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☆ Israel's top military officer says security failed in Hamas attacks, but there's plenty of blame to go around
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Israel is reeling from the deadly Hamas terror attacks last weekend, with many looking for answers. The surprise assault exposed major shortcomings in Israel's feared military and security and intelligence apparatus. A top IDF officer said the military is to blame, but there are several other things that went wrong. And while a top Israeli officer has acknowledged that the military ultimately mishandled security, the country's troubles appear to run much deeper. Israeli security forces patrol streets of Sderot, Israel on October 11, 2023.

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☆ Israel dropped more bombs on Gaza in 6 days than the US-led coalition dropped in any month fighting ISIS
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Jake Epstein | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Israel said it dropped 6,000 bombs on the Gaza Strip during the first six days of war with Hamas. That's more bombs than the US-led coalition dropped in any month during the fight against ISIS. Allied forces dropped 5,000 bombs in August 2017 — at the peak of their air campaign. But that August saw a record 5,075 bombs dropped, marking the only time that figure ever surpassed 5,000. AP Photo/Asmaa WaguihAveraged out, Israel's 6,000 bombs dropped on Gaza between October 7 and October 12 comes out to 1,000 per day — smashing the average of 164 bombs dropped per day by the US-led coalition in August 2017.

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☆ Videos show Israel's military used incendiary bombs in Gaza that can cause horrific burns
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Human Rights Watch has confirmed that Israel used white phosphorus in military operations in Gaza and along the Israel-Lebanon border. White phosphorus is a chemical that ignites when it's exposed to oxygen and causes severe burns when it comes in contact with human skin. AdvertisementAdvertisementHuman Rights Watch confirmed on Thursday that Israel used white phosphorus in military operations in the Gaza Strip and along the Israel-Lebanon border. White phosphorus is a chemical that ignites when it's exposed to oxygen and can cause severe burns when it comes into contact with human skin. In addition to verifying the two videos, HRW also interviewed two people who described the use of the munitions over Gaza.

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☆ Israel, Hamas at war: Latest Updates
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

* The International Committee of the Red Cross said it was in touch with both Hamas and Israel about the hostages. * "There are no wreaths left in Israel anymore," said one of the many volunteers working to prepare funeral flowers for more than 1,200 Israelis killed since Hamas gunmen burst into Israel. [1/6]Israeli soldiers patrol following a mass-infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, in southern Israel, October 11, 2023. INTERNATIONAL REACTION* Initial U.S. intelligence reports show that key Iranian leaders were surprised by the unprecedented attacks on Israel by Hamas, according to a source. INSIGHTS/EXPLAINERS* How a secretive Hamas commander masterminded the attack on Israel.

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☆ A Palestinian father-of-6 says his youngest kids would scream and cry when they first heard bombs, but now they're 'numb' and sit in the corner instead of playing
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A Palestinian man says his youngest kids used to cry and scream when they heard bombings nearby. Since Hamas first attacked Israel, Israel has devastated the Gaza Strip with air strikes. The youngest children have not been allowed to go outside, Alareer said, adding, "Not that it is safer inside." "It's usually, in Gaza, 'yeah, he was born after the war, after the second war, after that war, after this war,'" Alareer said. "Here, there is not anything, not enough food, not enough water," Ahmed Abu Artema, another Palestinian living in Gaza, told Insider.

Persons: —, Refaat, Israel, Alareer, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ahmed Abu Artema, Artema, It's Organizations: Service, Islamic University of Gaza, Israel, Israeli Defense Forces, IDF Locations: Israel, Gaza, Gaza City

☆ Gaza's hospitals are running out of medicine, have no beds for new patients, and could turn into morgues without electricity, Red Cross and officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Gaza's hospitals "risk turning into morgues," officials and the Red Cross warned. Palestinian health officials said health services in Gaza have entered a "critical stage." Palestinian health officials said Wednesday that health services in the Gaza Strip, where Hamas rules, have now entered a "critical stage" and that "medicines, medical consumption and fuel are running out." "Without electricity, hospitals risk turning into morgues," Carboni warned. "Continued disconnection of the Israeli occupation of electricity, water, and fuel poses a danger to the lives of the injured and patients and causes a serious health and environmental disaster," the Palestinian health ministry said.

