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☆ The Media, Like the Terrorists, Aim at Israel and Miss
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Elliot Kaufman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: Rifts emerge among the Republican presidential candidates. Image: Mohammed Saber/ShutterstockIt was a lie. Hamas said Tuesday that an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City hospital killed at least 500 Palestinians. Turns out it wasn’t Israeli, it wasn’t an airstrike, it didn’t hit the hospital, nowhere close to 500 people were killed, and Hamas knew it. The evidence indicates that a rocket launched by Palestinian Islamic Jihad is the likely culprit.

Persons: Mohammed Saber, Biden Organizations: Republican, Pentagon, National Security, Palestinian Locations: Gaza

☆ Blockchain Helps the Good Guys Track the Bad Guys
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Cryptocurrency makes up a small portion of thatBlockchain, the technology underpinning cryptocurrency, provides a public and transparent ledger of all transactions. Law enforcement is well trained to track, trace and apprehend illicit actors abusing this technology, and it has a strong record of doing so. While new technologies are often exploited by bad actors, they often serve as more valuable tools for law enforcement than for criminals. The blockchain makes concealing illicit funds through cryptocurrencies ineffective. The record must reflect that cryptocurrency isn’t the currency of choice for criminals.

Persons: Nikos Pekiaridis, Cryptocurrency Organizations: Zuma, “, Holdings, Crypto Locations: Jihad

☆ Opinion | Why the World Is Watching Iran
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Colin P. Clarke | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Now, in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, Israel appears to be preparing to invade Gaza. At the center of these mounting tensions is Iran, which has been engaged in a shadow war with its chief regional rival, Israel, for years. It also gives Tehran leverage as its proxy groups develop political wings, helping Iran play kingmaker in local and national politics in Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen and elsewhere. As the conflict intensifies, there are growing concerns that Israel may be headed toward a more direct confrontation with Iran. Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook, Twitter (@NYTopinion) and Instagram.

Persons: Biden, Iran’s, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ismail Qaani, Khamenei, ”, “, —, Colin P, Clarke Organizations: United, Navy, Pentagon, U.S, Training, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Quds Force, Israel Defense, longtime, Israeli Defense Forces, Soufan Group, New York, Facebook, Twitter Locations: Saudi Arabia, Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, United States, Yemen, Iran, Tehran, Washington, Doha, Qatar, meddle, Iraq, Jerusalem, U.S, Amman, Jordan, Istanbul, New York City

The bombs hit buildings in Rafah, Khan Younis, central Gaza and Gaza City, including homes, the Palestinian Interior Ministry in Gaza said. Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images Palestinians inspect a destroyed area following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on October 21. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters A woman mourns over a dead man at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza City on October 18. Yousef Masoud/The New York Times A morgue worker arranges body bags at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on October 12. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters Palestinian citizens inspect damage to their homes caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 8.

