24, 2023, 12:03 PM (GMT+3) [99]

For the second time in 10 days, swastikas were scrawled on a wall on the main road in Huwara.

A week and a half after the IDF demolished a pizzeria that advertised itself using a photo of an elderly woman kidnapped to Gaza, Arabs painted a huge wall on the main road in the center of Huwara and filled it with PLO flags and swastikas.

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan reacted angrily and demanded that the security forces immediately destroy the wall.

"This is the true face of the killers from Hamas and their financiers, the killers from Fatah - the Palestinian Authority: a bunch of warring Nazis," Dagan said. "I demand that the government and the security forces to respond as they respond to Nazis, and immediately destroy the wall on the main road in Huwara."

"The acceptance policy for Nazi terror is over. We will not go as sheep to the slaughter. We demand security, demand national honor, demand to run over these Nazis who did it. What was will not be anymore.

"The acceptance policy for Nazi terror is over!"

Earlier this month, an IDF bulldozer demolished a pizzeria in Huwara that encouraged terrorism and published an ad promoting its products which used a photo of an elderly Jewish woman who was abducted by Hamas terrorists to Gaza and forced by them to make a “V” sign with her fingers.

Following the outrageous publication, Dagan demanded that the government and the security forces to destroy the pizzeria. A short time later, the forces arrived on the scene - and an IDF bulldozer began the demolition INN

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Dr. Phil Shreds ‘Incredibly Racist’ Elite Universities For ‘Coddling’ Pro-Hamas Students: ‘We Must Call Out These Institutions.’ By Daily Wire News Oct 22, 2023 Daily Wire

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Second day in a row, Karine Jean-Pierre universalizes Jew-hatred. The White House press secretary, who began the daily press conference ostensibly to correct her pivot to Islamophobia the day before when asked about Jew-hatred, began discussing Muslims again.

(October 24, 2023 / JNS) White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre came under fire on Monday for answering a question about the president’s concern about antisemitism by pivoting to Islamophobia. On Tuesday, she began the press briefing with a more than 100-word statement, ostensibly to correct yesterday’s error.

She quickly pivoted to universalizing hatred of Jews for the second day in a row.

“When Jews are targeted because of their beliefs or their identity, when Israel is singled out because of anti-Jewish hatred, that is antisemitism, and that is unacceptable,” the press secretary began. JNS

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10 Hamas Terrorists Killed in Another Infiltration Attempt Near Zikim. By Hana Levi Julian - 10 Heshvan 5784 – October 24, 2023 Jewish Press

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IDF hits Hamas apparatus which prevented Gazans from evacuating south In widescale strikes, IDF hits Hamas terror tunnels, command centers responsible for arresting and imprisoning Hamas opponents. Israel National News, Oct 25, 2023, 10:00 AM (GMT+3) INN

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Israeli-American screenwriter quits Writers Guild over silence on Israel-Hamas war.

Israeli-American screenwriter Dan Gordon blasts Writers Guild of America: You're witness to the worst slaughter of Jews since Nazi Germany and you can't find a word to say.

Israel National News, Oct 25, 2023, 5:15 AM (GMT+3)

Israeli-American screenwriter Dan Gordon resigned from the Writers Guild of America (WGA) on Tuesday over the guild’s silence on the Hamas attacks on Israel, Variety reports.

Gordon, who wrote “The Hurricane” and “Wyatt Earp” among others, is also a veteran of the Israel Defense Forces. He grew up in Israel and the US, and holds dual citizenship.

He wrote a letter to WGA West leadership on Tuesday saying he will elect “financial core” status, according to Variety.

In a separate interview, Gordon noted that the guild had previously taken stands in support of Black Lives Matter and the #MeToo movement, and that its refusal to condemn the Hamas attacks is “appalling.”

“We had no trouble, as we should not have had, weighing in after George Floyd was killed. We had no problem, as we should not have had, weighing in on the #MeToo movement. No one said at the time, ‘I don’t want to offend Bill Cosby,'” he was quoted as having said. “And yet you’re witness to nothing less than the worst slaughter of Jews since Nazi Germany and you can’t find a word to say to condemn it.”

“We’re not the union of pipefitters. We’re not the plumbers union,” added Gordon. “We’re the Writers Guild. We stood up to McCarthyism. We stood up to fascism. It’s part of our job to bear witness.”

Writers who opt for “fi-core” status cannot vote in WGA elections, participate in awards, or enjoy other benefits of membership. They still pay a reduced dues rate and work under the same economic terms as apply to guild members. The guild does not allow members to rejoin after they elect “fi-core” status.

The WGA on Tuesday issued a lengthy apology in which its leadership explained that they drew a distinction between domestic social justice issues — which they have spoken out on — and international tragedies, which they generally have not.

“We are American labor leaders, aware of our limitations and humbled by the magnitude of this conflict,” the leaders stated, according to Variety. “However, we understand this has caused tremendous pain and for that we are truly sorry.”

Meanwhile, dozens of celebrities in the American entertainment industry signed a joint letter in which they thanked US President Joe Biden for his part in the release of four hostages from Gaza, and demanded the release of all the hostages held in Gaza.

Last weekend, 58 other celebrities published an open letter demanding that Biden call for a ceasefire in Gaza and Israel. INN

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The UN Secretary General tried to correct, in Israel they do not forgive The UN Secretary General met with the families of the abductees after his outrageous statement that the massacre by Hamas was not "carried out in a vacuum". Arden: We will teach them a lesson.

Nitzan Keidar, 10 Cheshvan 5784. 25.10.23 Guterres tried to correct the outrageous statement he made just a few hours before in the Security Council according to which "Hamas attacks did not take place in a vacuum" and said that "nothing can justify the killing, injury and kidnapping of civilians by Hamas."

The political system in Israel was outraged by Guterres' words and his clarification did not quell the anger towards him either. Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, told Gali IDF this morning that significant steps will be taken in the field as a result. "As a result of these things, we will refuse visas to the UN representatives, we have already refused the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Aid Martin Griffith - it's time we teach them a lesson." INN

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Israeli UN ambassador demands UN secretary-general resign after 'shocking' speech. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: Palestinians ‘subjected to 56 years ..' Greg Norman By Greg Norman, Chris Pandolfo Fox News Published October 24, 2023 1:29pm EDT Updated October 24, 2023 2:26pm EDT

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations is ripping the "horrible views" that U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres expressed at a meeting of the Security Council on Tuesday and is calling for his resignation.

Ambassador Gilad Erdan described Guterres’ remarks as "shocking" for stating that the Oct. 7 terror attacks on Israel by Hamas "did not happen in a vacuum"... "The @UN Secretary-General, who shows understanding for the campaign of mass murder of children, women, and the elderly, is not fit to lead the UN," he wrote in a follow-up post. "I call on him to resign immediately. There is no justification or point in talking to those who show compassion for the most terrible atrocities committed against the citizens of Israel and the Jewish people. There are simply no words."

"The shocking speech by the @UN Secretary-General at the Security Council meeting, while rockets are being fired at all of Israel, proved conclusively, beyond any doubt, that the Secretary-General is completely disconnected from the reality in our region and that he views the massacre committed by Nazi Hamas terrorists in a distorted and immoral manner," Erdan posted on X, formerly Twitter.

"His statement that, 'the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum,' expressed an understanding for terrorism and murder. It’s really unfathomabale (sic). It’s truly sad that the head of an organization that arose after the Holocaust holds such horrible views. A tragedy!" Fox News

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Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh: We Need The Blood Of Women, Children, And The Elderly Of Gaza – So It Awakens Our Revolutionary Spirit. October 27, 2023 Palestine | Special Dispatch No. 10911

Hamas leader Isamil Haniyeh called in an October 26, 2023 address upon all the "free people of the world" to stop the bombing of Gaza, which he referred to as the "new holo...st." He said: "The blood of the women, children and elderly […] we are the ones who need this blood, so it awakens within us the revolutionary spirit, so it awakens with us resolve." He said that the demise of the Israeli occupation is "inevitable," and therefore, preparations must be made for the post-occupation phase. The address was aired on Mayadeen Network (Lebanon), and other TV networks. [100] Memri

Hamas Leader: ‘Women, Children, Elderly’ Must Die In Gaza To Help Our Fight Against Israel. By Daily Wire News Oct 28, 2023, DailyWire.com

Hamas leader Isamil Haniyeh called for Palestinian civilians to die in Israel’s strikes against Hamas terrorists inside of Gaza.

The remarks come as Hamas commits war crimes by using civilians as human shields and lies about events that have unfolded during the three-week war, including its false claims that Israel bombed a hospital. Daily Wire

Hamas Leader Calls for ‘Blood’ of Gaza Women, Children, Elderly to 'Awaken' Revolutionary Spirit Against Israel. Joshua Klein, 30 Oct 2023

The "blood" of Gaza’s women, children, and elderly is needed to "awaken" Palestinian resolve, according to the Hamas terror organization’s senior leader who continues making calls for Palestinian sacrifice from the comfort of his luxury home in distant Qatar.

Hamas terror chief Ismail Haniyeh issued his latest appeal in an address aired Thursday on various TV networks, including Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen news channel.

In addressing future repercussions of a major geopolitical shift, Haniyeh urged for intellectual discourse and strategic planning.

“I call upon all the intellectuals and strategic experts to discuss the post-occupation phase, because [Israel’s] demise is inevitable,” he said. “This occupier will not be able to recover, because of the strategic blow and resounding defeat that befell it.”

Amidst Israel’s ground offensive in response to Hamas’ bloody October 7 massacre, the senior terrorist leader urged the global community to “exert all the necessary pressure, in all directions and in all forums, in order to end the aggression against Gaza, to stop this war against our children, women, and elderly, our mosques, our universities, and our homes.”

However, he insisted on the need for the “blood of the women, children, and elderly” of Gaza’s Palestinians in order to “awaken within us the revolutionary spirit, so it awakens within us resolve, so it awakens within us the spirit of challenge, and [pushes us] to move forward.”

His comments come in the wake of the worst terrorist attack in Israel’s history, which saw some 2,500 terrorists burst into Israel by land, sea, and air and gun down participants at an outdoor music festival while others went door-to-door hunting, torturing, shooting, and kidnapping Jewish men, women, and children in local towns.

The massacre resulted in more than 1,400 dead inside the Jewish state, over 5,300 more wounded, and at least 239 hostages of all ages taken.

The vast majority of the victims are civilians and include dozens of American citizens.

As the brutal events unfolded, Haniyeh along with other Hamas leaders were filmed watching coverage of the invasion with smiles as they performed a “prostration of gratitude” over the successful killing and torture of hundreds of innocents.

“Let us prostrate. These images were … See the guys with a new jeep. Look. Look. The Israeli jeep … Let’s do it. This is a prostration of gratitude for this victory,” Haniyeh says. “Allah, please bestow your support and glory on our people and nation. Allah Akbar! Allah Akbar! Allah be praised.”

Haniyeh, whose wealth has burgeoned since Hamas’ 2006 electoral victory, fueled by the group’s control over Gaza’s economy and taxation of goods, has long drawn criticism for his luxurious lifestyle in Qatar, which stands in sharp contrast with the poverty in Gaza.

Chairman of Hamas’ political bureau who once served as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, Haniyeh is now facing accusations of sacrificing his own people, all from the comfort of a luxury hotel in the far-off affluent Gulf country.

“Because nothing says ‘free Palestine’ like calling on Palestinian children to sacrifice themselves for Jihad while you hang out in your luxury Qatar apartment,” wrote journalist Emily Schrader.

“Hamas is the only ‘army’ in history that has planned its operations deliberately to have its own civilians killed by its enemy. Its whole strategy is based on that,” wrote former commander of British forces in Afghanistan Colonel Richard Kemp.

Israeli airstrikes continue on the 16th day in Gaza A view of destruction after Israeli attack in Nuseirat camp, Gaza Strip on October 22, 2023. (Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images)

“How is the civilized world to take this war against Hamas seriously while this Stone Age cultist remains alive, spewing hate in the lap of luxury in Qatar?” asked former Trump campaign aide Michael Caputo. “We know exactly where he is. We know everywhere he goes. We know every blood-soaked hair on the heads of his entire clan.”

On Friday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed intelligence showing that Hamas uses hospitals to hide its facilities and to hoard fuel that it denies to the civilians of the Gaza Strip.

Last year, Haniyeh said it was incumbent on the Palestinians to start looking to form strategic alliances with Russia, Iran, and China because the U.S. is likely to lose its global hegemony once the Russia-Ukraine war is over.

Earlier this month, Breitbart News reported on a senior Hamas official admitting the ultimate aim of the Palestinian war with Israel is to conquer the planet, so the world could finally be rid of “Zionism” and “treacherous Christianity.” Breitbart

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World Leaders Condemn Hamas Terror Attacks on Israeli Civilians. Hamas rocket attacks on Israel. October 7, 2023.

At 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 7, Hamas, the Iran-backed terror group controlling Gaza, launched an unprovoked and vicious surprise attack on Israel. Using rockets, paragliders, boats, motorcycles and other vehicles, and whatever other means they could, terrorists infiltrated Israel with one goal—to murder and kidnap Israelis.

Over 100 Israelis have been killed and more than 850 are critically wounded. There are multiple reports of hostages being taken. More than 3,000 rockets have been fired at Israeli towns and cities. Israeli families are huddled in bomb shelters.

Since the start of this unprovoked war, AJC has closely monitored the situation, doing all that we can to support Israel at this critical time. We continue to call on leaders across the globe to condemned these heinous terror attacks. Here are some of the world leaders who have spoken out against this Hamas terror attack:

Austrian President A. Van der Bellen:

I am horrified and strongly condemn Hamas’ ongoing brutal attack on #Israel and the terror and violence it is waging against innocent people. We stand in solidarity with Israel. This must stop now! (vdb)

— A. Van der Bellen (@vanderbellen) October 7, 2023

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala:

I condemn the terrorist attacks on Israel. My thoughts are with the innocent victims of the violence and I wish our friends in Israel the swiftest possible handling of the situation and the fulfilment of their ambitions to live in peace and security. The Czech Republic has always… — Petr Fiala (@P_Fiala) October 7, 2023

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi:

Deeply shocked by the news of terrorist attacks in Israel. Our thoughts and prayers are with the innocent victims and their families. We stand in solidarity with Israel at this difficult hour. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 7, 2023

French President Emmanuel Macron:

Je condamne fermement les attaques terroristes qui frappent actuellement Israël. J’exprime ma pleine solidarité avec les victimes, leurs familles et leurs proches. — Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) October 7, 2023

German Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock:

Hamas eskaliert die Gewalt. Ich verurteile die terroristischen Angriffe aus Gaza gegen #Israel aufs Schärfste. Gewalt & Raketen gegen Unschuldige müssen sofort aufhören. Israel hat unsere volle Solidarität & das völkerrechtlich verbriefte Recht, sich gegen Terror zu verteidigen. — Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock (@ABaerbock) October 7, 2023

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis:

I strongly condemn today’s atrocious terrorist attack against Israel, causing a high number of casualties among civilians. We stand by the people of Israel and fully support its right to self- defense. — Prime Minister GR (@PrimeministerGR) October 7, 2023

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen:

DK FM @larsloekke: “I strongly condemn the attack this morning by Hamas against Israel. We must stand firm together against terrorism. My thoughts are with the victims, their families and all of Israel.” — Denmark MFA 🇩🇰 (@DanishMFA) October 7, 2023

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles:

We follow with anguish the news coming from #Israel. We unequivocally condemn the attacks by Hamas. This horrific violence must stop immediately. Terrorism and violence solve nothing. The EU expresses its solidarity with Israel in these difficult moments. — Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) October 7, 2023

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen:

I unequivocally condemn the attack carried out by Hamas terrorists against Israel. It is terrorism in its most despicable form.

Israel has the right to defend itself against such heinous attacks. — Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) October 7, 2023

The Italian Government:

“The Italian government is closely following the brutal attack taking place in Israel. Condemns in the strongest terms the ongoing terror and violence against innocent civilians. Terror will never prevail. We support Israel's right to defend itself.” [101] — Italy in Israel (@ItalyinIsrael) October 7, 2023

Kosova President Vjosa Osmani:

Appalled by the terror attacks and killings of innocent civilians in Israel. We express our full solidarity with President @Isaac_Herzog, the people, and the State of Israel in these dark hours. Our thoughts are with the families of the victims. — Vjosa Osmani (@VjosaOsmaniPRKS) October 7, 2023

Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs:

I strongly condemn terrorist attacks launched by #Hamas against innocent Israeli citizens. #Israel has right to defend itself. #Latvia stands in solidarity with the people of Israel and I offer my deep condolences to the families and friends of the victims #Israel_under_attack — Edgars Rinkēvičs (@edgarsrinkevics) October 7, 2023

Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte:

I strongly condemn the terror attacks on #Israel this morning, and express my condolences to all those affected by these terrorist acts. Terror will never prevail. Our thoughts are with the people in Israel. — Ingrida Šimonytė (@IngridaSimonyte) October 7, 2023

Moldovan President Maia Sandu:

Appalled by the ongoing assault on Israel. I condemn the massive violence against innocent civilians. My thoughts are with Israel and all those defending against these ruthless attacks, @Isaac_Herzog. — Maia Sandu (@sandumaiamd) October 7, 2023

Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau:

I condemn in the strongest terms the ongoing attacks by Hamas against Israel. Such indiscriminate violence and ruthless targeting of civilians is unacceptable. Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected by these outrageous acts of aggression. — Zbigniew Rau (@RauZbigniew) October 7, 2023

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu:

Terrible news coming from Israel this morning. We stand in full solidarity with Israel and condemn the rocket attacks against Israel. We send our condoleances to the families and ask for these attacks to immediately stop. — Marcel Ciolacu (@CiolacuMarcel) October 7, 2023

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak:

I am shocked by this morning's attacks by Hamas terrorists against Israeli citizens. Israel has an absolute right to defend itself. We're in contact with Israeli authorities, and British nationals in Israel should follow travel advice. — Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) October 7, 2023

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly:

Hamas are not “fighters”. Hamas are not “militants”. Hamas are terrorists. There is no other word to describe the brutality of firing rockets or terrorist attacks targeting civilians. — James Cleverly🇬🇧 (@JamesCleverly) October 7, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden:

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken: We unequivocally condemn the appalling attacks by Hamas terrorists against Israel. We stand in solidarity with the government and people of Israel and extend our condolences for the Israeli lives lost in these attacks. — Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) October 7, 2023 AJC

October 7, 2023 Statement from NSC Spokesperson Adrienne Watson Condemning Terrorist Attacks Against Israel. HOME - BRIEFING ROOM - STATEMENTS AND RELEASES - The United States unequivocally condemns the unprovoked attacks by Hamas terrorists against Israeli civilians. There is never any justification for terrorism. We stand firmly with the Government and people of Israel and extend our condolences for the Israeli lives lost in these attacks. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has spoken to Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi and we remain in close contact with our Israeli partners. WH

WATCH: Biden pledges US will stand with Israel following Hamas invasion.

President Biden says US will help ensure Israel has military support needed to defend itself, after Hamas invasion leaves over 250 dead, 1,500 wounded, dozens kidnapped.

By JNS, World Israel News, Oct 7, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden delivered just over two minutes worth of remarks about the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on Saturday afternoon and did not take questions from the press.

“Today, the people of Israel are under attack,” he began. “Orchestrated by a terrorist organization, Hamas. In this moment of tragedy, I want to say to them and to the world, and to terrorists everywhere: The United States stands with Israel. We will not ever fail to have her back.”

“We will make sure that they have the help that their citizens need and they can continue to defend themselves,” he said. “The world has seen appalling images. Thousands of rockets, in the space of hours, raining down on Israeli cities.”

“I got up this morning and started this at 7:30, 8:00, my calls,” the president added. “Hamas terrorists crossing into Israel. Killing not only Israeli soldiers, but Israeli civilians. In the street. In their homes. Innocent people murdered, wounded. Entire families taken hostage by Hamas.”

Read 'Shame on you, Biden' - Miss Iraq blasts US funding of Palestinian Authority He noted that all occurred “just days” after Israel the High Holidays. “It’s unconscionable,” he said. “You know, when I spoke to Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu this morning, I told him the United States stand with the people of Israel in the face of these terrorist assaults.”

“Israel has the right to defend itself and its people. Full stop. There’s never a justification for terrorist attacks,” Biden added. “My administration’s support for Israeli security is rock solid and unwavering.”

“Let me say this as clearly as I can,” the president added, pointing at the cameras. “This is not a moment for any party hostile to Israel to exploit these attacks to seek advantage. The world is watching.”

Biden said he has also been in contact with King Abdullah II of Jordan and with members of the U.S. Congress.

He said that he has directed his team to be in touch with Israeli counterparts and to be in “constant contact” with leaders in the region, including Egypt, Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, European partners and the Palestinian Authority.

“This is also a tragedy on a human level,” the president said. “It’s hurting innocent people. Seeing the lives that have been broken by this, the families torn apart, it’s heart-breaking.” He added that he and his wife, Jill Biden, are praying for those impacted and their families and for swift recovery of those injured. He also said he will personally be in “close contact” with Netanyahu.

Read First-ever official Israeli delegation arrives in Saudi Arabia The president also released a statement earlier in the day about the “horrific and ongoing attacks in Israel,” which the United States “unequivocally condemns.” He added that “Terrorism is never justified. Israel has a right to defend itself and its people. The United States warns against any other party hostile to Israel seeking advantage in this situation. My Administration’s support for Israel’s security is rock solid and unwavering.” worldisraelnews

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Jake Wallis Simons @JakeWSimons:

So many enablers of Islamist fascism blaming Israel for the assault against it! Bear this in mind: a Palestinian state could have been a reality many times over by now, including in 1948, an opportunity which was rejected by the extremists who had come to dominate the leadership. Another revealing moment came in 2008, when after intensive negotiations, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert tabled an unprecedented offer. Its terms included: 94 per cent of the West Bank given to the Palestinians, with 6 per cent of Israeli land added to make up the difference; East Jerusalem placed under Palestinian sovereignty, making it the capital of a Palestinian state; Israel withdrawing from the Old City of Jerusalem, which would be under international administration; a tunnel connecting the West Bank and Gaza, ensuring Palestinian territorial contiguity; and Israel accepting a thousand Palestinian refugees annually for five years, with financial compensation provided for the rest. It is hard to imagine a more generous plan. Yet in a grotesque failure of leadership, Mahmoud Abbas turned it down. Writing in the Washington Post the following year, Olmert said: “It would be worth exploring the reasons that the Palestinians rejected my offer and preferred, instead, to drag their feet, avoiding real decisions.”  It is hard to resist the conclusion that Palestinian nationalism rests more on hatred of the Jews than the desire for statehood. With Abbas defending the appalling Hamas invasion, that conclusion seems clearer than ever today. Oct 7, 2023 X

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Western leaders stand by Israel amid Hamas attack. Messages from the US and European nations echo support and condemnation following the unexpected attack initiated by Hamas October 7, 2023 Itamar Eichner, News Agencies | Ynet

West decries 'brutal' Hamas attack on Israel. Condemnations by Western leaders keep pouring in as Israel faces a surprise attack by the terror organization. By David Baron Published on 10-07-2023

Leaders around the world the world condemned the surprise attack by Hamas on Israel Saturday morning.

"Sickened by the images coming out of southern Israel of dead and wounded civilians at the hands of terrorists from Gaza. The United States stands with Israel," acting US Ambassador in Jerusalem Stephanie Hallett said. ""I condemn the indiscriminate rocket fire by Hamas terrorists against Israeli civilians. I am in contact with Israeli officials, and fully support Israel's right to defend itself from such terrorist acts."

"I unequivocally condemn the attack carried out by Hamas terrorists against Israel," President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen tweeted. "It is terrorism in its most despicable form. Israel has the right to defend itself against such heinous attacks."

Similarly, President of France Emmanuel Macron said he "strongly condemn[ed] the terrorist attacks which are currently hitting Israel. I express my full solidarity with the victims, and their families and those close to them."

Foreign Minister of Britain James Cleverly tweeted, "The UK unequivocally condemns the horrific attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians. The UK will always support Israel's right to defend itself."

Germany too decried the attacks, with its foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, saying, "I strongly condemn the terrorist attacks against Israel from Gaza. Violence and rockets against innocent civilians must stop now. We stand in full solidarity with Israel and its right under international law to defend itself against terror."

Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán tweeted, "We strongly condemn the brutal attack against Israel, and unequivocally support Israel's right to self-defense. I would like to express my sympathy and condolences to Prime Minister Netanyahu. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Israel in these dark hours."

Foreign Minister of Italy Antonio Tajani said his government was "closely following the brutal attack taking place in Israel" and condemned "in the strongest terms the ongoing terror and violence against innocent civilians." ILH

Global leaders unite in solidarity with Israel following Hamas attack Reacting to the distressing developments in Israel, leaders from around the world were quick to condemn the attacks and offer their solidarity with the nation. CnbcTV18

'Terrorism in its most despicable form': World leaders unite to condemn unprecedented attack on Israel by Hamas By Associated Press - Australian politicians are joining a growing group of world leaders condemning the deadly Hamas attack and voicing solidarity with Israel.

Foreign Minister, Senator Penny Wong, led the government's response with a short statement on social media on Saturday evening.

"Australia unequivocally condemns the attacks on Israel by Hamas including indiscriminate rocket fire on cities and civilians," she began on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. [102]. 9News.au

A bridge in Australia is illuminated tonight in blue and white: "Solidarity with Israel." Oct 8, 2023 [103] Hamal

Al Arabiya English - World leaders condemn Hamas for 'brutal' attacks on Israel Al Arabiya

Wall Street Journal - European Leaders Condemn Hamas Attack on Israel. By James Hookway October 07, 2023. European leaders condemned Hamas’s attack Saturday, with France, Germany and the U.K. declaring they would stand alongside Israel. French President Emmanuel Macron wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “I strongly condemn the current terrorist attacks against Israel. I express my full solidarity with the victims, their families and loved ones.” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the Palestinian militants’ attacks from Gaza “shock us deeply,” adding that “Germany condemns these attacks by Hamas and stands beside Israel.” WSJ

High Representative of EU condemns attack on Israel. By Jerusalem Post Staff October 7, 2023 "We follow with anguish the news coming from Israel", said the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell in a statement on Twitter.

"We unequivocally condemn the attacks by Hamas. This horrific violence must stop immediately. Terrorism and violence solve nothing. The EU expresses its solidarity with Israel in these difficult moments." JPost

POLITICO - EU condemns Hamas attack on Israel as 'terrorism in its most despicable form.' October 7, 2023 Politico

Israeli flag hoisted outside EU Parliament in Belgium | AFP Oct 8, 2023 The Israeli flag is hoisted on the pediment of the European Parliament in Brussels, after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack against Israel. youtube

Britain 'unequivocally' condemns Hamas attack on Israel. By Reuters October 7, 2023. Britain "unequivocally condemns" a surprise attack by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Israel on Saturday, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said.

"The UK unequivocally condemns the horrific attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians. The UK will always support Israel’s right to defend itself," Cleverly said in a post on social media. JPost

Condemned the French left Prime Minister of France: "Can only imagine the mental agony of the citizens of Israel." The Prime Minister of France expressed her solidarity with the people of Israel and attacked the extreme left in France that ignores the massacre that took place in Israel | "We are all struck with terror and anxiety when we see the pictures from Israel," she said at a panel for journalists in France (in the world) | Shabbat Square October 8, 2023 French Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne was interviewed today (Sunday) by the French media outlet BFMTV and expressed solidarity and concern for the people of Israel.

"We are all horrified when we see these images. Rockets falling on residential buildings, victims in the street, Hamas commandos taking hostages, this is of course horror, horror, and we imagine the anxiety of the populations who see these rockets coming, who see these soldiers coming ", she said.

"I want to come back again and express my solidarity with the Israeli people, in the face of the terrorist attacks. Of course, France condemns them with all force. Israel has the right to security," she emphasized.

She then said that "we have seen horrifying images of hostages, of human beings, humiliated, dragged, and we can only condemn and condemn again these terrorist attacks and guarantee our support for Israel, we must guarantee the security of the State of Israel."

At the same time, the leader of the far-left anti-Semitic Jean-Luc Melanchon wrote a post in which he notes that the violence seen last night in Israel only proves that "violence begets violence", and later wrote that "Israelis and Palestinians should live in peace side by side", said the anti-Semitic.

The French Prime Minister was outraged by these things. "It is shocking. In the current situation, it is impossible to make a comparison between Israel and Hamas, which I mention is a terrorist organization, and is recognized as such by the European Union. On the other hand, we have a democratic country that is the victim of a terrorist attack, which is defending itself. So yes, these things are shocking and out of place ", said the Prime Minister.

The journalists on the panel asked the Prime Minister if she thought the extreme left party was anti-Semitic. The Prime Minister said that this is an anti-Zionist leftist party and sometimes the statements in the name of the leftist party LFI are anti-Semitic under the guise of anti-Zionism.

It should be noted that officials in the French Parliament even called for the abolition of parliamentary immunity for left-wing officials in order to prosecute them for supporting terrorism. Kikar HaShabbat

Shropshire Star - Irish deputy premier condemns Hamas attack on Israel. October 7, 2023 Shropshire Star

First News - Poland Polish foreign ministry condemns Hamas attacks on Israel October 7, 2023 TheFirstNews

Jerusalem Post - Germany 'strongly' condemns Hamas attacks on Israel October 7, 2023 JPost

Belgium condemns rocket attacks against Israeli civilians. By Jerusalem Post Staff. Published: October 7, 2023 JPost

Sweden says there are 'no excuses' for the violence against Israel. By Jerusalem Post Staff October 7, 2023. "There are no excuses for the violent attacks by terrorist group Hamas on Israel. They must stop immediately," said Tobias Billström, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, in a Twitter statement.

"My full solidarity and thoughts with the people around Gaza, where terrorists have intruded. The Swedish Goverment condemns these ruthless attacks on civilians by air and land and stand together against terrorism." JPost

Spain Says 'Shocked By Indiscriminate Violence' Of Attacks On Israel.

AFP - Agence France Presse October 7, 2023 Spain expressed shock over the “indiscriminate violence” saying, “We strongly condemn the extremely serious terrorist attacks from Gaza against Israel. We are shocked by this indiscriminate violence.” Barrons

World leaders condemn Hamas violence, call for attacks to stop. By Jerusalem Post Staff, Reuters. October 7, 2023 JPost

Barron's - Czech Republic Slams Hamas For 'Terrorist Attacks' On Israel Barrons

Radio Prague - Czechia condemns Hamas attacks on Israel Radio.cz

Latvia condemns Hamas attack on Israel. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF October 7, 2023 "Latvia strongly condemns the recent attacks by Hamas on Israel, leading to civilian casualties. Such attacks are regrettable and fuel escalation in a highly flammable situation," stated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia on Twitter. JPost

Foreign Ministry condemns attack on Israel. Greek embassy condemns attack on Israel

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The Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the rocket attacks against Israel, saying it stands with the country. “Greece strongly condemns today’s launch of heavy rocket attacks from Gaza against Israel. Greece stands with Israel and is deeply concerned by this unacceptable escalation of violence,” the ministry wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. Ekathimerini

No one can forget what terrorists did in Israel. Thousands of missiles against peaceful cities. Shot civilian cars. Men, women, and children. No one was spared. Streets in blood. Hostages. The terrorists themselves shared the footage of their atrocities and were proud of them. — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) October 9, 2023 [104]

NDTV - World Leaders React To Hamas Attack October 7, 2023

"We Stand With Israel," Says PM Modi. World Leaders React To Hamas Attack "I am shocked by this morning's attacks by Hamas terrorists against Israeli citizens," Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said.

NDTV News Desk (with inputs from AFP) Updated: October 7, 2023 5:07 pm IST 'We Stand With Israel,' Says PM Modi. World Leaders React To Hamas Attack Hamas fired thousands of rockets into Israel this morning

New Delhi: World leaders have called for end to hostilities and safe passage for civilians amid the "war" between Israel and Hamas, which started after the Palestine militant group launched thousands of rockets into Israel this morning. Reports say Hamas militants have taken several Israelis hostage.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on X, "Deeply shocked by the news of terrorist attacks in Israel. Our thoughts and prayers are with the innocent victims and their families. We stand in solidarity with Israel at this difficult hour."

"I am shocked by this morning's attacks by Hamas terrorists against Israeli citizens. Israel has an absolute right to defend itself. We're in contact with Israeli authorities, and British nationals in Israel should follow travel advice," Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said.

"I strongly condemn the current terrorist attacks against Israel. I express my full solidarity with the victims, their families and loved ones," French President Emmanuel Macron said.

"Horrifying news reaches us today from Israel. The rocket fire from Gaza and the escalating violence shock us deeply. Germany condemns these Hamas attacks and stands by Israel," Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz said.

"Just spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu about the unprecedented attack by Hamas on Israel. I told him that the Netherlands unequivocally condemns this terrorist violence and fully supports Israel's right to defend itself," The Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte said.

A senior adviser to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed support for the surprise attack Hamas launched against Israel on Saturday, calling it a "proud operation". "We support the proud operation of Al-Aqsa Flood," Rahim Safavi said at a Tehran meeting held in of support Palestinian children. "We support this operation, and we are sure that the resistance front also supports this issue."

Egypt warned of "grave consequences" from an escalation in tensions between Israel and the Palestinians, in a statement from the foreign ministry carried by the state news agency. It called for "exercising maximum restraint and avoiding exposing civilians to further danger".

"We call for restraint from all parties," Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said at a congress for his ruling AK Party in Ankara. "They must refrain from aggressive acts," he said.

Russia is in contact with Israel, the Palestinians and Arab countries in connection with the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Interfax news agency reported, citing Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. "It goes without saying that we always call for restraint," he said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was at "war" with Hamas. "We are at war, not in an operation or in rounds, but at war," the Israeli leader said in a statement, adding Hamas had launched a "murderous surprise attack" on Israel and its people.

"I have ordered an extensive mobilisation of reserves and that we return fire of a magnitude that the enemy has not known. The enemy will pay an unprecedented price," he said.

Israel's army said it was fighting Gaza militants who entered Israel by land, sea and air using paragliders.

It was a combined ground raid which happened through paragliders, through the sea and through the ground, Israel army spokesman Richard Hecht told reporters. "Right now we're fighting. We're fighting in certain locations around the Gaza Strip... our forces are now fighting on the ground" in Israel, he added.

22 Israelis Killed, Over 500 Injured After Hamas Fires 5,000 Rockets From Gaza 22 Israelis Killed, Over 500 Injured After Hamas Fires 5,000 Rockets

"We Stand With Israel," Says PM Modi. World Leaders React To Hamas Attack Video: After Rocket Attack, Hamas Militants Enter Israel Towns, Shoot At People. NDTV

Buenos Aires Herald buenosairesherald.com Argentina condemns Hamas ‘terrorist attack’ against Israel. Oct 7, 2023 Buenos Aires Herald

Mexico Condemns Attacks on Israel, Urges Peace Talks and Safety Measures for Citizens Abroad.

By Rizwan Shah, Oct 8, 2023 BNN

"Severe escalation": The United Arab Emirates strongly condemns the Hamas attack. The United Arab Emirates this evening issued a strong condemnation of the combined terrorist attack by the Hamas organization on Israel: "Horrified by the reports according to which Israeli citizens were kidnapped as hostages from their homes"

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France, Germany, Italy, UK, US support Israel, condemn Hamas. "The terrorist actions of Hamas have no justification, no legitimacy and must be universally condemned," the countries stated. (October 9, 2023 / JNS) In a joint statement on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and U.S. President Joe Biden expressed “steadfast and united support to the State of Israel” and "unequivocal condemnation of Hamas and its appalling acts of terrorism."

"We make clear that the terrorist actions of Hamas have no justification, no legitimacy, and must be universally condemned. There is never any justification for terrorism," the leaders stated. "In recent days, the world has watched in horror as Hamas terrorists massacred families in their homes, slaughtered over 200 young people enjoying a music festival, and kidnapped elderly women, children and entire families, who are now being held as hostages."

France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States "will support Israel in its efforts to defend itself and its people against such atrocities. We further emphasize that this is not a moment for any party hostile to Israel to exploit these attacks to seek advantage." [...] "Over the coming days, we will remain united and coordinated, together as allies, and as common friends of Israel, to ensure Israel is able to defend itself, and to ultimately set the conditions for a peaceful and integrated Middle East region," they stated. Algemeiner

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Elon Musk says ‘sorry to see what’s happening in Israel’ after surprise attacks by Hamas. Musk posted on X after the attacks on Israel by Hamas on Saturday, "I hope there can be peace one day." BY Steve Mollmam October 7, 2023 Fortune

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Amy Schumer mobilizes in favor of Israel: "Hamas does not want an end to the occupation, it wants to eliminate Israel." After many Israeli stars mobilized for advocacy in the world, Jewish Hollywood stars also stand up for Israel and embark on an advocacy campaign in order to mobilize global public opinion. "Over 200 Israelis were murdered this morning. It's terrible, these murders are celebrated in Iran," wrote Guy Oseary, Madonna's Israeli manager, whose post was shared by comedian and actress Amy Schumer. "They are financed by Iran, which is trying to destroy the peace agreements" mako celebs staff | Mako | Published 08/10/23 00:51 | Updated 08/10/23

Alongside Gal Gadot, who posted a support post for Israel on her Instagram account and wrote that she stands by the country, the American actress and comedian of Jewish origin, Amy Schumer, has been sharing in recent hours the videos of the abduction of Israeli citizens to Gaza with the addition of the words of Guy Oseary, Madonna's Israeli manager who wrote: "Over 200 Israelis were murdered this morning. These murders are celebrated in Iran. The girl in this video was at a music festival when she and others were shot and kidnapped. Many women, children and the elderly are taken from their homes and kidnapped. I have always prayed for peace. I have always spoken for my Jewish community, and I have also spoken for my Arab brothers and sisters . I have no words today. Only heartbreak. Only tears."

In addition to the words of Oseary shared by Shumer, she wrote: "The Jewish people are the only group that is not allowed to defend themselves. This has nothing to do with the occupation. Hamas does not want an end to the occupation, they want to eliminate Israel, they are financed by Iran, which is trying to destroy the peace agreement added Schumer.

Kris Jenner, the momager of the Kardashian-Jenner family, shared in her story a Stand With Us post that says: "Now and always we stand by Israel." Model Sofia Richie, daughter of singer Lionel Richie, also shared the same post. As you may remember, Richie underwent a conversion procedure a few months ago, and married her Jewish partner, Elliot Greene.

Oscar-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis didn't think twice either - and posted a photo of the Israeli flag on her Instagram account. The American star of Jewish origin, who has received countless hateful comments since the post was uploaded, also shared the video of the Israeli abductees by Hamas forces.

Jessica Seinfeld, the wife of the Jewish-American comedian Jerry Seinfeld, also uploaded a photo of the Israeli flag with the caption: "I stand by Israel" - and wrote: "Sending love to my sisters and brothers around the world. Thank you to those who asked if there was anything possible to do, we need you to stand by the Jews."

In addition to Gadot, there were other international Israeli actors who decided to break their silence and assist in Israeli propaganda regarding the war. The actress and star of "Fauda" Inbar Lavi, who lives in Los Angeles, writes: "Praying and thinking about the families of the victims of these heinous crimes committed against my people and our country. My heart is broken into pieces. Pray for Israel."

The Israeli actor Tomer Capone, who happens to be in Israel these days while he has been living in the US for the past few years, also published a sharp and firm explanatory video about the situation. "I am in Israel right now and my country is under attack. Imagine waking up at 6:30 to an alarm, but it's not an alarm clock alarm, it's an alarm that sounds like the end of the world is coming. 4000 rockets fly over your head and try to kill your country basically, then a group of brutal killers called 'Hamas' infiltrates the villages and starts shooting at everything that moves - children, women, old people, everything, civilians who have done nothing to them. They kill them, take hostages and hold them, humiliate them," says Capone and sent reinforcements to the security forces.

Although not from Hollywood, the Argentinian "Rebelde" star [Felipe Colombook], who since then has never hidden his great love for Israel and recently came to visit the country, uploaded a story to his Instagram account and wrote in Hebrew: "How terrible! How terrible! I am very sorry. My best thoughts and wishes . Absolute sadness." Mako

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'Savage': US College Students Condemn Hamas, Show Solidarity With Israel at Lincoln Memorial.

by Dion J. Pierre, Oct 9, 2023

Students from George Washington University assembled in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC on Sunday to show solidarity with Israel in the wake of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas’ shocking surprise attack over the weekend.

"We are here for each other, for our parents, for siblings, our grandparents, our aunts, our uncles our friends, but the reality is that all of Israel, the Jewish people, Arab, Druze, Muslim, Christian, we are a family and so is everyone here with us today," third-year student Sabrina Soffer, who organized the demonstration, said during a speech to open the event. “We are frustrated, we are angry, and that’s an understatement. This surprise attack is full scale and savage war by Hamas is a shock to us all.”

Soffer concluded by calling on Israelis and Jews around the world to be resilient, adding, "Our friends, our families, are on the front lines fighting for the security of our nation, our people. We are here for you."

Meanwhile, in New York City’s Time Square, a pro-Palestinian rally sent a starkly different message. Praising the violent actions of Hamas, which over the last few days has murdered hundreds of Israelis and taken at least dozens captive back to Gaza, the pro-Palestinian crowd chanted, "Palestine will be free."

During the rally, a pro-Palestinian sympathizer displayed in full view a picture of a swastika, the symbol of Adolf hitler's Nazi Party, on his cellphone.

A local newspaper called the pro-Palestinian rally "vile," while Jewish civil rights groups insisted that support for Hamas' violence reveals the presence of antisemitism in the anti-Zionist movement.

"As history has shown us, the hatred that engulfs Jews never stops with Jews but rather engulfs everything in its path," tweeted StopAntisemitism, a nonprofit that tracks antisemitic incidents across the world. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) added on Sunday that others who participated in the New York City protest "denigrated or called for the exclusion of Zionism and Zionists from public life and promoted antisemitic tropes." Algemeiner

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Hundreds Gather in Hamburg, Germany to Show Support for Israel. October 9, 2023. Algemeiner

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Thousands, Including Progressive Politicians, Rally in Boston to Back Israel. October 9, 2023 Algemeiner

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Hamas attacks on Israel 'funded' by Biden: GOP 2024 candidates. New York Post, Oct 7, 2023 NY Post

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Iran-Backed Hamas Unleashes Large Attack On Israel.

Author: Iran International Newsroom Middle East - Persian Gulf October 7, 2023.

Iranian-backed Palestinian Hamas launched a coordinated and large attack on Israel on Saturday, with gunmen crossing from Gaza and a heavy barrage of rockets.

News reports said the attack presents the largest clash since 2021 when Israel and Hamas fought a ten-day battle. Israeli media reports and videos show bands of armed Hamas fighters engaging in gunbattles with Israeli forces on the streets in towns in Southern Israel.

Hamas military commander Mohammad Deif announced the start of the operation in a broadcast on Hamas media, calling on Palestinians everywhere to fight.

"This is the day of the greatest battle to end the last occupation on earth," he said, adding that 5,000 rockets had been launched. Israeli media reported gunbattles between bands of Palestinian fighters and security forces in towns in southern Israel.

Adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader, Rahim Safavi, commended the operation dubbed Operation Al Aqsa Storm, saying, "We support the commendable operation of Al-Aqsa Storm... We will stand alongside the Palestinian freedom fighters until the liberation of Palestine and Al-Quds."

Tasnim news agency in Iran, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard, splashed a headline claiming Israeli soldiers and police were taken prisoner by Palestinians. It also claimed that many Israelis were killed and wounded. So far, initial reports say that at least 22 Israelis have died and more than 500 injured.

Palestinian media also reported that a number of Israelis had been taken captive by fighters and Hamas media circulated video footage apparently showing a destroyed Israeli tank. The Israeli military was aware of reports of captives, a security source said, but provided no further details. It said its forces were operating inside Gaza but gave no details.

Iran International reported in early September that some Israeli security experts believed a full-fledged conflict was possible within weeks. In the meantime, there have reports in recent months of the Lebanese Hezbollah massing forces near the Israeli border and threatening to join any Israeli military confrontation with Palestinians. The Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant threatened in August that if the Iran-backed group engages in conflict, Israeli will bomb Lebanon back “to the stone age.”

Hezbollah issued a statement saying they were closely following the situation in Gaza and are in "direct contact with the leadership of the Palestinian resistance". The statement added that it was a "decisive response to Israel's continued occupation and a message to those seeking normalization with Israel."

The Islamic Republic of Iran, which for decades has called for the destruction of Israel, intensified its rhetoric earlier this year, with officials repeatedly calling on Palestinians and other “resistance forces” to increase their attacks within Israel proper. Iranian officials began openly taking credit for support they provide to militant groups, such as the Lebanese Hezbollah that act as Tehran’s proxies in the region.

In August, after Israeli attacks on the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group, the Revolutionary Guard issued a statement calling for the liberation of al-Quds (Jerusalem) and the removal of “the cancerous tumor, Israel” from the world map.

The Palestinian attack comes as talks are taking place to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Iran has strongly condemned any move by Arab countries to establish diplomatic relations with Israel, which can further isolate the Iranian regime in the region.

On October 3, Iran’s ruler Ali Khamenei repeated his fierce opposition, saying countries that seek to normalize relations with Israel are taking a big risk. "The position of the Islamic Republic is that countries that make the gamble of normalization with Israel will lose. They are betting on a losing horse.”

Jason Brodksy, policy director of United Against A Nuclear Iran, highlighted the meetings last month between Hamas, PIJ and the PFLP factions, in Tehran, attended by the groups' leaders, which he says "provide some clues as to [the] organization of this assault on Israel today."

Many Iranian on social media began expressing solidarity with Israel. Well-Known dissident Masih Alinejad spoke out in support of the nation, condemning the attacks and putting the blame firmly in the hands of the Iranian regime. In a long statement on X, she wrote, "We Iranians know very well who is behind this assault. Just a few weeks ago, the Hamas leadership visited Ali Khamenei the supreme leader of Islamic Republic in Tehran where Khamenei made direct threats of destruction against Israel, stating that 'Israel is dying'." She called once more on Western nations to designate the IRGC which orchestrates Iran's regionally destabilizing activity, including its proxies which surround Israel in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine. Iran Intl.

Hezbollah: Israel attack message against normalization. A terrorist armed with a knife shot by Israeli forces at the entrance to the settlement of Beit Aryeh. Riots by Palestinians reported across the West Bank. By Reuters and ILH Staff Published on 10-07-2023 ILH

Leaders Of Iran-Backed Militias In Iraq Vow Support To Palestinian Factions In Hamas Attack, Threaten To Respond To Any Israeli Or American Attack Against Them. Oct 7, 2023 MEMRI __

Hamas leaders are celebrating in Qatar, an ally of the US. Oct 8, 2023. Rotter

Qatar holds Israel 'alone responsible' for escalation of violence with Palestine. FP Staff. Last Updated:October 7, 2023 18:29 FirstPost

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Column In Qatari Al-Watan Daily: Hamas Attack On Israel – Like ... Muhammad's Attack On Jews Of Khaybar In 628. Oct 9, 2023. In his column in the Al-Watan daily, Palestinian journalist Samir Al-Barghouti called the Hamas attack against Israel “a first-class, high-quality military operation” reminiscent of the ... Muhammad's attack on the Jews of Khaybar in 628.” MEMRI

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The Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority on the day after the war: Hamas is a central part of the .Palestinian political landscape. We are working to achieve unity, under the guidance of President Abu Mazen. 2023-10-29 AbuAliExpress

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ANALYSIS Israel-Palestinian Conflict.

Iran’s fingerprints seen behind Hamas’s murderous rampage.

"Both Hamas and Tehran want to spoil the Saudi-Israeli normalization process."

Yaakov Lappin, October 7, 2023 / JNS JNS

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MEMRI's Early Warning About Today's Attack In Israel. October 7, 2023 ... MEMRI translated and published two clips from Iranian TV. One was from an Iranian TV broadcast of a military parade showcasing Iran's massive UAV and missile arsenal, as the announcer stated: "Israel will be erased from the face of the earth. Death to Israel!" He added that if Israel makes a "mistake," Tel Aviv and Haifa will be razed to the ground... MEMRI

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Arab support for Palestinians swelled by euphoria over Hamas blow to Israel. Across the Middle East, people distribute treats, dance in streets and celebrate in displays of mass support for 'resistance'. By AFP and TOI Staff. 10 October 2023, 7:47 pm.

([106] Arab support for Palestinians swelled by euphoria over Hamas blow to Israel A member of the Al-Quds Brigades distributes candies in celebration of the deadly Hamas terror assault on Israel, at Lebanon's Beddawi refugee camp in Tripoli, Lebanon on October 7, 2023. Fathi Al-Masri/AFP)

In mosques, soccer stadiums and towns across the Arab world, pro-Palestinian sentiment has surged after a shocking, deadly Hamas terror attack on Israel that has killed at least a thousand people, sparking a groundswell of solidarity for the Palestinians.

From Ramallah to Beirut, Damascus, Baghdad and Cairo, people have distributed candies, danced and chanted prayers in support of the “resistance” to Israel’s long-standing control of Palestinian land.

... Farah al-Saadi, a 52-year-old coffee vendor from Ramallah in the Israeli-held West Bank.

“I was pleased by what Hamas did,” said the man, whose son is in Israeli detention, adding, however, that he feared the scale of “Israeli crimes in Gaza” in retaliation.

The war began after Hamas terrorists stormed into Israel on Saturday and slaughtered hundreds of civilians in a series of border towns. Some 1,500 gunmen invaded after breaching the Gaza Strip border fence and then rampaged murderously for hours.

The death toll in Israel from the attack and subsequent battles rose above 1,000 by Tuesday, according to reports. Over 500 people remained hospitalized, many with life-threatening injuries, and over 2,900 have been injured since Saturday. The terrorists also kidnapped about 150 men, women and children and dragged them into Gaza. Hamas also launched over 5,000 rockets at Israel and has continued to bombard southern and central areas causing deaths, injuries, and damage.

([107] IDF soldiers remove the body of an Israeli killed during an October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas terrorists, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in southern Israel bordering the Gaza Strip, on October 10, 2023. Jack Guez/AFP)

The terrorists’ attack stunned Israel with a death toll unseen since the 1973 Yom Kippur War with Egypt and Syria — and those deaths happened over a longer period of time. It brought horrific scenes of Hamas terrorists gunning down civilians in their cars on the road, in streets of towns, and at a music festival attended by thousands in the desert near Gaza, while dragging men, women and children into captivity.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has compared the atrocities against Israeli civilians on Saturday to the actions of Islamic State. Israel’s Kan public broadcaster reported Tuesday that in some attack locations, the terrorists beheaded their victims.

Israelis have found renewed dedication to their national cause, while Palestinians and their Arab supporters have also rallied in a rare mass show of popular unity in the region.

“I do not think there is a single Palestinian who does not support what happened,” said Issam Abu Bakr, a Palestinian official in the West Bank.

The Hamas attack was a “natural reaction to the crimes committed by Israel,” which has “turned its back on the political negotiation process,” he added.

([108] Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus celebrate on October 7, 2023, after terrorists from the Gaza Strip infiltrated Israel, a major escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP) [...] Hours after the shock Hamas invasion began on Saturday, Palestinian supporters distributed sweets in south Lebanon and the capital Beirut.

Israel and Lebanon are still technically at war and Israeli troops established a security zone in the country’s south for 22 years.

Residents of the southern port city of Sidon set off firecrackers and gathered in public squares as mosques blasted chants praising “Palestinian resistance fighters who are writing the most wonderful, heroic epic.”

A rally was held at the American University of Beirut, where 18-year-old Palestinian student Reem Sobh said: “We are unable to carry weapons but at least, we are able to support them.”

([109] An IDF soldier prepares to remove the bodies of Israelis killed during an October 7, 2023, attack by Palestinian terrorists, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in southern Israel bordering the Gaza Strip, on October 10, 2023. Jack Guez/AFP) On Instagram, Lebanese comedian Shaden Fakih explained the wave of support widely condemned in the West...

“They will carry arms and fight back. This is their right,” she added, noting that she “can be against Hamas and still support any armed resistance against the oppressor, against [Israeli] apartheid.”

In the Tunisian capital, schools raised Palestinian flags and a coalition of organizations and political parties have called for massive solidarity rallies.

The presidency declared its “full and unconditional support of the Palestinian people” and of their right to resist occupation.

In Damascus, the Palestinian flag lit up the city’s opera house. (In some Western countries public buildings were lit up in blue and white to show support for Israel, notably the White House in Washington as well as 10 Downing Street and the Houses of Parliament in London.)

([110] Iraqis burn Israeli flags during a rally held in central Baghdad on October 7, 2023, in support of the Palestinians, after Hamas terrorists launched a deadly air, land and sea assault into Israel from the Gaza Strip. Murtadha Ridha/AFP)

Syrian university employee Marah Suleiman, 42, said the Hamas attack “stirred up a feeling within us that had not been moved for many years, and revived the spirit of resistance.”...

In Egypt, which bans unauthorized protests, soccer fans turned matches into displays of solidarity, with pro-Palestinian chants.

In the war-scarred Iraqi capital Baghdad, Iran-backed paramilitaries trampled and torched Israeli flags during rallies in Tahrir Square.

Even Arab Gulf states joined the wave of solidarity despite the US-brokered Abraham Accords, which saw Israel normalize relations with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in 2020.

The two countries released statements relatively sympathetic to Israel, but the popular mood told a different story.

Expressions of solidarity with Palestinians filled social media in the UAE, and prominent Emirati analyst Abdulkhaleq Abdulla condemned Israel’s attacks on Gaza as a “campaign of genocide” on X, formerly Twitter.

In Bahrain, protesters have covered their faces, some with Palestinian keffiyehs, during near-daily, unauthorized rallies.

“We will always support our brothers in Palestine,” said a 29-year-old demonstrator, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals from the authorities.

“If we were able to reach them, we would have fought alongside them,” he added.

Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders have pledged to ensure Hamas can never again muster the capacity to harm Israel, stating that the terror group’s demise is critical to Israel’s future. TOI

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Anti-Israel Activists Celebrate Hamas Attacks that Have Killed Hundreds of Israelis.

Published: 10.07.2023 Anti-Israel Activity. Antisemitism Globally.

From: Center on Extremism Following Hamas's October 7, 2023, surprise invasion of Israel that has reportedly killed at least 700 Israelis, left more than 2,200 injured, and included the kidnapping of more than 100 children and adults, many prominent anti-Israel activists and organizations have expressed their full support for the Hamas actions on social media platforms such as X and Instagram. Anti-Israel campus groups, community organizations and journalists are framing Hamas’s terror attacks as part of an anti-colonial struggle in which any and all forms of “resistance” are justified.

Among those expressing complete support for Hamas’s deadly attacks: The Nation’s Palestine Correspondent Mohammed El-Kurd, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters, popular New York City-based anti-Zionist group Within Our Lifetime and many other anti-Israel groups across the country. In their view, all Israelis are complicit in Israel’s policies toward the Palestinians, and violence is a warranted response.

These reactions from noteworthy anti-Israel activists and organizations are reflected in a broader ecosystem in which many X users are posting similar messaging. Many posts compare Israel to Nazi Germany or state that Israel was deserving of the attack. Others refer to the news as cause for “a day of celebration,” lauding Hamas for their “bravery” and for crossing “into their colonisers’ territory.” ... ADL

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Zach Kessel @zach_kessel: This one might be the worst I’ve seen so far. Students for Justice in Palestine at @UVA says Hamas brutality makes them “hopeful for the future of Palestine.”

The indiscriminate murder of Jews is “a step towards a free Palestine,” they say. Oct 10, 2023 on X

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Zach Kessel @zach_kessel: Students for Justice in Palestine at @swarthmore “honors the martyrs” and calls for more indiscriminate killings of Jews. According to them, Nazi-like murders are justified by the existence of the Jewish people. [111] 9:33 AM · Oct 10, 2023 on X

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The Squad's Socialist Party Rallies in Support of 'Palestine' Hours After Hamas Terror Attacks. Dem members silent on 'All Out for Palestine' demonstration as Israel faces worst assault in its history

..The attacks on Israel have shocked both the Jewish state and the international community. Videos show Hamas terrorists gunning down women and parading victims' bodies through the street...

Joseph Simonson October 7, 2023 Free Beacon

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New York governor condemns pro-Palestinian rally. Gov. Kathy Hochul called the rally “abhorrent and morally repugnant” in a statement. By Kelly Garrity, Oct 8, 2023 Politico

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Morally repugnant' Palestinian supporter flashes swastika as protesters clash at 'abhorrent' NYC rally in wake of Hamas attack. [112] New York City Democratic Socialists of America are holding a pro-Palestinian rally in Times Square following an attack on Israel by Islamist extremists — with Gov. Kathy Hochul calling it “repugnant.” NY Post

Pro-Palestinian rally met by Israel supporters in Midtown as Hochul slams ‘abhorrent’ demonstration after Hamas attack. By Jared Downing and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon Published Oct. 8, 2023, 1:18 p.m. ET. ....One attendee in the pro-Palestinian camp was pictured holding up an image of a swastika on their phone — a day after 700 Jews were slaughtered by Hamas. NY Post

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Chanting ‘700,’ pro-Palestinian activists in New York fete Hamas attack Israel supporters rally to mourn hundreds of dead and express solidarity and outrage, as opponents mock them and applaud 'resistance' at dueling protests. By Luke Tress, Oct 9, 2023 TOI

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White Supremacist Leaders Applaud Hamas and Violence Against Israelis. Published: 10.10.2023 [113] ADL

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Pro-Palestine demonstrators spark anger after chanting 'gas the Jews' at Sydney protest. Chants heard at the rally on Monday also included 'f*** the Jews' and 'f*** Israel'

By Rosa Doherty October 10, 2023 12:04 The JC

Australian Jewish Association @AustralianJA: UNCUT VERSION - SHOCKING "Gas the Jews' on the steps of the Sydney Opera House Oct 9, 2023 [114]

'Reprehensible' protestors chant 'gas the Jews' outside Sydney Opera House.

By Olivia Land Published Oct. 10, 2023, 10:08 a.m. ET

Around 1,000 protesters gathered outside Sydney's iconic performing arts hall late Monday carrying flares and Palestinian flags and chanting “gas the Jews,” “f–k the Jews” and “Allahu Akbar,” the troubling footage shared by the Australian Jewish Association. NY Post

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All you needed to know about twisted mind of "author"/propagandist racist Gilbert Achcar.

' "On Hamas’s October Counter(sic)-Offensive". 10/8/2023. Gilbert Achcar: "..Gaza’s latest counter-offensive brings indeed to mind the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising." '

Nevermind his phrasing of the atrocities on civilians as "counter", but the sick glorification and belittling the Holocaust by such a terrible comparison is beyond justification. at EoZ

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Oct 13, 2023.

Madison, Wisconsin Friday Sermon By Imam Alhajie Jallow Following October 7 Attack: Our Brothers In Gaza Are Heroes; Only Jihad Can Bring Glory And Victory To The Muslims; The Jews Will Be Killed, Executed By The Muslims.

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Source: Online Platforms - "Madison Muslims on YouTube" Imam Alhajie Jallow said in an October 13, 2023 Friday sermon at the Madinah Community Center in Madison, Wisconsin and posted on the center's YouTube channel, that the Muslim “brothers” in Gaza are heroes. He said that only Jihad could bring glory and victory to the Muslims, not contracts or agreements, and that every Muslim should be a soldier today. Alhajie continued to say that all the Jews will be killed, executed by the Muslims and that this is a divine promise. Imam Alhagie Jallow was born in Gambia, and he studied at the Islamic University of Imam Muhammad bin Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia under the tutelage of Sheikh Sadhan, Sheikh Abdullah ibn Jibreen, and Sheikh Saalih ibn Fawzaan al Fawzaan. Memri

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Israel's embassy defaced twice with vile swastika graffiti in 'barbaric gesture.'

Western embassies in Colombia have roundly condemned the graffiti. However, Colombian President, Gustavo Petro, has yet to say anything.

By Jacob Kessler.

14:47, Thu, Oct 12, 2023 | UPDATED Express UK

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Israel-Palestine violence causes pain, frustration at UW-Madison. By Abigail Leavins, Oct 14, 2023

University of Wisconsin campus police stand between two groups on the Library Mall on Oct. 10 as pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian students exchange heated words.

Jordana Resnikoff said that being Jewish at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was isolating enough before last week.

“No matter where you are, there’s always going to be somebody who doesn’t like me because I’m Jewish,” Resnikoff said.

She felt even more targeted, she said, by some of the responses on campus after the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel near the Gaza strip on Oct. 7, killing and wounding hundreds of Jewish civilians and taking numerous hostages. The Israeli military responded with airstrikes that in turn killed thousands of Palestinian civilians, which further escalated tensions between student groups in Madison.

Rabbi Mendel Matusof from the UW Chabad, a Jewish service organization on campus, said some students have been organizing in favor of Palestine, focusing on the political conflict. They organized a sit-in Oct. 10 to promote Palestinian ideals.

Resnikoff said that seeing people walk down State Street and celebrate after the Hamas attacks for political reasons was “gut-wrenching.” She said she doesn’t understand why innocent deaths would be celebrated.

