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☆ Opinion: Biden needs to call for a ceasefire and restore respect for international law
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Mary Ellen O Connell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +45 min

Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images Palestinians inspect a destroyed area following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on October 21. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters A woman mourns over a dead man at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza City on October 18. Yousef Masoud/The New York Times A morgue worker arranges body bags at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on October 12. Samar Abu Elouf/The New York Times/Redux Children run for cover as bombs fall near the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 9. Erik Marmor/AP Six-month-old Sama Alwadia is rescued from the rubble in Gaza City on October 9.

Persons: Mary Ellen O’Connell, Robert, Marion Short, “, ”, Mary Ellen, Khan, Ahmad Hasaballah, Ariel Schalit, Abed Rahim Khatib, Ronen Zvulun, Mahmud Hams, Leo Correa, Mohammed Abed, Amir Cohen, Mohammed Alaloul, Majdi, Fatima Shbair, Alexi J . Rosenfeld, Mustafa Hassona, Neil Hall, Saeed Jaras, Mohammad Abu Hattab, Mohammed Talatene, Ditza Heiman, Shir Torem, Salman Habaka, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Yuval Zilber, Hatem Ali, Jalaa Merey, Ahmad Salem, Ali Jadallah, Atef Safadi, Abed Zagout, Fadel Senna, Anas al, Yosef Vahav, Kiryat Shmona, Jalaa Marey, Albert Miles, Bernat, Ilan Rosenberg, Ashraf Amra, Manna, Tamar Chaya Torpiashvili, Abed Khaled, Tamir Kalifa, Khan Younis, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Ammar Awad, Jehad Al, Kafarnah, Teddy, Dan Kitwood, Dima Vazinovich, Jack Guez, Sagiv Ben Zvi, Evelyn Hockstein, Omar El, Mohammed Salem, Amir Levy, Yasser Qudih, Tsafrir, Francisco Seco, Mohammed Saber, Ali Mohmoud, Mai Yaghi, Yam Goldstein, Nadav, Khaled Joudeh, Samar Abu, Leon Neal, Hatem Moussa, Nir Oz, Wolfgang Schwan, Yousef Masoud, Shadi Tabatibi, Belal al Sabbagh, Rizek Abdeljawad, Ahmad Gharabli, Janis Laizans, Mohammed Dahman, Gallant, Ofir Libstein, Aza, Belal Khaled, Hod, Ayal Margolin, Antony Blinken, Joe Biden, Brendan Smialowski, Biden, Netanyahu, Kenny Holston, Kfar Aza, Ilia Yefimovich, Mahmoud Khaled, Dor Reder, Violeta Santos Moura, Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa, Antonio Macías, Macías, Eli Albag, Liri, Sergey Ponomarev, Dor Kedmi, Saher, Abraham Cohen, Valentin Ghnassia, Ghnassia, Yuri Cortez, Ibrahim Hams, Bashar Taleb, Baz Ratner, Yahya Hassouna, Mapal Adam, Agha, Reuters Itzik, Miriam Shafir, Dor Shafir, Savion Kiper, Maya Alleruzzo, CNN Sergey Ponomarev, Eden Guez, Ohad, Mohammed Soboh, Said, Noam Elimeleh Rothenberg, Ilai Bar Sade, Erik Marmor, Oren Ziv, Ramez Mahmoud, Roi Levy, Alleruzzo, Tali Touito, Oded, Ahmad Hasballah, Eyad Baba, Itai Ron, Hadas Parush, —, Ron Dermer, NPR’s Tom Bowman Organizations: Kroc, University of Notre Dame, Defense, CNN, Hamas, Mary Ellen O'Connell University of Notre Dame International, UN, UN Security Council, International Court of Justice, Nasser Medical, AP, Najjar, Reuters, Getty, Israel Defence Forces handout, Israel Defense Forces, Shutterstock, Reuters United Nations, Shifa, Palestine, Pictures, Bloomberg, Israeli Apache, United Nations Relief, Works Agency, Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Palestinian, Al, IDF, EyePress, New York Times, Israeli, Getty Images, Nasser Medical Hospital, Deir Al, Tel Aviv University, Reuters Civil, AP Rockets, AP Israel's, Regional, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Israel's, Ahli Baptist Hospital, Ben Gurion International, Aris Messinis, Haim, Puma, Mount, Mount Herzl Military, Nova, Anadolu Agency, Nova Festival, Ben Gurion, West Bank, Rockets, United Nations, Reuters Police, Reuters Rockets, ISIS, United States, Gaza, US, Criminal, Pentagon Locations: Gaza, Israel, Khan Younis, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, AFP, Jerusalem's, City, Rafah, Jerusalem's Old City, Deir Balah, Mahmud, Southern Israel, Anadolu, Ashkelon, Al, Gaza City, Haifa, Yanuh Jat, Netaim, Israeli, Golan Heights, Lebanon, Egypt, Sderot, Shareef, Beit Guvrin, Reuters Israeli, Kiryat, Al Aqsa, Deir Al, Balah, Kibbutz Be'eri, Ashdod, Holon, Najjar, Ichilov, Kibbutz Shefayim, Deir, Samar, Samar Abu Elouf, Deir al, Kibbutz Kissufim, Zahra City, Europe, Xinhua, East Jerusalem, Ras, Israel's, Yehuda, Aqsa, Hod HaSharon, Kiryat Shmona, Ahli, Gan, Kfar, North Sinai, Beit Kama, Cyprus, Kfar Saba, Be'eri, Rehovot, Mount Herzl, Modiin Maccabim, Kfar Aza, Mount Herzel, Yassin, Palestinian, Beitar Ilit, Ramat Gan, Itai, Beit Hanun, Rishon Lezion, United, Iraq, Syria, Geneva, Rome