Persons: Jerusalem CNN —, Atef Al Kahlout, Ashraf Al Qidra, Khan Younis, Jack Guez, Iyad Issa Abu Zaher, “, ”, Fu’ad, Majdi, Juliette Touma, Herzi Halevi, Daniel Hagari, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Biden “, Biden, Said Khatub, Leon Neal, Hatem Moussa, Nir Oz, Wolfgang Schwan, Yousef Masoud, Alexi J . Rosenfeld, Shadi Tabatibi, Ali Jadallah, Belal al Sabbagh, Mohammed Saber, Khan, Rizek Abdeljawad, Ahmad Gharabli, Janis Laizans, Abed Khaled, Mohammed Dahman, Yoav Gallant, Gallant, Yasser Qudih, Ofir Libstein, Aza, Ronen Zvulun, Belal Khaled, Abed Rahim Khatib, Hod, Ayal Margolin, Antony Blinken, Brendan Smialowski, Kenny Holston, Ariel Schalit, Mohammed Abed, Kfar Aza, Ilia Yefimovich, Mustafa Hassona, Mahmoud Khaled, Samar Abu, Fatima Shbair, Dor Reder, Violeta Santos Moura, Shir Torem, Wahaj Bani Moufleh, Antonio Macías, Macías, Francisco Seco, Eli Albag, Liri, Mohammed Talatene, Sergey Ponomarev, Hatem Ali, Dor Kedmi, Mahmud Hams, Saher, Abraham Cohen, Valentin Ghnassia, Ghnassia, Yuri Cortez, Ibrahim Hams, Bashar Taleb, Baz Ratner, Yahya Hassouna, Mapal Adam, Abed Zagout, Tamir Kalifa, Agha, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Reuters Itzik, Miriam Shafir, Dor Shafir, Savion Kiper, Maya Alleruzzo, Mohammed Salem, CNN Sergey Ponomarev, Eden Guez, Atef Safadi, Ohad, Mohammed Soboh, Said, Noam Elimeleh Rothenberg, Amir Cohen, Ilai Bar Sade, Erik Marmor, Oren Ziv, Ramez Mahmoud, Roi Levy, Alleruzzo, Tali Touito, Jalaa Marey, Oded, Ahmad Hasballah, Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa, Tsafrir, Ilan Rosenberg, Eyad Baba, Itai Ron, Hadas Parush, Israel readies Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, Hamas, West Bank, CNN, Israel Defense Forces, Indonesian, of Health, Palestinian Interior Ministry, IDF, Getty, Al Aqsa Martyrs, Al, Health Ministry, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, United Nations Relief, Works Agency, Palestine Red Crescent Society, World Health Organization, Palestinian, Sunday, US, Pictures, Tel Aviv University, AP, New York Times, Reuters, Reuters Civil, AP Rockets, AP Israel's, Regional, Israel's, Ahli Baptist Hospital, Israeli, Ben Gurion International, Shifa, Aris Messinis, Haim, Mount, Mount Herzl Military, Nova, Anadolu Agency, Nova Festival, Ben Gurion, Rockets, United Nations, Reuters Police, Reuters Rockets Locations: Gaza, Jerusalem, Israel, Lebanon, Rafah, Gaza City, Israel's, Sderot, AFP, Al Aqsa, Al, Aqsa, Deir al, Egypt, Palestine, Crescent, Kibbutz Kissufim, Gazan, Khan, United States, Tel Aviv, Anadolu, Khan Younis, Europe, Zahra City, Xinhua, East Jerusalem, Ras, Yehuda, Hod HaSharon, Kiryat Shmona, Ahli, Gan, Kfar, North Sinai, Samar, Samar Abu Elouf, Beit Kama, Haifa, Cyprus, Nablus, West, Kfar Saba, Israeli, Be'eri, Rehovot, Mount Herzl, Kibbutz Be'eri, Modiin Maccabim, Kfar Aza, Ashkelon, Mount Herzel, Yassin, Palestinian, Beitar Ilit, Ramat Gan, Itai, Beit Hanun, Rishon Lezion, Iran, Jenin

☆ A Look at Gaza’s Rocket Arsenal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Thousands of rockets have been fired from Gaza into Israel since the conflict began, according to the Israeli military. Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s groups’ arsenals include weapons that can hit targets more than 150 miles away, according to the Wilson Center, a nonpartisan foreign policy research and analysis group. Israel’s Iron Dome system, which was introduced in 2011, was designed to intercept and destroy incoming rockets.

