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☆ Netanyahu says Israel is preparing ground invasion of Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Israel is preparing a ground invasion of Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised statement on Wednesday, but he declined to provide any details on the timing or other information about the operation. "We have already killed thousands of terrorists and this is only the beginning," Netanyahu said. "Simultaneously, we are preparing for a ground invasion. Israel has carried out days of intense bombardment of the densely populated Gaza Strip following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israeli communities that killed some 1,400 people. Earlier, citing U.S. and Israeli officials, the Wall Street Journal reported that Israel had agreed to delay the invasion of Gaza for now, so the United States could rush missile defences to the region.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Israel, Washington, Henriette Chacar, James Mackenzie, Crispian Balmer, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Hamas, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Palestinian, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, United States, Qatar

Late Wednesday, Al Jazeera replayed the moment Dahdouh was informed about the deaths. Throughout the war, Dahdouh has remained in Gaza City, despite Israeli calls for residents to head south ahead of an expected ground offensive. But Israeli strikes have continued to pound these areas, which are suffering dire shortages of water, medicine and fuel under an Israeli siege. In a statement, Al Jazeera said Dahdouh’s family “home was targeted” in an “indiscriminate assault by the Israeli occupation.”The Israeli army had no immediate comment. Al Jazeera is a Qatari state-owned media network, and is deeply critical of Israel, particularly its treatment of Palestinians.

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Now some families are using bracelets in the hope of finding their loved ones should they be killed. The El-Daba family has tried to reduce the risk of being struck down during the heaviest-ever Israeli bombardment of Gaza. The Israeli military has told people to leave the north of the Gaza Strip, one of the most densely-populated places in the world, and head south because it is safer. "But, ultimately, Hamas has entrenched itself among the civilian population throughout the Gaza Strip. Israel's military intensified its bombing of southern Gaza overnight after one of the deadliest days for Palestinians since Oct. 7.

Persons: Ali Daba, Khan Younis, Ali El, Lina, Daba, Michael Georgy, Janet Lawrence Organizations: IDF, Israel Defense Forces, Thomson Locations: Gaza, GAZA, Israel, Gaza City, Israeli

☆ Raytheon's CEO said on an earnings call that the company stood to 'benefit' from DoD budget increases due to the war in Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Caroline Haskins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

President Biden requested an additional $106 billion to the DoD budget, citing the Israel-Hamas war and other global conflicts. The CEO of military contractor RTX said Tuesday the company could "benefit" from an increased DoD budget. RTX Corporation, formerly known as Raytheon, is a long-time US defense contractor which has worked on supplying Israel's Iron Dome since 2014. Liwag asked how quickly RTX Corporation, formerly known as Raytheon Corporation, could profit if Congress approves President Biden's request for a DoD budget increase in 2024. He called the budget request "a smart investment" in American security and emphasized the need to support Israel's Iron Dome.

Persons: Biden, RTX, —, Greg Hayes, Hayes, Kristine Liwag, Morgan Stanley, Liwag, Biden's, you've, Liwang, Israel, Kevin McCarthy's, Jake Sullivan, USA, Sam Deneke Organizations: RTX Corporation, Raytheon, Service, RTX, US Department, Raytheon Corporation, Israel, Raytheon Defense, CNBC, Israeli Defense Force, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, DoD, Republican Party, National, U.S . Department of Defense, Corporation Locations: Israel, Ukraine, Gaza, U.S, Egypt

Hamas on Monday freed two Israeli women among the more than 200 hostages taken during its Oct. 7 assault. "The path is a path of unrelenting attacks, damaging Hamas everywhere and in every way. "We are well prepared for the ground operations in the south," he added, referring to southern Israel, which abuts Gaza. "Any Israeli military strategy that ignores the human costs could ultimately backfire. At least 5,087 Palestinians have been killed in two weeks of strikes, including 2,055 children, the health ministry said.

