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Israel declares siege on Gaza as Hamas claims Israeli strikes killed captives

Oliver Holmes The Guardian  /  October 9, 2023 Defence minister says he has ordered ‘complete siege’ on Gaza Strip and ‘everything is closed’. Israel has declared a “complete siege” of Gaza, cutting it off from water and power supplies, and launched hundreds of strikes on the Palestinian enclave, as Hamas...

As 70,000 displaced people seek shelter in UNRWA’s Gaza facilities, a school receives a...

WAFA  /  October 9, 2023 GAZA – A United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) school sheltering more than 225 people displaced families in the Gaza Strip was directly hit today in an Israeli air strike, causing severe damage but no casualties, said a UNRWA...

Hamas deployed specialized units to attack Israel, says source

Reuters  /  October 9, 2023 Palestinian Islamist group Hamas deployed a force of about 1,000 fighters to stage the most devastating attack on Israel in decades, organizing them into specialized units, a source close to the group told Reuters. Some of the operations or training by the units were caught on...

Israel-Palestine war: ‘We are fighting human animals’, Israeli Defence minister Galant says

MEE Staff Middle East Eye  /  October 9, 2023 Yoav Gallant to deny Gaza access to ‘electricity, food, fuel’. Israel's Defence minister described Palestinians as "human animals" and vowed to "act accordingly," as fighter jets unleashed a massive bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip.  Yoav Gallant announced a "complete siege" of the Gaza Strip, an...

Israel ‘going on the offensive’ after retaking territories overrun by Hamas

Ruth Michaelson & Ben Doherty The Guardian  /  October 9, 2023 Military confirms 700 killed in Israel after attack described as ‘9/11 and Pearl Harbor wrapped into one’. Israel has re-established control of all the communities that were overrun by Hamas fighters over the weekend, but militants may still be...

Palestine war: Israeli colonel says bad intelligence and political interference is to blame

Levent Kemal Middle East Eye  /  October 9, 2023 Military commander tells Middle East Eye that Israel had information that an attack was brewing but failed to predict the worst. An Israeli colonel who is currently on active duty told MEE that incorrect intelligence evaluations and government interference in the...

Israel-Hamas war: what has happened and what has caused the conflict ?

Harriet Sherwood The Guardian  /  October 9, 2023 Offensive launched from Gaza represents large failure of Israeli intelligence and is likely to have long-lasting repercussions. What happened on the border between Israel and Gaza on Saturday ? Shocked Israelis woke on the last day of the Jewish high holidays to the...

Hamas political leaders were unaware of Israel incursion plan, Egypt officials say

Hamza Hendawi The National  /  October 9, 2023 Field commanders kept details away from leadership in exile to ensure secrecy of operation. The political leaders of Hamas had no advance knowledge of the weekend's surprise attack against Israel by the group's military wing, according to Egyptian security officials. Most of the movement's political leaders have lived in...

How Hamas duped Israel as it planned devastating attack

Samia Nakhoul & Jonathan Saul Reuters  /  October 9, 2023 A careful campaign of deception ensured Israel was caught off guard when the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched its devastating attack, enabling a force using bulldozers, hang gliders and motorbikes to take on the Middle East's most powerful army. Saturday's...

Tribalism versus international law in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict  

Juan Cole Informed Comment  /  October 9, 2023 William Roper: “So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!” Sir Thomas More: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?” William Roper: “Yes, I’d cut down every law in England to...