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☆ Middle East Crisis Senior Israeli Military Official Offers to Resign After Oct. 7 Intelligence Failures
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Adam Rasgon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Mr. Netanyahu said in a social media post that his government would “act by all means” against any such move. The sanctions, if imposed, would not hold up the military aid that was just approved in Congress. The Israeli military disciplined three of the unit’s commanders after the investigation. Human rights organizations have long accused the Israeli military justice system of whitewashing wrongdoing and the military of acting with impunity. More than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed during the six months of war, according to Gazan health officials.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Mr, Netanyahu, Axios, Netzah Yehuda, Leahy, Yehuda, Omar Abdelmajed Assad, “, Assad’s, Biden, Benny Gantz, Yoav Gallant, Antony J, Blinken, Jacob J, Lew, Gallant, Mick Mulroy, ”, ” Natan Odenheimer, Gabby Sobelman Organizations: West Bank, Biden, Netzah, Jewish, Israel, Pentagon, State Locations: States, Gaza, Israel, Israel’s, Iran, U.S, United States

The first call came at 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 8. The recorded voice instructed doctor Hussam Abuouda, his wife and five children to get out. Leave Beit Hanoun, the city at the Israeli border in northern Gaza, Abuouda recalls the unidentified man saying in Arabic.

Persons: Hussam Abuouda, Abuouda Locations: Gaza

BEITUNIA, West Bank—After more than a year of detention, Azhar Assaf has finally returned to her home in the occupied West Bank. Although she doesn’t consider herself to be political, she says she owes her freedom to Hamas. Assaf and other freed prisoners, many of whom have been held without trial, are attributing their release to Hamas, with some openly praising the group. That is helping to boost Hamas’s public image among Palestinians amid a war with Israel that has left more than 15,000 dead in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to authorities in the enclave. The numbers don’t distinguish between militants and civilians.

Persons: Azhar Assaf, doesn’t, Assaf Organizations: West Bank —, West Bank Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ Al Qassam Brigades Says Four Military Commanders Killed in Fighting
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

CAIRO (Reuters) - The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas announced on Sunday the killing of four of its military commanders in the Gaza Strip, including the commander of the North Gaza brigade Ahmad Al Ghandour. "Al Ghandour (Abu Anas) is the member of the military council and the commander of the North Brigade," Al Qassam Brigades said in a statement published on their Telegram channel. (Reporting by Omar Abdel-Razek and Hatem Maher; Editing by Jan Harvey)

Persons: Ahmad Al Ghandour, Al Ghandour, Abu Anas, Al, Omar Abdel, Razek, Hatem Maher, Jan Harvey Organizations: Hamas, North Brigade, Brigades Locations: CAIRO, Gaza

☆ Al Qassam Brigades says four military commanders killed in fighting
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

CAIRO, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas announced on Sunday the killing of four of its military commanders in the Gaza Strip, including the commander of the North Gaza brigade Ahmad Al Ghandour. "Al Ghandour (Abu Anas) is the member of the military council and the commander of the North Brigade," Al Qassam Brigades said in a statement published on their Telegram channel. Reporting by Omar Abdel-Razek and Hatem Maher; Editing by Jan HarveyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ahmad Al Ghandour, Al Ghandour, Abu Anas, Al, Omar Abdel, Razek, Hatem Maher, Jan Harvey Organizations: Hamas, North Brigade, Brigades, Thomson Locations: CAIRO, Gaza

☆ Gulf Air exposed to data breach, 'vital operations not affected'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

A Gulf Air plane lands in a first direct flight between Bahrain and Israel, at Ben Gurion International Airport at Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel September 30, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCAIRO, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Gulf Air said its data was breached on Friday but its operations and vital systems were not affected, Bahrain's news agency BNA reported on Saturday. The agency quoted the company as saying that "as a result of this illegal breach some information from the company's email system and customers' database could be compromised" and it added emergency plans were deployed to contain the breach. Reporting by Omar Abdel-Razek and Hatem Maher; Editing by Alexandra HudsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ronen, Omar Abdel, Razek, Hatem Maher, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Ben Gurion International, REUTERS, Rights, Gulf Air, BNA, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Bahrain, Israel, Lod, Tel Aviv, Rights CAIRO

