Notices by Kriszta Satori (fulelo@journa.host), page 24

V Haaretz:
#Israeli PM office says #Netanyahu held discussions on Sunday with German Chancellor Olaf #Scholz , Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelensky , Italian Prime Minister Giorgia #Meloni , and British Prime Minister Rishi #Sunak

According to the statement, "the leaders expressed unwavering support for Israel's right to self-defense as needed."
#hamas #Gaza

What are #Israel 's priorities now?
By BBC security corr Frank Gardner
Re-establish security in southern Israel; Destroy or degrade Hamas’s ability to attack Israel; Prevent this conflict from spreading; Retrieve or rescue the Israeli hostages
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6522bdb202d73c280f4a93aa%26What%20are%20Israel%E2%80%99s%20priorities%20now%3F%262023-10-08T14%3A43%3A35.378Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:9099db70-fa22-4df8-b355-ac9c499093d5&pinned_post_asset_id=6522bdb202d73c280f4a93aa&pinned_post_type=share

#BBCNews - How an #Israel music festival turned into a nightmare after #Hamas attack
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67047034

#Germany increases protection of #Israeli , #Jewish institutions

https://www.reuters.com/world/germany-hikes-protection-israeli-jewish-institutions-scholz-2023-10-08/

#BBC live page:
It's approaching midnight in #Israel , where the overall death toll following attacks from #Hamas militants has passed 600 - although some some reports say the number is even higher.

In the #Gaza Strip, more than 400 people have been killed in retaliatory #Israeli strikes.

Here's the latest top lines:

More than 250 bodies have been removed from the site of a music #festival in southern Israel which came under attack, according to search and rescue organisation Zaka

V AFP:
#Jews In #France Fear Reprisals From #Israel - #Hamas War

https://www.barrons.com/news/jews-in-france-fear-reprisals-from-israel-hamas-war-86d3c224

Here are some of the graphic testimonies of those who survived the festival shooting:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67047034

And here is Gili Yoskovich' story:
'They were going tree by tree and shooting'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67044787
#Israel #hamas #Gaza

Latest #IDF update:
more than 700 #Israelis have been killed since Saturday morning and 2,150 have been injured.

According to the IDF, 3,284 rockets have been fired from the #Gaza Strip (Hamas says the number is more than 5,000) and Israel has struck 653 #Hamas targets.

'Nobody could help us' - Shock and anger in #Israel 's #Ashkelon
- a report by #BBC 's Yolande Knell
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67048672

In #Gaza , 413 people have been killed and 2,300 wounded in retaliatory air strikes from #Israel , according to the latest update from #Palestinian officials.

Situation in #Sderot now:
'In the last few hours there's been a fresh infiltration, he says, with more gunmen reaching the town.

The residents have been told to stay inside and be quiet. They can hear the sound of gunshots outside.

"I am carrying a knife. It won't help me much against a gun, but I can't not do anything. I am just hoping they don't come for me."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=65230c3d02d73c280f4a952c%26%27Why%20take%20the%20children%3F%20It%27s%20insane%27%262023-10-08T22%3A07%3A12.789Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:f0c50208-211c-4454-b89a-ed3ae0d41e5b&pinned_post_asset_id=65230c3d02d73c280f4a952c&pinned_post_type=share
#Israel #hamas

In #Gaza, air strikes have displaced around 123,000 people, the UN says

Hospitals in Gaza are deluged and struggling under power cuts. The UN says Gaza's last power source - its only power plant - could run out of fuel in days

#Israeli forces are still fighting #Hamas gunmen at seven to eight sites in southern Israel close to the #Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces #IDF said in a briefing this morning.

These include Be’eri, an agrarian community, which was infiltrated by Hamas fighters overnight

V BBC Poland correspondent, Adam Easton:
' #Poland has started evacuating its citizens from #Israel, with the first plane carrying around 120 people landing in #Warsaw early on Monday
Two more planes are expected to arrive later in the day.
Acc to the defence minister there were about 200 Polish tourists, including children on a school trip, waiting to leave Israel.'
#hamas #Gaza

#US officials expect #Israel to launch a ground incursion into #Gaza within the next 48 hours

#Oil prices jumped on Monday over concerns that the latest events could disrupt output from the Middle East
#Israel #hamas

#Iran was "not involved" in the attack carried out by #Hamas militants in southern #Israel , its mission to the UN has said.

"We emphatically stand in unflinching support of #Palestine ; however, we are not involved in Palestine's response" it said in a stmt acc to Reuters.

Hamas had said that assistance from Iran helped it carry out its attack over the weekend.

Iran has backed Hamas for years.
Acc to Blinken the US has "not yet seen evidence Iran was behind this particular attack"

The US is concerned the conflict could broaden
- BBC 's Barbara Plett-Usher, state dept corr
#US sending an aircraft carrier with a deck of warplanes, accompanied by cruisers and destroyers – also extra military assistance such as munitions.
they want to prevent #Lebanon ’s #Hezbollah movement from joining the fight. It’s backed by #Iran, which also funds and arms #Hamas
Hamas leaders have said #Israel ’s normalization agreements with Arab states were among the factors that drove the attack

#Thailand 's foreign ministry says 12 #Thai nationals have been killed since #Hamas launched its attacks.

Another 11 were kidnapped, and eight were injured.

One Thai worker told #BBC Thai he was almost killed on Saturday.

"I was crawling underneath a truck then the Hamas militant pulled me out and pointed the gun at me," he said.

There are approximately 30,000 Thai nationals in #Israel , and about 5,000 in the #Gaza Strip.

Here is 'The Times' view of the terrorist attack launched by #Hamas from the #Gaza Strip: Unending war'

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ff1b0e44-660f-11ee-a4e7-0fb10af55688?shareToken=63144bb373ebc1a7fd074ded4436add6
#Israel

'Many #Hamas leaders were unaware of the plans and, while training, the 1,000 fighters deployed in the assault had no inkling of the exact purpose of the exercises'
'The #Israeli security source said Israeli troops were below full strength in the south near #Gaza because some had been redeployed to the West Bank to protect Israeli settlers'
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2387776/middle-east