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☆ Blinken tells UN: US doesn't want war with Iran but will defend itself
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"The United States does not seek conflict with Iran. But if Iran or its proxies attack U.S. personnel anywhere, make no mistake: we will defend our people, we will defend our security - swiftly and decisively." The U.S. has also sent warships and fighter aircraft to the region to try to deter Iran and Iran-backed groups, including two aircraft carriers. Iran was due to address the Security Council meeting on the Middle East later on Tuesday. "It is important to also recognize the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Shannon Stapleton, Blinken, U.N, Antonio Guterres, Guterres, Israel's U.N, Gilad Erdan, Israel's, Eli Cohen, Cohen, Michelle Nichols, Howard Goller Organizations: REUTERS, UNITED NATIONS, United, United Nations, Security, Reuters, The, Palestinian Hamas, Israel, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, U.N, New York, U.S, United States, Iran, Washington, Gaza, Tehran, The U.S, GAZA

☆ 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

☆ Missile fired from Gaza caused hospital blast, Britain's Sunak says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to the media after landing at Ben Gurion international airport in Lod, Near Tel Aviv, Israel October 19, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - The explosion at a hospital in Gaza City was most likely caused by a missile fired from within Gaza, and not by a rocket from Israel, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday. "The British government judges that the explosion was likely caused by a missile, or part of one, that was launched from within Gaza towards Israel," Sunak told parliament. Palestinian officials said 471 people were killed in the blast at Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital on Tuesday. Gaza's health ministry blamed an Israeli air strike, while Israel said the blast was caused by a failed rocket launch by militants.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Ronen, Sunak, Israel, Alistair Smout, Farouq Suleiman, Paul Sandle Organizations: British, Ben, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Ben Gurion, Lod, Near Tel Aviv, Israel, Gaza City, Gaza, British, Al, Ahli, Arabi, United States, France, Canada

☆ Gazan parents are writing their children's names on their bodies so they can be identified if killed, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Gazan parents are writing their children's names on their bodies so they can be identified, per CNN. A Gazan doctor told the outlet the only way dead children can be identified is through that writing. More than 1,700 children have died under Israel's airstrikes, per Gazan health authorities. Gazan parents worry that "anything could happen" to their children, and no one will be able to identify them, Al Masri told CNN. The supervisor of the room at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, who refused to be named, told the outlet that parents writing their children's names on body parts is a "new phenomenon."

Persons: —, Dr Abdul Rahman Al Masri, Al Masri, Dr Iyad Issa Abu Zaher, Martin Griffiths, Philippe Lazzarini Organizations: CNN, Service, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Gazan Health Ministry, Associated Press, International Committee, Cross, UN, Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations, United Nations Relief, Works Agency Locations: Al, Aqsa, Hamas, Israel, Gaza, Egypt, Rafah, Palestine

REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot Acquire Licensing RightsOct 21 (Reuters) - Canada's National Department of Defence said on Saturday that Israel was not behind the Al-Ahli hospital strike in Gaza on Oct. 17. "Analysis conducted independently by the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command indicates with a high degree of confidence that Israel did not strike the Al-Ahli hospital on 17 October 2023," it said in a statement. The strike was more likely caused by an errant rocket fired from Gaza, the Defence department said based on analysis of open source and classified reporting. Palestinian officials said 471 people were killed in the blast at Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital on Tuesday. Gaza's health ministry blamed an Israeli air strike, while Israel said the blast was caused by a failed rocket launch by militants.