☆ Opinion: Israel’s military actions in Gaza match what the US did to ISIS. Urban warfare is hell, but not illegal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Opinion John Spencer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +46 min

Persons: John Spencer, ”, Syria’s Raqqa, Joe Biden, Israel, Khan, Ahmad Hasaballah, Ariel Schalit, Abed Rahim Khatib, Ronen Zvulun, Mahmud Hams, Leo Correa, Mohammed Abed, Amir Cohen, Mohammed Alaloul, Majdi, Fatima Shbair, Alexi J . Rosenfeld, Mustafa Hassona, Neil Hall, Saeed Jaras, Mohammad Abu Hattab, Mohammed Talatene, Ditza Heiman, Shir Torem, Salman Habaka, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Yuval Zilber, Hatem Ali, Jalaa Merey, Ahmad Salem, Ali Jadallah, Atef Safadi, Abed Zagout, Fadel Senna, Anas al, Yosef Vahav, Kiryat Shmona, Jalaa Marey, Albert Miles, Bernat, Ilan Rosenberg, Ashraf Amra, Manna, Tamar Chaya Torpiashvili, Abed Khaled, Tamir Kalifa, Khan Younis, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Ammar Awad, Jehad Al, Kafarnah, Teddy, Dan Kitwood, Dima Vazinovich, Jack Guez, Sagiv Ben Zvi, Evelyn Hockstein, Omar El, Mohammed Salem, Amir Levy, Yasser Qudih, Tsafrir, Francisco Seco, Mohammed Saber, Ali Mohmoud, Mai Yaghi, Yam Goldstein, Nadav, Khaled Joudeh, Samar Abu, Leon Neal, Hatem Moussa, Nir Oz, Wolfgang Schwan, Yousef Masoud, Shadi Tabatibi, Belal al Sabbagh, Rizek Abdeljawad, Ahmad Gharabli, Janis Laizans, Mohammed Dahman, Gallant, Ofir Libstein, Aza, Belal Khaled, Hod, Ayal Margolin, Antony Blinken, Brendan Smialowski, Biden, Netanyahu, Kenny Holston, Kfar Aza, Ilia Yefimovich, Mahmoud Khaled, Dor Reder, Violeta Santos Moura, Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa, Antonio Macías, Macías, Eli Albag, Liri, Sergey Ponomarev, Dor Kedmi, Saher, Abraham Cohen, Valentin Ghnassia, Ghnassia, Yuri Cortez, Ibrahim Hams, Bashar Taleb, Baz Ratner, Yahya Hassouna, Mapal Adam, Agha, Reuters Itzik, Miriam Shafir, Dor Shafir, Savion Kiper, Maya Alleruzzo, CNN Sergey Ponomarev, Eden Guez, Ohad, Mohammed Soboh, Said, Noam Elimeleh Rothenberg, Ilai Bar Sade, Erik Marmor, Oren Ziv, Ramez Mahmoud, Roi Levy, Alleruzzo, Tali Touito, Oded, Ahmad Hasballah, Eyad Baba, Itai Ron, Hadas Parush, “, They’ve, it’s, Al Qaeda Organizations: Modern War, Warfare, Social, CNN, Israel Defense Forces, UN, IDF, Nasser Medical, AP, Najjar, Reuters, Hamas, Getty, Israel Defence Forces handout, Shutterstock, Reuters United Nations, Shifa, Palestine, Pictures, Bloomberg, Israeli Apache, United Nations Relief, Works Agency, Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Palestinian, Al, EyePress, New York Times, Israeli, Getty Images, Nasser Medical Hospital, Deir Al, Tel Aviv University, Reuters Civil, AP Rockets, AP Israel's, Regional, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Israel's, Ahli Baptist Hospital, Ben Gurion International, Aris Messinis, Haim, Puma, Mount, Mount Herzl Military, Nova, Anadolu Agency, Nova Festival, Ben Gurion, West Bank, Rockets, United Nations, Reuters Police, Reuters Rockets, International Committee, Twitter, ISIS Locations: West, Iraq, Mosul, Syria’s, United States, Gaza, Israel, Germany, France, Jabalya, Khan Younis, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, AFP, Jerusalem's, City, Rafah, Jerusalem's Old City, Deir Balah, Mahmud, Southern Israel, Anadolu, Ashkelon, Al, Gaza City, Haifa, Yanuh Jat, Netaim, Israeli, Golan Heights, Lebanon, Egypt, Sderot, Shareef, Beit Guvrin, Reuters Israeli, Kiryat, Al Aqsa, Deir Al, Balah, Kibbutz Be'eri, Ashdod, Holon, Najjar, Ichilov, Kibbutz Shefayim, Deir, Samar, Samar Abu Elouf, Deir al, Kibbutz Kissufim, Zahra City, Europe, Xinhua, East Jerusalem, Ras, Israel's, Yehuda, Aqsa, Hod HaSharon, Kiryat Shmona, Ahli, Gan, Kfar, North Sinai, Beit Kama, Cyprus, Kfar Saba, Be'eri, Rehovot, Mount Herzl, Modiin Maccabim, Kfar Aza, Mount Herzel, Yassin, Palestinian, Beitar Ilit, Ramat Gan, Itai, Beit Hanun, Rishon Lezion, Raqqa