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☆ British warships, aircraft, and a force of Royal Marines are joining a US Navy carrier strike group in waters near Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

There, they will join a US Navy carrier strike group that recently deployed to waters near Israel. "Meanwhile, a Royal Navy task group will be moved to the eastern Mediterranean next week as a contingency measure to support humanitarian efforts." The government said that the military package will be on standby to deliver support to Israel and its partners, and provide deterrence. It includes P-8 patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, surveillance assets, three helicopters, a company of Royal Marines, and two Royal Navy ships — the landing ship RFA Lyme Bay and the casualty receiving ship RFA Argus. The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group includes the advanced, first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, the guided missile cruiser USS Normandy, and guided missile destroyers USS Thomas Hudner, USS Ramage, USS Carney, and USS Roosevelt.

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☆ Hamas duped Israel into thinking it wasn't planning an attack by posting misleading messages on private channels that it knew Israel was monitoring, security officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hamas' deadly attacks last weekend were the worst breach of Israel's security apparatus in decades. They carried out the attacks, in part, by posting misleading messages on monitored channels, NYT reported. And Israeli officials took those messages at face value, the officials, who laid out several reasons why Israel didn't anticipate the assault, told the publication. In addition to failing to vet the accuracy of the messages, Israeli intelligence officials weren't diligent in monitoring key channels militants used to communicate, the report said. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Israeli Defense Forces said that more than 1,200 people died as a result of Hamas' attacks, including at least 25 Americans.

Persons: —, Israel didn't, Israel, It's, Yoav Gallant Organizations: Service, New York Times, Israeli Defense Forces, Washington Post, Cross Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ Hamas duped Israel into thinking it wasn't preparing an attack by posting misleading messages on private channels that it knew Israel was monitoring, security officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Persons: —, Israel didn't, Israel, It's, Yoav Gallant Organizations: Service, New York Times, Israeli Defense Forces, Washington Post, Cross Locations: Israel, Gaza

Biden despatched his top diplomat, Antony Blinken, to the Middle East to show Washington's enduring support for Israel, seek to secure the release of captives, including Americans, and prevent a wider war from erupting. HAMAS 'WILL CEASE TO EXIST,' ISRAELI DEFENSE CHIEF SAYSHamas-affiliated media said on Wednesday seven people were killed by Israeli air strikes on homes in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Israel withdrew Jewish settlers and Israeli troops from Gaza in 2005 after 38 years of occupation. Washington said it was talking with Israel and Egypt about safe passage for civilians from Gaza, with food in short supply. Former Defense Minister Benny Gantz, a centrist opposition leader, spoke live on Israeli television alongside Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant after forming a war cabinet focused entirely on the conflict.

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☆ Blinken to Israel on Middle East mission to prevent a wider war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Humeyra Pamuk | Thomson Reuters | Humeyra Pamuk Is A Senior Foreign Policy Correspondent Based In Washington Dc. She Covers The U.S. State Department | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to Israel on Wednesday on a Middle East mission to prevent a wider war from erupting after an attack and hostage-taking by Palestinian Hamas militants and an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip. In a show of solidarity with Washington's closest Middle East ally, Blinken was due to meet senior Israeli officials, possibly including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to discuss further boosting military support. At least 22 Americans were killed during the attack, Blinken said. Biden has stopped short of an overt plea to Israel to show restraint to avoid Palestinian civilian casualties in Gaza. It was unclear whether Blinken might make such an appeal when he meets Israeli officials behind closed doors.

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[1/2] Pope Francis looks on as he leads the weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Remo Casilli Acquire Licensing RightsVATICAN CITY, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Pope Francis, in his strongest comments since the start of the conflict in Gaza, on Wednesday called for the release of all hostages taken by Hamas militants and said Israel has a right to defend itself. On Saturday, Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip rampaged through parts of southern Israel, in the deadliest Palestinian militant attack in Israel's history. The pope's mention of Israel's right to self defence followed diplomatic pressure from Israel for him to make such a statement, following earlier statements from the pope and Vatican officials which Israel saw as too timid. But I would like to hear stronger words about Israel's right to defend itself."

Persons: Pope Francis, Remo Casilli, Israel, Raphael Schutz, Francis, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Vatican, REUTERS, CITY, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Saint Peter's, Gaza, St, Israel, Palestine, Rome

☆ Germany clears Israel's use of two Heron TP combat drones, source says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Visitors stand in front of an Heron TP drone at the ILA Air Show in Berlin, Germany, April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsFRANKFURT, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Germany has given Israel the go-ahead to use two Heron TP combat drones in its counter-attack against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, a defence source told Reuters on Wednesday, confirming a report by Spiegel magazine. Germany has leased five of these drones from Israel's arms maker IAI (ISRAI.UL), with two of them still deployed in Israel for training German drone pilots, the source said. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius on Wednesday approved a request by Israel to use the drones, Spiegel reported, adding the 16 German pilots in training were returning home because of the Hamas attack. The defence source said Israel had also asked Germany whether it could provide flak jackets, medical equipment and treatment for wounded people in German hospitals.

