Hamas launches war on Israel

[Jimbuna]

Thousands in Gaza have broken into aid depots in a "worrying sign of civil order starting to break down", the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says.

People took flour and other basic supplies after storming several warehouses and distribution centres in the centre and south of the territory on Saturday, according to UNRWA.

Meanwhile, phone lines and internet connections are slowly returning after more than a day of almost total communications blackout.

Connectivity was cut as Israel intensified its bombardment of Gaza, and began a large ground operation involving tanks and troops.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say more troops entered the territory overnight, while warplanes attacked more than 450 Hamas targets.

[Jimbuna]

Israeli armoured vehicles have been seen on the main road running from north to south of the Gaza Strip, close to Gaza City.

The Israeli military has said they will not comment on the location of their forces.

But it comes as Israel expands its ground offensive in Gaza, with a military spokesman saying troops killed "dozens of terrorists" during clashes overnight.

Meanwhile, "hundreds and hundreds of patients" are stuck in hospitals in the north of Gaza, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees says.

Doctors say Israel told staff to evacuate Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City on Sunday but that moving patients - many of whom are in intensive care - is impossible.

[Jimbuna]

[Rockstar]

It’s beyond my understanding why the British state run media can’t call a spade a spade. It’s like they want you to believe Hamas has some noble legitimate cause. Hamas should be called out for what they are, sadistic, murderers, inhuman, terrorists. Not likened to some kind of freedom fighter.

Shani Louk: Woman missing after Hamas attack is dead, says mother
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By Kathryn Armstrong
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The mother of Shani Louk, an Israeli-German woman thought to have been kidnapped by Hamas fighters at a music festival in Israel, says her daughter is dead.

Speaking to German media, Ricarda Louk said she had been told by the Israeli military that a DNA sample taken from part of a skull bone proved to be Shani's.
Her body has not yet been found.

Shani's sister also confirmed the death on social media.
Adi Louk wrote on Instagram on Monday that Shani had been killed in the "massacre at Re'im" - a reference to the attack staged by Hamas in southern Israel, near the Gaza Strip, on 7 October.

But it was not clear from the reports where or when the fragment of her skull had been found.

Israel's foreign ministry wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that it was "devastated" to have to share the news of her death.

The 22-year-old had been attending the festival near the Kibbutz Re'im when gunmen opened fire and sent terrified partygoers fleeing through the desert.
More than 260 people were killed, the Israeli authorities said, while others were taken hostage.

Soon after the attack, a video began circulating widely on social media, showing the body of a young woman being paraded through the streets in the back of a flatbed truck, surrounded by armed fighters and others yelling "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest).

The woman was lying face down but Ms Louk's family say they identified her from her dreadlocks and distinctive tattoos.

While there was speculation online and in the media that she was dead, Ms Louk's mother said at the time she believed her daughter was alive.
"We were sent a video in which I could clearly see our daughter unconscious in the car with the Palestinians and them driving around the Gaza Strip," Ricarda Louk said in an appeal for information posted online.
Speaking to the German TV news channel RTL/ntv on Monday, Ricarda Louk said she now assumed her daughter had been dead since 7 October and may have been shot in the head during the Hamas attack. "At least she [Shani] didn't suffer," she said, adding that it was good to have certainty.

More than 1,400 people were killed in the attacks by Hamas, according to the Israeli authorities, but there has been a delay in identifying some people due to the poor condition of some of the bodies.

More than 220 are thought to have been taken hostage and four people have been released.

[Skybird]

Spot on.


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His book "Wir Weicheier" in German title in the orginal has the title "Pussycats. Why the rest beats the West and what can be doen about it." I have it, I recommend it.


What its about is what I would call a problem of attitude.

[em2nought]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Thousands in Gaza have broken into aid depots in a "worrying sign of civil order starting to break down", the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says.

People took flour and other basic supplies after storming several warehouses and distribution centres in the centre and south of the territory on Saturday, according to UNRWA.

Maybe it's a good sign considering exactly who is in charge there. Maybe the peeps are beginning to get fed up with Hamas.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by em2nought

Maybe it's a good sign considering exactly who is in charge there. Maybe the peeps are beginning to get fed up with Hamas.

I most certainly hope so

[Jimbuna]

The Israeli military says it has rescued a female soldier in Gaza who was taken hostage by Hamas on 7 October.

They say Private Ori Megidish was freed during overnight ground operations and is "doing well"; it's the first known rescue of a hostage since the conflict began.

Separately, Hamas has released a video, which the BBC isn't showing, of three hostages held in Gaza. Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu describes it as "cruel psychological propaganda"

Speaking in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu rejects calls for a ceasefire, saying it would amount to a "surrender to Hamas" and now is "a time for war"

Earlier, Israeli armoured vehicles were seen on Gaza's main north-south road, close to Gaza City, as Israel continues expanding its ground offensive.

Meanwhile, "hundreds and hundreds" of patients are stuck in hospitals in northern Gaza where an Israeli evacuation order is place, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees says.

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[Jimbuna]

Israel says there were "large exchanges" with Hamas in Gaza overnight as its ground offensive continues.

The IDF says its forces were attacked by "terrorists" with anti-tank missiles and machine gun fire.

Air strikes on the Gaza Strip also continued overnight - Israel says more than 300 targets were hit in total.

Israel says it's focusing on northern Gaza but continues to strike "all parts of the Strip"

Hamas says it ambushed three Israeli vehicles with anti-tank missiles and attacked ground troops with shells in southern Gaza.

On Monday night, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, saying "this is a time for war"

[Jimbuna]