Ronen Zvulun/Reuters A woman mourns over a dead man at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza City on October 18. Yousef Masoud/The New York Times A morgue worker arranges body bags at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on October 12. Samar Abu Elouf/The New York Times/Redux Children run for cover as bombs fall near the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 9. Erik Marmor/AP Six-month-old Sama Alwadia is rescued from the rubble in Gaza City on October 9. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Getty Images Israeli soldiers work on a tank at the border between Israel and Gaza on October 9.

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☆ Israel-Hamas war rocket attacks are leading oil tankers to make unusual moves near ports
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Giant gantry cranes and tracks in a container port, viewed from a moored cruise ship in Ashdod, Israel. The moves to evade detection come as shipping lines are also being advised to wait further offshore with rocket attacks reported at the ports of Ashdod and Eilat in Israel. Israel has closed the Port of Ashkelon, the country's biggest oil-importing port, because of rocket attacks. "This suggests that container lines are avoiding the Port of Ashdod, and potentially relying more on the Port of Haifa instead," Woitzik said. The ports of Ashdod and Haifa are the key ports for food imports.

Persons: There's, Homayoun Falakshahi, Ambrey, Falakshahi, Port, Mirko Woitzik, Woitzik, majeure Organizations: Getty, AIS, Israel, CNBC, tanker Sea Galaxy, Port, ICL Group, ICL, Rockets, Army, Evergreen Locations: Ashdod, Israel, Eilat, Port, Port of Haifa, Ashkelon, Haifa, Kpler, Gaza, Suez, Aqaba

☆ Israel’s body collectors encounter horrors beyond their worst nightmares
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Weeks on, as the war continues to rage, ZAKA volunteers are still collecting remains. The aftermath of the attack is so gruesome that only the most experienced ZAKA volunteers are allowed to take part in body collection. On Friday, he and other ZAKA volunteers were combing through homes in Be’eri for the second time, finding more victims and collecting remains left behind during their first visit. As ZAKA volunteers worked in Be’eri, several busloads of foreign journalists arrived, escorted by the IDF. Most ZAKA volunteers say that they haven’t begun to process the trauma, and when they can step away, they don’t want to think.