Organizations: Hamas, Islamic, Wilson Locations: Gaza, Israel

Shadi Tabatibi/Reuters Relatives mourn for a family killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 21. Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images Palestinians inspect a destroyed area following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on October 21. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters A woman mourns over a dead man at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza City on October 18. Fatima Shbair/AP People react at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on Saturday, October 14. Ramez Mahmoud/AP A plume of smoke rises in the sky over Gaza City during an Israeli airstrike on October 9.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Zhai Jun, Beijing’s, Zhai, ”, Sanam Vakil, ” Jonathan Fulton, Said Khatub, Leon Neal, Hatem Moussa, Nir Oz, Wolfgang Schwan, Yousef Masoud, Alexi J . Rosenfeld, Shadi Tabatibi, Ali Jadallah, Belal al Sabbagh, Mohammed Saber, Khan, Rizek Abdeljawad, Ahmad Gharabli, Janis Laizans, Abed Khaled, Mohammed Dahman, Yoav Gallant, Gallant, Yasser Qudih, Ofir Libstein, Aza, Ronen Zvulun, Belal Khaled, Abed Rahim Khatib, Hod, Ayal Margolin, Antony Blinken, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Brendan Smialowski, Biden, Netanyahu, Kenny Holston, Ariel Schalit, Mohammed Abed, Kfar Aza, Ilia Yefimovich, Mustafa Hassona, Mahmoud Khaled, Samar Abu, Fatima Shbair, Dor Reder, Violeta Santos Moura, Shir Torem, Wahaj Bani Moufleh, Antonio Macías, Macías, Francisco Seco, Eli Albag, Liri, Mohammed Talatene, Sergey Ponomarev, Hatem Ali, Dor Kedmi, Mahmud Hams, Saher, Abraham Cohen, Valentin Ghnassia, Ghnassia, Yuri Cortez, Ibrahim Hams, Bashar Taleb, Baz Ratner, Jack Guez, Yahya Hassouna, Mapal Adam, Abed Zagout, Tamir Kalifa, Agha, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Reuters Itzik, Miriam Shafir, Dor Shafir, Savion Kiper, Maya Alleruzzo, Mohammed Salem, CNN Sergey Ponomarev, Eden Guez, Atef Safadi, Ohad, Mohammed Soboh, Said, Noam Elimeleh Rothenberg, Amir Cohen, Ilai Bar Sade, Erik Marmor, Oren Ziv, Majdi, Ramez Mahmoud, Roi Levy, Alleruzzo, Tali Touito, Jalaa Marey, Oded, Khan Younis, Ahmad Hasballah, Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa, Tsafrir, Ilan Rosenberg, Eyad Baba, Itai Ron, Hadas Parush, Xi Jinping, ” Vladimir Putin, Putin, ” Zhai, Mikhail Bogdanov, Putin’s, Israel –, Israel, “, Li Mingjiang, Li, China’s, Mao Zedong, Fulton, Zhao Tong, Vakil, China doesn’t Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, United, Palestine, Chatham House, Atlantic Council, Getty, Pictures, Tel Aviv University, AP, New York Times, Reuters, Reuters Civil, AP Rockets, AP Israel's, Regional, Al, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Israel's, Ahli Baptist Hospital, Israel Defense Forces, Israeli, Ben Gurion International, Shifa, Palestinian, West Bank, Aris Messinis, Haim, Mount, Mount Herzl Military, Nova, Anadolu Agency, CNN, Nova Festival, Ben Gurion, Rockets, United Nations, Reuters Police, Reuters Rockets, Biden, US, UN, Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University ., Israel, Carnegie Endowment, International Locations: China, Hong Kong, United States, Israel, Beijing, Palestinian, Qatar, Egypt, Gaza, peacemaking, East, North Africa, Abu Dhabi, Rafah, AFP, Tel Aviv, Deir al, Anadolu, Khan Younis, Europe, Zahra City, Gaza City, Xinhua, East Jerusalem, Ras, Israel's, Yehuda, Aqsa, Hod HaSharon, Kiryat Shmona, Al, Ahli, Sderot, Gan, Kfar, North Sinai, Samar, Samar Abu Elouf, Beit Kama, Haifa, Cyprus, Nablus, West, Lebanon, Kfar Saba, Israeli, Be'eri, Rehovot, Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, Kibbutz Be'eri, Modiin Maccabim, Kfar Aza, Ashkelon, Mount Herzel, Yassin, Beitar Ilit, Ramat Gan, Itai, Beit Hanun, Rishon Lezion, Ukraine, Russia, Chatham, Iran, Africa, Moscow, Washington, Xinjiang, Leningrad, Communist China, United Nations, Palestine, Beijing –, Saudi Arabia, Lebanese, Tehran

☆ The Latest on the Hostages Held in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Civilians and soldiers were abducted from Israel earlier this month by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants. President Biden announced the release of two American hostages on Friday. Israel's military said Monday that 222 people were taken hostage on Oct. 7. A spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas has said that the group alone is holding around 200 people hostage, with at least 50 others held by other factions.

