Notices by Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host), page 20

#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"

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.

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

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

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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

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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

'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'

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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

The #ICRC has condemned the #hostage taking during the attacks on #Israel by #Hamas , saying "our hearts go out" to those who have lost family members or are worried about loved ones.

"We reiterate our call for their immediate release and stand ready to conduct humanitarian visits," the #RedCross said.

Their quote regarding the evacuation orders:

"The instructions issued by the Israeli authorities for the population of #Gaza City are not compatible with international humanitarian law"

Reuters says its videographer has been killed while working in southern #Lebanon:
"We are deeply saddened to learn that our videographer, Issam Abdallah, has been killed," the statement said.

Reuters journalists Thaer Al-Sudani and Maher Nazeh also sustained injuries and are seeking medical care, according to the statement.
#JournalismIsNorACrime

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#BBCNews - #Hamas attack on #Israel kibbutz Be’eri captured by mothers’ WhatsApp group
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67105618

'Officials from #Iran and #Hezbollah helped plan the attack, people familiar with the operation said, but the US and its allies have not found evidence directly linking Tehran' https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/world/middleeast/hamas-iran-israel-attack.html?unlocked_article_code=Xo6-HU8Rljz8gAP-dbXfTLOQv2fAYV2G1dg8v1f19eSLpeEbU6J38VMzR-2h-LYSswmJhO29Dkb_S_iQHosad_bmaN3GY1CaoMLc1Zlk9ydxbny-bokiTj0PNdPTrHHQfTs85imBcabZSs2XgYANIcr4jaXmfsPPG5pUOr8DJYzOdyJmuZC1hnLAWkK4W5ptPJ0FKGe3tLRTdFbcbJgZSMzLt30nF_CcS-dSqyAm9hUQ79nKqD3asOYCFycltxNeQ1IuIp1miqJaVtFh2HcrxxmMtuj3dc6KApclxImHINrSU3aIsZ5k2uaB74il3VDAoVXmZ63_RSpFkWeVsN0R24PzbBrba7ocNCmT&smid=nytcore-android-share
#GiftArticle #NoPaywall 'Nasrallah held an online meeting with an elite group of strategists from all the Iran-backed militias and told them to get ready for a war with #Israel with a scope and reach — incl a ground invasion — that would mark a new era, acc to two participants from Iran and Syria.'

' #Hamas bears responsibility for what happens in #Gaza '-
says #Israel 's UN envoy

Gilad Erdan called on the UN to support Israel's order to evacuate Gaza:

"Hamas was democratically elected by the people of Gaza, we shouldn't forget this, don't look away," Erdan said.

The Arab Group held a meeting at the #UN and is due to meet with the sec gen later today.
The #Palestinian Ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, is demanding that the international community put pressure on #Israel to stop its aerial bombardment and to work to allow humanitarian convoys to enter the #Gaza strip, where he says Palestinians are in danger of either being killed by bombardment or starvation.

The #Israeli military says it has struck a "terrorist target" in southern #Lebanon belonging to #Hezbollah

It says it acted after it intercepted two "unidentified targets" above #Haifa, close to the #Lebanese border, and after an unidentified UAV (drone) crossed into northern Israel.

In recent days Israeli forces have exchanged rocket fire with Hezbollah.

Like #Hamas, Hezbollah too has been designated a terrorist organisation by the UK, US and other countries.

#BBCNews - Voices from across #Gaza : We don't know where we can go
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67106104
#Israel #hamas

It has just passed 5 AM in the Middle East, a quick recap of what is going on in #Gaza :

#Palestinian civilians have been fleeing northern Gaza by car, on the back of trucks and on foot after an #Israeli warning - about 1.1 million people living in northern areas have been told to leave ahead of an expected ground offensive by Israeli forces.
The UN described the order as horrendous, while the US urged #Israel to take every precaution to avoid killing civilians

Blinken has arrived in #Saudi Arabia , his fifth stop on a tour of Arab countries as he tries to prevent the conflict between #Hamas and #Israel from spreading to the region.

Blinken wants Arab states to clearly condemn Hamas and to also show restraint over Israel’s response.

But as he arrived in Riyadh, the Saudi foreign ministry issued its strongest criticism of Israel yet, condemning what it called the targeting of defenceless civilians.
#Gaza

#Israel 's army says it's launched localised raids inside #Gaza, as the #IDF puts it,  "to eliminate the threat of terrorist cells and infrastructure".

And if you missed the last week in news:
#Hamas fighters kidnapped at least 150 people and took them into #Gaza during attacks on #Israel a week ago which killed at least 1,300 people

1,900 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes, authorities say

A total blockade is being enforced on Gaza, with fuel, food and water running out