Persons: Ahmed Zakot, Israel, Jose Joseph, Divya Rajagopal, Sonali Paul Organizations: REUTERS, Canada's National Department of Defence, Al, Canadian Forces Intelligence Command, Defence, U.S ., Thomson Locations: Al, Ahli, Israel, Gaza City, Gaza, France, U.S . Canada, Arabi, Bengaluru, Toronto

Palestinian media reported at least 11 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, and that Israel was striking the southern city of Rafah. We will continue to attack in the area of Gaza City and increase attacks," Hagari told Israeli reporters on Saturday. Israel started its "total siege" of Gaza after an Oct. 7 cross-border attack on southern Israel by militants of the Islamist movement Hamas killed 1,400 people, mainly civilians, in a shock rampage that has traumatised Israel. [1/5]An Israeli soldier secures an area, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Kissufim in southern Israel October 21, 2023. At least 84 Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed in clashes with Israeli forces since the Hamas rampage, Palestinian officials say.

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REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system and additional Patriot air defense missile system battalions to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Saturday, in response to recent attacks on U.S. troops in the region. The United States has sent a significant amount of naval power to the Middle East in recent weeks, including two aircraft carriers, their support ships and about 2,000 Marines. "Following detailed discussions with President (Joe) Biden on recent escalations by Iran and its proxy forces across the Middle East Region, today I directed a series of additional steps to further strengthen the Department of Defense posture in the region," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement. The deployments come two years after Biden's administration withdrew air defense systems from the Middle East, citing a reduction in tensions with Iran. The Patriot, considered one of the most advanced U.S. air defense systems, is usually in short supply, with allies around the world vying for it.

Persons: Khan Younis, Abu Mustafa, Joe, Biden, Lloyd Austin, Austin, Israel, Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart, William Mallard Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Area Defense, Pentagon, United, Defense, U.S, Gaza's Health, Thomson Locations: Gaza, U.S, United States, Washington, Iran, Israel, East, South Korea, China, Iraq, Syria, Iranian, Yemen

☆ Israel Did Not Strike Gaza Hospital, Canada Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

By Divya Rajagopal and Jose Joseph(Reuters) - Canada's National Department of Defence said on Saturday that Israel was not behind the Al-Ahli hospital strike in Gaza on Oct. 17. "Analysis conducted independently by the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command indicates with a high degree of confidence that Israel did not strike the Al-Ahli hospital on 17 October 2023," it said in a statement. Palestinian officials said 471 people were killed in the blast at Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital on Tuesday. Gaza's health ministry blamed an Israeli air strike, while Israel said the blast was caused by a failed rocket launch by militants. (Reporting by Jose Joseph in Bengaluru; Divya Rajagopal in Toronto; Editing by Sonali Paul)

Persons: Divya Rajagopal, Jose Joseph, Israel, Sonali Paul Organizations: Canada's National Department of Defence, Al, Canadian Forces Intelligence Command, Defence, U.S . Locations: Ahli, Gaza, France, U.S . Canada, Al, Arabi, Bengaluru, Toronto

☆ Jordan's King Abdullah: Displacement of Palestinians would be a war crime
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/2] Jordan's King Abdullah II addresses a press conference, after a dialogue with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCAIRO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah said in his opening speech at the Cairo Peace Summit on Saturday that the forced or internal displacement of Palestinians would be a war crime. The summit is being held as Israel prepares a ground assault on Gaza following Hamas' attack that killed 1,400 people. More than 4,100 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's counteroffensive, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, amid a growing humanitarian crisis. Reporting by Nafisa El Tahir, Writing by Adam MakaryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: King Abdullah II, Olaf Scholz, Annegret, King Abdullah, Nafisa El Tahir, Adam Makary Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Cairo Peace Summit, Israel, Health, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Germany, Rights CAIRO, Cairo, Gaza

"Children ... have started to develop serious trauma symptoms such as convulsions, bed-wetting, fear, aggressive behaviour, nervousness, and not leaving their parents' sides," said Gaza psychiatrist Fadel Abu Heen. More than 4,100 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza so far, including more than 1,500 children, while 13,000 people have been injured according to the Palestinian health ministry. Conditions in makeshift shelters in United Nations schools, where more than 380,000 people are camped out in hope of escaping the bombardment, only compound the problem. They cry all night, they pee themselves without meaning to and I don't have time to clean up after them, one after the other," said Tahreer Tabash, a mother of six children sheltering in a school. A 2022 report by aid group Save the Children found the psychosocial wellbeing of children in Gaza at "alarmingly low levels" after 11 days of fighting in 2021, leaving half of all Gaza children in need of support.