“Why is it OK to celebrate this? Is it just because we’re Jewish?”

Students for Justice in Palestine, which organized the sit-in, has not yet responded to the Cap Times’ request for a statement or interview. Captimes

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Darth Vrandon: Ok. So this may be the worst pro palestine post I’ve seen… literally praising hitler. I know this isn’t a representative of most pro Palestine people, but it’s still not great that this exists. [115]. October 16, 2023. Reddit

Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈 @MrAndyNgo Where’s Antifa? Oh, right, on that side. [ahmadbalousha1/status/1712702152253014444] [116] [117] Oct 14, 2023 on X

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Jewish students at Cornell urged to avoid kosher dining hall following threats. Jewish students at Cornell University advised to avoid kosher dining hall after threats to Jews were posted on university discussion forum. Israel National News, Oct 30, 2023, 3:13 AM (GMT+2) INN

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Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt @StateSEAS: We were shocked to see Colombian President @petrogustavo compare the Israeli government to Hitler’s genocidal regime. We strongly condemn President Petro’s statements and call on him to condemn Hamas, a designated terrorist organization, for its barbaric murder of Israeli men, women and children. Oct 12, 2023 On X

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Lior Haiat 🇮🇱🎗️ @LiorHaiat: At the instruction of Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, the Deputy Director General for Latin America at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Amb. Jonathan Peled summoned the Colombian ambassador to Israel, Margarita Manjarrez, for a reprimand conversation, following the hostile and anti-Semitic statements of the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, against the State of Israel, during the last week.

At the meeting it was made clear to the ambassador that her statements were received in Israel with astonishment at the savage terrorist attack by Hamas terrorists who murdered more than 1,300 Israelis and kidnapped more than 150.

Israel condemns the president's statements that reflect support for the atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists, fuel anti-Semitism, affect the representatives of the State of Israel and threaten the peace of the Jewish community in Colombia.

In response, as a first measure, Israel decided to stop security exports to Colombia. Oct 15, 2023. On X

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Ibrahim Bharmal - Canary Mission Overview.

Ibrahim Bharmal participated in physically and verbally assaulting an Israeli student during an anti-Israel “die-in” protest at Harvard University (Harvard) in October 2023. 

The incident occurred in the wake of a series of Hamas terror attacks and war crimes that left over 1,400 Israelis dead, hundreds kidnapped, as well as thousands wounded. The war crimes include mass murder, torture, rape, beheadings and kidnappings, and were carried out on October 7, 2023. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron.”

On October 18, 2023, Bharmal reportedly participated in an anti-Israel “die-in” protest on the Harvard campus. Protesters carried Palestinian flags and held up signs that read: “STOP THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA.” 

At the rally, the protesters surrounded an Israeli student, grabbing and shoving him to the ground while covering their faces with keffiyehs. Bharmal was one of the assailants identified [00:01:54] in the video of the incident, published by the Washington Free Beacon.

As of November 2023, Bharmal was the co-president of the Harvard South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA), a student group that signed a statement by the Harvard Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) blaming Israel for the Hamas war crimes carried out on October 7, 2023. PSC is an alternative name for Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).

Canary Mission

REPORT: Harvard Law editor who assaulted Jewish student said by Stanford to have 'compassion and humility' Ibrahim Bharmal 'worked for the Council on American Islamic Relations,' according to Stanford University.

November 1, 2023, 4:41 pm ET

Video circulated online Wednesday morning showing a group of pro-Hamas students at Harvard University entrapping a group of Jewish students and shouting “Shame” at them.

The Canary Mission, a nonprofit that investigates anti-Semitism, is now claiming a ringleader in the physical confrontation is Ibrahim Bharmal.

”Ibrahim Bharmal participated in physically and verbally assaulting an Israeli student during an anti-Israel “die-in” protest at Harvard University (Harvard) in October 2023,” the nonprofit states.

[Campus Reform | Harvard creates anti-Semitism advisory board: report]

The organization also reports, “At the rally, the protesters surrounded an Israeli student, grabbing and shoving him to the ground while covering their faces with keffiyehs. Bharmal was one of the assailants identified [00:01:54] in the video of the incident, published by the Washington Free Beacon.” ... Bharmal reportedly has extensive involvement in campus groups in addition to editing the Harvard Law Review. Campus Reform

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Anti-Semitic Swastika graffitied on seat of tube after Hamas terror attack on Israel.

12 October 2023 A swastika on the Northern Line London.

(A swastika on the Northern Line London Underground tube [118] Image: Contributor) A swastika has been pictured graffitied on the seat of a tube train in London amid the ongoing conflict in Israel and the border of Gaza.

The swastika, which was used as a symbol of Nazism, was graffitied on the seat of a Northern Line Underground train. Police believe the graffiti was created on Wednesday, October 10. Yahoo

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Bates reports anti­semitic graf­fiti on its cam­pus.

The Boston Globe. Oct 13, 2023 Bates Col­lege pres­id­ent Garry Jen­kins said Fri­day after­noon that "anti­semitic and hate­ful graf­fiti" was dis­covered inside a res­id­ence hall on the Lewis­ton, Maine, cam­pus on Thursday, five days after Hamas mil­it­ants launched a bru­tal surprise attack on Israeli citizens.

Jenkins said in an email to students, faculty, and staff that the graffiti, which is being investigated by the campus's safety department, included a swastika drawn in a bathroom stall. "Let me say now, unequivocally, that this act and symbol of antisemitism is abhorrent and unacceptable,” Jenkins wrote. "I am especially disheartened that this would occur directly on the hills of this weekend's atrocious attacks on Israel." Boston Globe [119]

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After Hamas attack, swastikas surface in US cities. Swastikas in NYC and Irvine; anti-Semitic trolls upend meetings: This week in extremism. Will Carless, USA TODAY, Oct. 13, 3023

Online hate has surged in the days since Hamas launched brutal terrorist attacks against Israel, and social media companies are once again under fire for failing to quell the chaos. Meanwhile, swastikas are on display in New York and California, and hate speech invades Bay Area city council meetings.

It’s the week in extremism.

Smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8.

Hate speech surging online since Hamas attack

Hateful and extremist speech on social media platforms has surged in the days since Hamas launched its brutal terrorist attacks on Israel on Saturday, USA TODAY reported Wednesday. In response, civil rights organizations are calling on tech companies to get much better at enforcing their terms of service and quelling hateful content.

Organizations who monitor hate speech online registered a significant surge in such content since Saturday’s invasion. The posts primarily target the Jewish population and Israel, but an organization that monitors anti-Palestinian hate has also seen increases. The large tech companies who run the major social media platforms appear overwhelmed by what is happening. But they have also worsened the situation by laying off hundreds, if not thousands, of trust and safety employees, experts said. This has created an environment where hate speech and disinformation is thriving. “Social media platforms are putting the burden of monitoring hate speech, incitement and violent speech on civil society organizations with limited resources and this is not OK,” said Mona Shtaya, a nonresident fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy.

Swastikas waved in NYC, California

The conflict in Gaza has brought out American anti-Semites. In addition to the online hate, there have been at least two incidents of people displaying swastika flags in the last week, at either end of the country.

In Times Square, New York City, a protester held up a phone displaying an image of a Nazi swastika on Sunday drawing condemnation from the Anti-Defamation League, which reported on the rally: “Rally-goers cast Zionists as fascists and bigots and referred to Zionists as ‘colonizers’ who should be removed from American cities.” In Irvine, California, a man was seen waving a large swastika flag on a freeway overpass on Tuesday. Multiple witnesses posted about the sighting on social media. The swastikas were just one facet of protests around the country with anti-Semitic themes, according to the ADL.

Hate speech in California city council meetings. Several California cities have had to pause or cancel remote public comment sessions in recent days and weeks after meetings were hijacked by trolls shouting racist or anti-Semitic slurs. USA Today

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David Petraeus: 'Hamas is every bit as evil as Islamic State.' The former US Army general and CIA director explains why the war between Israel and Palestine reminds him of Iraq – and what may come next. Colin Freeman, Oct 20, 2023 — “Whatever replaces them will have to conduct not just governance, but restoration of what is likely to be hugely damaged infrastructure.” Daily Telegraph

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Kansas City, Missouri Friday Sermons By Rockhurst University Professor Mohamed Kohia: The October 7 Hamas Attack Was 'Amazing', 'A Miracle', And 'A Drill' For What Will Come Next'; 'Oh Allah, Annihilate The Crusaders.' October 20, 2023. Dr. Mohamed Kohia, Professor of Physical Therapy at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, delivered several Friday sermons at the Kansas City Islamic Center following the October 7 Hamas attacks. The sermons were posted on the center's YouTube channel. Kohia said in an October 20 sermon that Hamas's October 7 attack on southern Israel was "amazing" and a "miracle." He said that the whole world was shocked when a few people from the Islamic resistance crossed into Israel and killed and captured many Israelis. He prayed: "May Allah annihilate the Crusaders."

On November 17, Kohia said that the October 7 attacks were "just a drill for what is going to come next." He stated that the liberation of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Palestine in its entirety "is a possibility now." He went on to say that the West is not a civilization; it is merely technologically advanced, and he qualified that "civilization" applies only to Islam. Memri

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Aviva Klompas @AvivaKlompas · Oct 20, 2023: This is beautiful. The town hall in Vilnius, Lithuania is lit with 1,400 candles in memory of Israel's 1,400 victims. [120] on X

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Israel At War. Man arrested for painting swastikas on Israeli flags in Jerusalem. The suspect is a resident of the capital's Abu Tor neighborhood.

(October 22, 2023 / JNS) Israeli police on Saturday night arrested a resident of Jerusalem’s Abu Tor neighborhood suspected of painting swastikas on several Israeli flags displayed in the south of the capital.

Jerusalem District police opened an investigation last week into several cases of flags being desecrated with swastikas.

Police have arrested dozens of suspects on charges of incitement and support for terrorism in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror assault on southern Israel.

Among those arrested were a 20-year-old female resident of Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah/Shimon HaTzadik neighborhood, for allegedly sharing pictures of fallen IDF soldiers on social media and praising their Palestinian killers.

In another case, officers detained a cook who worked in a central Jerusalem restaurant. After losing his job due to his public support for Hamas terror, he reportedly threatened to carry out an attack on the diner.

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir recently warned of possible Arab riots in mixed Jewish-Arab cities, and ordered Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai to make preparations for “a scenario of ‘Guardian of the Walls II,’ which I think is looming.”

Ben-Gvir’s remarks referred to the widespread Arab rioting in Israeli cities with large numbers of Arab and Jewish residents during the IDF’s May 2021 operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. JNS

Domestic enemies. During the war: an Arab sprayed swastikas on Israeli flags and was arrested. Jerusalem district police arrested a suspect after he desecrated the flag of the State of Israel by spraying swastikas on several Israeli flags deployed in the south of the city (News). David HaCohen, Kikar haShabbat, 7th in Heshvan | 22.10.23

At the end of last week, the Oz station in the Jerusalem district opened an investigation following several cases of finding swastikas sprayed on the flags of the State of Israel deployed in the south of the city.

During the investigation, the suspect in the act was located, a resident of Abu Tor in his 40s, and he was arrested last night by Oz station policemen and MGB soldiers.

The suspect was detained for questioning at the Oz station on suspicion of the offense of insulting the state's flag on racist background and today, he will be brought to the court to discuss the extension of his detention. Kikar

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Teenager-Randale in Hamburg: Judenhasser ruft nach Hitler. by Franziska Ringleben, Bild, October 25, 2023.

[Teen riots in Hamburg: Jew haters call for Hitler. Hamburg – The war against Israel is far away? Hatred of Jews no longer a German problem?

Totally wrong! It plays out on our streets every day – and it shows itself in its ugliest face through this young person.

On Monday, a freelance journalist filmed an illegal pro-Palestine demonstration in the south of Hamburg. But it turned out to be a pure riot – up to 80 young people gave free rein to their anger. A teenager, presumably of Arab origin, shouted into the camera: "I want Adolf Hitler back, that's my opinion. I’m for Hitler, gas the Jews."

There were calls on social media for the illegal demonstration in the Harburger Ring, a social hotspot in Hamburg. The participants caused an explosion of hatred.

A police spokesman: "Between 6 p.m. and 1 a.m., politically motivated crimes related to the Middle East conflict occurred in the area of Harburg’s city center. State security has taken over the investigation."

Shocking: The rioting teenagers had brought spray cans, firecrackers and telescopic batons with them. They set off fireworks and smeared "F##k Israel" and "Free Palestine" on advertising at a bus stop and on the facade of the employment agency. A window pane was broken and construction site materials were thrown over. There was a fire at a construction site.

The police arrived in full force and dispersed the participants. A game of cat and mouse that took hours to end.

The police spokesman: "The police checked almost 40 males between the ages of 13 and 21 and determined their identities. 31 of them were sent off. The police also have videos in which young people appear to be making statements that may be criminal in connection with the Middle East conflict."

Fears of further hate escapades What’s in store for Hamburg? In recent years, the Harburger Ring has repeatedly achieved notoriety on October 31st. In the early evening hours of Halloween, dozens of young people repeatedly gathered together and attacked police officers and HVV buses.

There will also be calls for this online this yea]. Bild

Teenager-Randale in Hamburg: Judenhasser ruft nach Hitler. BILD. Oct 29, 2023. on YouTube

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Man arrested in L.A. after allegedly attempting to break into Jewish family’s home. Police said a man who was possibly experiencing mental illness shouted “Free Palestine” and “Kill Jews.” The incident is being investigated as a hate crime.

Oct. 26, 2023, 3:12 PM EDT By Andrew Blankstein and Kimmy Yam. The Los Angeles Police Department arrested a man Wednesday after he allegedly attempted to break into the home of a family of Jewish descent in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles and yelled antisemitic threats.

Daniel Garcia was arrested on suspicion of stalking and making criminal threats after he was accused of attempting to kick in the back door of the family’s home around 5 a.m. Wednesday, while dressed in only his underwear, according to an LAPD news release. The man was also heard screaming “Free Palestine” and “Kill Jews,” according to the statement. Authorities say they are investigating the incident as a hate crime... NBC

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Neo-Nazi Group Attend Pro-Palestine Demonstration In Midwest; Disseminate Antisemitic Flyers; Intimidate Jewish Protesters, And Threaten Violence At Further Rallies. October 27, 2023 Memri

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Aviva Klompas @AvivaKlompas: Swastika death symbol in Long Island, New York. Because Palestine. [121] 5:46 PM · Oct 30, 2023 on X

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Open hatred of Jews surges globally, inflamed by Gaza war.

Andrew MacAskill and Estelle Shirbon October 31, 2023

Members of white nationalist group NatSoc Florida protest in Lady Lake, Florida. By Andrew MacAskill and Estelle Shirbon

LONDON (Reuters) -In Los Angeles, a man screaming "kill Jews" attempts to break into a family's home. In London, girls in a playground are told they are "stinking[sic]Jews" and should stay off the slide. In China, posts likening Jews to parasites, vampires or snakes proliferate on social media, attracting thousands of "likes."... ...In Johannesburg, pro-Palestinian protesters marched to an area with a large Jewish community on Saturday, tearing off pictures of Israeli hostages in Gaza from the perimeter walls of a community centre while a Shabbat service was being held at a nearby synagogue. YahooNews

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Now the world knows 'why Hitler killed the Jews,' Pakistani senator writes. By Danielle Greyman-Kennard. Published: October 29, 2023. Pakistani Senator Afnan Ullah Khan has caused outrage on X after posting an image of Adolf Hitler with the caption “At least now the world know [sic], why he did, what he did. JPost

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Flight from Israel met by Muslim mob at Russian airport. Crowd chants ‘Allahu Akbar’ and seeks to harm Israelis who landed in capital of Russia’s Republic of Dagestan; Foreign Ministry: ‘Israel expects Russian law enforcement authorities to safeguard all Israeli citizens and Jews’ Itamar Eichner | published: October 29, 2023 [122]

Flight from Israel diverted as Muslim mob storms airport in Dagestan.

Russian Muslims seek to lynch Israeli passengers at airport. “We came for the Jews—to kill them with a knife and shoot them,” a rioter said.

(An antisemitic mob at Makhachkala Uytash Airport in Russia’s Dagestan Republic, Oct. 29, 2023. Source: Screenshot. [123])

(October 29, 2023 / JNS) A flight from Tel Aviv to Russia’s Dagestan Republic, in the North Caucasus along the Caspian Sea, was forced to redirect on Sunday after pro-Hamas rioters stormed Makhachkala Uytash Airport, seeking to lynch Jewish travelers. JNS

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Dagestan: Muslim rioters gather at airport to attack Israeli passengers Rioters gather at Makhachkala airport and search for Jews and Israelis. Flight rerouted to another airport. Israel National News Published: Oct 29, 2023, 8:23 PM (GMT+2) Updated: Oct 30, 2023, 12:54 AM Footage from the scene shows crowds chanting "Allahu Akbar," and according to reports, they also chanted antisemitic chants... According to local reports, the rioters also began to search for Israelis and Jews near the airport as well. INN

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Israeli flight landed in “Makhachkala”, the capital of Dagestan And crowds outside chant Allahu Akbar. Rumble

Pro-Hamas Rioters S_ earching For Jews At Russian Airport, Go Door-To-Door In Hotels by Gary Leff on October 29, 2023

Pro-Hamas demonstrators stormed Makhachkala Uytash Airport in Dagestan, responding to “rumors..that an Israeli aircraft was preparing to land.” Their mission: “Kill Israelis and Jews.”

Muslims within the Republic of Dagestan in Southwestern Russia are currently Storming the International Airport in the [...] OSINTdefender @sentdefender Replying to @sentdefender: Russian Police have Zero Control of the Situation with these Terrorists at the “Flamingo” Hotel being able to go Room to Room searching for Israelis. Oct 29, 2023 [124] [...] But I’ve been told they’re just “anti-Zionist” not “anti-Jew.”

While Russia has prohibited rallies, this one goes on with protestor chanting “kill, kill Jews.” [125] Here’s more footage from the airport [126]. Russia has sent in security forces to take control of the airport. Ironically, Russia invade Ukraine under the pretense of ‘de-Nazification’ when they could have looked inward? [127] Viewfromthewing

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In Dagestan, a crowd came to a hotel because of rumors about Jews there. Daniil Sotnikov, October 29, 2023 Residents of Khasavyurt staged a gathering near a local hotel due to rumors that Israeli citizens were staying there.. DW

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A Jewish cultural center was set on fire in Nalchik (Kabardino-Balkaria). According to local residents, someone threw burning tires into the center's building under construction. Also on the wall appeared the inscription "death to the yahuds". "Yahud" is Arabic for Jew. Oct 29, 2023 Reddit

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Dagestan did not rule out the evacuation of Jews from the republic amid anti-Semitic actions. 29 October 2023, 19:23 The representative of the Chief Rabbinate of Russia in Dagestan, Ovadya Isakov, did not rule out that due to anti-Semitic actions, Jews would have to be evacuated from the republic. He told the publication “Rise” about this.

“The situation is very difficult in Dagestan, people from the community are afraid, they call, but I don’t know what to advise. One woman turned to the local police officer for help, and he said: “Well, you see what you are doing to their children there.” She tried to explain what Hamas was doing, but for the district police officer it was the opposite. The whole world is turned upside down for him and everyone else,” the rabbi said.

Isakov added that Jews may have to be taken out of Dagestan, but he does not know where exactly. ““There are about 300-400 families in Derbent, I think there are the same number throughout Dagestan. Is it worth leaving at all, because Russia is not salvation, there were pogroms in Russia too. It’s not clear where to run,” the rabbi explained.

According to Isakov, he himself does not feel safe, despite the fact that the synagogue is guarded.

On the afternoon of October 28, because of rumors about “Jewish refugees,” “concerned residents” gathered near the Flamingo Hotel in Khasavyurt, Dagestan. The police also arrived at the hotel. The security forces allowed several people to enter the hotel to make sure that there were no Jews in it. “ChP Kavkaz” reported that a notice was posted outside the hotel stating that Jews were prohibited from entering there. A rally in support of Palestine began in Makhachkala that evening.

The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, said that the gathering in Khasavyurt and the rally in Makhachkala took place “due to fakes spread by enemies” and called on the police to carry out “thorough actions to detect and neutralize the destructive forces that are pushing our guys to violate public order.”

The Coordination Center for Muslims of the North Caucasus repeated Melikov’s thesis about “destructive forces” organizing provocations, and said that it categorically does not support such actions. Today, according to local public reports, the police dispersed another rally in support of Palestine in Makhachkala.

Messages that refugees from Israel had arrived in Dagestan were also published in the “Morning Dagestan” telegram channel, which was launched by ex-State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev.

An anti-Semitic rally the day before also took place in Cherkessk. Local residents came to the government house and demanded that the authorities support Palestine, “not allow Israeli refugees to enter the North Caucasus,” and also “evict ethnic Jews.”

The Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Karachay-Cherkessia reported that 34 people were detained at the rally. Today in Nalchik there was a fire in the Jewish religious national-cultural community center under construction. The inscription “death to the Yahuds” was left on his wall. ZonaMedia

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Calls on Telegram to reach the field and a post by a local legend: the early signs of riots in Dagestan. Behind the attack by dozens of pro-Palestinians on the Russian airport, there is a narrative that states that the Jews who arrived in Palestine received help from the local Arabs - and then occupied the country • Today - the citizens there fear that a similar incident will happen again • One of the local stars wrote on the networks: "Gaza - the open prison The biggest in the world" • According to reports in Russia, 60 rioters were arrested Shani Birnbaums | N12 | Published 12:49 30.10.23 "Israel lost the information war," claimed Rabbi Ovadia Iskov in an interview with the local media outlet Podium. "Misinformation is being spread here and it is shown that Israel is taking someone else's land. They even declare that they are ready to go to war - this has a great effect on people, one hint is enough for them."

Iskov pointed to the post published by the boxer Khabib Nurmagomedov who sympathizes with the Palestinians. On his Instagram page, he wrote that Gaza is "the biggest open prison in the world", and added that he stands by the Gazans. N12

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Newizv.ru, 2023-10-29:

Dagestan hotel bans entry to Jews after spontaneous rally. 29 October 2023, 04:36 The administration of one of the hotels in Khasavyurt, Dagestan, posted a notice prohibiting entry for Israeli citizens. The day before, local residents gathered outside the hotel and demanded that the Jews who had allegedly settled there be evicted. Alexander Kumanev, Oct 29, 2023

The day before, information spread in Dagestan tg channels that refugees from Israel who had come to visit their relatives had settled in the Flamingo Hotel.

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At least 80 detained after antisemitic lynch mob storms Dagestan airport. Israel warned its citizens against traveling to a number of Russian republics and regions in the North Caucasus following the incident. (October 31, 2023 / JNS) At least 80 people have been detained in Dagestan after pro-Hamas rioters stormed Makhachkala Uytash Airport on Sunday seeking to lynch Jewish travelers, Russia’s Kommersant news site reported on Tuesday.

Some 150 suspects have been identified and investigations were continuing, with the report stating that the effort is being led by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (SKR).

More than 20 people were injured during the riot, including nine police officers, two of whom were hospitalized, the report said. JNS

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A swastika, a Hamas flag and a gun were found in a suspicious house in East Jerusalem. A suspect resident of East Jerusalem was arrested after threatening a man who had the symbols of the State of Israel and the Border Guard affixed to his car window • After obtaining a search warrant from the court, the security forces raided the suspect's home in Abu Tor and found a gun, a cartridge, a flag associated with the terrorist organization Hamas and an embroidered swastika.

Now 14, police and crimes, 15 Cheshvan, 5784, 30.10.23 - 9:34. During a search of a suspect's house yesterday (Sunday), the police found a gun and a cartridge, a flag associated with the terrorist organization Hamas and an embroidered "swastika". The detectives of the Beit Shemesh station of the Jerusalem district together with additional YASAM forces and the Border Guard carried out the search according to a court order. The relative of the suspect was also arrested and taken for questioning, and during the day he will be brought before the Criminal Court.

The (Arab) suspect, whose house was searched, was arrested on October 23 following threats against a man who had the symbols of the State of Israel and the Border Guard affixed to his car window. The suspect began to threaten him and hurt him and his property because of those stickers.

The suspect, a resident of A-Tor [Abu Tor] in East Jerusalem in his 30s, was arrested by the police and taken for questioning, at the end of which he was imprisoned. His detention was extended from time to time in court, until October 31. As part of the investigative actions carried out by the Jerusalem district police officers, additional findings were collected, which included, among other things, documentation of the suspect having weapons in his possession. Now 14

East Jerusalem resident found with gun, Hamas flag, and swastika badge By Jerusalem Post Staff. Published: October 30, 2023 09:11 Updated: October 30, 2023 09:12

A resident of a-Tur in east Jerusalem was found to be in possession of a firearm, a Hamas flag, and an embroidered swastika, Israel Police said Monday.

Police searched the resident's home after he attacked and threatened a worker in Beit Shemesh due to stickers with the emblems of the State of Israel and the Border Police. A relative of the suspect was also taken in for questioning. The investigation is ongoing. JPost

Kann news @kann_news: A swastika and a Hamas flag: a suspect from East Jerusalem, threatened his co-worker in Beit Shemesh, after seeing the symbols of the State of Israel and the Border Guard on his vehicle. A gun with a cartridge, a Hamas flag and a swastika symbol were found in his house. @VeredPelman. (Photo: Police Spokesperson [128] Oct 30, 2023 on X

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A Shufersal employee who painted swastikas on deliveries will remain in custody. The company's employee acted as a courier and attached to the packages an envelope with a swastika and the middle finger pointing towards the Israeli flag.

By Shilo Freid, 16th of Cheshvan 5784. (10/31/2023 5:24 p.m.).

An indictment was filed today (3) against a young Arab resident of East Jerusalem who worked as a deliveryman in the Shufersal network in Jerusalem and was fired from it after it was discovered that he attached to customers notes that he had made with swastikas and an illustration denigrating the Israeli flag. Makor Rishon

Shufersal employee arrested after putting swastikas drawings in deliveries. By Jerusalem Post Staff. October 29, 2023.

Israel Police in Jerusalem on Sunday arrested a 20-year-old man from Shuafat after allegedly drawing swastikas on deliveries from the grocery store Shufersal, according to Israeli media.

The man is accused of drawing the swastikas on envelopes and a finger pointing to the Israeli flags and putting them in the deliveries, which were sent to several homes in the Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem on Friday.

The police located the man at the Shufersal store where he worked, detained him, and brought him in for further questioning at the police station.

Shufersal said in a statement that they condemned his actions and took measures against the employee.

"Shufersal views the incident with utmost seriousness and will show zero tolerance for events of this kind," the company said. "The involved employee has been identified, immediately summoned for a hearing prior to termination, and a complaint has been filed against him with the Israel Police. We deeply apologize for the incident and utterly reject such behavior. JPost

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Turns Out 'Palestinian (so-called) Anne Frank' Ahed Tamimi Is a Nazi After All. By David Israel - 16 Heshvan 5784 – October 31, 2023

Ahed Tamimi post on Instagram, October 30, 2023.

Remember Ahed Tamimi? She was the PA Arab teenager who slapped an Israeli soldier who, obeying the IDF rules of engagement, spared her what any other soldier in the Middle East would have done (Another Tamimi Sent to Jail for Attacking Israeli Officer).

Remember the poem of praise the popular Israeli songwriter Yehonatan Geffen (nephew of the late Moshe Dayan), who is no longer with us, wrote for her? Oh, I remember...

Man, I don’t know many people who should be better off dead, but Geffen certainly fits that condition, in light of the following Instagram post by the pretty redhead, which has since been blocked, but my good friend from the settlements WhatsApped it to me anyway, because, you know, the Internet, she don’t forget.

"Our message to the herds of settlers (i.e. all Israeli Jews) We’re waiting for you in all the cities of the West Bank, from Hebron to Jenin We will slaughter you and you will say that What Hitler did to you was a joke We will drink your blood and eat your skulls Come on, let’s go, we’re waiting for you."

I believe this is one of those occasions when no additional comment is required. JewishPress

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Terrible: The Olympic sprinter's anti-Semitic statement.

Mahiedine Mekhissi: "Hitler is a good boy compared to Netanyahu." In France they condemned: "Shame that he wore the national team shirt. Destruction" The sports channel website system

Sports 5 |Published 10:10 - 01.11.23

To read and not believe. The war in Israel creates echoes around the world, but we have never seen such a shocking reaction. The Olympic vice-champion in the 3000 steeplechase (Beijing and London) - Mahiedine Mekhissi tweeted tonight: "Adolf Hitler is a good boy compared to Netanyahu."

Following the shocking tweet, the mayor of Reims --where Mekhissi was born and raised-- immediately condemned the tweet and wrote: "And to think that this person wore the shirt of the French national team! I am ashamed for our city, what a disaster!". ..."This is simply a provocation", the French media were angry following the words. Mako

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IDF ground forces close in on Gaza City as Hamas fires on central Israel. More than 700 Hamas members arrested in Judea and Samaria since the start of the war; UAV strikes a terror squad in Jenin. Yaakov Lappin, October 30, 2023. ...IDF soldiers killed tens of terrorists overnight on Monday who fortified themselves and tried to attack them, he said. JNS

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Israeli forces in Gaza free captive IDF soldier. She was reunited with her family. (October 30, 2023 / JNS)

Israeli ground forces on Monday night freed a female Israeli soldier held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Pvt. Ori Megidish was freed after she was kidnapped by the Hamas terrorist organization on Oct. 7, the IDF said.

Following a medical exam, she was reunited with her family, the military added.

Megidish was among 243 people taken hostage by Hamas during its assault on Oct. 7, which left at least 1,400 people dead and more than 5,000 wounded. The terrorists have released four women.

She had been serving in the IDF’s Nahal Oz Base near the Gaza border as a spotter after enlisting six months ago, Channel 12 reported.

IDF special operations soldiers and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) agents freed her, Channel 13 reported. Though other members of her unit were also taken hostage, Megidish is believed to have been held alone.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commended the IDF and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) on their “important and exciting achievement,” which he said “expresses our commitment to the release of all the hostages.”

“The entire nation of Israel salutes the Shin Bet and salutes the IDF,” commented the premier... JNS

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Battles in Jabaliya: This is the senior Hamas commander killed by the IDF. Ibrahim Biari, killed by an IDF airstrike using Shin Bet intelligence, was one of the leaders of the October 7 massacre. Yoav Zitun | October 31, 2023 - 12:31. Ynet

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Israeli Air Force jets conduct wide-scale strike on Hamas’s Jabaliya Battalion, killing its commander; Israeli Defense Forces Southern Commander: “We will fight in alleys; we will fight in tunnels.” Yaakov Lappin October 31, 2023 JNS

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Israel intercepts fresh Yemen aerial assault toward south. 3 surface-to-surface missiles launched from Red Sea area, at least one shot down by Arrow long-range air defense system; Houthis say launched 'large number' of ballistic missiles, drones with more to come Yoav Zitun, Lior Ben Ari, Reuters | published: October 31, 2023 - 06:38 Ynet

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Anti-Israel JVP recites Ka_ddish for terrorists - opinion. By Rachel A. Elovitz. Published: October 31, 2023 04:58 'Jewish Voice for Peace' is neither Jewish nor an advocate for peace. They were protesting around the US last Tuesday, and did so in my hometown, at Woodruff Park, in the heart of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA.... “When we arrived,” Cheryl told me, audibly shaken, “they were chanting ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,’” a cry for judenrein, for the end of a Jewish presence in our indigenous home. Cheryl estimated that there were about 200 JVP activists there, most of whom were not Jewish, and many of whom, she said, “didn’t hesitate to let me know it.” ...JVP ACTIVISTS know that Hamas committed the most heinous atrocities against Israelis on October 7, including gouging out a father’s eyes before cutting off his wife’s breasts and chopping off their daughter’s leg, burning babies alive in front of their parents, and kidnapping Shoah survivors, but they will not spare a fraction of a second to condemn those atrocities, to express any remorse for the victims or their families, or to say Kaddish for murdered Jews (just the terrorists who killed them). JVP perpetuates the stereotype of Jews... JPost

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In battle for Gaza stronghold, 100 women and children pushed forward by Hamas to act as human barrier.

IDF troops met with a disturbing tactic at base of Hamas's Force 17 near Jabaliya; 'We stand ready to face more instances of such cynical and brutal use of civilians,' Israeli officer says.

Yoav Zitun | published: November 1, 2023. 16:00

IDF troops who engaged in fierce combat with Hamas terrorists for control over an operations base in the Gaza Strip were met with a disturbing tactic: roughly 100 women and children were pushed forward by Hamas to act as a human barrier. Ynet

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Hamas siphons fuel from hospitals, IDF reveals in intercepted call. In recording, Hamas commander repeatedly alludes to Hamas taking fuel from Indonesian Hospital’s stocks Ynetnews | published: November 1, 2023, 14:46 Ynet

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Israel deploys missile boats to Red Sea after Houthi attacks. November 1, 2023 JNS

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Commander of all Hamas anti-tank forces in Gaza eliminated. Muhammad A'sar, who was responsible for all anti-tank fire at Israeli soldiers and civilians, eliminated in airstrike. Israel National News, Nov 1, 2023, 7:40 PM (GMT+2) INN

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When the anti-racists are racists. Andrew Pessin. (Nov 1, 2023 / JNS). I have a colleague at another institution, a person of color who has for years been vocal on matters of concern to people of color and to all marginalized people. He is the quintessential progressive. He speaks often of diversity, inclusion and allyship. He is quick to call out racism when he sees it and proudly declares himself anti-racist...

I wrote to him as follows... When the anti-racists are racists. What exactly do you think could possibly justify such barbaric cruelty? To babies, children, disabled people, grandmothers?...

When the Nazis showed up at Polish towns and forced all the Jews to strip and walk miles into the woods and dig their own graves and then shot them, mothers holding their babies, would you stop and say, “Wait a minute, I need to hear the Nazis’ perspective on this before I reach a judgment?”

Who watches little girls raped and then dismembered alive (yes) and says, “Well, I need to learn more before making a judgment”?

Who watches a mother and a father and their three small children tied up together and then burned alive (yes) and says, “Well I need to hear the other side before I make up my mind”?

When nine black people were gunned down in South Carolina in 2015, did anyone say, “Wait until we get the gunman’s point of view”? Or in regard to the 2019 mosque shootings in New Zealand in which 51 Muslims died?

Is there any other identity group whose massive slaughter is met with the search for justification, with the “need to learn more”?

Closer to home, when talking about your activism for important causes, you also said, “The George Floyd affair was about the daily police brutality black Americans have faced for centuries and the continued oppression of folks of African descent across the diaspora.”

Imagine someone responded to you and said, “Well, you know, that situation is actually extremely complicated. After all, black people do commit a lot of crime and have a lot of police interactions. And anyway, let’s hear from David Duke and the Proud Boys before we reach any conclusions.”

Do I need to go on to imagine how you would feel, and how pretty much everyone we know in academia would erupt against such a response, which would instantly be branded racist?

1,400 mostly unarmed Jews—babies, children, teenagers, pregnant women, grandmothers—were just slaughtered in the most sadistic manner possible by the members of an openly genocidal group. Their founding charter literally endorses the murder of all Jews on earth. They literally posted footage of the atrocities so everyone could celebrate it. And you need to “learn more”?

But you didn’t stop there.

Given the “complexity” of the conflict, you then endorsed the (otherwise surely laudatory) view that we needn’t play the “Oppression Olympics,” that “we must oppose all oppression, have empathy for every suffering person, etc.”

Of course. But when certain people responded to the Black Lives Matter campaign so dear to you by pointing out that, in fact, “all lives matter” and “unarmed white people are also shot by police,” well we know how that was received, not least as evidence of their racism. Yet when 1,400 Jews were slaughtered in the most cold-blooded manner possible, you responded, “Well, all lives matter.”

You literally just “all lives mattered” every Jewish person on earth. JNS

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House passes bill requiring annual report on Palestinian teaching materials.

The report, which would be publicly available, would cover "textbooks, leaflets, pamphlets, magazines, and other instructional materials."

(November 2, 2023 / JNS) The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would require the U.S. secretary of state to issue an annual public report on teaching materials “in schools in areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority or located in Gaza and controlled by any other entity.”

“Among other topics, the report must address (1) whether the materials used encourage violence or intolerance toward other nations or ethnic groups, (2) the steps the Palestinian Authority is taking to reform such materials and (3) whether U.S. foreign assistance is used to fund the dissemination of the offending materials,” per H.R.3266, the Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act.

The House passed the bill, which Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) introduced with Reps. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and David Trone (D-Md.), on Nov. 1.

The legislation, which drew 30 more co-sponsors, heads next to the Senate.

If passed, it would require the U.S. State Department to produce an annual report on the “textbooks, leaflets, pamphlets, magazines and other instructional materials” used in Palestinian schools.

Textbooks that the Palestinian Authority uses in Judea and Samaria “include graphics portraying violence against Israeli soldiers, positive portrayals of individuals who have committed attacks against citizens of Israel and references to Palestinian efforts to target the ‘Zionists,'” according to the bill.

“P.A. textbooks are used at schools sponsored by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) because UNRWA schools use the textbooks of the host government,” the bill added.

A U.S. Government Accountability Office 2018 report found that Palestinian schools use “inaccurate and misleading maps of the region and include militaristic, adversarial imagery and content that incite hatred,” according to the bill.

“The Department of State raised with Palestinian officials the objectionable content in textbooks, including a specific math problem using the number of Palestinian casualties in the First and Second Intifadas,” per the bill. “UNRWA, in its review of the textbooks, identified content not aligned with United Nations values, the majority of which content related to neutrality or bias issues, including issues related to maps and references to Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine.”

“It is the sense of Congress that the Palestinian Authority has not sufficiently eliminated content and passages encouraging violence or intolerance toward other countries or ethnic groups from the curriculum used in their schools,” the bill added.

Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America applauded the bill’s passage in the House.

“This bill takes on a great deal more urgency following the Oct. 7 massacre,” stated Marcus Sheff, CEO of the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education.

“Let’s be crystal clear: This modern-day pogrom was conducted with relish by thousands, with the majority likely graduates of UNRWA education in Gaza,” he added. “Where did they learn to ‘cut the necks of the enemy’? Where were they taught that ‘Jews spread corruption which will lead to their annihilation’? More than half of UNRWA’s budget is earmarked for education. No decent society can continue paying for this horror.”

Ahead of the vote, Sherman, one of the bill’s original sponsors, asked how the horror of Oct. 7 happened. “It occurs when generations are raised to hate, to kill, to behead, to murder, and it is a product of the schools that we have seen for decades on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip,” the California congressman said.

‘Framework for cooperation’

“We should not be surprised that there is therefore significant support for the Hamas doctrine—from the River to the Sea, all Jews must be killed,” he said. “That is their position. That is what holds their organization together.”

“And I know the scenes that come now from Gaza are horrific. People say, ‘Let’s stop the fighting. Let’s have a ceasefire.’ Well, what would happen then? We don’t have to wonder, because just today Ghazi Hamad, a high-ranking official of Hamas, said exactly what would happen,” Sherman said. “He said, ‘We will repeat Oct. 7 one, two, three, four, five times, as many times as it takes until Israel is annihilated.’ That’s what happens if we have a ceasefire unless we have the kind of ceasefire that we should have. One in which Hamas releases all the hostages and disarms. Then we can have a ceasefire.”

The congressman noted that U.S. tax dollars provide more than half of the support for UNRWA schools, while oil-rich Arab states pay only a small portion.

“When we resumed funding for UNRWA in 2021, it was with the understanding that these schools would change, and we reached the 2021 framework for cooperation,” he said. “So far, not so good. … Education for terrorism has continued.” JNS

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House passes Hamas sanctions bill, Iran resolution in by wide bipartisan margins The House voted for new sanctions on Hamas’ international backers and a policy of opposing Iran’s nuclear program ‘by any means necessary’ but rejected an effort to censure Rashida Tlaib.

By Marc Rod, November 2, 2023

The House of Representatives voted last night by wide bipartisan margins in favor of new sanctions on Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other Palestinian terrorist groups, and a nonbinding resolution opposing Iran’s nuclear program. But it defeated, in a bipartisan vote, an effort to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).

The Hamas International Financing Prevention Act, the sanctions bill, passed the House by a 363-46 vote. Most of the 45 no votes came from progressive Democrats; Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was the only Republican to vote no. The bill would place new sanctions on individuals, entities and foreign governments that provide support to Palestinian terror groups. JewishInsider

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Dozens of rockets towards the Galilee, [2] injured by a rocket hit in Kiryat Shmona. Paratrooper was killed in a battle in the northern Gaza Strip, Netanyahu: We are already behind the outskirts of Gaza Mako

IDF's Golani Brigade take out 20 terrorists in Gaza Yoav Zitun, 2 November 2023 Ynet

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Iranian Jews cut off from relatives in Israel. Itamar Eichner, 2 November 2023 Ynet

Home, restaraunt struck by rockets from Gaza and Lebanon Terrorists in Gaza launch rocket attack on central Israel while terrorists in Lebanon launch attacks on northern Israel.

Israel National News, Nov 2, 2023, 5:37 PM (GMT+2) INN

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Week Four - Live Updates: Number of hostages rises to 242. Terrorists in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon continued to fire barrages of rockets at Israel on Sunday. Israel National News. Published: Oct 29, 2023, 3:19 PM (GMT+2) Updated: Nov 2, 2023, 5:31 PM ... Thursday, 5:44 p.m. Hamas claimed responsibility for the firing of 12 rockets at Israel from Lebanon.

Thursday, 5:32 p.m. A restaurant has reportedly been struck by a rocket in Kiryat Shmona in the north... Thursday, 4:16 a.m.: The IDF Spokesperson's Unit said that earlier tonight, a surface-to-air missile was launched from Lebanon toward an IDF UAV. In response, the IDF struck the terrorist cell that fired the missile and the launch site. There was no damage to the UAV.

In addition, the statement said, a number of launches were identified from Lebanon toward the area of Har Dov and Mount Hermon in northern Israel. They fell in open areas. IDF artillery struck the source of the launches in response. INN

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The 28th day of the war - The IDF spokesman on the requests for a humanitarian truce: "They are focused on dismantling Hamas".

The IDF is approaching Gaza City: significant attacks in the Gaza Strip are felt in the lowlands, an ambulance was attacked after Hamas terrorists tried to hide inside it • Netanyahu in a message to Hezbollah: A mistake will come at a price you can't imagine • The US in a show of strength with aircraft carriers in an exercise in the Mediterranean • Blinken called for an increase in Humanitarian aid to Gaza • Nasrallah: "The surprise attack is 100% Palestinian" • Regular updates.

20:16 - Significant attacks in the Gaza Strip are felt in settlements in the Shefala region. The Palestinians reported an attack on a convoy of ambulances that left the Shifa Hospital located in the west of Gaza City, but an investigation by News 12 indicates that it was an attempt by Hamas terrorists to get out inside the ambulances and under the auspices of the Red Crescent. Several Hamas fighters were killed in the attack. The IDF spokesman said that he has information that Hamas uses ambulances to transport terrorists and weapons.

An ambulance that was attacked in Gaza after Hamas terrorists tried to hide inside it 20:15 - IDF spokesman, Brigadier General Daniel Hagari, stated that since the beginning of the war, the IDF and the Shin Bet have eliminated 10 senior Hamas officials - equivalent in rank to battalion and brigade commanders. "These are the leaders of fighting against us who also planned the massacre on October 7," he said. "We are focused on Gaza, the goal - to dismantle Hamas and return the abductees." Mako

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IDF says ambulance attacked in Gaza transported Hamas terrorists and weapons IDF says several terrorists were killed and that it holds information that Hamas the uses ambulance for transport; The military also reports that intelligence was recovered from a captured Hamas base inside the Gaza Strip Yoav Zitun, Einav Halabi, Reuters, Lior Ben Ari, Elisha Ben Kimon, | November 3, 2023 updated:11:27 Ynet

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Hamas terrorists were killed in ambulance strike, IDF says IDF international spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus comments on reports that IDF killed Hamas terrorists in an ambulance strike. Nov 3, 2023 Fox News

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The 28th day of fighting. The IDF eliminated from the air terrorists who were hiding in an ambulance near Shifa' Rockets fired at an American airport by pro-Iranian militias in Iraq • An IDF tank attacked two anti-tank launching positions and a Hezbollah military position • IDF forces eliminated a terrorist who got out of his vehicle and advanced toward them armed with a knife in the Bekaa • Alarms in Ashkelon, Mateh Yehuda and Shfela • Netanyahu : "We refuse a ceasefire that does not include the return of the abductees" | Regular updates.

Kan News 17:01 | November 03 2023 18:00 | Firing rockets towards Sderot and surrounding settlements: a direct hit on the territory of a kindergarten in Sderot, no casualties

17:57 | An IDF tank attacked two anti-tank launching positions and a Hizbollah military position, in Lebanese territory in the Yiftah area.

17:30 | Political factor: There are advanced contacts for Zelensky's visit early next week

17:00 | Alarms in Netivot and the Gaza Strip; 2 falls in an open area in a chain seat, no injuries

16:35 | The ground activity in the Gaza Strip continues: IDF fighters identified terrorists coming out of a tunnel shaft and we shot down an aircraft that eliminated them. In another battle, several terrorists came out of a shaft inside a house and fired at our forces, the forces returned fire and eliminated several terrorists. ...15:46 | In light of manifestations of anti-Semitism in the world: the National Security Headquarters called to consider the necessity of traveling abroad these days - and to postpone travel to countries with travel warnings. At this point, the National Security Agency recorded a negative record of traffic since the days of the Corona virus. In the current period, between 15-20 thousand people a day passed through the airport in both directions, with the number of take-offs being lower than the number of landings. 15:41 | Nasrallah in his speech: "Hamas' attack was smart, brave and timely and it justifies the victims. The United States is fully responsible for the war in Gaza. Israel is merely its servant to carry it out. The victory of Gaza and the Western countries today is in the national interest of Lebanon." Kan

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Russia’s Wagner Group Plans to Send Air Defenses to Hezbollah, U.S. Says. Lebanese militant group could potentially create a second front against Israel. By Michael R. Gordon and Vivian Salama Updated Nov. 2, 2023 9:48 pm ET

After the death of Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Kremlin is putting a new power structure in place that will take over the group’s sprawling operations in Africa, which have advanced Russian influence on the continent for almost a decade. Photo.

Wagner Group, the Russian paramilitary organization, plans to provide an air-defense system to Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia, U.S. officials say, citing intelligence.

The Russian SA-22 system they plan to send uses antiaircraft missiles and air-defense guns to intercept aircraft. WSJ

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If Israel is really that bad - why doesn't the IDF just carpet bomb Gaza.

By today, sadly, some 20 IDF soldiers already died heroically while fighting the fascistic brutal Gaza regime.

But why does Israel sacrifice its finest, brave, young precious soldiers going street by street?

And this is not today with 242 hostages at the tunnels. 

This was always the case, humane Israel risking its lives by going door to door, engaging in dangerous urban warfare - where the enemy is the only side that seeks civilian deaths of both sides.

Gaza, Lebanon, Judea Samaria, Ramallah, you name it. Any anti terror operation. 

And while Israel will keep sacrifice for the sake of human lives, haters will utter the fake G word. But not on genocidal Hamas charter, rhetoric, aims, plans, or other jihadists for that matter. at EoZ

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Israeli slain in Samaria terror attack. The victim's vehicle overturned after being targeted by Palestinian gunfire. Elhanan Klein, 29, was killed on Nov. 2 in a shooting attack on Route 557 near the town of Einav in Samaria.

(November 2, 2023 / JNS) An Israeli man was killed on Thursday in a shooting attack on Route 557 near the town of Einav in Samaria.

Magen David Adom emergency medical personnel said the victim’s vehicle overturned after being targeted by gunfire.

One terrorist was shot and captured, according to reports. JNS

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Gaza resident among the ruins: "All this is because of Hamas's dogs".

A woman who was filmed next to the bodies of those killed in the bombings chose to attack the terrorist organization - and was silenced immediately • Surfers on the Arab networks wrote: "This is the opinion of the innocent in Gaza"

Shahar Kleiman

2/11/2023, 07:51, updated 2/11/2023, 08:48

The war against the terror regime of Hamas results in damage to the Gazans who serve as human shields. Hamas is taking advantage of this through their propaganda emissaries to press for a ceasefire, but one document distributed on the Arab networks created a boomerang effect.

In the video, which scorched the networks in the Arab world, she appears fierce during the evacuation of victims of an attack, as she shouts: "This is all because of the dogs of Hamas." Within seconds, those around her make sure to silence her and remove her from the scene.

"All this because of the dogs of Hamas": A resident of Gaza is furious with the terrorist organization

Within a few hours the hashtag "Hamas's dogs" became one of the most popular on the X network, formerly Twitter. Many surfers in the Arab world commented on the video and harshly criticized the terrorist movement.

The Saudi journalist Abdullah al-Twilei wrote: "A Palestinian mother in Gaza cries for her son." A-Twilei, who enjoys 170,000 followers, added in the comments to the video that received hundreds of thousands of views: "Yes, they are afraid of Hamas killing her."

Another surfer wrote: "This is the opinion of the innocent in Gaza. Hamas are dogs. This is their honest voice. The rats of the tunnels are afraid." A resident of Saudi Arabia wrote: "This is the truth that the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran do not want you to know." ILH

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The criticism in Gaza: "All this happened because of the dogs of Hamas" | Watch the video A resident of Gaza who was documented among the ruins, decided to condemn the terrorist organization in an unusual step - but she was immediately silenced and removed from the scene • Protests are also on social networks: "Hamas is hiding in the tunnels and uses residents as human shields" • The Green Prince claims: "Hamas must be reckoned with" Sapir Lipkin | N12 | Published 22:59 02.11.23

Since the beginning of the war, Hamas continues to use the residents of Gaza as human shields and uses the humanitarian infrastructure for terrorist purposes - at their expense. In the document that was published today (Thursday) and caused a stir, an unusual criticism of the terrorist organization is heard that is usually only heard in private rooms.

"All this happened because of the dogs of Hamas, enough!", a resident of Gaza can be heard shouting among the ruins, while the victims of the attack were being evacuated. However, in a short time - she was already silenced and removed from the place.

The condemnation that the Gazan heard spread on social media and drew many responses from surfers in the Arab world who used the hashtag #dogsofhamas [كلاب_حماس] and expressed sympathy with her, while criticizing Hamas.

"Hamas launched the attack against Israel, hides in the tunnels and uses the residents of Gaza as human shields," attacked one of the social-media users. "The reality is that many residents of Gaza do not want Hamas, but the fear motivates them because anyone who criticizes Hamas will find his death within days," another user added.

In the meantime, the Green Prince Mossab Hassan Yousef (son of a senior Hamas official in Judea and Samaria), who was one of the most important Shin Bet agents, published a video in which he claimed that "We must come to terms with Hamas. He planned something dangerous and no one listened to it. We cannot continue to live in the same denial."

"These voices calling for a ceasefire mean that Hamas should be allowed to escape punishment for its crimes. Escape with the strategy that aims to destroy the State of Israel and endanger the lives of the Palestinians while using them as human shields," added the Green Prince. "No. We must take power from Hamas. This is a war imposed on Israel." Mako

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Exposed: Hamas’s propaganda team.

Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, November 2, 2023

Around five dozen individuals, some associated with Hamas and collectively boasting more than 100 million social media followers, have been waging a propaganda campaign against Israel on various social media platforms since the start of the Swords of Iron war on October 7.

These influencers, who identify as independent journalists, are often seen sporting blue press vests and helmets. They have also reportedly found refuge in Al-Shifa hospital, which the IDF recently disclosed serves as a Hamas command and control center, providing them with access to electricity and the internet.

While these individuals may appear to be speaking independently, they effectively act as the mouthpiece for the terrorist organization. Furthermore, they frequently feature in interviews and are quoted in mainstream media, causing their lies to spread.

The Jerusalem Post has located some of these influencers through inside and open sources. It plans to reveal their identities in the coming weeks.

Here are some examples:

Plestia Alaqad (Instagram handle @byplestia) has more than a million followers and calls herself an independent journalist but spread the lie on Instagram and in an interview with British TV that Israel bombed the Al-Ahli Hospital and killed more than 1,000 people.

“Yesterday, a complete massacre happened,” she said of the missile, which was quickly proven to be a misfired Islamic Jihad rocket and not connected to Israel at all. “Around 1,000 civilians were killed and martyred.”

Fewer than 50 people were killed in the incident, according to international independent investigations.

“It’s a genocide, literally a genocide, not a massacre,” she told Britain’s GB News. She threw out several numbers of people dead, including 10 journalists at the time, which the station noted could not be verified.

In her posts, she has not provided any explanation for the commencement of the airstrikes on Gaza – namely, the October 7 massacre…. JPost

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Horrific video purportedly shows Gaza street strewn with at least a dozen bodies gunned down by Hamas. By Chris Nesi Published Nov. 3, 2023, 5:32 p.m. ET

WARNING: Graphic and distressing content.

A horrifying new video purportedly shows at least a dozen Gaza residents shot dead in the streets by Hamas terrorists as they were attempting to flee from the north to the south of the Hamas-controlled region.

In the video posted on X, a man films the carnage as he rides a bicycle down the Al Rasheed beach road, crying out in anguish the camera focuses on the dead bodies, many of them lying in pools of blood.

In a separate post, author and journalist Amjad Taha said the victims were among “dozens” killed by Hamas snipers, including women and children, because “they do not want citizens to leave.”

“They want to use them as human shields and will kill anyone who attempts to leave. Hamas terrorists in Gaza will, as usual, blame #Israel because it is easy and there is media that accepts this propaganda,” he wrote.

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A horrifying new video purportedly shows at least a dozen Gaza residents shot dead in the streets by Hamas terrorists as they were attempting to flee from the north to the south of the Hamas-controlled region.

In a separate post, author and journalist Amjad Taha said the victims were among “dozens” killed by Hamas snipers, including women and children, because “they do not want citizens to leave.”

The video is fueling disturbing speculation that Hamas has been killing Gaza citizens and attempting to blame their deaths on Israeli airstrikes.

Taha says the man shooting the video from the bicycle is saying “Airstrikes? Does this look like airstrikes?” in Arabic.

Israel has faced mounting pressure to broker a temporary ceasefire with Hamas in recent days, including from President Biden and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, following a prolonged military campaign in Gaza that began when terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,400 people. NY Post

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Nasrallah: 'America is the great devil' Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gave a speech this afternoon threatening both Israel and the United States of America.

Israel National News, Nov 3, 2023, 4:23 PM (GMT+2)

Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah gave a speech this afternoon (Friday) full of lies and threats against the State of Israel. INN

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US 'must pay' Hezbollah leader threatens to escalate his group's fighting in 'holy war,' says US will have to 'pay dearly'

By Melissa Koenig Published Nov. 3, 2023, 12:48 p.m. Nasrallah came short of saying Hezbollah would get involved in Hamas’ fight in Gaza, claiming it is “already doing its part” by drawing Israeli forces north to the border with Lebanon — and away from the southern border with Gaza. NY Post

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Faced with rise in Jewish hate, Kamala Harris tackles made-up ‘Islamphobia’ By Douglas Murray, November 2, 2023

The Biden administration faced backlash after announcing they would develop “the first ever US National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia” in the US amid rising levels of antisemitism.

If you aren’t Jewish then imagine for a moment that you are. And the fact that your people had just suffered the worst mass-murder since the Holocaust.

All committed by people shouting the most Nazi-like slogans.

Imagine all that had only just happened.

And then imagine what it must have been like to have gone through these past few weeks.

To have seen crowds in American cities not even draw breath before turning out on the streets to celebrate the killings.

Imagine, what´s more, that instead of a great wave of sympathy and support, in city after city and campus after campus it seemed like the country was turning on the Jews.

Instead of even giving them time to breathe and bury the dead, sick people everywhere suddenly crept out and openly celebrated the killing.

But there is a worse turn.

Which is that instead of people in a position of leadership being on your side they decided, instead, to play identity politics.

And particularly — for political reasons — to offer sympathy to the co-religionists of the Jews’ killers

That is what is happening right now.

On Wednesday Vice President Kamala Harris had a big new announcement.

A new strategy to counter “hate” in America.

Kamala may not be able to fix the southern border crisis.

Or anything much.

But she does plan to eradicate “hate.”

After her success in this effort I’m sure we can look forward to her getting rid of other human evils next.

Perhaps she could move on to “envy” or “gluttony”?

Who knows?

In any case the Veep had a very specific form of hatred she said she wants to fight.

And that is the thing called “Islamphobia.”

Personally I do not care for this word. It has always seemed to me to be — as my late friend Christopher Hitchens put it — a word “a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.”

He must have seen Kamala coming.

Because on Wednesday Harris announced that the Biden–Harris administration were planning to leap into action and present a new “National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia.”

You might have thought that it is Jews who most need a strategy right now to counter Jew-hatred.

But no, despite the fact that the figures are in.

As FBI Director Christopher Wray said at a Senate hearing this week on hate crimes against Jews, “The reality is that the Jewish community is uniquely targeted by pretty much every terrorist organization across the spectrum. And when you look at a group that makes up 2.4%, roughly, of the American population, it should be jarring to everyone that that same population accounts for something like 60% of all religious-based hate crimes, and so they need our help.”

That’s quite a stat that: 2.4% of the population, but 60% of the victims of hate-crimes.

But Kamala doesn’t seem to know this figure, or doesn’t know what to do about it, and so on a video posted to X this week she said “For years, Muslims in America and those perceived to be Muslim have endured a disproportionate number of hate fueled attacks. As a result of the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, we have seen an uptick in anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents across America.”

Of course if there is any such thing as “Islamophobia” it has a very straightforward explanation.

“Islamophobia” is the expression of distaste many people feel about the murderous behavior of radical Muslims.

And while most Muslims in the West don’t engage in such acts, too many are willing to condone them, or fail to condemn them. A lot of people notice that, and don’t like it.

But this stupid moral inversion is all that this administration seems to be capable of.

VP Harris’s statement echoed White House Press Spokeperson KJP’s declaration that: “For too long, Muslims in America, and those perceived to be Muslim, such as Arabs and Sikhs, have endured a disproportionate number of hate-fueled attacks and other discriminatory incidents.”

What people like KJP may not realize is that the false narrative they pump out gives cover to people who should have none.

For instance, Rashida Tlaib is very keen to denounce her critics as “deeply Islamophobic.”

Whereas most people who dislike her dislike her because she is a Palestinian extremist.

One who finds it morally complex to condemn the deliberate murder and abduction of Jewish children.

But even the President is at it.

In a speech on October 20th he said, “I know many of you in the Muslim American community or the Arab American community, the Palestinian American community, and so many others are outraged and hurting, saying to yourselves, ‘Here we go again,’ with Islamophobia and distrust we saw after 9/11.”

In fact, considering the scale of the 9/11 attacks it is a testament to the decency of the American people that there were so few attacks or criticisms of Muslims in the US.

Had the followers of any other religion committed that act I would expect any backlash to have been far worse.

But contrary to the false narrative there has been no spike in anti-Muslim hate.

And especially not since 7th October.

Yet liars are going to lie.

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is an organization which has been linked to numerous terrorist groups.

But it still claims to be the main Muslim spokesgroup in the US.

Which is a problem right there.

But its Research and Advocacy Director Corey Saylor recently said: “Many companies have previously pledged their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. Yet, the disregard for the Palestinian and Muslim employees affected by this current conflict has indicated otherwise.”

And that, of course, is simply not true.

There has been no “disregard for Palestinian and Muslim employees” in the US. It is a fiction created by CAIR to turn themselves into the victims.

But here’s the thing.

Muslims aren’t the victims here.

The Jews of Israel were.

And the Jews of the US now are as part of that blowback.

So return to where I started.

Imagine you were a Jew.

And then imagine how it must feel to see your persecutors and tormentors — from Gaza to Brooklyn — being turned into the actual victims.

Sick, sick, sick. NY Post

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House passes Hamas sanctions bill, Iran resolution in by wide bipartisan margins The House voted for new sanctions on Hamas’ international backers and a policy of opposing Iran’s nuclear program ‘by any means necessary’ but rejected an effort to censure Rashida Tlaib

By Marc Rod,.November 2, 2023

The House of Representatives voted last night by wide bipartisan margins in favor of new sanctions on Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other Palestinian terrorist groups, and a nonbinding resolution opposing Iran’s nuclear program. But it defeated, in a bipartisan vote, an effort to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).

The Hamas International Financing Prevention Act, the sanctions bill, passed the House by a 363-46 vote. Most of the 45 no votes came from progressive Democrats; Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was the only Republican to vote no. The bill would place new sanctions on individuals, entities and foreign governments that provide support to Palestinian terror groups. JewishInsider

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A lawyer who represents terrorists to an IDF officer: "a st##y Jewess" According to the eyewitnesses at the military court in the Ofer camp, a verbal confrontation developed between the lawyer who represents the terrorists of Hamas and Islamic Jihad and the IDF officer who was present at the hearing • According to them, the lawyer shouted at the officer, spat and even attacked her in order to beat her and she was referred to the hospital • The police to N12: We opened an investigation on suspicion of assault • First publication Branu Tegene | N12 | Published 22:22 02.11.23

A serious incident: About 250 terrorists who were arrested in the Judea and Samaria sector on suspicion of belonging to the terrorist organization Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, were brought today (Thursday) to discuss the extension of their detention at the military court in the Ofer camp. During the hearing, a verbal confrontation developed between the lawyer who represented some of the suspected terrorists and the IDF officer - during which she spat at her, cursed and even attacked her and scratched her.

