Notices by Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host), page 18

V Guardian:
'The #Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari has backed academics and peace activists in his home country in an attack on the “indifference” of some American and European progressives to #Hamas atrocities, accusing them of “extreme moral insensitivity” and betraying leftwing politics':
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/24/yuval-noah-harari-backs-critique-of-leftist-indifference-to-hamas-atrocities?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Yael Noy was born and raised in a community in #Israel nearby to #Gaza and runs 'Road to Recovery', which ferries Palestinians to hospitals in Israel. Her kibbutz was attacked on 7 October, some of her volunteers were killed, others kidnapped, incl Yocheved Lifschitz. But Noy has vowed to continue her work, speaking of the desperation Palestinians - her "good friends" -are feeling. "we didn't stop. We take, every day, patients from the West Bank.. the most important thing now is to stay human"

V #BBC Rushdi Abualouf in #Gaza :
hospitals have shut down all but the emergency departments as fuel reserves that keep the operations running dwindle.

"Most other departments in the hospital are shut because they want to minimise the amount of fuel they are spending."

"They are just focused on saving life missions," he said, so that people need life saving treatments like kidney dialysis are still able to receive that.

#IDF carried out a drone strike during clashes with Palestinians near the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank "a short while ago", the Israeli military has said in social media posts.

Two people were also arrested in Jenin amid a gunfight with "armed terrorists" according to an IDF statement posted online.

The clashes broke out as Israel was conducting patrols near the Jenin refugee camp, Israel says, and began after Palestinian militants opened fire and threw bombs at Israeli troops.

US Sec of State Blinken has told the UN SC that he will work with China's for min Wang Yi to ensure the #Israel - #Gaza war doesn't escalate into a wider conflict.
China's envoy to MENA, Zhai Jun, has already visited several countries in the Middle East with an aim to broker a ceasefire.

China's growing influence in the region was evident earlier this year when it brokered a deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia - the rivals agreed to restore ties and held their first official talks since 2016.

US, Australia and Canada have called for "#humanitarian pauses", but not for a ceasefire.

"I have no expectation that a terrorist organisation would respect international law or any call for a ceasefire," Canadian Def Min Blair told reporters. "Quite frankly, Hamas has to be eliminated as a threat, not just to Israel, but to the world."

Earlier top White House and US State Department officials also said now is not the right time for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Recap of UNSC meeting:
SecGen Antonio Guterres called for an immediate ceasefire to end "epic suffering" in Gaza and that "no party to an armed conflict is above international humanitarian law"
He too said the Hamas Oct 7 attack "did not happen in a vaccum". That drew an angry response from Israel's For Min Eli Cohen, who wrote on X, describing Guterres' statement as "shocking" and "disconnected from the reality in our region". He added that he would cancel his meeting with the UN chief (cont)

#Israel 's military has confirmed it launched extensive attacks on the strip, targeting " #Hamas operatives and terrorist infrastructure".

The #IDF says tunnel shafts, military headquarters and munitions warehouses were destroyed.

On Tuesday, the IDF said it hit at least 400 sites, and the day before, 320. It has not yet put a number on the number of strikes on Wednesday.

US Sec of State Antony Blinken reiterated that every country has the right to defend itself and that "we must unequivocally condemn #Hamas ’s barbaric terrorist attack against #Israel ". But he added that "humanitarian pauses must be considered" to protect civilians in #Gaza

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry called for a ceasefire, expressing "regret" over the Security Council's failure to adopt a resolution calling for one

More on UN spat: response to Guterres from #Israel 's for min Cohen, who said there can be "no cause for such a massacre". "In what world do you live?" he asked
Gilad Erdan, Israel’s Ambo to the UN, called on Guterres to resign, saying he "is not fit to lead the UN"
Guterres later wrote on X that the "grievances of the Palestinian people cannot justify the horrific attacks by Hamas", and that "horrendous attacks cannot justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people"

Eight Syrian soldiers were killed and seven wounded by #Israeli strikes on military positions in the southern province of Daraa, state media reports.

#Syria 's state news agency SANA says the attack happened around 01:45 local time on Wed.
Israel's military confirmed it attacked Syrian targets - saying its fighter jets carried out a strike on military infrastructure and mortar launchers after rockets were fired across the border.

#BBCNews - #Israel - #Gaza war: The brutal impact on Gaza's children
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67211248

V ARD Tagesschau:
Acc to Egypt a fourth convoy of 20 lorries with humanitarian aid has arrived in #Gaza

Nach Angaben Ägyptens ist ein vierter Hilfskonvoi mit 20 Lastwagen in Gaza angekommen.

#BBCNews - George Washington University protest on #Israel - #Gaza war stirs outrage
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67209848

#BBCNews - #Israel #Gaza : #EU leaders set to back #humanitarian pauses
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67216072

#BBCNews - #Israelis and #Palestinians fear worst to come
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67219256

#BBCNews - 'My family is in #Gaza ': Solo vigil sparks protests
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67221219

The 7 October attack by #Hamas militants that killed over 1,400 people and resulted in more than 220 #hostages was “clearly a crime against humanity”, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the former chief prosector of the International Criminal Court #ICC has said. “Because killings with the intention to strike a group is a #genocide , and Hamas’s official intention is to strike #Israelis,” he told the #BBC.

“It's a war crime, because taking #hostages is a war crime,” he added. (Cont.)

#Iran says girl who collapsed on Tehran metro is ‘brain dead’
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67188151
Activists accused morality police of assaulting #Armita #Geravand for not wearing a #hijab , but authorities insisted she fainted.
Many Iranians have drawn parallels with the case of #MahsaAmini , a young woman who died in custody in September 2022 after being detained by morality police in Tehran for allegedly wearing her hijab "improperly".
#ArmitaGeravand
#Women_Life_Freedom

At least 13 #Israeli and foreign #hostages held in five locations in the #Gaza Strip have been killed in Israeli air strikes in the past 24 hours, Hamas’s armed wing, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement.

Hamas took about 150 people captive in its attack on 7 October. It has threatened to kill hostages if civilians homes are bombed by Israel without warning.

As the reports came in, UK Def Sec Grant Shapps told ITV he would treat the claims with "caution" but "deep concern".