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☆ Roberto ‘Pico’ Lopes: He ignored a Linkedin message once, but not the second time. When he responded his life changed forever
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Alasdair Howorth | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

I just thought it was a welcome message … so I ignored it.”Fortunately for Lopes, Cape Verde head coach time Rui Águas messaged the Shamrock Rovers defender again nine months later – this time in English – asking if he had considered his offer. Roberto Lopes, who plays for Cape Verde, was born and raised in Dublin. French forward Just Fontaine (L) scores in France's World Cup 5-2 semifinal defeat to Brazil in 1958. France’s captain at the first ever World Cup in 1930 was Algerian-born Alexandre Villaplane. But having recently reversed that policy, the Taifa Stars will have a number of players born outside the continent in its squad for the 2024 tournament.

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☆ United Nations warns of Gaza destruction and ‘blatant disregard for basic humanity’ in Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Caitlin Stephen Hu | Richard Roth | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Israel has been intensifying its aerial bombardment of southern Gaza in pursuit of Palestinian militant group Hamas and said over the weekend that it will expand ground operations to the whole of the territory. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday appealed to the IDF to spare civilians from more suffering. Scores of wounded people could be seen being taken from rubble and to hospitals in southern Gaza throughout Monday in footage. “They told us to leave Gaza, there’s a war in Gaza, so we left (the north) and came here to the south just like they asked. The Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health in Gaza also accused the Israeli military of targeting Kamal Adwan hospital in a statement late Monday.

Persons: ”, Martin Griffiths, “, General Antonio Guterres, Jonathan Conricus, Khan Younis, we’ve, ” Ibrahim Esbeitan, Salah Al, Mohammed Salem, Philippe Lazzarini, Lazzarini, Nasser Hospital, James Elder, ” Elder, Kamal Adwan, Anas Al, Sharif, CNN’s Tamar Michaelis, Lauren Kent, Lina El Wardani, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder Organizations: CNN, United, “, Hamas, . United Nations, UN, Israel Defense Forces, Reuters, Nasser Hospital, United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, US Administration, Health, World Health Organization, WHO, Nasser, UNICEF, of Health, IDF Locations: United Nations, Gaza, Israel, “, Khan, there’s, Rafah, Egypt, Territories, Kamal

☆ Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool manager hails ‘beautiful goals’ in game ‘you will never forget’
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Liverpool completed its comeback with two strikes in the dying minutes, but it was the quality of all four Liverpool goals that stood out the most. “I don’t think I ever saw a game with this amount of beautiful goals. We scored incredible goals today,” Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp told Sky Sports. “I don’t think anybody would have thought before the game [that] Liverpool v Fulham will be a game you will never forget in your life,” Klopp told reporters after the match. “Nobody is in doubt how highly I think about Trent,” Klopp told reporters after the game.

Persons: Jurgen Klopp, Trent Alexander, Arnold, Bernd Leno, Harry Wilson, Alexis Mac Allister, Kenny Tete, Bobby De Cordova, Reid, Chris Brunskill, Wataru Endo, Mohamed Salah’s, Alexander, ” Klopp, ”, Klopp Organizations: CNN, Liverpool’s Premier League, Fulham, Reds, Liverpool, Sky Sports, Fulham goalkeeper’s, Getty, Premier League, Japan, England, Arsenal, Manchester City, “, Sheffield United, Crystal Locations: Liverpool

☆ What the Scale of Displacement in Gaza Looks Like
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Zach Levitt | Amy Schoenfeld Walker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

That number is expected to rise after Israel issued a new evacuation order on Saturday for areas in the south. WEST BANK North Gaza GAZA STRIP Israel Mediterranean Sea Gaza 75,000 Area of initial evacuation order 5,000 Deir al Balah Number of people Khan Younis Area of Dec. 2 evacuation order ISRAEL GAZA STRIP Rafah EGYPT 5 mi. North Gaza WEST BANK GAZA STRIP Area of initial evacuation order Israel Mediterranean Sea Gaza 75,000 Deir al Balah 5,000 Number of people Khan Younis Area of Dec. 2 evacuation order GAZA STRIP ISRAEL Rafah 5 mi. Schools that have sheltered displaced people and have been damaged Minor Moderate Major damage WEST BANK North Gaza GAZA STRIP Israel Area of initial evacuation order Gaza Mediterranean Sea Deir al Balah Area of Dec. 2 evacuation order Khan Younis ISRAEL GAZA STRIP Rafah EGYPT 5 mi. North Gaza WEST BANK GAZA STRIP Mediterranean Sea Israel Area of initial evacuation order Gaza Deir al Balah ISRAEL Khan Younis Area of Dec. 2 evacuation order GAZA STRIP Rafah 5 mi.

