Notices by Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host), page 11

#BBCNews - #Gaza Strip in maps: How life has changed in three months
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20415675

#BBCNews - #Israel : Woman killed, 17 hurt in suspected #Palestinian car-ramming attack
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67983624

#BBCNews - #Israel #Gaza : #Palestinian activist Ahed #Tamimi freed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67574546

A morning recap from London:

The Israeli military says the six-day ceasefire in Gaza will continue in light of mediators' efforts to continue the process of releasing hostages

It was extended for a day after Hamas gave Israel a list of woman and children hostages to be released on Thursday

On Wednesday evening 10 Israeli hostages - and four Thai citizens - returned to Israeli territory after the group's release from Gaza

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Shocking and heartbreaking footage allegedly from the Intensive Care Unit at Al-Nasser Hospital in #Gaza - unverified so far...

V Mairav Zonszein of ICG:
"With talk mounting of a possible bigger deal to free all hostages (including Israeli soldiers) and a potential extended ceasefire, or even permanent one, Ben Gvir threatens that if the war stops, he will break up the coalition."

V MSF:

On 20 Nov, 2 missiles hit a hospital in Selydove, #Ukraine. Although no MSF staff were harmed, several people in the hospital were injured and 3 people were killed.

This is the 2nd attack within a week on a hospital in Ukraine where MSF is present.
#UkraineWar

Mediator Qatar says negotiations between Hamas and Israel will continue for another day

The conditions of the ceasefire, which includes the halt of hostilities and allowing humanitarian aid in, remain the same, Qatar says

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Tel Aviv as part of efforts to prolong the pause in fighting

Israel earlier said two Russian-Israeli women were also back in Israel - having also been released on Wednesday

Israel's prison service says it has freed a further 30 Palestinian prisoners

Earlier, two boys aged 8 and 14 were shot dead during an Israeli raid in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank

The Israeli military hasn't commented on the two boys specifically, but says it killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander and arrested 17 others during an operation targeting a refugee camp

#BBCNews - Royal Navy sends second warship to Gulf
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67572536

Blinken visits Israel

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited Israel and the West Bank and urged Israel to take "more effective steps" to protect civilian lives in Gaza

Violence in the West Bank

Three people were killed and several others injured when two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in West Jerusalem. The perpetrators were killed at the scene by off-duty soldiers; Hamas claimed the attack

Good morning from London, a summary of the #BBC live page:
A seven-day truce between #Israel and #Hamas is due to expire in the coming hours - it's not yet clear if it will be extended again.

Seventh hostage exchange

Under the truce deal, eight more Israeli #hostages - six women and two young siblings - were freed by Hamas while Israel released another 30 #Palestinian prisoners

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V NYTimes:
' #Israel Knew #Hamas ’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago' https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-attack-intelligence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ck0.tH_u.LYGNgTdfca0c&smid=nytcore-android-share
#GiftArticle #NoPaywall

#Hamas #hostages - Joy and relief as 17 #Thai workers return home

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67563914

"Some are having a hard time getting up from a chair, like older people that need some help while they get up from a chair."

Their experience of captivity in Gaza varied, Bron-Harlev said, noting that some hostages were kept in one location, while others were frequently on the move. All reported living under "very strict conditions" in captivity.

"It takes them quite a while to really believe that they are no longer in a place that might hurt them, that they're in a safe place," she said.

A senior #Israeli doctor spoke to the #BBC about the youngest #hostages released from captivity by #Hamas.

Dr Efrat Bron-Harlev said 26 of the 100 or so hostages released so far had been taken to recover at her hospital. "I would say they would look more like shadows of children, kind of hollow children, they have no impression on their face. Not sad, not happy, just no impression, they hardly speak, very, very quiet. If they do speak, it's very, very quiet."

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#Israel recalls ambassador in war spat with #Spain PM Pedro Sánchez

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67575699

'Israel, he said, had "one of the most sophisticated militaries in the world". It was capable of neutralising Hamas while minimising harm to innocent civilians.

"And it has an obligation to do so," he said.

Israel, he said, had agreed with Washington’s approach. He spoke of “concrete steps”, but said it was not appropriate for him to discuss them.'

'Critical infrastructure – hospitals, power stations and water facilities – must not be damaged.

Taken together, these rules – and that’s what they felt like – amount to a real challenge to the Israeli government and military, which is intent on destroying Hamas once and for all and which knows that it remains embedded inside some of Gaza’s most populated areas, in particular the southern city of Khan Yunis.

Blinken drove home that challenge: (cont.)

'in central and southern Gaza where civilians can be “safe and out of the line of fire".

In other words, it simply won’t be enough for Israel to tell civilians to head for the tiny coastal area of al-Mawasi, as it has been insisting for weeks.

Then, Israel must avoid "further significant displacement of civilians". Washington doesn’t want to see tens of thousands of desperate civilians on the move. There must be no "enduring internal displacement' (cont.)