According to eyewitnesses who were present at the hearing, the lawyer suddenly began hurling serious accusations at the IDF officer, who is responsible for arranging and conducting the court hearing. According to them, at one point she called the officer "a sti##ing Jewess." After that, she spat at her - and at one point even attacked her to beat and scratch her. The officer needed medical attention and was taken to the hospital. [130]

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StopAntisemitism @StopAntisemites: When your Jew hate accidentally lands you a cover girl spot.

Meet Aya Baraket, left turtleneck. [131] Quote: StopAntisemitism @StopAntisemites Oct 31. Upper West Side NYC - “f*ck you and f*ck Israel” … other woman “f*ck you b*tch … f*ck you and Israel” while both tearing down posters of kidnapped Israeli children taken by Hamas terrorists.. Nov 2, 2023 [132]

Adrien Langlois @AdrienL42: Not a shred of decency caught on camera... #AmYisraelChai. Nov 2, 2023. [133]

New York Post slams activists removing posters of Israeli hostages Front page shows two women ripping apart posters of Israelis being held in Gaza; 'Not a shred of decency,' cover reads Ynetnews | published:11.02.23 | 11:15 [134]. ..."Hamas vows to kill Jews 'again and again,'" the paper added on the cover, referring to an interview given by a senior Hamas official earlier this week, to a Lebanese outlet. "Israel is a country that has no place on our land. We must remove that country. We are not ashamed to say that with full force. We must teach Israel a lesson, and we will do this again and again," Ghazi Hamad said from his home in Beirut. Ynet

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A printing house in Kalandia distributed inflammatory posters, this is how the IDF responded

Yehuda Klein, 03.11.23 | 11:39 |

Tonight IDF forces sealed off a printing house in Qalandia that printed and distributed posters supporting and inciting terrorism, the sealing and closing of the building was done according to a special order signed by the commander of the Central Command.

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After reports of a printing press in Qalandia that prints and distributes incendiary material and supports terrorism, the commander of the Central Command signed an order to close it, and during a night operation by IDF forces tonight (Friday), the order was carried out, all the equipment was confiscated and it was sealed by forces from the Binyamin Regional Brigade.

After the store was sealed, a sign was hung comparing Hamas to ISIS and on it was written: "This store supports terrorism and is therefore closed."

During an activity in the Maskan neighborhood of Nablus in the Samaria Division, engineering forces worked to demolish the apartment of the terrorist Khaled Kharushah, who is affiliated with the terrorist organization Hamas and was a participant in the shooting attack in Hawara carried out by his father, in which the late Hillel and Yigal Yaniv where murdered.

In addition, the IDF and the Israel Defense Forces arrested three terrorists belonging to the terrorist organization Hamas in the area of ​​the city. During the activity, terrorists shot and threw explosives at our forces, who returned fire and neutralized the threat.

So far, since the beginning of the war, about 1,260 wanted persons have been arrested throughout the Judea and Samaria Division and the Bekaa and Valleys Division, about 760 associated with the terrorist organization Hamas. Srugim

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Al Mazen and El Haq - Haaretz sources for what is happening in the Gaza Strip

Based on reports from "aid organizations", Haaretz accuses the IDF of committing war crimes. Are these "aid organizations"?

Hanan Amior 08.11.23 |

Tell me who your sources are and I'll tell you who you are (Haaretz newspaper)

An article published in Ha'aretz accuses the IDF .... On this basis, the article calls for the "presence of inspectors and international organizations to document the damage" the IDF causes to the civilian population in the Strip.

It gets interesting when you check the sources of the accusations, referred to in the article as "aid organizations". Are these aid organizations?

Three organizations are cited in the article: Al-Mazen Organization, Al-Haq Organization and Gisha Organization.

The more minor claims, about difficulty in communicating with its operatives in Gaza, are claimed by the organization 'Gisha', which can indeed be called an "aid organization".

But the serious claims, quoted above, are claimed in the ears of the reporter, Jacky Khoury, Al Mazen activists and Al Haq.

But Khoury and 'Haaretz' are misleading the readers, because these organizations are not "aid organizations" as they are presented in the article.

The Al-Mazen organization [136] has already been exposed [137] as a Palestinian propaganda organization that spreads lies against Israel.

The Al Haq organization [138], which is related to the terrorist organization the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and actually serves as its hidden arm [139], is itself defined as a terrorist organization [140] operating under the guise of an "aid organization".

And as if to prove this, activists of these organizations are quoted in the article as insisting on the Palestinian version of the Al Ahli hospital bombing: 'One of the most prominent examples is the controversy surrounding the attack on Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza. In the Gaza Strip they reported 500 dead in the explosion ...'

"Backing up the numbers published by the authorities in the Gaza Strip"?

As everyone remembers, it quickly became clear that Israel was not responsible for the explosion at the hospital, but rather a failed rocket launch by the Islamic Jihad, and this is not only the Israeli version, which is supported by unequivocal evidence , but the version that [141] is also accepted by the international community . [142] In 'Haaretz', it turns out, this is still a "controversial" issue, which the "aid organizations" quoted in it, surprisingly, back up the Palestinian version of it, which has been proven to be false.

The same organizations that accuse the IDF of war crimes that were not committed. Presspectiva

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Why neo-Nazi groups are popping up at pro-Palestinian rallies. White supremacist groups see an opportunity to further mainstream antisemitic tropes — and create new opportunities for extremist violence. Nov. 9, 2023, 6:00 AM EST By Karen Dunn, co-lead counsel in Sines v. Kessler. Why are white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups popping up at pro-Palestinian rallies across America, including most recently in Washington, D.C.; Orlando, Florida; Boston; and Missoula, Montana? I’ll give you a hint: It’s not because they care particularly about the situation in Gaza. No, for these groups, the large-scale protests across America present a golden opportunity to mainstream the same antisemitic tropes they have been pushing for years and, if they get their way, create new opportunities for extremist violence... Msnbc

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London Holocaust library defaced in latest incident of pro-Palestinian graffiti on Jewish site. By Ben Sales, November 3, 2023 9:35 AM

([143] In the Bronx, London and Los Angeles, Jewish sites have been graffitied with pro-Palestinian messages. Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center picture via X; Wiener Holocaust Library via X; Canter's Deli via ADL California)

(JTA) — A Holocaust library and research center in London was defaced with graffiti reading “Gaza,” the latest in a string of Jewish institutions and sites areound the world that have been vandalized with pro-Palestinian slogans.

Staff at the Wiener Holocaust Library discovered the spray-painted graffiti on Thursday morning on a prominent sign affixed to a fence outside the building, which is the world’s oldest Holocaust library and research center. The center will be replacing its sign, director Toby Simpson told the Jewish News.

“To use ignorance as a weapon against an institution of learning is stupid and wrong. To lash out against Israel by targeting a Holocaust institution is an action that can only make sense to antisemites and their enablers,” Simpson said. “The proliferation of antisemitic hate in the current climate should be a matter of grave concern to us all.”

One day earlier, on Wednesday, a wall in a Jewish cemetery in Vienna was defaced with a swastika and the word “Hitler,” and someone set fire to the cemetery’s ceremonial hall, according to London’s Jewish Chronicle. Firefighters extinguished the flames. Austrian chancellor Karl Nehammer said in response to the incident, “Antisemitism has no place in our society and will be fought against by any political and legal means necessary,” he said.

On Tuesday, the Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center in New York City was graffitied with the words “Free Palestine” near the doorway. It is a Yiddish culture center in the Bronx that also rents space to Montefiore Medical Center, whose staff discovered the graffiti, according to the New York Post.

“Writing ‘Free Palestine’ or anything on a Jewish institution is an apparent attack against the Jewish community,” said Jeffrey Dinowitz, a New York State assemblymember representing the Bronx, in a statement. “Nonetheless, the act of vandalizing the Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center in the Bronx with the words ‘Free Palestine’ is not solely an expression of anti-Zionism; it has antisemitic connotations.”

Pro-Palestinian graffiti was also reported this week at Canter’s Deli, a Los Angeles Jewish deli that opened in 1931. “How many dead in the name of greed[sic]?” and other slogans were painted underneath a mural showcasing Jewish life in Los Angeles in an incident that local police are investigating as a hate crime.

And last week, a wall outside of a high school in Pittsburgh’s Jewish neighborhood of Squirrel Hill was graffitied with the words “Free Palestine from PGH to Gaza,” according to the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle. The graffiti was found shortly before the fifth anniversary of the synagogue shooting in that neighborhood, the worst antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Multiple pro-Israel signs in the neighborhood were also graffitied. The high school’s principal condemned the graffiti “hurtful and divisive.” JTA

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Reporters chat - Sapir Lipkin: Hezbollah announced another terrorist who was killed - the 58th since the beginning of the war. Nov 4, 2023 Mako - Reporters Chat

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Hamas tried to send fighters to Egypt in ambulances for wounded Gazans — US official. Israeli officials say inspectors uncovered oxygen concentrators for tunnels used by Palestinian terror groups inside truck carrying aid to Strip. By Jacob Magid, November 4, 2023.

Hamas tried to sneak its fighters out of the Gaza Strip in ambulances that evacuated dozens of wounded Palestinians to Egypt earlier this week, a senior Biden administration official said Friday. Hamas had compiled a list of the seriously wounded that it wanted to evacuate from Gaza for treatment in Egypt, along with thousands of foreign nationals looking to flee the enclave.

The list was then vetted by Egypt and the United States, which found that a third of the names on it were of Hamas fighters, the administration official said, adding that the list was rejected and none of the 76 wounded Palestinians who were ultimately evacuated in ambulances out of Gaza were members of the terror group. TOI _

Hamas put wounded fighters on departure lists, delaying efforts to evacuate foreigners, a U.S. official says.

People holding dual, U.S. or other foreign citizenship had been unable to cross the Gaza border into Egypt for weeks.

([144] Ambulances carrying wounded people from Gaza waited to cross the Rafah border into Egypt from southern Gaza on Wednesday).

By Michael D. Shear. Published Nov. 3, 2023 Updated Nov. 4, 2023, 4:18 a.m. ET

A Biden administration official said on Friday that efforts to get Americans and other foreign nationals out of Gaza, a process that began on Wednesday, had been held up by a Hamas attempt to get its own wounded fighters included among those to be escorted into Egypt through the Rafah gate.

The explanation offered the first window into the kinds of details that were being negotiated with the leadership of Hamas, even as Israel began a campaign of airstrikes in response to the slaughter of 1,400 people and the taking of more than 200 hostages by Hamas terrorists in attacks on Israel on Oct. 7 launched from Gaza. Hamas rules Gaza politically and also has an armed wing whose fighters are embedded within the enclave’s civilian population.

People holding dual, U.S. or other foreign citizenship repeatedly gathered at the gate, at Gaza’s southern border, starting shortly after Oct. 7. But for weeks, the Rafah crossing remained closed. For most of that time, American officials said only that Hamas was preventing the departure of foreign nationals, and that the group was making unreasonable demands.

On Friday, a senior administration official provided more detail about those demands, speaking with reporters on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive negotiations. The official said that Hamas had repeatedly provided to Israel, the United States and Egypt lists of Palestinians who were wounded and should be allowed to depart with the Americans and others. But vetting showed that many of them, the official said, were Hamas fighters.

The official said that about a third of the wounded Palestinians on the first list were Hamas fighters and that allowing them to exit Gaza was unacceptable to officials in Egypt, the United States and Israel. The delays continued for some time, the official said, because Hamas kept offering lists that turned out to include its members.

Biden administration officials have said that the negotiations with Hamas for the release of Americans and other foreign nationals was indirect, and undertaken with the help of representatives of the government of Qatar, which has long maintained lines of communications with Hamas.

The official who spoke to reporters on Friday said that Hamas had eventually relented in its demands for the passage of its fighters. The prospect of Hamas fighters leaving Gaza was especially troubling for Egypt, which remains concerned about the possibility of terrorists flowing into its country.

Eventually, the official said, the parties settled on a list of wounded Palestinians who were not Hamas fighters. Those Palestinians who did leave were legitimately caught in the middle of the fighting, the official said.

The official said that negotiations with Hamas and Israel over the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza had also been difficult, but that it was now expected that about 100 trucks with aid would be entering Gaza each day. NYTimes

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Blinken brushes off Arab leaders' calls for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas conflict. "A ceasefire now would simply leave Hamas in place, able to regroup and repeat what it did on Oct. 7," the U.S. official maintained. "No nation, none of us would accept that ... So it is important to reaffirm Israel's right and its obligation to defend itself." ...London police authorize rule to prevent protesters from hiding faces amid anti-Israel rally... The Israeli embassy to the United States reported on Saturday that a nearby building was spray-painted with antisemitic and "violent" language, on the same weekend as a massive pro-Palestinian demonstration in the capital.

The video posted by the Embassy of Israel to the USA showed graffiti reading "Free Gaza" and "F--k Israel" on the building's walls.

"In our backyard: 'Death to Israel' and 'Glory to our Martyrs,' among other violent antisemitic graffiti spotted in Washington DC," the account posted to X, formerly known as Twitter. "#WhereIsTheOutrage." ...An employee of the US Department of State accused President Biden of being 'complicit in genocide' over the Israel-Hamas conflict. Foreign affairs officer Sylvia Yacoub harshly criticized the president on social media for his lack of full-throated support for Palestine, according to Axios. November 4, 2023. Fox News

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Israel strikes Hezbollah posts, deepens IDF operation in Gaza 1,400 Israelis murdered since October 7, including 339 soldiers • 241 held hostage by Hamas, four hostages released, one rescued By Jerusalem Post Staff, Nov 4, 2023.

Israel's Givati Brigade uncovers Hamas intel in northern Gaza stronghold Operational maps, command and control tables and personal details of commanders who operate within the terrorist organization, were discovered.

Soldiers for the Givati brigade of the IDF took control over a Hamas stronghold in the northern Gaza Strip, uncovering documentation that could be crucial for the IDF moving forward in the war, according to a Friday statement from the IDF spokesperson.

The facility was said to house Najaba terrorists and the Jabaliya-based Hamas intelligence headquarters.

Within the stronghold, soldiers uncovered Hamas intelligence headquarters and associated documentation, complete with detailed maps, tables, means of communication and personal details about Hamas terrorists and commanders.

Similar content was found on the bodies of both captured and dead terrorists following the October 7th attacks.

Command and control charts as well as operational orders for the terrorist organization were also uncovered. JPost

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Extensive attacks in the Gaza Strip - and the IDF spokesman's message to the residents: "Turn south." While the ground activity continues, in Gaza, powerful attacks are reported throughout the Strip and documents have been published - which reveal the destruction • Since the beginning of the war, the IDF has been urging the residents of the northern part of the Strip to evacuate, but the success is partial - "about 400,000 Gazans are still staying" there Sapir Lipkin | N12 | Published 04.11.23. Today (Saturday), the IDF is deepening its ground operations in Gaza and at the same time, attacking with intensity throughout the Strip. At the same time, Israel continues to push the residents of the northern Strip to evacuate to the south and allow a humanitarian corridor, while so far the success has been partial. The documents that reveal the destruction from the attacks....

During the morning, in Gaza, it was reported that the Air Force attacked central centers in the Gaza Strip - that Hamas is cynically exploiting them for terrorist purposes, including in the area of ​​Shifa' Hospital and Alupaa' Hospital.

The IDF spokesman in Arabic, Lt. Col. Avihai Adrei, once again urged the residents of the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate to the south: "The IDF will allow free movement on the Salah al-Din route between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. For your safety, use the time to move to Wadi Gaza. Be sure that the leaders of Hamas are already taking care of protecting themselves," he wrote.

The IDF has defined humanitarian corridors, two longitudinal roads of the Strip - the Salah al-Din axis on one side and the sea road - on the other side, as safe for the movement of residents to the south. And along the southern part of the Gaza Strip, in places of shelter of the UN relief agency, UNRWA, in schools or in tents.

Despite the great efforts that Israel has been making since the beginning of the war to move the residents of Gaza and the residents of the northern Gaza Strip to the south - the success at the moment is still partial. David Satterfield, the special envoy for humanitarian affairs in the Middle East, said that between 400,000 and 350,000 Gazans are still staying in the northern part of the Strip, while at least 800,000 have already evacuated to the south.

Hamas implores the residents of the Gaza Strip to refrain from cooperating with Israel's calls and not to move south, to the extent that some say there that it is "bringing Nakba upon us." The operatives of the terrorist organization have already forcibly prevented some of them from leaving and have even placed roadblocks on the way. Thus some of them stayed there against their will or are afraid to leave - despite the IDF's repeated warnings. Mako

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Documentation: This is how Hamas attacked forces that opened a humanitarian axis in Gaza. "I think they shot at me" - Hamas fired at IDF forces that were acting to open the humanitarian axis • The IDF published the documentation and condemned: "They took advantage of the humanitarian window of opportunity that the IDF gave to the residents of Gaza" • There were no IDF casualties in the incident, IDF To publish the contact networks. Nir Dvori | N12| Published 17:34 04.11.23

The cruelty of Hamas towards the residents of Gaza - and the shooting towards the IDF forces: While the IDF was opening a humanitarian axis for the movement of the residents of Gaza to the south, Hamas terrorists attacked the forces involved in opening it. In the documentation published this evening (Saturday) by the IDF spokesman, the action of Hamas members against the humanitarian axis is visible.

On the contact network published by the IDF, the exchange can be heard: "From our point of view, a population transition has begun here. For little one, I think I'll be shot, little one. RPG shooting". In this incident there were no casualties from among the security forces...

"The terrorist organization Hamas took advantage of the humanitarian window of opportunity that the IDF gave to the residents of Gaza," said an IDF spokesperson. "The organization's terrorists attacked with mortar fire and anti-tank missiles the IDF forces that arrived at the axis and were engaged in opening it, this in order to prevent its opening to the movement of the residents of the Gaza Strip." Mako

This is how Hamas-ISIS attacked forces that opened a humanitarian axis in Gaza.Documentation. While our forces opened a humanitarian axis that allows the residents of the Gaza Strip to pass through it, the Nazi terrorist organization Hamas-ISIS took advantage of this and attacked with mortar fire and anti-tank missiles the forces that arrived at the axis and engaged in opening it |20 Cheshvan 5784. (04/11/23) | 18:20

The IDF opens a humanitarian axis for the movement of Gaza residents to the south | Photo: IDF spokesperson this needs to be shown to the world : the idf spokesman announced today (saturday) that while the idf opened a humanitarian axis for the movement of gaza residents to the south, the terrorists of the nazi terrorist organization hamas-isis attacked the forces involved in opening it.

The idf spokesman in Arabic informed earlier today that between the hours of 13:00 and 16:00 the "saleh al-din" axis in the gaza strip will be used for humanitarian transit for residents of the northern part of the gaza strip who have not yet moved south in order to maintain their safety. [145].

The terrorist organization hamas took advantage of the humanitarian window of opportunity that the idf gave to the residents of gaza and the organization's terrorists attacked with mortar fire and anti-tank missiles the idf forces that arrived at the axis and were engaged in opening it, in order to prevent it from being opened to the movement of the residents of the gaza strip. there were no casualties to our forces in this incident. Now14

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After the rocket barrage: a direct hit to a residence in Sderot | Documentation. News 0404 04/11/2023 0404

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Israeli drone strikes Gaza home of Hamas chief in exile A drone struck Ismael Haniyeh's home in Gaza City. November 4, 2023 / JNS

...Earlier in the war, Palestinian media reported that an IAF strike in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood killed 14 relatives of Haniyeh. The terror leader’s brother and nephew were killed in the alleged strike, reports said. In an Oct. 26 address, Haniyeh called for "the blood of the [Palestinian] women, children and elderly. … We are the ones who need this blood, so it awakens within us the revolutionary spirit, so it awakens with us resolve." JNS

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Hamas exploits ambulances for terror:' Israeli envoy slams UN chief

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman Published: November 4, 2023 19:33Updated: November 4, 2023 21:50

...The IDF said Friday evening that an aircraft struck the ambulance, killing several Hamas terrorists inside. The IDF noted that it had information that Hamas used ambulances to transport terrorists and weapons. It said it would look into the Hamas Health Ministry’s claim.

Hamas uses ambulance in battle Erdan wrote on X that “once again, you rush to condemn Israel without even bothering to ask what happened. You blatantly lie regarding the lack of aid entering Gaza, and you completely ignore the fact that Hamas intentionally exploits ambulances for terror.

“You didn’t ask for the truth bc [because] you don’t care about the truth,” the ambassador continued. “Instead, you prefer to falsely condemn Israel while making our hostages a literal footnote. It’s absolutely disgraceful. Where was your ‘horror’ when Hamas deliberately targeted Israeli ambulances with RPGs and executed paramedics in cold blood?” JPost

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Israel: UN's Guterres spreads Hamas lies to the point of complicity in terror

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Israel slams Turkey for recalling envoy, ‘siding with Hamas.’ "Hamas commits war crimes and crimes against humanity and is the real enemy of the Palestinian people," said an Israeli official. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Photo by Ververidis Vasilis/Shutterstock.Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Photo by Ververidis Vasilis/Shutterstock.

(November 4, 2023 / JNS) JNS

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Apology for terrorism and incitement to hatred: the imam of Beaucaire is sentenced to eight months in prison. François Barrère. Nov 2, 2023. Yassin El Himar, 32, pleaded at the hearing that he was clumsy to explain his publication on Facebook of a religious text in which the phrase "O Muslim, come and kill this Jew who is hiding behind me" appeared. Midilibre

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Palestine protest: Hate on London's streets as swastika on banner and families abused. British Transport Police are cracking down on pro-Palestine protesters after a massive sit-in demonstration sparked chaos at Charing Cross station in Central London. By Ciaran Mcgrath, Senior News Reporter, Christopher Sharp, News Reporter, Oli Smith, News Reporter 22:39, Sat, Nov 4, 2023 | Updated: 22:40, Sat, Nov 4, 2023. The latest wave of pro-Palestine protests saw families abused in McDonald's and a Swastika painted on a sign as thousands flooded London's streets. Train services were brought to a halt at Charing Cross station during a sit-in, with police filmed tackling people to the ground earlier in the day. So far, the Met Police say they have made 11 arrests as crowds made their way through Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square. A huge sit-in protest at Charing Cross station has sparked chaos during this afternoon's pro-Palestine rally. Express

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French Jewish woman stabbed, swastika found on her door. By Gabe Friedman November 5, 2023 9:23 PM

(JTA) — French police are searching for a man who stabbed a young Jewish woman in her home in Lyon on Saturday.

A swastika was found scrawled on her door, and police said they are investigating whether the symbol was connected to the assault. The woman, who was stabbed twice in her stomach after opening her door to the attacker, is recovering in a hospital and is not in life-threatening condition. JTA

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Bill Maher pummels leftwing antisemitism amid Israel-Hamas war: 'You’re the ones with the tiki torches now!'

The HBO host rejects the 'proportionality' argument against Israel's response in Gaza By Joseph A. Wulfsohn Fox News Published November 4, 2023 7:26am EDT ... "I mean, the young people who hated Trump because he wouldn't condemn the people with the tiki torches talking about Jews- you're the ones with the tiki torches now!" he exclaimed.

Maher was alluding to the 2017 Charlottesville protest where white nationalists and neo-Nazis holding tiki torches chanted "Jews will not replace us."... ..."They don't want to learn anything… They want to have a cause," Maher said. "It's not about Israel, it's about this cause, the Palestinians. Like I said, there's many people around the world who could have similar causes… This is the one that they latch on to. They don't learn anything about the history of the region or who's right and who's wrong and where they'd be more comfortable."

"Can you imagine how these people would feel if they had to move to Gaza, how disruptive their life would be?" he added. Fox News

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Who’s Funding the Pro-Hamas Rallies? Taxpayers. We are literally funding the Muslim Brotherhood. November 5, 2023 by Daniel Greenfield.

In the last 15 years, Islamic political interests have dug deep into New York City politics. What does that mean? Beyond the obvious, political power, money. That’s what the currency of power comes down to anyway. And that means government contracts going to so-called community groups. More Muslims living in NYC meant more money was going into Islamist organizations. And much like funding Hamas, that adds up to pro-Hamas rallies [146].

Big Apple taxpayers have shelled out nearly $9 million since 2010 — including $3.3 million the past two years — to four nonprofits that helped spearhead anti-Israel protests where demonstrators openly cheered Hamas’ terrorist attacks on the Jewish State.

…The biggest winner: The Arab American Association of New York, a Brooklyn-based group that helped plan a hate-filled “Flood Brooklyn for Palestine” protest in Bay Ridge on Oct. 21, where protestors called for the eradication of Israel and held a sign of the Israeli flag in a trash basket that read "Please keep the world clean!"

It’s received $6.8 million in Council pork and city contracts – including $3 million-plus the past two years – for criminal justice services, adult literacy programs, mental health aid through ex-First Lady Chirlane McCray’s failed ThriveNYC initiative and other services, records show.

That would be Linda Sarsour’s group [147] [148].

The Muslim American Society of New York, another southern Brooklyn-based group that co-sponsored the Bay Ridge rally. It’s received more than $260,000 in city contracts and Council funding.

So taxpayers are literally funding the Muslim Brotherhood. [149] [150].

MAS, like the Muslim Brotherhood, wishes to see the United States governed by sharia, or Islamic law. “The message that all countries should be ruled by Islamic law,” writes Gartenstein-Ross, “is echoed throughout MAS’s membership curriculum. For example, MAS requires all its adjunct members to read Fathi Yakun’s book To Be a Muslim. In that volume, Yakun spells out his expansive agenda: ‘Until the nations of the world have functionally Islamic governments, every individual who is careless or lazy in working for Islam is sinful.’”

Hamas is an arm of the Muslim Brotherhood and taxpayer money is being directed to Brotherhood organizations. Who’s funding the pro-Hamas rallies? We are.

Ya’ll are probably getting tired of hearing me say this but, it’s just another example as to why conservatives shouldn’t live in big BLUE cities in big BLUE states because YOU (not me) ARE funding this nonsense.

Admittedly, it was easier for my wife and I to migrate to a very RED section of a RED southern state after the military because we were moving all the time while I was in, never staying anywhere longer than two years. And though my wife wasn’t too keen on the idea at first, she’s been thankful for my decision for many years. No, we don’t have the amenities and niceties of a large city (cable just made it to our neck of the woods two years ago and we still don’t have it), but at what price amenities? Pro-Hamas rally funding? I don’t think so.

What we DO have is low crime, low taxes, constitutional carry, a conservative state House and Senate, beautiful scenery and deer that I can almost feed from my hand coming into the backyard. It’s a very good life.

I understand trying to make a difference in this cities and I wish you all the luck in the world…but in the meantime, your city and state tax dollars are funding hate and whatever else the left can dream up. Consider a change of address kit. You’ll thank me later. FPM.

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At Anti-Israel March in D.C., Explicit Expressions of Support for Terror and Antisemitism.

[151] Published: 11.04.2023 Anti-Israel Activity Antisemitism in the US From: Center on Extremism Hundreds of organizations from across the country marched in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, November 4, 2023. The official published demands of the protest included ceasefire to the Hamas-Israel war, an end of the “siege of Gaza” and the termination of all U.S. aid to Israel. Yet attendees, who numbered in the tens of thousands, went much further and leaned into rhetoric supporting the October 7 Hamas massacre and other acts of terror targeting Israel, calls for the end of Israel, comparisons between Israel’s military actions and the Holocaust and language amplifying antisemitic themes. ... ADL

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Noa Tishby slams Rashida Tlaib for 'from the river to the sea' claim By Sam Halpern Published: November 4, 2023 08:28 Updated: November 4, 2023 14:57 ... Noa Tishby posted a video on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday slamming prominent anti-Israel Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib for her claim that the slogan, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” is a call for freedom and peaceful coexistence.

Tishby is Israel’s former Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism and the Delegitimization of Israel and author of Israel, A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth.

“From the river to the sea is an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence, not death, destruction, or hate. My work and advocacy is always centered in justice and dignity for all people no matter faith or ethnicity,” the Michigan congresswoman wrote on X.

Tishby quickly responded, denouncing the chant as a call for ethnic cleansing.

“Let me set the record straight, from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free, means from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, will be free from Israel, where 9 million Jews, Muslims, and Christians live. From the river to the sea is a chant that has been championed by fundamentalist Islamist terrorists for years, and it calls for ethnically cleansing the Jews from their ancestral land."

Tishby’s voice was joined by others who took to the social media platform to criticize Tlaib’s statement.

Are there malicious origins of the "From the river to the sea" chant? Pro-Israel peace activist and Vice President of the Global Imams Council, Mohammad Tawhidi, otherwise known as the Imam of Peace, claimed the origins of the chant prove that it is a call for the ethnic cleansing of Jews and other non-Arabs.

“Rashida is a liar,” Tawhidi wrote. “Why? Because the chant ‘From the river to the sea’ is a translation of the original Arabic chant “from the water to the water, Palestine will remain Arab.” This is a genocidal call to ethnically cleanse the land from all non-Arabs, i.e. the Jews.”

Tishby, went a step further, accusing Tlaib of advocating on behalf of genocidal terrorists.

“On October 7, Hamas showed us exactly how they plan to free Palestine,” Tishby continued. “And you Congresswoman, are advocating on behalf of a genocidal terrorist organization. Shame on you, Congresswoman Tlaib. JPost

Israeli actress Noa Tishby 'sets the record straight' for US Rep. Rashida Tlaib

By Arya Vaishnavi, Nov 04, 2023 05:40 PM IST

Israeli actress and producer Noa Tishby slammed US Representative Rashida Tlaib in a video shared on X, formerly Twitter

Israeli actress and producer Noa Tishby shared a video criticising US Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Saturday, November 4. The 48-year-old actress slammed the Michigan congresswoman, who is known for her anti-Israel stance, in a video posted on X, formerly Twitter after she tweeted, “From the river to the sea is an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence, not death, destruction, or hate. My work and advocacy is always centered in justice and dignity for all people no matter faith or ethnicity.”

Tishby, who was enraged by Tlaib's statement wrote, “Hamas sympathizers have infiltrated the halls of Congress. Congresswoman @RashidaTlaib just tweeted this, ‘From the river to the sea,’ she says, ‘is an aspirational call for freedom.’” The Israeli star continued, “Let me set the record straight, from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free, means from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, will be free from Israel, where nine million Jews, Muslims, and Christians live. From the river to the sea is a chant that has been championed by fundamentalist Islamist terrorists for years, and it calls for ethnically cleansing the Jews from their ancestral land.”

She further added, “On October 7th, Hamas showed us exactly how they plan to free Palestine. And you Congresswoman, are advocating on behalf of a genocidal terrorist organization. Shame on you @RepRashida” In light of this incident, Pro-Israel peace activist and Vice President of the Global Imams Council, Mohammad Tawhidi explained the origins of the statement in question, as per The Jerusalem Post. Taking to social media, Tawhidi wrote on X, “Rashida is a liar. Why? Because the chant ‘From the river to the sea’ is a translation of the original Arabic chant ‘from the water to the water, Palestine will remain Arab.’ This is a genocidal call to ethnically cleanse the land from all non-Arabs i.e. the Jews.” Hindustan

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Colombia: Dressed up as Hamas terrorists riding in a van at the Halloween celebrations ... "People got into the van to take pictures And they made one big 'fun' out of it" N12| Published 04.11.23. [152] ...For anyone who came near them they made a scene where they seemed to shoot him... Mako

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The 30th day of the war: at least one wounded by anti-tank fire on a vehicle near the Lebanese border Netanyahu: "Sinwar doesn't care about his people and is behaving like a little Hitler in a bunker" • The IDF spokesman revealed: Hamas launched rockets only 75 meters away from a hospital in Gaza • The IDF located dozens of guns, explosive drones and ammunition in the Gaza Strip • Iron Dome intercepted a Tab in the territory of Lebanon • Publication was allowed: the Nahal patrol fighter, Yonatan Maimon, was killed in battle in the northern Gaza Strip • Regular updates News reporters 12 | N12 | Published 00:42 05.11.23 | Updated 18:12 05.11.23 Ongoing updates.

18:40 - The IDF attacks extensively in the northern Gaza Strip and around Gaza City.

18:35 - Reports in Gaza: The internet has been cut off in the entire strip. The Palestinian communication company Paltel claimed that all communication and internet services in the Gaza Strip were completely stopped, following the disconnection of the main lines that were previously connected by the Israeli side.

18:12 - Prime Minister Netanyahu: "Sinwar doesn't care about his people and he behaves like a little Hitler in a bunker. His people are as interesting to him as the peel of garlic."

18:01 - The instructions of the Home Front Command have been updated: a restriction on holding studies in the Sharon settlements has been removed - and now there is no dependence on a protected area.

17:45 - The IDF eliminated 3 terrorists using a UAV in Lebanese territory near Kibbutz Yiftah, after they were identified as those who were preparing to shoot at Israel.

17:42 - The body of the late Ruth Peretz, a girl with special needs who was murdered in a massacre at a party in Re'im , has been identified .

Eric Peretz and his daughter Ruth who were murdered at a party in Ra'i Eric Peretz and his daughter Ruth who were murdered at a party in Ra'i

5:28 p.m. - A vehicle was hit by gunfire in the surrounding settlements - no casualties.

17:20 - Alarms in the envelope.

17:06 - IDF spokesman: IDF forces located dozens of guns, explosive drones and ammunition in the Gaza Strip, along with a laboratory for the production of explosives and destroyed it. In the activity, Kalashnikov and submachine guns, cartridges, grenades, explosives, protective equipment, armed drones and RPG missiles were found. Some of the means of warfare were destroyed and some were brought to Israel for research purposes.

17:05 - Leader of the opposition Yair Lapid at the headquarters of the families of the abductees: "I was with the prime minister last week. I told him that the opposition will back every step, every deal, no matter how far-reaching it may be. The main thing is that the abductees return. We will not say that we would have managed it better. We will not say that the price is too expensive."

16:58 - Red color in the envelope.

16:53 - The Iranian leader's office confirms that Khamenei met in Tehran with senior Hamas official Ismail Haniyeh. The photo published by the Iranian leader's office is not new, but from the month of June.

16:51 - Alarms in Be'er Sheva and in Hatzerim.

16:42 - It was allowed to be published that the death of R' Naran Chaim Ashchar, who was mortally wounded last week in the tank accident in which Yanon Fleishman was killed, has been determined.

16:34 - Following the words of MK Iman Khatib-Yasin, the Ra'am leadership informed her that she had no place on her list for the Knesset and demanded that she resign immediately .

16:21 - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Ramon Air Force Base: "There will be no ceasefire without the return of our hostages, we say this to both our enemies and our friends. We will continue until we defeat them."

16:10 - The IDF spokesperson revealed to the media that the IDF is working to evacuate the civilian population while avoiding harm to the uninvolved through announcements, phone calls, SMS messages and recorded messages. The IDF spokesman also presented a document of the cynical use of Hamas terrorists in the hospitals in Gaza, in which an underground infrastructure is visible in the Sheikh Ahmed Hospital that connects to the underground infrastructure of Hamas. In another document, the IDF spokesman presented how Hamas built a terrorist infrastructure in the Indonesian hospital In the Gaza Strip - from 2010 until 2023.

([153] This is how Hamas uses hospitals in Gaza for military purposes - photo: IDF spokesman)

16:03 - IDF spokesman: "Hamas launched rockets only 75 meters away from a hospital in Gaza."

16:00 - Red color in Sderot, Ivys, Nir Am.

15:50 - IDF spokesman, Brigadier General Daniel Hagari, presented evidence of Hamas' use of medical facilities for terrorist purposes. "We are at war with Hamas, not with the civilian population in Gaza," he said. "We told the Gazan citizens to move away from the fighting areas to a safe area. Hamas is blocking the crossings and stopping the Gazans from moving south."

15:44 - MK Iman Khatib-Yasin (RA'AM) caused a stir after she denied the atrocities of the October 7 massacre. "Babies were not slaughtered, ..," she said in an interview on the Knesset channel. "If it was, it's shameful, but you can't ignore what happened before and what happened after." When asked if she had watched the film that was screened for MKs, she replied: "I can't watch, I heard firsthand." [...] 13:15 - Hundreds demonstrated for the release of the kidnapped in London.

13:10 - Iran's Defense Minister: We advised the Americans to immediately stop supporting Israel and the war, and they will not suffer heavy losses.

12:56 - Alarm in Netivot, MDA informed that no calls were received about falls or casualties.

12:45 - The tensions on the northern border: Iron Dome intercepted a UAV that approached Israel from Lebanese territory. The IDF said that the suspected aircraft did not enter Israel's airspace and was intercepted deep in Lebanon by the air defense fighters. Earlier, alarms were triggered in the Upper Galilee - an anti-tank missile was fired at an IDF force in the Avivim area, no casualties. In the area of ​​Rosh Hankara - the IDF attacked a terrorist squad that tried to shoot at Israel. Hezbollah: 60 operatives were killed.

12:30 - Rocket launchers in playgrounds and near children's pools: IDF forces continue to expose the exploitation of the population in the Gaza Strip for the terrorist needs of the Hamas organization. During the fighting and ground maneuvers, the forces uncovered rocket launchers near a children's pool and rocket launcher pits in an old playground inside Gaza. The IDF said: "This is further proof of the Hamas terrorist organization's incessant use of the civilian population as a human shield."

([154] IDF forces uncovered rocket launchers in playgrounds and near children's pools | Photo: IDF spokesperson)

12:13 - Publication was allowed: The Nahal patrol fighter, Yonatan Maimon, fell in the Gaza Strip. [...] 02:00 - Documentation from the Shifa Hospital: Crowds of Gazans gathered and watched the footage of Hamas terrorists attacking IDF vehicles - while shouting joy. Contrary to claims, electricity flows in every corner and the videos are projected on the screen.

01:58 - Anti-tank fire was fired at IDF soldiers in the south of the Gaza Strip - the force returned fire. [...] 01:00 - Against the background of the pro-Palestinian demonstrations - the London police announced that they arrested 29 people today on suspicion of committing hate crimes, including anti-Semitic acts and an offense under the terrorism clauses.

00:20 - US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will meet today with Abu Mazen in Ramallah. This, after the latter did not participate in the meeting of foreign ministers of Arab countries that took place in Amman. Blinken's arrival in Ramallah is unusual - and signals a loss of patience on the part of the Americans with the conduct of the Palestinian Authority.

00:19 - Although Hamas attacked the IDF forces that opened a humanitarian axis today - the IDF spokesman in Arabic, Lt. Col. Avihai Adrei, announced that tomorrow the residents of Gaza will be allowed to move freely along the Salah al-Din axis between the hours of 14:00 and 10:00: 00 - and urged the residents of the Gaza Strip to evacuate to the south. Mako

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Hamas using Qatar-funded hospital for terrorism, IDF says. The Israeli military also presented evidence of terrorist activities at the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza. The Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Hospital in Gaza. Source: X/Qatar Fund for Development.The Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Hospital in Gaza. Source: X/Qatar Fund for Development. ... in a briefing for international media showed visual proof of a terrorist tunnel entrance that was exposed by Israeli soldiers at Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Hospital, located along the coast north of Gaza City. Hagari also presented a video of Hamas terrorists firing at Israeli soldiers from inside the hospital, which was established in 2016 by its namesake, the former emir of Qatar. The facility specializes in physical rehabilitation and providing prosthetic limbs.

Hagari also showed evidence that the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, which was funded by NGOs from Indonesia and was also inaugurated in 2016, was built on top of Hamas terror infrastructure. There were underground terrorist facilities there before the hospital was constructed, he demonstrated.

The IDF spokesman showed a rocket launch pad located some 245 feet (75 meters) from the hospital.

“Hamas launches rockets on Israel 75 meters from a hospital,” he said.

The evidence from the Qatari and Indonesian hospitals builds upon the case presented earlier about Shifa Hospital, the largest in Gaza, that Hamas uses these medical centers for terrorism and their patients and staff as human shields.

Hamas’s headquarters is located under the massive Shifa complex in Gaza City, the IDF said.

"Hamas is hiding behind hospitals, sickly behind hospitals to hide its war machine,” Hagari said. “We will not accept Hamas’s cynical use of hospitals to hide their terror infrastructure. It must come to an end. It is a war crime."... JNS

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IDF reopens Gaza humanitarian corridor despite Hamas attacks. Over 2,500 targets have been hit since the start of ground operations in the Strip, according to the IDF. Joshua Marks, November 5, 2023 / JNS JNS

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IDF shows Hamas rockets next to children’s pool, playground. “This is further proof of the terror organization’s constant use of the civilian population as a human shield for terror purposes." [155]. November 5, 2023 / JNS JNS

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Israeli killed in Hezbollah missile attack from Lebanon. The IDF returned fire against the source of the attack in Lebanon, according to Hebrew media. November 5, 2023 / JNS JNS

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The Chanukah miracle of the last drops of Gaza fuel lasting three weeks.

The World Health Organization warned that Gaza hospitals are at a breaking point.

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That was October 12.

UNICEF warned that incubators were hours away from being shut down due to lack of fuel in Gaza:

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That was October 22.

Now, let's look at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City last night, where Hamas held a rally, complete with huge video screen:

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Notice all the lights, inside and outside the hospital.

Looks like they had plenty of fuel there, three weeks after supplies were supposed to run dry. It's a miracle!

UNICEF and WHO are useful idiots, willing to believe the lies that are told by Hamas and their partners. 

And notice that none of the attendees seem at all concerned to go out in the open, publicly, when they accuse Israel of "genocide." If they really thought that Israel was hellbent on murdering all Gazans, why would they go out in the open?

They are all voluntary human shields for Hamas, whose headquarters is directly underneath them. 

Notice also that all the attendees are young men of military age.  EoZ

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The 31st day of the war - 450 targets were attacked, the IDF took over a Hamas outpost. [...] In the Gaza Strip it was reported that there is a gradual return of the communication services that were cut off in the IDF attack last night • A stabbing attack in Jerusalem: an MGB fighter was mortally wounded, another fighter was slightly injured • After the inciting post she published, Ahed Tamimi was arrested • Report: Biden administration to Iran Hezbollah - "We will intervene militarily if you launch an attack on Israel" • Regular updates News reporters 12 |N12| Published 00:25 06.11.23 | Updated 12:53 06.11.23 Israel at war - coverage N12

12:53 PM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Dankov, who is currently visiting Israel. Netanyahu thanked the Prime Minister of Bulgaria for his support for Israel, and clarified that "we are fighting the most brutal enemy we have seen since the Holocaust." Dankov said at the meeting that "Hamas and its entire military and administrative infrastructure must be eradicated - because it cannot continue like this."

12:18 - Shurat Hadin organization turned to Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in the world, and demanded that he help the Israeli evacuees. Because they are Jews." In a letter signed by attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Commissioner Grandi was told that on the seventh of October the State of Israel was attacked by the terrorist organization Hamas in an act of massacre of children, women and innocents, and the firing of rockets at population concentrations.

11:45 - In the anti-terrorism operation in Judea-Samaria, 38 wanted persons were arrested and three printing houses used by Hamas to print incendiary materials were sealed. In addition, during searches for weapons, an improvised weapon, an air rifle and military equipment were found. During anti-terrorism activities in Halhoul, Beit Anan, and Jabel a-Smali (Mount Ebal), there were disturbances and stones were thrown at the forces. The fighters responded by shooting and identified casualties. Since the beginning of the war, more than 1,350 wanted persons have been arrested in Judea-Samaria, more than 850 of them are associated with Hamas. [...] 11:07 - Red color in Cedar, Yad Mordechai and Netiv Hatara in the West of the Negev.

11:02 - The nuclear submarine "Florida" that arrived in the Middle East last night is now in the Red Sea after crossing the Suez Canal. On board 154 Tomahawk missiles.

10:12 - IDF Spokesman in Arabic Lt. Col. Avihai Adrei appeals to the residents of the Gaza Strip again and urges them to evacuate to the south: "The IDF will once again allow traffic on the Salah al-Din route between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. For your own safety, take the opportunity to move south across the Wadi Gaza [..] 09:46 - On the one month anniversary of October 7 and the start of the war, tomorrow the education system will commemorate the brutal attack. The secondary schools (grades 7-12) will hold talks and activities tomorrow to mark the day, according to the different ages and the different sectors. Due to their young age, in the kindergartens and elementary schools, the educational and social activities will continue as usual.

"The education system marks the date and unites with the memory of the fallen and murdered, and prays for the safety of the abducted and missing," the Ministry of Education said in a statement. "The education system will convey a message of growth, hope and faith in the ability of Israeli society to pick up the pieces, to rise from the disaster, to grow renewed strength, to rehabilitate and rehabilitate." [...] 08:20 - Stabbing attack at the Flower Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem: A terrorist stabbed security forces near the Shalem police station in the east of the city. A female fighter was fatally wounded and another fighter was slightly injured. Police forces neutralized the terrorist. MDA medics and paramedics gave them medical treatment and evacuated them to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital in the city. This is the second attack in Jerusalem since the beginning of the war. The terrorist who carried out the attack is a 16-year-old boy from Issawiya in the east of the city. He was killed at the scene, a suspect was arrested and checked to see if he helped him. The area of ​​the attack and Sultan Suleiman Street were blocked to traffic until the end of treatment at the scene.

08:01 - The IDF forces took over a Hamas outpost, attacked 450 aerial targets and killed Hamas commanders. In the outpost that the forces took over, Hamas had observation posts, training facilities, and terrorist tunnels. In this operation, a number of terrorists were eliminated. In addition, during the last day, fighter jets of the Air Force About 450 Hamas targets were attacked, including military compounds, observation posts, anti-aircraft positions and more.

In addition, the naval forces attacked headquarters, anti-tank launching positions and other observation posts. As part of the operation, IDF warplanes, under the intelligence guidance of the Amman and the Shin Bet, eliminated additional Hamas commanders, including Jamal Musa, The person responsible for the special security in the terrorist organization. In 1993, Jamal Musa carried out a shooting attack against IDF forces who were on patrol in the Gaza Strip. Also, commanders at the field level in the battalions in which the forces were fighting were eliminated.

07:57 - In a joint activity of the police, the IDF, the Ministry of Health, the Pathology Institute for Forensic Medicine and volunteer organizations at the concentration camp of the dead in the Shura camp, the effort to identify the victims of the October 7 murder continues. To date, 834 murdered civilians have been identified, whose bodies have been brought to the camp for identification. For burial 736 of the deceased...

07:33 - Red color in Kfar Gaza, Nahal Oz and Netiv Hatara.

07:31 - Due to an alert for a security incident, residents staying in the settlements of Yiftah, Menara, Mein Baruch, Mashgav Am, Yaraon, Baram, Kfar Giladi, Dafna, Malkiah, Dan, Gosher, Shenir, Sasa and Tzabon on the northern border are asked to enter the protected areas until further notice .

([159] Ahed Tamimi during her arrest - and the inciting post)

07:30 - Ahed Tamimi was arrested in the village of Nabi Saleh, after she published an inciting post on social media in which she wrote: "Our message .. [we] are waiting for you in all the cities of the West Bank, from Hebron to Jenin, we will slaughter you and you will say that what Hitler did to you was a joke, we will drink your blood And we will eat your skulls, come on, we are waiting for you N12

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Terrorist kills Israeli American police officer in Jerusalem. Another officer was moderately wounded The terrorist was killed at the scene. November 6, 2023. Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai arrived at the scene and was holding an assessment with Jerusalem District commander Doron Turgeman and other officers.

Fifty-nine police officers have been killed since Hamas’s Oct. 7 invasion of southern Israel.

The scene of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem, Nov. 6, 2023. Credit: MDA. Last week, an Israeli policeman was seriously wounded in a stabbing attack near the Shivtei Yisrael light rail stop in Jerusalem.

On Oct. 12, two police officers were injured in a terrorist shooting just outside Jerusalem’s Old City.

On Sunday night, Israeli police arrested 23 terror suspects in Jerusalem’s Shuafat neighborhood and the town of Anata northeast of the capital.

Alleged offenses included involvement in violent disturbances in recent weeks, including throwing stones and firebombs. Others were arrested on suspicion of publishing incitement to violence and terrorism and supporting Hamas.

One suspect was arrested for funding the riots that took place in the weeks after Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre, during which Palestinian death squads rampaged through western Negev communities, murdering 1,400 people, wounding thousands more and taking over 240 hostages back to Gaza. JNS

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THE SCROLL: Israeli comedy show roasts 'racist fluid' Columbia students The Israeli comedy show Eretz Nehederet posted a skit Sunday parodying LGBTQH (H is for Hamas) students at Columbia University. Campus Reform November 6, 2023, 9:26 am ET

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The Israeli comedy show Eretz Nehederet posted a skit Sunday parodying LGBTQH (H is for Hamas) students at Columbia University.

”Stupid?” the male student says. “I major in queer post colonial astrology.”

”And no I’m not antisemitic, I’m racist fluid,” he states.

The female student interviews Mr. Fatwa, a Hamas terrorist hiding in a tunnel beneath a Gaza hospital. She responds with “community is so important” after the terrorist states that he has 2 million civilians “protecting” him.

”I have everything. I am only hungry for rockets,” the terrorist states.

”As long as it’s organic,” the male student replies.

The interview concludes with the male student being excited to attend a rooftop party in Gaza, from where the terrorist and his colleagues will the “homosexual dirt” to his death. CampusReform

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One more time: "Eretz Nehderet", ("Wonderful Country") fights back in English in a special edition.

After the BBC, now it's the turn of the members of the campuses at the leading universities in the USA to hijack. "Wonderful Land" aired a skit in English last night (Sunday) mocking the hypocrisy, anti-Semitism and anti-Israel activity that young students at the leading institutions in the strategic ally are discovering. Similar to last time , this time too the skit became viral overnight, when Yonit Levy also chose to share it on social networks. Gil Mishali | tvbee| Published 10:02 06.11.23 | Updated 19:08 06.11.23

("Columbia Untisemity": Israel's No. 1 Satire program mocks the support for Hamas on college campuses @mulisegev @Eretz_Nehederet. Nov 5, 2023. [161])

"We will finish Israel, America next in line": alongside the military fighting, in recent weeks Israel is in the midst of an equally complex campaign on world public opinion. One of the main focal points in the propaganda and consciousness war is the universities in the United States, where many students hold pro-Palestinian demonstrations and work against Israel and Jews.

Last night (Sunday) in the special edition of Eretz Nehderet ("Wonderful Land"), they addressed the support of the young students abroad for Hamas and the Palestinians, when they presented two "students", played by Liat Har Lev and Tamir Bar, at the "anti-Semitic Columbia" University in a skit in English, which has already gone viral on the Internet. In the skit, the two condemn Israel and present it as a liar. The two made a big deal and hosted Abu Fatwa, a Hamas terrorist in Gaza, and showed empathy towards him even though he was not ashamed to say that after Israel, America is next in line.

At the "anti-Semitic" University in a skit in English, which has already gone viral on the Internet. In the skit, the two condemn Israel and present it as a "liar". The two made a big deal and hosted Abu Fatwa, a Hamas terrorist in Gaza, and showed empathy towards him even though he was not ashamed to say that after Israel, America is next in line.

"Hello everyone, we are live on YouTube with the Anti-Semitic Colombia News. Everyone is welcome here, LGBTQH, with H of course representing Hamas," said the student played by Liat Har Lev. "I really admire Hamas, it's so trendy," added the boyfriend next to her, played by Barr.

The two enthusiastically chanted "freedom for Palestine", claimed that Israeli propaganda was poisonous and doubted the fact that there were indeed Israeli hostages in Gaza. "Do they think we're stupid? I'm doing a degree in queer post-colonial astrology. Jews are polluting the world, and no I'm not anti-Semitic, I'm a fluid racist," the student claimed while throwing the abductee notice on the floor.

Along with the hatred for Israel, the skit highlighted the compassion, so-called progressive, of these students in Hamas - and the two young men talked to a Hamas terrorist, who is now in the tunnels under the hospital in Gaza. Even when the terrorist expressed himself in an offensive manner towards the LGBT community, the two chose to interpret his words in a positive way and invited him to America. "We will finish Israel first, and America will be next in line. you are so stupid I won't even bother killing you, waste of bullets. It is better that you kill yourselves," he answered them.

"Are you missing something, food, medicine?". The students worry about the safety of the Hamas terrorist

.... French-Israeli journalist Julien Bahlul added: "The video is genius. To all these 'queers' and 'feminists' who don't see the danger of Hamas."

The two enthusiastically chanted "freedom for Palestine", claimed that Israeli propaganda was poisonous and doubted the fact that there were indeed Israeli hostages in Gaza. "Do they think we're stupid? I'm doing a degree in queer post-colonial astrology. Jews are polluting the world, and no I'm not anti-Semitic, I'm a fluid racist," the student claimed while throwing the abductee notice on the floor.

Along with the hatred for Israel, the skit highlighted the compassion, so-called progressive, of these students in Hamas - and the two young men talked to a Hamas terrorist, who is now in the tunnels under the hospital in Gaza. Even when the terrorist expressed himself in an offensive manner towards the LGBT community, the two chose to interpret his words in a positive way and invited him to America. "We will finish Israel first, and America will be next in line. you are so stupid I won't even bother killing you, waste of bullets. It is better that you kill yourselves," he answered them. Mako

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30+ Rockets Launched from Lebanon at Israel By Hana Levi Julian - 23 Heshvan 5784 – November 6, 2023 JewishPress

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ABC reporter ripped for calling anti-Israel protest 'passionate' that defaced White House gates. Antisemitic graffiti calling for 'Death to Israel' was found in DC after pro-Palestinian protesters gathered last weekend By Kristine Parks Fox News Published November 6, 2023 12:45pm EST

ABC News' Chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce was criticized for her characterization of a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Washington D.C., which left the White House and other buildings vandalized, over the weekend.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators descended on Washington on Saturday night, protesting President Biden's support of Israel and demanding a cease-fire in Gaza. Some in the crowd could be seen vandalizing and shaking the White House fence at one point.

Antisemitic graffiti was also left on several buildings along the protesters' path through the city, according to social media posts. Some protesters were heard chanting, among other slogans, "F--k Joe Biden," "Allahu akbar" and "Cease-fire now!" Fox News

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Dozens of Hamas rockets found inside youth center, mosque. Over 50 rockets found inside youth center in Gaza together with launchers, rocket launching sites found inside mosque. Israel National News, Nov 6, 2023, 6:32 PM (GMT+2). [162] rocket launchers found in youth center IDF Spokesperson

During combat operations in the Gaza Strip, IDF forces located and uncovered additional evidence of Hamas' use of civilian sites for terrorist purposes and especially for launching rockets at the State of Israel.

During activity by a team of soldiers of the 460th Brigade to locate terrorist infrastructure and clear the area, rocket launch pits found by the soldiers in a mosque were destroyed.

In addition, during several activities in the past day, the soldiers found over 50 rockets ready to be launched into Israel from inside a youth movement compound in Northern Gaza.

Earlier, it was announced that overnight, an IAF fighter jet, directed by ISA and IDF intelligence, killed the Commander of Hamas’ Deir al-Balah Battalion in the Central Camps Brigade, Wael Asefa. Asefa, together with other commanders of the Central Camps Brigade, was responsible for sending Hamas “Nukhba” terrorists into Israeli territory during the barbaric massacre on October 7th. Following the massacre, he planned additional terrorist attacks.

Wael Asefa was imprisoned between 1992-1998 for his involvement in terrorist attacks against Israeli communities and has been involved in the incitement and promotion of terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers for decades. INN

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Meaww.com / News / Crime & Justice. Who is Ruba Awni Almaghtheh? Palestinian woman slams car into building after mistaking it for Jewish structure By Poulami Sengupta Published on : 04:32 PST, Nov 6, 2023

Ruba Awni Almaghtheh has been charged with reckless endangerment (Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department)

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA: A Palestinian woman named Ruba Awni Almaghtheh, 34, slammed her car into a building mistaking it to be owned by a Jewish congregation.

Almaghtheh admitted to the police that she “did do it” on purpose after watching the coverage of the Israel-Hamas War that started after the Palestinian militant group’s offensive in southern Israel on October 7. Meaww

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Palestinian woman 'smashes car into anti-Semitic group after mistaking them for Jews.' The woman admitted she 'did do it purpose' after watching the coverage of the ongoing war Israel is waging on Hamas in Gaza, according to cops. By Aurora Bosotti 09:01, Mon, Nov 6, 2023 | Updated: 13:57, Mon, Nov 6, 2023 Express.uk

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Shmira Member Pepper-Sprayed in Flatbush by Suspect Chanting 'Allah Akbar.' By Baruch Green. November 6, 2023.

BROOKLYN (VINnews) — A Shmira member was pepper-sprayed on Shabbos afternoon in Flatbush, near the intersection of Avenue N & East 22nd Street.

The volunteer was sprayed directly in his eyes, after asking a female why she was ripping down posters of hostages kidnapped by Hamas. The individual pointed a knife at the Shmira volunteer, and yelled “Allah Akbar, I will cut all you Jews up”.

The member requested backup and the suspect was quickly apprehended by additional members. NYPD officers responded and placed the female under arrest.

The suspect’s family came down as she was being arrested and began making anti-Semitic remarks toward bystanders…. vin

Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 @MarinaMedvin: The suspect is a female... The suspect had a knife and pepper spray on her. [163] Nov 6, 2023 [164]

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London student calls for world clean of Jews in pro-Palestinian protest. By Zvika Klein. Published: Novembet 6, 2023 The pro-Palestinian demonstrator seen smiling while holding a "Please keep the world clean [of Jews]" sign. (photo credit: TIKTOK/SCREENSHOT) The pro-Palestinian demonstrator seen smiling while holding a "Please keep the world clean [of Jews]" sign. (photo credit: TIKTOK/SCREENSHOT) "The sign calls for the genocide of Jews. Her name is Mehak Qureshi, a student at Goldsmiths. She should be arrested for incitement of racial hatred." A pro-Palestinian protester is under fire for holding a sign in a London demonstration on Saturday calling for cleaning the world of Jews.

“Meet Mehak Qureshi, internship designer in K2X Tech and Part-time Barista in Costa Coffee in London whose goal is to clean the world of Jews,” a pro-Israel activist shared on X, relating to the young British demonstrator who held a sign with the wording: Keep the world clean [of Jews], while instead of writing Jews, she drew blue a Star of David... JPost

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Israel War Room @IsraelWarRoom:

1. BREAKING: Elderly Jewish Man Dies After Vicious Assault At Palestinian Protest | The Yeshiva World [165]

7:09 PM · Nov 6, 2023 [166]

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Pro-Palestinian protester a suspect in death of pro-Israel demonstrator in Los Angeles. By Jerusalem Post Staff November 7, 2023 02:26

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator is under suspicion for allegedly beating to death an elderly pro-Israel demonstrator at a protest in Los Angeles, United States according to Ynet following confirmation from the Los Angeles Police Department. JPost

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Pro-Palestinian protestor suspected of killing Jewish man in LA. Los Angeles police confirms Jewish man dies as a result of a brain injury he suffered after a verbal altercation he had with a pro-Palestinian protestor

Daniel Edelson, New York | published: 18:41

Tensions in the United States following the Israel-Hamas conflict have claimed their first casualty: Local Los Angeles law enforcement confirmed late Monday that a Jewish man died as a result of a head injury after being assaulted by a pro-Palestinian protester with a Megaphone during demonstrations that took place in a neighborhood in North Los Angeles.

According to witnesses at the scene, a verbal altercation broke out between an older Jewish man and a young pro-Palestinian protester. Suddenly, the protester struck the older man in the head with a megaphone he was holding.

The injured man fell to the ground bleeding and was rushed to the hospital. His death was confirmed to have been caused due to a brain hemorrhage. Israelis who were present at the scene described it as "a terrifying sight" and expressed shock that such an incident took place in their neighborhood.

The incident was filmed on the attacker's mobile device and has been seized by local police as evidence in their investigation into the incident. While the police have confirmed the case was being looked into, they haven't provided further details at this time, including whether the suspect has been arrested. This is a developing story. [167]

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Leebra1015 @Leebra1510: Posted by @blackandjewishunity: Palestinian mob killed a Jewish man yesterday at the pro Palestinian protest in west lake village, Los Angeles. Only one side ☪️🇵🇸is okay with killing an old man in cold blood. Jewish women stabbed to death outside their homes ✡️students attacked 6:59 PM · Nov 6, 2023 [168]

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Former L.A. pro soccer player flashes Nazi salute at pro-Israel demonstrators Marc Sternfield, Nov 7, 2023.

Angel City Football Club is condemning the actions of a former player who was seen on video giving a Nazi salute at a pro-Israel rally in Beverly Hills.

The video, which was first shared on social media Monday morning by the watchdog group, StopAntisemitism, shows Stefany Ferrer Van Ginkel riding in the passenger seat of a car driven by another pro soccer player, identified by the group as Samim Haydari.

Ferrer Van Ginkel flashes a “Sieg Heil” salute as pro-Israel demonstrators shout “Shame on you!” It was unclear what occurred before the recording started.

