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#BBCNews - Al-Mawasi: ' #Gaza humanitarian zone not humane', evacuees say
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67646964

The ICG's take on the #Israel - #Gaza war:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/east-mediterranean-mena/israelpalestine/b90-way-out-gaza

#BBCNews - #Israel - #Gaza war: Video shows Gaza detainees allegedly 'surrendering guns' - what we know
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67675407
V #BBCVerify

#BBCNews - #Israel #Gaza : 'Where is mum? Where is grandma? Where did they go?'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67688422

V NYTimes:
‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hamas https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/world/middleeast/israel-qatar-money-prop-up-hamas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.E00.iWWE.i7SDPqdYyOti&smid=nytcore-android-share
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#BBCNews - Every #Bitcoin payment 'uses a swimming pool of water'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67564205
#water #Climate

in #Gaza, the UN says that fuel could run out in the coming hours, and has warned that hospitals are now only taking emergency cases

Later today EU leaders are expected to call for a pause in the current fighting to facilitate the passage of urgent humanitarian aid

The World Health Organization has urged #Hamas to release all hostages on medical grounds

Good morning, 9 AM in the Middle East here are some of the latest headlines:

The Israel Defense Force #IDF said it carried out an overnight "targeted raid" in northern #Gaza using tanks

It said it had struck "numerous terrorist cells, infrastructure and anti-tank missile launch posts"

Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu has reiterated that Israel is preparing for a ground invasion of Gaza, while offering no details on timings

#BBCNews - Humanity blasted and broken: #Gaza through a #medic 's eyes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67223273

“There's enough for many days for hospitals and water pumps to run. Only the priorities are different. #Hamas prefers to have all of the fuel for its warfighting capabilities, leaving civilians without it,” the #IDF spox added.

Hospitals in Gaza are taking on emergency cases only amid fears fuel supplies could run out in the coming hours, according to the UN

A WHO rep told the B#BC that UN supported hospitals were running generators "at minimum levels only for life-saving operations".

#IDF has disputed a claim from #UNRWA that #fuel will imminently run out in #Gaza.

“As far as I know, there's still electricity in the Gaza Strip. And this report is a bit questionable,” IDF spox Conricus said. “We responded to the claim by UNRWA referring them to where Hamas - which governs Gaza - source fuel, both diesel fuel and other types. It's all inside the Gaza Strip."
(Cont.)

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.)

"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.

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.)

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.

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.)

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

'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.'

' #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.)

#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/