Persons: Salah al, ”, Yousef Hammash, Khan Younis, Ahmad Hasaballah, Samar Abu Elouf, al Balah ISRAEL, Mr, Hammash, “, North Gaza Gaza Deir al Balah Khan Younis, Deir al Balah, Mohammed Salem, Omar El Organizations: Din, Maxar Technologies, Israel, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations, WEST BANK, “, Norwegian Refugee Council, The New York Times, UNICEF, World Health Organization, Reuters, Agence France Locations: Gaza City, GAZA, Israel, Gaza, WEST, Gaza GAZA, ISRAEL GAZA, Rafah EGYPT, Deir al, ISRAEL Rafah, EGYPT, United, Samar, Gaza’s, al Balah, Khan Younis ISRAEL GAZA, al, al Balah ISRAEL Khan, North Gaza, North Gaza Gaza Deir al, North Gaza Gaza Deir al Balah Khan Younis Rafah, Deir, Rafah, Omar

☆ Delayed by War, Gaza's Olive Harvest Is Too Little, Too Late, Say Farmers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

In a normal year the harvest would have started weeks earlier, but until the truce farmers were afraid of being mistaken for Hamas militants and targeted by Israeli forces if they ventured out into the olive groves. He said that normally they would harvest enough olives to fill 12 containers, but this year they would fill just one. There were other problems linked to the war, he said, such as a dearth of fuel to transport the olives to the nearest press. As soon as we secured access to fuel, we were able to open the olive press, even if it's working at minimum capacity." He said some farmers had found nothing, while others had harvested a fraction of what they would normally expect.

Persons: Bassam Masoud, Saleh Salem, There's, Fathy Abu Salah, Abu Salah, Khan Younis, Sacks, jerry, Mohamed Wafy, Wafy, Fadi Shana, Estelle Shirbon, Rosalba O'Brien Locations: Saleh, Saleh Salem GAZA, Farmers, Gaza, Israel, Olives

They walked for hours, raising their hands when they encountered Israeli troops with guns trained on them to display their I.D. All around them was the sound of gunfire and the incessant buzzing of drones. In the seven weeks since, Israel has pounded the tiny coastal enclave with the aim of destroying Hamas’s military capabilities. So far, more than 13,000 Palestinians have been killed as of Nov. 21, according to the Gazan health authorities. For weeks, Israel has been urging Gazans living in northern towns to flee along Salah al-Din Street, the strip’s main north-south highway.

Persons: Gazans, Salah al Organizations: New York Times Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Manchester City vs Liverpool: Erling Haaland breaks a Premier League scoring record
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Ever since he joined Manchester City in June 2022, Erling Haaland has scored goals and broken records and, on Saturday against Liverpool, the striker continued to make his mark on history by scoring his 50th league goal for the reigning Premier League champion. No player in Premier League history has reached half a century of goals quicker – Haaland doing so in 48 games. The previous record holder Andrew Cole, who played for Manchester United and Newcastle Untied, took 65 games to reach the mark. Haaland scored in the 27th minute to give host City a lead it only relinquished in the 80th minute when Trent Alexander-Arnold leveled for Liverpool. “We played really well, excellent performance,” City manager Pep Guardiola told BBC Sport.