Ferrer Van Ginkel, 25, played in Angel City FC’s inaugural season in 2022. The Brazil native left the team in November of that year after her contract was not renewed.

California cities ditching online comments due to surging hate speech “Stefany Ferrer Van Ginkel does not play for Angel City Football Club, nor has she been affiliated with the club since November 2022. We condemn her recent actions and statements,” the team said in a statement Monday afternoon.

According to a now-deleted Instagram post, she and Haydari recently launched Juega Bonita, a brand “created to grow the girls soccer game.”

The pair issued an apology in a video posted to social media late Monday.

“I know we have approached the situation with hate and made it worse with our actions,” Haydari said. “We acted childish … All we can do is become better [and] learn a lesson from this. We cannot change the past.”

Ferrer Van Ginkel did not speak in the video.

Haydari was last listed as a player with United City FC, a developmental team, in 2022. Ktla

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Hamas tunnels, weapons found near amusement park and university.

By Jerusalem Post Staff Published: November 7, 2023 20:11

[169] IDF soldiers operate near an amusement park in the Gaza Strip.

A weapons warehouse containing chemicals, RPGs, and explosives, among other objects, was found near a university in Gaza.

Tunnels and weapons warehouses used by Hamas were found near an amusement park and a university in the Gaza Strip during the IDF's ongoing operations in the coastal enclave, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit revealed on Tuesday.

The Paratrooper Brigade found a tunnel opening near an amusement park in the Strip. The opening was destroyed by the IDF.

Maj. Roi, a commander in Sayeret Tzanhanim, stated "we found a logistic tunnel. The tunnels didn't pass over this area. We blew it up now, the opening has been destroyed and we intend to do this in every place we get to."

Explosives, RPGs found near university The Paratrooper Brigade and the 7th Brigade also found a tunnel opening and a weapons warehouse near a university, uncovering chemicals, RPGs, and explosives, among other objects.

[170] Weapons found in a tunnel near a university in the Gaza Strip.

The commander of the 202nd Battalion, Lt.-Col. Almog, stated "we uncovered a very significant tunnel opening seemingly leading to a tunnel system. We'll continue destroying infrastructure."

"All of this is further evidence of the Hamas terrorist organization's cynical use of facilities and the civilian population as a human shield for the terrorist organization's needs," said the IDF Spokesperson's Unit. JPost_

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Terror tunnel shafts, weapons found near Ferris wheel, university. IDF continues to find more proof of Hamas' exploitation of civilian areas for military purposes, use of human shields.

Israel National News, Nov 7, 2023, 7:16 PM (GMT+2)

As part of the ground operations in the Gaza Strip, the Paratroopers Brigade led a targeted operation in northern Gaza, during which the soldiers completed taking control of the area.

During the operation, soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade exposed the shaft of an underground tunnel adjacent to an amusement park. The soldiers then destroyed the shaft. In addition, in cooperation with soldiers of the Armored Corps from the divisional combat team of the 7th Brigade, an underground tunnel shaft and a weapons warehouse were found near a university, containing chemical materials, RPGs, Claymore mines and more.

"This is all further evidence of Hamas’ cynical use of the civilian population and various facilities as a human shield for its needs," the IDF stated. INN

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Hamas terrorists’ last stand at Gaza hospital. In showdown witnessed by a Telegraph reporter, Israeli warplanes, tanks and infantry corner last remains of 1,000-strong battalion

By Paul Nuki in Gaza, 7 November 2023 • 10:25pm

(Hamas terrorists were making a “last stand” in a hospital in northern Gaza on Tuesday night in a showdown witnessed by agraph reporter). [...] “They talk the talk, but they don’t walk so good,” said Lieutenant Colonel Blick of the Israeli 551 Reserve Paratroop Battalion, which escorted The Telegraph to the front line on Tuesday.

Pointing to the plumes of dust rising about 2km to the south, Lt Col Blick said fewer than 100 Hamas fighters were taking shelter in the Indonesian Hospital, the last survivors of a thousand-strong unit.

“They fought when we came in but folded after a day. Their command lines were cut. Now, where you can see the dust rising, in the hospital, they are making their last stand,” he said.

Until five weeks ago, Beit Hanoun was home to more than 50,000 people. About half would have been under 20. Now it is broken, the devastation total.

The Telegraph was driven in by open-top Humvee, whipping down a dirt track with a gunner poised above our heads. The city’s perimeter was a jagged mess of shattered homes. The convoy stopped at what would have been a communal area but now houses Israeli tanks, heavy armour and a platoon of troops.

One of the soldiers took reporters to see a Hamas rocket launcher, dug into the garden of a house just a few yards from a pool where children would have played. The launcher was so hidden that it would have been close to impossible to spot by drone.

The commanding officer of the 551 Battalion, Lt Col Ido, said booby-trapped houses, tunnels and alleyways were the biggest threat when soldiers first entered the area. Air strikes took out most of the improvised explosive devices (IEDs), but he and his men have cleared more than 150 themselves.

“They are buried in the ground, some in the woods, some in the kindergarten rooms, some in the schools”, he said, adding that some of the charges were designed to pierce armour with technology imported from Iran.

“The biggest threat was the IEDs. But luckily, we didn’t lose anyone,” he said. “Some of these guys are engineers, some of them doctors. They’re reservists. They are mature. They’re specialist. They’ve got life experience. So they work slow and secured.”

Lt Cols Ido and Blich struck a measured tone as they addressed reporters. Lt Col Ido was one of the first into the kibbutzim on the Gaza border on Oct 7 – the “Black Sabbath” – and saw some “very tough sights”.

His concern now, he said, was how to guide his men. “They saw. We all saw it. A massacre. Bodies that were mutilated... We saw bodies of little kids that have been abused.”

But he emphasised that his troops must maintain a level head in combat, adding: “When I did my last brief the night before we came in here, my last sentence was that we are not like them and must not become like them.”

The 551 say they did not find civilian corpses in Beit Hanoun when they came in. People had moved south, and only dead animals and Hamas terrorists lay strewn on the ground.

Asked about the thousands of civilian casualties in Gaza, Lt Col Ido said that, for the most part, those people had nothing to do with Hamas.

Choking back emotion, he said: “The people of Gaza are not our enemies. I’m telling you, these houses are ruined but we’re not touching any personal stuff. We’re not taking things from the kitchens here. Because this is not our mission.

“I don’t have any business with the population here. I’m a father. I’ve got three kids. But I know my mission – my mission is to protect Israel.”

As the battle in the Beit Hanoun hospital raged, the IDF said it was pushing into “the heart of Gaza City” for the first time since its withdrawal from the territory in 2005.

Israeli troops have conducted routine counter-insurgency operations here in the past – cynically described by politicians as “mowing the lawn” – but this latest operation aims to wipe out Hamas and its military infrastructure for good. It’s a war aim around which the Israeli public is united, but one that could yet prove difficult to achieve. ... describing the ongoing offensive as “a complex and difficult war”.

Despite the firepower being deployed, he said his troops had the 240 hostages held by Hamas uppermost in their mind, and that “returning them is our compass”...

“They’re watching a train wreck, and they can’t do anything about it, and the trains are speeding up,” a person familiar with the US administration’s thinking told The Washington Post earlier this week. “The train wreck is in Gaza, but the explosion is in the region.”

Israeli forces appear to be in control of the coastal road inside Gaza City, and only about a mile from the Al Shifa hospital, where Israel says senior Hamas commanders are hiding in underground bunkers.

Hospitals... The IDF counters that the facilities are being “cynically” used as military bases by Hamas in a flagrant abuse of the conventions of war.

Most agree that the Indonesian Hospital is empty now of patients and is simply being used by Hamas to wage war. Taking it down with an air strike to finish the fighting must surely be tempting, but the IDF knows that would hand its enemy a propaganda coup.

In the past week, Israeli commanders have produced video evidence showing how hospitals around Gaza are connected to the Hamas “Metro” – the network of underground tunnels and bunkers the group has built...

On Tuesday, it released footage of an air strike on a building close to the Al Quds hospital, where it claimed a number of Hamas operatives had hidden. The strike set off a major secondary explosion, which the IDF said indicated that a Hamas weapons store had been hit.

([171] A Hamas tunnel unearthed by Israeli forces. Many such tunnels have been booby-trapped by the terror group, Israel says)

Meanwhile, Hamas said the Al Rantisi hospital in Gaza City was being evacuated after heavy shelling of nearby roads.

At one point on The Telegraph’s embed, the tempo of gun and mortar fire coming from the Indonesian Hospital increased and was answered with a massive blast from a nearby tank.

None of the soldiers flinched. They’re inured to it. “We’re making tapes so we have them to fall asleep with after the war,” joked one.

Lt Col Ido pressed home the asymmetric nature of the war, saying: “They are hiding inside schools. Just 10 minutes ago, we had a serious battle with a group of Hamas inside the school that they built tunnels in. They fill it with the IEDs. Now the leadership of this battalion is hiding inside the hospital.”

The hospital is empty, something Israeli forces have verified with drones and other “tactical measures”, he said, adding: “They are firing on us from this hospital. So I think the world should understand what we are dealing with … they are terrorists. Can you imagine the Israeli state or England or Germany putting rockets inside their cities, in the City of London?”

His colleague Lt Col Blich, reflected that, ultimately, the terror of Oct 7 and the war in Gaza may bring a lasting peace. He said it had deeply shocked everyone, Israelis and Palestinians alike.

“My hope is that out of all this tragedy people would come together and rebuild and finish all this,” he said. “Israel is not going anywhere. Jews are not going anywhere. Palestinians are not going anywhere. We need to find a way to coexist, otherwise it’s a nightmare for everyone.

“So hopefully out of this tragedy – and it is a tragedy – what we’ll see is a new Middle East or a new Israel or a new Palestine, whatever you want to call it. Something [positive] like what happened to Europe after the defeat of the Third Reich.” Daily Telegraph

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IDF takes control of another Hamas compound in Gaza. Israelis mark one month since the Oct. 7 massacre. Joshua Marks November 7, 2023 / JNS JNS

Holocaust survivor saved from Hamas buries son, fears for captive family "This is a second Holocaust for me,” Ruth Haran, whose family was devasted by the Oct. 7 attacks, told JNS. Etgar Lefkovits November 7, 2023 / JNS JNS

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Netanyahu: Israel will have ‘security responsibility’ for Gaza. November 7, 2023 / JNS JNS

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Lebanese terrorists fire 20 rockets into Israel. November 7, 2023 / JNS JNS

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Israeli forces foiled a terrorist attack by neutralizing a Palestinian woman .wrapped in a Hamas flag and armed with a knife at the Qalandiya crossing near Jerusalem, Nov. 7, 2023. Israeli forces thwart attack by woman draped in Hamas flag JNS

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Armed terrorist attempts to infiltrate Samaria town. November 7, 2023 / JNS JNS

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‘Hard to believe’ Qatar claim it doesn’t support Hamas, says British parliamentarian. Georgia L. Gilholy November 7, 2023 / JNS JNS

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Montreal synagogue firebombed amid sharp rise in antisemitism. November 7, 2023 / JNS JNS

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NBC News Quietly Stealth-Edits Headline After Downplaying Death Of Jewish Man Killed In Pro-Palestinian Protest.

Daily Caller, 11/7/2023

NBC News quietly stealth-edited a headline previously downplaying the death of an elderly Jewish man who died during an altercation with pro-Palestinian counter-protesters.

NBC News initially headlined its report on Kessler’s death as “Man dies after hitting head during Israel and Palestinian rallies in California, officials say,” according to an archived version of the report. It later changed the headline to read, “Jewish man killed in altercation at dueling pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian rallies in California.. Daily Caller

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House votes to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib for Israel-Hamas war comments. Claudia Grisales, 11/7/2023

The House voted 234-188 to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., over her remarks related to Israel and Palestinians. Twenty two Democrats joined Republicans in voting to formally rebuke Tlaib for her comments.

The measure, which accuses Tlaib of "promoting false narratives regarding the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and for calling for the destruction of the state of Israel," is the second attempt to formally punish Tlaib over her comments about the war.

Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress, has made several controversial comments about the war. She has defended her comments and says she is simply availing herself of freedom of speech.

Censure is a symbolic move where the member who has been censured is called to the House floor as the Speaker of the House reads the text of the measure.

Members from both parties have criticized her comments, but most Democrats say they do not support censure as a response.

Among the comments in question is a post on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, where Tlaib shared a video featuring a Palestinian slogan that has been called antisemitic. NPR

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80 years ago they gassed us, now they gaslight us so they can do it again. Prominent anti-Israel figures like Rashida Tlaib and Marc Lamont Hill try to claim ‘From the river to the sea’ isn’t a call for genocide. Their own histories prove otherwise. Gary Willig, Nov 8, 2023, 2:41 PM (GMT+2)

On October 7, the Hamas terrorist organization committed the worst massacre of the Jewish people since the Nazi Holocaust. More than 1,400 people in southern Israel were butchered, the vast majority of whom were civilians. Babies were burned alive, shot in the head, and beheaded. The Hamas terrorists gleefully filmed their acts of barbarism and posted the videos online.

Throughout the world, antisemites rejoiced. On the streets of New York, London, and Sydney, celebrations were held for the mass murder of innocents and calls have been consistently made since thne for the genocide of the Jewish people. Sometimes it’s “gas the Jews.” Other times it’s “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” It all has the same meaning: dead Jews.

So of course many of the leading antisemites are trying to gaslight the Jews and all other decent people by claiming they really mean something nicer when they chant slogans that have only one meaning, which is not very nice at all.

Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, perhaps the leading antisemite in the US Congress, insists that “From the river to the sea” is merely “an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence” and not a call for the destruction of the State of Israel and its Jewish citizens.

The phrase was prominently featured in a video Tlaib posted to X attacking US President Joe Biden for standing with Israel in the aftermath of the Hamas massacre, along with the chant “No peace on stolen land.”

Tlaib may claim that “From the river to the sea” is merely a call or peace and equality, but her own actions prove that peace and equality are the last things she wants.

Tlaib has refused to condemn Hamas in the month since the massacre. She has continued to spread the blood libel that Israel was behind the bombing of the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza even after it was conclusively proven that the explosion in the hospital parking lot was an Islamic Jihad rocket that misfired, while accusing both the Israeli and American governments of lying about it to cover up Israel’s guilt. These lies fan the flames of anti-Jewish violence around the world.

In 2019, a Jewish resident of Michigan asked Tlaib after hearing her speak about coexistence: “So would that be a right for Israel to exist?” Her response to being asked if Israel has the right to exist was to get angry. “Do they pay you guys? Do you work for Netanyahu?” she demanded, as if the issue of Israel’s right to exist was merely a right-wing talking point.

When pressed on if “the Jews would have a state that they felt safe in,” she flat out said “no,” because in her opinion, the existence of a Jewish State meant her grandmother could not achieve equality.

So yes, when Rashida Tlaib says “From the river to the sea,’” she means “destroy Israel.”

The phrase was also defended by CUNY Professor and Al Jazeera host Marc Lamont Hill, who brought “From the river to the sea” to global prominence when he uttered those words in a speech to the United Nations in 2018, an act which got him fired from CNN the next day.

“When I say, ‘Free Palestine from river to the sea,’ I wasn’t echoing the Hamas charter. When you go to any ‘Free Palestine’ rally, when you go to a Palestinian rights rally, you’re going to hear ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,’ … these aren’t calls to kill Jews. These are calls for Palestine and Palestinians to have freedom, safety, dignity and self-determination in all areas of historic Palestine, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea,” Hill claimed last week.

Left unsaid is why use a phrase associated with Hamas and its genocidal intentions in the first place? Would he also say that it was ok to chant Ku Klux Klan slogans on the grounds that the chanter had a different meaning in mind than the KKK does?

Between Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East and the nation which does the most to protect the civilians on the side of its enemies during wartime, and Hamas, a genocidal terrorist organization which beheads babies, throws gays off rooftops, and is dedicated to the eradication of the Jewish people, Hill sides with Hamas.

On Briahna Joy Gray’s “Bad Faith” podcast, Hill said that the media should not treat Hamas as terrorists, saying: “And it’s part of a broader project, I think, of framing Hamas not as a government organization – even if you think that what happened on October 7 was an act of terrorism – by framing them as a terrorist organization rather than a government, rather than a democratically-elected government and/or political party, it makes it easy to avoid political and diplomatic solutions.”

In 2014, Hill lamented the existence of the Iron Dome system, a purely defensive system which saves Israeli lives by shooting rockets launched at civilian areas out of the air, because it “takes away Hamas’ military leverage.” He opposes any form Israeli self-defense and any effort to keep Hamas from murdering Jewish children, putting the lie to the weak, token condemnations of the October 7 massacre he makes so that he can he can condemn Israel for not agreeing to commit suicide and allowing all of its citizens to be brutally murdered.

Hill has even endorsed violence against Israel. During his hate-filled speech to the UN in 2018, he said that the international community cannot “fetishize non-violence” when it comes to the Palestinian Arabs.

Often, the atrocities an antisemite wants to inflict on the State of Israel are mirrored in the accusations they level at the Jewish State. The thousands who scream at rallies around the world that Israel is committing genocide themselves chant genocidal slogans and openly declare their desire to wipe out the Jewish people. Rashida Tlaib also accuses Israel of genocide and amplifies the demonstrators who call for genocide. She refuses to condemn Hamas’ deliberate slaughter of women and children for the sole reason that they were Jewish and gets angry when asked if Israel has the right to exist. Does she seek genocide against the Jewish people in Israel? It sure looks that way.

Marc Lamont Hill loves to accuse Israel of Apartheid and ethnic cleansing. In a rally in Philadelphia in the aftermath of the Hamas massacre, Hill screamed that there “will be no peace until there is justice.” What is justice to him? In his own words: "Justice looks will be no more settlements, justice means getting rid of the current settlements.” The most charitable interpretation is that he means removing every last Jewish man, woman, and child from Judea and Samaria, as well as Jerusalem. Funny how this opponent of ethnic cleansing is demanding the cleansing of an entire ethnicity from a region. A less charitable and more likely reading is that he means cleansing the land of Israel of the Jews, given his statement that “for 100 years, there's been a settler-colonial project,” opposing the Jewish immigration to Israel in the decades before the establishment of the state.

“Tonight we demand that no more Palestinian children are killed,” he yelled. No demand has been heard from him that no more Jewish children be killed, nor will there be.

Because to them, if you demand that no more Jewish children be killed, you are not just part of the problem, YOU are the problem. If you are a Jewish person and demand the right to send your children to school or go to synagogue without fear, the right to simply live without being shot, stabbed, blown up, or burned in an oven, YOU are the problem.

Don’t notice the crowds chanting “gas the Jews” in Sydney. Don’t pay attention to the crowds chanting “Khaybar, Khaybar, ya Yahud,” a threat to repeat the massacre of an entire Jewish city by Mohammed.

Jewish students are trapped in a college library by rabid anti-Israel protestors? It was just a peaceful protest, don’t overreact. Jewish students are assaulted at Harvard and the University of Massachusetts? They had it coming for being Zionists. People are tearing down posters of children who were kidnapped by Hamas? They can’t help themselves because thy care so much about the innocent people of Gaza, and it’s the Zionists’ fault for provoking them in the first place.

Mobs storm airports in Russia looking for Jews to lynch? The protest just got out of hand. A woman rammed her car into a Black Hebrew Israelite building hoping to kill Jewish children? What do you care since she chose the wrong target? An elderly Jewish man was murdered by an anti-Israel activist in Los Angeles? Nothing to see here.

Hamas committed an act of mass murder against the civilian population of a specific ethnic group with the explicit goal and intention of reducing the population of that ethnicity as close to zero as possible. That is the textbook definition of genocide.

People like Rashida Tlaib, Marc Lamont Hill, Ilhan Omar, Roger Waters, and so many more want the Jews to ignore that, to let Hamas off the hook so they can do it again. No matter how much they may say they oppose violence, they do not care how many Jewish children have to die to achieve their goal of a “Free Palestine from the river to the sea,” whether those children live in Israel or in the Diaspora.

They are gaslighting us that the crowds that chant “From the river to the sea,” “We don’t want two states, we want 48,” and “Khaybar, Khaybar, ya Yahud,” are not chanting for the same things as the people who chanted “gas the Jews.” They are gaslighting us that the supporters of Hamas and its genocidal aspirations are just passionate for justice. They are gaslighting us that the explosion of antisemitism around the world over the last month doesn’t exist.

“Free Palestine from the river to the sea” has only ever meant one thing – dead Jews. They know this, and still they demand it.

80 years ago they gassed us to death in the millions. Now they gaslight us so that those who want to gas the Jews in 2023 can get their wish. INN

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G7 countries express support for Israel’s self-defense. (November 8, 2023 / JNS) JNS

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IAF strike kills senior Hamas weapons developer. Israeli forces are closing on Hamas headquarters in Gaza City Joshua Marks (November 8, 2023 / JNS) Hamas has no interest in governing JNS

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Anti-tank missile from Lebanon wounds two IDF soldiers. (November 8, 2023 / JNS). Israeli artillery units responded by firing at the source of the attack. JNS

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Hamas: We want permanent war with Israel. “Hamas’s goal is not to run Gaza and to bring it water and electricity and such" but to "completely overthrow the situation," said a member of the terror group's political bureau. Joshua Marks

(November 8, 2023 / JNS) Hamas has no interest in governing Gaza but wants a never-ending war with Israel, members of the terrorist group told The New York Times in a feature piece published on Wednesday.

According to the Hamas leaders, that was one of the primary goals of their Oct. 7 invasion of the northwestern Negev, in which thousands of armed terrorists massacred 1,400 people, mostly civilians, wounded over 5,000 others and took back to Gaza more than 200 hostages.

“I hope that the state of war with Israel will become permanent on all the borders, and that the Arab world will stand with us,” Taher el-Nounou, a Hamas media adviser, told the U.S.-based newspaper.

Khalil al-Hayya, a member of the terrorist group’s politburo in Qatar, said they planned the Oct. 7 assault to “change the entire equation and not just have a clash,” adding that “we succeeded in putting the Palestinian issue back on the table, and now no one in the region is experiencing calm.”

“Hamas’s goal is not to run Gaza and to bring it water and electricity and such,” said al-Hayya. “Hamas, the Qassam and the resistance woke the world up from its deep sleep and showed that this issue must remain on the table.” JNS

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Suspect identified in death of Jewish man in Los Angeles. Suspect identified but no arrest in death of Jewish man at Israel rally, Ventura County sheriff says. Jacob Gurvis, JTA, Nov 8, 2023 INN

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Murdered for being Jewish: Last photo of LA man beaten to death by pro-Palestinian protester.

([172] Photo snapped minutes before fatal assault shows Paul Kessler, 69, holding an Israeli flag as antisemitism surges worldwide)

Daniel Edelson, New York | published: 11.07.23 | 05:22

(Pro-Israel protester Paul Kessler lying on the ground after being attacked by a pro-Palestine protester)

Minutes before he was beaten to death by a pro-Palestinian protester, a photo of Paul Kessler was taken showing him holding an Israeli flag during a pro-Israel rally in Westlake Village, Los Angeles.

Kessler, a 69-year-old Jewish man from Thousand Oaks, California, was assaulted by a pro-Palestinian protester with a megaphone during pro-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrations that took place simultaneously.

According to witnesses at the scene, a verbal altercation broke out between an older Jewish man and a pro-Palestinian protester. Suddenly, the protester struck the older man on the head with a megaphone he was holding.

The injured man fell to the ground bleeding and was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead the next day due to a fatal brain hemorrhage. According to an autopsy, the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of death to be blunt force head injury and the manner of death homicide. Israelis who were present at the scene described it as "a terrifying sight" and expressed shock that such an incident took place in their neighborhood. The incident was filmed on the victim's cellphone which has been seized by local police as evidence in their investigation into the incident. While the police have confirmed the case was being looked into, they haven't provided any further details at this time, including whether the suspect has been arrested.

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office is requesting assistance from the public in locating the suspect.

The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles said that the local Jewish community is ״devastated to learn of the tragic death of an elderly Jewish man who was struck in the head by a megaphone wielded by a pro-Palestinian protestor in Westlake Village. Our hearts are with the family of the victim. While we wait for more information from our law enforcement partners, we remind you that this is the fourth major antisemitic crime committed in Los Angeles this year alone. Violence against our people has no place in civilized society. We demand safety. We will not tolerate violence against our community. We will do everything in our power to prevent it.״ Ynet

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The 33rd day of the war Publication was allowed: Sergeant Noam Yosef fell in the battle in Gaza, four fighters were seriously injured. The Shin Bet and the IDF revealed - this is how the terrorists use the hospitals: "I have ambulances, I can go with whichever one I want" • The IDF spokesman updated that the number of abductees stands at 239, Prime Minister Netanyahu: "There will be no ceasefire without release of our hostage" • An attack against Israelis was thwarted in Brazil, the Mossad: "Hezbollah and the Iranian regime continue to operate around the world" • Regular updates News reporters 12 | N12 | Published 01:01 08.11.23 | Updated 19:59 08.11.23. Ongoing updates

20:30 - The security bodies in Brazil together with the Mossad thwarted an attack planned by the terrorist organization Hezbollah. The Mossad: "We thank the security forces in Brazil for arresting a terrorist cell. These days, against the background of the war in Gaza, Hezbollah and the Iranian regime continue to operate around the world to carry out terrorist attacks."

20:27 - IDF spokesman, Lt. Col. Daniel Hagari, updated that the updated number of abductees stands at 239. In the daily statement to the media, Hagari said: "We captured many weapons - including more than 700 RPGs. We hit the Hamas air and sea formations hard, these are formations that planned to carry out strategic attacks."

Hagari continued: "Fifty thousand Gazans crossed from the north of the Gaza Strip to the south today, they understand that Hamas has lost control of northern Gaza. We will continue to hold the humanitarian crossing to the south - we will allow them to get off the shackles of Hamas."

20:20 - Updated estimate: 1,185 murdered and fallen Israelis since the beginning of the war, not 1,400 - alongside the 239 kidnapped and other unidentified bodies, it is not clear if most of them are terrorists.

20:17 - Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Central Command headquarters: "There will be no ceasefire without the release of our hostages." Netanyahu, who met with heads of authorities from Judea and Samaria at the headquarters of the Central Command, commented on the events in Judea and Samaria: "There is a tiny handful of people who do not represent this public, who take the law into their own hands. We are not ready to tolerate it, we will act against it in any way."

20:05 - Senior security official: We should oppose a ceasefire that does not include a significant release of hostages, even at the cost of a confrontation with the US.

20:00 - Red color in the spells that surround Gaza.

20:00 - The IDF and Shin Bet revealed: This is how Hamas uses hospitals, ambulances, mosques and schools for terrorist purposes. "I have ambulances, I can go out with any ambulance I want," said a Hamas terrorist in a conversation with a Gaza resident.

In the Shin Bet's investigations of terrorists who entered Israel on October 7, they admitted: "Most senior Hamas officials are hiding in the hospitals. Many places in the Gaza Strip are trapped, while the cables that lead to the operating system are in mosques and civilian clinics." Another terrorist said: "During fighting, the ambulances are used, among other things, to evacuate fighters and activists. They transport food, cargo and weapons in them because this is the safest way to transport them."

19:48 - The alarms in the Upper Galilee: contrary to the Home Front Command's announcement of a successful interception - the Northern Command says it was a false alarm.

19:36 - Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir asked to convene the cabinet to discuss imposing the death penalty on terrorists. "The order of the hour mandates that a death sentence be imposed on terrorists who come to destroy and kill the citizens of Israel, men, women and children," the minister wrote to the head of the MLA.

19:25 - IDF fighters destroyed a terrorist tunnel that was located near a school in the Gaza Strip. The fighters, from the 551st Brigade in cooperation with the Yalam Force, operate in the Beit Hanun area and destroy terrorist tunnels. The destroyed tunnel shaft - near a UNRWA school. [173]

19:23 - Suspicion of hostile aircraft infiltration in the north: alarms in Avivim, Yaraon and Baram.

19:20 - The IDF attacked terrorist targets of Hezbollah in Lebanon using fighter jets, in response to the earlier shooting at border posts.

19:17 - The White House: "It is still too early to formulate a governance plan in Gaza, any future plan will be made in consultation with our partner in the region." ...

19:03 - NATO Secretary General: The alliance supports humanitarian ceasefires in the fighting to allow the introduction of aid to the Strip.

18:45 - The Lebanese al-Mayadeen channel reports from a source close to Hamas: negotiations are underway for a three-day ceasefire - in exchange for the release of 12 hostages, half of them Americans. It was reported on the Al-Arabi Al-Jadid website that the dispute over the number of days of the ceasefire is delaying the completion of the deal.

- IDF Spokesman in Arabic, Lt. Col. Avihai Adrei: Ahmed Tsiam, commander of the Nasr-e-Rachuan Company in the Al-Farkan Battalion of Hamas - is now hiding in Rantisi Hospital and is preventing its residents from evacuating south. About a thousand of the residents of Gaza are held hostage by him, and are unable to go out and defend themselves and their loved ones. "He uses the displaced and the patients inside the Rantisi hospital as a human shield and puts them at risk," he wrote.

Ahmed Siam, commander of a division in Hamas [174]

17:45 - IDF assessment: Since the ground maneuver began, over 2,000 terrorists have been eliminated, most of them under the tunnels.

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Chilling survivor testimony: Hamas terrorists used mass rape as weapon of war. Police collect 700 testimonies from survivors of October 7 massacre, 50,000 videos from attack in biggest investigation in Israeli history.

Israel National News, Nov 8, 2023, 6:14 PM (GMT+2)

The Hamas terrorists who massacred over 1,400 Israelis and took over 140 people hostage on October 7 committed mass rape against their victims during the massacre, according to survivor testimony and interrogation of captured terrorists gathered by the Israel Police's special Lahav 433 unit.

According to the evidence, which was cleared for publication today (Wednesday), dozens of cases of sexual assault and sexual crimes by Hamas terrorists have been documented.

One massacre survivor testified that she saw another woman being raped in front of her. "I saw the Palestinians bending her down, raping her and simply passing her on to the next. She was alive when they raped her. She was on her feet and bleeding from her back. He pulled her hair. He shot her in the head while raping her, didn't even lift his pants. They cut her breast and played with it. They just carried around someone's head as if showing strength, walked with it like a bag," said the survivor.

Multiple terrorists revealed during their interrogations that they had received permission and instruction to kill Jewish children because the children would become IDF soldiers when they grow up, as well as to abuse the corpses of their victims in order to sow fear in Israeli society.

So far, more than 700 testimonies have been collected from survivors of the massacre. Police officials said that "this is the largest investigation case since the founding of the state."

Lahav 433 has been gathering evidence against the Hamas terrorists in order to prosecute them for the crimes committed on October 7.

The police have more than 50,000 videos from the terrorist attack and are using facial recognition software to identify which terrorists committed which specific crimes. The police also have hundreds of cell phones which belonged to terrorists from Gaza. INN

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UNRWA school celebrates Hamas's 'jihad warriors' in Gaza - report. By Jerusalem Post Staff Published: November 8, 2023

An UNRWA school in the West Bank posted a video of students celebrating Jihad against Jews, as several October 7 terrorists were found to have graduated from UNRWA schools in Gaza JPost

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Week 5 - Live updates: IDF troops destroy terror tunnel shaft near UNWRA school. November 8, 2023 Rocket attacks against Israel continue as IDF strikes Hamas military compound containing command and control centers, observation posts, and additional terrorist infrastructure. INN

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IDF kills Hamas's head of weapons production. By Jerusalem Post Staff Published: November 8, 2023 09:32

The targeted senior Hamas member specialized in the production of strategic ammunition and rockets. The head of Hamas's Weapons and Industries Department, Mahsan Abu-Zina, was eliminated by the IDF in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip, the IDF and Shin Bet said on Wednesday. JPost

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WATCH: Hamas uses ambulances to transport terrorists, weapons - IDF. By Jerusalem Post Staff Published: November 8, 2023 21:07 Updated: November 8, 2023 21:11

"Most of Hamas' senior political and military figures are hiding in hospitals especially Shifa Hospital," the terrorist said. JPost

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Hamas operative boasts he ‘can leave with any ambulance,’ in call overheard by IDF.

Shin Bet releases footage of captured terrorists describing group's use of ambulances, hospitals, school; IDF spokesperson says Hamas commander preventing evacuation of hospital

By Emanuel Fabian  and Michael Horovits, 8 November 2023, 11:01 pm   TOI

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The IDF destroyed 130 Hamas tunnel shafts, 50 thousand Gazans evacuated to the south | Documentation from the attacks. The head of Hamas's industries and weapons department was eliminated • The terrorist organization's infrastructure was attacked, the terrorists escaped - and were killed in another attack • Even today: masses of Gazans left the northern Gaza Strip - under IDF security • Summary of the 33rd day of the war Sapir Lipkin | N12| Published 01:15 09.11.23 Mako

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Donald Trump’s rivals vow to back Israel and argue over China and Ukraine at the third debate.

The field of candidates onstage for the third Republican presidential debate will be the smallest yet. By Michelle L. Price and Jill Colvin Updated 11:30 PM EST, November 8, 2023. Republican presidential candidates used the third debate of the GOP primary campaign to show their support for Israel. AP

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[175] Our forces enter the surrounded building in Bethlehem. You cannot miss the swastika on the house of the despicable Nazi in Bethlehem. Nov 8, 2023. on X

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WATCH: Kirby Shoots Down Arab Reporter Who Accused Israel of Violating International Law. November 8, 2023 4:27 pm19 By Baruch Green.

WHITE HOUSE (VINnews) — John Kirby, spokesman for the National Security Council, made scathing comments when confronted by a Palestinian journalist Tuesday, who accused him of parroting Israeli military leaders.

In response to claims that the Biden administration is covering up for Israeli war crimes, Kirby replied, “I heard this word genocide tossed around about. Hamas actually does have genocidal intentions against the people of Israel. They’d like to see it wiped off the map. They said so on purpose. So, that’s — that’s what’s at stake here and we’re going to keep making sure that Israel has that ability to do that.”

During Tuesday’s White House press conference, Nadia Bilbassy, born and raised in Gaza and now works for the Saudi-controlled Al-Arabiya news channel, claimed that Israel was “in violation of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Convention” and asked why the Biden administration would not “embrace” those who want Israel to be admonished by the U.S.

“With due respect, John, some people think that you repeat what the Israeli army spokesman [is] saying,” she claimed. “It’s exactly what they’re saying, you’re repeating here. So, how can you — why not — [the dissenting] voices, not just understanding them and ‘we have a channel because we’re a democracy.’ Why not — what’s wrong with them?”

“What’s wrong with standing here and say when Israel do something wrong because you’re the best friend, you have leverage on them, why not criticizing them?” she asked.

Kirby replied, “Well, your question presupposes that we’ve made some determination that the law of armed conflict has been violated and I don’t think — we’re not at that point.”

The reporter then asked if the U.S. disagreed with the UN’s claims.

“I would just tell you that we’re not going to react in near real time to every event,” Kirby responded. “Israel has a right and responsibility to defend itself and we’re going to make sure they have the tools and capabilities to do that. Again, we’re one month after this, and we ought not forget what happened one month ago. 1,400 people slaughtered in their homes, at a music festival, and when Hamas decided to conduct operations, it was with the intent of killing people.”

Here is the full transcript:

Al-Arabiya’s Nadia Bilbassy-Charters: “So why not embrace the dissent voices call for a balance between private and public message and criticize Israel when actually it is in violation of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Convention. With due respect, John, some think people you repeat what the Israeli army spokesmen saying. It’s exactly what they’re saying you’re repeating here. So, how can you — why not — the dissenting voices, not just understanding them and we have a channels [sic] b/c we’re a democracy. Why not — what’s wrong with them? What’s wrong with standing here and say Israel do something wrong because you’re the best friend, you have leverage on them, why not criticizing [sic] them?”

John Kirby: “Well, your question presupposes that we’ve made some determination that the law of armed conflict has violated and I don’t think — we’re not at that point.”

Bilbassy-Charters: “So, that — you’re disagreeing with the U.N.?”

Kirby: “I — I would just tell you we’re not going to react in near realtime to every event. Israel has a right and responsibility to defend itself and we’re going to make sure they have the tools and capabilities to do that. Again, we’re one month after this and we ought not forget what happened one month ago. 1,400 people slaughtered in their homes and at a music festival and when Hamas decided to conduct operations, it was with the intent of killing people. You know, I heard this word genocide tossed around about. Hamas actually does have genocidal intentions against he people of Israel. They’d like to see it wiped off the map. They said so on purpose. So, that’s — that’s what’s at stake here and we’re going to keep making sure that Israel has that ability to do that. Now, as for the voices, of course, we respect all different voices and perspectives on this and we know that there’s a lot of high emotion here when it comes to what’s going on. We have never shied away from criticizing our friends and partners when we believe it’s warranted and we’ll continue to do that. We also believe that — that — that — the — the best diplomacy, the best progress and diplomatic pursuits is to do it privately, and outside the public eye and we’ll continue to do that as well. We’ll continue to have the tough conversations with our good friend.” VIN

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Israel, US strike Iranian proxies in Syria. Pesach Benson (November 9, 2023 / JNS) U.S. aircraft struck a weapons warehouse belonging to the IRGC in eastern Syria, according to the Pentagon. JNS

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Israeli forces capture key Hamas stronghold in northern Gaza. November 9, 2023 / JNS JNS

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Twelve terrorists killed in Jenin counterterror raid. November 9, 2023 / JNS JNS

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Shooter wounds two Israelis near Nablus. November 9, 2023 / JNS JNS

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One person injured in drone explosion at school in Eilat. November 9, 2023 / JNS JNS

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IDF finds Hamas weapons factory next to Gazan children's bedroom. By Tzvi Joffre. Published: November 9, 2023.

The IDF found a Hamas tunnel entrance placed near a kindergarten in northern Gaza on Thursday.

The IDF said that it had found a rocket and drone production site in the middle of a residential building in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza.

The building where the weapons productions site was located was also near schools. The IDF published footage showing the weapons storage site next to rooms where children sleep.

Israeli forces from the IDF's Nahal Brigade succeeded in taking over Hamas's Outpost 17 in western Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday morning, according to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit. JPost

IDF online @idfonline: In a building in the heart of the Sheikh Radwan residential neighborhood in the north of the Gaza Strip and near schools, IDF soldiers located a site for the production and storage of remotely piloted aircraft and a weapon belonging to the terrorist organization Hamas... [176] [177] [178] [179]

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Photojournalists covering Oct. 7 attacks raise ‘ethical questions,’ watchdog says. HonestReporting: “When international news agencies decide to pay for material that has been captured under such problematic circumstances, their standards may be questioned, and their audience deserves to know about it.” David Swindle

(November 8, 2023 / JNS) The placement of freelance photographers, who captured some of the attacks perpetrated by Hamas terrorists in southern Israel on Oct. 7 for AP and Reuters, raises questions about how much and when they knew about the attacks in which more than 1,400 people were killed, according to a new analysis from HonestReporting.

The watchdog identified six freelance photographers—Hassan Eslaiah, Yousef Masoud, Ali Mahmud, Hatem Ali, Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa and Yasser Qudih—who were present during the attacks, and whose work the Associated Press and Reuters are selling to other publications.

“What were they doing there so early on what would ordinarily have been a quiet Saturday morning?” HonestReporting asked. (It was the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah as well.)

“Was it coordinated with Hamas? Did the respectable wire services, which published their photos, approve of their presence inside enemy territory, together with the terrorist infiltrators?” HonestReporting added.

The freelancers snapped photos of a burning Israeli tank and of Hamas terrorists kidnapping people, including the German-Israeli woman Shani Louk, who has since been found dead.

HonestReporting published screenshots of since-deleted social-media posts in which Eslaiah stood before the Israeli tank without a press vest or helmet. He captioned the image in Arabic: “Live from inside the Gaza Strip settlements.”

The watchdog also noted that the AP apparently removed the names of the freelancers from some photos in its database. “Perhaps someone at the agency realized it posed serious questions regarding their journalistic ethics,” HonestReporting wrote.

Mostafa photographed a lynch mob “brutalizing the body of an Israeli soldier who was dragged out of the tank” for Reuters, according to HonestReporting. The news agency labeled the image with a graphic warning—and “shamelessly” made it one of its “Images of the Day” in its editorial database.

“Let’s be clear: News agencies may claim that these people were just doing their job. Documenting war crimes, unfortunately, may be part of it. But it’s not that simple,” per HonestReporting.

“It is now obvious that Hamas had planned its Oct. 7 attack on Israel for a very long time: its scale, its brutal aims and its massive documentation have been prepared for months, if not years. Everything was taken into account—the deployments, the timing, as well as the use of body cams and mobile phone videos for sharing the atrocities,” it added. “Is it conceivable to assume that ‘journalists’ just happened to appear early in the morning at the border without prior coordination with the terrorists? Or were they part of the plan?”

“Even if they didn’t know the exact details of what was going to happen, once it unfolded, did they not realize they were breaching a border? And if so, did they notify the news agencies? Some sort of communication was undoubtedly necessary—before, after or during the attack—in order to get the photos published,” HonestReporting wrote.

“Either way, when international news agencies decide to pay for material that has been captured under such problematic circumstances, their standards may be questioned, and their audience deserves to know about it,” it added. “And if their people on the ground actively or passively collaborated with Hamas to get the shots, they should be called out to redefine the border between journalism and barbarism.”

In the past, there has been extensive discussion about how journalists should operate in war zones and in circumstances where they are in a position to provide aid. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a CNN reporter, drew on his medical training to assist people and became part of the story while reporting in Haiti.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph that appeared in The New York Times in 1993 of a starving Sudanese child being stalked by a vulture also raised serious questions at the time about a photographer’s ethical responsibilities while on the job. JNS

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Government Press Office demands news services explain photographer's involvement in massacre.

Ynetnews | published: Nov 9, 2023 - 04:29

GPO Director Nitzan Chen has demanded explanations from the bureau chiefs of AP, Reuters, CNN and The New York Times regarding the findings in the HonestReporting NGO's report on the involvement of their photographers in the events of October 7th, "which crosses every red line, professional and moral." Four photographers who work for these networks documented the horrors perpetrated by the Hamas terrorists after they broke through border fence with Israel, filming the murder of civilians, the abuse of bodies and the abduction of men and women. (Ynetnews)

Nov 9, 2023 Ynet

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Noah Pollak @NoahPollak: More: Here is Hassan Eslaiah, an @AP and @CNN contributor, taking a selfie while being kissed by Yahya Sinwar, the head of Hamas in Gaza and architect of the 10/7 slaughter.

Quote: Noah Pollak @NoahPollak: Important expose by @honestreporting: Photographers working for AP, CNN, NYT, and Reuters were EMBEDDED with Hamas on 10/7 and accompanied the terrorist group into Israel. They knew the attack was coming, and participated in it. [180] NoahPollak

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Cotton: Investigate news outlets over freelancers 'embedded with Hamas.'

“According to reports, members of your staff were embedded with Hamas, knew about the attack and not only went along with it but accompanied members of Hamas as they carried out the attack,” Sen. Tom Cotton said. Andrew Bernard (November 10, 2023 / JNS) Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) wrote to executives of the Associated Press, CNN, The New York Times and Reuters on Thursday about concerns that freelance journalists they have employed might have had foreknowledge of the Oct. 7 mass murders by Hamas terrorists in southern Israel.

“According to reports, members of your staff were embedded with Hamas, knew about the attack, and not only went along with it but accompanied members of Hamas as they carried out the attack,” he wrote.

“If your employees, as part of their work, participated in terrorist activities or if your organization or employees provided material support (including any funding) to Hamas, the leadership of your organization may also face criminal penalties under federal law,” the Arkansas Republican added.

Cotton also penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, calling on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the media companies.

“The Department of Justice must immediately open a national security investigation into these four media outlets to determine whether they or their leadership committed federal crimes by supporting Hamas terrorists,” Cotton wrote. JNS

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The 35th day of the war barrage to Gush Dan and the center, 3 aircraft penetrated into Israeli territory - one was intercepted, 2 fell in the northern region.

Netanyahu to the heads of the councils in Otef: Even after the war, the Strip will be controlled • Alarms were raised in the north: 3 aircraft penetrated Israeli territory - 1 was intercepted and 2 fell in the area • Palestinian reports: The encirclement of Shifa Hospital has been completed, there are battles between IDF forces and Hamas terrorists • After three days of silence: Hamas launched a salvo into Gush Dan and the Shefala, 9 rockets were intercepted | Current updates News reporters 12 | N12 | Published 01:07 10.11.23 | Updated 16:14 10.11.23 Mako

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UCLA students batter Bibi piñata to chants of ‘Beat that f–king Jew!’ By Yaron Steinbuch Published Nov. 10, 2023, 1:24 p.m. ET Pro-Palestinian students at UCLA were captured on video battering a piñata bearing an image of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — to the chant of “Beat that f–king Jew!”

A crowd of students assembled around the effigy on Wednesday to express their anger at Israel’s retaliatory strikes in Gaza after the Hamas attack on the Jewish state on Oct. 7, according to a clip posted on X. NYPost

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Anthony Koch @Anthony__Koch: Today at @Concordia in Montréal Jewish and Israeli students set up a table to call for the release of hostages currently held by HAMAS. They were attacked, berated and harassed, and this lovely young lady in particular decided to call a Jew a k*ke. Welcome to Canada in 2023. Nov 8, 2023 [181]

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‘Go back to Poland, sharmuta,’ Montreal professor tells Jewish students. By Danielle Greyman-Kennard Published: November 10, 2023

([182] University of Montreal Professor Yanise Arab (photo credit: screenshot) University of Montreal Professor Yanise Arab)

Jewish students at Concordia University have faced a large number of verbal and physical threats over the last week.

Footage of University of Montreal Professor Yanise Arab telling Jewish Concordia students to “go back to Poland, sharmuta" (wh*re in Arabic) has circulated online after the November 8 incident drew wide outrage.

The identity of Arab was confirmed by X users and later reconfirmed by multiple media sources.

Arab, a humanities professor, specialized in “dominance and resistance in the Arab world.” However, Arab’s staff page at the university has been removed and it is unclear if he is still employed.

Jewish students at Concordia University facing increasing hostilities Yesterday, Jewish students were holding posters of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas when they were attacked by other students.

The situation began when a student called the Jewish students a “k*ke” (an offensive term for Jews) and attempted to snatch the posters of hostages. Soon, students began to wrestle for the stolen hostage photos.

A 22-year-old student was arrested for assaulting a security guard during the attack, CBC News reported. Other security guards also suffered injuries during the attack.

Sarah Wolman, a Jewish student at Concordia, told CBC that Jewish students had organized a peaceful demonstration in support of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas. However, pro-Palestinian students had set up a table only meters from the demonstration and they began loudly chanting...

Wolman described the situation as "very scary, very scary as a Jewish person on campus."..

‘We terrified them!’

A day after the violent interaction, pro-Palestinian students were filmed celebrating on university grounds.

“I was at Concordia University,” said the student speaker, “I was at the University. I was at the Hull building that yesterday witnessed a very intense altercation, and I would like to thank every one of you who came out yesterday to show your support. Whether you were there to purchase keffiyehs for charity or whether you were simply there to show our numbers, to show you are standing in solidarity with us. We terrified them!” JPost

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Concordia University is investigating after swastikas found, online threat made. The university says the incidents occurred the same day as a violent altercation between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups on campus

Author of the article: Jesse Feith, Katelyn Thomas - Montreal Gazette Published Nov 09, 2023 Montreal Gazette

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1 arrested, 3 injured in violent clashes between Concordia University students over Israel-Hamas war. CTV News Nov 9, 2023 Genevieve Beauchemin reports on arrests after a fight broke out between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian students at Concordia University... On YouTube

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IDF has struck 15,000-plus terror targets in first month of war. Acting on precise intelligence, the Israel Defense Forces eliminates numerous Hamas Nukhba terrorists who took part in the Oct. 7 massacre; IDF spokesperson says Israel is facing a multi-front dynamic. Yaakov Lappin (November 10, 2023 / JNS) JNS

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‘She was gang-raped, then executed’: Testimonies from Oct. 7 .

The Israel Police questioned perpetrators and interviewed victims and others, shedding light on the sadistic nature of the Islamic terrorists. Itsik Saban

(November 10, 2023 / JNS) A month has passed since the Oct. 7 massacre in which Hamas terrorists slaughtered some 1,400 Israeli residents, but the shocking testimonies are only now emerging as the Israel Police’s special felony unit, Lahav 433, continues with the meticulous documentation of the atrocities.

The detectives have been processing statements of perpetrators and survivors. One of them is a chilling testimony of a young woman who hid with her boyfriend in a shelter, where she witnessed the rape and murder of another Israeli woman.

“I saw them forcing her to bend forward and then someone rape her,” the testimony reads. “They were dressed in olive-toned fatigues, she was alive, and then she fell silent. She was raped and then killed.”

For the first time, the investigators were exposed to messages from ZAKA—Disaster Victim Identification volunteers describing the horrifying scene as they collected bodies and body parts. These testimonies will be used in legal proceedings in the future against Hamas and also as a way to remember the atrocities.

The ZAKA testimonies are graphic and include descriptions of the horrors the volunteers saw when they arrived at the massacre sites to collect the remains of the victims. They, too, confirmed that Hamas terrorists committed sexual offenses against women before killing them.

‘It was hard to tell if it was a man or a woman’

According to the testimonies of the volunteers, there were also sexual abuses against some of the men who were found. In some cases, the victim’s private parts were mutilated. One volunteer said that in many cases, “it was hard to tell if it was a man or a woman.”

Unit Lahav 433 is closely collaborating with the Shin Bet and other security agencies in the interrogation of captured terrorists. Through their investigations, the police aim to assign collective responsibility for the massacre. In one of the investigations, a Hamas operative described how he killed a man and a woman with a hammer.

As part of building the case against the Gaza Islamic terrorist group, the investigators have been collecting testimonies from survivors. “It is challenging to establish contact with people who have undergone such trauma,” members of Lahav 433 said. “It requires emotional and mental intelligence.”

The unit is relating to the atrocity as the biggest case Israel has ever seen, even more significant than senior Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s prosecution for his role in orchestrating the Holocaust. In the case of prisoner exchanges, the testimonies and evidence could also be used in international lawsuits.

One of the horrifying calls that reached the police during the massacre was from a teenage girl.

“I’m a 15-year-old girl, I have school tomorrow,” the girl said on the phone just before the terrorist holding her took her device. The police officer who took the call tried to beg for the girl’s life, but it was in vain, and she was killed.

“A significant portion of the murders were committed by civilians [who crossed the border from Gaza],” the detectives of Lahav 433 disclosed.

The investigators want to prove that the Hamas atrocities were systematic and premeditated. Furthermore, the investigators succeeded in monitoring Hamas groups on Telegram, where terrorists sent some of the documentation of their crimes to encourage one another.

It was revealed in the investigation that for every team of terrorists, there were documenters who recorded the atrocities on GoPro cameras and used smartphones to livestream the massacre to their commanders in Gaza.

At the top levels of Lahav 433, they say that some social networks like Facebook and Instagram cooperate with them, while others have been less cooperative. “Not everyone has shifted to a war mode,” said the police, adding that they estimate it will take many more weeks to collect all the material.

At this stage, the police refuse to disclose whether individuals from within Israel assisted the Hamas attack, but they do say there is evidence that non-residents of Gaza participated in the massacre.

Survivors have reported that they had heard Hamas terrorists speaking among themselves in Persian.

One of the Hamas operatives who was captured said in his interrogation that each cell had a mission, and the terrorists were divided into squads for training. He described how they trained for years. Each cell received a battle plan, and to prevent leaks only the cell leaders were briefed on the actual missions.

The terrorists had ambitious plans, one of which was to take over a community and hold the residents hostage. JNS

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Amid war and urgent need to ID bodies, evidence of Hamas’s October 7 rapes slips away.

By Carrie Keller-Lynn 9 Nov 2023, 3:18 pm Hebrew-language media reported on Wednesday that the Israel Police investigations unit, Lahav 443, has been collecting evidence from terrorist interrogations, witness testimony, and various footage sources about sexual crimes committed by Hamas terrorists during their October 7 onslaught.

These eyewitness testimonies from survivors of the Hamas massacre — in which some 1,400 people were murdered and 240 were taken hostage, the majority of them civilians — are horrific. The sexual abuse committed by Hamas includes acts of gang rape, genital mutilation and necrophilia.

But in the wake of the unprecedentedly large mass-casualty event, physical evidence of sexual assault was not collected from corpses by Israel’s overtaxed morgue facilities amid their ongoing scramble to identify the people killed, many of whose bodies were mutilated and burned. More than a month after Hamas rampaged through border communities near the Gaza Strip and a massive outdoor music festival, Israel is still identifying the dead through disaster victim identification protocols. [...] What the victims’ bodies show

IDF Captain (Res) Maayan, part of the medical staff at the makeshift mass casualty morgue, at Shura Base, October 31, 2023. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/Times of Israel) At Shura, IDF Captain (Res.) Maayan, who said she was unable to share her last name, is a dentist and part of the medical forensic team working to identify bodies.

Maayan said on October 31 that she has seen several bodies that had signs consistent with sexual abuse.

“I can tell that I saw a lot of signs of abuse in the [genital region],” Maayan said, using her hand to euphemistically demonstrate. “We saw broken legs, broken pelvises, bloody underwear,” and women who were not dressed below the waist, she said.

Ina Kubbe, a gender and conflict scholar with Tel Aviv University, confirmed that these are signs consistent with sexual violence, but that a forensic investigation is required for any formal determination of rape.

Shari, another IDF reservist working in the Shura morgue, offered similar testimony from firsthand observation of the deceased, in a recorded video verified by the IDF.

An Israeli woman responsible for identifying female victims of the Hamas massacre confirms that Hamas terrorists raped children and elderly women. [pic.twitter.com/izslqX7S6H]. — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 24, 2023

“Yes, we have seen that women have been raped. Children through elderly women have been raped. Forcible entry, to the point that bones were broken,” said Shari, who asked not to share her last name. “We saw genitals cut off,” she added. Shari is part of a special women’s unit that prepares female soldiers’ bodies for burial after mass casualty events. She, too, is not legally qualified to determine rape.

The IDF has also screened, behind closed doors, a 47-minute compilation of raw footage from the Hamas assault, including a video of a mutilated woman whose undergarments had been removed. There are also pictures and videos uploaded to social media providing additional circumstantial evidence supporting rape claims.

Yes, we have seen that women have been raped. Children through elderly women have been raped. Forcible entry, to the point that bones were broken

In their own words: Hamas interrogations Israeli intelligence services have released several clips from interrogations of Hamas terrorists captured after taking part in the October 7 attack.

In one video, a man said that terrorists were “having sex with dead bodies,” with the intention “to dirty them, to rape them.”

Gender violence scholar Kubbe said that “the concept of ‘dirtying’ is significant because it reflects the intention of the perpetrators to tarnish the honor and dignity of the targeted population.”

“By violating the physical and psychological integrity of individuals through sexual violence, the perpetrators aim to degrade and stigmatize the victims and their entire community. This can have long-lasting consequences, including social ostracism, trauma, and a breakdown of social structures,” Kubbe said.

And why take the kids and babies? "To rape them".

This is a Hamas terrorist, during interrogation.

I can't. I just can't. They're worse than even ISIS. What monstrous evil! [pic.twitter.com/e6Gfz2mWPX]. — Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) October 11, 2023

Another videotaped testimony by a captured terrorist who identified himself as Muhammed Nahed Ahmed El-Arsha said bluntly that Hamas committed acts barred by Islam, including rape. [183]

“According to religion, all of what happened is forbidden,” he said, specifying that he meant “the kidnapping, the raping, the whoring of children.”

LEAKED FOOTAGE: Interrogation of Hamas terrorist captured by IDF security in which he admits both beheadings and rape. Disturbing! [pic.twitter.com/FlBaQdOuGQ]. — Emily Schrader – אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) October 13, 2023

Another interrogated terrorist also said that Hamas had given them permission to rape the corpse of a girl.

He said that compatriots did “things a person doesn’t do – beheading people, having sex with dead bodies, meaning the body of a dead young woman,” adding that: “It’s not humans that do that.”

A Hamas terrorist who participated in the attack in his interrogation in Israel: Hamas ordered us to kill, behead and even to "have sex their bodies" [pic.twitter.com/55Sqn2LdpD]. — Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) October 23, 2023

“Rape has been used as a tool of war and conflict throughout history, and it continues to be a disturbing and pervasive issue in contemporary conflicts as well,” Kubbe said.

She added that rape is “used as a tool to target specific ethnic or religious groups,” here Jews, and that sexual violence “can be a means of asserting dominance and control over the targeted group.” TOI

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@GLZRadio Galei Zahal @glzradio IDF spokesman in Arabic: A failed missile by the terrorist organizations in Gaza hit Shifa Hospital. @Doron_Kadosh. Nov 10, 2023 [184]

IDF: Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza hit by terrorists. i24NEWS November 11, 2023 at 12:54 AM latest revision November 11, 2023 at 03:30 AM

The facility is said the hide the key command center of Hamas

The Al-Shifa hospital, the biggest medical facility in the Gaza Strip, was hit on Friday. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated that the attack originated from a misfire by a terrorist organization targeting the IDF troops in the vicinity of the hospital.

The IDF Spokesperson Avichay Adraee stated: "The analysis conducted by the IDF's operational systems indicates that sabotage elements fired rockets targeting the IDF forces operating near Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. According to IDF systems, rocket-propelled grenades hit the hospital." i24

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Visegrád 24 @visegrad24: Khaybar Khaybar oh Jews, the army of Muhammad will return,”

This is a reference to the Khaybar Oasis, where Mohammed’s forces took action against the tribal Jewish communities, leading to their subjugation, mass expulsion, and slaughter. Nov 11, 2023 [185]

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Microsoft Chief Says Russia Is Spreading Middle East Disinformation. November 11, 2023 14:24 GMT By AFP

Russia has been spreading "disinformation" about the situation in the Middle East, the president of Microsoft said on November 11, as tensions soar in the region. Brad Smith was asked about the role of the U.S. tech giant in promoting peace at an international forum in Paris. He said Microsoft and its competitors were fighting against disinformation. "We are getting very good at identifying a Russian campaign, like when they tried to tell people not to get the COVID vaccine," he said. "Or today, when we see Russian disinformation in the Middle East." Radio Free Europe

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The 36th day of the war 5 fighters were killed in Gaza, 4 of them from an explosive device explosion in a tunnel shaft The IDF spokesman stated that Hamas has lost control of the northern Gaza Strip: "Residents from the Strip are leaving contrary to its instructions" • Earlier, the IDF intercepted a UAV in the skies over Nahariya, two more targets were intercepted on the northern border • Gallant on the northern border: "Hezbollah is close make a grave mistake, they know how to do in Beirut what they do in Gaza" • Regular updates N12 | Published 01:22 11.11.23 | Updated 20:28 11.11.23

The main headlines from today:

The names of five IDF martyrs were allowed to be published. A hostile aircraft is launched towards Sderot and surrounds Gaza - and is intercepted. 2 rockets from Syria fell in an open area in the Golan. Gallant on the northern border: "Hezbollah is close to making a grave mistake." A hostile aircraft entered Israeli territory in the Western Galilee - and was intercepted. Falls in open areas in the Western Galilee ongoing updates.

20:34 - The British Prime Minister condemned the violence in the pro-Palestinian demonstration in London

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak condemned the violence seen around the pro-Palestinian march in London, including from far-right protesters who clashed with the police. "What we have seen today does not protect the honor of our armed forces, but rather disrespects them," Sunak said in a statement. "This is true for thugs of the 'English Defense League' (extreme right-wing protesters) who attack policemen and trespassers, and it is true for those who chant anti-Semitic slogans and wave pro-Hamas signs."

(Thousands of participants in the support rally for the families in Hatofim Square in Tel Aviv, this evening | Photo : Amir Goldstein) 20:28 - IDF Spokesman: Hamas has lost control over the northern Gaza Strip - residents are leaving contrary to his instructions

The IDF spokesman said this evening that Hamas has in fact lost control of the northern Gaza Strip and that residents of the northern Gaza Strip are leaving their homes contrary to its instructions. "Yesterday they rushed to accuse us of attacking a hospital, and once again we discovered that it was a mistaken launch," added Brigadier General Daniel Hagari. "Hamas shoots and kills its own people, commits a war crime by using the hospitals."

He clarified that the IDF is not firing at Shifa Hospital, but battles are taking place in its vicinity. "There is a safe and permanent exit and entrance in the eastern part of the hospital," said Brigadier General Hagari. "We also spoke with hospital staff members and said clearly: "The IDF will not attack. We will continue to allow the hospital and the residents of the northern Gaza Strip to move south safely."

The IDF spokesman announced that a message was given to the 361 IDF martyrs since the beginning of the war. He also referred to the situation on the northern border, noting that "we attacked a wide range of Hezbollah targets in Lebanese territory in response to the shooting." According to him, "Hezbollah, directed by Iran, is trying to challenge Israel. We are focused on Gaza and will continue to act and respond to Lebanon for every shot, for every cell that tries to harm Israel." He added that "for the past six weeks we have been proactively engaged in a variety of moves to return the abductees. It is complex and takes time. We have to wait until we update the families. The IDF and the other security organizations are doing everything to return them."