Persons: Ashdod CNN — Yanir Ishay, “, ”, Ishay, –, Israel, Ronaldo Schemidt, Snir, ” Elmalih, God, Moses, Elmalih, Yossi Landau, Landau, Snir Elmalih, Ivana Kottasová, CNN “, Eli Landau, Yossi’s, ” Eli Landau, ZAKA, Eli, Ivana Kottasova, CNN ZAKA, Yanir Ishay, Yitzhak Ben, Shibrit, Aharon, ” Aharon Ben, ” Ishay, ” Yitzhak Ben Organizations: Ashdod CNN —, CNN, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Volunteers, Getty, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas Locations: Israel's, Gaza, Ashdod, Israel, Ramallah, Weeks, Be'eri, AFP, Ashkelon, Be’eri

☆ Israel's Holocaust survivors struggle with Gaza war as trauma deepens
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Jonathan Saul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/4] People look up at the damage caused when a rocket, fired from Gaza towards Israel, at a Holocaust museum at a Kibbutz near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, October 24, 2023. Blumenfeld, 89, is one of tens of thousands of elderly survivors of the Nazi Holocaust who live in Israel and are once again facing up to the reality of war, with more than 220 Israelis taken hostage in Gaza. "I went through the Holocaust and all the wars, but it is not like before, the noise is deafening. According to the latest study published in April by the government's Holocaust Survivors' Rights Authority, there were 147,199 survivors in Israel, with an average age of 85, including 462 who were over 100. "To say that it's worse than the Nazis, I think that's the worst trigger for a Holocaust survivor."

Persons: Violeta Santos Moura, Sarina Blumenfeld, Blumenfeld, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Rivkah, Neot Mordechai, Israel, Har Arieh, Shelly Feigenblat, Jonathan Saul, Rami Amichai, Amar Awad, Crispian Balmer, Gareth Jones Organizations: REUTERS, Islamists, Nazi Holocaust, Reuters, Hamas, Hezbollah, Gaza's Health, ' Rights Authority, Foundation for, Welfare of Holocaust, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Israel's, Israel New Gaza, ASHDOD, Ashdod, Europe, Neot, Lebanese, Bulgaria, Tel Aviv

☆ CNN Investigates: Forensic analysis of images and videos suggest rocket caused Gaza hospital blast, not Israeli airstrike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Paul P. Murphy Katie Polglase Benjamin Brown Gianluca Mezzofiore Eliza Mackintosh | Paul P. Murphy | Katie Polglase | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

But CNN’s analysis suggests that a rocket launched from within Gaza broke up midair, and that the blast at the hospital was the result of part of the rocket landing at the hospital complex. All agreed that the available evidence of the damage at the site was not consistent with an Israeli airstrike. In the past few days, a number of outlets have published investigations into the Al-Ahli Hospital blast. CNN geolocated the hospital blast by referencing nearby buildings just west of the complex. Marc Garlasco, the former defense intelligence analyst and UN war crimes investigator, says there are signs of a lack of evidence at the Al-Ahli Hospital site.

Persons: Joe Biden, “, Israel, –, Abed Khaled, Jazeera, Al, ” Markus Schiller, Cedric Leighton, Chad Ohlandt, PIJ, Fadel Na’eem, Na’eem, Dr, ‘, ”, Marc Garlasco, Chris Cobb, Smith, I’ve, we’ve, ” Cobb, Patrick Senft, Senft, it’s, There’s, Cobb Organizations: CNN, Palestinian, National Security Council, Shifa, Ahli Baptist Hospital, Israel, Al, NATO, European Union, US Air Force, US National Security Agency, Rand Corporation, ’, Brigades, Quds Brigades, IDF, UN, Amnesty International, Armament Research Services, Islamic Locations: Ahli, Gaza City, Gaza, Israel, Islamic, Al, Al Jazeera, Tel Aviv, Europe, Washington , DC, Ashdod, Quds, rummage

☆ US to send two Iron Dome systems back to Israel - sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Mike Stone | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

An Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system is seen in position near Ashdod, Israel May 13, 2023 REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The Pentagon plans to send the two Iron Dome missile defense systems it had previously purchased from Israel back to that country to defend itself against inbound missiles, a U.S. official and a congressional aide said. The Department of Defense told members of Congress at a briefing on Wednesday it planned to lease the Iron Dome systems back to Israel, the U.S. official and the congressional aide told Reuters. The transfer back to Israel could come within days, the congressional aide said. Biden promised replenishment of interceptors used by Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system as well as ammunition in addition to redoubling the U.S. military presence in the region. In August 2022, Israel said Iron Dome interceptor had shot down 97% of Palestinian rockets it had engaged during a weekend surge of Gaza fighting.

