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Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes in Gaza, as seen from southern Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, November 19, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko Acquire Licensing RightsGAZA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - As Israel prepares to widen its military campaign in Gaza, Palestinians such as 80-year-old Mahrous Nasrallah wonder if there will be anywhere left to shelter in the tiny enclave where entire neighbourhoods have been reduced to rubble. Since then, Gaza's Health Ministry says 12,300 Palestinians, including 5,000 children, have died in the Israeli military operation. Many, like Laila Abu Nemer who moved from Gaza City to the south, wonder how her family can survive the Israeli onslaught now in its seventh week. Nourhan Saqallah quit Gaza City and moved to Deir Al-Balah after Israel urged people to move to the south.
Persons: Alexander Ermochenko, Israel, Mahrous Nasrallah, Nasrallah, Khan Younis, Laila Abu Nemer, Yahya Sinwar, Nourhan Saqallah, Michael Georgy, Andrew Heavens Organizations: Palestinian, Hamas, REUTERS, Gaza's Health Ministry, Deir Al, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Beersheba, Gaza City, uproot, Israeli, Deir
An Israeli military spokesman indicated on Friday that the military operation against Hamas would advance into southern Gaza but gave no indication of timing. "They asked us, the citizens of Gaza, to go to the south. With Palestinians now effectively cornered, the second stage in Israel's military campaign is fraught with even more risks than the first. Assessing Israel's gains till now, Eiland said he believed the IDF had dealt with "something like 50%" of Hamas' military capacity. "I'm not sure that all foreigners understand the Israeli mood: Israel will not stop the operation before the hostages are back," said Eiland.
Persons: Khan Younis, Abu Mustafa, Gazans, Israel, Abu, Giora, Daniel Hagari, Hagari, Matthew Miller, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yahya Sinwar, Ahmed, Eiland, Osama Hamdan, Al Mawasi, I'm, Jonathan Saul, Nidal, Simon Lewis, Humeyra Pamuk, Matt Spetalnick, Edmund Blair, Daniel Flynn Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Gazans, Israel Washington, Israel's National Security Council, Reuters, U.S, U.S . State Department, United Nations, IRNA, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, GAZA, Israeli, Gaza City, United States, Washington, U.S, Beirut, U.N, Egypt, Rafah, Eiland, London
Mohammed Sinwar, a Hamas leader, was claimed to have died in 2014. AdvertisementAdvertisementA Hamas leader who was pronounced dead years ago is now believed to be alive and to have helped mastermind the October 7 attacks, Israeli intelligence says, The Telegraph reported. Mohammed Sinwar, the younger brother of Hamas' leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar, was pronounced dead by the militant group in 2014, with the group even releasing an image of him lying in a blood-soaked bed. AdvertisementAdvertisementHe has never been seen in public since he was pronounced dead, and Gazan residents would likely not even recognize him now, he added. Mohammed Sinwar was one of the earliest members of the military arm of Hamas, having previously worked in administrative roles, per The Telegraph.
Persons: Mohammed Sinwar, , Gaza Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, Marwan Issa, Tawfiq Abu Naim, He's, he's, Sinwar, Ronen Solomon, Solomon, Yahya Sinwar, Yoav Gallant Organizations: Service, The Telegraph, Telegraph Locations: Gaza, Israel
“It is reckless to make those allegations, putting our journalists on the ground in Israel and Gaza at risk,” the statement said. The furor over the Gaza photographers is part of a broader information war that has raged alongside the actual war. But it said in a statement that it was no longer working with Mr. Eslaiah, who filed the earliest and most extensive photos of the attack. There were other red flags about Mr. Eslaiah. He said he had no advance knowledge of the attack and had no links to Hamas, despite the photo with Mr. Sinwar.
Persons: , , Hassan Eslaiah, Yousef Masoud, Masoud, Masoud’s, photojournalists, Khan Younis, Eslaiah, Yahya Sinwar, Amit Segal, Sinwar, Israel, Soliman, Adolf Hitler, Hijjy, Iyad Abuheweila Organizations: The New York Times, Israel, The Associated Press, Reuters, Times, The Times, The, Associated Press, Ahli Arab Hospital, BBC, CNN, New York Times, Israel Defense Forces, Facebook Locations: Israel, Gaza, Kibbutz Kfar Azza, Ahli, Gaza City, Egypt, Israeli, Al, Cairo
HonestReporting, which describes itself as an organization devoting to fighting media disinformation about Israel and Zionism, did not specifically make those accusations against the companies. It did, however, suggest that freelance photographers whose work from that day was used by the outlets might have known. For journalists to have known about the Hamas plans in advance presents a complicated ethical question. “We raised questions and it led the media outlets to clarify the truth,” he said. “Great, that's what we do.”Both AP and CNN said Thursday that they would no longer work with Eslaiah, one of the freelance photographers.