20:20 - Israel estimates: most of the abductees are being held in the south of the Gaza Strip

In Israel, it is estimated that even before the start of the IDF's ground attack in the north of the Gaza Strip - most of the Israeli abductees were held in the south of the Gaza Strip. According to the estimate in Israel, most of the abductees were taken from Kibbutzim Reim and Nir Oz - which are parallel to the south of the Gaza Strip, and were apparently taken there. [...] 19:20 - Publication of the names of five IDF martyrs was allowed

18:50 - The Shin Bet and the IDF eliminated about 20 terrorists who had been involved in promoting terrorist attacks in recent years.

As part of the Air Force strikes in the Gaza Strip, so far the Shin Bet and the IDF have eliminated about 20 terrorists who in recent years have been promoting attacks from the Gaza Strip to the Otef and Israel. Half of the terrorists who were eliminated belong to the "W Bank Headquarters", the body entrusted with recruiting operatives from the Gaza Strip and (E.) Jerusalem to carry out terrorist attacks in Israel, financing and managing Hamas activities.

In addition, more than 10 targets were attacked in the neighborhood of "El Amal State", where Hamas terrorists who were released from Israeli prison in a prisoner exchange deal stay - and since their release have continued to engage in promoting terrorist activity, with an emphasis on funding Hamas attacks in the West Bank and in Israel.

Among the terrorists who were eliminated: Abdullah Abu Seef - originally from Hebron, arrested in 2003 and sentenced to life imprisonment for involvement in the murder of Israelis, was released as part of the "Shalit deal" and began operating in the "West Bank headquarters" of Hamas. Ramzi Ok - originally from the Bethlehem area, was arrested in 2003 after recruiting a suicide bomber who carried out a suicide attack, in addition to his involvement in other attacks. He was released as part of the "Shalit deal" and since then has been involved in directing terrorist operatives from Judea-Samaria to carry out attacks against Israelis.

Mahmoud Halabi - Hamas operative, was dominant in the events of the riots on the fence in the Gaza Strip in 2021. In the last year, he served as an inter-regional coordinator for the execution of terrorism in Israel. Muhammad Awadallah - Hamas operative, head of the office of the head of the production headquarters, one of the heads of the interregional guidance infrastructure of Hamas, his father is a veteran Hamas operative, secretary of the executive committee of the Hamas leadership.

18:00 - Reservists destroyed weapons they found in a kindergarten.

Brigade 551, the reserve brigade of commando veterans and paratroopers, is fighting in the Beit Hanun area and destroying Hamas infrastructure, including many weapons, and eliminating terrorists. Among other things, the forces destroyed weapons, ammunition and explosives found in a kindergarten in the Beit Hanoun area. The brigade has been fighting in the area for about two weeks, when during the fighting, the fighters of the brigade eliminate terrorists, scan buildings for weapons, locate and attack hundreds of precise targets in cooperation with air force, engineering and armor forces.

Also, the fighters of the brigade located and destroyed many tunnel shafts, took control of military and even civilian buildings where a large amount of weapons, maps and intelligence materials of the terrorist organization Hamas were found.

17:45 - Galant on the northern border: "Hezbollah is about to make a grave mistake."

Defense Minister Yoav Galant held a situation assessment in the Galilee formation, near the Lebanese border, together with the commander of Division 91, the commander of Hiram formation and the commanders of the battalions in the brigade. "Hezbollah is close to making a grave mistake - the residents of Beirut may end up in the same situation as Gaza where they are already raising a white flag and running away from home," Gallant said. At the end of the assessment of the situation, the Minister of Defense held a dialogue with the brigade's regular and reserve fighters... Mako

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IDF kills Hamas commander who held Gazans hostage at Al Rantisi Hospital Ahmed Siam was killed while hiding in a school. By Jerusalem Post Staff November 11, 2023

The IDF eliminated Ahmed Siam, a company commander of Hamas's Naser Radwan Company, the terrorist responsible for holding approximately 1,000 Gazan residents hostage in Gaza's Rantisi Hospital preventing them from evacuating south to safety, the IDF said on Saturday.

The assassination succeeded with the efforts of both the IDF and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency). Ground and air troops participated in the operation.

Siam was struck while hiding in a school IDF aircraft struck Siam two days ago, the IDF spokesperson said. He was killed while hiding in the "al Buraq" school, where additional terrorists under this command were also hiding and were killed.

"Siam demonstrates once again that Hamas uses the civilians of the Gaza Strip as human shields for terror purposes," the IDF said.

Since the Swords of Iron war started on October 7, the IDF has killed numerous terrorists involved in the massacre and other leaders. JPost

Hamas’s human shields: ‘Terrorists left the hospital with civilians’ IDF allows terrorists to leave Rantisi Hospital in Gaza to avoid harming Palestinian noncombatants, but later kills Hamas commander.

Yaakov Lappin (November 11, 2023 / JNS)

The Israel Defense Forces evacuated Rantisi Hospital in Gaza City and chose not to target Hamas terrorists leaving it with civilians on foot and in cars and ambulances, military officials said on Saturday. The decision was made to avoid harming Palestinian noncombatants.

The IDF said it worked with the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) to later kill the terrorist who held hostage approximately 1,000 Gaza residents at the same hospital.

“Based on precise IDF and ISA intelligence, and with the direction of IDF ground troops, IDF aircraft struck Ahmed Siam, a commander of the Naser Radwan Company of the Hamas terrorist organization. Two days ago, the IDF spokesperson exposed that Siam held hostage approximately 1,000 Gaza residents at the Rantisi Hospital and prevented them from evacuating southwards for their safety,” said the Israeli military.

“Ahmed Siam was killed while hiding in the Al Buraq school, where additional terrorists were found and were killed. Siam demonstrates once again that Hamas uses the civilians of the Gaza Strip as human shields for terror purposes,” added the IDF.

The head of the IDF’s Coordination and Liaison Administration for Gaza, Col. Moshe Tetro, said on Saturday that “there is no shooting at [Shifa Hospital] and there is no siege. The east side of the hospital remains open. Additionally, we can coordinate [with] anyone who wants to leave the hospital safely.”

Nevertheless, IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. (res.) Peter Lerner said on Saturday that hospitals would have to be evacuated in order to go after Hamas.

Maj. (res.) Shay, an operations officer in the Givati Infantry Brigade, stated: “Our mission is to destroy Hamas by reaching its infrastructure and leaders and making sure that Oct. 7 never happens again.

“We’ve seen hundreds of terrorists in underground facilities, in schools, mosques and clinics,” said Shay. “We were in the security quarter in Gaza. We saw a rocket launching site and rocket manufacturing facility along with a tunnel entrance right next to a school.”

A Givati Brigade unit reached Rantisi Hospital this week and had been asking civilians to leave for three full days, calling the hospital director and distributing pamphlets, said Shay. The unit eventually realized Hamas was holding hostages in the facility.

At this point, soldiers approached the hospital, placing themselves at risk, to create an exit route for Palestinian civilians.

“For me, as the operations officer in the command room, I can tell you clearly, we saw terrorists in the hospital and among those evacuating from the hospital. They were using the civilians as a human shield,” said Shay.

“We had a huge dilemma. We looked to identify terrorists in the hospital, trying to figure out if we could use snipers, but we decided not to, firstly to avoid panic and also because it was so hard for us to identify,” he added.

“The overall decision was that attempting to reach terrorists in the hospital would do more harm than good,” said Shay. So the IDF allowed Hamas operatives to leave with civilians.

Terrorists still shot at civilians evacuating the hospital, Shay said.

Meanwhile, IDF ground troops killed numerous terrorists and struck infrastructure and weapons belonging to Hamas’s Zabra Tel Elhua Battalion.

Israeli soldiers also carried out raids that included extensive battles in the southern part of the Sheikh Ijlin neighborhood, in western Gaza City, where a significant number of Hamas terrorists were located.

“Since the beginning of the ground operation, the IDF has taken control of 11 military posts belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization,” the IDF stated Saturday.

Israeli troops identified and neutralized a suspicious vehicle rigged with explosives in a crucial transit area. They also discovered and destroyed an underground tunnel near a school. Forces identified a terrorist cell and directed an aerial strike, eliminating the threat.

The Israel Navy conducted operations against Hamas in northern Gaza, striking infrastructure and weapons depots. IDF infantry identified targets within the Al-Shati Camp, directing naval forces to execute strikes.

Also on Saturday, the IDF and Shin Bet said they killed some 20 Gaza-based terrorists who orchestrated attacks in Judea and Samaria and Israel proper.

On Saturday night, the IDF announced that five additional soldiers had been killed in action in Gaza, bringing the death toll since the launch of the ground operation two weeks ago to more than 40.

In the north, Israel Air Force fighter jets struck terror infrastructure belonging to Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Sirens signaled a possible hostile aircraft intrusion, but no breach was confirmed. A rocket launched towards Moshav Margaliot hit an open area, prompting IDF artillery fire at the source in Lebanon. Additionally, an Israeli drone hit a launch site that had targeted an IAF aircraft near the northern border.

In a televised speech on Saturday, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah stated, “There are two incidents that are getting bigger, the first is the Israeli aggression against civilians in Gaza and the second is the heroic and large response by the Palestinian resistance against the enemy forces.

“Those who can stop the aggression are those who manage it—the United States. Those who manage, decide and conduct this battle are in the [Biden] administration. And all of the pressure should be directed at the Americans,” said Nasrallah. JNS

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SHOCKING: "Hitler knew how to deal with these people."

Rebel News UK Nov 11, 2023 #RebelNews SHOCKING: "Hitler knew how to deal with these people"

One of the pro-Hamas supporters speaks his mind on Israel on the streets of London, England.

Antisemitism is on the rise globally. [186]

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Hamas fires on IDF soldiers evacuating civilians in Gaza. The IDF is said to be encircling a triangle area of three hospitals where the Hamas terror group maintains its headquarters. Pesach Benson (November 12, 2023 / JNS) Hamas terrorists on Saturday fired on Israeli forces securing the evacuation of Gaza civilians from the Shati refugee camp, the Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday morning. JNS

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WATCH: Hamas blocks IDF fuel delivery to Gaza's Shifa Hospital. By Maya Zanger-Nadis. Published: November 12, 2023

The IDF released three separate recordings of the event.

Israeli security forces delivered 300 liters of diesel fuel to Shifa Hospital in Gaza early Sunday morning and later received intelligence indicating that Hamas had intercepted the delivery, according to a Sunday night IDF statement. JPost

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Hamas nixed Israeli fuel delivery to Shifa Hospital in Gaza. There is no siege on the medical facility, the IDF spokesman said.

(November 12, 2023 / JNS) Hamas prevented the Israeli military from providing 300 liters of fuel for urgent medical purposes at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the Israel Defense Forces revealed on Sunday. JNS

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Herzog: Copy of “Mein Kampf” found in children's bedroom in north Gaza.

By Jerusalem Post Staff. Published: November 12, 2023

In an interview with the BBC, Israeli President Isaac Herzog revealed that Israeli security forces had discovered an Arabic copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf in a children's bedroom of a civilian home in northern Gaza that was being used as a terror base.

The civilian home included an explosives laboratory and represented further proof of Hamas’s terrorist activity in the heart of the civilian population in Gaza... that led to World War II. This book was found a few days ago in northern Gaza. In a child's room, which became a base used for terrorist activities by the terrorist organization Hamas. The terrorist wrote notes, marked the sections, and studied again and again, the ideology of Adolf Hitler to hate the Jews, to kill the Jews, to burn and slaughter Jews wherever they are. This is the real war we are facing.” JPost

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‘Mein Kampf’ found in kids’s room used as Hamas terror base. "This is the book that led to the Holocaust and the book that led to World War II," said Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

([188] Israeli President Isaac Herzog holds up a copy of an Arabic translation of "Mein Kampf" that was found by IDF troops in a children's room used as a Hamas terror base in the Gaza Strip, Nov. 12, 2023). (November 12, 2023 / JNS)

A copy of Adolf Hitler’s book “Mein Kampf” was found in a children’s room that was used as a Hamas terror base in the northern Gaza Strip, Isaac Herzog has revealed.

The Israeli president held up the copy of the Nazi party leader’s autobiographical manifesto during an interview with the BBC on Sunday.

“This is Adolf Hitler’s book, ‘Mein Kampf,’ translated into Arabic. This is the book that led to the Holocaust and the book that led to World War II,” Herzog said, according to a statement from the President’s Residence.

“This book was found a few days ago in northern Gaza. In a children’s room, which became a base used for terrorist activities by the terrorist organization Hamas. The terrorist wrote notes, marked the sections, and studied over and over the ideology of Adolf Hitler to hate the Jews, to kill the Jews, to burn and slaughter Jews wherever they are. This is the real war we are facing,” said Herzog.

([189] The annotated copy of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” found at a Hamas terror base in Gaza).

“After the massacre and atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7—the day on which the largest number of Jews were murdered since the Holocaust—this is another revelation that testifies to the sources of inspiration of the terrorist organization Hamas, and proves once again that all its actions have the same goal as the Nazis—the destruction of Jews.”

Herzog last month blasted the BBC for refusing to call Hamas a terrorist organization, choosing to call its perpetrators “militants.” Parts of a previous interview with the British public broadcaster were not aired, including a reference to this criticism.

In interviews, Herzog has also forcefully pushed back against criticism that Israel is not doing enough to protect Gaza civilians, explaining how Hamas cynically hides behind human shields at hospitals, schools, mosques and other civilian sites used to attack Israeli civilians.

During the BBC interview, Herzog addressed the false claims that Shifa Hospital, where the main Hamas headquarters is located, is under siege by Israeli forces.

“Hamas lies and gives false information—there is electricity in Shifa Hospital, everything is working, we are talking to the hospital administrators. We did not enter Shifa Hospital, where unfortunately there is a huge, huge terrorist base operating underneath it,” Herzog said.

“The headquarters and the entire activity headquarters of Hamas-ISIS is right below Shifa. What exactly are we supposed to do? Leave it as it is and then in a few years we will go through the same thing again? And you will tell us that it is disproportionate, and they will kill our civilians again? So we are calling on all uninvolved citizens to move to another hospital nearby, we are coordinating this very delicately with all the forces around the place. Hamas is the one stopping them,” said Herzog. JNS

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IDF strikes terror infrastructure sites in Syria. Israel National News. Nov 12, 2023, 3:27 AM INN

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IDF opens, secures evacuation routes from north Gaza hospitals. IDF publishes recording of conversation with Shifa Hospital manager about opening of evacuation route for civilians and ambulances.

Israel National News, Nov 12, 2023, 12:03 PM (GMT+2) INN

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IDF hits targets in Lebanon after 21 Israelis wounded by Hezbollah.

By Jerusalem Post Staff. Published: November 12, 2023

Six of the wounded Israelis are employees of the Israel Electric Corporation. Seven others are IDF combat soldiers. JPost

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Kan@kann_news: Exclusive documentation: Hamas operatives brutally beat Gaza residents who tried to take food from a humanitarian aid truck. Afterwards - Hamas took the contents of the trucks for use by the terrorist organization. Nov 12, 2023. [190] Kan News

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EU condemns Hamas for using 'hospitals as human shields.' i24NEWS November 12, 2023 at 06:00 PM latest revision November 12, 2023 at 06:01 PM i24

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Hamas' "Numbers Warfare."

Prof. Kobi Michael, November 12, 2023.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health (PMH) in Gaza is tightly controlled and operated by Hamas, a barbaric radical Islamic terror organization whose charter calls for the mass murder of Jews. Any report by the ministry, by definition, is a Hamas report.

The PMH reports on Palestinian casualties with attribution exclusively to IDF strikes. Reports of Hamas fighters’ casualties are noticeably absent. In short, five weeks after the outbreak of the war, neither the Hamas leadership nor the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported a single casualty among Hamas forces.

No one questioned how PMH reported 30,000 Palestinians wounded when the total number of hospital beds in all medical facilities in Gaza, including UNRWA clinics, did not exceed 3,000. So, where exactly are all the 30,000 wounded? According to PMH reports, there are already more than 13,000 Palestinians dead. If that casualty number is accurate, where were they buried?

Due to the zero reliability of Hamas and its strategic manipulations, we offer an alternative analysis to help determine an objective measure of casualties in Gaza. It starts from a number of dead and wounded which is about half of the number reported by Hamas, although it is possible, and even with high certainty, to assume an even lower number.

At least half of the number of dead and wounded are probably Hamas members, whether armed terrorists, whose identity is disguised as civilians by Hamas, or members of the Hamas establishment. A significant number of the “children” reported as killed or wounded are young people aged 13-18, who were in Hamas facilities or even took an active part in the fighting. (Israeli Minister Ron Dermer, in an interview with Sky News, reported 3,000 Hamas members killed.)

From the remaining number, a significant number of Palestinian dead and injured resulting from nearly 1,000 failed rocket launches that landed short must be subtracted, such as the one that fell on the al-Ahali hospital. From the remainder one must subtract all the Palestinians who fled northern Gaza for the safe zone in the south and who were killed by Hamas.

The small balance of casualties is indeed comprised of unarmed civilians who were regretfully and unintentionally killed by IDF attacks. But compared to every other war in the last hundred years, the collateral damage caused by IDF is low compared to other Western military campaigns, particularly by the UK or U.S. military.

This relatively small civilian collateral damage is the result of Israel’s strict adherence to the international laws of war and the utmost efforts made by the IDF to convince the Gaza civilian population to evacuate battle zones while opening humanitarian corridors and securing safe civilian passage JCPA

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ADL Debunk: Myths and False Narratives About the Israel-Hamas War. October 12, 2023 ADL

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Commander of Hamas anti-tank force killed in Gaza.

Yaakub A'ashur, Head of the Anti-Tank Missile Array of Hamas' Khan Yunis Brigade, killed along with senior operative Mohammed Dababash.

Israel National News Nov 13, 2023, INN

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Israeli civilian murdered by Hezbollah anti-tank fire. By Jerusalem Post Staff November 13, 2023 JPost

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Stabbing attack thwarted in Tel Aviv, 2 arrested. By Jerusalem Post Staff November 13, 2023 JPost

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Terrorists shoot at IDF soldiers from Gaza hospital. RPGs and bullets fired by terrorists embedded among civilians at Al Quds Hospital in Gaza City.

Israel National News, Nov 13, 2023, 3:10 PM (GMT+2) INN

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IDF soldiers kill 21 terrorists in Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City. IDF in Gaza: Weapons found in children's bedroom, university • Israeli military strikes over 300 tunnel shafts, thousands of Hamas installations. By Jerusalem Post Staff November 13, 2023.

Israeli military forces strike Hamas terrorists who launched RPG attack on IDF soldiers from Al-Quds hospital in northern Gaza, November 13, 2023.

...Several terrorists hidden among civilians fired two RPG launchers at IDF soldiers in front of the hospital, the statement said. The combat brigade, which included armor, engineering, and infantry forces, responded with live fire and shelling, with air support. About 21 terrorists were killed, the IDF said, with no Israeli casualties. 

A video of the battle released by the IDF shows civilians leaving the hospital building, as well as other terrorists emerging from adjacent buildings to hide among the civilians and join in the attack, per the statement.... JPost

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IDF reveals how Hamas turned hospital into terror base. [191]. Real Admiral Daniel Hagari delivers statement to media on terror. infrastructure found at Rantisi Hospital. Israel National News, Nov 13, 2023, 9:30 PM INN

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IDF reveals Hamas tunnels leading into Gaza hospital. Signs showed that the terror group had kept hostages in the basement alongside a variety of explosives. (November 13, 2023 / JNS) JNS

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IDF: Hamas operated command center, likely held hostages under Gaza kids’ hospital. Army spokesman releases video from basement of Rantisi hospital showing stash of weapons, accuses terror group of using medical facilities in Strip 'as an instrument of war.' By Emanuel Fabian 14 November 2023, 1:06 am Among the weapons found in the hospital basement were suicide-bomb vests, grenades, AK-47 assault rifles, explosive devices, RPGs, and other weapons, according to the IDF. Hagari described the area as a Hamas command-and-control center.

“Hamas uses hospitals as an instrument of war,” said Hagari in a video from the hospital basement, standing in a room decorated with a colorful children’s drawing of a tree above the weapons displayed on the floor.

Speaking in English, Hagari presented evidence showing Hamas weapons being stored underneath Rantisi children’s hospital in Gaza, as well as rooms seemingly used to hold hostages. One room staged to look like a living room featured window curtains covering a tiled wall and a calendar of guard shifts starting on October 7, the day Hamas sent thousands of terrorists into Israel, where they slaughtered some 1,200 people and took another approximately 240 people hostage.

In an adjoining room was a chair with a woman’s robe and rope next to one of its legs, which Hagari said was evidence of constraints used.

The chair sat under a piece of equipment donated by the World Health Organization, with a baby bottle on top and diapers on the floor.

“This is a war crime, this is a crime against humanity,” Hagari said, accusing international organizations funding the hospitals of aiding terror.. TOI

T@)_ @malachovsky:

Only the Jews have have to prove every single thing with 50 pieces of evidence and it will still be denied at large. They can provide an MRI, three videos cam with different angles, an explanation, Hamas calling his father to brag about how many people he killed, 20 photos, eyewitness testimony, DNA evidence, and it will still be denied by people like Cassandra McDonald, the filthy Jew-hating douchebag. On the other hand Hamas ministry of health says it and it's gospel across the globe. Nov 13, 2023 [192]

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Golani soldiers raise Israeli flag in Hamas parliament. Israel National News Nov 13, 2023, 8:49 PM INN

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Revealed: Pro-Palestinian protester waving swastika placard on Armistice Day march is ex Labour activist who once accused the party leadership of acting like the Third Reich. By Jack Hardy and Andy Jehring 13:52 13 Nov 2023, updated 16:54 13 Nov 2023

A pro-Palestinian protester seen waving a swastika on Saturday is a former Labour activist who once accused the party leadership of acting like the Third Reich, it can be revealed.

Kate Varnfield, 66, was pictured attending the rally in London this weekend with a placard showing the Star of David enmeshed with the Nazi swastika above the words: 'No British politician should be a 'friend of Israel'.'

It was one of several displays of antisemitism at the rally which is now being investigated by the Metropolitan Police as a possible hate crime... Labour sources in the South East have said that Ms Varnfield joined the Eastbourne Constituency Labour Party (CLP) around the time that Jeremy Corbyn became party leader... DailyMail

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IDF coordinates transfer of incubators to Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Israel National News Nov 14, 2023, 4:09 AM INN

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IDF hits 200 targets in Gaza; Troops uncover tunnel shaft in mosque. Israeli incubators being transferred to Shifa Hospital - Two more IDF soldiers killed in Gaza - Two soldiers seriously wounded on the Lebanon border. Joshua Marks (November 14, 2023 / JNS) ... Israeli forces operating on the ground in Gaza also uncovered a tunnel shaft in a mosque, the IDF said on Tuesday. Israel transfers incubators to Shifa Hospital Also on Tuesday, the IDF announced the start of an “extensive” effort to transfer incubators to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. “The pediatric ward at Shifa Hospital needs assistance. Israel is ready to assist. We made a formal offer to health officials in Gaza to transfer incubators into the Gaza Strip to assist the pediatric ward of Shifa Hospital,” said Shani Sasson, spokeswoman for Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT). JNS

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WATCH: Gaza resident criticizes Hamas on Al Jazeera, reporter turns away and ignores him.

By Maariv Online, Jerusalem Post Staff. Published: November 15, 2023. A resident in Gaza publicly criticized Hamas during an interview on the Qatar-run news channel on Tuesday. In response, the reporter turned away and ignored his statement.

Since the outbreak of war since the Hamas terror attacks on October 7, much of the foreign media around the world has covered the war in a biased way and favored reports from the terrorist group. One of the networks that has received the most criticism from within Israel is the Qatar-based Al Jazeera network, which broadcasts non-stop from the Gaza Strip.

In a short interview that was broadcast on Al Jazeera Tuesday from the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Gaza, a Gazan resident publicly criticized Hamas. "Why are the members of the organization hiding among the citizens?" the man asked.

Upon hearing the man’s statement, the Al Jazeera reporter of the network took the microphone and immediately changed the subject – presumably because the elderly wounded man dared to challenge the ruthless Hamas regime, which does not allow dissent against their rule... JPost

Visegrád 24 @visegrad24:

Al-Jazeera reporter interviews a wounded elderly man at a Gaza hospital about how he got hurt.

His answer?

“Why is Hamas hiding among us civilians? Why don’t they go to hell and hide there instead?"

The reporters quickly ends the interview….

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New US designations, sanctions on Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. "We will continue to work with our partners and allies to disrupt Hamas’s terrorist financing channels," stated U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

(November 14, 2023 / JNS) The U.S. State and Treasury Departments announced sanctions and designations on Tuesday for the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations and their supporters.

The new measures represent the third round of sanctions on those affiliated with Hamas who were involved in the Oct. 7 terror attacks on southern Israel.

Foggy Bottom labeled Akram al-Ajouri, deputy secretary general of Palestinian Islamic Jihad and “leader of its militant wing,” a “specially designated global terrorist.”

“Iran’s support, primarily through its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, enables Hamas and PIJ’s terrorist activities, including through the transfer of funds and the provision of both weapons and operational training,” stated U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “Iran has trained PIJ fighters to produce and develop missiles in Gaza while also funding groups that provide financial support to PIJ-affiliated fighters.”

Blinken added that Washington was coordinating with London “to protect the international financial system from abuse by Hamas and its enablers.”

The Treasury Department’s foreign assets control office designated seven people and two organizations.

The organizations are the Gaza-based Muhjat AlQuds Foundation, “a PIJ-run, Iran-funded organization, whose primary mission is to provide financial support to the families of PIJ fighters and prisoners”; and the Lebanon-based Nabil Chouman & Co, which “has served as a conduit for transferring funds to Hamas, transferring tens of millions of dollars to the terrorist organization.”

The seven are Nasser Abu Sharif, PIJ representative to Iran; Jamil Yusuf Ahmad ‘Aliyan, who leads the Muhjat AlQuds Foundation; Nabil Khaled Halil Chouman, owner and founder of Chouman, and his son, Khaled Chouman; the Lebanon-based money exchanger Reda Ali Khamis; Mahmoud Khaled Zahhar, a Hamas co-founder; and Mu’ad Ibrahim Muhammed Rashid al-Atili, another key Hamas official.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated that Washington will continue to work with partners, including the United Kingdom, “to deny Hamas the ability to raise and use funds to carry out its atrocities.”

“Hamas’s actions have caused immense suffering and shown that terrorism does not occur in isolation,” Yellen stated. “Together with our partners we are decisively moving to degrade Hamas’s financial infrastructure, cut them off from outside funding and block the new funding channels they seek to finance their heinous acts.”

The sanctions block property and interests of the designated people and groups, including entities, in which designated people individually or collectively own more than a 50% stake. “The ultimate goal of sanctions is not to punish but to bring about a positive change in behavior,” the Treasury Department stated.

Washington also designated Hamas operatives and financial backers on Oct. 18 and Oct. 27, as well as in May 2022. JNS

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Israel air defense systems intercept missile over Red Sea area. By Jerusalem Staff. Published: November 14, 2023. JPost

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Kirby: US has information Hamas, PIJ held weapons, hostages at Al-Shifa. Hamas and the PIJ members operate a command and control node from Al-Shifa in Gaza City, and they are prepared to fight the IDF from there, John Kirby said. Tovah Lazaroff, November 14, 2023 JPost

US confirms Israeli claim that Hamas using Gaza hospitals, including Shifa, for military operations. By Jacob Magid. 14 Nov 2023, 9:38 pm TOI

U.S. Says Hamas Using Tunnels Under Gaza Hospitals For Military Operations—And To Hide Hostages. Molly Bohannon Forbes Staff, Nov 14, 2023 Forbes

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IDF unveils Hamas 'pit' under headquarters. Yonah Jeremy Bob, November 14, 2023 JPost

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US lawmakers horrified by video of Hamas atrocities: It's like visiting Auschwitz.

House lawmakers from both parties left in shock and disbelief after seeing footage of Hamas atrocities committed on October 7. Israel National News, Nov 14, 2023.

House lawmakers on Tuesday attended a screening on Capitol Hill of the video assembled by the Israeli government which shows footage of Hamas’ brutal attack on Israel on October 7.

The roughly 45-minute video includes graphic footage of the murders and atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists who infiltrated Israel that day. Some of the footage was taken from the terrorists’ body cameras.

The screening was attended by lawmakers from both parties, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Greg Casar (D-TX), and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

According to Jewish Insider, lawmakers left the screening largely in grave silence, visibly shaken, several of them openly crying and comforting one another. One lawmaker, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), left in tears less than five minutes after entering.

Speaker Johnson later described the video as “harrowing” and pushed for the Senate to pass House legislation that coupled aid to Israel with cuts to the IRS.

“We had a large group of Republican and Democrat House members in the auditorium this morning, and you could have heard a pin drop — except for the sighs and the cries in the room because the video would make anyone with a soul cry,” Johnson said, according to The Hill.

“I agree with our friend, Prime Minister Netanyahu who said this is a battle between good versus evil, between light versus darkness, between civilization and barbarism. And we want to make absolutely clear where America stands in that fight, and we’ll continue to do that,” he added.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) told Fox News Digital he felt sickened after viewing the footage.

"I've seen decapitation and I've seen just beating, and beating on both dead and alive bodies," Issa said. "And quite frankly, I'm just sick to my stomach."

"I mean, the details. And you can hear it, but when you see it, it's like visiting Auschwitz or Birkenau, except it's still going on visually," he added. INN

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Nearly 300K descend on DC’s National Mall for march: ‘Largest pro-Israel gathering in history’. Published Nov. 14, 2023, 7:00 p.m. ET NYPost

Nearly 300,000 Israel Supporters Rallied in DC; 900 Stuck as Bus Drivers Refuse To Serve Jews. Clint Van Winkle 11/15/2023 Medialine

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IDF offers incubators for Gaza newborns, aid to Al-Shifa Hospital.

By Sam Halpern. Published: November 14, 2023. JPost

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'BBC' interviews Hamas leader. Yoni Kempinski Nov 15, 2023, 3:46 PM. The popular Israeli program mocked the British broadcaster's anti-Israel bias for a second time, this time with an interview with Yahya Sinwar. INN

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Two IDF soldiers killed, four wounded in Gaza. By Jerusalem Post Staff. Published: November 15, 2023. JPost

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Five Hamas terrorists killed as IDF battles into Shifa hospital. By Yonah Jeremy Bob. Published: November 15, 2023

Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad have used Gaza hospitals to store weapons and hold hostages, and are prepared to fight the IDF from medical facilities, John Kirby said.

The IDF entered a specific area of Shifa Hospital early Wednesday morning while seeking to keep its exact goals, timing, and mission classified as the operation is still ongoing, as leaking certain details could endanger IDF forces.

The military also announced that they successfully delivered crucial medical equipment and supplies, such as incubators for babies and baby food. JPost

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Missile fired at Eilat intercepted over Red Sea. Israel National News, Nov 15, 2023, 3:20 PM INN

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Dozens of US troops injured in attacks in Iraq, Syria. (November 15, 2023 / JNS) Fifty-nine U.S. troops have been injured in 56 attacks on American assets in Iraq and Syria since Oct. 17, the Pentagon confirmed on Tuesday. JNS

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IDF finds weapons in Shifa hospital as war rages on. November 15, 2023 JPost

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Over 20 rockets fired from Lebanon toward Israel, IDF strikes Hezbollah. Tzvi Joffre. November 15, 2023 JPost

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'We can never forgive': Knesset hosts second screening of October 7 doc. By Ariella Marsden. Published: November 15, 2023. The documentary, which the IDF put together from footage from security cameras and body cams taken from terrorists who were killed and captured, includes uncensored footage of the Hamas's massacre. JPost

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Rashida Tlaib member of secret Facebook group where Hamas terrorists glorified. By Peter Hasson, Fox News, November 15, 2023.

([194] Rashida Tlaib is a member of the private Palestinian American Congress Facebook group. Fox News Digital screenshot of the secret Palestinian American Congress Facebook page)

Exclusive: Rep. Rashida Tlaib is part of a secret social media group in which its members have glamorized Hamas in its war battle with Israel after the terror group attacked and killed hundreds of innocent Israeli civilians last month, Fox News Digital has found.

The Michigan Democrat is a member of the Palestinian American Congress group on Facebook. The group is hidden from non-members and does not appear on the platform’s search engine, though Fox News Digital was able to gain access to it.

The group’s founder, Maher Abdel-qader, who has extensive ties to Tlaib and has also been linked to other liberal politicians, has come under fire in the past for his antisemitic social media posts, including questioning if the Holocaust ever occurred.

Rashida Tlaib The Palestinian American Congress group, of which Tlaib is a member, has featured pro-Hamas posts in the wake of the deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

On Oct. 12, one group member posted: “We don’t want to throw you in the sea…we want you to ride it back from where you came.” The message was accompanied by a picture of an elderly Israeli woman and a Hamas fighter holding her captive.

Tlaib FB group

On Oct. 19, another group member wrote about the “achievements” of the “resistance in Northern occupied Palestine,” including dozens of dead Israeli soldiers. The post included a picture of a Hamas fighter…. Fox News

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Jewish students sue NYU claiming university allows students to chant ‘gas the Jews. by Richard Percival, The JC, November 15, 2023.

New York University (NYU) has been sued by three Jewish students for allegedly failing to protect them against “festering Jewish hatred permeating the school.”

Bella Ingber, Sabrina Maslavi and Saul Tawil accused the university of “egregious civil rights violations” by allegedly allowing students to chant antisemitic phrases like “gas the Jews” and “Hitler [sic] was right.”

In a lawsuit filed at Manhattan district court, the students claimed antisemitism had been a “growing institutional problem” at NYU even before the war between Israel and Hamas began last month.

The lawsuit also alleges Jewish students’ complaints are “ignored, slow-walked, or met with gaslighting” by NYU administrators.

According to the lawsuit, university president Linda Mills this month dismissed a petition from 4,000 NYU members expressing concern about antisemitism.

The three students in the lawsuit urge NYU to terminate employees and suspend or expel students responsible for antisemitic abuse and pay compensatory and punitive damages.

In one instance, Ingber and Maslavi said that while attending a silent vigil on 17 October supporting Israel, they saw nearby faculty and student members of on-campus pro-Palestinian groups burn an Israeli flag, make “slit-your-throat” gestures toward Jewish students and scream epithets…. The JC

Jewish students sue NYU over ‘egregious’ antisemitism on campus that’s left them ‘under siege’ By Priscilla DeGregory and David Propper Published Nov. 14, 2023, 9:13 p.m. ET Mobs of students have harassed and intimidated NYU’s Jewish population — which is regularly confronted with chants of “Hitler [sic] was right,” and “gas the Jews,” among other hateful phrases, according to the lawsuit.

Additionally, many students and faculty have “enthusiastically endorsed” Hamas’ deadly assault on the Jewish state, the suit states.

When Jewish students plead for help from administrators, complaints from them are either “ignored, slow-walked, or met with gaslighting,” the lawsuit alleges.

As a result, the students have been left “traumatized” and feel like they are treated as “second-class citizens” at NYU because of their Jewish identity and ancestry, the suit states.

“The effect of NYU’s inaction and, indeed, complicity in the torrent of anti-Jewish hatred that has engulfed its campus has been the normalization of antisemitism in the NYU community,” part of the lawsuit states.

“Whereas pro-Hamas faculty and students are permitted to engage in vicious antisemitic hate speech, Jewish students are told to keep quiet, maintain a low profile, avoid making waves, and call a wellness hotline.”

The three students suing the school want a court to force NYU to enact measures that will better combat antisemitism, including disciplining students and staff that are behind the hateful actions. NY Post

Jewish students sue NYU for allegedly enabling antisemitism: 'Given carte blanche to abuse' by Ray Lewis | The National Desk Wednesday, Nov 15th 2023 ... Jewish students have suffered through acts of hatred, discrimination, harassment and intimidation, according to the plaintiffs. The acts allegedly include chants like "Hitler [sic] was right," "gas the Jews" and "from the river to the sea." Abc3340

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Israel: UN agencies ‘complicit’ in Hamas war crimes. David Isaac November 16, 2023 / JNS JNS

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One Israeli killed, five wounded in terror shooting near Jerusalem. The slain victim was identified as 20-year-old Cpl. Avraham Fetena from Haifa. Charles Bybelezer November 16, 2023 / JNS Hamas terrorists shot and killed an IDF soldier and wounded five other members of the security forces near the “tunnel road” checkpoint between Gush Etzion and Jerusalem on Thursday morning. Three Palestinian gunmen arrived at the crossing by car and opened fire on Israeli forces, who responded by shooting and killing the terrorists, authorities said. JNS

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Israeli Soldier Killed in Hamas Terror Attack Near Jerusalem, Police Say Massacre Prevented. by Troy O. Fritzhand, November 16, 2023

An Israeli soldier was murdered in a terrorist attack carried out by Hamas near Jerusalem on Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed.

Three Palestinian terrorists opened fire on Israeli security forces at the “tunnels” checkpoint connecting Jerusalem with settlements in the southern portion of the West Bank, police and medics said earlier in the day.

The terrorists wounded six Israelis — including one man listed by Israel’s emergency response service Magen David Adom as in critical condition — before being killed by Israeli soldiers manning the checkpoint.

The man in critical condition later succumbed to his injuries, according to the Israeli army. He was identified as 20-year-old Cpl. Avraham Fetena, from Haifa, a soldier of the IDF’s Military Police.

Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was “in revenge for the blood of the martyrs in Gaza.” While the Palestinian terrorist group is based in and rules Gaza, it also operates out of the West Bank.

According to police, guns, hundreds of bullets, two axes, clothing similar to Israeli military uniforms, and fake Israeli license plates were found in the terrorists’ vehicles.

“They intended to carry out a massacre, an attack on a completely different scale,” said Israel Police Chief Kobi Shabtai.

Jerusalem District Police Commander Doron Turgeman expressed similar sentiments.

“Axes and a lot of ammunition were found in the terrorists’ vehicle,” Turgeman said. “They were probably planning to carry out a more significant operation in Jerusalem, but we eliminated them before they could do so.”

Last month, Hamas launched the current war in Gaza with its brutal invasion of Israel. On Oct. 7, terrorists infiltrated the Jewish state from Gaza and murdered over 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped more than 240 others as hostages.

After the attack, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who is also the chairman of the Otzma Yehudit Party, called for tougher measures against both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank.

“We need to deal with Hamas in the West Bank and the Palestinian Authority, which has similar views to Hamas and its heads identified with Hamas’ [Oct. 7] massacre, exactly like we are dealing with Gaza,” he said.

While the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have freedom of movement in the West Bank, the PA is in charge of security in most parts of the territory. Over the past few years, however, the PA’’ control in the area has weakened substantially due to local Palestinians not trusting their rule, as well as anger directed at PA President Mahmoud Abbas.

The terrorists in Thursday’s attack were identified as members of Hamas who lived in Hebron. While Hamas is based in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian terrorist group also operates in the West Bank.

“We are warning that the checkpoint has become a death trap because of the bottleneck it causes which endangers the residents who wait along the whole length of the road for too long, and the crowding which doesn’t provide for any solution during a tragic event,” said Oded Revivi, mayor of Efrat, a settlement near Jerusalem.

He called for “an immediate solution” to the problem, expressing his fear of the security risk of “terrorists [opening] fire on a group of cars in a traffic jam, and the physical inability of emergency service vehicles to reach them.”

Following the attack, the checkpoint was closed while security forces scanned the area for more potential threats. Algemeiner

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IDF finds hostage photos on laptops at Shifa Hospital. "We uncovered a lot of equipment that can shed light on the current situation, hopefully also regarding the hostages." JNS

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Terror tunnel entrance uncovered at al-Shifah Hospital. IDF Spokesman says Yehudit Weiss was murdered in Gaza. 'We didn't reach her in time.' Israel National News, Nov 16, 2023.

IDF Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari revealed that the IDF had discovered a tunnel shaft at al-Shifah Hospital in the Gaza Strip during operations at the hospital which Hamas has been using as a command and control center.

IDF troops belonging to the Shaldag Unit, the 7th Brigade, and additional special units continue at this hour to conduct targeted activity in the al-Shifa Hospital. Today, Hamas's tunneling infrastructure was exposed inside the hospital. Furthermore, a booby-trapped vehicle that was prepared for the October 7th massacre was discovered, containing a large amount of weapons and ammunition.

In parallel, as part of the ongoing ground activity and searches in the Rantisi Hospital, troops of the Yahalom Unit and 401st Brigade continued to unearth an operational tunnel.

Hagari also addressed the recovery of the body of Yehudit Weiss, a 65-year-old woman who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7. Weiss' body was found near al-Shifah Hospital.

"Yehudit was murdered in the Gaza Strip. Unfortunately, we did not reach her in time," he said.

IDF troops continue to operate in the area of al-Shifah Hospital as well as Rantisi Hospital and Al Quds Hospital, were further evidence of Hamas' exploitation of Gazan hospitals for military purposes is being uncovered. INN

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Rockets inside a girl’s bed: IDF reveals more evidence of Hamas' use of civilians. In recorded conversation, two Islamic Jihad terrorists describe how weapons are transferred inside baby strollers. Israel National News, Nov 16, 2023 INN

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Israeli fighter jets hit home of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. The terrorist group used the residence to direct attacks against IDF soldiers and civilians. (November 16, 2023 / JNS) JNS

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Israel: UN agencies ‘complicit’ in Hamas war crimes. David Isaac November 16, 2023 / JNS JNS

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Pro-Al-Qaeda Media Outlet Incites Muslims To Conduct Martyrdom Operations. In The "Heart Of Crusaders' Lands," Praises Attacks On Synagogues In Montreal, Threatens Similar Attacks To 2015 Attacks In Paris. November 16, 2023. On November 16, 2023, the pro-Al-Qaeda media outlet Jaysh Al-Malahem Al-Electroni (Electronic Army of Epic Battles) published a three-page statement, in Arabic, praising three recent attacks that targeted two synagogues in Montreal, Canada, using rifles and Molotov cocktails.

The statement called on Muslims to carry out additional attacks in the land of the "Crusaders," to show their support of Gazans. The statement also incited violence, similar to the 2015 attacks on the office of the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris following that magazine's publication of cartoons of Prophet Muhammad. The statement argued that jihadi operations today are not the sole responsibility of jihadi groups, but available to all Muslims. Memri

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Pro-Palestinian group shares ‘reprehensible’ antisemitic map of NYC targets on social media. By Jesse O’Neill and Carl Campanile Published Nov. 16, 2023, 6:35 p.m. ET A pro-Palestinian activist group shared a frightening map of New York City newsrooms, businesses and landmark buildings — and called for “direct action” to “globalize intifada.”

In addition to news buildings, Within Our Lifetime, which describes itself as a Palestinian-led community organization, called for followers to target the offices of technology companies. NYPost

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Fairfax County Public Schools suspends student for allegedly blowing whistle on swastika flag By Asra Q. Nomani / Special to the Fairfax County Times Nov 16, 2023 Updated Nov 17, 2023. Last week, Jewish students at Langley High School were stunned to see the image of a U.S. flag that a classmate had drawn in Room 1406 during a meeting of the Muslim Students Association, replacing the stars on the flag with swastikas and the message “Free Palestine!” in between squiggles for stripes. The image circulated quickly at school, as pro-Palestine students staged a “walkout” on Friday, carrying another sign with swastikas on it and chanting, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” a call-to-action that Jewish groups have decried as an anti-semitic war cry to destroy the state of Israel.

Now, Jewish students and parents are shocked to learn that Langley administrators this week suspended not only the Muslim student who drew the swastikas on the U.S. flag but also an Asian American classmate whom school officials accused of leaking the photo to the public. Local Jewish community members and their allies plan a rally on Nov. 17, at 11 a.m., at Fairfax County Public Schools’ Gatehouse headquarters, which they have renamed “Hatehouse,” to protest the retaliation against the Asian American teen and the lack of school district action on anti-Jew hate. Fairfax Times

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US officials: Intercepted conversations show Hamas operating in Shifa Hospital. US officials tell CNN the US collected "solid" intelligence that Hamas was using Shifa Hospital as a command node.

Israel National News, Nov 17, 2023, 5:38 AM (GMT+2)

The intelligence the United States has collected that Hamas was using Shifa Hospital in Gaza as a command node is primarily signals intelligence, three people familiar with the assessment told CNN on Thursday.

This included intercepted conversations among the militants discussing the infrastructure, the sources said. Two of the people said the intelligence was solid.

"The US would not have said this if we did not buy the intelligence we’re seeing," one of the sources told CNN.

Earlier this week, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that the US has independent intelligence showing that the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations have been using the Shifa Hospital to conduct their military operations and, among other things, are storing weapons at the hospital.

Israeli special forces raided the hospital early Wednesday morning, finding a Hamas command center there.

On Thursday, Israel released footage of an operational tunnel shaft which was found inside the hospital complex.

An IDF spokesperson later told CNN there are hundreds of miles of tunnels all around the Gaza Strip, including near the hospital.

“We have already found 300 shafts that go into these tunnels, most of them booby trappers, including in the vicinity of that hospital,” the spokesperson, Lt. Col. Amnon Shefler, said. “Now some of these have been also closed by Hamas and others will be revealed when we find them.” INN

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Netanyahu says there were "strong indications" Hamas hostages were held in Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital. evening-news By Caitlin Yilek, November 16. 2023 / CBS News. Washington — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that there were "strong indications" that hostages held by Hamas were at Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, but they were no longer there when the Israeli military launched a ground operation there earlier this week.

"We had strong indications that they were held in the Shifa Hospital, which is one of the reasons we entered the hospital," Netanyahu told "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell.

"If they were [there], they were taken out," he said.

Netanyahu said his government has "intelligence about the hostages," but declined to be more specific.

"The less I say about it, the better," he told O'Donnell.

The Israel Defense Forces said it carried out a "precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area" of the hospital early Wednesday after it warned the terrorist group against using the medical complex as a base. Israel has accused Hamas of having a command center underneath the hospital. Hamas has denied the charge.

Roughly 240 hostages were taken during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas militants, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Only four have been released, including two Americans.

Israel is considering a proposal in which Hamas would release some of the women and children it's holding hostage in exchange for a cease-fire that would last between three and five days, CBS News' chief foreign affairs correspondent and "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan reported earlier Thursday. A number of Palestinian women and children in Israeli prisons could also be released as part of the proposed deal, an official with knowledge of the negotiations said.

Asked about the proposed deal and how close Israel is to securing the release of hostages, Netanyahu told O'Donnell, "We're closer than we were before we began the ground action." He said the ground operation has "put pressure on Hamas to achieve a cease-fire."

"We'll have a temporary cease-fire if we can get our hostages back," he said. "I don't think it serves that purpose for me to elaborate further on that."

He declined to say whether Israel would agree to release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for hostages, saying it's "confidential."

There was nearly a deal at the end of October for a hostage release, but it was scrapped at the 11th hour, as CBS News previously reported.

Netanyahu also insisted Israel is trying to wipe out Hamas "with minimal civilian casualties" and that it is "not seeking to occupy" Gaza.

"We want overall military responsibility to prevent the reemergence of terror," he said. "We're not seeking to occupy. That's not our goal. But our goal is to make sure what happens there is different. To do that we have to [do to] demilitarize Gaza and we have to deradicalize Gaza."

"Just as you had to have a different future after the conquest of Germany, you deradicalize, denazify Germany," he said. "After the conquest of Japan, you make sure that the aggressive policies of Imperial Japan are different. There was a cultural change. We need a cultural change here. We can't have a civilian administration enter Gaza that will not fight terrorists, that is committed to funding terrorists as opposed to fighting terrorists."

He said that liberating Palestinians from Hamas will "give them a real future."

When O'Donnell asked whether that also means moving forward with a two-state solution, Netanyahu said the Palestinians need a leadership change.

"I say let the Palestinians have all the powers to govern themselves, but none of the powers to threaten Israel," he said. "And that means not only making sure that Gaza is demilitarized, but also that Gaza is deradicalized. And if you ask me, we need a different civilian leadership than the one that has been offered to the Palestinians today."

Netanyahu also said that anyone committing violence against innocent Palestinians in the West Bank should be held accountable.

"We hold anyone taking the law into their own hands or committing vigilante violence: that is out," he said. "We cannot accept that." CBS

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Missing text --from the interview-- in above link:

Netanyahu: I have condemned it in Hebrew and in English and here again with you. [We have] condemned any committing vigilante justice. I said that in the Judea Samaria community and by the way they agree with me. 99% of the settlers community in Judea Samaria are law abiding. It's only, a tiny, tiny fraction and some are teenagers who come from ouside the area. But even a tiny fraction is unacceptable.

But I wouldn't make a false symmetry. There is no moral equivalence against the hundreds and hundreds of [terror] attacks. Even today, in Jerusalem.

And, this is a big one. Every violence by extremists we condemn, by anyone. Yet, we are 42 days into the worst killing of Jews since the Holocaust, the horrific raping, the burning of babies, slaughtering children in front of their parents, slaughtering parents in front of their children and Mahmoud Abbas is yet to condemn it. Not only that, but officials in his government lauded, lauded this.

There is no symmetry betweem Israel and its foes. at EoZ

(CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, 11/16/23 app.podscribe.ai).

Netanyahu to CBS: We're trying to wipe out Hamas with minimal civilian casualties

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells CBS News’ Norah O'Donnell that a deal to secure the release of hostages is closer than before.

Israel National News, Nov 17, 2023, 4:49 AM (GMT+2)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CBS News’ Norah O'Donnell, in an interview which aired on Thursday, that a deal to secure the release of some hostages held by Hamas is closer than before.

The proposal would see Hamas release some of the women and children hostages in exchange for a ceasefire that would last between three and five days.

Asked about the proposed deal and how close Israel is to securing the release of hostages, Netanyahu replied, "We're closer than we were before we began the ground action" and added the ground operation has "put pressure on Hamas to achieve a ceasefire."

"We'll have a temporary cease-fire if we can get our hostages back," Netanyahu told O’Donnell, adding, "I don't think it serves that purpose for me to elaborate further on that."

Netanyahu also insisted Israel is trying to wipe out Hamas "with minimal civilian casualties" and clarified Israel is "not seeking to occupy" Gaza.

"We want overall military responsibility to prevent the reemergence of terror," he said. "We're not seeking to occupy. That's not our goal. But our goal is to make sure what happens there is different. To do that we have to [do to] demilitarize Gaza and we have to deradicalize Gaza."

"Just as you had to have a different future after the conquest of Germany, you deradicalize, denazify Germany," he said. "After the conquest of Japan, you make sure that the aggressive policies of Imperial Japan are different. There was a cultural change. We need a cultural change here. We can't have a civilian administration enter Gaza that will not fight terrorists, that is committed to funding terrorists as opposed to fighting terrorists."

Netanyahu also said that liberating Palestinian Arabs from Hamas will "give them a real future." When asked whether that also means moving forward with a two-state solution, Netanyahu said the Palestinian Arabs need a leadership change.

"I say let the Palestinians have all the powers to govern themselves, but none of the powers to threaten Israel," he told O’Donnell. "And that means not only making sure that Gaza is demilitarized, but also that Gaza is deradicalized. And if you ask me, we need a different civilian leadership than the one that has been offered to the Palestinians today." INN

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TikTok ‘aggressively’ removing content praising Osama bin Laden after letter goes viral By Lauren Irwin, 11/16/23 04:54 PM ET The Hill

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Think Osama bin Laden is trendy, TikTokkers? Try #Talibanlife. Kirsten Fleming. Published Nov. 16, 2023, 6:45 p.m. ET NY Post

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TikTok bans content promoting Bin Laden's 'Letter to America.' TikTok is pulling videos from the app that are promoting Osama Bin Laden's "Letter to America" after they started gaining momentum. Users are focusing on one paragraph in the letter that refers to Palestine. NBC News, Nov. 16, 2023 NBC

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White House denounces TikTok users lionizing Osama bin Laden. by Christian Datoc, White House Reporter November 16, 2023 05:34 PM The White House forcefully denounced a growing number of American TikTok users voicing support for the ideas outlined in Osama bin Laden's "Letter to America."

Dozens of TikTok accounts have circulated the letter, which the former al Qaeda leader published in 2002 as a means of justifying the 9/11 terror attacks, this month. Videos of the trend have garnered nearly 15 million views on TikTok as of Thursday.

"There is never a justification for spreading the repugnant, evil, and antisemitic lies that the leader of al Qaeda issued just after committing the worst terrorist attack in American history – highlighting them as his direct motivation for murdering 2,977 innocent Americans," White House spokesman Andrew Bates said of the videos on Thursday.

"No one should ever insult the 2,977 American families still mourning loved ones by associating themselves with the vile words of Osama bin Laden," he continued, "particularly now, at a time of rising antisemitic violence in the world, and just after Hamas terrorists carried out the worst slaughter of the Jewish people since the Holocaust in the name of the same conspiracy theories."

In one now-deleted video, which previously recorded more than 1.6 million views, a TikTok user asked other users, "If you have read it, let me know if you are also going through an existential crisis because in the last 20 minutes, my entire viewpoint on the entire life I have believed, and I have lived, has changed."

"If we’re going to call Osama bin Laden a terrorist, so is the American government,” a TikTok user claimed in a separate video that had earned more than 100,000 views.

TikTok itself also denounced the videos Thursday but claimed that "reports of it trending on our platform are inaccurate." Washington Examiner

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Sacha Baron Cohen: TikTok ‘creating biggest antisemitic movement since Nazis.’ Celebrities and social-media executives express concerns about hate online. Names and faces on social media, TikTok..

(November 17, 2023 / JNS) More than 30 people participated in a video call on Wednesday with Adam Presser, TikTok’s head of operations, and Seth Melnick, the company’s global head of user operations. Included were actors Sacha Baron Cohen, Debra Messing and Amy Schumer.

Cohen said “shame on you” to executives, demanding that they “flip a switch” to stop the flow of hate. “What is happening at TikTok is it is creating the biggest antisemitic movement since the Nazis,” he noted. JNS

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Three in four Palestinians support Hamas’s massacre.

Ninety-eight percent of respondents said the Oct. 7 slaughter made them feel "prouder of their identity as Palestinians." Akiva Van Koningsveld

(November 17, 2023 / JNS) Slightly more than three in four Palestinians have a positive view of Hamas in the wake of its Oct. 7 slaughter in Israel, according to a survey by the Arab World for Research and Development (AWRAD) research firm.

The Ramallah-based institute polled 668 Palestinian adults in the southern Gaza Strip, Judea and Samaria between Oct. 31 and Nov. 7. (The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points, AWRAD said.)

The Palestinian poll, the first of its kind since the Oct. 7 attacks, found that 48.2% of respondents characterize Hamas’s role as “very positive,” while 27.8% view Hamas as “somewhat positive.” Almost 80% regard the role of Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades “military” wing as positive.

The Al-Qassam Brigades killed more than 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and wounded thousands in the Oct. 7 attack on southwestern Israel. In addition, terrorists took some 240 people hostage.

When asked whether they support or oppose Hamas’s actions on Oct. 7, 59.3% of the Palestinians surveyed said they “extremely” supported the attacks and 15.7% said they “somewhat” support the murderous rampage.

Only 12.7% expressed disapproval, with 10.9% saying they neither support nor oppose the attack.

Almost all (98%) of the respondents said the Oct. 7 slaughter made them feel “prouder of their identity as Palestinians,” with an equal percentage saying they would “never forget and never forgive” the Jewish state for its ongoing military operation against Hamas.

Three-quarters said they expect the Israel-Hamas war to end in a Palestinian victory.

In response to the question “What would you like as a preferred government after the war is finished in Gaza Strip,” 72% said they favor a “national unity government” that includes Hamas and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction.

Approximately 8.5% said they favor a government controlled by the Palestinian Authority.

In addition, more than 98% of Palestinians surveyed by AWRAD hold negative views of the United States.

On Nov. 8, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Gaza must be handed over to the P.A. following hostilities. The solution in “must include Palestinian-led governance and Gaza unified with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority,” stated Blinken.

During an Oct. 18 visit to Tel Aviv, U.S. President Joe Biden delivered a speech in which he claimed that “Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people.”

AWRAD said that “the poll’s sample includes all socioeconomic groups, ensuring equal representation of adult men and women, and is proportionately distributed across the West Bank and Gaza.” JNS

Imshin @imshin: Amit Segal: A new survey by Bir Zeit University among the Arabs of Gaza and Judea & Samaria, a wake-up call to anyone who mistakenly believes that it is possible to separate Hamas and Gaza or between the Arabs of Gaza and the Arabs of Judea & Samaria:

Support for Hamas: 59% fully justify the October 7 massacre.

Another 16% support "to a certain extent" (only the murder of girls? only beheadings?)

More supporters of the massacre in Judea & Samaria than in Gaza... Nov 16, 2023. [195]

Are the Arabs of Judea and Samaria different? 68% of them fully justify the massacre and support Hamas Is it possible to separate Gaza from Judea and Samaria? An in-depth survey conducted by a research institute at Bir Zeit University revealed that a large majority of Palestinians living in Judea and Samaria, an even larger majority than residents of Gaza, support Hamas and the barbaric acts they committed in the attack on Israel | The complete data (survey) | Kikar haShabbat, 16.11.23

A new survey conducted by a research institute at Bir Zeit University among the Arabs of Gaza and Judea and Samaria is a wake-up call for anyone who believes, probably wrongly, that it is possible to separate Hamas from Gaza or between the Arabs of Gaza and the Arabs of Judea and Samaria.

According to the survey, carried out by Nader Said and the Orad Institute, in which approximately 670 Palestinians participated, most of them residents of Judea and Samaria, the majority of Palestinians support Hamas and justify the barbaric massacre of Israeli citizens on the morning of Simchat Torah.

As for support for Hamas: 59% of the participants in the survey answered that they fully justify the October 7 massacre. Another 16% answered that they support "to a certain extent" the massacre.

If you divide the results by residential areas, the picture is even more horrifying: most of those who support the massacre are residents of Judea and Samaria (68%) compared to 47% in Gaza.

Since the outbreak of the war, there have been various calls, mainly on the left, to transfer control of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority the day after the war. Opposition leader Lapid also stated that in his opinion this is the right thing. Netanyahu, for his part, made it clear in press conferences that he opposes it. ... The data from the published survey can be a wake-up call. Kikar

Survey finds majority in the West Bank support the Oct 7 massacre Guy Azriel & Paz Grace November 16, 2023 at 01:23 PM latest revision November 16, 2023 at 04:30 PM

The Birzeit University poll finds that Palestinian terror groups are widely supported, with over 80 percent supporting the various factions

An opinion poll conducted by Birzeit University's Arab World for Research & Development (AWRAD) revealed that a majority of surveyed Palestinians in the West Bank support the October 7 massacre carried out by Hamas, and an even wider majority have a positive view of the various terrorist factions.

After over 1,200 people were brutally murdered and over 240 taken hostage, including children and elderly, many civilians tortured and raped, the survey showed that 68 percent in the West Bank strongly supported the massacres and kidnapping, while another 16 percent supported to some extent.

Asked on their view of various entities, respondents answered overwhelmingly in support of the military wings of the terrorist organizations; Palestinian Islamic Jihad with 84 percent; al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades with 80 percent, and al-Qassam Brigades with the highest 89 percent, though Hamas as a whole received a lower 76 percent.

Political bodies, the press, and and other countries were much less appraised. The governing Palestinian Authority was with only 10 percent, though the ruling party Fatah got a slightly higher 23 percent, and the UN received nine.

Russia was the most positively viewed country with 40 percent support, Iran received 32 percent, the UK got 3, and dead last were the United States and Israel with zero.

After the October 7 attacks, 98 percent felt more proud to be Palestinian. Due to the solidarity marches across the world, 78 percent "felt strongly or to some extent that there is hope for humanity in the future."

Furthermore, 65 percent identified the war as being against all Palestinians, and 98 percent reported that they will "never forgive and never forget."

As such, 68 percent indicated that their support for a two-state solution decreased, and 80 percent were more determined for a Palestinian state. However, 90 percent responded "coexistence is increasingly impossible."

AWRAD "surveyed 668 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, during the fourth week of the ongoing Gaza War. The team conducted the survey through tablet-assisted, face-to-face interviews," according to its press release.

It added that "the poll’s sample includes all socioeconomic groups, ensuring equal representation of adult men and women, and is proportionately distributed across the West Bank and Gaza." i24

After her body was recovered: Noa Marciano was laid to rest. Uriel Be'eri 17.11.23 |

A day after her body was recovered from the Gaza Strip by IDF forces, the late Corporal Noa Marciano was laid to rest in the cemetery in Modi'in. The mother witnessed the eulogy: "You watched over us, but we didn't watch over you." The funeral of the late Corporal Noa Marciano was held today (Friday) at the cemetery in Modi'in, a day after her body was rescued by IDF forces from a building near the Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip. Before the funeral, residents of Modi'in were called to accompany Marciano through the streets of the city with Israeli flags. Srugim

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Israel attacks Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. By Jerusalem Post Staff. Published: November 17, 2023 11:55

IDF fighter jets struck several Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon on Friday, including terrorist infrastructure, a weapons storage facility, and a military structure.