Persons: Biden, Israel's Organizations: Islamic, Hamas Locations: Israel

☆ Editors’ Note: Gaza Hospital Coverage
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

On Oct. 17, The New York Times published news of an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City, leading its coverage with claims by Hamas government officials that an Israeli airstrike was the cause and that hundreds of people were dead or injured. The report included a large headline at the top of The Times’s website. American and other international officials have said their evidence indicates that the rocket came from Palestinian fighter positions. The Times’s initial accounts attributed the claim of Israeli responsibility to Palestinian officials, and noted that the Israeli military said it was investigating the blast. The Times continued to update its coverage as more information became available, reporting the disputed claims of responsibility and noting that the death toll might be lower than initially reported.

Persons: Israel Organizations: New York Times, Palestinian, Islamic, The Times Locations: Gaza City, Palestinian

Image Palestinians wounded in Ahli Arab Hospital blast were later treated at another hospital in Gaza on Tuesday. Israel said the strike on the hospital parking lot was caused by a misfired Palestinian rocket, citing intelligence intercepts and videos of the sky above Gaza at the time. Al Jazeera, a Qatari news channel, concluded that a Palestinian rocket had been intercepted by an Israeli air defense missile. Scores of public institutions in northern Gaza, including hospitals like the Ahli Arab hospital, were warned by Israel to evacuate. American intelligence agencies have assessed that the blast killed 100 to 300 people.

Persons: Israel, ”, Ghazi Hamad, ” Salama Maroof, “, Abed Khaled, Hamas’s, Daniel Hagari, Musab Al, Umit Turhan, Hagari, Biden, Al Jazeera, Jones, Hamad, “ We’ve, Motasem Mortaja, Fadi Diab, Diab, Father Diab, Associated Press Yousur, Hlou Organizations: Hamas, The New York Times, Sunday, The Times, Arab Hospital, ., Palestinian, Islamic, East . Credit, Agence France, Getty, Wall Street, Associated Press, CNN, Munitions, Armament Research Services, Press, World Health Organization, WHO Locations: Al Ahli, Gaza, Israel, Gaza City, Ahli, Palestinian, Islamic, Istanbul, East, Israeli, London, Al, Qatari, Australia, Cairo

☆ Iran's Quandary: How to Stay Out of Israel's War on Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +9 min

Iran, a longtime backer of Gaza's rulers Hamas, finds itself in a quandary as it tries to manage the spiralling crisis, according to nine Iranian officials with direct knowledge of the thinking within the clerical establishment. "We are in contact with our friends Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Hezbollah," Vahid Jalalzadeh, the head of parliament's National Security Committee said on Wednesday, according to Iranian state media. Iran's foreign ministry didn't respond to a request for comment about the country's response to the unfolding crisis, while Israeli military authorities declined to comment. Khamenei, the supreme leader, has denied Iran was involved in the attack, though he praised the damage inflicted on Israel. "Iran's nuanced position emphasizes the delicate balance it must maintain between regional interests and internal stability," said the former senior Iranian official.

