Notices by Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host), page 22

Hospitals in Gaza risk turning into morgues as they lose power, the Red Cross ( #ICRC ) has warned.
"The human misery caused by this escalation is abhorrent, and I implore the sides to reduce the suffering of civilians," the ICRC's regional director for the Near and Middle East, Fabrizio Carboni, says

#Blinken has just arrived in #Israel

In his short visit, Blinken will meet #Israeli officials and the #Palestinian President Mahmoud #Abbas (who is a political rival to #Hamas in the #Gaza Strip).

V Reuters, Tasnim:
#Iran 's foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian will travel to #Lebanon to discuss the #Israeli - #Palestinian conflict, the semi-official #Tasnim news agency said on Thursday, citing Iran's ambassador in Lebanon.

Four #Palestinian Red Crescent Society medics were Killed in #Gaza yesterday, acc to #PRCS. They piint out that targeting medical personnel is a grave breach to international humanitarian law
#Israel #hamas

#Israel 's Energy Minister Israel Katz says the #siege of #Gaza will not end until #Israeli hostages are released.

In a social media post, Israel Katz said no "electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck will enter" until the "abductees" are free.

Israel stopped supplies to the #Gaza Strip after the #Hamas attacks on Saturday.

Milo described how the #Gaza Border community's security teams "have fought bravely," noting especially the female fighters and commanders' role in stopping #Hamas militants. They have all "demonstrated extraordinary fighting skills - If anyone had any other thoughts, I think what happened leaves no doubt about the combat capabilities of the #IDF female fighters."

Milo stressed that his command's current main task is the #evacuation of residents who are still in the Gaza-Border communities

V Haaretz:
#Israel 's Home Front Command Commander Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo said 'that the #IDF is focused on defending civilians and killing terrorists. Milo added that the command is working with local authorities and that he discovered "shock and a big break in their trust in us" – along with what he called "a very big realisation and understanding that we must stand up and help the residents. There's no doubt that any breach of trust requires time to heal."
(Cont.)

V Reuters, Nournews:
The presidents of #Iran and #Syria have urged Islamic countries to reach agreement on a position in support of #Palestinians , a news agency linked to Iran's top security agency, Nournews, reported on Thursday.
#Israel #Gaza #Hamas

Good morning from London, ~ half past 8 in MENA. A recap:

The number of Israelis killed by #Hamas has risen to 1,300, with at least 150 hostages taken into Gaza

More than 1,400 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes, w 338,000 people displaced

#Netanyahu has told parliament that "difficult days await" at the swearing in of the war cabinet

The #UN says Gaza is facing a "dire" situation with food and water quickly running out

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The #Israel - #Gaza conflict podcast from the #BBC brings you reports and info from our correspondents on the ground you might have missed.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gl7z5v?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
In the latest edition Lyse Doucet hears from the mayor #Sderot what response he wants to the #Hamas attack and an #Israeli volunteer clearing debris and collecting bodies in a kibbutz tells Jeremy Bowen "not even Hollywood can make a horror movie to describe what we have seen here"

#Israel says they have dropped 6,000 bombs on #Hamas targets in #Gaza over the course of six days. The Israeli air force said #airstrikes have hit more than 3,600 targets

Human Rights Watch #HRW has accused Israel of using white phosphorus, a controversial munition, in its bombings of the Gaza Strip and #Lebanon.

Israel's military told Reuters that it was "currently not aware of the use of weapons containing white phosphorous in Gaza". It did not comment on Lebanon.

Von der Leyen, Loyd Austin also due tp arrive in #Israel today

V madamasr:
'Egypt’s difficult questions in the Gaza war'
https://www.madamasr.com/en/2023/10/11/feature/politics/egypts-difficult-questions-in-the-gaza-war/

V forward:
Stanford instructor removed for targeting Jewish students as ‘colonizers’ after Hamas attack on Israel

https://forward.com/news/564587/stanford-university-jewish-students-instructor-hamas/

#BBC correspondent Rushdi AbuAlouf has given an update from inside a building in #Gaza. He says he could hear the screaming of children inside the seven-storey complex.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67050350?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=65247e8d8ae7803bb6842a39%26WATCH%3A%20BBC%20reporter%20in%20Gaza%20could%20%27hear%20kids%20screaming%27%262023-10-09T22%3A35%3A07.458Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:3a667c69-8650-451d-83f9-1e8a4d2d35d2&pinned_post_asset_id=65247e8d8ae7803bb6842a39&pinned_post_type=share
#Israel #hamas

What next? Analysis by #BBC diplomatic corr Paul Adams:
For all the unprecedented horror surrounding the start of this episode, events now may start to follow a pattern familiar from previous #Gaza “wars”.
#Israel knows that a wave of international sympathy and goodwill gives its military a window of opportunity to conduct extensive military operations inside Gaza.
One former govt official told me Israel will have “at least two weeks” (cont.)

Member of the House Foreign Affairs Comm., California Congressman Brad #Sherman has told #BBC News: “You can’t just pretend this didn’t happen and just leave them with the sophisticated military power that they’ve demonstrated. You’ve got to disarm #Hamas "
He says Hamas might have felt obliged to launch an #attack out of the fear that #Saudi Arabia would reach a peace deal with #Israel 
“You have to defeat Hamas,” he added. “You cannot reform Hamas.”

'before calls for restraint from #Washington (the only power that matters here) will become hard to resist.
If #Israel is determined to deal a decisive blow to #Hamas , this will inevitably involve a massive ground operation, at which point civilian casualties – already high – are likely to soar.

Complicating matters enormously is the fate of at least 100 Israeli #hostages – soldiers and civilians - now being held in #Gaza .'

V Reuters
the #Rafah border crossing between #Gaza and #Egypt had been closed - and then reopened but for humanitarian cases only. #Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-#Sisi and #Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman #MBS - talking in a phone call - have said the "voice of reason" should prevail in the conflict between #Israel and #Hamas.

An Egyptian presidency spokesman said that they agreed the ongoing escalation threatens the region's stability.

V Unicef:
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/statement-unicef-executive-director-catherine-russell-deteriorating-situation
the #humanitarian situation in the conflict zone is "rapidly detereorating", and aid workers need to have safe passage.
Exec dir Catherine Russell: “I remind all parties that in this war, as in all wars, it is children who suffer first and suffer most; “I am also deeply concerned about measures to block electricity and prevent food, fuel and water from entering Gaza; called for the "immediate and safe release of any children being held hostage in Gaza"