The Israeli military has stepped up its efforts to produce evidence that Gaza’s largest hospital was a Hamas command center, as the humanitarian fallout from war and seizure of Al-Shifa Hospital has heaped pressure on Israel. In recent days, the Israeli military has released a series of videos and photos from the hospital that show further details of a tunnel uncovered at the site and security-camera footage of two hostages who were brought there on Oct. 7, the day Israel says Hamas militants killed more than 1,200 people in Israel and took more than 200 hostages back to Gaza.

Organizations: Shifa Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ Fifteen killed, 22 injured in Israeli strike on a residential building in southern Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

CAIRO, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Fifteen people were killed and 22 others injured in an Israeli strike on a residential apartment in Khan Younis, southern Gaza on Tuesday night, according to Al Jazeera TV and a Telgram channel affiliated to Hamas. The Qatar-based Al Jazeera TV showed video footage of the apartment site and a number of dead children wrapped in bed sheets while other residents were searching the rubble. The victims and the injured arrived at Nasser Hospital, according to Shehab News Agency, a channel close to Hamas on Telegram. Reporting by Omar Abdel-Razek and Ali Sawafta and Omar Editing by Chris Reese and Chizu NomiyamaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Khan Younis, Omar Abdel, Razek, Ali Sawafta, Omar, Chris Reese, Chizu Organizations: Al, Hamas, Nasser Hospital, Shehab News Agency, Telegram, Thomson Locations: CAIRO, Khan, Gaza, Al Jazeera, Qatar

☆ Fifteen Killed, 22 Injured in Israeli Strike on a Residential Building in Southern Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

CAIRO (Reuters) - Fifteen people were killed and 22 others injured in an Israeli strike on a residential apartment in Khan Younis, southern Gaza on Tuesday night, according to Al Jazeera TV and a Telgram channel affiliated to Hamas. The Qatar-based Al Jazeera TV showed video footage of the apartment site and a number of dead children wrapped in bed sheets while other residents were searching the rubble. The victims and the injured arrived at Nasser Hospital, according to Shehab News Agency, a channel close to Hamas on Telegram. (Reporting by Omar Abdel-Razek and Ali Sawafta and Omar; Editing by Chris Reese and Chizu Nomiyama)

Persons: Khan Younis, Omar Abdel, Razek, Ali Sawafta, Chris Reese, Chizu Organizations: Al, Hamas, Nasser Hospital, Shehab News Agency, Telegram Locations: CAIRO, Khan, Gaza, Al Jazeera, Qatar

☆ Israeli Military Encircles Another Gaza Hospital, Doctors Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Omar Abdel-Baqui | Chao Deng | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Patients and staff at a second hospital in Gaza, Indonesia Hospital, braced for Israeli troops to enter the complex Monday after tanks surrounded it and artillery shelling hit the building, killing about a dozen people including patients, according to Palestinian officials and doctors. The Israeli military said it targeted militants that opened fire at Israeli troops from within the hospital and that no shells were fired toward the facility. Hamas, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, denies using hospitals for military purposes.

Organizations: Indonesia Hospital Locations: Gaza, Indonesia, U.S

☆ Explosion Rocks Gaza Hospital After Clashes Intensify Outside
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Omar Abdel-Baqui | Chao Deng | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

An explosion Monday rocked the second floor of a hospital in Gaza, killing about a dozen people, including patients, according to hospital staff and Palestinian officials. Gunfire and explosions around the Indonesia Hospital, in the northern part of the enclave and where thousands are seeking shelter, have intensified in recent days, the hospital’s medical director Marwan Al-Sultan said in a telephone interview. He said several Israeli tanks had been moving back and forth about 100 feet from the hospital entrance.