Persons: Parisa Hafezi, Jonathan Saul, Arshad Mohammed DUBAI, wouldn't, Avi Melamed, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Israel, Israel didn't, Khamenei, Joe Biden, Biden, John Kirby, Washington, Jon Alterman, Jerusalem, Arshad Mohammed, Laila Bassam, Samia Nakhoul, Michael Georgy, Pravin Char Organizations: Reuters, Islamic, parliament's National Security, Israel, Wednesday, Hezbollah, U.S, Germany's Ramstein Air Base, House, State Department, CSIS, Swiss, Iran, Iranian Locations: Iran, Israel, Gaza, Tehran, U.S, Lebanon, Yemen, United States, Islamic Republic, Iranian, Lebanese, Syria, Iraq, Washington, America, GAZA, LEBANON, China, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Beirut, Paritosh, New York

[1/4] A formation of Israeli tanks is positioned near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel October 21, 2023. Iran, a longtime backer of Gaza's rulers Hamas, finds itself in a quandary as it tries to manage the spiralling crisis, according to nine Iranian officials with direct knowledge of the thinking within the clerical establishment. "We are in contact with our friends Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Hezbollah," Vahid Jalalzadeh, the head of parliament's National Security Committee said on Wednesday, according to Iranian state media. Iran's foreign ministry didn't respond to a request for comment about the country's response to the unfolding crisis, while Israeli military authorities declined to comment. "Iran's nuanced position emphasizes the delicate balance it must maintain between regional interests and internal stability," said the former senior Iranian official.

Persons: Violeta Santos Moura, wouldn't, Avi Melamed, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Israel, Israel didn't, Khamenei, Joe Biden, Biden, John Kirby, Washington, Jon Alterman, Parisa Hafezi, Jonathan Saul, Jerusalem, Arshad Mohammed, Laila Bassam, Samia Nakhoul, Michael Georgy, Pravin Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Islamic, parliament's National Security, Israel, Wednesday, Hezbollah, U.S, Germany's Ramstein Air Base, House, State Department, CSIS, Swiss, Iran, Iranian, Thomson Locations: Israel's, Gaza, Israel, Rights DUBAI, Iran, Tehran, U.S, Lebanon, Yemen, United States, Islamic Republic, Iranian, Lebanese, Syria, Iraq, Washington, America, GAZA, LEBANON, China, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Beirut, Paritosh, New York

An aerial view of residential buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Zahra City, Gaza, on October 21. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters A woman mourns over a dead man at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza City on October 18. Yousef Masoud/The New York Times A morgue worker arranges body bags at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on October 12. Ramez Mahmoud/AP A plume of smoke rises in the sky over Gaza City during an Israeli airstrike on October 9. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters Palestinian citizens inspect damage to their homes caused by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 8.