Persons: Axel Schmidt, Boris Pistorius, Spiegel, Israel, Ludwig Burger, Sabine Siebold, Nick Macfie, Rod Nickel Organizations: ILA, REUTERS, Rights, Palestinian, Hamas, Reuters, Spiegel, IAI, German, Gaza's Health Ministry, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Germany, Israel, Gaza

☆ Former Hamas chief calls for protests, neighbours to join war against Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal gestures as he announces a new policy document in Doha, Qatar, May 1, 2017. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsDOHA, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Former Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal called for protests across the Muslim world on Friday in support of the Palestinians and for the peoples of neighbouring countries to join the fight against Israel. This is a moment of truth and the borders are close to you, you all know your responsibility," Meshaal said. On Saturday, Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip rampaged through parts of southern Israel, in the deadliest Palestinian militant attack in Israel's history. "To all scholars who teach jihad... to all who teach and learn, this is a moment for the application (of theories)," Meshaal said.

Persons: Khaled Meshaal, Naseem Zeitoon, Meshaal, Jordan, Andrew Mills, Aziz El Yaakoubi, Muralikumar Anantharaman, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Hamas, Israel, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Doha, Qatar, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Israel, Gaza

☆ Australia police says pro-Palestinian protest plans 'unauthorised'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

People take part in a pro-Palestinian rally outside the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, October 9, 2023. Australian officials said the new task force would help coordinate police actions. Hudson urged people not to take part in the protest rally planned in Sydney on Sunday. Israel's embassy in Washington said the death toll from the weekend Hamas attacks had surpassed 1,000. Australian woman Galit Carbone had died in the Hamas attacks, the first known Australian casualty, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Wednesday.

Persons: Dean Lewins, Israel, David Hudson, Hudson, Galit Carbone, Penny Wong, Renju Jose, Michael Perry Organizations: Palestinian, Sydney Opera House, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Hamas, New South Wales Police, Australian Jewish Association, Sky News, Police, Thomson Locations: Sydney, Palestinian, New, Gaza, Washington

☆ US travelers describe chaotic scenes inside Israel's 'completely mobbed' Ben Gurion airport amid war with Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Over 40 airlines have canceled flights in and out of Israel amid the ongoing war. AdvertisementAdvertisementTravelers at Israel's Ben Gurion airport attempting to get home amid escalating violence are facing a chaotic atmosphere with extensive delays, long lines, and canceled flights, several travelers told Insider. The ongoing war has thrown Israel's travel industry into chaosMore than 40 airlines have canceled flights to and from the country. A sign pointing to a bomb shelter inside Israel's Ben Gurion airport. Long lines inside Israel's Ben Gurion airport.

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☆ Photos show the devastation in Gaza since Israel launched its counterattack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Elias Chavez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a "complete siege" of Gaza on Monday, cutting off electricity and the flow of food, water, and supplies. Photos show neighborhoods in Gaza reduced to rubble and entire buildings leveled. Days of fighting have rocked the Middle East after Hamas militants launched a series of attacks on Israel early Saturday morning, beginning the deadliest conflict between Gaza and Israel in decades. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally declared war against Hamas on Saturday and announced a "complete siege" of Gaza on Monday. Since launching its aggressive counterattack on the Gaza Strip over the weekend, Israel continued with heavy airstrikes onto the Palestinian territory well into Monday evening.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, —, Biden Organizations: Service, Health Ministry, Hamas, Saturday Locations: Gaza, Israel

On Saturday, Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip rampaged through parts of southern Israel, in the deadliest Palestinian militant attack in Israel's history. Israel's embassy in Washington said on Tuesday the death toll from the weekend Hamas attacks had surpassed 1,000. Biden called the Hamas attacks "an act of sheer evil" and said Washington was rushing additional military assistance to Israel, including ammunition and interceptors to replenish the Iron Dome aerial defense system. They were the first senior Hamas members killed since Israel began pounding the enclave. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, who denounced the Hamas attacks, said: "International humanitarian law is clear: the obligation to take constant care to spare the civilian population and civilian objects remains applicable throughout the attacks."

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On Saturday, Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip rampaged through parts of southern Israel, killing hundreds of people in the deadliest Palestinian militant attack in Israel's history. Israel's embassy in Washington said the death toll from the weekend Hamas attacks had surpassed 1,000. U.S. officials say they do not have evidence Iran orchestrated the attacks, but point to Iran's longterm support for Hamas. Biden called the Hamas attacks "an act of sheer evil" and said Washington was rushing additional military assistance to Israel, including ammunition and interceptors to replenish the Iron Dome aerial defense system. Israeli soldiers went from house to house to take away the dead.