Persons: Marwan Al, Sultan Organizations: Indonesia Hospital Locations: Gaza, Indonesia

☆ Yemen's Houthis release video footage showing armed men seizing 'Israeli-linked ship'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

CAIRO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis released video footage on Monday showing armed men dropping from a helicopter and seizing a cargo ship in the southern Red Sea. The footage was released by the movement's TV channel Al Masirah a day after the ship was hijacked by the Iran-backed group, who said the ship was linked to Israel. Israel, however, says the seized ship was British-owned and Japanese-operated. Reporting by Omar Abdel Razek, Writing by Adam Makary, Editing by Alex RichardsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Houthis, Masirah, Omar Abdel Razek, Adam Makary, Alex Richardson Organizations: Thomson Locations: CAIRO, Red, Iran, Israel, British

☆ Palestinian Red Crescent, UN agencies evacuate Al Shifa premature babies
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

GAZA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Ambulance crews of the Palestinian Red Crescent evacuated 31 premature babies from Shifa Hospital on Sunday in coordination with the World Health Organization and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the group said in a post on its Facebook page. [1/7]Premature babies which were evacuated from an incubator in Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City receive treatment at an hospital in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 19, 2023. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled Acquire Licensing RightsThe babies were transferred to the south of Gaza "in preparation for their transfer to the Emirates Hospital in Rafah" the group added. Later in the day Ashraf Al-Qidra, spokesperson for the Health Ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza, told a news conference that the babies had been moved to Tal Alsultan Hospital in Rafah and will be sent to Egyptian hospitals with their families tomorrow. Reporting by Ali Sawafta and Ahmed Tolba, writing by Omar Abdel-Razek; Editing by Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Hatem Khaled, Ashraf Al, Ali Sawafta, Ahmed Tolba, Omar Abdel, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Ambulance, Palestinian, Crescent, Shifa Hospital, World Health Organization, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, REUTERS, Emirates Hospital, Health Ministry, Hamas, Tal Alsultan, Thomson Locations: GAZA, Al Shifa, Gaza City, Rafah, Gaza, Tal

☆ Hundreds of Palestinians Evacuate Gaza’s Largest Hospital as Israel Tightens Control
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Sune Engel Rasmussen | Omar Abdel-Baqui | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hundreds of patients, medical staff and displaced people began evacuating the besieged Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Saturday, as the Israeli military tightens its control of the medical complex, which it says Hamas has used as a military command center. Hospital officials and Palestinian health authorities said the hospital was evacuated under orders from Israel’s armed forces, which Israel’s military disputed.

Organizations: Shifa Locations: Al, Gaza City

☆ Israel-Hamas War Puts Palestinians Back on Arab World’s Agenda
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Stephen Kalin | Omar Abdel-Baqui | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

AMMAN, Jordan—Israel’s fierce response to last month’s cross-border assault by Hamas militants from Gaza has reinvigorated support for Palestinians in the Arab world and stirred popular anger—not just at Israel and its biggest ally, the U.S., but also at Arab governments. Some in the Arab and wider Muslim world joined global condemnations of Hamas, which carried out attacks on a music festival and agricultural communities in southern Israel. Authorities there say 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 were kidnapped and taken to Gaza.

Persons: Jordan —, — Organizations: Authorities Locations: AMMAN, Gaza, Israel, U.S

☆ Detained, Beaten, Underfed: Gazan Workers in Israel Describe Ordeal After Oct. 7 Attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Omar Abdel-Baqui | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Palestinian workers, who were stranded in Israel following the Oct. 7 attack, return home to the Gaza Strip. Photo: Str/Zuma PressWhen Hamas launched the Oct. 7 attacks that killed some 1,200 people across southern Israel, Maher Skaik, a 62-year-old from the Gaza Strip, was working in the Tel Aviv neighborhood where he had been a pastry maker for more than two years. A week later, Skaik said police officers came to the apartment he shared with several other Palestinian workers and took them into custody. Skaik was detained for a few days in a small cell where a group of detainees, several of whom he said were beaten by guards, slept on the floor squeezed together.

