Notices by Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host), page 23

The #BBC has been hearing from Doron #Kempel, former deputy chief of the #SayeretMatkal - #Israel 's elite commando unit:
"The challenge is how to know enough about where the #hostages are and how to time the assault such that you can at one time break into wherever they’re being held and save as many of them as possible."

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V RBC.ru
Russia and #hamas are in touch about the return of Russian hostages
https://www.rbc.ru/politics/10/10/2023/6524cf909a7947899592b026?from=from_main_3

V Reuters
PA leader to visit Moscow:
"An agreement has been reached that Mr Abbas will come here to Moscow," Abdel Hafiz, Palestinian envoy to Moscow is reported as saying. "We are awaiting an official statement from the Kremlin... about when the visit will take place," 

GRAPHIC WARNING
Aftermath of #airstrike on #Jabalia #refugee camp

#Palestinian health officials say at least 15 people were killed in an #Israeli attack in the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the #Gaza Strip.

#BBC Arabic filmed some of the destruction left by the airstrike.

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'My family sleep together so they will die together' - Oxfam aid worker family testimony from #Gaza - the #Israeli #bombing campaign has "never been this bad. There's no water, there's no electricity, there's no fuel and supplies are dwindling,"
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From a #BBC iv of Raphael Poch, spox for #Israel 's national #volunteer emergency #medical services United #Hatzalah :
"We're going home to home in the towns where people are told not to leave or exit their houses because it's too dangerous, bringing them food and water and medical supplies. We're doing everything we can."

'The impact of this escalation will be far-reaching'
by #BBC Lyse Doucet:
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'This unprecedented escalation has come at a time of unprecedented diplomacy: Saudi-US negotiations seemed to be heading towards the kingdom’s recognition of #Israel ; greater engagement between #Riyadh and the #Palestinian Authority, #Hamas ' arch rival.
There are many players – #Iran, a staunch ally of Hamas, as well as #Russia . Even the war in #Ukraine could find itself in this orbit.

Threat of escalation hangs heavy here - by #BBC Quentin Sommerville in southern #Lebanon
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The #Iranian backed group chose its target carefully, the disputed territory of Shebaa farms. But it is capable of much more. #Hezbollah , which like #Iran , is committed to #Israel ’s destruction, yesterday congratulated #Hamas on its attacks on #Israeli territory.
The militant group has long-range missiles at its disposal which can strike deep into Israeli territory.

V Times of #Israel military corr, Mannie Fabian on how the attack unfolded:
First, #Hamas bombed #Israeli observation towers and weapons systems on the #Gaza border using drones.
Hundreds of rockets were fired at Israel, militants in paragliders flew over the border
Hamas approached the border fence, blew up holes in it and allowed hundreds to infiltrate into Israel, many of them in trucks and motorcycles.
Hamas also attempted to infiltrate via the sea, but Navy forces repelled the attack

V Times of #Israel :
The security cabinet voted last night to put the country officially at war, and it can carry out “significant military activities,” the PM Office announces.

#Netanyahu had already said the country was at war.

The security cabinet decision gives the declaration legal standing in keeping with Basic Law: The Government, which in its Clause 40 says that the country cannot go to war without a government decision.

Israeli death toll reaches 600, acc to Haaretz

A #Haaretz editorial from this morning:
' #Netanyahu Bears Responsibility for This #Israel - #Gaza #War'
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/2023-10-08/ty-article-opinion/netanyahu-bears-responsibility/0000018b-0b9d-d8fc-adff-6bfd1c880000

#BBC correspondent Rushdi Abualouf reporting from #Gaza :
'Most of the people I met had mixed feelings.
Yesterday brought a moment of celebration for some #Palestinians , who said #Hamas was taking revenge for #Israeli attacks. But on the other hand people here are worried any war will last for a very long time.'
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The #Iranian president has spoken with the leader of #Palestinian militant groups #Hamas and Islamic Jihad ( #PIJ ) after the latest developments, state media in #Iran reports.

Details of Ebrahim #Raisi 's conversations with the two men were not disclosed.

Hamas is backed by Iran, which funds it and provides weapons and training.

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V Times of #Israel :

More restrictions introduced - #IDF announces schools to remain closed, as the Home Front Command extends existing restrictions.

businesses south of #Netanya and north of the central #Negev can only be opened if there is ready access to bomb shelters, the military says.

Gatherings are restricted to 10 people outdoors and 50 people indoors in those areas.

The restrictions are valid till Tuesday at 6 p.m
#hamas

More than 600 Israelis have been killed since Saturday, according to a Facebook post from the press office of #Israel 's government.

It adds that more than 100 people have been kidnapped, and more than 2,000 injured.

In #Gaza, at least 370 people have been killed following Israeli air strikes and 2200 injured, according to #Palestinian officials.

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A rally has taken place in #Beirut #Lebanon which saw people wave #Palestinian and #Hezbollah flags, followed Hezbollah’s limited artillery and missile strikes this morning on #Israeli positions.

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Secretary of State Anthony #Blinken told CNN the #US government has received reports that several Americans have died in #Israel - and that officials are trying to verify those reports.

The US is "likely" to give details on new military assistance for Israel later today, he says. "Our first focus is to make sure Israel has what it needs."

Shani Louk: Mother pleads for help as daughter goes missing at festival
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67046444
#Israel #Gaza #hamas

On the hostages, v ToI:
WSJ cites #Egyptian officials saying that their negotiators “failed to convince the #Palestinian factions to release injured #Israeli captives.”

Earlier the newspaper reported that #Israel had reached out to #Cairo to request its intervention.
#hamas #Gaza

#BBC Yolande Knell reports from #Ashkelon:
'The hospital here has treated over 400 people injured in this huge assault: soldiers from military bases that were overrun, partygoers from a rave in the fields next to #Gaza , and locals injured when their homes were hit by #rockets

There are reminders that the fighting still continues with booms overhead as the Iron Dome missile defence system intercepts incoming rocket fire

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#Israel #hamas