Persons: Erling Haaland, Andrew Cole, Haaland, Trent Alexander, Arnold, “, Pep Guardiola, ” Haaland, Allison Becker, Rúben Dias, Manuel Akanji, Alexander, Mohamed Salah, ” Klopp Organizations: CNN, Manchester City, Liverpool, Premier League, Manchester United, Newcastle, ”, BBC Sport, City, Reds, Arsenal, Brentford Locations: ” City

☆ As fighting pauses, Gazans displaced from north want to return home to bury their dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | Abeer Salman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Many are using the lull in fighting to try to travel back north, despite the Israeli military warning against this. But many Gazans say they need to use this pause in fighting to return home, where memories, belongings, money, clothes and even some of their loved ones remain – dead or alive. We have martyrs tossed all over the streets.”Palestinians trying to go back north were, however, blocked by Israeli forces, residents and a journalist told CNN. A Palestinian woman cries in anguish following Israeli strikes on Rafah, Gaza, on November 20, 2023. Palestinians on Friday called for a safe corridor that would allow them to cross north, gather their belongings, bury their dead and then return south.

Persons: CNN — “, Mahmoud Moharram, ” Moharram, “, Israel, Avichay Adraee, ” Adraee, ”, Asa’ad Agha, haven’t, ” Agha, Abo Mohamed, Fayoumi, Salah al, Mohammed Abed, David Satterfield, Crescent, Said Khatib, Agha Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, ” Flyers, Getty, United States, United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, Palestinian, UNRWA Locations: Gaza, Israel, Beit Lahia, “, Rafah, AFP, Egypt, Territories

☆ Israel-Hamas war live updates: Israel and Hamas begin temporary pause in Gaza fighting, with first hostage release expected
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The 50 hostages, among about 240 taken by Hamas in their Oct. 7 raid on Israel, are expected to be released in batches, probably about a dozen a day, during the four-day ceasefire. The pause will be extended by a day for each additional batch of 10 hostages released, Israel said in a statement. The group said Israel agreed not to attack or arrest anyone in Gaza, and people can move freely along Salah al-Din Street, the main road along which many Palestinians have fled northern Gaza where Israel launched its ground invasion. Hamas has not released a full list of names of those being held in Gaza. Not all the hostages taken on Oct. 7 were being held by Hamas fighters.

Persons: Israel, Salah al, Foreign Ministry Mohammed Al, Joe Biden, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al, Benjamin Netanyahu, — Organizations: Hamas, State, Foreign Ministry, U.S, Qatar, Qatari, United Locations: Israel, Gaza, Qatar, Gaza ., Doha, United States, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Israeli, Egypt

☆ Israel–Hamas war: The hostage deal and ceasefire explained
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Israeli tanks take position near a border with Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, November 22, 2023. The pause will be extended by a day for each additional batch of 10 hostages released, Israel said in a statement. Qatar's chief negotiator in ceasefire talks, Minister of State at the Foreign Ministry Mohammed Al-Khulaifi, said that under the deal there would be "no attack whatsoever. The deal was announced 46 days after the start of the war, one of the most fierce conflicts to erupt between the two sides. The initial negotiations for a deal between Israel and Hamas, both sworn enemies, began within days of the Oct. 7 attack but progress was slow.

Persons: Amir Cohen, Israel, Salah al, Foreign Ministry Mohammed Al, Mahmoud Abbas, Joe Biden, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's, Edmund Blair, Howard Goller Organizations: Palestinian, Hamas, REUTERS, State, Foreign Ministry, Committee, WHO, U.S, Palestinian Prisoners Society, West Bank and, Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Qatari, United, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Qatar, Egypt, Gaza ., Argentina, Britain, Chile, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, U.S, West Bank and Jerusalem, Doha, United States, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Israeli, Cairo

☆ Mohamed Salah targeted by pitch invaders during Egypt match; escorted off by men in military uniforms
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Mohamed Salah was escorted off the pitch by men in military uniforms at the end of Egypt’s World Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone after pitch invaders targeted the Liverpool star on Sunday. In the 89th minute of the match, with Egypt 2-0 up, footage on social media shows stewards in high-vis yellow jackets running onto the pitch and tackling a pitch invader close to where Salah was standing. In another video on social media, a shirtless Salah could be seen being escorted off the pitch by men in military uniform, while some people tried to take selfies with the star. The match was also eventful, with Sierra Leone finishing the game with nine men after two red cards. Salah will now return to Liverpool ahead of a much-anticipated match against Manchester City in the Premier League on Saturday.