Persons: Maher Skaik, Skaik Organizations: Press, Hamas Locations: Israel, Gaza, Tel Aviv

☆ Israel Warns of Wider War as It Presses On in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Omar Abdel-Baqui | Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The chance of a full-scale war breaking out between Israel and forces in Lebanon increased in recent days, Israeli officials said, even as fighting continued around the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital, crippling the facility where doctors said hundreds of civilians were sheltering and more patients were dying. On Sunday, at least 10 Israeli civilians and seven soldiers were wounded by a combination of mortar, rocket and antitank missiles fired on northern Israel from Lebanon, according to Israeli military and medical authorities. The assault was the most serious incident involving civilians along the Lebanon-Israel border since an Israeli airstrike in south Lebanon on Nov. 5 killed a woman and three children.

Locations: Israel, Lebanon, Gaza

☆ Israel, U.S. Warn of Wider War as Clashes Escalate
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Omar Abdel-Baqui | Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israel and the U.S. have warned about the prospects for a wider war in the Middle East, as Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Israeli military step up cross-border attacks against each other and other Iran-backed militias in Syria and Iraq strike American troops. The warnings came as Israeli forces continued their assault Monday on Gaza, where Palestinian doctors at besieged hospitals say they are watching patients die from a lack of supplies and electricity.

Organizations: U.S, Hezbollah Locations: Israel, Iran, Syria, Iraq, Gaza

☆ Hamas Armed Wing Discussed Releasing 70 Hostages in Return for 5-Day Truce
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

CAIRO (Reuters) - The armed wing of Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Monday they told Qatari mediators that the group is ready to release up to 70 women and children held in Gaza in return for a five-day truce. "The truce should include a complete ceasefire and allowing aid and humanitarian relief everywhere in the Gaza Strip," Abu Ubaida, the spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas, Alqassam Brigades,. said in a recorded audio published on the group's Telegram channel. He went on to accuse Israel of "procrastinating and evading" the price of the deal. (Reporting by Omar Abdel-Razek and Moaz Abdel-Aziz; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

Persons: Abu Ubaida, Israel, Omar Abdel, Moaz Abdel, Aziz, Chizu Nomiyama Organizations: Hamas, Alqassam Brigades Locations: CAIRO, Gaza

☆ Hamas armed wing says it discussed freeing 70 hostages in return for 5-day truce
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Abu Ubaida, the spokesman of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, gestures as he speaks during an anti-Israel military show in the southern Gaza Strip November 11, 2019. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCAIRO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Monday it told Qatari mediators the group was ready to release up to 70 women and children held in Gaza in return for a five-day truce with Israel. "The truce should include a complete ceasefire and allow aid and humanitarian relief everywhere in the Gaza Strip," he said. He accused Israel of "procrastinating and evading" the price of the deal. Reporting by Omar Abdel-Razek and Moaz Abdel-Aziz; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Howard GollerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Abu Ubaida, Deen al, Abu Mustafa, Israel, Omar Abdel, Moaz Abdel, Aziz, Chizu Nomiyama, Howard Goller Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Rights CAIRO

Israeli forces said they were engaged in fierce fighting early Saturday around Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital, where Israel says Hamas has positioned fighters near thousands of displaced people and hundreds of patients amid worsening conditions at the facility. Hospital officials said doctors were using scant remaining medical supplies to treat wounded people as the battle in the area intensified, the hospital largely operated without electricity and water ran desperately low. There were no indications that Israeli troops had entered the hospital complex as of Saturday morning or whether Hamas fighters were inside it.

Organizations: Shifa, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Al, Israel

Israeli forces said they were engaged in fierce fighting Saturday around Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital, where Israel says Hamas has positioned fighters near thousands of displaced people and hundreds of patients amid worsening conditions at the facility. Hospital officials said that doctors at Al-Shifa were using scant remaining medical supplies to treat wounded people, that the hospital was largely operating without electricity and water was running desperately low.