Persons: Ammar Awad, Biden, Israel, Mike Stone, Chris Sanders, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Pentagon, U.S, The Department of Defense, U.S ., Reuters, Rafael Advanced Defence Systems, Iron, Thomson Locations: Ashdod, Israel, Guam, Lebanon, Gaza, Washington

[1/3] A general view shows Haifa Port, which is to be sold to India's Adani Ports and local partner Gadot in Haifa, Israel July 24, 2022. Ashdod port has imposed restrictions on the transport of hazardous materials which has meant slower transits. Around 13 ships - comprising cargo, container and dry bulk vessels - were currently moored inside Ashdod port, according to MarineTraffic data. "The Suez Canal, a critical waterway for various commercial vessels, including container ships, may face disruptions," Container xChange CEO Christian Roeloffs said. The Marshall Islands registry, one of the world's top shipping flags, last week raised the security level for Israel's ports and its territorial waters to their highest.

Persons: Gadot, Ilan Rosenberg, Christian Roeloffs, Jonathan Saul, Ari Rabinovitch, David Evans, Louise Heavens Organizations: Haifa Port, Adani, REUTERS, Rights, Israel's, Port, MSC, Ministry, Marshall, Thomson Locations: Haifa, Israel, Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Port, Port of Haifa, ”, Israel's, Suez, Hormuz, United States, Arabian, Strait, Gulf of Oman and Red, Jerusalem

☆ IDF video shows Israeli navy unit spraying machine gun fire at Hamas fighters 'swimming' toward coast
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Footage released by the IDF showed members of the navy's "Snapir" unit fighting off Hamas militants. The IDF said militants "were swimming toward the shoreline in an attempt to infiltrate Israel by sea." The Palestinian militant group Hamas' sea attack came as part of a wider wave of surprise attacks by land, sea, and air on October 7. The footage appears to show Israeli troops shooting and throwing grenades or depth charges from Defender-class boats at Hamas fighters. The insurgents on-board were thrown into the Mediterranean Sea and then attempted to swim toward the coast, the IDF said.

Persons: —, paragliders, Gerald R, It's Organizations: Service, Israel Defense Forces, Palestinian, Hamas, YouTube, Israel's 916th Patrol Squadron, Navy, Unit, Twitter, YouTube Israel, Defense, British, Royal Marines, Ford, Israel, Hezbollah Locations: Israel, Israel's, Haifa, Ashdod, Eilat, Israeli, Iran, Lebanon, Gaza

☆ Why Israel's Iron Dome couldn't stop every rocket strike from Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The Iron Dome has been a crucial part of Israel's first line of defense for the past decade. The cost of the Iron Dome is under scrutinyAn ongoing controversy about the Iron Dome is its cost — some of which has come out of US pockets. If the Iron Dome were shown to be less effective under heavy fire, that cost-to-benefit ratio might shift. Per reports, the Iron Dome has continued to intercept short-range fire coming from Gaza over the past few days. One of the unique things about Iron Dome to date has been its ability to learn as it goes on and become more effective.

Persons: —, Israel, Tamir, Israel Ilia Yefimovich, John Erath, Erath, MAHMUD HAMS, that's, It's, Joe Biden Organizations: Service, Iron Dome, Raytheon Technologies, Rafael Advance, Center for Arms Control, Israel Defense Forces, CNN, ABC, US Locations: Israel's, Israel, Ashdod, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Ashkelon, North, Gaza, Al Jazeera, Israeli, Netivot, States, Germany, Ukraine

☆ Israel's Ports Feel Strain as Shipping Traffic Slows After Attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

Israel's southern coastal city of Ashkelon, which has a small port well in range of Hamas rockets, is not allowing ships to enter, shipping sources said. While the main Israeli ports of Ashdod further up the coast and Haifa in the north, remain open, shipping and maritime security companies are reviewing their operations for Israel, industry sources said. "Israeli ports are deemed to be at heightened risk," said Noah Trowbridge, with British maritime risk advisory and security company Dryad Global. "Since Gaza has a coastline, direct threats to shipping inside Israeli waters cannot be ruled out," BRS said. This compared with a premium of 0.0125% earlier this year, insurance sources said.