Persons: CNN — Mohamed Salah, Salah, Samuel Kanyon, Salah hasn’t, Trézéguet Organizations: CNN, Sierra, Liverpool, of African Football, FIFA, FA, Sierra Leone, Manchester City, Premier League, Saturday Locations: Sierra Leone, Egypt, Paynesville, Liberia, Djibouti, Liverpool

☆ Opinion: Why Biden won’t do more to restrain Netanyahu
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Opinion Aaron David Miller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +53 min

Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers form an honor guard at the funeral of Israeli reserve soldier Master Sgt. Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu/Getty Images Palestinians flee to southern Gaza on Salah al-Din Street in Bureij, Gaza, on November 10. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters A woman carries a white flag as Palestinians flee from Gaza City to the south on November 7. 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.

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☆ In a Cairo hospital: Guilt, pain and a desperate wait
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Eleni Giokos | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Today Wadea’s 9-year-old son, Abdelrahman, shares a hospital room at Nasser Medical Institute with his 14-year-old sister. Injured children board an ambulance to be transferred from Al-Aqsa Hospital to Egypt for medical treatment through Rafah on November 17, 2023. On Monday, 28 babies arrived in Egypt from Gaza at the Rafah crossing, according to an Egyptian government official. One baby was discharged in Gaza and went home with his parents to their temporary shelter, while two others stayed in the ICU unit of the Emirati hospital in Rafah, Gaza. Conditions in Gaza have grown desperate as fuel supplies dwindle, forcing the closure of 26 of the enclave’s 35 hospitals.

Persons: Rami Mahmoud, Elham Maged, Mahmoud, Cairo's, Cairo’s, “, ‘, ” Elham, ”, ’, Adel Hana, God, Rami, Elham, Muhammed Wadea, CNN Muhammed Wadea, Khan Younis, Abdelrahman, Wadea, Riham, Dr, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Mustafa Hassona, CNN's Eleni Giokos, CNN Ghaffar Organizations: CNN, Cairo's Nasser Medical Institute, Cairo’s Nasser Medical Institute, Nasser Medical Institute, Aqsa, Getty, United Nations Locations: Gaza City, Egypt, Gaza, Salah, Israel, Khan, Rafah, Qatar, United States, Al, Anadolu, Gazan

☆ Satellite photos of crowds trying to flee Gaza shows the unimaginable scale of the crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Crowds of Palestinians trying to flee southern Gaza can be seen from space. Since launching a ground invasion in the north, Israel may be gearing up to head south. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA massive crowd of Palestinians huddled together as they try to flee southern Gaza can be seen from space, satellite images show. Satellite image showing a crowd of Palestinians trying to evacuate.

Persons: —, Forbes, Salah al Deen Organizations: Service, MAXAR Technologies, Guardian, Associated Press, United Nations, Food, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Four goals for Egypt's Salah but shock setback for Nigeria
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Mark Gleeson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

CAPE TOWN, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Mohamed Salah scored four times and took his goal tally for Egypt past 50 as they began their World Cup qualifying campaign with an expected victory over tiny Djibouti while Nigeria were held to a shock home draw by Lesotho on Thursday. Nigeria, without injured Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, were held to a 1-1 draw at a rainy Uyo by the small mountain kingdom of Lesotho, who are 113 places below them in the FIFA rankings. Burundi also won in Group F, edging the Gambia 3-2 in their match played in Tanzania because of Burundi’s lack of a suitable stadium. The first two rounds of African qualifiers are played from Wednesday to next Tuesday, and will resume next June. Editing by xxOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mohamed Salah, Victor Osimhen, Motlomelo Mkhwanazi, Jose Peserio, Jonathan Muiomo, Riyad, Djamel Belmadi, Denis Bouanga, Kevin Denkey Organizations: Egypt, Lesotho, Qatar, Napoli, FIFA, Africa, Nations, football, Kenya, Major League Soccer, Belgian, U.S, Thomson Locations: CAPE, Djibouti, Nigeria, Cairo, Egypt, Lesotho, London, Kelechi, Mozambique, Botswana, Algeria, Somalia, Algiers, Gabon, Franceville, Burundi, Gambia, Tanzania, Sudan, Togo, Benghazi, Libya, Canada, Mexico