The Israeli military also struck a terrorist cell in the area adjacent to Arab al-Aramshe. JPost

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Attempted shooting attack near Hebron, terrorists neutralized. By Jerusalem Post Staff 11/17/2023 . 10:28 AM JPost

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Armed suspect arrested near Israel's embassy in Azerbaijan. By Jerusalem Post Staff 11/17/2023 09:42 AM JPost

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IDF 'close to dismantling' Hamas military system in north Gaza. By Jerusalem Post Staff 11/17/2023 08:04 AM JPost

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IDF troops eliminate five terrorists in northern Samaria. By Walla! 11/17/2023 07:52 AM JPost

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Senior Hamas political bureau member Ahmed Bahar killed in IDF strike - report. Ariel Oseran November 17, 2023 at 04:37 AM latest revision November 17, 2023 at 04:49 AM i24

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Top Hamas Official Ahmad Bahr And Palestinian Freedom Movement Secretary-General Khaled Abu Hilal Killed In IDF Gaza Airstrikes; Bahr Prayed For Killing Every American And Jew 'To The Last One,' Glorified Martyrdom; Abu Hilal Called On Palestinians Abroad To 'Target Every Infidel Zionist.' November 17, 2023 Memri

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Blinken speaks to Gantz, discusses efforts to boost Gaza aid. By Reuters 11/17/2023 01:17 AM JPost

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IDF locates more Hamas terror tunnels, uncovers info on Gaza hostages. Gadi Zaig, November 17, 2023. The IDF earlier also found RPG bombs, mortar bombs, and weapons in a Gaza kindergarten. JPost

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The police investigation reveals: 364 were slaughtered at the nature party in Re'im. With the publication of the investigation, 3 significant findings become clear - The number of those murdered at the party constitutes a third of all those murdered on October 7th - Despite the initial suspicion, the party was not one of the terrorists' targets at all - When did the district commander warn of the terrorists' infiltration and what really happened at the nature party on Black Saturday? Branu Tegene | The main edition | Published 22:25 17.11.23 Mako

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The 43rd day of the war. Alarms in Safed were activated due to the interception of a missile launched from Lebanon to an Israeli drone.

Palestinian reports: 5 terrorists, including a battalion commander in Fatah, were killed by a UAV in the refugee camp in Balata • The Arab media report that the IDF attacked in southern Lebanon, near Rosh Hanikra • Negotiations for a deal: Israel insists on the release of all the mothers and the children held in the Gaza Strip • Biden spoke with the Emir of Qatar about "the need to release the abductees" • IDF spokesman: "We will act wherever Hamas is - and it is also in the south of the Gaza Strip." News reporters 12 | N12| Published 18.11.23 |

([196] Mahmoud Zahad al-Zoufi, one of the leaders of the Balata Battalion in Fatah) Mako

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Brother of the tunnel road attack perpetrator was arrested in Hebron. By Amir Bohbot/Walla! Published: November 18, 2023. JPost

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Successful interception: missile launched from Lebanon at IDF drone. By Walla! 11/18/2023 JPost

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5 Palestinians said killed in strike in West Bank’s Balata refugee camp. 11/18/2023 [...] Haaretz reports that four of those killed were affiliated with Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, citing “hospital testimonies.”

Ynet reports that among the five killed was a terrorist who killed an Israeli man in a shooting attack on a West Bank road Thursday early this month, sparking a manhunt for the assailants and revenge attacks by settlers, amid spiking tensions in the territory. Elhanan Klein, 29, was killed as he was returning from army reserve duty to his home in the settlement of Einav in the northern West Bank on November 2. Medics found him dead in his car, which crashed and overturned on the side of Route 557 near the Palestinian town of Bayt Lid, northwest of Nablus.

Earlier Friday, the IDF said troops had killed seven Palestinian gunmen in two separate incidents throughout the West Bank. TOI

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Residential building damaged after rocket attack targets Sderot. By Jerusalem Post Staff, 11/18/2023. JPost

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IDF's Duvdevan Unit raids Hamas infrastructures, finds weapons in school. By Jerusalem Post Staff, 11/18/2023. JPost

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Israel calls on Gazans in south to evacuate, kills Hamas terror cells. By Jerusalem Post Staff, 11/18/2023. JPost

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The investigation of the terrorist of the Nukh'ba force | The terrorist reveals in the investigation: "Hamas operatives place civilians on the roof of the house so that the IDF does not shell".

New documentation from the investigation of one of the terrorists who carried out the massacre, shows how Hamas uses the residents of Gaza as a human shield • "Israel will see 20, 30 or 50 civilians - therefore it will not shell the house", he claimed • Former prosecutor Mandelblit explained how the death penalty could be imposed on The captured Noh'ba terrorists. N12 | Published 20:46 18.11.23

New documentation from the investigation of a terrorist: a terrorist from the Nuh'ba force who was caught during the massacre on October 7 in Kibbutz Miflasim. The documentation reveals how Hamas operatives use the residents of Gaza as human shields to save themselves.

In the documentation uploaded to the account of network influencer Yosef Haddad on the social network X (formerly Twitter), the terrorist is seen saying:

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"Citizens are being taken advantage of. For example, we have heard a lot that the house of a Hamas operative should be bombed, so Hamas operatives place civilians, the 'wretched of the people', on the roof of the house." . The terrorist also says in the documentation, "Israel will see 20, 30 or 50 civilians - therefore it will not bomb the house." Also, the terrorist says in the documentation that he knows of cases in which the residents of Gaza were exploited for the purposes of Hamas.

Another photo was published this evening that shows how Hamas uses civilians: soldiers documented how armed men hide among a group of children so that they would not be harmed. The photo came to News 12 through a military source. ([199] Terrorists in Gaza are surrounded by children who act as human shields)

Earlier this evening, Avichai Mandelblit, the former Attorney General, spoke on "Meet the Press" regarding the death sentence for the terrorists in the October 7 attack: " This is the most shocking event at the most serious levels of crimes against humanity and it is probably genocide. Therefore, there is no question . I can present four formats of imposing the death penalty. Even in a district court it is possible to reach these crimes."

Mandelblit added in an interview with Amit Segal and Lev Caspit, "If the prosecution asks for the death penalty - and it is justified to ask for the death penalty - the court will impose the death penalty. It is possible to re-establish the military court in Lod that was frozen. If terrible things happen - we will bring it back. This is the worst thing that has happened to us from the beginning of Zionism". Mako

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UK doctor who worked at Shifa confirms Gaza hospital used for ‘non-medical purposes.’ ‘There was a part I wasn’t to go near, and if I did, I’d be in danger of being shot,’ says physician, describing an atmosphere of ‘collective paranoia’ and ‘genuine fear’ of Hamas. By Gianluca Pacchiani, 19 Nov 2023.

A British doctor who used to work at Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical center, under which the IDF says Hamas operates a major command and control base, has confirmed that there were areas of the hospital where he could not go, or else he would be shot.

In a recent interview with the English-language channel of French broadcaster France24, the doctor, who declined to give his name for fear of endangering his colleagues in Gaza, said he had worked at Shifa and other hospitals in Gaza and the West Bank for three months, three years ago.

“When I was first asked to work there [at Shifa], I was told there was a part of the hospital I was not to go near, and if I did, I’d be in danger of being shot,” he was quoted as saying.

“Was it explained to you why that was?” asked journalist Irris Makler in the recorded conversation.

“No, but implicit was that it was being used for non-medical purposes,” replied the doctor.

“And did you see anything non-medical or did you obey the instruction and stay away?” the interviewer continued.

The doctor said: “I stayed away, but I saw a few dodgy-looking non-medical characters going in and out all the time. It was a ward leading to a basement. As I said, I didn’t go there; so I behaved myself.”

“They would say there could be many other reasons that you would be told not to go to a particular area of a hospital. It’s not unusual,” the journalist argued.

“Well, I was welcome everywhere else, and as I say, the doctors and nurses there were very welcoming and very kind, and the hushed tones under which this was said were consistent with all the other hushed tones with which Hamas was discussed. You know, people were genuinely fearful,” the doctor replied.

“I cannot emphasize too much the air of collective paranoia that existed there,” he continued.

The physician also reported to the journalist that if hospital staff were 10% frightened of possible Israeli airstrikes, they were 90% frightened of being persecuted by Hamas.

Separately, a journalist from Italy who spoke to The Times of Israel on condition of anonymity recounted that in 2009, right after Israel’s Operation Cast Lead against Hamas, he visited Gaza’s hospitals looking to interview wounded members of Fatah — the rival Palestinian faction that Hamas violently ousted from the coastal enclave in 2007.

“Eventually, I realized that they were all at home — Fatah members were too afraid to stay in the hospital, even if they were wounded,” the journalist said.

“Shifa is a very large compound. I got lost inside it, and at some point I ended up on an underground floor, and I found myself in front of two armed Hamas men in military attire, who told me to get out.”

“I got the impression they were guarding a security door that gave access to their underground infrastructure. Several Palestinian sources I spoke with later on confirmed that Hamas’s command and control center was located under Shifa Hospital and that [Hamas leader] Ismail Haniyeh had been hiding there throughout the duration of Operation Cast Lead.”

A satellite image issued by the IDF shows what the military says are Hamas command centers located underneath Shifa Hospital in Gaza, October 27, 2023 (IDF) Shortly after the October 7 onslaught in which 1,200 Israelis were brutally slaughtered by Hamas terrorists and around 240 were kidnapped into Gaza, the IDF revealed that Hamas has been using Gaza’s hospitals for military operations, a claim confirmed by the US administration.

Shifa Hospital is believed to be one of the nerve centers of Hamas’s underground terror infrastructure. The IDF has been operating around and in the medical center for more than a week, uncovering what it has said is evidence of Hamas’s use of the site for terrorist activities.

The hospital was almost completely evacuated on Saturday, with most patients, staff and displaced people who were sheltering in the building departing, leaving behind only a basic crew to care for those too sick to move, and Israeli forces in control of the facility.

Denying an AFP report, the military said it did not order an evacuation, and that medical personnel were being allowed to remain in the hospital to support patients who cannot be moved.

The IDF also said soldiers transferred over 6,000 liters of water and over 2,300 kilograms of food to the medical facility.

“This activity was done in parallel with the IDF activities to locate and thwart terrorism in the hospital,” the IDF said. Israeli forces uncovered an entrance to a Hamas tunnel and a cache of weapons, in addition to other findings over the past few days.

“We see the presence of Hamas in all hospitals, it is a clear presence. They make cynical use of the hospitals, like here in the heart of Shifa,” Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, head of the IDF Southern Command, said on Friday. TOI

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Fortified terror tunnel exposed underneath Gaza's Al Shifa hospital complex. IDF says tunnel, outfitted with blast-proof door and firing hole, found alongside booby-trapped vehicle loaded with weapons

Yoav Zitun | published: 11.19.23. Ynet

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Special documentation: The IDF uncovered a terror tunnel under Shifa Hospital.

Under the guidance of the Shin Bet and Amman: the route of a terrorist tunnel about 55 meters long was uncovered near the internal department of the hospital • The tunnel shaft that was found contained various protective measures, including the top door and a firing slit • A captured vehicle hid the shaft, after its explosion - the tunnel was exposed • Explosive charges were also found in the physical therapy department, an investigation room in the heart department, and weapons and intelligence in the MRI complex Nir Dvori| N12| Published 18:59 19.11.23

The tunnel shaft was located on the hospital grounds under a shed, where there was also a vehicle with many weapons on it including, among others, RPGs, explosives and Kalashnikov weapons. After the explosion of the trapped vehicle - the tunnel was revealed. Mako

Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid: One-shot footage of entrance to Hamas tunnels deep under Shifa hospital. @UN, @antonioguterres, you there? Nov 19, 2023. [200]

Eylon Levy @EylonALevy: Today’s revelation of Shifa Tunnels shines a spotlight on the @IDF’s professionalism and the media’s sensationalism. This was filmed two days ago. For two days, we’ve faced criticism that the Shifa Terror Complex is all a big [supposed] "hoax." Patience pays. Nov 19, 2023. [201]

WATCH: Fortified Terror Tunnel Exposed Underneath Shifa Hospital in Gaza. By Jewish Press News Desk - 7 Kislev 5784 – November 19, 2023  Jewish Press

Israel: 55-Meter Fortified Tunnel Found Under Shifa Hospital. November 19, 2023 6:06 PM VOA News. An opening to a tunnel that, according to Israel's military, was used by Palestinian militants under Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip as seen in this screen grab taken from a handout video released by the Israel Defense Forces, Nov. 19, 2023. An opening to a tunnel that, according to Israel's military, was used by Palestinian militants under Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip as seen in this screen grab taken from a handout video released by the Israel Defense Forces, Nov. 19, 2023. VOA

Israel war room @IsraelWarRoom: Joint IDF and ISA announcement: Fortified Terror Tunnel Exposed Underneath the Shifa Hospital Complex Based on IDF and ISA intelligence, IDF troops exposed a 55-meter-long terror tunnel 10 meters deep underneath the Shifa Hospital complex. A deep staircase leads to the entrance of the tunnel shaft, which consists of various defense means including a blast-proof door and a firing hole. This type of door is used by the Hamas terrorist organization to block Israeli forces from entering the command centers and the underground assets belonging to Hamas. The tunnel shaft was uncovered in the area of the hospital underneath a shed alongside a vehicle containing numerous weapons including RPGs, explosives, and Kalashnikov rifles. IDF and ISA forces are continuing to uncover the route of the tunnel. Nov 19, 2023. [202] [203] [204]

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IDF reveals: How intel led Israel to Hamas's Shifa terror tunnel. By Yonah Jeremy Bob. November 19, 2023

Israeli Military to blow through additional tunnel door • Intelligence estimates indicate that other tunnels are likely to be found shortly

The IDF on Sunday unveiled its military moves and intelligence process which led to revealing Hamas’s 55-meter-long tunnel at Al-Shifa Hospital. JPost

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Dramatic footage: Hostages led through Shifa Hospital on October 7th. In footage from the hospital on the day of the massacre, October 7th, 2023, between the hours of 10:42 and 11:01 a.m., hostages abducted from Israeli territory are seen surrounded by armed Hamas terrorists. Israel National News  Nov 19, 2023, 9:01 PM (GMT+2) INN

Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid: Breaking: Israel military uncovered footage of hostages being led INSIDE Shifa Hospital Nov 19, 2023 [205]

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian @manniefabian: IDF releases surveillance camera footage from Shifa Hospital showing Hamas terrorists bringing a Nepali and Thai citizen who were abducted from Israel on October 7. Nov 19, 2023 [206]

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COGAT @cogatonline: These are Hamas operatives running into the Rantisi during combat.

Hamas released this bit on an official bragging video. No shame.

1. FreeGaza from Hamas
2. NotATarget

Nov 19, 2023 [207] Israel to discuss death penalty for terrorists in Knesset committee. November 19, 2023 JPost

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Remains found of 12-year-old girl burned alive by Hamas. Archaeologists identified Liel Hetzroni's remains. Etgar Leflovits

(November 19, 2023 / JNS) The remains of a 12-year-old Israeli girl, burned alive alongside her twin brother and great-aunt in the Oct. 7 Hamas onslaught on southwestern Israel, have been identified by archaeologists sifting through the rubble, family members said on Sunday.

Liel Hetzroni was murdered, together with her twin brother Yanai and their 73-year-old great-aunt Ayala, in the attack on Kibbutz Be’eri after they were taken hostage by Palestinian terrorists, who were then engaged in a firefight with Israeli security forces.

The twins had been raised by their grandfather’s sister after their single-parent mother suffered brain damage immediately following their C-section birth due to a tragic hospital mistake.

Their grandfather Aviya was also killed in the attack on the kibbutz.

Family members held a symbolic, funeral at a temporary resting place at Kibbutz Revivim last Wednesday, burying Liel’s belongings since her remains had not yet been identified.

The family said Sunday that they will inter her remains at her home kibbutz, which is currently a closed military zone, when the survivors of the terrorist rampage are allowed to return.

About 10% of the 1,000 members of Be’eri, which faces the Gaza Strip, were murdered during the assault. Overall, more than 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed, and some 240 others were kidnapped in the onslaught. JNS

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International media and the Hamas supporting Doctors of Shifa.

November 19, 2023

With every step Israeli soldiers take inside the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, the hysteria of Hamas propaganda goes up a notch. We are presented with a string of doctors talking about incubator babies, corpses being eaten by dogs, a lack of electricity, and medical procedures being performed without drugs...

Mohammed Abu Salmiya – Head of Shifa Hospital Mohammed Abu Salmiya is the head of Shifa hospital. His name is spelt in various ways in the media, but I found him quoted everywhere from the BBC and the Guardian to CNN and the NYT.

On FB he spells his name ‘Abu Selmia‘. According to his own posts – his brother was killed by the Israelis in September 2004 in Gaza.

His brother was a leader of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades – the Hamas military wing. His death was a targeted strike.

Abu Salmiya has been the source of several of the most outrageous stories into the mainstream.

His own timeline is full of support for terrorism. In the image below is a celebratory attack following a terrorist attack in Jerusalem on 23 November [208] (a better translation is ‘fight fire with fire’), and praise for terrorists Udai Tamimi [209], Ibrahim al-Nabulsi (Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade) and Khaled Mansour [210] (Islamic Jihad).

It seems the BBC or NYT have a particular talent for finding hospital staff who openly celebrate when Israelis are murdered, such as when seven Israelis were murdered outside a synagogue on January 27 2023.. David Collier

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Israel pounds Iran proxies in Lebanon as US assists with Hamas hostage negotiations in Gaza.

The Israeli military continued to pound Hezbollah and Iran's other proxy terrorist groups in Lebanon on Sunday as media reports suggested there may be a tentative hostage release agreement with Hamas. Israel has allowed shipments of fueld and aid into Gaza, restarting some phone and internet communications.

Covered by: Anders Hagstrom, Andrea Vacchiano and Landon Mion, November 20, 2023.

Israel-Hamas war: IDF says hostage Noa Marciano was murdered inside Al-Shifa Hospital.

IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari released new details about the death of an Israeli hostage during a press conference on Sunday.

IDF servicemember Noa Marciano, 19, was abducted by Hamas terrorists on October 7.

"Noa was taken into Gaza alive, she was held hostage by Hamas in Gaza City next to the Shifa Hospital," Hagari said. "During ongoing combat, in the vicinity of where she was held captive, Noa’s Hamas captor was killed and Noa was injured."

Hagari said that Noah's injuries were "not life-threatening" and said that Hamas terrorists murdered her inside the Al-Shifa Hospital after she was wounded.

"Hamas terrorists took Noa into Shifa hospital where she was murdered quickly," he continued. "Hamas murdered Noa inside Shifa hospital. Our thoughts are with Noa’s family. We send our heartfelt condolences to Noa’s family. We did not reach Noa in time."

"This has only made the IDF more determined to do everything, everything in our power, to bring all our hostages home," Hagari added.

Fox News Digital's Dana Karni contributed to this report. Fox News

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Watch: Chris Christie shows off dog tag from hostages' families. Former NJ Governor says Israel and US should work out a deal to free hostages. Israel National News, Nov 19, 2023, 11:11 PM (GMT+2)

Former New Jersy Governor and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie spoke to NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday about the situation in Israel and his recent trip to the country.

At the start of the interview, Christie showed a dog tag he received from families of individuals taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 8th with the inscription "Bring them home now."

"I really believe that it's time for the Israeli government and the US government to work out a fair deal to bring some of these hostages home. The torture the families are going through is extraordinary, and they need to get their family members home. There are some children who are hostages and some folks in their 70s who are being held hostage, their health certainly must be at risk. So I would support a deal that is fair and equitable and one that gets these people home now."

Christie was also asked whether he believed Israel was following international law, to which he answered with a strong affirmative. "I absolutely do think Israel is following international law. I will tell you, unlike a lot of other people who are expressing opinions about this, I was there and spoke to the leaders in Israel. I spoke to the President of Israel. I spoke to members of the Israeli Defense Forces. I was 600 yards from the Gaza border. I went everywhere in Israel to see what was going on, and they are doing everything they can to avoid civilian casualties. The problem is that Hamas is forcing these civilians to stay in places where Israel's warning them out of, dropping hundreds of leaflets and sending hundreds of thousands of text messages to warn people away from areas before they're attacked. It is Hamas that is doing this."

He noted: "And let us not forget, for those who are advocating for a ceasefire, there was a ceasefire on October 6th, and it was Hamas that broke it on October 7th. I will tell you, I saw the 43-minute video that's been put together by the Israeli government from raw footage from not only Israeli sources but also from body cams and dash cams from the Hamas terrorists. What they did on October 7th was the greatest violation of international law and the greatest violation of humanity, and the worst part was that they did it with joy."

The former governor was also asked about the situation in Judea and Samaria and what the interviewer referred to as "settler violence." Christie said that the US needs to tell Israel to "get control over what's happening with settlers" but refused to call for a building freeze in the region, saying he would not want to "dictate policy to the Israeli government." According to him, "That kind of violence in the West Bank is a distraction from what needs to be done, which is to protect Israel's territorial integrity, protect the safety and security of their citizens, and to make sure that Hamas' capability to commit this type of act again degraded militarily." INN

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Infant photos at Shifa are not believable.

November 19, 2023.

Over the past couple of days, we've seen photos like these out of Shifa hospital:

The caption from Reuters says, "Newborn babies in al-Shifa hospital are swaddled and laid down seven or eight to a bed in a desperate effort to keep them warm and alive."

But if you want to keep the babies warm without an incubator, you would swaddle all of them - not leave some naked. You would cover their heads with the knit caps some of us are familiar with.Or, ideally, you would find people to hold them - preferably their mothers - and give them skin to skin contact to keep them warm.

You don't just lie them on a bed, some of them without clothes, one of them (who does not look premature or sickly at all) with their face pushed up against the sharp corner of a box.

This is not treating premature babies. This is abusing them for a photo-op.

Another photo of babies from Shifa hospital shows something interesting:

There is equipment and lights in the background that is clearly running on - electricity. .. EoZ [211]

Aviva Klompas @AvivaKlompas:

A photo of Gaza babies has appeared all over social media saying they were taken out of their incubators because the hospital doesn’t have electricity.

The thing is there’s also an uncropped photo that clearly shows a functional electrical monitor in the background.

Did Hamas endanger these babies for their propaganda war. Nov 12, 2023 [212] [213]

(Flashback to January 2008: LIARS in ACTION in Gaza - (and ..ckers will buy the lies as usual) Look at these telling photos: [214] Poor Palestinians have to be with candles everywhere; in the streets, in conference rooms, even babies in incubators! Or, can it be a staged lie?! Watch the windows and the artificial lights on the photos made with wider angles ... How sad! The only problem is that for seeing the candle-lights they had to darken all these rooms with shades first, and in the street they forgot to turn off the advertisement lights. Look at all these fakes in the really telling photos by the AP and Reuters... Liars are in action as usual, and ..ckers will buy their lies as usual... TakeAPen [215])

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Israel, Hamas and the Rules of War Nov. 17, 2023.

To the Editor:

Re “What I Believe as a Historian of Genocide,” by Omer Bartov (Opinion guest essay, nytimes.com, Nov. 10):

Mr. Bartov, a Holocaust scholar, warns that Israel is very likely committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza that can devolve into genocide. To show “genocidal intent,” he cites furious Israeli statements made immediately after Oct. 7.

But these do not reflect actual Israeli policies toward civilians. Israel’s targets are military: Hamas’s soldiers, tunnels, headquarters and weapons stocks. By placing military targets in and under civilian structures, it is Hamas that violates laws of war.

The 1948 U.N. Genocide Convention mentions demonstrable intent to destroy a national, racial or religious group. Mr. Bartov is mute about Israel’s hundreds of phone calls to Gazans warning them to leave buildings in which Hamas fighters were located. Israel has urged civilians to evacuate to the south to escape battle. A government intent on genocide would do the opposite.

A cease-fire now would leave Hamas’s leadership and its massive tunnel structures intact. Hamas would declare victory and prepare for the next round of killing. Mr. Bartov’s article and the demonstrations around the world accusing Israel of genocide would, intentionally or not, have the effect of consigning Israel to live next to a terrorist state committed to its destruction. No state in the world would accept such a situation.

Norman J.W. Goda Jeffrey Herf Mr. Goda is a professor of Holocaust studies at the Center for Jewish Studies, University of Florida. Mr. Herf is professor emeritus of history at the University of Maryland, College Park. NY Times

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Sunday, November 19, 2023. There are "As-A-Jews.." There are also "As-A-Genocide-Historians" in the pages of the @NYTimes - like @BartovOmer - who lie about Israel with impunity. "While he doesn't quite accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza, he claims that Israel's intent..." EoZ

Professor says Israel is not conducting genocide now, but worries it might happen. November 22, 2023 Wbur

On That G Slur (PallyWeid).

Of the first to come up with the G slur at the Oct 7 war: On Nov 10, 2023, radical Israel critic Omer Bartov wrote in NYTimes. "While he doesn't quite accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza, he claims that Israel's intent to commit genocide[sic] is clear, quoting statements by Israeli officials" [EoZ, Nov 19.11.23] [216].

Naturally, longtime Israelophobe C. Amanpour was so excited to interview him on Nov 15, 2023, and she anxiously asked him when the G word can already/finally be applied. He didn't give her her entire wish, as he basically concluded Israel needs to get rid off right wingers in its cabinet.

That was long before Gaza's 'dead baby strategy' human-shields en-masse genocidal Hamas Jihadofascist regime sent it's allies in South African government to file at ICJ.

On July 25, 2014 racist Francesca Albanese (who recycled antisemitic tropes in 2014 [TOI, 14.12.22] [217]; [UNWatch, 6.2.23] [218], her husband worked for Palestinian Authority [UNWatch, 29.3.22] and in 2023 had justified Arab Palestinian Oct 7 atrocities [NRO, 12.2.24] [219]), uttered the PallyWeid G slur, by pushing Ilan Pappe's garbage.

Pappe: dishonest sloppy "historian" [Benny Morris, 17.3 11] [220] and radical-Communist [Camera, 20.10.05] [221] inventor of fake quotes[Camera, 24.2.12] [222] and bigot [ADL, 14.5.07][223]

On 27 March, 2024, the US' State Department [224] denounced Albanese's antisemitic record and rejected her genocide-lie. at EoZ

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PA deletes statement denying Hamas massacre. Israel National News Nov 20, 2023, 5:33 AM INN

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SWC condemns Washington Post headline blaming Israel for suffering of Palestinian babies.

Israel National News, Nov 20, 2023, 11:04 AM (GMT+2)

The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) on Sunday condemned a recent article by The Washington Post in which the headline read, “Israel’s war with Hamas (Louisa Loveluck, Sufian Taha and  Hajar Harb clain, supposedly) Separates Palestinian babies from their mothers.”

Following the article's publication, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean and Director of Global Social Action at the SWC, said: "So-called coverage that features headlines like the one created by The Washington Post brings tears of joy to Hamas terrorists – who, as a reminder to anyone who has forgotten, led the deadly attacks over a month ago that slaughtered Jews and kidnapped innocent civilians."

"Continued demonization of Israel will only create increased misinformation and hate against Israelis who are fighting to destroy terrorists who have one goal in mind—murder Jews and destroy the only democracy in the Middle East – Israel.

"They prove every day, including today when they destroyed a hospital in Gaza, that Hamas doesn’t give a damn about live Gazans.

"They’re thrilled when the death toll ramps up so that they—with the assists from much of the media-- can blame Israel for the death toll," SWC concluded. INN

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The 45th day of the war - UAVs hit near an IDF post in the north, no casualties About 25 rockets were launched from Lebanon, Hezbollah fired a heavy rocket at a border post • Publishing was allowed: 3 fighters fell during an operational activity in the Gaza Strip • The forces in Gaza are operating near the Indonesian hospital • In Israel they denied a report of a firefight as part of a deal to release hostages: there is no such thing • Updates washing News reporters 12| N12 | Published 00:40 20.11.23 | Updated 15:22 20.11.23

Main headlines from today: Three drones hit near the outpost, the IDF attacked in Lebanon... Shooting to the north, a sequence of events on the Lebanese border The IDF and Shin Bet eliminated three additional Hamas division commanders. Mako

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Group of premature babies evacuated from Gaza into Egypt. By Reuters, 11/20/2023 JPost

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Israel strikes in Lebanon, responds to rocket fire on North. By Jerusalem Post Staff, November 20, 2023. JPost

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Attempted terror attack in Samaria, no casualties reported By Jerusalem Post Staff, November 19, 2023. JPost

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2 more soldiers killed in Gaza, IDF announces; Rocket alert sirens in south and north overnight. Japan appeals to Yemen, as well as Saudi Arabia, Oman and Iran, to help free cargo ship hijacked by the Houthis; Progress reported in hostage negotiations. 11.20.23 YNet

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'Genocide' accusations by anti-Israel activists 'pretty inappropriate' — White House. By Jacob Magid, November 20, 2023, 9:27 pm . White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby tears into anti-Israel activists who have been accusing the Jewish state of carrying out a genocide in Gaza.

He clarifies that the demonstrators have a first amendment right to free speech, "but this word ‘genocide’ getting thrown around in a pretty inappropriate way by lots of different folks."

"Israel is not trying to wipe the Palestinian people off the map. Israel is not trying to wipe Gaza off the map. Israel is trying to defend itself against a genocidal terrorist threat. So if we’re going to start using that word, Fine. Let’s use it appropriately," Kirby says. TOI

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Israel posts pics of the 40 kids held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. Jerusalem is raising awareness of their plight on World Children's Day. November 20, 2023 / JNS. [225]. JNS

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Detained Gaza terrorist says Hamas hid as hospital staff in Al Shifa. Yoav Zitun | published: November 20, 2023 | 12:47

The IDF reported on Monday that over 300 terrorists from different groups have been apprehended and brought to Israel for interrogation since the beginning of the ground operation in the Gaza Strip.

These interrogations, led by Unit 504 of the Intelligence Corps, which specializes in operating undercover agents, have provided substantial and valuable information aiding forces on the ground and leading to strikes against numerous terrorist targets.

To highlight the significance of these interrogations, the army released footage from the questioning of three detained terrorists. In the footage, one terrorist confesses to Israeli investigators that not only Hamas but also Palestinian Islamic Jihad members were active in Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza. He revealed that some even disguised themselves as medical staff, a fact known to the hospital’s staff, who were “angry about it” but seemingly took no action.

Another terrorist told investigators that terrorists concealed rockets in mattresses in the Palestine Red Crescent building, where a large number of displaced Gazans were staying, and decried Hamas’ practice of using civilians as “human shields.”

A third detainee informed his interrogators of terrorist activities at Al Rantisi Hospital and what he referred to as the “Swedish hospital” in Gaza, likely alluding to a clinic in the city. He observed around 100 “organized” terrorists in several groups near Al Rantisi Hospital. He reported that these terrorists used hospitals as bases for launching attacks while disguised in civilian clothing… YNet

IDF: Some 300 Gaza detainees questioned, give vital details on Hamas bases in hospitals. Military says suspects being interrogated at new facility in southern Israel; other Gazans in unprecedented numbers said willingly providing intel on Hamas activities. By Emanuel Fabian and TOI Staff. 20 November 2023. TOI

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Kidnapped sign outside ‘Times’ office accuses paper of ‘whitewashing Jew-hatred’.

The New York paper of record has drawn a “false moral equivalence” between those who put up posters calling for the release of hostages and those who tear the posters down, per CAMERA.

([226]. Posters depicting Israeli hostages that Hamas terrorists are holding in the Gaza Strip near a large billboard that the watchdog group CAMERA took out near the Midtown Manhattan offices of “The New York Times,” November 2023. Credit: Courtesy).

(November 20, 2023 / JNS) JNS

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Who is the mystery man bringing hateful anti-Jewish swastika signs to protests across NYC? By Isabel Keane and Steven Vago. Published Nov. 30, 2023, 5:06 p.m. ET. ...Sources told The Post the swastika-toting man has been making regular appearances at pro-Palestinian rallies across New York City in recent weeks, always with an antisemitic sign. The same man appeared to have been kicked out of a protest Tuesday outside the Egyptian Consulate... Outlive Them NYC @outlivethemnyc: NYC! This person, a known Christian nationalist, has been infiltrating Palestine Solidarity actions in NYC this month. He was at Brooklyn Museum 10/28 and in Manhattan last week with a sign that said "J... CONTROL US UK & EU" NY Post

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Pro-Israel libertarian is Argentina's new president. Nov 20, 2023. Juan Melamed/JTA, Associated Press YNet

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Argentina's president-elect Javier Milei says first overseas trips to be U.S., Israel.

Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei said his first overseas trips ahead of his inauguration will be to the United States, then Israel, in a radio interview on Monday, following his election victory over the weekend. He added he would also look to privatize state-energy firm YPF. (Reuters). Nov 20, 2023. YNet

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The UN Secretary General attacked Israel, was caught in a lie - and slammed by users

Guterres claimed: "We are witnessing an unprecedented killing of civilians that has no parallel in any conflict since I assumed my position as UN Secretary-General" • Many users, both from Israel and around the world, were outraged by his words, and proved that these are things that are far from reality • A community comment was attached to the official tweet, And many surfers attacked in the comments N12 | Posted 11/21/23 12:31 p.m .... Many readers, including many Israelis, were outraged by Guterres' words, and attached to the tweet a "community comment" that corrects the statements and explains that the information conveyed in it is incorrect. "UN Secretary-General Guterres took office in 2017, which is considered the deadliest year for Syrian citizens, with more than ten thousand dead. Although the war in Yemen began before Guterres took office, the number of deaths in it reached 377 thousand during his term."

One of the Israeli surfers wrote in response to the tweet: "Syria - 500,000 dead, Yemen - 377,000 dead, Afghanistan - 176,000 dead, Darfur - 300,000 dead, Iraq - 400,000 dead, Ukraine - 500,000 dead, Congo - 860,000. These are data from the United Nations, for your information." [227]

Researcher and journalist Ksenia Svetlova also responded: "God, you really don't know what's going on in Sudan right now, do you?" With reference to non-stop reports and testimonies about a widespread massacre of the civilian population under the auspices of the civil war in the country. Another surfer wrote: "You are a shameless liar, here are the casualty figures in the war in Syria since 2017 when you became the UN Secretary General." [228].

Ella Kenan.. activist on social media, published the tweet and called on users to rate the community comment attached to it as "helpful". Since the beginning of the war, Guterres voiced a clear anti-Israel line, and among other things he said that the terrorist attack by Hamas "did not take place in a vacuum", and he was accused of justifying the massacre. In addition, he also said that "Gaza is turning into a children's [sic] cemetery." [229]. Mako

Maor Malul @maor_x: When @antonioguterres is caught lying once again to further his agenda of lies @UN @UN_News_Centre. Nov 21, 2023 [230]

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IDF surrounds Jabalia; IAF hit 250 Hamas targets in 24 hours. Fighter jet destroys launch site from which rockets were fired at central Israel on Monday • Haniyeh says hostage release deal close • Two more fallen soldiers named. Joshua Marks (November 21, 2023 / JNS) JNS

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Iron Beam laser intercepts Hamas rocket from Gaza. (November 21, 2023 / JNS) JNS

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IAF strikes three armed terror cells at Lebanese border. (November 21, 2023 / JNS) JNS

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IDF surrounds Jabalia; IAF hit 250 Hamas targets in 24 hours. Joshua Marks (November 21, 2023 / JNS) JNS

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'Adolf was right,' 'gas the Jews' written on NYC subway train. Israel National News Nov 21, 2023, 6:04 PM INN

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Northern front: IDF eliminates senior Hamas official in Lebanon. Israel National News Nov 21, 2023, 5:20 PM INN

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Freedom Center cuts ties with Candance Owens over Israel stance. Gary Willig Nov 21, 2023, 3:50 PM INN

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'Nasrallah, do not endanger Beirut for the sake of Tehran.' Israel National News Nov 21, 2023, 4:49 PM INN

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IDF launches website revealing how Hamas uses Gaza hospitals. Israel National News. Nov 21, 2023, 4:09 PM. ...As part of the effort to reveal Hamas’ use of hospitals in the Gaza Strip, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has launched a dedicated website [231] that contains all the evidence that has been discovered at hospitals so far. The website contains both newly discovered and existing information. It will continue to be updated as additional materials become available.

The IDF stated that the central feature of the website is a 3D illustration of some of the hospitals in the Gaza Strip. Clicking the “+” button will reveal information distributed by the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit regarding the relevant hospital. INN

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Israeli source: We are close to closing a prisoner swap. Israel National News Nov 21, 2023, 10:12 AM INN

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How many aid groups knew Hamas was hiding in a hospital and lied about it? By Richard Goldberg. Published Nov. 20, 2023, 7:04 p.m. ET

Hamas used [232] Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital as a base of terror operations. That’s the obvious conclusion following Sunday’s discovery of a large terror tunnel under the hospital along with videos of Hamas bringing Israeli hostages inside. Now comes an important question for Congress: Which US-funded international organizations knew the truth about al-Shifa and helped Hamas conceal its war crimes? [233]

The Israel Defense Forces this weekend discovered a tunnel beneath al-Shifa Hospital [234] that extends 10 meters down and 55 meters across — leading to what might be a booby-trapped door. Special units that specialize in handling explosives have been summoned to break through to the next section.

Meanwhile, Israel also released security footage showing two hostages brought through al-Shifa by Hamas terrorists following the Oct. 7 massacre as hospital workers looked on — suggesting a widespread conspiracy to conceal both the presence of hostages at al-Shifa and Hamas’ terror infrastructure within the compound.

Israel last week found two other hostages dead near al-Shifa. One of them, according to Israel, was murdered inside the hospital.

The Hamas has long denied it used al-Shifa as a terror site is not surprising. Nor is it shocking to learn the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health — the same one that reports civilian casualty numbers — has been lying about al-Shifa’s true terror nature all along.

What should be showstopping, however, is the possible complicity of prominent international organizations that receive hundreds of millions of dollars from the United States — groups that are supposed to uphold international law but appear to have enabled Hamas war crimes instead.

Within days of the Hamas massacre, Fabrizio Carboni, the Middle East regional director for the International Committee of the Red Cross, began spreading Hamas disinformation — telling international media that Gaza “hospitals risk turning into morgues.”

When Carboni said this, he may have already known that hospitals in Gaza were used as terror bases and hostages were being stashed under those hospitals. [235].

In the days that followed Israel’s first public messaging that al-Shifa Hospital is a key Hamas terror site — an indication that the Israel Defense Forces at some point would seek to remove Hamas from that hospital — Carboni kicked into overdrive with propaganda designed to keep al-Shifa squarely in Hamas’ hands.

As the IDF approached al-Shifa, he claimed that “information coming from the al-Shifa Hospital is distressing. It cannot continue like this. Thousands of wounded, displaced people and medical staff are at risk. They need to be protected in line with the laws of war.”

Carboni apparently forgot to mention how Hamas is the party violating the laws of war by basing terror operations inside a hospital — and hiding the very hostages the ICRC is sworn to protect in that hospital, too.... NY Post

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Grenade found near synagogue in Lakewood, New Jersey. Bomb squad removes grenade that was taped to a pole near the Satmar Shul. Incident being investigated. Israel National News, Nov 20, 2023, 1:10 AM (GMT+2) A bomb squad in Lakewood, New Jersey, found and removed a grenade that was taped to a pole near a synagogue on Sunday morning, NBC Philadelphia reported. INN

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REPORT: Grenade Found On Pole Outside Synagogue

Ilan Hulkower, November 20, 2023

State police reportedly found a grenade Sunday morning on a utility pole across the street from an ultra Orthodox synagogue in Lakewood, New Jersey.

Police shut down the area and called a bomb squad after determining the grenade looked real, The Lakewood Scoop reported.

“The threats against Jewish communities are insane,” Aviva Klompas, co-founder of Boundless, said on X. She also posted a photo of the grenade. Daily Caller

Notes Part IIII

Israeli Arabs arrested in Turkey on terror charges.

Yousef Janid and Issa Bichon had plans to "liberate" the Al-Aqsa Mosque atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City from Israeli control.

(November 21, 2023 / JNS) Two Israeli Arabs were arrested in Turkey last month after they were caught attempting to join a terrorist organization in neighboring Syria with the goal of “liberating” Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque from Israeli control, the Israel Police announced on Tuesday JNS

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‘Hamas Restricts Journalists in Gaza,’ New York Times Confesses — That Could Explain the Hospital Obsession avatar by Ira Stoll, November 21, 2023..

Instead of covering the war between Israel and Iran-backed Hamas, the New York Times has turned itself into the newsletter of the Gaza hospital association. Algemeiner

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The release of at least 50 live hostages, which will be spread over 4 days: these are the salient details of the hostage deal.

According to the outline that appears, Hamas will release 50 Israeli abductees, mainly children and their mothers, in increments of 12-13 abductees daily • In return, Israel will stop the fighting for 4 days and release about 150 security prisoners • Political factor: The deal could reach the release of up to 80 kidnapped, Israel agreed to refrain from aerial activity in the Gaza Strip for 6 hours each day • R.Z. and Otzma Yehudit oppose, Shas in favor.

Dana Weiss | Yaron Avraham | Amit Segal | N12 | Published 16:38 21.11.23 | Updated 20:01 21.11.23

The government will convene this evening (Tuesday) to approve a deal for the release of abductees, which is expected to be implemented towards the end of the week. According to the emerging outline, the terrorist organization Hamas is expected to release 50 children and women in the first phase in exchange for four days of respite. The release of the abductees will be carried out in beats of 12-13 every day on the days of respite. The release of the abductees will probably begin on Thursday or Friday.

In exchange for the release of the abductees, Israel will release approximately 150 female prisoners and terrorist operatives, allow fuel to enter the Strip and increase humanitarian aid. Israel also agreed to refrain from air contract activity in the Gaza Strip for six hours each day during the ceasefire. A political official confirmed that 50 hostages will be released alive as part of the agreement and 10 more will be released on each day of respite. Within four days all 50 will be released. According to him, Hamas may eventually release more than 50 abductees, and the number may reach 80 women and children. Mako

12 to be released each day, respite set for 4 days. A political official outlined the agreement for the release of the hostages in Gaza - which may be expanded during implementation. Nitsan Keidar. Nov 21, 2023, 6:27 PM INN

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Chief of Staff: 'IDF pressure on Hamas makes better conditions for hostages.' Israel National News Nov 21, 2023, 6:39 PM INN

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Who Funds AMP and SJP? | Focus on Western Islamism (FWI).

Data Center: Who Funds AMP and SJP? By Sam Westrop, November 21, 2023 [..] The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) argues a similar point, stating: “AMP has its organizational roots in the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP), an anti-Semitic group that served as the main propaganda arm for Hamas in the United States until it was dissolved in 2004. Since its creation in 2005, AMP continues to work closely with some former IAP leaders who currently hold positions as AMP board members.”

Osama Abuirshaid, AMP’s executive director has previously expressed his admiration for Hamas for resisting and not negotiationg with Israel, and for avenging the “blood of its martyrs.”

In 2021, Abuirshaid spoke alongside terrorist members of Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), including Sami Khater, a senior Hamas Politburo leader and co-founder, and Mohammad Nazzal, Hamas’s official representative in Jordan.

In addition, notes Max Samarov in the Forward, “AMP chairman Hatem Bazian … has repeatedly spread anti-Semitism on social media, while other AMP leaders and speakers have engaged in racism, homophobia, genocide denial, and praise for terrorist groups. One AMP employee listed as a contact in the handbook has said that Israel is, ‘an illegitimate creation,’ and that ‘Israelis have to be bombed.'”

Since the October 7th attacks, AMP officials have led a forceful campaign to justify Palestinian “resistance.” Webinars organized by AMP and other Islamist groups (including Mercy Without Limits, profiled above), have featured Nihad Awad, head of the Islamist-founded Council on American-Islamic Relations, who denounced President Biden as a “Zionist” who spews “Israeli propaganda”; as well as references by Muslim American Society’s Ibrahim Zeini to Hamas terrorists as “resistance fighters” who are beginning to “shift” the Palestinian cause to “victory.”

AMP’s Director of Outreach & Community Organizing, Taher Herzallah, has been particularly vociferous at these webinars. In one event, he referred to “Jews and Christian Zionists,” as “enemy number one,” although later conceded that anti-Zionist Jews can be partners.

[236]

Herzallah has previously declared “Hamas’ rockets are an oppressed people’s cry for help.” He has also, the Investigative Project on Terrorism notes, posted “photos of injured Israeli soldiers and a destroyed tank to his personal Facebook page. The caption for both photos read: ‘The most beautiful site in my eyes.'” [237]

(Muslim American Society, Oct 17, 2023 [238])

Canary Mission @canarymission: Meet @TaherHerzallah, Associate Director at @AMPalestine - an org dedicated to the destruction of Israel. He said this!

"Anybody who... identifies themself as a Jewish person or as a Christian Zionist... are enemy number one." [239] Dec 9, 2023 [240]

American Muslims for Palestine Director: A “Jewish Person” is “Enemy Number One” AMP's co-founder also created Students for Justice in Palestine. December 10, 2023 by Daniel Greenfield.

The Biden administration was forced to condemn CAIR after its boss, Nihad Awad, who had a history of supporting Hamas, attended the American Muslims for Palestine conference and bragged about how happy he was about the Oct 7 attacks.

Awad claims that his remarks were taken “out of context”.

Now here’s Taher Herzallah, Outreach and Grassroots Organizing Director for AMP, talking about how Jewish people are the enemy. "Anybody who has any relationship or any support or identifies himself as a Jewish person or as a Christian Zionist then we shall not be their friend, I will tell you they are enemy number one and our community needs to recognize that."

I’m guessing this one will also be described as “taken out of context”.

The AMP conference included Awad, Herzallah, and Hatem Bazian, the co-founder of Students for Justice in Palestine, as well as AMP, who pretty much single-handedly made antisemitism the norm on college campuses.

Also present were Lena Masri, CAIR’s Civil Rights Director, and Fatima Mohammed: whose deranged CUNY Law grad speech went viral.

See if you can spot the pattern here. Taher Herzallah is just quoting the Koran....

So this hatred of Jews or Christians didn’t emerge on Oct 7 or 1967, 1948 or during any recent period. It was always there. It’s just more out in the open now. FPM

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German police raid homes of 17 accused of antisemitic hate speech on social media Suspects from Bavaria said to range in age from 18 to 62; one reportedly posted to WhatsApp school class chat 'Gas the Jews', another called for extermination of Jewish people. By AP and TOI Staff 21 November 2023, 2:36 pm German police raid homes of 17 accused of antisemitic hate speech on social media Illustrative: A German police officer stands guard in front of a synagogue to secure the building in Frankfurt, Germany, November 8, 2023. (Michael Probst/AP) BERLIN — German authorities on Tuesday raided the homes of 17 people in the state of Bavaria accused of spreading antisemitic hate speech and threats targeting Jews online.

According to the Bavarian criminal police, the suspects were 15 men and two women, aged between 18 and 62, the German news agency dpa reported. Police questioned the suspects and confiscated evidence from their homes, including cell phones and laptops, the agency said.

The suspects were said to have celebrated the attacks by Palestinian terror group Hamas on Israel on October 7 that killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians. They were also accused of spreading hate speech against Jewish people on social media, using symbols of banned terrorist organizations, dpa reported.

The police operation focused on Bavaria’s capital city of Munich where nine of the accused resided. Further searches were carried out in the Bavarian towns of Fuessen and Kaufbeuren as well as in the counties of Passau, Fuerstenfeldbruck, Berchtesgadener Land, Coburg, Aschaffenburg and Hassberge.

One suspect allegedly sent a sticker in a WhatsApp school class chat showing a clown with the words “Gas the Jews.” Another person, a German-Turkish dual citizen, allegedly posted on his account that “the Jewish sons” deserved nothing more than to be “exterminated,” dpa reported.

Another suspect, a Turkish citizen, is accused of posting a picture of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler shortly after the October 7 attacks with the caption “I could kill all the Jews, but I left some alive to show ...” Next to it, he posted a Palestinian flag, the caption “Free Palestine” and an emoji with a victory sign.

“Unfortunately, antisemitism has an impact on the daily life of many Jews in Germany,” Michael Weinzierl, the Bavarian police commissioner against hate crime told dpa, “the terrorist attack by Hamas against Israel also has an impact on their lives in Germany.”

Weinzierl said it was important to show Jews and Israelis living in the state “that we stand behind them here in Bavaria, that we protect them here and also protect them from hostility.”

Last month, Germany’s chancellor and president strongly denounced a rise in antisemitism in the country in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.

Germany has strict rules against hate speech. Raids in connection with the publication of banned symbols such as swastikas and other Nazi symbols are not uncommon. The denial of the Holocaust, in which the Nazis and their henchmen murdered 6 million European Jews, is also banned.

Antisemitism has spiked in cities across the world following the Hamas attack and subsequent conflict.

War erupted on October 7, when Hamas-led terrorists from Gaza breached the border and then rampage murderously through southern Israeli communities, killing over 1,200 people and abducting some 240. The attack came under cover of a barrage of thousands of rockets fired at Israel. Hamas and other terror groups have continued to launch rockets at Israel, displacing over 200,000 people... TOI

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IDF: Nazi Propaganda Book Denying The Holocaust Located Inside Gaza School. By Ryan Saavedra. Nov 21, 2023. DailyWire.com

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a photograph this week of a Nazi propaganda book that denies the Holocaust found inside a school in Gaza.

The book, “The Big Lie[sic]: The burning of 6 million Jews in the gas chambers,” was located inside Al-Quds University, according to the IDF.

“Under Hamas’ rule, school curriculums promote extremist antisemitic practices—calling for genocide against the Jewish people,” the IDF said. “This is another example for Hamas’ true ideology—and another reason for us to dismantle it.”

According to an Arabic website, the book reportedly claims that Jews invented a lie claiming that Nazi Germany dictator Adolf Hitler exterminated them in concentration camps.. when, in fact, the Nazis systematically murdered 6 million Jews in concentration camps.

The discovery comes after the IDF found an Arabic copy of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” in a children’s room at a home in Gaza.

“IDF forces discovered a copy of Hitler’s infamous book ‘Mein Kampf’ — translated into Arabic — in a child’s bedroom used as a Hamas terrorist base in Gaza,” the IDF said on X. “The book was discovered among the personal belongings of one of the terrorists, featuring annotations and highlights.”

“Hamas embraces the ideology of Hitler, the one responsible for the annihilation of the Jewish people,” the IDF added.

During World War II, Hitler met with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, whom Palestinians see as one of the fathers of Palestinian nationalism, on November 28, 1941, at the Reich Chancellory in Berlin.

During the meeting, al-Husseini conveyed to Hitler that he was “admired by the entire Arab world” because “of the sympathy which he had always shown for the Arab and especially the Palestinian cause,” according to an official German record of the meeting. He told Hitler that the Arabs were natural friends with Nazi Germany because they both hated Jews.

Hitler told al-Husseini that Germany’s war against the Jews was “uncompromising” and that he actively opposed “the Jewish national home in Palestine” because he claimed it was “nothing other than a center, in the form of a state, for the exercise of destructive influence by Jewish interests,” the record said.

Tens of thousands of Muslims also fought for Germany during WWII as Nazi Germany “made significant attempts to promote an alliance with the ‘Muslim world’ against their alleged common enemies,” according to a report from German public state-owned international broadcaster Deutsche Welle.

Today, there are multiple schools in the Palestinian-controlled territories — both in Gaza and in the Judea and Samaria Area — that have been named after Nazi collaborators, according to a report from Palestinian Media Watch.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement has also posted the covers of anti-Semitic children’s books from Nazi Germany on their social media pages.

Fatah posts Nazi children's book: Don’t trust a fox or a Jew [241][pic.twitter.com/dEck63Qvht] — Pal Media Watch (@palwatch) October 29, 2015 DailyWire

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United Airlines removes pilot Ibrahim Mossallam from service amid anti-Semitic claims after he posted messages supporting terror group Hamas’ vile slaughter of 1,200 Israelis hours after the Oct 7 invasion, calling it ‘resistance by brave people.

Paul Farrell. November 21, 2023.

A United Airlines pilot has been ‘removed from service with pay’ after posting dozens of messages on Facebook expressing support for Hamas in the aftermath of the terror group’s barbaric assault on Israel that killed 1,200 people on October 7.

United pilot Ibrahim R. Mossallam described the attack on civilians across southern Israel as ‘resistance by brave people who have endured decades of occupation, oppression, humiliation, apartheid, and straight up murder.’

‘For all my friends here in FB land with Questions/Thoughts/Assumptions/Critique about what’s transpiring in Palestine, currently in response to the Zionist occupation, please work on expanding your media literacy,’ he added.

Mossallam said that the US media is ‘heavily politicized and skewed to show a non-occupying narrative of Palestine.’

The disgraced pilot also argued that the attack on Israel was ‘not provoked’ but rather was a ‘response to years of attacks by the Zionist regime.’

On Tuesday, United told DailyMail.com that Mossallam was taken out of service with pay as an investigation is carried out. The carrier said that Mossallam was only removed from service on November 20, the same day that his social media posts became public knowledge.

In addition to his flying career, Mossallam is also the board vice president for the New York chapter of the Council on American-Israel Relations… Daily Mail

United Airlines suspends pilot who allegedly praised Hamas terrorists as ‘brave people’ on October 7 By Social Links forDavid Spector Published Nov. 21, 2023, 12:57 p.m. ET. United Airlines has suspended one of its pilots after disturbing comments he reportedly posted to social media on October 7 calling Hamas terrorists “brave people” resurfaced online.

Ibrahim R. Mossallam allegedly praised Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel, which killed 1,200 people and took around 240 hostage — including elderly Holocaust survivors — as acts of “resistance from brave people who have endured decades of occupation,” according to the account Stop Antisemitism on X. Mossallam also allegedly wrote that “mass media is heavily politicized and skewed to show a non-occupying narrative of Palestine,” and went on to say that the October 7 attacks, which saw babies burned alive, were not “unprovoked.” [242]. NY Post

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יוסף חדאד - Yoseph Haddad @YosephHaddad Jackson Hinkle, an American antisemitic social media activist, and idiot, posted a viral tweet with millions of views showing a coin from the British Mandate era to prove that Palestine was here before the State of Israel. The problem is that the imbecile doesn't understand that this coin is the proof of the opposite, and its Hebrew initials read: Land of Israel! [243] No brain, no worries! Nov 21, 2023 on X

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Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer: Danielle Haas’ farewell email to her colleagues @hrw:

Dear Human Rights Watch,

Because we live in dangerous times and this is a human rights organization dedicated to free speech, open dialogue, and rights for all, I’m sending a final email before leaving HRW. I’m hopeful, but wary, that an organization with a mission to “Expose. Investigate. Change” can do just that when it comes to its own practices regarding its Israel work, with authenticity and without retaliation.

When I joined Human Rights Watch over 13 years ago as senior editor, I did so with years of experience in journalism covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and time in academia.

Human Rights Watch seemed to be a good blend of both; a leading human rights organization dedicated to rigorous research, focused on international law and human suffering, with a mandate to bring about change. I believed in, and stayed for, the broader mission.

But as the organization grew and its composition shifted, so too did the focus, tone, and framing of its Israel-Palestine work. Following the Hamas massacres in Israel on October 7, years of institutional creep culminated in organizational responses that shattered professionalism, abandoned principles of accuracy and fairness, and surrendered its duty to stand for the human rights of all.

HRW’s initial reactions to the Hamas attacks failed to condemn outright the murder, torture, and kidnapping of Israeli men, women, and children. They included the “context” of “apartheid” and “occupation” before blood was even dry on bedroom walls. These responses were not, as some have since characterized it internally, a messaging misstep in the tumult after the Hamas assault. It was not the failure of a few to follow robust internal mechanisms of editing and quality control, as others have claimed.

It did not happen in a vacuum.

Rather, HRW’s initial response was the fruition of years of politicization of its Israel-Palestine work that has frequently violated basic editorial standards related to rigor, balance, and collegiality when it comes to Israel.

It was the expression of years of select historical and political framing that could always contextualize and “explain” why Jewish Israeli lives were lost in Palestinian violence.

And it was the domination of HRW’s Israel-Palestine work by some voices that drown out others to the point where those who feel uncomfortable with HRW’s approach and processes – and they do exist – feel silenced.

To be clear: focus on, and criticism of, Israeli policies and actions is valid for a human rights organization.

But what I know from over 13 years at HRW is:

• Israel has featured in the World Report annual global review of human rights I oversaw for more than a decade almost as extensively as world powers including China, Russia, and the United States, and that the Israel-Palestine chapter has always been longer than those of rights-abusing goliaths such as Iran and North Korea.

• The 2021 “Apartheid” report, hailed internally in its goal to affect “narrative change,” sealed the slide. HRW knew its careful, legal argument would rarely be read in full. And there is little doubt it has not been by those – including Hamas supporters – who now bandy about the term with appalling ease. It’s a one-word gift to those who want to characterize Israel in as few words as possible with as little nuance as possible, a go-to “context” for any fate that befalls Israel and Jewish Israelis; 120 HRW researchers recently signed a petition calling for its inclusion in a press release about Israeli hostages.

• Internal fora nominally dedicated to both Israel and Palestine were, in practice, mostly dedicated to expressions of outrage over Israeli abuses and their consequences, both real and speculated. The focus on Israel dominated those spaces both before and after October 7, including the links shared; the space given to colleagues to articulate their lived realities and trauma; and ultimately advocacy.

• Some types of Israeli-Palestine expertise were valued more than others. There was no value placed on having a Jewish Israeli staff member who spoke Hebrew, had covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for international media, a rich academic background, and 17 years’ immersion in the country. The profile of those entrusted with HRW’s-related work is different. The only contact I had with Israel-Palestine content over the years, despite working on virtually every other area of the world, was as World Report editor. I received thinly veiled insinuations and pushback when I highlighted factual inaccuracies in the Israel-Palestine chapter that were later corrected.

• HRW has so little credibility for most Israelis they do not even trust it with their corpses. Zaka, the emergency responder group that collected body parts after the Hamas massacres, said it did not want to talk to HRW because its members did not have faith the organization would not misuse and distort their eyewitness accounts of the carnage they had seen.

• When I named the constellation of my experiences over years to a senior manager as feeling a lot like antisemitism, he replied: “You are probably right.” He did not ask or do anything further.

Three weeks after the October 7 massacres, Human Rights Watch told staff it was “proud” of its response to the crisis.

The self-affirmation failed to address output that included, but is not limited to:

HRW’s first matter-of-fact announcement following the October 7 massacres that barely addressed what had happened, contrasting starkly with its thousands of statements over the years condemning a range of human rights abuses:

“Palestinian armed groups carried out a deadly assault on October 7, 2023, that killed several hundred Israeli civilians and led to Israeli counterstrikes that killed hundreds of Palestinians,” Human Rights Watch said in releasing a questions and answers document about the international humanitarian law standards governing the current hostilities.”

An early press release that could easily be construed as blaming the victim:

“The unlawful attacks and systematic repression that have mired the region for decades will continue, so long as human rights and accountability are disregarded.”

A piece on Israeli attacks on Gaza being devastating for Palestinians with disabilities that failed to mention the devastating impact of Hamas’ attacks on Israelis with disabilities. They included those murdered on October 7, among them a 17-year-old girl with muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy killed at a music festival; those who are now disabled because of the attacks; and Israeli hostages with pre-existing health conditions ranging from heart problems to diabetes.

Lack of context when using controversial figures that came from a Hamas-run ministry:

“[Washington Post] Reporter Adam Taylor quoted Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch Omar Shakir, who said, “Everyone uses the figures from the Gaza Health Ministry because those are generally proven to be reliable. In the times in which we have done our own verification of numbers for particular strikes, I’m not aware of any time which there’s been some major discrepancy.”

It is not logical, not possible, and not the case that everyone at HRW agrees with its pre- and post-October 7 Israel work or feels safe. Instead, it is a deeply worrying indication that staff are self-censoring because they fear isolation if they speak and that nothing will be done even if they do. It is a warning that they are cowed by the way in which critics of Human Rights Watch are talked about internally, and by the tone and content of banter before and during meetings, in listservs, and in message chats.

Maybe they’re also not reassured by responses like the one senior management sent me regarding a recent email I sent them, in which they said they “appreciate” my “feedback” and “learn” from it.

I hope so, but I doubt it.

The serious professional concerns I raised over the years with the Program Office, General Counsel, and MENA managers never went anywhere. They were always received – it appeared – through a filter of me being a Jew and/or Israeli, even though Muslim and Arab staff and those with overt political backgrounds are trusted as advocates and to oversee research.

Also, my comments are not “feedback.”

Rather, they amount to a charge and a challenge to Human Rights Watch: tackle the long-standing issues infecting your Israel work and the hostile internal climate that Hamas’ attacks brought into sharp relief but did not birth. Face down the conscious and unconscious biases that inform them. Address inaccuracies by omission.

Do so not because you are under pressure to be seen to be listening, but because you respect the professionalism and expertise of your many thoughtful, serious colleagues from diverse backgrounds who cannot do their work without fear of stigma and retaliation if they speak.

Do so because you care about the health of the organization, upholding your internal standards, and ensuring human rights advocacy is not a fig leaf for political beliefs, or worse.