Persons: CNN —, “, Daniel Hagari, ”, Jonathan Conricus, Ali Jadallah, Shadi Tabatibi, Alexi J . Rosenfeld, Belal al Sabbagh, Mohammed Saber, Khan, Rizek Abdeljawad, Ahmad Gharabli, Janis Laizans, Abed Khaled, Mohammed Dahman, Yoav Gallant, Gallant, Yasser Qudih, Ofir Libstein, Aza, Ronen Zvulun, Belal Khaled, Abed Rahim Khatib, Leon Neal, Hod, Ayal Margolin, Antony Blinken, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Brendan Smialowski, Biden, Netanyahu, Kenny Holston, Ariel Schalit, Mohammed Abed, Kfar Aza, Ilia Yefimovich, Mustafa Hassona, Mahmoud Khaled, Samar Abu, Fatima Shbair, Dor Reder, Violeta Santos Moura, Shir Torem, Wahaj Bani Moufleh, Antonio Macías, Macías, Francisco Seco, Eli Albag, Liri, Mohammed Talatene, Sergey Ponomarev, Hatem Ali, Dor Kedmi, Mahmud Hams, Saher, Hatem Moussa, Abraham Cohen, Valentin Ghnassia, Ghnassia, Yuri Cortez, Yousef Masoud, Ibrahim Hams, Bashar Taleb, Baz Ratner, Jack Guez, Yahya Hassouna, Mapal Adam, Abed Zagout, Tamir Kalifa, Agha, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Reuters Itzik, Miriam Shafir, Dor Shafir, Savion Kiper, Maya Alleruzzo, Mohammed Salem, CNN Sergey Ponomarev, Eden Guez, Atef Safadi, Ohad, Mohammed Soboh, Said, Noam Elimeleh Rothenberg, Amir Cohen, Ilai Bar Sade, Erik Marmor, Oren Ziv, Majdi, Ramez Mahmoud, Roi Levy, Alleruzzo, Tali Touito, Jalaa Marey, Oded, Khan Younis, Ahmad Hasballah, Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa, Tsafrir, Ilan Rosenberg, Eyad Baba, Itai Ron, Hadas Parush, Herzl Halevi, “ We’ll, We’ll, Halevi, Joe Biden “, Defense Lloyd Austin Organizations: CNN, West Bank, Palestinian, Israel Defense Forces, Sunday, Al, Islamic, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Getty, Reuters, Reuters Civil, AP Rockets, AP Israel's, Regional, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Israel's, Ahli Baptist Hospital, Israeli, Ben Gurion International, New York Times, Shifa, AP, Aris Messinis, Haim, Mount, Mount Herzl Military, Nova, Anadolu Agency, Nova Festival, Ben Gurion, Rockets, United Nations, Reuters Police, Reuters Rockets, Staff, Golani Brigade, Defense, Area Defense, Patriots, Hamas, IDF, Food Programme, WFP Locations: Gaza, Israel, Jenin, Toubas, Nablus, Gaza City, Anadolu, Zahra City, Europe, Tel Aviv, Egypt, Rafah, AFP, Khan Younis, Xinhua, East Jerusalem, Ras, Israel's, Yehuda, Aqsa, Hod HaSharon, Kiryat Shmona, Al, Ahli, Sderot, Gan, Kfar, North Sinai, Samar, Samar Abu Elouf, Beit Kama, Haifa, Cyprus, West, Lebanon, Kfar Saba, Israeli, Be'eri, Rehovot, Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, Kibbutz Be'eri, Modiin Maccabim, Kfar Aza, Ashkelon, Mount Herzel, Yassin, Palestinian, Beitar Ilit, Ramat Gan, Itai, Beit Hanun, Rishon Lezion, United States, Palestinian Territories, Arish

☆ Israel did not bomb that hospital, according to the latest intelligence. It's a reminder that in war, all sides engage in propaganda.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Israel was blamed for bombing a hospital in Gaza. The incident serves as a reminder that, in war, all sides engage in propaganda. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . First, the fog of war, paired with social media, is a recipe for inaccuracy.

Persons: Israel, —, Shireen Abu Akleh, Putin, Vlad, Hananya Naftali Organizations: Service, Ahli Arab Hospital, Watch, Israel Defense Forces, West Bank, UN, Bellingcat, Associated Press, Hamas, IDF Locations: Gaza, Ahli, American, Jenin, Israel, Kharkiv, Russia, Ukraine, Syria, Palestinian

And the risk of triggering a broader war with Hamas' allies in Lebanon and Syria might also give them pause. More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed in the war — mostly civilians slain during the initial Hamas attack. Israeli forces killed at least five people early Sunday in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Sunday’s fatalities brought the death toll in the West Bank to 90 Palestinians since the war broke out on Oct. 7, according to the Health Ministry. In Gaza, the Israeli military said the humanitarian situation was “under control” as aid workers called for the opening of a round-the-clock aid corridor.

Persons: Khan Younis, Benjamin Netanyahu, Daniel Hagari, Israel, ”, Sheikh Naim Kassem, Kiryat Shmona, Joe Biden, Dina al, Khatib, “ It’s, ___ Magdy, Amy Teibel, Bassem Organizations: West Bank, Hamas, Ministry, Nasser Hospital, Tel, Sunday, Palestinian Health Ministry, Islamic Jihad, Health Ministry, paramilitary Border Police, Associated Press Locations: RAFAH, Gaza, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, Rafah, U.N, Khan, Tel Aviv, Israeli, Damascus, Aleppo, Iran, Kiryat, Jenin, West, Tulkarem, ”, U.S, “, Cairo, Krauss, Jerusalem, Beirut