☆ Man City held by Chelsea in eight-goal thriller, Liverpool go second
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Aston Villa beat Fulham 3-1 to match a 40-year-old club record of 13 straight home league wins. City opened the scored when Spanish defender Marc Cucurella pulled Haaland's shirt to concede a VAR-checked penalty which the Norwegian coolly converted in the 24th minute. Things were far more sedate at Anfield where Liverpool moved right into title contention thanks to another contribution from the talismanic Salah. "Crazy," Klopp said of the 31-year-old Salah, who has 10 goals in 12 league games this season. Victory lifted the Hammers to ninth in the table with 17 points from 12 games while Forest are 15th with 13 points.

Persons: Chelsea's Palmer, Salah, Chelsea slugged, Cole Palmer, Chelsea, Tottenham, Erling Haaland, Mohamed Salah, West Ham, Tomas Soucek, Mauricio Pochettino's, Marc Cucurella, Thiago Silva, Raheem Sterling, Manuel Akanji, Nicolas Jackson, City, Armando Broja, Ruben Dias, Palmer, City's Rodri, Klopp, John McGinn, Ollie Watkins, Antonee Robinson, Unai Emery, Emery, Ham's Soucek, James Ward, Mahmoud Dahoud, Simon Adingra, Ben Osborn's, Adam Webster, Lori Ewing, Martyn Herman, Toby Davis Organizations: Liverpool, Brentford Villa, Fulham LIVERPOOL, Premier League, Manchester City, Chelsea, Stamford, City, Tottenham Hotspur, Brentford, Arsenal, Burnley, Aston Villa, Fulham, West, Nottingham Forest, Brighton & Hove, Sheffield United, Tottenham, Anfield, Hammers, Forest, Brighton & Hove Albion, Brighton, Thomson Locations: England, Brighton, City, Spanish

Residents of northern Gaza have used Salah al-Din Road as an escape route to southern Gaza this week during pauses in fighting by the Israeli military. Israel has agreed to put in place regular daily four-hour pauses in its relentless assault on Hamas in selected areas of northern Gaza to allow civilians to flee, the White House announced on Thursday, culminating days of pressure from President Biden as the casualty toll mounts. The White House said a second corridor for evacuations would be opened along a coastal road and that the daily pauses would be institutionalized to include advance notice of at least three hours. Image White House officials announced on Thursday the opening of a second corridor for people to evacuate northern Gaza under humanitarian pauses by the Israeli army. “There is no cease-fire,” the Israel Defense Forces wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

Persons: Salah, Biden, John F, Kirby, White, Mr, ”, Samar Abu Elouf, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Netanyahu, Antony J, Blinken, Lloyd J, Austin III, Jake Sullivan, “ I’ve, ” Mr, “ It’s, “ We’re, Israel, “ Organizations: White, White House, The New York Times, Israel Defense Forces, Defense Locations: Gaza, Israel, Samar, Illinois

[1/5] Children look out of a window, as Palestinians flee north Gaza towards the south, in the central Gaza Strip, November 9. The war of 1948, when Palestinians fled or were evicted from their homes, is seared into their collective memory. Since Wednesday, as fighting has edged further into Gaza City, a large number of people have started moving south. Khaled Abu Issa, from Beach Refugee Camp adjoining Gaza City, said he had left after his neighbourhood was repeatedly pounded by artillery. As they passed Israeli tanks at the frontline they raised their arms to show their identity cards.

Persons: Mohammed Salem, Salah al, Um Hassan, Israel's, Khaled Abu Issa, Abu Issa, Nidal al, Angus McDowall, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Health, Israel, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Gaza City, Israel, Salah, Beach Refugee, Israel's

☆ Palestinians fleeing south in Gaza describe unbearable situation in Gaza City: ‘Nothing is left’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Abeer Salman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Gaza and Jerusalem CNN —Thousands of Palestinians fled northern Gaza on Wednesday, traveling miles on foot through the battered enclave in a growing exodus prompted by Israel’s intensified ground and air campaign. It was the fifth day in a row that the IDF opened an evacuation window, and numbers of people fleeing south have increased each day. Israel has been ramping up its offensive inside Gaza, following the October 7 attacks that left 1,400 people in Israel dead. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant claimed Tuesday that IDF troops were at the “heart of Gaza City” and targeting Hamas infrastructure and commanders there. A satellite image shows groups of people walking along Salah a-Din road as they evacuate south from Gaza City.