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☆ 'Incredibly harsh': Up to 600 Americans are trapped in besieged Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The Rafah crossing is at the border of southern Gaza and Egypt, and is one of only two points of entry and exit for the Palestinian territory. Palestinians, some with foreign passports hoping to cross into Egypt and others waiting for aid wait at the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza strip, on October 16, 2023. Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes hit Rafah as the Israeli attacks continue on the thirteenth day of the clashes in Rafah, Gaza on October 19, 2023. False hopesMany of the Americans in Gaza have family members there that do not have U.S. citizenship. While they can apply for visas for their immediate family members, they would have to leave extended family members behind, creating an impossible situation, they say.

Persons: America's, Biden's, Amir Kaoud, Mohammed Abed, Kaoud, they're, Abed Rahim Khatib, Sameh Shoukry, Mahmoud Khaled, Israel Organizations: State Department, Hamas, NBC News, Getty, The State Department, CNBC, Anadolu Agency, U.S, Embassy, Aid Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, American, Rafah, Egypt, Gaza's, U.S, North Sinai

☆ French military intelligence says Israeli strike not behind Gaza hospital blast
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( John Irish | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Masri/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Oct 20 (Reuters) - A blast at a Gaza hospital was not the result of an Israeli missile strike, but likely caused by a misfiring Palestinian rocket, the French military intelligence directorate (DRM) said on Friday. Palestinian officials said 471 people were killed in the blast at Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital on Tuesday. Gaza's health ministry blamed an Israeli air strike, while Israel said the blast was caused by a failed rocket launch by militants. "There is nothing that allows us to say that it is an Israeli strike, but the most likely (scenario) is a Palestinian rocket that had a firing incident," the DRM said. According to the DRM, the impact crater was too small to have been caused by an Israeli missile.

Persons: Mohammed Al, Masri, Israel, Emmanuel Macron, John Irish, Chris Reese, Rod Nickel Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Al, Ahli, Israel, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian, Arabi, Israeli

☆ French Military Intelligence Says Israeli Strike Not Behind Gaza Hospital Blast
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By John IrishPARIS (Reuters) - A blast at a Gaza hospital was not the result of an Israeli missile strike, but likely caused by a misfiring Palestinian rocket, the French military intelligence directorate (DRM) said on Friday. Palestinian officials said 471 people were killed in the blast at Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital on Tuesday. Gaza's health ministry blamed an Israeli air strike, while Israel said the blast was caused by a failed rocket launch by militants. "There is nothing that allows us to say that it is an Israeli strike, but the most likely (scenario) is a Palestinian rocket that had a firing incident," the DRM said. According to the DRM, the impact crater was too small to have been caused by an Israeli missile.

Persons: John Irish PARIS, Israel, Emmanuel Macron, John Irish, Chris Reese, Rod Nickel Organizations: Reuters Locations: Gaza, Palestinian, Al, Ahli, Arabi, Israeli, Israel

☆ U.S. intel says Gaza hospital death toll likely between 100-300
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Jonathan Landay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Palestinian officials said 471 people were killed in the blast at Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital late on Tuesday. Gaza's health ministry blamed an Israeli air strike, while Israel said the blast was caused by a failed rocket launch by militants. "We judge that Israel was not responsible," said the unclassified U.S. intelligence report. We are still assessing the likely casualty figures and our assessment may evolve, but this death toll still reflects a staggering loss of life," the report said. The report said "only light structural damage at the hospital" has been observed and there was "no observable damage to the main hospital building and no impact craters."