The tiny Mediterranean country is home to Hezbollah, a Shiite Muslim political party with an armed wing of the same name. Hezbollah has reported the deaths of 24 of its militants since Hamas' bloody Oct. 7 rampage in southern Israel. Hezbollah has vowed to escalate if Israel begins a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, which is likely, and Israel said it would aggressively retaliate. “If Hezbollah decides to enter the war, it will miss the Second Lebanon War. Israel sees Iran-backed Hezbollah as its most serious threat, estimating it has some 150,000 rockets and missiles aimed at Israel.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Jonathan Conricus, ”, Conricus, Hassan Nasrallah, Hassan Fadlallah, Fadlallah Organizations: —, Palestinian, Hamas, National News Agency, Sunday Locations: BEIRUT, Lebanon, Israel, Gaza, Lebanese, Aitaroun, Avivim, Blida, Iran, Dov, Syria

☆ US pushes UN to back Israel self-defense, demand Iran stop arms to Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

It was not immediately clear if or when the United States planned to put the draft resolution to a vote. To pass, a resolution needs at least nine votes in favor and no vetoes by Russia, China, the United States, France or Britain. SELF-DEFENSEThe U.S. draft resolution demands Iran stop exporting arms to groups threatening peace and security across the region, including Hamas. The U.S. text states that Israel has such a right under Article 51 of the founding U.N. Charter. The ICJ said Israel "states, the threat which it regards as justifying the construction of the wall originates within, and not outside, that territory."

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, Israel, Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud, Michelle Nichols, Chizu Organizations: United Nations Security Council, REUTERS, UNITED NATIONS, United, Security, Reuters, Palestinian Hamas, Islamist, U.S, Islamic, International Court, Justice, West Bank, ICJ, Thomson Locations: Israel, U.N, New York, U.S, United States, Iran, Gaza, Russia, China, France, Britain, Palestinian, Gaza . U.S, Egypt, Tehran

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

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

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

☆ Lebanon's Hezbollah says four fighters killed in Israel hostilities
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Palestinian group Islamic Jihad, which also has a presence in southern Lebanon, separately said one of its fighters was killed. It is the worst escalation in violence along the Israeli-Lebanese border since a 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel. Sources have previously said Hezbollah's attacks were designed to keep Israel's military occupied without provoking a major war. Israel has said it has no interest in waging war and said if Hezbollah is restrained it will maintain the status quo. Israel and Hezbollah both reported exchanges of fire on other points along the frontier on Saturday, including around Lebanon's Alma Al-Shaab and Israel's Hanita, an area where Hezbollah said it fired guided missiles and Israel responded.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Israel, Alma Al, Israel's, Edmund Blair, Ros Russell, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Islamic, Hamas, Kiryat, Thomson Locations: Lebanon, Israel, Rights BEIRUT, JERUSALEM, Lebanese, Iran, Margaliot, Gaza, Kiryat Shmona, Israeli, Kiryat Shmona's, Jerusalem, Beirut

Ronen Zvulun/Reuters A woman mourns over a dead man at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza City on October 18. Samar Abu Elouf/The New York Times/Redux Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing in Gaza on October 16. Yousef Masoud/The New York Times/Redux Smoke rises after Israeli strikes on the seaport of Gaza City on Tuesday, October 10. Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times/Redux Palestinians walk amid the rubble following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on October 10. Erik Marmor/AP Six-month-old Sama Alwadia is rescued from the rubble in Gaza City on October 9.

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☆ Opinion | How to Navigate a Hostage Situation Like No Other
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Gershon Baskin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Gilad Schalit, an Israeli soldier, had been a hostage for five years before Israel and Hamas were seriously willing to work toward his release. On Friday, Hamas released two of them — an American mother and daughter — but the fate of the others remains unclear. In May 1985, Israel released 1,150 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the return of three Israeli soldiers captured in Lebanon. Over the course of those painful episodes, the nation learned a great deal about how to work for its hostages’ release, whether through third-party negotiations, secret back channels or force. There need to be direct talks between Israel, Qatar and Hamas, and no one else.