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☆ I'm a Columbia University student and an Israel Defense Forces reservist. I immediately made plans to return to Israel following Hamas' attacks even before I got my official call-up.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Shira Guez, 24, an Israeli student at Columbia University, flew back to Israel on Monday night. Guez is a reservist in the Israeli Defense Forces and was preparing to return even before she was called up. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shira Guez, a 24-year-old Israeli student at Columbia University who is also a reservist in the Israeli Defense Forces. I am also an Israeli Defense Forces reservist from Ashdod, Israel.

Persons: Shira Guez, —, I've Organizations: Columbia University, Israeli Defense Forces, Service, Hamas Locations: Israel, New York, Ashdod, It's, United States

JERUSALEM, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Israel has suspended production at the Tamar gas field off its southern coast and will seek alternative fuel sources to meet its needs, the energy ministry said on Monday following three days of violence in the region. Chevron (CVX.N), which operates the field, confirmed it had been instructed by the ministry to shut down the field, which is a major source of gas to Israel's power generators and industry. "In the wake of the situation, Israel's defence establishment ordered the temporary suspension of natural gas supplies from the Tamar field," the energy ministry said in a statement. Israel's largest offshore gas field, Leviathan, continues to operate normally, Chevron said. Israel became a major regional gas supplier with the start of production at the Tamar field a decade ago, which was followed by several other gas developments.

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☆ A video appears to show at least a dozen Israeli soldiers involved in huge gunfight on a highway in second day of fighting
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A video appears to show at least a dozen Israeli soldiers involved in a gunfight on Sunday. AdvertisementAdvertisementA video shows a gunfight taking place between the Gaza border and Ashdod in Israel, believed to have taken place on Sunday in the second day of fighting. The video, which has been verified by the BBC, is filmed from a car by the Route 4 highway and appears to show Israeli soldiers in uniforms and helmets engaged in a firefight. There appear to be over a dozen soldiers involved in the firefight, and the militants they are fighting do not appear to be visible. The surprise attack involved thousands of rockets being fired into Israel from Gaza and Hamas militants entering Israel by land, sea, and air.

Persons: — Organizations: IDF, Service, BBC, Hamas Locations: Israel, Gaza, Ashdod

Netanyahu’s vow to unleash the full force of the Israeli military on Hamas has raised fears for the safety of Israeli civilians spread in undisclosed locations across the densely populated Gaza Strip. “It will make things much more complicated.”Political Cartoons View All 1202 ImagesLocating Israeli hostages in Gaza — something Israeli intelligence agencies failed to do in the case of Shalit — poses further challenges. “So the army would have to bomb everything.”Hamas already has said it seeks the release of all Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails — some 4,500 detainees, according to Israeli rights group B’Tselem — in exchange for the Israeli captives. There is “absolutely no chance” that the current government would agree to the release of Palestinian prisoners, said Gayil Talshir, a political scientist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This included the Schalit deal in 2011, and Israel’s release of 1,150 jailed Palestinians in exchange for three Israeli prisoners in 1985.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Gilad Shalit, Israel, Netanyahu, ” Michael Milstein, Shalit, ”, Yaakov Amidror, “, Khalil Shikaki, —, Gayil Talshir, Yair Lapid, Netanyahu “, Bezalel Smotrich, ” “, Ehud Yaari, Tali Levy, Adva Adar Organizations: JERUSALEM, Gaza, Hamas, West Bank, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Center, Policy, Survey Research, Palestinian, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Saturday Locations: Jihad, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Israel, ”, Ashdod

☆ Israel Protests Turn Focus to Women’s Rights Amid Religious Parties’ Rise
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Shayndi Raice | Photographs Kobi Wolf For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

BNEI BRAK, Israel—When Maayan Elkabir boarded a public bus in the Israeli city of Ashdod, she said the driver scolded the 15-year-old for wearing a tank top and shorts on a line used by ultra-Orthodox Jews. She said he told her and her teenage friends to sit at the back of the bus and cover themselves up with blankets.