Persons: Ahmed Zakot, Israel, Jonathan Landay, Michelle Nichols, Doina Chiacu, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Al, Ahli, Israel, Gaza City, Gaza, Arabi

☆ Aftermath images from the Gaza hospital explosion are 'inconsistent' with an Israeli airstrike, former UN war crimes investigator says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike for the deadly explosion at a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday. A former UN war crimes investigator says the visuals of the incident appear "inconsistent" with an Israeli strike. A former United Nations war crimes investigator said the visual evidence from the incident is "completely inconsistent" with what the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike would look like. "I can definitely rule out an airstrike, but looking at the various possibilities, I think that a failed rocket is the most likely." A view of the surroundings of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital after it was hit in Gaza City, Gaza on October 18, 2023.

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The strike killed hundreds of people and occurred during Israel's intense 11-day bombing campaign in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said "barbaric terrorists" in Gaza had attacked the hospital, not Israel's military. News of the hospital strike and high death toll prompted condemnation from many countries on the eve of U.S. President Joseph Biden's visit to Israel. Earlier on Tuesday the United Nations said an Israeli strike had hit one of its schools where at least 4,000 people were sheltering. [1/4]An injured person is assisted at Shifa Hospital after hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a blast at Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza that Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed on each other in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023.

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☆ Israel won't make the same blunders with heavy armor as Russia did in Ukraine, commander says, as the country mobilizes 1,000 tanks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"We saw how the Russians fought in Ukraine and the mistakes they made," Brigadier General Hisham Ibrahim told The Economist. "They fought there in a single-corps fashion, instead of using combined arms tactics," he said of Russia's tank deployments. But Israel's tanks, Ibrahim said, have been trained on combined-arms tactics for several years now. Ukraine's tactics of using cheap drones and Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapons (NLAW) exacted a high price on Russia's tanks. As of July this year, Russia is estimated to have lost 2,000 tanks in Ukraine, The Moscow Times reported.

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[1/4] A view shows destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip as seen from Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel October 15, 2023. Um Mohammad Al-Laham's 4-year-old granddaughter Fulla Al-Laham lay in a Gaza hospital, which like others is operating on low supplies of medicine and fuel. She said an Israeli air strike hit the family home, killing 14 people including Fulla's parents, siblings and members of her extended family. Israel has unleashed the heaviest air strikes ever on Gaza. It said dozens of people had been killed in strikes on vehicles carrying refugees on Friday, while medics, Hamas media and relatives say whole families have been killed in air strikes.

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☆ Vivek Ramaswamy says it's 'not productive' for companies to blacklist Harvard students who make 'dumb' statements like blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"I say this as someone who vehemently disagrees with those Harvard student groups," he wrote on X. "The Harvard student groups who co-signed the anti-Israel letter are simple fools," Ramaswamy wrote. "But it's not productive for companies to blacklist kids for being members of student groups that make dumb political statements on campus." I say this as someone who vehemently disagrees with those Harvard student groups." But it’s not productive for companies to blacklist kids for being members of student groups that make dumb political statements on campus.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Bill Ackman, —, it's, Ramaswamy —, who's, Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, Ackman Organizations: Harvard, Service, Sunday, Yale, Republican, Israel Locations: Israel, Harvard's, Cambridge , Massachusetts

☆ Descendants of Holocaust survivors protesting Israel's 'genocide' of Palestinians among those arrested in front of Sen. Chuck Schumer's house in New York
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Police arrested a group of Jewish pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside the home of Chuck Schumer. Among those arrested were rabbis and descendants of Holocaust survivors, per Jewish Voice for Peace. AdvertisementAdvertisementDozens of protesters were arrested outside the Brooklyn home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York on Friday. pic.twitter.com/tFAenwSa16 — Jewish Voice for Peace NYC (@jvpliveNY) October 14, 2023At least 57 individuals were arrested, according to WABC-TV New York. Before his trip to Israel, Schumer on Friday said on X that he was having Shabbat dinner with his family.

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