Persons: Israel —, Reuters —, , ” HonestReporting, , Gil Hoffman, ” Hoffman, , Yousef Masoud, Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa, Yasser Qudih, Israel, Julie Pace, ” Pace, Hassan Eslaiah, Ali Mahmoud, Hatem Ali, Danny Danon, Benny Gantz, Nina Berman, Hoffman, HonestReporting, Yahya Sinwar Organizations: — CNN, The New York Times, Associated Press, Reuters, New York Times, AP, Masoud, The Times, Times, Protect Journalists, Columbia University, CNN Locations: Israel, Gaza, Jerusalem
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.
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The bands symbolize solidarity with the roughly 240 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. It’s a feeling that cuts across the deep divisions within Israeli society: the world does not understand us. In the early days after the Hamas terror attack, many of the hostages’ families were reluctant to criticize the government of Netanyahu. Public displays of solidarity with Gaza or criticism of Israel’s military response are few and far between. “This conflict (between Israel and the Palestinians) isn’t black and white, but this war (with Hamas) is,” he added.
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Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called on people in Gaza to kill the Hamas leader themselves. AdvertisementAdvertisementIsrael's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that people in Gaza could end Israel's invasion sooner by killing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar themselves. Sinwar, who helped found Hamas' security apparatus, was elected to be the group's leader in the Gaza Strip in 2017. AdvertisementAdvertisementBefore taking on his role as Hamas leader, Sinwar spent over two decades in an Israeli prison for the murder of two Israeli soldiers and Palestinians he viewed as collaborators. He pledged that at the end of the war "there will be no more Hamas in Gaza.
Persons: Yoav Gallant, Yahya Sinwar, Israel, Gallant, , Gallat, Sinwar, Mustafa Dalul, Sabra Tel Organizations: Israel's, Service, Hawa Battalion, Israel's Defense Forces Locations: Gaza, Israel
A Palestinian fighter of the Al-Quds brigade in a military tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip last year. Overnight on Saturday, Israeli fighter planes struck 150 underground targets in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said. The group’s leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, said in 2021 that there were 310 miles of tunnels in Gaza. Ben Milch, an Israeli American who cleared tunnels with the Israeli military during the 2014 Gaza War, said his unit came under fire repeatedly while working to destroy some 13 tunnels. After the Israeli military announced on Tuesday that it had destroyed the tunnel to the sea, it released a video of another incident.
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Despite a weekslong bombing effort by the Israeli military, which has left thousands dead, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, Ms. Lifshitz described a seemingly well-organized operation, with operatives given special responsibilities, including doctors, guards and medics. At a certain point a doctor also arrived and made sure that we received our pills and medication,” she said. Ms. Lifshitz said her captors paid special attention to health of the hostages, providing medication, shampoo and feminine hygiene products. The hostages were fed the same meager provisions their guards ate: a single daily meal of pita bread, two kinds of cheese and cucumber. In 2011, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners — including Hamas’s current leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar — in exchange for a single Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit.
Persons: Lifshitz, Nir Oz, Lifschitz, , , Daniel Lifshitz, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yahya Sinwar, Gilad Shalit, Cooper, Judith Raanan, Natalie Organizations: Gaza Health Ministry, International Committee, Hamas Locations: pita, Israel, Gaza
Yahya Sinwar has been Hamas's leader in Gaza and a member of its political bureau since 2017. Sinwar has spent 24 years in prison and has been arrested by Israel multiple times, per the report. Israeli doctors reportedly saved his life after operating on a brain tumor during one prison stint. AdvertisementAdvertisementIsraeli doctors saved the life of Hamas' Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar when he was in prison in the country, Orit Adato, Israel's former prison commissioner, said, The Times of Israel reported. He has spent 24 years in prison and has been arrested by Israel multiple times, per the think tank.
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During two decades in Israeli prison, Yahya Sinwar learned Hebrew fluently and devoured local newspapers and television. Now, the most senior Hamas leader in Gaza is using that knowledge to fight a war against Israel. Israel has accused Sinwar, alongside the commander of Hamas’s military wing, Mohammed Deif , of coordinating the brutal Oct. 7 attacks that killed 1,400 Israelis, including 1,000 civilians. Hamas has taken about 200 people to Gaza as hostages.
Persons: Yahya Sinwar, Sinwar, Mohammed Deif Locations: Gaza, Israel
Yahya Sinwar was nicknamed "the Butcher from Khan Younis" for killing Palestinian collaborators. AdvertisementAdvertisementA military spokesman said the Israel Defense Forces are particularly intent on killing Yahya Sinwar, a top Hamas official, The New York Times reports. The 'new face of evil'Palestinian militants march with their weapons in Khan Younis refugee camp south of the Gaza Strip March 27, 2005. That's how he became known as the butcher of Khan Younis," said Col. Hecht, per LBC News. A 2022 security analysis determined that the Palestinian Authority's weakness and Israel's inaction on undermining Hamas' control strengthened Sinwar and Hamas' leadership.
