Pro-Palestinian protests spread worldwide as Israel presses into Gaza
Israeli troops and civilians have been evacuated in Gaza over the past week, according to Israel’s Defense Ministry in a radio broadcast broadcast on Oct. 7
An Israeli soldier was killed overnight when a tank overturned in Gaza, the military said Monday. In total, 312 Israeli soldiers have been killed, most of them on Oct. 7.
By the end of the weekend, Palestinian health officials said over 1,000 people, including many from the same families, were killed in Israel’s intensified weekend bombardment.
After two nights and a day of internet and phone service outages, Palestinian communications came back on Sunday. Across Gaza and beyond, Palestinians expressed relief as families were able to reach loved ones.
Israel has continued to urge the evacuation of northern Gaza, including hospitals, where beds are completely full with injured people and hallways have crowded each night with Palestinians seeking refuge from airstrikes. The U.N. says some hospitals in Gaza have to close because of a lack of fuel to operate generators.
While the people have been evacuated from the Ah-Ahli Arab Hospital, the staff is still treating the patients, according to a doctor. The hospital was the site of a deadly explosion on Oct. 17 that killed at least 100 people, according to estimates by U.S. intelligence services.
About 117 trucks carrying aid have been allowed into Gaza via the territory’s Rafah border with Egypt. Most of those trucks have carried medical supplies, and about half have carried food. None have carried fuel, which Israel has blocked over concerns it could be stolen by Hamas.
Food in Gaza has been difficult to come by. Many food suppliers have been forced to close due to the lack of electricity and fuel. Palestinians living in Gaza have told NPR about fruitless searches for open vendors or waiting in line for hours for a days’ worth of bread for their family.
On Saturday, thousands of people broke into several warehouses operated by UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, to steal wheat flour and other survival supplies.
Israel presses into Gaza as pro-palestinian protests spread worldwide: A poignant reminder of a broken civil order after three weeks of war on Gaza
“This is a worrying sign that civil order is starting to break down after three weeks of war and a tight siege on Gaza. White said in the statement that people were scared, frustrated and desperate.
“Very few trucks, slow processes, strict inspections, supplies that do not match the requirements of UNRWA and the other aid organizations, and mostly the ongoing ban on fuel, are all a recipe for a failed system,” he said.
Israel said Sunday it would resume water supply to central Gaza and authorize the Palestinian Water Authority to make repairs to pipelines damaged in the conflict. The U.N. reported that water supply in southern Gaza had experienced “significant improvement” in recent days as its agencies have delivered small amounts of fuel to desalination plants and pumping stations.
We have taken extreme steps to save the water that we had left. Abood Okal, a Palestinian American who lives in Massachusetts and was visiting family in Gaza when the war began, said showers are now something of the past.
He said that he and his wife and son are in a home with a lot of other people. Members of the household have been walking to a filtration station every day to fill up a few gallons to bring home for everyone.
Israeli airstrikes, anti-tank missiles and terrorist fighters in Israel’s second phase of the war with the militant group Hamas
Last Thursday, that filtration station ran out of diesel to operate its generators, Okal said Thursday evening. We are almost out of water. I think we have enough to last us until tomorrow, then we’ll be out,” he said.
In New York City, London, Madrid, Casablanca, Istanbul, Islamabad and other cities worldwide, tens of thousands of people took part in pro-Palestinian protests this past weekend, calling for a cease-fire.
pro-Palestinian protesters invaded the airport in Russia’s Muslim majority region of Dagestan before the Tel Aviv flight arrived.
Video posted to social media appeared to show a crowd on the tarmac surrounding the plane, which landed at the Makhachkala airport around 7:15 p.m. local time.
The suffering of victims of the actions of unrighteous people and politicians is something that all the Dags empathise with. “But what happened at our airport is outrageous, and should get an appropriate assessment from law enforcement agencies”, said Sergey Meliko, head of the Dagestan Republic in a Telegram post.
TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli military’s intensified ground operations in Gaza pushed into a fourth day Monday as part of its so-called “second phase” of its war with the militant group Hamas.
Since the intensified operation began on Friday night, Israeli airstrikes have hit more than 600 Hamas targets, including weapons depots and anti-tank missile launch sites, Israel said. The Israel Defense Force said it killed dozens of Hamas fighters on Sunday. There were “clashes” between Israeli soldiers and Hamas fighters.
Among Israel’s targets is Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Israeli military spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said at a Sunday night news conference. According to Israelis, Sinwar was the chief architect of the attack on Israel that left 1,400 dead.
Israeli sabotage is suspected of causing the service outage for the Palestinians. An Israeli defense official said she was “unaware” of the matter.
What happened to Anas Baba? How the Gaza Strip became open and closed during the first day of NPR’s All Things Considered interview
It happened just as Anas Baba, NPR’s producer in the Gaza Strip, was getting ready to tape an interview with NPR’s All Things Considered. Baba said that his line was bouncy before the interview began.
Baba sent his first voice memo on Saturday night while the communication was down. For an hour and a half, he connected to an Israeli cellular network by getting close to the Israeli border, a dangerous prospect, especially in wartime.
I heard that yesterday’s total shutdown of the radio was caused by the ambulance paramedics. They didn’t know where to go, how to get to the injured, or how to stop the fighting. The bombardment all over the Gaza Strip was totally intense. … Everyone in Gaza is worried about their loved one.
Baba returned south to Rafah, where he is sheltering, to witness scenes of desperation. Getting around sometimes meant taking a horse cart, with fuel supplies dwindling.
It was a challenge to find something to eat, and even more so to figure out where to go. Yesterday I was forced to return home from Khan Younis to Rafah city, where I am based and located, using a horse cart. Today, I could not find the horse cart.
Nothing is the same. My memories are still there in Gaza City, but my heart is there, and I’m reporting for you now.
Don’t know what to say. Don’t know how to describe the damage. … It’s been flattened to the ground. Nothing is the same.
It’s dangerous, but I need to understand what’s happening around me. For a journalist, not for a normal citizen, my mind was going to melt trying to understand what is happening.
“But the most catastrophic: When you hear the stories of some of the people who are still trying to reach some of their beloved, their families, their friends.
“Some of the people here are telling me that 20 days of the war with signal and reception was OK. But two days without reception and telecommunication was around 20 years for us. Being completely blind and disconnected makes you feel powerless and vulnerable at the same time.
The United Nations said that over 1,000 people, including many from the same families, were killed in Israel’s intensified weekend bombardment. by the end of the weekend, Palestinian health officials said over 1,000 people were killed in Israel’s intensified weekend bombardment. Over 600 Hamas targets have been hit since the intensified operation began on Friday night, Israel said.