Persons: Israel’s, –, Salah Eddin, Gazans, Israel, Yoav Gallant, ” Gallant, “, ”, Salah, ” Hani Bakhit, feeing, ” Khader Hamad, Ahmed Zakot, ” Abu Ida, I’m, Al Shifa Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, UN, CNN, Israeli, Maxar Technologies, Reuters, AP People Locations: Gaza, Jerusalem, Israel, Gaza City, Wadi Gaza, ”

Gaza City, the Hamas militant group's main bastion in the territory, is now surrounded by Israeli forces. The military said troops have advanced to the heart of the city, while Hamas says its fighters have inflicted heavy losses. Air strikes had also killed a Hamas weapons maker, Mahsein Abu Zina, and several fighters, the Israeli military said. The Israeli military had told them they should move south of the Wadi Gaza wetlands along the main Salah al-Din Road. Hamas's armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, said its fighters had destroyed an Israeli tank in Gaza City.

Persons: General Guterres, Khan Younis, Mohammed Abu Daqa, Daniel Hagari, Mahsein Abu Zina, U.N, General Antonio Guterres, Christian Lindmeier, Mohammed Al, Masri, Rights Israel, Salah, Al Shifa, Israel's, Yahya Sinwar, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Nidal al, Angel, Emily Rose, Maayan, Rami Amichay, Matt Spetalnick, Michael Perry, Angus MacSwan, Mark Heinrich, Simon Cameron, Moore, Peter Graff, Alex Richardson Organizations: Jihad, Reuters NEXT, REUTERS, Rights, Hamas, Reuters, ABC, U.S, Thomson Locations: Israel, GAZA, JERUSALEM, Gaza, Palestinian, Iran, Geneva, Beach, Gaza City, Wadi Gaza, al, Washington, Israeli, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv

☆ Tens of Thousands Flee Northern Gaza Strip, as Israel’s Invasion Advances
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Vivian Yee | More About Vivian Yee | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Tens of thousands of desperate civilians, some waving white flags, have fled the northern Gaza Strip this week, marching along a road pocked with airstrike craters and lined with ruined buildings, as Israeli officials reported that their troops had pushed into the heart of the densely populated Hamas stronghold of Gaza City. The United Nations estimated that through Tuesday, 40,000 people had walked out of northern Gaza along the only route south, after Israeli officials told residents of the besieged enclave to evacuate “for their own safety,” and thousands more streamed out on Wednesday. The evacuations have accelerated in part because of the sharply deteriorating humanitarian situation in northern Gaza, with food and clean water now nearly nonexistent. As the ground invasion has expanded, the Israeli military said it was offering a daily window of time in which it would guarantee safe passage for civilians. News photographs as well as a video released by the Israeli military on Wednesday, the fifth day the evacuation corridor was open, showed men, women and children trudging past half-destroyed buildings.

Persons: Yoav Gallant, Salah Al, —, Saladin — Organizations: The United Nations, Crusaders Locations: Gaza, Gaza City, “, West, Jerusalem

BINT JBEIL, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli airstrike in south Lebanon on Sunday evening killed four civilians, including a woman and three children, raising the likelihood of a dangerous new escalation in the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border. One woman and three girls, ages 10, 12 and 14 were killed, and others were wounded, it said. Shortly after the Israeli strike, Hezbollah said its fighters had fired Grad rockets from southern Lebanon into Israel in response. Local media reported that the rockets landed in the Israeli border towns of Metula and Kiryat Shmona. Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee tweeted that one Israeli was also killed Sunday in a strike launched by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