Persons: Maayan Elkabir Locations: BNEI BRAK, Israel, Ashdod

☆ Israel says Arrow-3 missile-killer sale to Germany approved by U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Amir Cohen/FILE PHOTO Acquire Licensing RightsJERUSALEM, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The United States approved a $3.5 billion sale of Israel's Arrow-3 missile defence system to Germany on Thursday, clearing the way for delivery in 2025 and full operational deployment by 2030, Israeli officials said. The U.S. is a partner in the Arrow project, which was developed jointly by the Israel Missile Defence Organisation and the United States Missile Defense Agency. The Germany deal, which would be Israel's biggest ever defence sale, follows a European arms build-up in response to Russia's war in Ukraine. While Patriot and IRIS-T cover the medium layer of air defence, Arrow-3 - in whose production Boeing Co (BA.N) is also involved - offers protection for the higher layer. Israel's Army Radio said the signing ceremony with Germany on the Arrow-3 sale was expected to take place in November.

Persons: Amir Cohen, Moshe Patel, Patel, Boaz Levy, Dan Williams, Tom Hogue, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, United, Israel Missile Defence Organisation, United States Missile Defense Agency, Israel's Defence Ministry, Israeli Missile Defence Organisation, Israel Aerospace Industries, IRIS, Boeing Co, Israel's Army Radio, Thomson Locations: Ashdod, United States, Germany, U.S, Ukraine, Israel, Russia

☆ Israel, Palestinian Militants Agree to Cease-Fire After Five Days of Fighting
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Dov Lieber | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israel’s Iron Dome aerial-defense system on Saturday near Ashdod, Israel. Photo: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERSTEL AVIV—Israel and Gaza-based militant group Islamic Jihad agreed to a cease-fire late Saturday, to end five days of intense fighting that had raised fears of a wider conflict. The cease-fire, brokered by Egypt and the United Nations, came into effect at 10 p.m. local time, Palestinian officials said.

☆ Lider operaţional al organizaţiei Jihadul Islamic, ucis într-un raid aerian israelian efectuat în Fâşia Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Un lider operaţional al organizaţiei teroriste Jihadul Islamic a fost ucis, luni, într-un raid aerian israelian efectuat în Fâşia Gaza, bilanţul bombardamentelor israeliene ajungând la aproape 200 de morţi în acest teritoriu palestinian, scrie Mediafax. Hussam Abu Harbeed, liderul filialei din nordul Fâşiei Gaza a organizaţiei teroriste Jihadul Islamic, a fost ucis într-un raid aerian efectuat în oraşul Gaza, informează site-ul Ynetnews.com şi cotidianul Times of Israel. Bilanţul raidurilor aeriene israeliene asupra teritoriului palestinian Fâşia Gaza a ajuns la cel puţin 198 de morţi şi peste 1.300 de răniţi. Administraţia Joseph Biden a cerut încetarea "imediată" a confruntărilor militare dintre armata israeliană şi grupurile islamiste Hamas şi Jihadul Islamic. "Am vorbit cu ministrul egiptean de Externe, Sameh Shoukry, despre violenţele care continuă în Israel, Cisiordania şi Fâşia Gaza.

Persons: Abu, Joseph Biden, Antony Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israelului, Mahmoud Abbas Organizations: Mediafax, Times, Hamas, egiptean Locations: israelian, Gaza, Israel, Beersheba, palestinian, Cisiordania, american, SUA, exerciţiu

☆ A 5-a noapte de violențe în Israel. Ambele părţi au lansat noi rachete, care au provocat mai multe victime şi daune materiale
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-15 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Confruntările dintre Israel şi Fâşia Gaza continuă pentru a cincea noapte consecutiv. Ambele părţi au lansat noi rachete, care au provocat mai multe victime şi daune materiale. Vineri noaptea, sirenele au răsunat şi în două oraşe din sudul Israelului, iar gruparea Hamas a revendicat atacul cu rachete. În consecinţă, a avut loc o explozie şi un incendiu, dar, din fericire, nu au fost înregistrate victime. Oficialul american a participat la negocierile dintre reprezentaţii Israelului, ai Fâşiei Gaza şi ai Organizaţiei Naţiunilor Unite.