Do so because you want not just to claim your mantle of moral authority, but to earn it. Dani. Nov 22, 2023. Hillel Neuer on X

Ex Human Rights Watch editor explains 'shocking indictment of politicized organization' - confirms what was known all along: 'the organization is wildly biased against Israel.'

Thursday, November 23, 2023.

HRW worker confirms what we've known all along: the organization is wildly biased against Israel

This is the text of the farewell letter written by Danielle Haas, senior editor at Human Rights Watch, It confirms everything we've been saying for years [244] about its obsessive anti-Israel bias... ([245] Here is a screenshot of Haas' former bio at HRW.) EoZ

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White House warns: Wagner Group plans to provide air defense system to Hezbollah. Israel National News. Nov 22, 2023, 5:41 AM INN

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Calls to oust U.N. official over Australian trip sponsored by Palestinian lobby groups. November 22, 2023 Australia, Palestine, UN Officials, United Nations. GENEVA, November 22, 2023 — An expensive Australian trip last week by a UN official who told Hamas they have “a right to resist” was sponsored by Palestinian lobby groups in breach of the UN’s own Code of Conduct, according to a watchdog group that today filed papers with the world body calling for her removal.

In a letter sent today by UN Watch, an independent Swiss non-governmental watchdog group that holds special consultative status with the United Nations, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is being asked to take action to remove Francesca Albanese from her post as the UN Human Rights Council’s special rapporteur tasked with investigating “Israel’s violations.”

The full text of the letter follows below:

22 November 2023. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres The United Nations New York, NY 10027 United States.

Dear Secretary-General Guterres,

We are deeply concerned over gross violations of UN rules and basic professional ethics by Ms. Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights. Her recent trip to Australia as Special Rapporteur was sponsored by known Palestinian lobby groups in that country: The Australian Friends of Palestine Association and Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, as well as the Free Palestine Melbourne and Palestinian Christians in Australia. As part of this trip, Ms. Albanese delivered the annual Edward Said Memorial Lecture in Adelaide and made media appearances, including an address to the National Press Club, in which she repeatedly echoed the Hamas narrative, claiming Israel’s right to self-defence was “non-existent.”

As you know, independence and impartiality are basic requirements for UNHRC Special Procedures under Article 3 of the Code of Conduct, which requires them to be “free from any kind of extraneous influence…either direct or indirect.” In addition, they may not “seek nor accept instructions” from any “non-governmental organization or pressure group whatsoever,” or accept any “favour, gift or remuneration” from any ”non-governmental source for activities carried out in pursuit of his/her mandate.”

The lobbyists’ sponsorship of Ms. Albanese’s trip constitutes a blatantly prohibited form of favour, gift or remuneration under Article 3. The financial favour further subjects Albanese to prohibited direct or indirect influence. Indeed, these groups have urged her to sue an organization that called out­­­ her pro-Hamas remarks. All of this is on top of Ms. Albanese’s disgraceful antisemitism and support for terrorism.

She has said that “America is subjugated by the Jewish Lobby.”

Last year, she told a Hamas conference, “You have a right to resist.”

Since October 7th, she has whitewashed Hamas’ atrocities. She routinely portrays Israelis as Nazis.

In light of the above gross violations of UN rules and basic ethics, we urge you to take action to remove Ms. Albanese immediately from her position as Special Rapporteur.

Sincerely, Hillel C. Neuer, Executive Director. UN Watch

UN Rapporteur Faces Accusations Amid Controversy. Nov 25, 2023, 5:27 PM. Francesca Albanese, the “Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967” for the United Nations, finds herself at the center of a growing controversy. Her alleged violations of the UN code of conduct, combined with her outspoken positions in the Israel-Hamas conflict, have coalesced into intensified scrutiny and raised new significant questions about her suitability for the role.

Despite the expectation of impartiality for UN special rapporteurs, Albanese’s statements have consistently reflected a pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli stance. The special rapporteur, in fact, has a history of making inflammatory remarks, such as accusing the “Jewish lobby” of controlling the United States of America, comparing Israel to the Nazis, and referring to Israel as a settler-colonial enterprise.

In 2022, a report titled “Mandate to discriminate” by UN Watch, an NGO monitoring UN activities, highlighted a significant omission in Albanese’s conflict of interest declaration signed as part of her UN application process. UN Watch alleges that she failed to disclose that her husband, Massimiliano Calì, had worked for the Ministry of Economy of the Palestinian Authority.

This week, UN Watch has brought to light further concerns about Albanese’s independence and impartiality. They claim that her recent trip to Australia, sponsored by Palestinian lobbying groups, violates Article 3 of the UN code of conduct, which mandates independent action free from external influence. The organizations involved include the Australian Friends of Palestine Association, Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, Free Palestine Melbourne, and Palestinian Christians in Australia. Albanese delivered the annual Edward Said Memorial Lecture in Adelaide on November 11, accusing Israeli leaders of genocidal intent towards Gaza. During a subsequent event at the National Press Club, she faced controversy when asked by a journalist about her accusation of Israeli “dominance” and whether the term constituted a trope. Albanese, seemingly irritated by the question, invited the journalist to read the convention on racial discrimination, claiming that Israel legally operated as an “apartheid[sic] regime.”

Hillel C. Neuer, the executive director of UN Watch, has formally requested UN Secretary-General António M. de Oliveira Guterres to remove Albanese from her role, citing the alleged violation of the UN code of conduct. Article 3, Neuer explains, specifically requires special rapporteurs to be free from any kind of extraneous influence and not seek or accept instructions from non-governmental organizations during their mandate.

Adding to the controversy, questions have been raised about Albanese’s professional qualifications. Italian journalist Antonino Monteleone has examined her claim to be a “lawyer”, after discrepancies emerged in her curriculum vitae. Despite her later admission of not being registered with the Bar Council in Italy, she referred to herself as a “lawyer” multiple times in her UN application and did not correct others addressing her as “counsel” in the course of official hearings and on TV.

In response to the challenges to her Bar credentials, Albanese defended herself on Facebook, explaining that she used the term ‘avvocato’ to style herself, translating it as ‘advocate’, and clarified her non-registration with the Bar Council. However, the incongruity in her self-designation as a “lawyer” in her UN application has drawn criticism from prominent figures, including Francesco Giubilei and Riccardo Puglisi. The latter, known for investigating false academic credentials, has called for Albanese’s removal from her post, in an op-ed on Il Riformista.

As the controversy deepens, the credibility of the United Nations in addressing human rights issues in the Middle East hangs in the balance, emphasizing the organization’s lack of impartiality when appointing officers in such critical geopolitical roles. TOI

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'Threat the PA built in the heart of the country and Greater TA.' Regavim: PA built 18,899 illegal buildings in Area C on Judea and Samaria border, which can turn into a terrorist outpost in seconds. Shimon Cohen Nov 22, 2023, 9:30 AM INN

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Top Fatah official promises: "The next and more violent [than Oct. 7] explosion will be in the West Bank". Nan Jacques Zilberdik | Dec 4, 2023 ... [Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub, Facebook page, Nov. 22, 2023].. PalWatch

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Week 7 - Live updates: Ahead of prisoner swap, rocket barrages intensify. Israel National News. Nov 22, 2023, 11:26 AM INN

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Hostage deal: These are the 300 terrorists on the list for release. The Ministry of Justice published a list containing the names of 300 prisoners 'intended for release,' as part of the hostages deal. Orly Harari, Nov 22, 2023, 10:44 INN

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Hamas to provide Israel with list of 10 hostages to be released. Israel National News. Nov 22, 2023, 10:39 AM INN

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IDF: We destroyed 400 terror tunnel shafts in Gaza . Israel National News. Nov 22, 2023, 12:11 INN

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IDF Spokesperson provides new details on tunnels at Shifa Hospital. Israel National News. Nov 22, 2023, 12:07 AM INN

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Behind the Blast Door: Hamas Terrorist Base Under a Hospital. Israel Defense Forces. Nov 22, 2023 IDF Spokesperson RAdm. Daniel Hagari reveals a hidden Hamas terrorism base beneath Gaza's largest hospital—stark proof of Hamas' direct threat to innocent lives. [246]

Israel Defense Forces @IDF: A first look into Hamas’ underground city, underneath the Shifa Hospital complex: Nov 22, 2023. [247]

'Post' joins Israeli forces in Hamas's Gaza tunnel underworld.

This was the first time a reporter from the Jerusalem Post crossed into Gaza since the IDF withdrawal in 2005. By Yonah Jeremy Bob, November 22, 2023

The IDF on Wednesday brought The Jerusalem Post and selected other media outlets to view Hamas’s terror infrastructure at Al Shifa Hospital, especially its several-hundred-meter tunnel network, up close.

This was the first time that a reporter from the Post had crossed into Gaza since the IDF withdrawal in 2005, and it brought up close everything the IDF had found since November 15 that Hamas had tried desperately to hide at Shifa Hospital.

Laid out next to the Qatar facility within the Shifa complex was a vast amount not only of Hamas guns and grenades which the IDF found hidden throughout the hospital, but also rocket-propelled grenade launchers, large and small advanced drones for delivering explosives, and a variety of sophisticated intelligence platforms.

JPost enters the depths of Hamas's terror tunnels.

The vastness of the tunnel itself, with the Post viewing a variety of sophisticated rooms and the blast door which the IDF displayed earlier this week, was testimony to how important this location was to Hamas.

Among the rooms was a spacious bedroom with two large beds and a large modern air conditioning unit, a kitchenette, a bathroom, and other facilities, as well as extensive plumbing and electrical wiring to enable all of the infrastructure.

([248] The entrance to an underground terror tunnel at Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip)

Two members of the IDF’s special Yahalom unit for uncovering tunnels and IDF Chief Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Daniel Hagari described the process of discovering the tunnel as a “huge riddle.”

They had intelligence about Hamas’s tunnel network at Shifa Hospital long before arriving at the site. However, not only is the hospital site immense, with an extensive number of spread-out buildings and courtyards, but also, they said, they had found signs that Hamas went out of its way to cover up and fill in the already well-concealed tunnels once they suspected that the IDF might take control of Shifa.

([249] IDF reveals comprehensive footage of Hamas's 55-meter-long tunnel under Al-Shifa Hopsital in Gaza).

This meant that the Yahalom unit had to survey and inspect a large amount of land and courtyards around and between the Shifa Hospital buildings.

An initial breakthrough came on November 17 when the IDF destroyed a small structure that looked suspicious and was able to find one of the shafts and entrances to the greater tunnel network under the rubble of that structure.

The IDF showed the Post where the structure had previously stood and the initial shaft of the tunnel which they found, including the unusual spiral staircase which the IDF had presented at a press conference.

However, only several days later were they able to locate the more important part of the tunnel network, including all of the specialized rooms, likely used by Hamas battalion commanders.

Part of the delay was due to the priority of searching room-to-room for Hamas terrorists, weapons, intelligence, and anything linked to hostages or murdered Israelis.

Another delay came when the IDF announced on November 19 that it had arrived at a blast door whose breach required great care if troops were not to lose the opportunity to follow the tunnel beyond the door.

([250] A blast door breached by the IDF in a tunnel under Shifa hospital in Gaza).

The Post was able to see the broken door and the hundreds of additional meters of the Hamas tunnel network beyond that point.

A taste of Hamas's Shifa secrets

The extensive weapons that IDF Col. Elad Tzuri presented were, he said, just a taste of what Hamas had hidden throughout the Shifa Hospital complex, considering that all the displayed weapons were only found in the last 48 hours.

This meant that all of the weapons, military equipment, and intelligence material that the IDF seized and publicized to the world in the early days of the Shifa-Hamas discoveries, including those hidden behind an MRI machine, were located in another area.

Tzuri said, “These items were found both in indoor and outdoor common areas – courtyards of the hospital as well as in patients’ rooms, and some in the vehicles of Hamas’s Nukbeh [elite] unit,” which were found on the hospital’s grounds.

([251] Hamas weaponry found in Al-Shifa Hospital by Israeli forces)

Further, Tzuri noted that the IDF had found RPGs, improvised explosive devices, grenades, guns, drones, and materials used by Hamas naval commandos.

The IDF colonel said that Hamas had been completely rooted out of the Shifa area which was once one of its top locations, but that there were still pockets of Hamas resistance in other parts of northern Gaza.

Tzuri admitted that until he was given the order to go into Shifa, he had never imagined he would set foot on such a key Hamas command center, but added that he felt it was an honor to have been given the mission “to allow future generations of our children to live securely.”

In addition, Tzuri emphasized how the initial Hamas tunnel shaft discovered was near the outside of the Shifa complex, whereas the other end of the tunnel with the extensive rooms, was right next to the Qatari facility deep within the complex.

Hagari pointed out to the Post a spot some 50 meters away where the body of hostage Noa Marciano was found concealed after Hamas killed her.

IDF Maj. “D.” of the special forces Maglan Unit described to the Post special orders and training that he and his unit were given for handling medical staff and patients as they took control of the complex.

Senior IDF officials have emphasized that they were deeply involved in ensuring that Maglan soldiers had extra restrictive rules of engagement when entering the complex, which Hagari said on Tuesday had contributed to not a single civilian being killed during the IDF’s operation to take control.

D. said, “On Tuesday we were given responsibility for taking control of Shifa, along with IDF Brigade 7 and other units... the first mission was to take control. He also said that they worked with the Yahalom Unit to uncover tunnels.

The second mission had a technological focus, to bring as much information as possible to our defense establishment” for additional efforts against Hamas and for locating hostages.”

“The third mission was a humanitarian one,” D. said, detailing the provision of medical care, food, and water to patients who have not been able to evacuate, adding that his forces regularly interact with Palestinian civilians in the hospital, appointing a liaison for each facility to ensure orderly responses to the civilians’ needs.

Further, D said, “We enable the IDF to make progress without harming any civilians,” as well as providing specific intelligence to defense officials “to bring the hostages home.”

Asked about fighting related to Shifa, D said that they had not encountered resistance within the hospital, but he revealed that the IDF utilized a mixture of his forces and tanks on site to kill the five Hamas terrorists who tried to prevent the initial IDF intervention as Israeli forces were first entering.

([252] The underground tunnel system below Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza).

The Post entered Shifa after crossing five or six checkpoints coming in from Kibbutz Be’eri near the border.

Initially, the journey was in jeeps across the no-man’s land fences between Israel and Gaza, which Hamas had bulldozed to carry out its October 7 massacre.

Next, there was a stage of crossing through the northern Gaza outskirts, with some “built-up” areas, though, since the war, all of these areas were destroyed, with mere shells of houses and buildings left in what has become a wasteland.

No Palestinians were to be seen anywhere in any of these areas, though the Post witnessed around 1,000 IDF troops split mostly into units of 10-50 in a variety of locations, along with tanks, D9s, and many other vehicles.

Eventually, the Post came to the famed Gaza beach area, which clearly once boasted fancy hotels, children’s attractions, and the full range of beach life.

All of that was shattered and steamrolled by the war.

([253] Ruins of the area near Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip).

After some minutes driving along the Gaza beach, the Post entered the highly armored “Nimarim” which sources say have been able to take hits by five to eight Hamas anti-tank missiles and continue on their missions.

The armored vehicles have no regular windows for the approximately eight passengers, except one which can be opened on top and which the IDF forces opened once, they said, in order to better navigate a narrow area without crashing.

Mostly, the driver navigates with help from an additional soldier who has a highly sophisticated camera that shows the street ahead and behind.

The noise from the Nimarim was intense, but it felt more secure when entering the heart of Gaza City where Shifa is located.

On the way out of Gaza, the bleakness of what was left of Gaza City stood out starkly since some of the initial fear of what would greet us at Shifa had subsided and it was easier to look directly at the multi-year challenge of what rebuilding Gaza will look like... whenever the war is over and the future fate of Gaza is decided. JPost

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Verifying BBC (Hamas) propaganda – presenting exhibit A.

Bombshell exclusive: The BBC doesn’t just push Hamas propaganda. The BBC even gets a Hamas terrorist supporter to help write the story for them!

(November 22, 2023)

To say the BBC has been in trouble over their reporting of the conflict would be a grievous understatement. The BBC has rushed to present Hamas propaganda as news. It has relied on the words of terrorist supporters to create stories that demonise Israel. The immediate public outcry has been so bad that they had to publicly apologise twice when cornered. Since October 7 the BBC has sided with – and chosen to believe – a radical Islamic terror group over Israel – a democracy and staunch ally of the United Kingdom... David Collier

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Palestinian Media Watch. Little girl tells the truth: Hamas is “underneath, in tunnels, and we – the victims who are dying – are civilians”.

Nan Jacques Zilberdik | Nov 22, 2023 Civilian in Gaza about Hamas: They are “hiding among the people… Let [them] go hide in Hell”

Hamas terror leader admitted in 2021 that they hide their military bases among civilians “in multistory buildings and in residential buildings”

“Children, the drunk, and the angry tell the truth,” goes the adage. This young Palestinian girl from Gaza certainly did so when she stressed the fact that members of the Hamas terror organization are hiding in tunnels, while they use civilians like her as human shields above ground:

Al-Mayadeen TV reporter: “What do you say to the resistance? They say that you are resistance fighters. You are children and [the Israelis] are killing you, and they say to the world that you are resistance fighters. What do you say to the Palestinian resistance?”

Girl: “They put the Arabs in danger. They are underneath, in tunnels, and we – the victims who are dying – are civilians.”

Posted text: “A reporter of the [Al-Mayadeen TV] channel that is affiliated with Hezbollah and Iran attempts to get a response in favor of Hamas out of the girl, but she told him the truth.” [“Yalla The Good News,” X (Twitter) account, Nov. 11, 2023]

Another Gazan civilian expressed similar anger at Hamas and the other terror organizations in the Gaza Strip who “hide among the people”:

Palestinian man: “Regarding the resistance hiding among the people – why is it hiding among the people? Let it go hide in Hell.”

The reporter abruptly ends the interview and moves away from the Palestinian man: [254]. Al-Jazeera TV reporter: “These are the testimonies from the civilians.” [Karim Gahin, X (Twitter) account, Nov. 14, 2023]

The previous video shows a live broadcast from Al-Jazeera TV, in which an Al-Jazeera TV reporter is interviewing a Palestinian man in a hospital in the Gaza Strip. When the reporter heard the man criticizing “the resistance” – a Palestinian euphemism for terror and the terror organizations – he moved away from the man, who tried to follow him to continue the interview. Apparently, his message is not one Al-Jazeera wants to broadcast.

Palestinian Media Watch has exposed that Hamas as a matter of policy uses civilians as human shields – in this war [255] and in previous ones [256]. Even PA Chairman Abbas’ Fatah Movement has criticized Hamas for endangering civilians by storing live ammunition in popular markets [257].

Truth is also said to come from “the horse’s mouth” – an authoritative source – and indeed, none other than Hamas terror leader Yahya Al-Sinwar admitted in 2021 that Hamas does indeed place “military and security bases among civilian residents,” including in “multistory buildings and in residential buildings and the like”:

Hamas terror leader Yahya Al-Sinwar: “Regarding the [Hamas] military and security bases that are located among civilian residents [in the Gaza Strip], this was a serious problem in the previous stages, and we and the resistance factions made efforts to carry out an operation of gradual movement and transfer of a large number of these bases from among the civilian residents, and we succeeded in carrying out a large portion of it. But there is still a portion that needs to be transferred, and Allah willing this operation will continue... We decided to transfer a large portion of the bases, especially those that are in multistory buildings and in residential buildings and the like.” [Al-Jazeera Live, YouTube channel, June 6, 2021]

Yahya Al-Sinwar - Palestinian terrorist and senior member of the Hamas terror organization. Al-Sinwar was involved in the kidnapping and murder of Israeli soldier Nachshon Wachsman in October 1994. Israeli soldier Nir Poraz was murdered during Israel's attempt to rescue Wachsman. Al-Sinwar was sentenced to 4 life sentences, but was released in the exchange deal for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in 2011.

Hamas war on Israel October 2023 - At least 1,200 Israelis, including over 1,000 civilians, were murdered and over 4,800 wounded, in addition to at least 244 (including 5 later released or liberated, 1 born in captivity, and 2 found murdered) who were abducted into the Gaza Strip, in a Hamas terror war that began when approximately 3,000 Hamas terrorists broke through Israel's security fence at the Gaza Strip border and launched a surprise attack, taking control of several Israeli towns and attacking a music festival on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, which fell on the Sabbath, Oct. 7, 2023. During the massacre the terrorists tortured, raped, shot, beheaded, and burned their victims alive, murdering entire families and leaving at least 21 children without parents. Hamas terrorists also fired at least 5,000 rockets at Israeli population centers. In response, Israel launched Operation Iron Swords to counter the Hamas terror threat. Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon joined Hamas' terror war starting from the following day, attacking Israel from the north. Occasional rocket launches and shootings continued from Lebanon throughout the war. Palwatch

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Arab Journalists: Al-Jazeera Is A Mouthpiece Of The Terrorist Organizations November 22, 2023 Qatar, Palestine | Special Dispatch No. 10974

Since Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack in southern Israel, in which some 1,200 Israelis were murdered and about 240 were kidnapped, Qatar's Al-Jazeera channel has been serving as a major mouthpiece for Hamas and the Iran-backed terror militias. This is part of Qatar's policy of extending support to Hamas and other terror organizations, including global jihad organizations such as Al-Qaeda.

Al-Jazeera's bias in favor of Hamas, Hizbullah, the Houthis, and other terror organizations in the Iran-led resistance axis sparked criticism from Arab journalists and intellectuals who took to X (formerly Twitter) to slam the channel and its coverage. They called Al-Jazeera a mouthpiece for terror organizations that serves them by spreading lies and inciting terror, and accused it of jeopardizing Arab national security.

This report presents some of the criticism voiced by Arab journalists and intellectuals against Al-Jazeera.

Criticism Of Al-Jazeera Reporter Who Cut Short Interview With Gazan Who Complained About Hamas. Memri

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Israel-Hamas war not over after hostage release deal - Netanyahu. Jerusalem Post Staff, November 23, 2023. JPost

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WATCH: IDF paratroopers raid Hamas military intelligence headquarters Gadi Zaig, November 22, 2023 JPost

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Hamas morale suffers as Israel gains ground in Gaza, fleeing from IDF. Amir Bohnot/Walla! November 22, 2023 JPost

IDF arrests director of Shifa Hospital Muhammad Abu Salmiya was detained "following evidence showing that Shifa Hospital, under his direct management, served as a Hamas command and control center." (November 23, 2023 / JNS). Israeli forces arrested the director of Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital, the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) announced in a joint statement on Thursday afternoon.

Muhammad Abu Salmiya was arrested earlier Thursday along with several other hospital staff members while attempting to evacuate southward along the humanitarian corridor.

“The director of the Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip was apprehended and transferred for ISA questioning following evidence showing that Shifa Hospital, under his direct management, served as a Hamas command and control center,” the statement read.

“The Hamas terror tunnel network situated under the hospital also exploited electricity and resources taken from the hospital. In addition, Hamas stored numerous weapons inside the hospital and on the hospital grounds.”

The statement continued, “Furthermore, after the Hamas massacre on Oct. 7, Hamas terrorists sought refuge within the hospital, some of them taking hostages from Israel with them. A pathological report also confirmed the murder of Cpl. Noa Marciano on the hospital premises.

“In the hospital, under his [Abu Salmiya’s] management, there was extensive Hamas terrorist activity. Findings of his involvement in terrorist activity will determine whether he will be subject to further ISA questioning.”

Also on Thursday, the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza said that the IDF issued an alert to evacuate the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia within four hours.

In recent weeks, the IDF has provided evidence that Hamas uses Shifa and other hospitals in Gaza for its terrorist activities, which are conducted in a massive tunnel system underneath the complexes.

The IDF released extensive video evidence of Hamas’s tunnels under Shifa Hospital on Wednesday, saying its latest findings “unequivocally prove the modus operandi of the terrorist organization Hamas, which systematically operates from hospitals.

“The Hamas terrorist organization builds underground complexes under hospitals while exploiting the hospital infrastructure and conducts warfare from them,” the military said.

Israeli forces have operated in and around Shifa since Nov. 15, uncovering weapons and other terrorist infrastructure inside the medical center, and killing terrorists in the larger compound.

The military on Nov. 5 also presented evidence that the Indonesian Hospital, which was funded by NGOs from Indonesia and was inaugurated in 2016, was built on top of Hamas terrorist infrastructure. There were underground terrorist facilities there before the hospital was constructed, the IDF spokesman demonstrated.

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari showed a rocket launch pad located close to the hospital.

“Hamas launches rockets on Israel 75 meters [82 yards] from a hospital,” he said.

Hagari also presented evidence that Hamas is using a Qatari-funded medical center in the Gaza Strip to pursue its terrorist warfare.

He showed visual proof of a terrorist tunnel entrance that Israeli soldiers exposed at Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Hospital, located along the coast north of Gaza City. JNS

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IDF hits 300 Hamas targets ahead of expected Friday ceasefire. IDF to continue combat operations in Gaza until the agreement takes effect • IDF chief: War to continue until Hamas destroyed • U.S. warship downs Houthi drones heading toward Israel. Joshua Marks. (November 23, 2023 / JNS) JNS

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Hamas-linked group claims it fired rocket from Jenin area. (November 23, 2023 / JNS) JNS

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Hundreds of German police raid properties of Hamas supporters in Berlin and across the country. Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press, November 23, 2023.

BERLIN (AP) — Hundreds of police officers searched the properties of Hamas members and followers in Germany on Thursday morning following a formal ban on any activity by or in support of the militant group.

The German government implemented the ban on Nov. 2 and dissolved Samidoun, a group that was behind a celebration in Berlin of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Germany’s domestic intelligence service estimates that Hamas has around 450 members in the country. Their activities range from expressions of sympathy and propaganda activities to financing and fundraising activities to strengthen the organization abroad.

“We are continuing our consistent action against radical Islamists,” German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said. “By banning Hamas and Samidoun in Germany, we have sent a clear signal that we will not tolerate any glorification or support of Hamas’ barbaric terror against Israel.”…. AP

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Israeli minister targets Haaretz newspaper for 'anti-Israel incitement' By Ariella Marsden. Published: November 23, 2023

Karhi explained that much of the paper’s funding comes from ads and subscriptions purchased by the government.

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi (Likud) seeks to sanction the Haaretz daily, he told Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs in a letter on Thursday.

“Since the beginning of the war, my office has received many complaints about Haaretz taking a harmful direction that undermines the war’s objectives and weakens the military effort and our social resilience,” wrote Karhi. “It’s possible that some of its articles even cross the legal line in the sections of the Penal Code that are unique to wartime.”

Karhi went on to explain that much of the paper’s funding comes from ads and subscriptions purchased by the government... JPost

Shlomo Karhi @shlomo_karhi: In light of the consistent distribution of "defeatist and false propaganda, and incitement against the State of Israel during the war" in the Haaretz newspaper, I have now submitted to the government, a resolution proposal to stop the funding of the Haaretz newspaper, including the cessation of publication and the subscription fees of all users of the state service, including the IDF, police, IPS, government offices and any government company. [258]. Nov 23, 2023. [259]

Karhi against Haaretz: "Defeatist and false propaganda" Amir Levy, 11/23/2023 The Minister of Communications seeks to promote an end to government funding for the newspaper: "undermining the goals of the war and weakening the military effort and our social resilience"

Communications Minister Dr. Shlomo Karhi asked the Cabinet Secretary to advance a proposed resolution according to which the government ministries will cease all contact with the Ha'aretz newspaper, due to what he defines as "an offensive line that undermines the goals of the war and weakens the military effort and our social resilience." According to Karhi , although "it is possible that some of his publications cross the criminal threshold established in the penal law for wartime.." Mida

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Amanpour selecting interviewees and desperately begging: please say "genocide" (On civilians used by 'Palestinian' regime as shields)

Longtime anti-Israel activist Christiane Amanpour, as part of demonizing Israel has also an obsession with semantics. At the time of protests against Judicial reform (Mar/2023), Amanpour pressed at least one Israeli interviewee to use the T word - 'totalitarian,' in case reform goes through. But to her disappointment, it did not.

Now, after Oct 7 atrocities by the Gaza fascist genocidal regime, who foresaw Israeli response and have always been using non -combatants to make sure they die, Ananpour knows all that, but her israelophobia virus has a particular obsession with name calling on the victim and only democratic entity in the region. The G word, she is so desperate about that. So first she had Mr. Bartov on, and she tried to extract from him her desired slur, struggling, she kept pushing like, "when is going to be the line.. crossed" so it can finally --to her joy-- be called that. But the real gist of lefty Bartov was, that he is against certain people in the coalition and as soon as they are out. All is fine.

Of the "amazing" points was, deeming "ethnic cleansing" on evacuating people so they're not killed. Would anyone terming this as such, really prefer for those people to stay?

But Amanpour didn't give up, after Antonio Guterres was slammed for a lying post [260] [261] [262] (Nov.20.23) about "unprecedented" she found UN's Griffiths still recycling Guterres pseudo line. She was so enthusiastic to post it on X. info and data

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IDF uncovers more weapons hidden under children’s beds in Gaza. The army also discovered four deep tunnel shafts in Jabalia. ([263] The 401st Brigade found four tunnel shafts on the outskirts of Jabalia in the Gaza Strip, Nov. 23. 2023).

([264] Weapons found under children’s beds in Jabalia, near Gaza City, Nov. 23, 2023).

Hamas frequently places its weapons and infrastructure among the civilian population, which it uses as human shields, knowing Israel will be hesitant to harm noncombatants.

On Nov. 5, for instance, the IDF shared video evidence [265] of Hamas rocket launchers placed next to a children’s swimming pool and a playground in the northern Gaza Strip.

Israel has long decried the terrorist group’s practice of committing war crimes by deliberately placing rocket [266] launchers near and in civilian sites such as hospitals [267], schools, mosques and United Nations buildings. JNS

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Jake Wallis Simons @JakeWSimons Jeremy Bowen: “My reporting was wrong but I don’t regret a thing and I don’t feel bad at all” From We Stand With Israel Nov 25, 2023 [268]

Video of Massive Terror Complex Under Al Shifa Hospital Makes Media Look Ridiculous

The problem with the journalism industry boiled down to one clip. There are no consequences for getting things incredibly wrong and no feelings of remorse/regret as long as your mistakes are aimed at the side others in the newsroom don’t like. [269]

Video of Massive Terror Complex Under Al Shifa Hospital Makes Media Look Ridiculous. Drew Holden. November 25, 2023 The Israel Defense Forces brought cameras into the tunnels under Al Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip this week and exposed not just Hamas's sprawling operations there but also the terrorist group's enablers in the media. Free Beacon

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Hamas naval commander in Khan Yunis eliminated. Israel National News. Nov 23, 2023. INN

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Eylon Levy.@EylonALevy: The first question that left me speechless (but only for a second).. Nov 23, 2023 [270]

Sky News accusation Israel values Palestinian (supposedly) lives less, goes viral At least 12 million views of clip showing veteran Sky broadcaster Kay Burley suggesting Israel agrees to releasing three Palestinians for each hostage freed, is indication of its view of Palestinian lives; Burley says she just posed question Ynet | November 24, 2023

Just one day after a spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was dumbfounded by a question that he was posed in an interview with Sky News, a clip of his reaction went viral. Kay Burley, a veteran moderator on Sky News asked Levy if the fact that Israel was prepared to release three Palestinian prisoners in exchange for each hostage held by Hamas, meant Israel valued Palestinian lives less than the lives of Israelis.

Levy was stunned and needed a second to respond. "That is an astonishing accusation!" Levy exclaimed. "It is outrageous to suggest that the fact that we willing to release prisoners who were convicted of terrorist offenses, more of them than we are getting out own innocent children back, somehow suggests that we don't care about Palestinian lives, really that is a disgusting accusation." Sky News has outdone itself this time.

"We often put one side of an argument to a guest so they can offer a counterclaim Yesterday, I raised a controversial view from an earlier guest to allow another to respond Each morning we’re dedicated to presenting fairly the news of this war," Burley wrote in a post on X although she did not apologize for her line of questioning or the suggestion she made about Israeli morals.

In an interview for GB News, a right-wing media outlet, Levy said he was flabbergasted by the question posed by Burley. He said the effort to turn Israel's willingness to do anything to free innocent children and turn it into a narrative of de-humanization of Israel, is outrageous. He went on to say that the coverage of the British Media shows Israel was not given a fare shake.

"We’re trying to present our side of the story. We're explaining why we're having to fight this awful war… and why we have no choice but to win," he said. "To take the suffering and the trauma that we have suffered, the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust and to somehow turn this against us and to turn us into the villains shows an atrocious degree really of total moral bankruptcy. "

Meanwhile Levy's astonished expression when hearing the question, has become a meme, causing him, some delight. He posted it on his social media feed saying, "Look at me, mummy, I’m a GIF." YNet

(GIF of Levy's astonished expression. [271])

Israeli spokesman's shocked face goes viral over bizarre question about hostage deal: 'Left me speechless'. Sky News interviewer repeats suggestion Israel values Palestinian lives less. because it would trade 150 prisoners for 50 Hamas-held hostages. By David Rutz Fox News. Published November 23, 2023

An Israeli government spokesman is going viral for his gobsmacked reaction to a media question about the value of Palestinian versus Israeli lives based on the Israelis receiving back fewer hostages in a potential swap with Hamas.

Eylon Levy was astonished as Sky News interviewer Kay Burley suggested that because Israel would get back 50 hostages taken by Hamas last month in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners in the agreed-upon temporary cease-fire deal, it placed less value on Palestinian lives.

"I was speaking to a hostage negotiator this morning. He made the comparison between the 50 hostages that Hamas promised to release, as opposed to the 150 prisoners that are Palestinians that Israel has said that it will release," Burley said. "And he made the comparison between the numbers and the fact that does Israel not think Palestinian lives are valued as highly as Israeli lives?"

Levy's eyes popped open before he responded, saying, "That is an astonishing accusation."

([272] Eylon Levy Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy reacts to a question on Sky News about a potential hostage deal.)

"If we could release one prisoner for every one hostage, we would obviously do that. We are operating in horrific circumstances," he said.

Levy said the Palestinian prisoners who could be released included those who have been convicted of violent attacks, as opposed to the hostages held by Hamas, who comprise innocent civilians.

"Notice the question of proportionality doesn't interest Palestinian supporters when they are able to get more of their prisoners out," he said. "It is outrageous to suggest that the fact that we are willing to release prisoners who are convicted of terrorism offenses, more of them than we are getting our own innocent children back, somehow suggests that we don't care about Palestinian lives? Really, that's a disgusting accusation."

Burley appeared unfazed by his response and immediately pivoted to a question about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and whether his career would survive the war. Netanyahu has come under domestic criticism for the security failures around the Oct. 7 terror attack by Hamas, which killed more than 1,200 people and was the single worst slaughter of Jewish people since the Holocaust.

Levy posted the exchange on X, saying it left him "speechless" for a moment. The clip has already received over 2 million impressions on the platform. Another user said that it was life imitating satire, as he had previously quipped that foes of Israel would criticize the cease-fire deal despite Palestinians getting back more people. He predicted they would claim that three Palestinians per Israeli hostage suggested their lives meant less.

At one point during the interview, Levy held up the photo of an orphaned 3-year-old girl who is being held hostage in Gaza, calling the crisis "intensely personal" for the entire State of Israel.

"We are committed to the pledge that we will bring all of them back and there will be nobody left behind," he said.

Qatar, which is acting as a mediator in the war, said the first group of hostages would be turned back over to Israel on Friday, after the cease-fire begins at midnight ET. The first group to be freed will include 13 women and children.

Levy said it was a product of the successful Israeli military operation to squeeze Hamas into submission. Fox News

Visegrád 24 @visegrad24: Spokesman of the Israeli government experiences one of the greatest shocks of his life when hearing the opening question during an interview with British media… Where do these journalists come from? Where have they studied? From Eylon Levy. Nov 23, 2023. [273]

HEIGHT OF STUPIDITY: UK Host Claims Israel Devalues Palestinians By Swapping 1 Captive For 3 Prisoners [VIDEO] November 23, 2023 4:15 pm.

Just when you thought that British TV hosts may have come to their senses following the overwhelming evidence of the Hamas presence in Shifa Hospital, British Sky News host Kay Burley asked a question unprecedented in its absurdity.

Speaking to Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy, she accused Israel of not valuing Palestinian lives as highly as Israeli lives since it agreed to swap 50 hostages for 150 Palestinian prisoners.

Yes, she asked this question in all seriousness. And no, she did not mention the fact that the “Palestinian lives” are people who have committed violent crimes, including attempted murder, and will be released back to the streets of Israel.

Watch Levy’s response below. Levy, who somehow manages to remain calm despite speaking to outrageously anti-Israel morons on a regular basis, wrote on Twitter that the “question left me speechless (but only for a second).” YWN

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Dozens of terrorists will return to the streets of Jerusalem - who will protect the residents? The deal with Hamas is expected to begin, and as part of it, 77 terrorists may be released into the streets of Jerusalem • Among the terrorists, 10 are associated with Hamas, 11 are with Fatah and a number of terrorists who were convicted of attempted murder • A political source confirmed that "every terrorist who is released will return to his city of residence", but it seems that the municipality does not Disturbing and the police show indifference

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Week 7 - Live updates: Ahead of prisoner swap, rocket barrages intensify. Israel National News. Nov 24, 2023, 7:16 AM INN

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85 Jews graves vandalized in Belgian cemetery. Israel National News. Nov 24, 2023. INN

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Hostage release deal begins today. Ceasefire went into effect at 7:00 a.m. At 4:00 p.m., 13 hostages will be freed. Their families were informed about it on Thursday. Israel National News. Nov 24, 2023. INN

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Why Israel had no choice but to make a ‘bargain with the devil’. To understand the dilemmas and pressures Israel is facing, I spoke with law professor Robert Mnookin, author of the 2010 book, “Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight.”

In pressing for a deal that could see the release of 50 of the more than 200 hostages held in Gaza in return for a four-day pause in hostilities the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners, Israel’s National Unity Party Minister Benny Gantz described the return of the hostages as a “moral imperative and part of the resilience that enables us to win wars.”

But what if negotiating with Hamas, considered a terrorist group by Israel, creates a dangerous precedent and further encourages its enemies to view hostage-taking as a weapon? By putting its war on Hamas on a four-day hold, does Israel appear to be giving in to an enemy it has vowed to destroy? And by releasing three Palestinian prisoners for every hostage returned, does Israel risk allowing violent prisoners to go free?... JPost

A Sky News reporter claimed that Israel released "children" - the Prime Minister's spokesman attacked: "Do you even know what he was accused of?"

Once again there was a storm on the broadcast of the important British network: Mark Regev did not remain indifferent to the problematic definition of the foreign reporter. Was he accused?", and she admitted: "I don't know"

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Once again an approach from the "Sky News" network is embarrassingly exposed in front of an Israeli official. Mark Regev, Prime Minister Netanyahu's spokesman for foreign media, was interviewed by the British Broadcasting Network last night (Friday) and emphasized to the journalist interviewing Yalda Hakim the great difference between the Israeli abductees who were released from Hamas captivity - compared to the Palestinian prisoners who were released in exchange from prison in Israel. In response to Regev's words, the interviewer was speechless and had difficulty responding.

During the interview, Regev said to her: "It's like you're saying they released children and we released children. I don't accept that, we have two, four, five and nine year old children here - how can you compare that to a 16 or 17 year old minor who is involved in a stabbing attack or Throwing a Molotov cocktail or other acts of violence? You can say women and minors, but comparing it to a two-year-old Israeli baby is an exaggeration."

The interviewer Hakim told him in response: "Yes, I understand what you are saying, but there is also a 14-year-old boy (a released Palestinian prisoner)." Regev immediately answered her: "What was he accused of? Do you know? Did you check? Did he stab someone or did he pass explosives?", and the interviewer replied in response: "I don't know."

Regev continued to emphasize to her the big problem in comparing the two cases - on the one hand Palestinian boys who committed terrorist offenses and acts of violence, and on the other hand helpless and innocent toddlers and children from Israel. Regev's response left the interviewer confused and speechless for a few seconds.

This is the second time in the last few days that an Israeli official reacts angrily to an outrageous statement by the presenters of the "Sky News" network. Two days ago, an excerpt from the conversation of Eilon Levy, a spokesman for the information system in the Prime Minister's Office, was published,  who was stunned by a Sky News journalist's question - whether the fact that Israel releases three Palestinians for every Israeli abductee indicates that Israel underestimates the importance of Palestinian lives compared to Israeli lives. Mako

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IDF destroys home of terrorist who murdered Chen Amir. November 24, 2023. Jerusalem Post Staff. The IDF on Thursday night destroyed the home of the terrorist who murdered Chen Amir in a shooting attack in Tel Aviv in August, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit said on Friday. Israeli forces also operated in Jericho, killing a terrorist affiliated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in a firefight. Additional suspects were arrested in Hebron and Nablus. JPost

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Just before the ceasefire: the IDF destroyed the terror tunnel in Shifa Empty heading Published: (Nov 24, 2023) 00:45

The IDF stated that the forces have completed their operational preparations for a four-day pause, during which the abductees will be released, and destroyed the terrorist tunnel that was exposed at Shifa Hospital. bottoms and a number of tunnel shafts in the Shifa Hospital area," it was reported. "During the last day, IDF forces continued on land, in the air, and at sea to destroy terrorist targets and to operate in the various areas to locate and scan suspicious buildings while encountering terrorists, the forces destroyed a tunnel route that had been identified in recent days." (Yoav Zeyton). YNet

IDF to tens of thousands of Gazans who are trying to return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip: "This is a dangerous area" A significant movement of a crowd of Gazans trying to return to the north of the Gaza Strip has been recorded since the ceasefire came into effect in the morning • This is happening despite the IDF's explicit warning that "the war is not over" and they must avoid coming to this area: "Your fate and the fate of your family is in your hands" • This is how it is seen Nir Dvori|N12| Published 08:47 24.11.23 | Mako

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Toys for children and 4 helicopters: Operation "Heaven's Doors" to receive the kidnapped The IDF is preparing to take in the abductees and provide them with medical and psychological treatment upon their arrival in Israel. They will be taken together to the Israeli air force base in the courtyards. After an initial investigation, medical and psychological treatment, they will be transferred by helicopter or minibus - at their request - to hospitals. Their families will speak with them immediately upon their arrival and will be allowed to visit them Or Heller, Novenber 24, 2023. (Published: 12:29, updated 13:06). 13TV

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49 days later: First group of hostages returns to Israel Hamas releases first batch of 13 hostages as agreed upon in ceasefire deal. Israel releases 39 security prisoners.

Israel National News. Published: Nov 24, 2023, 3:42 PM (GMT+2) Updated: 6:56 PM

49 days later: Hamas on Friday released the first batch of 13 hostages it had been holding since October 7, as agreed upon in a deal between Israel and Hamas.

IDF Spokesperson: 'Our forces will stay along the ceasefire lines within Gaza' by TaboolaPromoted Links The IDF's operation to receive the hostages, codenamed "Heaven's Doors", began at 4:00 p.m. (Israel time).

11 additional Thai nationals were released as well.

Two hours later, Israel released 39 Palestinian Arab prisoners.

Shortly before 7:00 p.m., the IDF confirmed that the hostages are in Israeli territory.

“IDF Special Forces and ISA Forces are currently with the released hostages. The released hostages underwent an initial medical assessment inside Israeli territory. They will continue to be accompanied by IDF soldiers as they make their way to Israeli hospitals, where they will be reunited with their families,” the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement.

“The Israel Defense Forces salutes and embraces the released hostages upon their return home. The IDF, together with the entire Israeli security establishment, will continue operating until all the hostages are returned home,” it added.

“The IDF Spokesperson reiterates the importance of demonstrating patience and sensitivity during this time out of respect for the released hostages and their families,” the statement concluded.

The hostages were released from the Khan Yunis Hospital, where they were held for a short time and were then handed over to the Red Cross, which then transferred them to Egypt via the Rafah Crossing.

As of 5:00 p.m., Israeli officials confirmed that the 13 hostages are in Egypt and will be making their way to Israel soon.

The President of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, later said that the organization that 13 Israeli hostages, as well as the 11 Thai hostages who were freed as part of a different deal arranged by the Thai government, are making their way to the Rafah crossing.

The hostages reportedly underwent initial eye tests after being held for in the dark for a long time.

Residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz identified two of the hostages through videos of them travelling in Red Cross vehicles to the Rafah Crossing: Margalit Moses, 77, and Adina Moshe, 72.

Also identified through the videos are Danielle Aloni, 44, and her daughter, Emilia, 5.

In addition, Ruth Munder [Mundar], 78, her daughter Keren, 54, and Keren’s son, Ohad, who celebrated his ninth birthday in captivity last month, were identified in the footage.

Also freed was Hannah Katzir, 77, who recently appeared in a propaganda video released by the Islamic Jihad. The terrorist group just days ago falsely claimed that Katzir had died in captivity.

Yaffa Adar, 85, who was seen being driven in a golf cart from Kibbutz Nir Oz to Gaza, has been released as well.

Doron Katz Asher, 34, and, her daughters Raz, 4, and Aviv, 2, were freed from captivity.

Video: Red Cross vehicles with the Israeli hostages inside

First footage of Israeli hostages inside Red Cross vehicle:

During the operation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant will be at the IDF Operations Branch control center at the Kirya in Tel Aviv.

The Prime Minister and the Defense Minister will closely monitor the management of the operation to bring the Israelis who have been released from Hamas captivity back to the country.

Prime Minister Netanyahu will be accompanied by National Security Council Director Tzachi Hanegbi and his Military Secretary, Maj.-Gen. Avi Gil. Defense Minister Gallant will be accompanied by his Military Secretary, Brig.-Gen. Guy Markizano and the head of his staff, Shachar Katz.

The hostages will receive noise-canceling headphones especially purchased for them which are suitable for children in order to make the anticipated helicopter ride back into Israel more pleasant and to make them feel more calm and secure. Each helicopter will be equipped with a medical team from the IDF's pararescue unit, Unit 669, which will include an officer, three combat soldiers, and two doctors. The hostages will also be welcomed by representatives of the IDF Manpower Directorate, who have accompanied them throughout the ordeal. INN

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Gigi Hadid DELETES 'anti-Semitic' post claiming Israel is 'only country that keeps children as prisoners of war' - while Israeli kids are still kept captive by Hamas - and calls terrorist who tried to murder Jews a POW. By Noa Halff For Dailymail.Com. 23:51 24 Nov 2023, updated 23:51 24 Nov 2023.

American model Gigi Hadid posted a picture of Palestinian terrorist Ahmed Manasra as a 'child prisoner of war' and was blasted by online critics On the same day Hamas released 13 hostages, Hadid claimed Manasra was 'abducted' and bizarrely accused Israel of 'raping and murdering' people In the since-removed post, Hadid shared a photo of Manasra, who was imprisoned for going on a stabbing rampage in Jerusalem in 2015.. Daily Mail

AG @AGHamilton29: Absolutely despicable.

Gigi Hadid just posted the below to her millions of followers falsely accusing Israel of abducting, torturing, raping children.

Her example was Ahmed Almansara.

Here is video of Ahmed and his cousin running through a Jewish settlement looking for people to stab, settling on critically stabbing a 13 year old boy and another man. [pic.twitter.com/LQOhDUbQc8] Nov 24, 2023 — AG (@AGHamilton29) November 24, 2023. [274]

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'There wasn’t a dry eye in the hospital’' as hostages reunite with family.

According to hospital staff at Wolfson Medical Centre, there wasn’t a dry eye in the room as some families were reunited with loved ones who were taken hostage by the terror group Hamas.

CNN reporter Oren Liebermann said the five elderly women who were released in the first group of hostages held by Hamas were given a private area of the Wolfson Medical Center.

“As they came in, they have been receiving medical checks and that includes their physical condition but also their mental conditions for nearly 50 days of captivity at the hands of Hamas,” Mr Liebermann told Sky News Australia.

“They have been given a special area of the hospital which is secluded so they can maintain their privacy and that’s for the freed hostages and their families,” he said.

It comes as two dozen hostages who were held for almost seven weeks at the hands of Hamas were released from captivity under a temporary truce on Friday afternoon (local time). Nov 25, 2023 SkyNews AU - on YouTube

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'Palestine is ours, ours, ours': PA schools celebrate Oct. 7

The P.A. curriculum is replete with antisemitism, incitement to violence, demonization of Israel and the promotion of jihad, IMPACT-se said.

([275] Children sang at a rally to celebrate the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre, at the Azzun Elementary School for Boys in Qalqilya. Source: Facebook).

(November 24, 2023 / JNS) Palestinian Authority schools are joyously celebrating the horrors of the October 7 massacre in song, coloring books and plays, a new report reveals.

At least 11 schools, including eight operated by the P.A. in Judea and Samaria, commonly known as the West Bank, have enthusiastically celebrated the horrific Hamas attack, which killed 1,200 persons in Israel, mainly civilians, the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se) said in its report published on Thursday.

This follows years of P.A. schools teaching hate. The P.A. curriculum is replete with antisemitism, incitement to violence, demonization of Israel and promotion of jihad, which IMPACT-se has documented.

The P.A. curriculum is taught throughout Judea and Samaria and also in the Gaza Strip, indicating Hamas approval of its contents.

“Schools operated by the Palestinian Authority are teaching the same curriculum as that studied by the thousands of Oct. 7 terrorists from Gaza, and are publicly celebrating the unspeakable atrocities,” IMPACT-se CEO Marcus Sheff, said in a statement.

“It is critical that not a single cent of international aid, including European Union funds, continues to fuel this deadly process of murderous indoctrination,” he added.

The European Union is the largest single donor to the P.A. Contributions via the E.U.’s PEGASE funding instrument directly pay the salaries of P.A. education sector civil servants, including those of the “Palestinian Curriculum Development Center,” who draft, implement and teach the curriculum, IMPACT-se noted.

(PEGASE is a French acronym for Mechanism “Palestino-Europeen de Gestion et d’Aide Socio-Economique,” or Palestinian-European Management and Socio-Economic Aid.)

The amount totals €220 million ($240 million) a year.

Other contributors to P.A. education include a basket of funds known as the Joint Financing Arrangement, under which Germany, Norway, Finland and Ireland bilaterally finance the P.A.’s Ministry of Education, IMPACT-se said.

Among many examples taken from open-source material representing just a sample of activity at P.A. schools in Judea and Samaria is the Ya’bad Secondary Boys School, where parents were informed that the school would be closed on Oct. 18 “out of respect for the pure blood of our martyrs and to denounce the massacres made by the cowardly Nazi Occupation.”

The letter from school officials signed off: “There is no might and no power except by Allah. God punish the Jews and those who support them.”

At the Fadwa Touqan Mixed Elementary School in Nablus (biblical Shechem), second-grade pupils colored in drawings made by their art teacher, depicting Hamas terrorists on gliders (motorized gliders were used by Hamas on Oct. 7, becoming a massacre motif). [276].

The drawings also include the words, “Glorious Gaza.” The school posted the pictures on its Facebook page.

Typical of P.A. schools, a celebratory rally was held to mark Oct. 7 at the Azzun Elementary School for Boys in Qalqilya.

Fourth-grade school students stood together to sing the words to the song “Our Al-Aqsa.” Lyrics include “place a dagger on your waist,” “water us with martyrdom,” and “Jerusalem is ours, the land is ours.” The song also declares that “the Jew desecrated Jerusalem, acted unjustly and tyrannically.”

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At the same school, fourth-graders performed a class play in solidarity with Gaza in which children played out graphic scenes, some lying on the floor representing corpses and others drenched in red paint representing blood.

Students at the Rafedeen Mixed Elementary School in the South Hebron Hills also participated in a school rally in honor of the Hamas massacre.

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A video on the school’s Facebook page shows a fourth-grade pupil reciting a poem urging that the Palestinian flag “be hoisted even by force, be hoisted even by blood.” The poem concludes with a call to Palestinians: “We shall water Al-Quds [Jerusalem] with blood. Palestine is ours, ours, ours.”

In one textbook from the P.A. curriculum, an eighth-grade Arabic reading comprehension is taught through a violent story promoting bombings in which Palestinians “cut the necks of enemy soldiers” and “wore explosive belts.” An accompanying illustration depicts Israeli soldiers shot dead by a Palestinian.

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Meanwhile, a fifth-grade study card tells children they are duty-bound to “committing jihad and dying as a martyr” for the sake of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, or Temple Mount.

A reading comprehension for fifth-graders glorifies as a hero Dalal Mughrabi, who participated in the murder of 13 Israeli children and 25 civilian adults on a bus in the 1978 Coastal Road massacre. Math is taught to fourth-graders by asking them to add the numbers of “martyrs” from the First and Second Intifadas.

Earlier this month, IMPACT-se published a related study that found teachers and staff employed by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which teaches the P.A. curriculum in its schools, publicly supported the Oct. 7 attacks. JNS

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The moment nine-year-old Ohad Munder, held hostage in Hamas since October 7, reunited with his father following the former's release on November 24, 2023 (photo credit: VIia Maariv Online). at JPost

Father reunites with wife, children, after 49 days in captivity, says hostages are 'my new family' By Jerusalem Post Staff. November 24, 2023 JPost

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'I dreamt we came home' says Israeli girl released from Gaza. Reuters. November 24, 2023. [280] JPost

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'I'm not dead,' Thai hostage says after 'miracle' release in Gaza. Reuters. November 24, 2023 JPost

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The senior officer who fought bravely with his son and saved dozens. Li Naim 24.11.23. N12

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Report: Two Gazans were killed by IDF fire when they tried to return to the north of the Gaza Strip | Documentation: Crowds flee The IDF spokesman clarified in Arabic that the ceasefire is temporary, and announcers warned against returning to the northern Gaza Strip - but clashes broke out after some decided to return anyway: "Israel will not scare us." The AP network reported that two were killed and 11 wounded, the IDF: A distance shot was fired." Crowds took to the streets of Khan Yunis, residents were seen among the ruins

Einav Halabi Published: Nov 24, 2023.

Israel has warned the residents of the northern Gaza Strip against returning to their homes - but in the shadow of disinformation spread by Hamas about the nature of the ceasefire, clashes are being recorded between the IDF and residents who are trying to return to the northern Gaza Strip, which was for that. Later, the AP network reported that two were killed and 11 were injured in an attempt to return to the northern Gaza Strip. A document was published on the Arab networks of the escape of masses of returning Gazans, claiming that the IDF was firing live fire at them. The army, on the other hand, claimed that they only used distance fire.

(The "humanitarianism" of Hamas: helps abduct adults, while babies are held captive in an unknown condition) [...] A dentist from Gaza City, Abu Salah, claimed: "In Israel they said 'we will destroy Gaza and return the abductees', in the end they surrendered to Gaza and we returned home." Khaled Abu Anza, a resident of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, told the Reuters news agency about his feelings regarding the ceasefire: "We are full of hope, optimism and pride in our resistance. We are proud of our achievements, despite the pain we have caused."

IDF announcements - asking the residents not to move to the north of the Gaza Strip Announcements distributed by the IDF Against the background of the photos of Gaza residents walking among the ruins, some of them stunned, the IDF dropped warning leaflets against returning to the northern Gaza Strip. "Gaza residents, the war is not over yet," the leaflets read. You must stay in the southern area of ​​the Gaza Strip."

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At the same time, trucks of humanitarian aid and fuel continue to enter the Strip through the Rafah crossing. Egypt said that 130,000 liters of diesel fuel and four trucks of cooking gas would be delivered to Gaza daily when the ceasefire began, and that 200 aid trucks would enter Gaza daily.

As part of the attempt to paint the temporary ceasefire as a victory for the terrorist organizations, the Secretary General of the Jihad movement Ziad Nachala said: "The ceasefire comes after a month of ground aggression with big slogans raised by the enemy. The resistance forced the enemy to accept a prisoner exchange negotiation, and the remaining enemy prisoners would not be released without releasing our prisoners. With the steadfastness of our fighters, a prisoner exchange process was later imposed on the enemy that would ensure the release of all our prisoners under the title 'all for all'."

Nachala claimed that "the aggression launched by the enemy was not only a response to the action of the resistance on October 7, but is also related to new arrangements for the Middle East. What the resistance is doing has become a source of pride for all the peoples of the world. We are proud of what the resistance is doing in Lebanon to support their brothers in Palestine. The Zionist goals that the enemy raised They still exist and we must continue to fight. We will not break, we will not give in, and we will fight, which is our choice today and more than ever." YNet

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Hamas's cheap propaganda: terrorists pick up a child and "help" the elderly women they kidnapped

The terrorist organization published an outrageous and edited video of the release of the first batch of the kidnapped - in which it tried to portray itself as a "humane body" • In practice, these images reveal the true face of Hamas, which does everything to legitimize its atrocities - on the backs of those who spent 50 days in captivity

Sapir Lipkin | N12 | Published 16:17 25.11.23 

Hamas' outrageous video: Yesterday (Friday), the terrorist organization published a cheap and well-edited two-minute long propaganda video - designed to paint it as a "humane organization" that cares for its abductees. The video was distributed immediately after the release of the 13 Israeli abductees, ignoring the fact that he held them for more than a month and a half.

In the Hamas video, which we chose not to publish in order not to echo its messages and support the cynical use of hostages, the terrorists of the terrorist organization are seen "helping" the freed - while armed and masked. One of them was recorded lifting one of the children into the Red Cross vehicle and others lifted the older women who had been released from captivity - all this without their consent and against their will. The manipulative video published by Hamas ignores the fact that the same terrorists carried out a brutal massacre in an October 7 attack, in which they abducted the same children and the elderly from their homes - without any human victims.

Another example of the nasty propaganda of Hamas is the false announcement by the Islamic Jihad, according to which the 77-year-old Hana Katzir, who was released last night, is no longer alive. But upon her return home, the good news arrived - Katzir, from the founders of Kibbutz Nir Oz, is safe and sound.

Hamas worked to echo its vile messages on social networks as well, as part of its trend to portray a "humane organization". For example, he wrote: "Have you seen a Palestinian prisoner waving to her jailer on her way out of prison? Here you see the Israeli woman who was detained in Gaza by the resistance, waving her hands to the residents of Gaza during the transaction. You discover the difference between Islam and the infidels, between the truth and the lie." Mako

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Azzat Alsalem @AzzatAlsaalem: Two Palestinians have been killed publicly and their bodies were drugged by Hamas terrorists and their supporters in Tulkarm.

They were accused that they are cooperating with Israel and were executed.

“Civilians” celebrated murdering them. Nov 24, 2023 [282]

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‘BBC’: Not impartial to rally vs. Jew-hatred, Palestinian flag on Macy’s parade float. Nov. 23-24 antisemitism roundup. Menachem Wecker. (November 24, 2023 / JNS).

“We want to make it very clear that the tribe takes no stance on the conflicts overseas,” stated the Mashpee Wampanoag, after a member displayed a Palestinian flag on the American Indian tribe’s float. “It’s unfortunate that we are not focused on the beautiful display of our culture and history at the Macy’s Day Parade but rather on the actions of an individual tribal citizen.”

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) had thanked the tribe “for showing solidarity with the Palestinian people,” and Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), a member of the “Squad,” wrote: “This is what solidarity looks like.”

Anti-Israel protesters disrupted the parade, with some gluing themselves to the ground along the parade route.

The BBC has reportedly told news staff that attending a march against antisemitism would be seen as “controversial” and a violation of the company’s policy on impartiality. “Many people here have been to the pro-Palestine marches and are happy to talk about it at work. People here seem to think Zionists are evil. One colleague said I was OK because I wasn’t ‘a proper Zionist,’” one source told the Daily Mail Online. “They don’t have a clue.”

Three British police forces are investigating antisemitic hate speech at local mosques after “footage of preachers calling for Jews to be slaughtered and Israel to be destroyed has been handed to detectives at West Midlands Police, Scotland Yard and Northamptonshire Police,” the Daily Mail reported. “Oh God, limit their number. Kill them indiscriminately and do not leave any of them alive,” one reportedly said. “Oh God, our Lord. Disperse them. Weaken their strength, shake the ground beneath their feet and freeze the blood in their veins. Make them captive to the Muslims.”

From Oct. 7 to Nov. 20, Toronto experienced a 192% increase in reported antisemitic incidents compared to that span last year (38 anti-Jewish hate crimes compared to 13), per Myron Demkiw, the city’s police chief. “The numbers are deeply unsettling but not surprising,” said Michael Levitt, president and CEO of the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies, which has been fielding reports of daily antisemitism from Toronto Jews. (In the same spans, there were 17 anti-Muslim incidents reported in 2023, compared to one in 2022—a 1,600% increase.)

At least 85 Jewish graves were desecrated in Belgium. “The chosen location and the theft of numerous Stars of David leave little doubt about the antisemitic nature of the intentions,” wrote Paul Magnette, mayor of the nearby city of Charleroi, in French. “I strongly condemn these despicable actions. … Antisemitism is an evil that we must continue to fight with all our strength.”