Persons: BINT, —, Samir Ayoub, ”, ‘, Mohammad Suleiman, Salah Ghandour, Bint Jbeil, Daniel Hagari, “, Najib Mikati, Avichay Adraee, hadn't, Israel, Abby Sewell, Kareem Chehayeb, Julia Frankel Organizations: Sunday, National News Agency, Grad, Local, Associated Press, . Security Locations: BINT JBEIL, Lebanon, Israel, Gaza, Lebanon’s, Ainata, Metula, Shmona, Lebanese, Bint, Israeli, Blida, Beirut, Jerusalem

☆ Israel Says Corridor Is Opening for Northern Gazans to Flee South
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Omar Abdel-Baqui | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Israeli military said it is preparing to open a humanitarian corridor, allowing people in northern Gaza to flee south, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken toured the Middle East calling for a pause in the Israel-Hamas war and the United Nations warned its operations in the enclave were on the verge of shutting down. The Israel Defense Forces said it planned to allow traffic on Salah al-Din Road—a major north-south thoroughfare in the strip—for three hours Saturday afternoon. “If you care about yourself and your loved ones, head south according to our instructions,” an Israeli military spokesman said, addressing residents in Gaza.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Salah al, ” Organizations: United Nations, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Gaza, Israel

☆ Arab World, US Split on Gaza Ceasefire as Israeli Offensive Presses On
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +7 min

The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Israeli military said it was trying to stem violence and protect Palestinian civilians. The Israeli military said it would enable Palestinians to travel on a main Gaza highway, the Salah a-Din road, during a three-hour window on Saturday. Fighting was "fierce" near an Israeli outpost on the outskirts of Gaza City, CNN reported, saying Israeli soldiers were battling Hamas fighters hundreds of meters to the north and south. If we need to get inside Gaza house-by-house, it's exactly what's going to happen," one Israeli soldier told CNN.

Persons: Nidal, Simon Lewis, Suleiman, Khalidi, Antony Blinken, Israel, Blinken, WAFA, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Joe Biden, Biden, Ayman Safadi, Sameh Shoukry, David Satterfield, Salah, Nidal al, Suleiman Al, Dan Williams, Michael Martina, Jarrett Renshaw, Humeyra Pamuk, Paul Simao Organizations: Reuters, Israeli, Blinken, Israel Defence Forces, West Bank, Palestinian, Turkish, United Nations, Bank, CNN Locations: Al, Khalidi GAZA, AMMAN, United States, Gaza, Washington, Israel, Palestinian, Rehoboth Beach , Delaware, London, Berlin, Paris, Istanbul, Jordanian, Jabalia, Ankara, GAZA, Amman, Gaza City, Khalidi, Jerusalem

CNN —Israeli ground forces are closing in on Gaza City, the largest and most densely packed population center in the Palestinian enclave, satellite imagery and videos from open and official sources suggest. “IDF forces encircle Gaza from the air, land and sea, surrounding the city of Gaza and its surroundings,” Daniel Hagari, an IDF spokesman, said on Friday. Satellite imagery and footage have also shown Israeli forces on Salah al-Din Road, a highway running the length of the strip, seemingly blocking anyone still in Gaza City from moving south. The urban area encompassing Gaza City is home to nearly 2 million people living in an 88-square-mile expanse, which equates to about 21,000 people per square mile. A man sits on debris as Palestinians conduct a search and rescue operation after the second bombardment to the Jabalya refugee camp in Gaza City, on November 1.

Persons: ” Daniel Hagari, “, Hanoun, Beit Lahiya, –, Salah al, Yousif Al Saifi, Israel, Ali Jadallah, Benjamin Netanyahu, Miri Eisin, ” Eisin, Al, Beit Hanoun, Qassam, Alexi J . Rosenfeld, Israel Ziv, ”, Dr, Abu, Sittah, Tal Al, Katie Polglase, Andrew Carey, Tamar Michaelis, Allegra Goodwin, Mike Pratt Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Hamas, European Space Agency, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Getty, Qassam Brigades, Tanks, Al, Quds Hospital, Palestinian Red Crescent Society Locations: Gaza City, Gaza, Gaza’s, Beit Hanoun, Ramallah, Israel, Anadolu, Wadi Gaza, Miri, Israeli, Al Shati, Beit, Al, Quds, Hawa

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