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Israel Says Latest Strikes Killed Hamas Commanders
  + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A strike on Gaza killed the head of Hamas’s aerial systems unit that was responsible for coordinating last Saturday’s assaults while another strike killed a commander who led the attack, the Israeli military said. Israel continues to target Mohammed Deif, the head of Hamas’s military wing, and Yahya Sinwar, the group’s leader in Gaza. “The face of evil in the end is Yahya Sinwar. He’s the mastermind behind all this,” said Richard Hecht, a spokesman for the Israeli military. “He’s a dead man walking.”
Persons: Israel, Mohammed Deif, Yahya Sinwar, , Richard Hecht, “ He’s Locations: Gaza
Who is El Deif, alleged mastermind of the Hamas’ attack?
  + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Sam Kiley | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +8 min
He’s now in charge of Hamas’ military wing, the Al Qassem Brigades. And on the ground, in private conversations, it’s been difficult to find people who are genuinely behind Hamas military campaigning. Men like El Deif, the bomb makers and decision takers, were hunted by Israel. Key to this change, too, was another major figure in Hamas’ military wing, Yahya Sinwar. I think this will spell the end of Hamas.”That may be a zero-sum option that not even the shadowy El Deif had guessed at.
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The Israeli Air Force said on Thursday that it's dropped around 6,000 bombs on the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Air Force said on Thursday that it has dropped around 6,000 bombs on the Gaza Strip since October 7. —Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite) October 12, 2023The IAF released aerial footage of several such strikes, showing missiles obliterating several multi-story buildings. Many strike victims in the Gaza Strip were children, aid groups such as Doctors Without Borders have said. Meanwhile, an estimated 300,000 Israeli reservists have been mobilized for what's anticipated to be a major ground offensive into the Gaza Strip.
Persons: it's, , Yahya Sinwar, Israel Organizations: Israeli Air Force, Palestinian Health Ministry, Service, Twitter, IAF, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Gaza, Israeli, Israel
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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During the Gaza War in 2014, Deif led Hamas's offensive strategy, the State Department said. Despite his pivotal role in some of Hamas's most notorious attacks, Deif remains an elusive figure. Israeli officials say the Hamas attacks have so far killed more than 1,200 Israelis, according to the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. One Hamas source told Reuters that Deif and Yahya Sinwar, another leader of Hamas in Gaza, made the call to prepare the attack on Israel. Israel, in response, formally declared war on Hamas on Sunday and has since led a nonstop bombardment of the Gaza Strip for the past several days.
Persons: Mohammed Deif, Deif, , Yahya Sinwar, Yoav Gallant Organizations: Service, US State Department, State Department, Associated Press, Washington Post, Humanitarian Affairs, Gaza's Ministry of Health, Reuters, The New York Times, United Nations, United Nations Relief, Works Agency, Israel's, IDF Locations: Israel, Gaza, Aqsa, Jerusalem, Egypt
Două atacuri aeriene israeliene au ucis cel puțin 43 de palestinieni, inclusiv opt copii și au rănit alți 50 de oameni, dintre care majoritatea femei și copii, duminică, 16 mai, zi în care au fost înregistrate cele mai multe decese în conflictul israeliano-palestinian, care a început acum o săptămână, scrie CNN. Astfel, numărul decedaților în Gaza a crescut la 197, printre care 58 de copii și 34 de femei. Potrivit sursei citate, Israelul a bombardat casa liderului Hamas și a distrus casa unei familii din Gaza, în timp ce Hamas a lansat peste 100 de rachete spre Israel. Forțele de Apărare Israeliene au declarat că au bombardat casa lui Yahya Sinwar, liderul Hamas, iar în urma atacului aerian Sinwar a fost rănit. Forțele aeriene israeliene au declarat pe Twitter că avioanele de luptă au vizat nouă reședințe, care ar aparține unor comandanți de rang înalt Hamas din Gaza.
Persons: CNN, Yahya, Israelul Organizations: de Apărare Israeliene, Israelul, Hamas, Apărare Israeliene Locations: israeliano, palestinian, Gaza, Israel
Cel puțin 43 de palestinieni, dintre care 8 copii, au fost uciși și alți 50 au fost răniți duminică, în urma raidurilor israeliene, în cea mai sângeroasă zi de la debutul violențelor pornite în urmă cu o săptămână, potrivit CNN și The Guardian. În același timp, alte două atacuri aeriene israeliene împotriva Gaza au ucis peste 43 de palestinieni, inclusiv 8 copii, iar alți 50 au fost grav răniți. Majoritatea victimele au fost femei și copii, a anunțat Ministerul Sănătății din Palestina. Alți 8 au fost uciși. La fel ca și în alte cazuri, ultimele violențe dintre israelieni și palestinieni au izbucnit pe fondul vechiului conflict teritorial nerezolvat dintre cele două părți.
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