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Moreno-Ocampo also referred to #Israel ’s subsequent blockade of #Gaza as a “crime against humanity and a genocide”.
“One of the forms to commit a #genocide is to inflict on the people [sic] conditions to destroy them. And that's exactly what the blockade is. It is blocking water, food, hospitals cannot work, no electricity for people who can go nowhere. Israel has the right to defend itself, but cannot block 2 million people and in doing so make it into a concentration camp,” he said.
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UNRWA's Lazzarini is asked about the casualty numbers in #Gaza, whether they are credible.
He says that in the past figures coming from Gaza were considered credible and "no one ever really challenged these figures". He explains that a correlation made by the UN compared the number of staff they have in Gaza and the number of staff killed within the population, and the total population. He adds, that "we have more or less the same percentage"
At least 57 of his UNRWA colleagues have been killed
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V #BBC Frank Gardner:
'The US is at great pains to say that the overnight action in eastern #Syria is not in connection with what is going on in #Gaza , that it was not done in any coordination with #Israel , and it is a completely separate action of self-defence.
The remote US base on the border between Syria and #Iraq has been attacked 19 times in the last few days by #Iranian-backed militias, the Pentagon says.
It is trying to distance its action, (cont.)
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carried out by a pair of US F-16s hitting ammo depots.
Despite what the Pentagon says, it will be seen as part of US actions seen as supportive of Israel... why the US has asked #Israel to pause any ground incursion into #Gaza is because it needs more time to get its air defences into bases, in anticipation of attacks - the US has air bases in pretty much all the Gulf States, on quite a heightened state of alert expecting attacks by (Iran's) proxies.'
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UNRWA's Lazzarini on #Humanitarian situation in #Gaza:
"people in Gaza are dying, basic services are crumbling," He adds that food and water are running out, the streets have started "overflowing with sewage... Gaza is on the brink of a massive health hazard and the risk of diseases are looming," he says. "Gaza is being strangled" and its people "feel shunned, alienated and abandoned", only a "handful of aid convoys" have been allowed in - they were "a distraction - nothing more than crumbs"
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Haaretz' Anshel Pfeffer tells #BBC that if elections in #Israel had been held on the eve of the war, #Netanyahu would have been voted out.
One factor weakening public support for the PM, Pfeffer explains, has been his government's decision to weaken the powers of Israel's supreme court - which led to protests during most of 2023, with many taking place "until just a few weeks ago".
For details please check out #TheGlobalJigsaw Israel episode
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g0wffp
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#BBCNews - Two Tanzanians and one South African among #Hamas #hostages , says #Israel
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67227257
Foreigners make up 135 of the 224 hostages being held - the largest number, 54, are from Thailand.
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#BBCNews - The #Thais caught up in the #Israel - #Gaza war
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67191203
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A State Dept spox has told the #BBC that the US does not support a ceasefire that would allow #Hamas to "rest and refit, and continue launching terrorist operations against #Israel". Miller said that in addition to 7 Oct attacks, "Hamas has launched rockets every day, targeting civilians in Israel".
"We would be opposed to any kind of ceasefire that would allow them to continue those operations; we do think that the parties ought to consider humanitarian pauses ti allow the delivery of aid"
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A member of a #Hamas delegation visiting #Moscow says #hostages taken from #Israel , during Hamas's surprise attack on on 7 October, can't be freed until a #ceasefire is agreed, local media reports.
#Russian newspaper Kommersant cites Abu Hamid as saying Hamas needed time to locate all of those who had been seized.
"They seized dozens of people, most of them civilians, and we need time to find them in the Gaza Strip and then release them," Hamid is quoted as saying.
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'The language used by the #Israeli army is stronger than in the previous raids saying this was “part of preparations for the next stages of combat”.
But the narrative war is critical too. Israel wants to keep the sense going that an incursion is imminent for three reasons:
To stop morale slipping on the ground
For domestic Israeli consumption to show that the response is coming, and
To keep the pressure on #Hamas - especially over the #hostage negotiations'
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V Ria Novosti and agencies:
Representatives of #Hamas led by Abu Marzouk of the politburo and Deputy For Min of #Iran are in Moscow
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#BBCNews - #Gaza al- #Ahli #hospital blast: What does new analysis tell us?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67216929
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#BBCMonitoring 's Shayan Sardarizadeh on how he fact checks misleading posts about the #Israel - #hamas war
https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/10/the-bbcs-shayan-sardarizadeh-on-how-he-fact-checks-misleading-posts-about-the-israel-hamas-war/
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' #hezbollah has perhaps 150,000 missiles of different sorts and thousands of trained men, battle-hardened from fighting in the war in #Syria on behalf of the #Assad regime there.
One of the big fears and dangers of all this is that there could be another war between #Israel and Hezbollah in #Lebanon, which is a very powerful force.
I think those groups talk the whole time, to be honest, but they have chosen to make this meeting public - partly to put pressure on Israel' (cont.)
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'They are facing the criticism that they have been talking about hitting #Israel, and now that the opportunity has come along, some say, “Why don’t you?” I have even heard some #Palestinians say, “ #Hezbollah have let us down.”
However, there have not been many signs that Iran wants this to happen. Deterring 'Iran and its #Lebanese allies is a major reason why the US has already moved one carrier group to the Mediterranean and another one on its way to the Gulf.'
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V majalla.com:
'Why #Israel has no good options in #Gaza
In one of his first speeches, #Netanyahu said Israel’s response would “change the Middle East”. This is absolutely true: It could make it much, much worse, for Israel and for everybody else.'
https://en.majalla.com/node/302891/politics/why-israel-has-no-good-options-gaza
An interesting read, by @michaelh992
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V BBC Tom Bateman:
'This is exactly the kind of thing you would expect before a ground invasion - troops probing to find and destroy defences on the ground.
The pictures show tanks and armoured bulldozers going in. The Israeli statement alludes to fighting on the ground, although the pictures don’t show this.
It says the troops exited “at the end of the activity”.
But it’s hard to say this gives us many more clues about the timing of a ground operation.
(Cont.)
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Presdent Biden said he had “no confidence in the number that the #Palestinians are using” when asked whether #Israel was doing enough to "minimise civilian casualties".
"I have no notion that the Palestinians are telling the truth about how many people are killed. I’m sure innocents have been killed, and it’s the price of waging a war. The Israelis should be incredibly careful to be sure that they’re focusing on going after the folks that are propagating this war." (Cont.)
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"And it’s against their interest when that doesn’t happen. But I have no confidence in the number that the Palestinians are using,” Biden added.
The #Hamas-run health ministry in #Gaza says that over 6,500 people have now been killed since 7 October, including more than 2,700 children.
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V #BBC Jeremy Bowen:
'In the last 24 hours, a photograph has emerged of the leaders of #Hamas and Islamic Jihad #PIJ in Lebanon, where they were meeting Hassan #Nasrallah, the leader of the Shia Muslim militia and political movement #Hezbollah.
It’s the most powerful body in #Lebanon, more powerful than the Lebanese state, and its military wing is backed, trained and armed by #Iran.
The Iranians see Hezbollah as a vital part of their strategy of forward defence in the region. (Cont.)
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