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1. Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 23:25:46 JST Kriszta Satori

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   'Dad. They shot me. Help': Surviving the Kfar Aza kibbutz massacre
   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67089114
   #Israel #Gaza #hamas #KfarAza

   • Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 23:25:47 JST Kriszta Satori

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     'It is impossible for 1.1 million people to leave their homes within 24 hours', says #BBC corr Tom Bateman in Jerusalem.
     'It would involve 40,000 people per hour. On the ground convoys of the International Red Cross and United Nations humanitarian agency staff have been spotted travelling south from #Gaza City towards the southern part of territory, which may be in preparation of possible evacuation operation.

     But it would bring chaos to try to carry it out on this scale within 24 hrs'

   • Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 23:25:47 JST Kriszta Satori

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     'This is my community. I've seen things I can never unsee'

     #Gaza City's main hospital, Al Shifa, is at breaking point, with hundreds of seriously injured people filling the hallways and bodies lying in corridors and outside, as staff work under immense pressure.

     Inside, BBC Arabic's reporter Adnan Elbursh and his team discover their own neighbours, relatives and friends are among those injured and killed.

     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-67094214

   • Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 23:25:47 JST Kriszta Satori

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     The #BBC 's Lucy Williamson has been to the site of the #Israeli music #festival where 260 bodies were discovered following an attack by #Hamas militants on Saturday. Gun shots rung out as journalists were allowed in the area for the first time, accompanied by the #Israeli military.

     https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67094215

   • Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 23:25:48 JST Kriszta Satori

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     The US will today fly its first #repatriation flight to bring citizens home from #Israel

     National Security spox John Kirby said they would also be looking into other ways to help citizens leave, by land or sea.

     Argentina, France, South Korea, Australia and Canada - among others - have been evacuating their citizens throughout the week.

     Japan has also announced it will send a chartered flight to Israel to evacuate Japanese citizens at the weekend

   • Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 23:25:48 JST Kriszta Satori

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     Police in France have banned all pro-Palestinian demonstrations because they are "likely to generate disturbances" to public order

   • Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 23:25:48 JST Kriszta Satori

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     A #Hamas official has urged residents of the north of #Gaza to ignore it #Israel 's evacuation order

     The militant group has long been criticised by the international community for using civilians as human shields - putting innocent people in danger to protect their fighters.

     Hamas took power of the Gaza strip after it won the legislative elections in 2006, before reinforcing its power in Gaza the following year by ousting the rival Fatah movement of President Mahmoud Abbas.

   • Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 23:25:49 JST Kriszta Satori

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     #Israel 's #UN ambo defended the #evacuation order saying it was giving an early warning to the residents of #Gaza to "minimise harm to those not involved" in its military operation against #Hamas "For many years, the UN has turned a blind eye to the arming of Hamas, its use of the civilian population and civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip as a hiding place for its weapons and murder," Gilad Erdan said "It is better for the UN to focus now on returning the #hostages , condemning Hamas"

   • Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 23:25:49 JST Kriszta Satori

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     The Wadi Gaza is a river valley located around the centre of the #Gaza Strip, snaking across its entire width and ending in the Mediterranean Sea. It is known for its coastal wetlands and biodiversity.
     #Israel #hamas #WadiGaza

   • Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 23:25:49 JST Kriszta Satori

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     "You will be able to return to Gaza City only when another announcement permitting it is made," Israeli officials said in the statement to Gaza residents.

     The #evacuation order is part of #Israel 's "humanitarian measures" in the #Gaza Strip, says #IDF spox Jonathan Conricus:"Civilians are not our enemy."

     He said the military wants to minimise civilian casualties as it strikes targets in the Gaza Strip, and that it remains fully committed to the laws of international armed conflict.

   • Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 23:25:50 JST Kriszta Satori

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     The #Israeli military has told the #UN that everyone living north of Wadi Gaza should relocate to southern #Gaza in the next 24 hours, acc to a UN spox

     The UN says this amounts to approx 1.1 million people - about half the population of the entire Gaza Strip. The affected area includes densely populated Gaza City.

     The alert was given just before midnight local time
     #Israel #hamas

   • Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 23:25:50 JST Kriszta Satori

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     The #UN "strongly appeals for any such ( #evacuation ) order to be rescinded avoiding what could transform what is already a tragedy into a calamitous situation".

     The order also includes all UN staff and those sheltered in UN facilities which includes schools, health centres, and clinics.

     The UN Security Council #UNSC is due to hold an emergency meeting today in a closed consultation format.

   • Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 23:25:51 JST Kriszta Satori

     The #UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs #OCHA has issued an emergency appeal asking countries to provide $294m in emergency funding for the most urgent needs of #Palestinians

     The funds will be used to help some 1.2m people, the agency said.

     Acc to OCHA, more than 84,000 people in #Gaza became homeless on Thursday, the agency said, adding that there are now more than 423,000 people without shelter there
     #Israel #hamas