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The girl was named as Shahid Abu Rokbah, and rescuers said her family fled from east of the Khan Younis district to inside the city in search of safety, only to be killed. He and others dug through the rubble of the building, which housed shops in its ground floor, with hand tools to avoid injuring anyone still alive. We removed the woman in the evening and the children were martyed and we just took them out from under rubble," he said. Gaza's health ministry said Israel's retaliatory strikes had killed at least 770 people and wounded more than 4,000. Reporting by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Bassam Masoud, Hamuda Hassan, Muath Freij; Writing by Alexandra Hudson; editing by Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Khan Younis, Shahid Abu Rokbah, Mohammad al Najjar, Al Najjar, Ala Abu Tair, Abassan Al, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Bassam, Hamuda Hassan, Muath, Alexandra Hudson, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Thomson Locations: Gaza, GAZA, Israel

☆ Iran's Khamenei says Tehran was not behind Hamas attack on Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reviews armed forces during a graduation ceremony for armed forces officers at the Imam Ali academy in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2023. "We kiss the hands of those who planned the attack on the Zionist regime," said Khamenei, who was wearing a Palestinian scarf, in his first televised speech since the attack. "This destructive earthquake (Hamas' attack) has destroyed some critical structures (in Israel) which will not be repaired easily ... Israel has long accused Iran's clerical rulers of stoking violence by supplying arms to Hamas. Israeli TV channels said the death toll from the Hamas attack had climbed to 900, with at least 2,600 injured.

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 28, 2023. Top ranking Fed officials indicated rising yields on long-term U.S. Treasury bonds could steer the central bank from further increases in its short-term policy rate. Focus will be on remarks from a slew of Fed officials including Minneapolis' Neel Kashkari, San Francisco's Mary Daly and Board Governor Christopher Waller during the day. Advancing issues outnumbered decliners for a 2.57-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and a 1.93-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq. The S&P index recorded four new 52-week highs and one new low, while the Nasdaq recorded 27 new highs and 86 new lows.

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☆ US Says It Is Talking to Israel About Safe Passage for Gaza Civilians
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Steve Holland and Kanishka SinghWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is talking to Israeli officials and others about the idea of a safe passage for Gaza civilians after Israel's air strikes following a deadly Hamas attack over the weekend, the U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday. Israel has battered Palestinians with deadly air strikes in Gaza after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas' attack on Israel on Saturday that left hundreds dead. Gaza's Health Ministry said at least 830 Palestinians were killed and up to 4,250 wounded in Israeli air strikes on the blockaded enclave since Saturday. Israel's embassy in Washington said the death toll from Hamas' weekend attacks had surpassed 1,000. "We do not deliberately target civilians," Sullivan said of the U.S. and Israel, when asked about civilian casualties in Gaza in the Tuesday press briefing.

Persons: Steve Holland, Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Jake Sullivan, Sullivan, Gazans, Costas Pitas, Kanishka Singh, Leslie Adler, Nick Zieminski Organizations: U.S, House, Hamas, Health, United Nations Locations: United States, Gaza, Israel, Israel's, Washington

☆ Here's the military support the US is sending toward Israel, from US Navy ships to munitions
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Elias Chavez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The US is sending munitions, aircraft carriers, and fighter jets to and around Israel following the attack by Hamas militants. Specific munitions are uncertain, but Israel is in need of weapons for their Iron Dome defense system. After the surprise attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas over the weekend, the US has been swift in its response and providing aid. On October 7, Hamas militants launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing dozens of civilians and abducting others. The US contributes $3 billion annually to its ally in the Middle East and will bolster that support by sending additional munitions and redirecting fighter jets and aircraft carriers toward Israel.

Persons: Gerald R, —, Ford Organizations: Hamas, Ford, Iron, Service Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, Washington

A sign hangs on a gate of a building at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - A pro-Palestinian statement from Harvard University students that blamed Israel for violence engulfing the region does not speak for the educational institution as a whole or its leadership, Harvard University President Claudine Gay said on Tuesday. "Let me also state .... that while our students have the right to speak for themselves, no student group — not even 30 student groups — speaks for Harvard University or its leadership," Gay said in a statement. Palestinian Islamist group Hamas' attack on Israel on Saturday left hundreds dead. Harvard is the most influential university in U.S. politics, having produced eight former presidents and four of the nine current Supreme Court Justices.

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