Protesters reportedly lit smoke bombs, spilled red paint and chanted that Michael Tuchin was a baby killer outside a home belonging to the AIPAC leader in Los Angeles. StopAntisemitism shared video footage on social media and wrote: “What’s next? The burning of Synagogues and schools like in 1939 Germany?” JNS

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The abductees say: In the last two weeks the food ran out. On the way to the Rafah crossing they threw stones at the cars, they were afraid it would end in a lynching. (Yael Odem). Nov 25, 2023. Amit Segal

The abductees who were released yesterday said: We were afraid of lynching on the way to Rafah. New details. In the hours that have passed since their return to Israel, the abductees who were released told why they were recorded as being scared on the way to Israel • They also said that the food ran out during the captivity, and in the last two weeks they only lived on rice • One of the abductees, Hana Katzir, found out only after the release what happened to her family Yael Odem | N12 | Published 25.11.23

The abductees who were released yesterday (Friday) told the women of the community about what they went through in Gaza - and the moments of drama when they were transferred to Israel. Contrary to reports, the abductees were not held together and therefore, each of them has a different story. In the hours that have passed since their release, the abductees told the members of Kibbutz Nir Oz what they had been through.

Regarding the frightened looks when getting off the Red Cross vehicles, the abductees said that during the trip to the Rafah crossing, stones and other objects were thrown at them. They were afraid that they would be lynched and were in real, existential fear, on the way to the Rafah crossing.

The abductees also said that in the last two weeks in captivity in Gaza, the food ran out except for rice, so they also lost weight. The kidnapped Hana Katzir, who the Islamic Jihad claimed died in captivity, returned safely last night - and only when she arrived in Israel did she discover that her husband Rami had been murdered and her son had been kidnapped. Only when the abductees arrived in Israel and asked did they find out what had become of the families.

78-year-old Ruthie Munder, who was released last night from Hamas captivity, discovered upon arriving in Israel that her husband, Avraham Monder, had been kidnapped and held captive, and that her son Roy had been murdered on Black Sabbath. "I don't know how they murdered him, in what form," said Ruthie. Mako

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A Sky News reporter claimed that Israel released children - the Prime Minister's spokesman attacked: "Do you even know what he was accused of?" Once again there was a storm on the broadcast of the important British network: Mark Regev did not remain indifferent to the problematic definition of the foreign reporter. Was he accused?", and she admitted: "I don't know" N12 | Published 25.11.23

Once again an approach from the "Sky News" network is embarrassingly exposed in front of an Israeli official. Mark Regev, Prime Minister Netanyahu's spokesman for foreign media, was interviewed by the British Broadcasting Network last night (Friday) and emphasized to the journalist interviewing Chila Hakim the great difference between the Israeli abductees who were released from Hamas captivity - compared to the Palestinian prisoners who were released in exchange from prison in Israel. In response to Regev's words, the interviewer was speechless and had difficulty responding.

During the interview, Regev said to her: "It's like you're saying they released children and we released children. I don't accept that, we have two, four, five and nine year old children here - how can you compare that to a 16 or 17 year old minor who is involved in a stabbing attack or Throwing a Molotov cocktail or other acts of violence? You can say women and minors, but comparing it to a two-year-old Israeli baby is an exaggeration."

The interviewer Hakim told him in response: "Yes, I understand what you are saying, but there is also a 14-year-old boy (a released Palestinian prisoner)." Regev immediately answered her: "What was he accused of? Do you know? Did you check? Did he stab someone or did he pass explosives?", and the interviewer replied in response: "I don't know."

Regev continued to emphasize to her the big problem in comparing the two cases - on the one hand Palestinian boys who committed terrorist offenses and acts of violence, and on the other hand helpless and innocent toddlers and children from Israel. Regev's response left the interviewer confused and speechless for a few seconds.

This is the second time in the last few days that an Israeli official reacts angrily to an outrageous statement by the presenters of the "Sky News" network. Two days ago, an excerpt from the conversation of Eilon Levy, a spokesman for the information system at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was published, who was stunned by a Sky News journalist's question - whether the fact that Israel releases three Palestinians for every Israeli abductee indicates that Israel underestimates the importance of Palestinian lives compared to Israeli lives. Mako

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The Foreign Affairs Ministry announces treatment plan for the foreign citizen hostages released. By Walla! Published: November 25, 2023.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry announced on November 25 that it has started a special treatment program for the foreign citizens who were released from captivity, after earlier today 10 Thai citizens and one Filipino citizen - out of 50 foreign citizens who will be returned as part of the deal - joined the Israeli abductees.

As part of the program, called "Nurse's Hand", the returnees will undergo a series of medical tests and will later undergo a mental health evaluation by a team of psychologists and social workers.. JPost

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Red alert sirens sound in northern Israel. November 25, 2023. JPost

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IAF intercepts suspicious aerial target that crossed Lebanon border - IDF. November 25, 2023. JPost

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Israel-Hamas war: Rocket sirens sound in north, another 14 hostages to be released today. November 25, 2023. JPost

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IDF spokesman Avichay Adraee to Gazans: 'Please don't head north in Gaza.' November 25, 2023. JPost

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IDF operating in Nablus and Qabatiya, one killed, 10 arrested. November 25, 2023. JPost

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Israeli cargo ship attacked by Iranian drone in Indian Ocean - AP. Jerusalem Post Staff, November 25, 2023 JPost

Israeli-owned ship attacked by Iranian drone in Indian Ocean. The attack on the CMA CGM Symi caused no injuries. Charles Bybelezer. (November 25, 2023 / JNS). JNS

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2 Palestinians were brutally executed: "They cooperated with Israel" The crowds in Tulkarm rejoiced, desecrated their bodies and shouted: "You traitors" Sapir Lipkin Nov 25, 2023 Hamza Mabarech and Azzam Joabra were murdered by Hanas people... N12

Hamas military wing executes three Palestinians in W. Bank on suspicion of spying for Israel By Jerusalem Post Staff, Maariv Online. November 25, 2023.

Their execution was later confirmed to have been committed by a firing squad, according to a document published by Hamas's military wing in the West Bank.

Two Palestinians were murdered in the city of Tulkarm and another was murdered in Jenin in the West Bank on Friday under suspicion of spying for Israel.

Many people had either participated or watched the event and took very graphic photos and videos documenting the murder, which can be seen on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The two that were murdered in Tulkarm are 31-year-old Hamza Mabarech and 29-year-old Azzam Joabra, according to N12.

A Palestinian mob can be seen in the videos abusing the bodies and hanging them on an electric pole as crowds surrounded the area, screaming "You traitors!" N12 reported.

Hamas's statement on the murders Hamas's military wing in the West Bank published a hard document of the two Palestinians who were executed, which was later revealed to have been done by a firing squad, KAN reported.

The document confirms the charges that the two Palestinians were accused of collaborating with Israel. They were hanged after their murder on an electric pole with crowds surrounding the place.

The two were also accused of providing information to the IDF and Israeli intelligence about wanted individuals.

Social media reactions

Journalist David Collier wrote on X, "If this is how they treat their own. What chance do Jews have? Guess what @amnesty and @BBCNews will say? Nothing."

Journalist Tal Lev Ram implied that the murders of the three Palestinians may be because of the lack of control the Palestinian Authority has in those areas and the security mechanisms there compared to other areas in the West Bank.

Editor Laura E. Adkins wrote "What happens to Palestinians who are accused of collaborating with Israel? Two were just executed by a Hamas firing squad." JPost

Tal Lev Ram @tallevram: At least 3 executions tonight in Tulkarm and Jenin on suspicion of collaboration with Israel. Past experience shows that many times there are mistakes in identification, closing accounts for other things and sometimes not. This does not change the fact that Israel needs to present these photos in every possible diplomatic mission and in addition they represent the atmosphere of war in Tulkarm and Jenin and the loss of control of the Palestinian Authority and the security mechanisms there compared to other areas that are less so. Nov 25, 2023 [283]

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Defense Minister Galant assessing the situation in the Gaza Strip: "We will not leave Gaza until all the abductees are returned." News 0404 25/11/2023 19:54. 0404

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Is the ceasefire collapsing? Israel in an ultimatum to Hamas.

Hani Edri, 25.11.23 | 19:07

After Hamas rejected the release of the additional 13 abductees who were supposed to go to Israel today - Israel sent a message to Hamas according to which if the abductees are not returned by midnight - the ceasefire will end. After Hamas announced that the release of the abductees had been postponed, and that the 13 additional abductees who were supposed to cross over to Israel today remained in their hands - Israel sent a message to Hamas: If the abductees are not released by midnight - the ceasefire will end," it was reported.

Qatar, which is involved in the details of the deal, also sent a message to Hamas: "Enough with the games, it will harm you."

The military wing of Hamas claims this evening that it has decided to postpone the release of the abductees - until Israel "meets the terms of the agreement to bring humanitarian aid trucks into the northern Gaza Strip."

Security officials in Israel say that Hamas's claims are false and that, "This morning we transferred to the northern Gaza Strip no less than 61 aid trucks out of 200 that were transferred today, including oil and gas tanks. Hamas knows that if the abductees are not released by midnight - the IDF will return to maneuvering in the war - and therefore it Trying to control the narrative."

A political source clarified "All claims by Hamas as if Israel violated the agreement are false. This is a propaganda attempt by Hamas. Israel has met all its obligations. Hamas is embarrassing the mediators - Egypt and Qatar." Srugim

Hamas started the games by claiming that Israel is not complying with the agreement. Nov 25, 2023. Amit Segal

Israel threatens that if there is no release by midnight, the maneuver in Gaza will be renewed. 25.11.23 Rotter

Israel warns: If hostages not released by midnight, ground offensive continues Israeli security officials addressed the delay in the release of the hostages, stating Saturday that, "Hamas is aware that if the captives are not released by midnight, the IDF will continue the ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, so they are trying to control the narrative." "Hamas played the same games yesterday, altering the travel route and transfer of the captives contrary to the plan," the official added. According to the officials, "More than 61 aid tracks were transferred to the northern Gaza Strip out of 200 scheduled for the day, including solar and gas." [Nov 25. 2023. 11:59]. Ynet

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Report: Qatar tells Hamas to 'quit the games.' Magen David Adom explains why hostage release not on the horizon at the moment. Israel National News. Published: Nov 25, 2023, 7:50 PM (GMT+2) Updated: 8:46 PM. INN

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Red Cross shows clear anti-Israel bias, Jerusalem Institute of Justice claims. By Jerusalem Post Staff. November 25, 2023. Despite numerous social media posts on Palestinians suffering from the war with Hamas, the Red Cross failed to make a single mention of Israeli civilians suffering on October 7 or thereafter.

The Red Cross's social media apparatus disproportionately focused on the suffering of civilians in Gaza while ignoring the suffering of Israelis since Hamas’ October 7 attack, the Jerusalem Insitute of Justice (JIJ) found.

JIJ conducted a thorough analysis of the International Committee of the Red Cross’s social media following Hamas's October 7 massacre, in which they murdered 1,200 people and kidnapped over 200 more.

The analysis comes at a time when the Red Cross has been scrutinized heavily for failing to visit Israeli hostages and not reporting that the hostages had been taken to Shifa Hospital.

During the analysis, JIJ reported that they were concerned to find that there were no posts, images, graphics, or videos highlighting the damages suffered by Israel as a result of Hamas or other Palestinian terrorist groups. There were no posts addressing the October 7 tragedy, rockets launched by Hamas indiscriminately at civilian populations, or the hostages kidnapped. JPost

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"We don't stop until everyone returns": thousands at a support rally in Tel Aviv. In the shadow of the delay, family members and artists gather in the "Square of the Hostages." N12 | Nov 25, 2023 19:23 N12

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The 50th day of the war Officials in Israel and Egypt: the problems have been resolved - the transaction will be carried out soon Israel is preparing for the second round in which 13 more abductees will be released, after Hamas rejected the release • The list of abductees expected to be released has been transferred to Israel - and it includes more children than yesterday • 2 targets were intercepted in Eilat, no alarm was raised • After 49 days in captivity, the children and adults who were released were reunited with their families • Updates washing News reporters 12 | N12 | Updated 20:40 25.11.23.

The release of the kidnapped - all the updates 20:49 - 13 Israeli hostages are expected to be released, in addition to 7 foreign citizens..

20:39 - An Israeli source confirms: the transaction will be carried out Mako

The crisis is over: 13 abductees are expected to be released

Amichai Stein, Suleiman Maswadeh | November 25, 2023.

Hours after Hamas announced the delay of the second release of the hostages...Israel confirmed this evening (Saturday) that the crisis between the parties has been resolved and that 13 abductees are expected to be released...

Israel did not commit to releasing prisoners based on seniority but indicated that it might do so. Regarding the provision of humanitarian aid, the source said that Israel is not responsible for the arrival of the trucks in the northern Gaza Strip - but is responsible for their entry. Kan

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Fire exchange in Jenin between IDF forces and terrorists.

Gunfire was opened toward IDF forces operating in the Jenin refugee camp to dismantle terrorist infrastructure and apprehend terrorists. The forces responded with gunfire, hitting at least one terrorist. 11.25.23 Ynet

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Following the investigation: the foreign activist was deported from Israel.

The Belgian activist from ISM, the Hamas supporter who interfered with the activities of the IDF, was deported from the country last weekend. The activities of the ISM organization were recently revealed in the Jewish Voice investigation.

Following the Hakol.h. investigation: the foreign Belgian activist from the ISM organization, a supporter of Hamas, was deported from Israel last weekend.

This is Alison Bertram Russell, who was arrested on Wednesday last week while she was interfering with the activities of the IDF forces on Mount Hebron. On Thursday, her detention was extended until Sunday, when the police representative clarifies that the police intend to deport her from the country.

"We continue with a policy of zero tolerance for terrorism!", wrote the Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gabir. "Tonight, the Belgian terrorist supporter who supported the Nazis from Hamas on social media was deported from Israel and was arrested in the determined work of the Sheriff's Office. What was is not what will be. Kudos to the Israel Police!" the minister wrote.

Bertram, an activist in the pro-Hamas organization ISM, was arrested following the Jewish Voice's investigation into the ISM activists, an investigation that reached the heads of the security establishment in recent days. This is an activist from Belgium who, among other things, participated in Hamas events, demonstrations, clashes with soldiers on Mount Hebron - and all under the "tourist" visa with which she entered Israel. The police charge her with the offenses of obstructing a public servant, publishing a call to commit an act of violence, supporting and identifying with and damaging the state symbol.

About two weeks ago, the Hakol.H. investigation revealed a number of foreign activists from the ISM organization who are now working in Israel. The ISM organization was exposed in the series 'Hashtoola' by the 'Ad Kan' organization and Zvi Yehezkali on Channel 13, as an organization working with the aid and cooperation of Hamas against Israel.

Paul Larudi, the leader of the organization, even expressed support for the massacre by Hamas of Jews on Simchat Torah and published a video in which he explained that "our Palestinian brothers and sisters taught the Zionists a lesson." The activists currently staying in Israel, mainly in Judea and Samaria, some explicitly support Hamas, Hezbollah and the bombing of Israel. Hakol

Belgian ISM activist Alison Russell expelled from Israel. Thierry Debels on Nov 25, 2023

Left-wing pro-Palestinian activist Alison Russell has been deported from Israel.

This is reported by the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) organization and, according to Belga, it is confirmed by the FPS Foreign Affairs. “Because it concerns an individual case, we will not provide any further comment,” the FPS Foreign Affairs said, according to Belga. ISM is described by security services in Israel as pro-Hamas.

Russell was born in Scotland and lives in France and our country.

The woman was arrested by police in cooperation with IDF at an ISM protest on the hills of South Hebron in the West Bank.

Russell, an activist in the pro-Hamas organization ISM, was arrested after the Hakol Hayehudi newspaper's investigation into ISM operatives, which reached Israel's security services in recent days...

She was deported following legal proceedings at the Jerusalem Subdistrict Court. The police published a statement accusing Alison of 'supporting a terrorist organization'. (read more below the photo posted by Russell on Facebook) Pnws.be

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These are the 13 hostages released from Gaza on Saturday. By Yuval Barnea. Published: November 25, 2023 23:47 .

([284] The thirteen hostages released from Gaza on Saturday, November 25, 2023)

Israel on Saturday confirmed the identities of 13 Gaza hostages released, bringing the total of hostages released as part of the truce deal to 26.

Here are their names and faces:

Emily Hand, nine years old, and Hila Rotem, 13 years old Emily Hand, who was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists during the October 7 massacre and was reported as having been killed. The Irish-Israeli girl was abducted from a sleepover at her friend’s house in Kibbutz Be’eri, along with her friend Hila and her mother, Raya Rotem.

Emily turned nine while in Hamas custody. Hila will be returning without her mother, according to Israeli officials.

([285] Emily Hand, a resident of Kibbutz Be'eri who was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists from her friend's house on October 7, turned 9 in Hamas captivity in Gaza on November 17, 2023.)

Mia Regev

Mia Regev, 21 years old, was taken from the Nova party on October 7 along with her brother Itay. On the morning of the attack, Mia's dad got a call from her who screamed "Dad they're shooting at me, I'm dead". Maya is set to return without her 18-year-old brother.

Noam and Alma Or, brother and sister, father remains in Gaza Several members of the Or family were abducted on October 7, father Dror (48) and brother and sister Noam (17) and Alma (13). Yonat, their mother, was killed during the attack, and their brother Yahli survived because he was doing national service in the North. Dror is a chef and cheesemaker in the Be’eri Dairy. His wife Yonat, created her own furniture line in Be’eri.

([286] Maytal Weiss)

Shiri and Noga Weiss, mother and daughter

Shiri (53) and her daughter Noga (18) were abducted from Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7. Ilan, father and husband, left their home in Kibbutz Be'eri armed on the morning of October 7 after receiving his call to the kibbutz's emergency response squad. But he never arrived at the armory, that was the last they heard from him.

Terrorists broke into their home and kidnapped Shiri from the safe room and then set the house ablaze, while Noga was still inside. Noga eventually escaped but was still caught by the terrorists later and taken to Gaza. Two of the Weiss sisters, Meytal and Maayan, escaped abduction through sheer luck as the terrorists hadn't attempted to enter their apartments.

Haran-Kipnis-Shoham-Avigdori family Several members of this extended family were kidnapped from Kibbutz Be'eri, with some estimates being as high as 10 members.

([287] The Avigdori family: Hen, Noam, Sharon, and Omer.)

Sharon, 52, and her daughter, Noam, 12, were kidnapped on October 7, while on a visit to family members at Kibbutz Be’eri. Hen Avigdori, father and husband, is a television writer whose mission is usually to make people laugh, but now, things are different and he's "on a mission to bring back my girls." Their 16-year-old son, Omer, was with Hen in Hod Hasharon so was spared the horror.

Shoshan Haran

Haran, 67, founder of the Fair Planet NGO which helps bring innovative farming and agricultural techniques to less developed parts of the world. The project received praise from the Prime Minister of Bhutan and has been key in increasing food security for nearly a million people in Africa.

The Shohams, Adi, Yahel, and Neveh

Adi, 38, her son Naveh, 8, and his sister, Yahel (Yula), 3, were all abducted from Kibbutz Be'eri along with the rest of their extended family members. 

Despite the miraculous return of six family members, four still remain behind in Gaza, waiting to be released. JPost

These are the hostages who were released Saturday night

As the second group of released hostages reaches the Rafah Crossing, friends and neighbors in Israel learn of their return. Israel National News, Nov 25, 2023, 11:48 PM (GMT+2)

Thirteen Israelis and four foreigners were released from Hamas captivity Saturday evening.

The first hostages to be released were identified by members of their kibbutz, Kibbutz Be'eri, who were watching the live coverage from their hotel near the Dead Sea.

Sharon Avigdori, 52 years old, is a drama therapist who works with people on the autism spectrum. She employs endless sensitivity and compassion to reach children on the autism spectrum, working patiently within their world to nurture each child's potential.

Additionally, Sharon mentors therapists and counsels parents of children on the spectrum.

Sharon loves people and animals, and anyone who knows her immediately falls in love with her because it’s impossible to miss her enormous heart.

Sharon was kidnapped with her daughter Noam from Kibbutz Be'eri. Additionally, seven more members of her family were kidnapped and 3 were murdered.

Noam Avigdori, 12 years old, about to celebrate her Bat Mitzvah. She is a cheerful girl who is always surrounded by many friends.

Noam is a member of the Scouts youth movement, a good friend to all, and very funny.

Because of her love for dogs, she would occasionally work as a dog walker for the dogs in the building.

Noam is described as a ray of light for their family, friends, and anyone who meets her and her radiant smile. Bursting with energy and charisma, always caring for others and volunteers whenever possible.

Noam was kidnapped along with her mother Sharon from Kibbutz Be'eri while visiting Sharon’s brother. In addition, 7 more members of her family were kidnapped and 3 were murdered.

Alma Or, 13 years old, is a very pretty girl, a good friend, and a funny kid. She was kidnapped from her home in Kibbutz Be'eri along with her older brother Noam and their father Dror.

Their mother Yonat was murdered. Their older brother Yaheli survived the inferno, as he was at his post in northern Israel where he is doing a year of national service.

Noam Or, 17 years old, kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz Be'eri along with his little sister Alma and their father Dror.

Their mother Yonat was murdered and their older brother Yaheli survived the inferno as he was at his post in northern Israel where he is doing a year of national service.

Emily Hand, 9 years old, from Kibbutz Be'eri, celebrated her birthday last night, Friday, November 24th.

Emily's mother, Liat, passed away from cancer when Emily was only two and a half years old. Despite all the pain, Emily's small family rallied to raise her and be by her side with lots of love, providing security and giving her everything a child her age only needs and wants.

On Saturday, October 7th, Emily was sleeping at her best friend's house when terrorists broke in. Contact with her was lost by the afternoon. After a few days, the family received notice that Emily's body was found but as days passed, the IDF informed the family there was evidence indicating Emily was among the hostages in Gaza. Since then, the family waits for the moment they can hug her again.

Hila Rotem, 13 years old, is a friendly girl with a good heart who could never harm anyone else.

She loves making TikTok videos, eating sushi, and riding her skateboard.

She signed up for a gel polish course and excitedly awaited the start of classes, but her kidnapping abruptly ended that.

In the days before Black Saturday, she vacationed in Korea and Thailand for her uncle's wedding.

Hila managed to escape from her home in Kibbutz Be'eri from which her mother Ra'aya was kidnapped. She succeeded in hiding in the bushes, where she was then found and kidnapped.

Shoshan Haran, 67 years old, an exceptional woman, and the founder of FAIR PLANET - a non-profit organization whose goal is that no child goes hungry.

Shoshan has a PhD in Agronomy. She previously worked in Africa on agricultural projects to improve seed quality and develop advanced cultivation methods to help residents of Ethiopia and Tanzania. In addition to her, 8 members of her family were kidnapped and 3 were murdered (her husband, sister, and brother-in-law).

Adi Shoham, aged 38, resides with her husband and their two children in Ma'ale Tzviya. All four of them were kidnapped together from Kibbutz Be’eri during a visit with 5 other members of the family. Adi is a clinical psychologist, an intelligent and uplifting woman.

Nave Shoham, aged 8, a second-grade student. Nave loves playing soccer and is a fan of Messi. He's an active child and is full of energy. He participates in an extreme climbing class, and enjoys jumping on a trampoline and swimming in the pool with Yahel, his younger sister, who was kidnapped along with him and their parents.

Nave enjoys baking with his mother and eating ice cream and mango, but most of all, he loves the schnitzels his grandmother prepares for him. He, his parents, and his younger sister Yahel were kidnapped together from Kibbutz Be’eri during a holiday visit with five other members of the family.

Yahel Shoham, aged 3, is a cheerful girl who loves to sing and out on acts for the family. She loves listening to music. Yahel has a toy kitchen set and spends many hours playing with it. She loves jumping on the trampoline with her brother Nave. She has many dolls to whom she reads stories and sings.

Yahel loves to goof around with her father and listen to the stories that her mother and her older brother Nave read to her.

She, her parents, and her older brother Nave were kidnapped together from Kibbutz Be’eri during a visit with five other members of the family.

Shiri Weiss, 53 years old, works in Kibbutz Be'eri as an accountant for the agricultural association.

She is very family-oriented and loves spending time at home with her loved ones. Her perpetual concern and caring for her daughters constantly shine through.

She likes being in charge of planning family trips.

Shiri was kidnapped from her home in Kibbutz Be'eri, while her young daughter Noga hid under the bed and witnessed the kidnapping. Her husband Ilan was also kidnapped.

Noga Weiss, 18 years old, loves teaching and working with children. She loves sports and plays volleyball. What Noga enjoys most is spending time with her friends.

Her mother was kidnapped in front of her eyes from their home in Kibbutz Be'eri, as Noga hid under the bed. As the terrorists burned down the house, Noga had trouble breathing and escaped through the window, managing to get away and hide in the bushes until the terrorists reached her too, and kidnapped her. Her father Ilan was also kidnapped.

Maya Regev, 21 years old, is very funny and charismatic.

Maya is athletic and mostly enjoys running and doing yoga.

A resident of Herzliya, she arrived at the Re’im festival together with her brother Itay (18) and their good friend Omer She-Tov (both of whom were also kidnapped), just a few hours after landing from Mexico where she vacationed with her family. Itay is still being held hostage by terrorists in Gaza.

On December 28th she is scheduled to fly out on a trip across South America. INN

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יוסף חדאד - Yoseph Haddad @YosephHaddad: "Keep waving" - the instructions Hamas terrorists gave to the Israeli hostages are exposed... They tried to present themselves as humane and as if they were taking care of the hostages who love them - but these are cruel terrorists who make propaganda about the lives of our kidnapped civilians! [288]

Hamas's propaganda is revealed: the instruction to the kidnappers - "keep waving."

Sharon and Noam Avigdori were recorded by the terrorist organization waving peace to their captors upon their release • Listening to the audio of the video reveals the deception of Hamas |N12| Published 11:56 26.11.23.

We saw some of the abductees who returned from the Gaza Strip in recent days waving goodbye and smiling as they said goodbye to the Hamas terrorists who held them. However, in the video released last night (Saturday) by Hamas, the truth is also revealed which is actually very clear to the Israelis - everything is staged.

Sharon and her daughter Noam Avigdori were recorded on Hamas cameras saying goodbye to each other with smiles and waving goodbye to them from the Red Cross vehicle. However, unlike the video released by Hamas upon the release of the previous group of abductees, which came without sound, this time the video came with sound. In the recording, as noticed by Yosef Haddad who is involved in informing the world, the instruction to the two is clearly heard in the English language - "Keep waving".

Judging after two days of the release of two groups of hostages, Hamas is trying to present itself as humanitarian and as having given good treatment to those it held captive. Hamas militants are seen physically supporting the abductees, helping to load them into the Red Cross vehicles. However, it is important to remember that this is a terrorist organization that carried out a murderous attack and mass kidnapping of civilians, including the elderly, toddlers and children, and there is no connection between the organization and humanitarian acts. Mako

Hamas ordered hostages: 'Keep waving' Pro-Israel activist Yoseph Haddad shows Hamas forcing prisoners to act cheerful for the camera before the exchange.

Israel National News, Nov 26, 2023, 11:52 AM (GMT+2)

Pro-Israel activist Yose Haddad, an Israeli Arab specializing in online Israel advocacy, posted a video on X of the hostages being released by Hamas.

The clip shows hostages being loaded into vehicles to be handed over to Israel through the International Red Cross. As they prepare to move, one of the terrorists can be heard ordering them: 'Keep waving'.

Haddad denounced Hamas in his post: "'Keep waving' - the instructions Hamas terrorists gave to the Israeli hostages are exposed," he wrote.

"They tried to present themselves as humane and as if they were taking care of the hostages who love them - but these are cruel terrorists who make propaganda about the lives of our kidnapped civilians!" INN

End Wokeness @EndWokeness": “The hostages look so happy”.

1. Hamas has 7 of their family members in captivity

2. You can literally hear a Hamas terrorist telling them to “keep waving” (0:03)

3. Hamas released this video Nov 25, 2023 [289]

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Adam Albilya - אדם אלביליה @AdamAlbilya:

"Did they treat you well?"

Meanwhile, their loved ones still in captivity... [290] Nov 25, 2023 [291]

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HATE IN FLATBUSH: “Free Palestine” Hate Crimes Target THREE Orthodox Jews in Flatbush on Shabbos Afternoon [VIDEOS]. 25 Nov 2023. YWN

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Pro-Israel teacher hides in Queens high school as ‘radicalized’ students riot: ‘They want her fired’. By Susan Edelman and Georgia Worrell Published Nov. 25, 2023 Updated Nov. 25, 2023, 8:53 p.m. [...] Gennaro, whose district includes the school, said the Israel-Gaza war gave kids “a convenient excuse” to act out. “It went from a teacher just changing a photograph on her social profile to this contagion of hate being released in the halls of Hillcrest High School,” Gennaro said. “It’s a sad commentary on the rancid hate that exists within the hearts of students — for Jews.” Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens) called it shocking that high school kids “would gang up on a teacher and harass her.” “I don’t know why these students are so misinformed, so intolerant and so radicalized. They don’t even know the history of the Middle East. They haven’t been taught that,” he said. Several students agreed. “I doubt half of them know how to spell Palestine,” a senior said. “They just wanted to make drama about it,” a sophomore said of the teacher’s pro-Israel stance. “Just, like, chaos. They thought of it as fun.” Students said rumors spread that the teacher “was abusing Muslims” and had taught “it was okay that children were being killed in Palestine.” Another teacher called the accusations “100% false.” At least three students who organized the riot face superintendent’s suspensions, the most severe punishment, said a source familiar with the incident. NY Post

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Report: Netanyahu pledged not to target Hamas leaders in Qatar. 11/26/2023. The hostage deal which has seen the release of 26 Israeli hostages from Gaza so far includes a commitment by the Israeli government not to target the senior leadership of the Hamas terrorist organization in Qatar, the French newspaper Le Figaro reported. According to the newspaper, Qatar received from Israel as part of the outline for the release of the hostages from Gaza a promise according to which the Mossad would not carry out assassinations of senior Hamas members on Qatari soil. It was also reported that the Qataris set conditions on their role as mediators between Israel and Hamas.. INN

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Now we know: Israel was right about how Hamas operates - editorial By JPost Editorial. November 26; 2023.([292] An Israeli soldier walks through a tunnel underneath Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, November 22, 2023).

The evidence that Israel had been correct all along about Hamas’s nefarious mode of operation began to pile up soon after the IDF began its offensive.

For years Israel has said that Hamas conducts its ongoing campaign of terrorism against Israel from within civilian sites in Gaza: homes, businesses, schools, refugee facilities… and hospitals.

And for years it had always been dismissed by the international community as paranoia or disinformation, or met with shrugs from those who agreed but had no idea what to do about it.

The horrific October 7 massacre by Hamas that forced Israel to declare war against the terrorist government of Gaza was launched with the declaration that Israel, once and for all, was going to do something about it.

The evidence that Israel had been correct all along about Hamas’s nefarious mode of operation began to pile up soon after the IDF began its offensive.

Early last week, IDF Spokesman R.-Adm. Daniel Hagari revealed an underground Hamas command center under Gaza’s Rantisi Hospital that contained not only suicide vests, rocket-propelled grenades, and a variety of weapons, but also signs, such as baby bottles, that Hamas had held Israeli hostages there.

([293] Israeli soldiers stand near the opening to a tunnel at Al Shifa Hospital compound in Gaza City, November 22, 2023)

Hagari said there was both evidence and independent intelligence information that Hamas terrorists had returned directly to the hospital after committing the atrocities of October 7.

He also noted that an IDF robot found additional terror tunnels, which were powered by electricity being siphoned off from the hospital for use by the terrorists underground.

That prompted US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to tell CNN, “You can see even from open source reporting that Hamas does use hospitals, along with a lot of other civilian facilities, for command-and-control, for storing weapons, for housing its fighters. Without getting into this specific hospital or that specific claim, this is Hamas’ track record, both historically and in this conflict.”

We saw the evidence ourselves Later in the week, the IDF took control of Shifa Hospital, long asserted to be the location of a Hamas headquarters. On Wednesday, the IDF brought The Jerusalem Post and other selected media outlets to view Hamas’s terror infrastructure, including its several-hundred-meter-long tunnel network, up close.

The Post’s Yonah Jeremy Bob reported on his eyewitness visit that next to the Qatar facility within the Shifa complex was a vast amount not only of Hamas guns and grenades – which the IDF found hidden throughout the hospital – but also rocket-propelled grenade launchers, large and small advanced drones for delivering explosives, and a variety of sophisticated intelligence platforms.

The vastness of the tunnels themselves, illustrated by the variety of sophisticated rooms and the blast door the IDF had displayed earlier last week, was testimony to how important this location was to Hamas.

Adding to that irrefutable evidence that Shifa was being used as a terror base, the IDF last week also released information and video footage showing that Hamas brought some of the hostages it kidnapped in Israel to Shifa.

The footage shows Hamas terrorists inside the hospital on the morning of October 7 forcibly transporting a Nepalese and a Thai civilian, both kidnapped from Israeli territory.

In a statement on Thursday, the IDF said that Hamas “used the hospital as a refuge for its terrorist forces and even brought Israeli hostages there who were kidnapped during the day of slaughter. A pathology report confirmed that soldier Noa Marciano was murdered on the grounds of Shifa Hospital.”

The IDF and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced on Thursday that they had arrested Dr. Muhammad Abu Salamiyah, the director of Shifa. According to a statement, he was being interrogated by the Shin Bet after significant testimony and video evidence that Shifa had been used as a command center for Hamas during his tenure.

There were reports on Thursday night that Hamas was demanding that the IDF withdraw from Shifa as part of the hostage deal, a demand that Israel rightly rejected.

The longer Israel stays in Gaza, the more it is discovering about Hamas’s web of evil and its cynical use of civilians, especially the infirm, to provide a cover for their murderous actions.

The world should be coming together to back Israel’s actions and encourage it to continue its efforts to uproot the terror that has held Gaza captive for close to two decades. JPost

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Jake Wallis Simons @JakeWSimons: Jeremy Bowen: “My reporting was wrong but I don’t regret a thing and I don’t feel bad at all” From We Stand With Israel Nov 25, 2023 [294]

Video of Massive Terror Complex Under Al Shifa Hospital Makes Media Look Ridiculous

The problem with the journalism industry boiled down to one clip. There are no consequences for getting things incredibly wrong and no feelings of remorse/regret as long as your mistakes are aimed at the side others in the newsroom don’t like. [295]

Video of Massive Terror Complex Under Al Shifa Hospital Makes Media Look Ridiculous. Drew Holden. November 25, 2023 The Israel Defense Forces brought cameras into the tunnels under Al Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip this week and exposed not just Hamas's sprawling operations there but also the terrorist group's enablers in the media... retrospect, the widespread both-sides news coverage of the Al Shifa saga appears hard to justify, not to say ridiculous. The media have made a practice of presenting Hamas's propaganda as at least as credible as Israel's evidence-backed claims, despite the group's record of lying about everything from Palestinian deaths to its massacre Israeli civilians on Oct. 7.

(The latest video of Hamas's terror tunnels just confirmed what Israel had been saying and showing for weeks, with the backing of American intelligence. Mainstream media reports about Hamas's use of Al Shifa date back at least to 2006, when a PBS documentary showed terrorists from the group appearing to run the place. In 2008, the New York Times reported how "armed Hamas militants in civilian clothes roved the halls." [296]).

Nevertheless, until as recently as a few days ago, news outlets questioned the evidence that Hamas was operating out of Al Shifa. They took Hamas's denials deadly seriously and suggested Israel was running out of time to make its case. Free Beacon

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US support for Hamas office in Qatar backfired, must end policy immediately: experts. The US has used the Hamas office in Doha to negotiate for the release of hostages with Qatari help. By Peter Aitken Fox News. Published November 26, 2023 4:00am EST Fox News

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HonestReporting @HonestReporting: What does it say about @nytimes that the lead photo on its online frontpage features freed Palestinian terror offenders rather than an image of released Israeli kids being reunited with their families after being held hostage by Hamas? Nov 26, 2023 Honest Repporting (on X)

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Visegrád 24 @visegrad24: Palestinian terrorists exchanged for Israeli hostages return home to the West Bank.

They quickly put on Hamas headbands and have green Hamas flags hoisted in front of their bus.

To those who aren’t blind, it’s all very clear who these people are… From Madhubanti Chatterjee (মধুবন্তী চট্টোপাধ্যায়) Nov 24, 2023. on X

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Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins:

Hila Rotem is a 13-year-old hostage who was released yesterday, but her mother wasn’t. Hamas claimed they couldn’t find her, even though Hila said they were together until two days ago. IDF spox Conricus says that’s a violation of the agreement not to separate mothers from kids. Nov 26, 2023. [297]

Hamas accused of violating truce by separating mother, child. Twelve-year-old Hila Rotem Shoshani's mother, Raya, was not among the 13 Israeli hostages released on Saturday. Joshua Marks. (November 26, 2023 / JNS) Kibbutz Be’eri, from where 12 of the 13 Israeli hostages released on Saturday were kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7, says Hamas has violated the terms of its ceasefire agreement with Israel by not releasing 12-year-old Hila Rotem Shoshani’s mother.

“Hila is returning home without her mother, Raya [Rotem], who remains in captivity. Hamas grossly violated the agreement and separated mother and daughter,” according to the statement. JNS

The girl who was released from captivity exposes the lie of Hamas. Hila Rotem Shoshani, the girl who was released last night from Hamas captivity without her mother Raya, revealed to her family members the lie of the terrorist organization Hamas.

Srugim news, 11/26/23.

([298]. The girl who was released from captivity exposes the lie of Hamas).

Last night a drama unfolded that almost led to the cancellation of the second round of the release of 13 Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity.

After many hours and after the 13 abductees were released, it was revealed that the reason for the crisis was Hamas's refusal to release her wife, Hila Rotem Shoshani's mother, claiming that he could not find her because they were not together in captivity.

But now, according to a report in News 12, it turns out that Raya Shoshani was in captivity together with her daughter Hila, when two days before the release Hamas separated them.

According to a report in News 12, Hila told her family members: "My mother was with me the entire time of captivity. Hamas separated us two days before the release. Mother's condition was good. We were together with Emily. Hamas informed us that there was a ceasefire and we were being released."

The political commentator of News 12, Amit Segal, revealed last night the real reason for the crisis, and wrote: "Now we can tell. Throughout the day there was drama because Hamas refused to release Hila's mother. Unfortunately, it did not happen today, but if not tomorrow, then the day after tomorrow."

In Kibbutz Be'eri they also attacked the terrorist organization Hamas and said that not releasing Hila's mother is a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement. Srugim

Kibbutz Be'eri: Hamas callously trampled the agreement. Israel National News Nov 26, 2023, 1:05 AM INN

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IDF eliminated five senior Hamas commanders prior to ceasefire. The commanders operated both in the Gaza Strip and in Judea and Samaria and participated in planning the October 7th massacre. Israel National News, Nov 26, 2023, 3:44 PM (GMT+2) INN

IDF kills 5 terrorists in Jenin raid, guts bomb lab. Troops arrest Hamas member suspected of murdering two Israelis in Huwara. ([299] The military equipment confiscated during an IDF raid in the Jenin camp, Nov. 25, 2023). (November 26, 2023 / JNS) The Israel Defense Forces killed five Palestinian terrorists and destroyed an explosives laboratory in the Jenin camp in an overnight counter-terrorism operation, the army said on Sunday morning. JNS

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The 51st day of the war - On the way to Israel: 4-year-old Abigail, the Brodutch family and the Elyakim sisters. 14 Israeli abductees, including nine children and four women, were transferred from the Red Cross to the IDF • Among the freed: Chen Goldstein-Almog and her 3 children, Hagar Brodutch and her 3 children, sisters Dafna and Ella Elyakim, 4-year-old Abigail Idan, Alma Avraham and Aviva Adrian-Siegel • At Putin's request: Hamas released an Israeli hostage with Russian citizenship • Netanyahu we will enter the Gaza Strip: "Nothing will stop us" News reporters 12 | N12| Published 00:42 26.11.23 | Updated 18:34 26.11.23 [...] 18:33 - One of the released abductees was evacuated by helicopter to Soroka, in a serious condition The condition of one of the abductees released from Hamas captivity is dire. She was flown by helicopter to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva. Mako

Israel-Hamas hostage deal: The 13 hostages released by Hamas on Sunday. By Jerusalem Post Staff. November 26, 2023.

([300] The thirteen Israelis released from Hamas captivity in Gaza on Sunday, November 26, 2023.)

The release of the 13 brought the total amount of Israeli hostages released as part of the hostage deal with the Palestinian terrorist group to 39.

Israel on Sunday evening confirmed the identities of some 13 Israeli hostages released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip.

The release of the 13 brought the total amount of Israeli hostages released as part of the hostage deal with the Palestinian terrorist group to 39.

Here are their names and faces:

Avigail Idan, three years old Avigail Idan, a 3-year-old hostage, became an orphan during the October 7 massacre, when her parents, Roy and Smadar, were killed. She was singled out by US President Joe Biden.

Idan, who holds American citizenship, has become a symbol of sorts for the nearly 40 children held captive by Hamas after US Biden discussed her plight with Qatar's Emir. She hid in her neighbor’s home, the Brodutch’s, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza. Avigail’s father, Roye Idan, was a Ynet photographer who tried to capture photos of the Hamas terrorists on gliders entering the Kibbutz.

The Brodutch family: Hagar (40), Ofri (10), Yuval (8) and Uriah (4) Avihai Brodutch has not heard from his wife, Hagar, 40, and their three children, 10-year-old Ofri and sons Yuval, 8, and Uriah, 4, since they were taken into Gaza by Hamas gunmen during the attack on Israeli villages on October 7. A few weeks ago, He expressed deep anguish over their uncertain fate and their innocence in the situation.

Kfar Aza, where his family was abducted, suffered heavily during the Hamas attack, with hundreds of gunmen infiltrating Israeli communities and taking over 240 hostages.

Ella and Dafna Elyakim, eight and 15 years old

Sisters Ela and Dafna Elyakim, aged 8 and 15, were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on October 7 from their father's home in Kibbutz Nir Oz. The terrorists live-streamed the attack on Facebook, forcing the family to identify themselves.

The girls' father, Noam Elyakim, and his partner, Dikla Arava, along with Dikla's son, Tomer, were taken outside by the terrorists and later found dead near the Gaza border.

The girls' mother, Maayan Zin, has expressed concerns about the traumatic experience her daughters went through, as they were seen in different clothing in videos from Gaza.

([301] Dafna and Ella Elyakim, released from Hamas captivity on Sunday, November 26, 2023)

The Almog-Goldstein family: Chen (48), Agam (17), Gal (11) and Tal (9) Chen Almog-Goldstein, 48, and her three children, Agam (17), Gal (11), and Tal (9), have been missing since October 7 when they were abducted during a Hamas attack on Kfar Aza.

Chen's husband, Nadav, and their eldest daughter, Yam, were killed on the same day while in the safe room of their home. Yam remained with her father as he was recovering from surgery and couldn't easily move. The family lost contact with Yam at noon, and her body was later found. The rest of the family was initially considered missing and later categorized as hostages.

The Almog family previously lost five members in a suicide bombing attack in Haifa in 2003. Their close relative is Doron Almog, the chairman of the Jewish Agency.

Elma Avraham, 84 years old On October 7, Uri Ravitz last spoke to his mother (84), Elma Avraham, who was in her home at Kibbutz Nir Oz during a Hamas attack. She was trapped in her safe room and couldn't lock the heavy door.

Ravitz's brother was also in Nir Oz but unable to reach their mother in time.

Later, a photo emerged showing Avraham seated on a motorcycle surrounded by two armed terrorists, indicating she had been abducted during the attack.

Aviva Siegel, 64 years old Keith (64) and Aviva (62) Siegel live in Kibbutz Kfar Aza. Keith was born in the United States and has lived in Kibbutz Kfar Aza for over 40 years.

Aviva is originally from South Africa and shared Keith's deep connection to the kibbutz, which they had both come to adore. According to their son, Elan, who wrote an op-ed for Fox News, Keith and Aviva are known for their unwavering belief in peaceful coexistence. Keith worked closely with many doctors, while Aviva dedicated her efforts to working with children, regardless of their background, be they Jewish or Arab.

On that fateful day of October 7, their peaceful existence was shattered when terrorists invaded their homes and forcibly taken from their residences to Gaza. JPost

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At the request of President Putin: Hamas released Roni Kariboy, an Israeli with Russian citizenship, from captivity. The release from captivity of the 25-year-old, who was kidnapped from the party in Re'im, is not part of the deal - and he will return to Israel in addition to the 13 abductees who arrived as part of the third round. that he asks them to release. N12| Published 16:46 26.11.23 | Updated 18:23 26.11.23. Mako

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Yaron Nadbornik @YaronNadbornik: Abductee who was released yesterday, Roni Kariboy, says that the building where he was being held in Gaza was bombed and collapsed & he managed to escape and for 4 days tried to reach the Israeli border. In the end he was captured by "Gaza civilians” who handed him to Hamas. Nov 27, 2023. on X

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Israelis greet newly freed hostages with joy, but can’t forget those left behind Spontaneous celebrations welcome. returnees on way from Gaza; grandfather of 4-year-old Avigail Idan elated, but her parents' deaths are 'an open wound that will never heal'. By Carrie Keller-Lynn, Canaan Lidor, Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian. 26 November 2023, 10:33 pm TOI

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Hamas confirms five of its senior commanders killed. November 26, 2023. YNet

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4-year-old US national Abigail Edan 4 released from Hamas captivity. 51 days after being abducted from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Abigail Edan, daughter of Ynet photographer Roy Edan who was killed by Hamas terrorists along with his wife Samdar, returned to Israel. Ilana Curiel, Alexandra Lukash, Sharon Kidon, Nir (Shoko) Cohen | November 26, 2023. Ynet

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Murderous organization Hamas presents 'farewell party' to hostages. Hamas propaganda video shows hostages waving goodbye to their captors as they are freed and handed over to the Red Cross. Israel National News,Nov 27, 2023, 12:01 AM (GMT+2)

Hamas on Sunday once again released a video showing the release of the latest group of hostages. This time, the video was without sound, after one of the Hamas terrorists was heard instructing hostages "keep waving (to the camera)" in Saturday night’s video.

Sunday’s video shows Hamas members traveling around Gaza with footage from a drone. INN

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Hamas formally requests Gaza ceasefire extension from Israel. November 26, 2023. JPost

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Israel pushing to allow probing of Gaza border children by social workers. By Bini Ashkenazi/Walla! November 26, 2023. Israel's Justice Ministry published on Sunday a memorandum of law that will make it possible to investigate the children of the Gaza border region. JPost

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March against antisemitism draws thousands in London. Thousands of demonstrators against antisemitism marched in London on Sunday to protest against a rise in hate crimes against Jews since the attack by Hamas militants on Israel in October and Israel's subsequent bombardment of Gaza. Protestors carried placards bearing the messages "Shoulder to shoulder with British Jews" and "Zero tolerance for antisemites." Others showed the faces of Israeli hostages held by Palestinian militant group Hamas. Some people sang in Hebrew while others chanted "Bring them home" in reference to the hostages. "I'm here to support my Jewish community and I think we must stand up for ourselves, otherwise if we won't stand for ourselves who will, you know?" Avraham El Hay, a student, said. London's Metropolitan Police received reports of 554 antisemitic offenses between Oct. 1 and Nov. 1, up from 44 a year earlier, a more than 10-fold increase... (Reuters) November 26, 2023. Ynet

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Turkish, Iranian leaders affirm mutual stance against Israel. November 26, 2023. JPost

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Israeli strikes said to target Damascus airport. The airfield had just reopened after multiple Israeli rendered it inoperative. (November 26, 2023 / JNS) Israel Air Force strikes caused damage to Damascus International Airport and other targets near the Syrian capital on Sunday, according to local media... Israel has struck hundreds of targets in Syria in recent years as part of an effort to prevent Iranian military entrenchment in the country. However, Jerusalem rarely acknowledges these incidents... JNS

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Herzog blasts Irish PM: 'Emily was kidnapped at gunpoint by vile murderers'. Hezki Baruch Nov 27, 2023, 5:07 AM INN

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Elon Musk to meet Israeli president, Gaza hostage families on Monday. Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, accused by civil rights groups of amplifying anti-Jewish hatred on his X social media platform, will meet President Isaac Herzog on Monday along with Israelis whose relatives have been held by Hamas in Gaza. Herzog's office announced the meeting on Sunday night, saying, "In their meeting, the president will emphasize the need to act to combat rising antisemitism online." Musk, a billionaire who also runs Tesla and SpaceX, did not respond to requests for comment through spokespeople for Tesla and X, formerly known as Twitter. Musk's visit coincides with a four-day truce in an Israeli war with Palestinian Hamas terrorists in Gaza during which 40 of the 240 hostages Israel says have been held by Hamas have returned to Israel. (Reuters). YNet

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Viral News NYC @ViralNewsNYC: Earlier today, @shaunking posted a misleading video of fatima amarneh , editing out the part of her stabbing an IDF soldier. Trying to make it look like she did nothing wrong before her arrest. the video racked up over 3 million views. Today, fatima was released by Israel as part of the hostages deal. I'll post his video below. Nov 24, 2023. [302]. [303]

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Ireland Prime Minister Leo Varadkar's Post About Emily Hand Sparks Backlash. Nov 26, 2023 at 12:59 PM EST Newsweek

Ireland's PM Leo Varadkar under fire for comments on release of Irish-Israeli girl held captive by Hamas.

By Kieran Kelly @kellyjourno Ireland's Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is under fire for his response to the release of an Irish-Israeli hostage, Emily Hand, by Hamas.

November 26, 2023. Emily, who spent who ninth birthday being held in captivity by Hamas, was freed by the terrorist group on Saturday evening. LBC

Conor McGregor torches Ireland's PM over response to Hamas release of child hostage McGregor called Irish PM Leo Varadkar a 'disgrace'. By Stephen Sorace Fox News. Published November 26, 2023 1:33pm EST

([304] 9-year-old Emily Hand embraces her dad after Hamas captivity)

Former UFC champion Conor McGregor ripped the prime minister of Ireland for "downplaying" the kidnapping and eventual release of an Irish-Israeli child by Hamas terrorists on Saturday.

McGregor called Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar a "disgrace" after he used the terms "lost" and "found" to describe the abduction and release of 9-year-old Emily Hand.

"She was abducted by an evil terrorist organization," the UFC superstar wrote on X. "What is with you and your government and your paid for media affiliates constantly down playing / attempting to repress horrific acts that happen to children. You are a disgrace."

McGregor was referring to Hand, who was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists from her friend Hila’s house in Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel on Oct. 7, along with Hila and Hila’s mother. Fox News

Herzog blasts Irish PM: 'Emily was kidnapped at gunpoint by vile murderers'. Hezki Baruch Nov 27, 2023, 5:07 AM INN

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Released Female Hamas Terrorist's Chilling Response Shows Exactly Why Israel Can't Stop.

Republican Times, Nov 26, 2023

Following a delay, Hamas released more hostages, prompting Israel to free a larger group of terrorists. Disturbing reactions in Gaza and the West Bank were captured in videos of terrorists embracing Hamas symbols. A video featuring Roda Agamiya [Rawda Abu Ajameyyeh / Ajamieh] a released female terrorist, went viral for her call for more Jewish blood. Contrary to Western ideals, recent polls show over 75% support for Hamas and its violent acts among Palestinians. The prevailing sentiment suggests there is no peace to be had, and the only way to stop attacks is to end Hamas. Despite being unpopular in certain media circles, Israel must respond to the reality on the ground, where force appears to be the only language understood by those endorsing violence against Jews. RepublicanTimes on YouTube

This terrorist, just released from Israeli prison, calls on Palestinian television for Hamas to spill more blood of Jews.

You will only get a lasting solution if you get rid of Hamas .

Hamas is a terrorist organisation just like IS (Daesh) and a threat to the world. [pic.twitter.com/9CeJ6WSuB2]— Darya Safai MP (@SafaiDarya) November 26, 2023 [305]

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Daughter of Elma Avraham, 84-year-old in serious condition, says Red Cross refused to accept medication to pass to her mother. Israel National News, Nov 27, 2023, 2:56 PM (GMT+2)

The daughter of Elma Avraham, 84-year-old in serious condition, said that the Red Cross refused to accept medication to pass to her mother.

"My mother did not deserve to come back this way," said Tal Amano, Avraham's daughter. "She came with a heartbeat of 40 and a body temperature of 28 degrees (82.4F), semiconscious and injured all over. She was kept in unfair conditions."

Amano stressed that her mother "was abandoned twice: Once, on October 7, and a second time by all of the organizations which were supposed to rescue her. We met, the entire family, we recovered in no time at all, in an attempt to organize her list of medications. Clalit (their HMO - ed.) helped us and printed us prescriptions, they made the medications accessible and they gave them to my brother in his hand."

"My brother came to the meeting with the representative of the Red Cross and tried to give her the medications. They told him no: 'We cannot take them.' We were at the protest opposite the Red Cross building, and we were rejected again at the entrance: 'Again you came with her package of medications?'"

"My mother did not need to come back this way; I have no idea how she will survive these days. I want to utilize this stage to say thank you to everyone who was responsible for her care - the headquarters, Clalit, everyone who supported us. I hope you will be successful, I hope they did not manage to defeat her. My mother is a strong woman, she simply did not deserve this. The only reason we are standing here and exposing ourselves is in order to save those who remain. Someone needs to move the Red Cross and all the women's organizations, someone needs to shout this out: What are you there for?"

Uri Ravitz, Avraham's son, added, "I was at the Red Cross twice. I fought for my mother together with everyone else. We see how Hamas is trying to make it seem, using psychological warfare, as if they are humanitarian and take care of [people]. They are not."

"My mother is proof of the insane cruelty of this organization. All of the international rescue organizations must do everything, Israel needs to do everything, to make the aid accessible as quickly as possible. Every hour is critical. If she had arrived after one more day, she likely would not be here. She is fighting for her breaths."

Earlier on Monday, Soroka Medical Center reported that Avraham's condition is still serious, and her life is still in danger.

"She is hospitalized in the general ICU, and is still in danger of her life," the hospital said. INN

"We tried to give her medicine, the Red Cross said no": Elma Avraham's children tell about her situation The abductee, who returned to Israel last night in the third heartbeat, was rushed to the hospital in serious condition • Her daughter Tal said in pain: "Mother arrived with a pulse of 40, with a body temperature of 28 degrees" - Dr. Nadav Davidovitz, who treated her, emphasized: "They brought her 52 days To a situation that no human being should be in, unreasonable abuse and extreme hunger. You don't see situations like this in the world" N12 | Published 15:29 - 27.11.23 . "My mother is proof of the insane cruelty of Hamas": 7 weeks have passed since Elma Avraham was kidnapped from her home in Nahal Oz to the Gaza Strip; More than 50 days in which her condition got worse and worse until last night she returned to Israel and was referred to the hospital in serious condition. While she was hospitalized, her children gave a joint statement to the media today (Monday), sharing her condition - and accusing the Red Cross of refusing to give her life-saving drugs.

"We waited for my mother for 52 days," said her daughter Tal Amano. "She is an 84-year-old woman with underlying illnesses. They abandoned my mother in terms of health. She was neglected during the entire stay. She did not receive life-saving drugs." She later said that according to her doctors, if Elma had arrived a few hours later, she would probably no longer be alive.

"She arrived with a pulse of 40 and a body temperature of 28 degrees," said her daughter. "She was unconscious and completely injured." Later, the daughter pointed an accusing finger at the representatives of the Red Cross: "She was abandoned twice - once on October 7 and a second time by all the organizations that should have saved her and prevented her situation."

She also said that the Klalit health services brought her medication to her brother so that he could pass it on to her, but he refused: "My brother came to a meeting with the Red Cross representative. He tried to hand over the medication and was told no. We can't. A few days later we were at a demonstration in front of the Red Cross building. My mother should not have returned like this. I have no idea how she will make it through the days. I wish the doctors succeed. I wish Hamas did not succeed in defeating her."

Elma Avraham's daughter

"We stand on stage not whining or peeping, the only reason we expose ourselves is to save those who are left there," Tal clarified. "For someone to move the Red Cross and the women's organizations. What is the Red Cross there for?"

"Mom lived a wonderful life. When I realized that she was kidnapped - I went to the media and said that she came out in good physical condition, but that I know she needs her medication and that every day that passes works against her," added her son Uri Ravitz. "I have been to the Red Cross twice. My mother is proof of the insane cruelty of this organization. Israel and all the international rescue organizations must do everything to make help available as quickly as possible. Every hour is critical."

Dr. Nadav Davidovitz also says that he was present at the meetings with the Red Cross and asked that they make every effort to bring the medicines to Alma and to the abductees, of whom: "Some are simply dying." He also said: "What we saw with Elma's admission is criminal neglect. 52 days brought her to a state no human being should be in. Loss of a humanity, unreasonable abuse. Things that I, as a specialist in public health, of extreme hunger and hypothyroidism, do not see such situations in the world. The fact that it reached such a situation at the hands of Hamas is a testimony of poor morality and shame to the world. No one and no one should be in this situation." Mako

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Report: 4th hostage release delayed due to Hamas violations of agreement. Hamas reportedly reduces number of hostages to be released on the final day of the ceasefire from 13 to 11, including 9 children. Israel National News, Nov 27, 2023, 3:15 PM (GMT+2)

The fourth and final round of releases of Israeli hostages by the Hamas terrorist organization under the current ceasefire deal has been delayed due to ongoing issues over the list of which 13 hostages will be released, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) stated. The releases were scheduled to take place at 4 pm.

“We are aware of the tension experienced by the families, and we will add information when this becomes possible,” the PMO statement reads. “We request avoiding spreading rumors and unreliable information.”

CNN reported that the issue is that the list provided by Hamas includes just eleven people, nine children and two elderly women. This violates the agreement between Israel and Hamas.

A senior Israeli political official stated that Israel will not tolerate any deviation from the terms of the agreement, which Hamas has breached twice already.

Hamas has released 13 hostages a day over the last three days, totaling 39 hostages. Reducing the number of hostages released on the final day by two would result in a total of 50 hostages released, rather than the 52 who would be released if the numbers remained consistent. INN

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CNN: Over 40 hostages held by others, not Hamas. According to foreign sources, dozens of hostages are being held by Islamic Jihad or individual Gazans not affiliated with terror groups. Israel National News, Nov 27, 2023, 3:46 PM (GMT+2) INN

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4-year-old Avigail reunited with family after 50 days as hostage Israel National News Nov 27, 2023, 5:23 PM INN

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Qatar: Ceasefire extended for 2 days, 20 more hostages to be freed. Ceasefire originally scheduled to end tomorrow morning extended until Thursday as final 11 hostages from original deal set to be released. Israel National News, Nov 27, 2023, 6:17 PM (GMT+2) INN

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Elon Musk: 'No choice but to kill those who insist on murder'.

Elon Musk met with President Isaac Herzog and laid out three things he believes Israel must do in Gaza. Israel National News, Nov 27, 2023, 6:42 PM (GMT+2) INN

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Israel-Hamas deal: These are the 11 hostages released on Monday By Jerusalem Post Staff. November 27, 2023. ([306] The eleven Israelis released from Hamas captivity in Gaza on Monday, November 27, 2023)

The group includes nine children and two mothers.

Israel has confirmed the identities of the 11 hostages that were released Monday evening, after 51 days of being held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The group includes nine children and two mothers.

The Cunio family

Sisters Sharon Aloni Cunio, 33, and Danielle Aloni, 44, along with Sharon’s husband David Cunio, 34, were taken hostage when Hamas terrorists invaded southern Israel and attacked Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7.

Sharon and David’s three-year-old twin daughters, Emma and Yuli, and Danielle’s five-year-old daughter Emilia were also taken captive.

The family initially told their relatives that they were safe and that they had sealed themselves inside a safe room as rocket sirens sounded that morning, but they later told relatives that terrorists had entered their home.

Sharon sent a voice message telling them that their house was on fire. Their last communication was at 11:20 a.m.Danielle and her daughter Emilia were released on Friday.

The release of Emma and Yuli is expected. David is still being held captive in Gaza.

Ronen Engel, 54, his wife Karina, 51, and their two daughters, Mika, 18, and Yuval, 10, had been missing since Hamas terrorists attacked Kibbutz Nir Oz on the morning of October 7.

The family hid in a safe room and their calls to relatives indicated they were aware of the horrific rampage taking place in their kibbutz.

While on a phone call with her sister, Paula, Karina suddenly mentioned the terrorists’ presence and then the call cut out. That was their last communication.

A video from Gaza was posted to Ronen’s Facebook page later that day and the family’s phones were traced to Gaza.

Mika volunteers with special needs children and Yuval enjoys horseback riding. Both sisters share a love of animals.

Eitan Yahalomi

Twelve-year-old Eitan Yahalomi was kidnapped with his father, Ohad, from their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz.

Eitan’s mother, Bat Sheva, said that when the terrorists entered the community they tried to kidnap her and her children while they were riding on motorcycles. With great resourcefulness, she managed to jump off the motorcycle along with her two daughters, 10 and nine months, but she was unable to save her son. Bat Sheva said she is fearful that Eitan won’t be the same once he returns. He is a keen Manchester City supporter and has a poster of star player Phil Foden on his wall. Ohad remains in captivity.

The Calderon family

Three members of the Calderon family had been missing from Kibbutz Nir Oz since October 7. Ofer, 53, and two of his child