Persons: Gilad Schalit, Ghazi Hamad, Hamas’s, Mr, Hamad, Schalit, Hamad’s, —, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ron Arad, It’s, Sasson Nuriel, Netanyahu, Israel Organizations: Hamas, Gaza, Popular Front, Liberation, Palestine, An Air Force, Islamic, International Committee, United, American Locations: Israeli, Israel, Gaza, Gaza City, American, Maalot, Lebanon, ”, Qatar, United States, Iran

For Shalabi, a local aid worker, a working phone is one of his most vital possessions. “With regards to the humanitarian situation right now, it’s really dire,” Shalabi, senior program manager of Medical Aid for Palestinians, stressed. The first trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered Gaza from Egypt on Saturday. Aid workers say they are a fraction of what’s needed, with the World Health Organization saying Gaza requires 100 trucks a day to meet demands. The death toll cannot be independently verified, but the Ministry of Health in Gaza said more than 400 had died.

Persons: Mahmoud Shalabi, ”, CNN’s Erin Burnett, it’s, ” Shalabi, –, General Antonio Guterres, “, Dad, CNN Shalabi, It’s, Shalabi, ” Mahmoud Al, Aloul Organizations: CNN, Medical Aid, Hamas, Health, UN, CNN’s, World Health Organization, Al, Ahli Baptist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Humanitarian Affairs Locations: Gaza, Israel, Northern Gaza, Egypt, Rafah, Ahli, Gaza City

☆ Father, family members convicted in terrorism, kidnapping case after raid at New Mexico compound
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Taylor Romine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A father and several of his family members were convicted of charges in a terrorism and kidnapping case in which his 3-year-old son was found dead on a New Mexico compound, prosecutors said Friday. A federal jury convicted four members of the family Tuesday after their 2018 arrest following a raid at the rural New Mexico compound, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico said in a news release Friday. Officers were searching the compound for 3-year-old Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj, who had been abducted by his father, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, from his wife in Georgia, authorities said. Morton was also found guilty of conspiracy to commit kidnapping resulting in death and kidnapping resulting in death, according to the jury sheets. The four convicted defendants each face up to life in prison, while Leveille faces up to 17 years in prison, prosecutors said.

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☆ Opinion | Why Egypt Can’t Solve Gaza’s Problems
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Daniel C. Kurtzer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Finding an answer lies in Egypt’s own challenges, and whether a nation with its own serious security problems and economic problems can be enough of a safe haven for others. Egypt has, along with Israel, blockaded Gaza on and off for 16 years, containing the enclave’s largely Muslim population while Cairo deals with its own insurgent threat in the area. Poverty and social-economic distress in Gaza were already serious problems before this war, with more than two million people crowded into one of the most densely populated areas of the world. Egypt has no love lost for Hamas, the Palestinian movement that is an offshoot of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. The Egyptian authorities have had a fractured relationship with the Brotherhood since its founding in 1928, including several serious and violent confrontations.

Persons: Israel, —, Anwar Sadat, Ayman al Organizations: Embassy, Hamas Locations: Gaza, Egypt, Cairo, Israel, U.S, Al Qaeda, Sinai, Qatar, Turkey, Germany, Rafah

☆ Israeli Hostages in Gaza: What’s the Latest?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Civilians and soldiers were abducted from Israel earlier this month by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants. Israel's military has said that around 200 people were taken hostage on Oct. 7. A spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas said that the group alone is holding around 200 people hostage, with at least 50 others held by other factions.

Organizations: Islamic Locations: Israel

☆ Israel-Hamas war: Red Six Solutions president speculates on who was behind Gaza hospital blast
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailIsrael-Hamas war: Red Six Solutions president speculates on who was behind Gaza hospital blastKirsten Fontenrose, president of Red Six Solutions, discusses the Israel-Hamas war and says the rocket "appears" to have been launched by Islamic Jihad or another Iran-backed militia.

Persons: Kirsten Fontenrose Organizations: Israel, Six, Red Six Solutions, Islamic Jihad Locations: Gaza, Israel, Iran

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