Persons: bilanţul Organizations: Hamas Locations: Israel, Gaza, Israelului, Ashdod, Statelor Unite, Tel Aviv

☆ Armata israeliană a atacat o unitate de informaţii a grupării Hamas şi casele unor lideri islamişti
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-14 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: digi24.roArmata israeliană a atacat o unitate de informaţii a grupării Hamas şi casele unor lideri islamiştiArmata israeliană a anunţat că a bombardat, joi după-amiază, sediul unei unități de informaţii a organizaţiei islamiste Hamas, care deţine controlul asupra teritoriului palestinian Fâşia Gaza, precum şi locuințele unor lideri islamişti. Conform armatei israeliene, în clădirea atacată erau zeci de membri ai organizaţiei islamiste Hamas în momentul bombardamentului. Unitatea de informaţii coordona acţiunile de recunoaştere, necesare atacurilor cu rachete lansate din Fâşia Gaza spre Israel. De asemenea, armata israeliană a anunţat că a bombardat patru apartamente situate în diverse zone din Fâşia Gaza în care erau comandanţi operaţionali ai mişcării islamiste Hamas. La rândul său, armata israeliană a atacat peste 500 de poziţii islamiste din Fâşia Gaza, omorând cel puţin 72 de persoane, inclusiv lideri islamişti, şi rănind alte aproape 400, conform Ministerului Sănătăţii din acest teritoriu palestinian.

Organizations: israeliană, Hamas Locations: palestinian Fâşia Gaza, Gaza, Israel, Israelului, Tel Aviv, Ashdod

☆ Ambasada R. Moldova în statul Israel anunță că au început relansările de rachete din Fâșia Gaza și îndeamnă moldovenii să respecte toate indicațiile autorităților israeliene: „Pregătiți geanta cu acte
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-12 | by ( Milena Onisim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +3 min

Ambasada R. Moldova în statul Israel anunță că au început relansările de rachete din Fâșia Gaza. În acest sens, reprezentanții instituției îndeamnă cetățenii moldoveni să respecte toate indicațiile autorităților israeliene și să identifice din timp cele mai apropiate adăposturi antirachetă. Ministerul Afacerilor Externe și Integrării Europene (MAEIE) a anunțat astăzi, 12 mai, că Ambasada R. Moldova la Tel-Aviv activează în regim normal. Anterior, Ambasada R. Moldova în statul Israel a recomandat cetățenilor moldoveni să urmărească cu strictețe directivele de securitate, anunțate de autoritățile israeliene. Cel puțin 35 de oameni au fost uciși în Fîșia Gaza și cinci în Israel, în cele mai intense schimburi aeriene din ultimele zile, scrie Reuters.

Persons: Reuters, Israelul Organizations: Armata, Ambasada, Externe, Integrării Europene, ambasadei, Hamas Locations: Moldova, Israel, Fâșia Gaza, Tel Aviv, Askelon, Ashdod, Beer, Statul Israel, Tel - Aviv, Gaza

☆ Posibile noi lansări de rachete la noapte. MESAJUL Ambasadei Moldovei în Israel pentru moldoveni
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-12 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Ambasada Republicii Moldova în Israel a anunțat că au reînceput lansările de rachete din Fâșia Gaza. Astfel, potrivit armatei israeliene, în a doua jumătate a zilei și noaptea sunt posibile noi lansări de rachete, inclusiv în Tel Aviv. În acest context, Ambasada Republicii Moldova în Israel îndemană cetățenii moldoveni să fie calmi și să respecte toate indicațiile autorităților israeliene. "Pregătiți geanta cu actele și lucrurule strict necesare și țineți-o la îndemână. Moldovenii care au nevoie de ajutor pot suna la telefonul 037770544 și linia fierbinte a Ambasadei.

Locations: Republicii Moldova, Israel, Fâșia Gaza, Tel Aviv, Askelon, Ashdod, Beer

☆ Ambasada Moldovei din Israel anunță că relansările de rachete au fost reluate. Face apel la calm și îndeamnă moldovenii să respecte indicațiile autorităților
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-12 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Ambasada Moldovei din Israel anunță că relansările de rachete au fost reluate. Face apel la calm și îndeamnă moldovenii să respecte indicațiile autoritățilorAmbasada Republicii Moldova în statul Israel a anunțat că au început relansările de rachete din Fâșia Gaza. În acest sens, reprezentanții instituției îndeamnă cetățenii moldoveni să respecte toate indicațiile autorităților israeliene și să identifice din timp cele mai apropiate adăposturi antirachetă. Armata israeliană a informat că în a doua jumătate a zilei și noaptea sunt posibile noi lansări de rachete spre centrul țării, inclusiv Tel Aviv. Respectați toate indicațiile autorităților competente israeliene, sunt posibile și alte lansări de rachete.

Persons: Moldovei Organizations: Armata, Ambasada, Hamas Locations: Moldovei, Israel, Republicii Moldova, Fâșia Gaza, Tel Aviv, Askelon, Ashdod, Beer, israeliană Tel Aviv, Gaza

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