Organizations: Shifa, Hamas, Al Locations: Gaza, Al, Israel

An Israeli military spokesperson said Hamas had lost control of northern Gaza. The Israeli military said 46 had been killed since its ground operations there began. ISRAEL SAYS IT WILL HELP EVACUATE BABIESIsrael's chief military spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said the Israeli military would help evacuate babies from the hospital. "The staff of the Shifa hospital has requested that tomorrow we help the babies in the pediatric department to get to a safer hospital. 'TOTALLY SCARY ATMOSPHERE'Ahmed al-Mokhallalati, a senior plastic surgeon at Al Shifa, told Reuters there had been continuous bombardment for more than 24 hours.

Persons: Netanyahu, Benjamin Netanyahu, Al Shifa, Ashraf Al, Qidra, Moshe Tetro, Daniel Hagari, Israel, Avi Dichter, Dichter, Ahmed al, Al Shati, Al Nasr, Ahmed Siam, Al, Nidal al, Maytaan, Maytaal Angel, Emily Rose Jerusalem, Crispian Balmer, Ari Rabinovitch, Adam Makary, Omar Abdel, David Brunnstrom, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Palestinian, Hamas, Israeli Defense Forces, Reuters, Al, Medical, Israel Defense Forces, Quds Brigades, Thomson Locations: Gaza, GAZA, JERUSALEM, Gaza's, Rafah, Egypt, Israeli, Israel, Tel Aviv, Gaza City, COGAT, ISRAEL, Al, Quds, Al Shifa, Al Nasr, London, Brussels, Saudi Arabia

☆ As Fighting Rages, Israel Says Ready to Evacuate Babies From Gaza's Main Hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +7 min

The Israeli military said 46 had been killed since its ground operations there began. ISRAEL SAYS IT WILL HELP EVACUATE BABIESIsrael's chief military spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said the Israeli military would help evacuate babies from the hospital. "The staff of the Shifa hospital has requested that tomorrow we help the babies in the pediatric department to get to a safer hospital. Medical staff say patients could die if they are moved and Palestinian officials say Israeli fire makes it dangerous for others to leave. 'TOTALLY SCARY ATMOSPHERE'Ahmed al-Mokhallalati, a senior plastic surgeon at Al Shifa, told Reuters there had been continuous bombardment for more than 24 hours.

Persons: Nidal, Emily Rose, Maayan, newsborns, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Al Shifa, Ashraf Al, Qidra, Moshe Tetro, Daniel Hagari, Israel, Avi Dichter, Dichter, Ahmed al, Al Shati, Al Nasr, Ahmed Siam, Al, Nidal al, Maytaan, Maytaal Angel, Emily Rose Jerusalem, Crispian Balmer, Ari Rabinovitch, Adam Makary, Omar Abdel, David Brunnstrom, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Al, Reuters, Medical, Israel Defense Forces, Quds Brigades Locations: GAZA, JERUSALEM, Gaza's, Rafah, Egypt, Gaza, Israeli, Israel, Tel Aviv, Gaza City, COGAT, ISRAEL, Al, Quds, Al Shifa, Al Nasr, London, Brussels, Saudi Arabia

☆ Al Shifa hospital suspends operations, baby dies: Gaza health ministry
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

GAZA, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The spokesperson for the Gaza health ministry said that operations in Al Shifa hospital complex, the largest in the Palestinian enclave, were suspended on Saturday after it ran out of fuel"As a result, one newborn baby died inside the incubator, where there are 45 babies," Ashraf Al-Qidra, the spokesman for the Health Ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza told Reuters. We are besieged inside the Al Shifa Medical Complex, and the occupation has targeted most of the buildings inside," Qidra said by telephone. The Israeli military has said that Hamas militants who rampaged through southern Israel last month have placed command centres under Shifa hospital and others in Gaza, making them vulnerable to being considered military targets. "The occupation forces are firing on people moving inside the complex, which is limiting our ability to move from one department to another. Reporting by Nidal Al Mughrabi, writing by Omar Abdel-Razek and Philippa Fletcher, editing by Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ashraf Al, Qidra, Nidal Al Mughrabi, Omar Abdel, Razek, Philippa Fletcher, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Health Ministry, Hamas, Reuters, Al, Thomson Locations: GAZA, Gaza, Al Shifa, Gaza City, Israel

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