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2023-10-22 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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Times of Israel liveblog: Gaza War,
Day 15
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Rocket alerts activated in pair of southern kibbutzim
NYT corrects report claiming trucks carrying aid entered Gaza without inspection
The New York Times issues a correction to a report claiming trucks carrying aid entered Gaza without being inspected for weapons, saying it misquoted UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric and that he stressed Israel was aware of the vehicles’ contents.
Tech summit organizer quits after facing backlash for accusing Israel of war crimes
The organizer of the Web Summit, one of the tech sector’s leading events, announced his resignation Saturday following a backlash over his online posts following the Hamas attacks on Israel.
“Unfortunately, my personal comments have become a distraction from the event,” Paddy Cosgrave of Ireland explains in a brief statement sent to AFP.
“I sincerely apologize again for any hurt I have caused,” adds the co-founder of the tech mega gathering created in 2009 in Dublin but held in Lisbon since 2016.
A spokesperson for the organization says: “Web Summit will appoint a new CEO as soon as possible, and Web Summit 2023 in Lisbon will go ahead as planned.”
This year’s edition from November 13 to 16, is set to bring together some 2,300 startups and more than 70,000 participants, say organizers.
Several companies, including tech giants Google and Meta, which is behind Facebook and Instagram, as well as event headliners have announced they are boycotting the gathering since Cosgrave’s remarks.
He had written on X, formerly Twitter, that he was “shocked at the rhetoric and actions of so many Western leaders & governments” in support of Israel.
“War crimes are war crimes even when committed by allies, and should be called out for what they are,” he wrote on October 13.
IDF hits Hezbollah posts in south Lebanon, says soldier seriously hurt in missile attack
Rocket warning siren sounds in kibbutz near Gaza border
Israeli strikes in Gaza said to ramp up
Reports claim that Israeli shelling of Gaza is intensifying, after the IDF said it would step up strikes to create the conditions needed for the next phase of the war, expected to be a ground-based offensive.
Reports in Hebrew-language media offer few details of the intensified bombardments. An Al Jazeera correspondent says the strikes are centered around the Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, calling them “really terrifying.”
IDF says it struck cell readying anti-tank missile attack from Lebanon
The IDF says the squad was preparing a missile attack against the northern community of Shlomi. It marks the fourth terror squad the IDF has targeted in southern Lebanon today.
President of Detroit synagogue stabbed to death outside home
Israel denies aid went into Gaza without being checked
The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories denies that aid entering the Gaza Strip was not checked before going in.
“All of the equipment was checked before going into Gaza,” it says in a statement, noting that the shipment included “only water, food and medical equipment.”
“We emphasize that Israel is able to make sure that nothing goes in or out except the aforementioned,” it adds.
A UN spokesperson told the New York Times that the aid was not checked before going in, with an expedited process in place instead.
Qatari official says he’s optimistic all hostages will be released soon
Islamic Jihad says member killed in Lebanon amid Israeli shelling
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad says a member from Syria was killed in southern Lebanon today while “performing jihad.”
Muhammad Mahmoud Musa, 41, is believed to have been killed in an Israeli airstrike.
The IDF said it struck three terror cells in southern Lebanon today that were involved in rocket and missile fire on military positions and Israeli towns.
At least six Israeli soldiers, 17 Hezbollah terrorists, and six Palestinian terrorists have been killed in skirmishes on the border during the last two weeks. One Israeli civilian was killed in a Hezbollah attack, and several Lebanese civilians and a journalist were also reported killed by Israeli shelling.
Erdogan to Hamas’s Haniyeh: Turkey may take in Gaza wounded
Ultra-Orthodox asking to join up by thousands, army says
IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says there have been increasing requests by ultra-Orthodox Israelis to join the military amid the war.
The IDF has received more than 2,000 requests from Haredim in recent days, and on Monday, they will begin to be drafted as volunteers, Hagari says.
Many Haredi communities shun military service, causing a serious split in Israeli society.
IDF still focused on Gaza despite heat from Lebanon, spokesman says
IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the military is still focused on the Gaza Strip, despite repeated attacks from Lebanon by the Hezbollah terror group.
“Every day we conduct an assessment of the north. We are strong on defense and offense [on the Lebanon border], but the main task we are focused on is Gaza,” Hagari says in a press conference.
“Our main mission is Gaza, where Hamas is, and where our kidnapped citizens are,” he adds.
Hezbollah and allied Palestinian terror groups have carried out daily missile and rocket attacks from Lebanon at IDF positions and Israeli towns in the last two weeks. The IDF has been responding with strikes on Hezbollah sites and operatives.
IDF claims over 550 rockets fell short in Strip since outbreak of war
The Israel Defense Forces releases thermal footage showing failed rocket launches from Gaza landing inside the Strip.
According to the IDF, more than 550 rockets fired at Israel have fallen short since October 7, killing Palestinians in the failed strikes.
Earlier today, IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said one-fifth of the rockets launched at Israel yesterday fell short inside Gaza.
Rocket sirens sound in Ashkelon
Sissi: ‘Incomprehensible’ Israel not being rebuked for Gaza campaign
Police: 74% of civilians killed October 7 identified
Police figures indicate that approximately 1,033 bodies of civilians killed in Hamas’s October 7 onslaught have been collected, of which 765 have been identified.
Of those, 668 have been transferred to families for burial.
“The 765 victims represent 74% of civilians (non-soldiers) killed in the fighting whose bodies have been brought for identification,” a statement says.
“Thousands of police have been working shifts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and are taking part in the tough work of identification,” police say. Some of the bodies have been badly burned or destroyed, making identification extremely challenging.
Around 300 soldiers killed in the assault and ensuing fighting on the Gaza border have also been identified by the IDF, putting the official death toll at over 1,300.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the toll from the murderous rampage was at least 1,400 and possibly higher.
Foreign citizens not being allowed to leave Gaza despite opening of Egypt border
Palestinian Americans and other dual citizens rushed to southern Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt as 20 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid entered the besieged strip earlier today as the border opened for the first time since the start of the war.
It was not immediately clear if the Hamas authorities in Gaza or Egypt were preventing them from leaving.
Probably both. Embassies had asked their citizens in Gaza to stand ready at the border, but crowds of disappointed Palestinians holding American, Canadian, German and British passports waited hours in vain for at least the fifth time this week.
“There is no opening of the crossing, and the suffering is the same,” said US citizen Dina al- Khatib. “They communicate with us, but there is no change.”
Al-Khatib said she and her family were desperate to get out.
“It’s is not like previous wars,” she said. “There is no electricity, no water, no internet, nothing.”
IDF drone strike hits another anti-tank cell on Lebanese border
Hezbollah announce death of member killed ‘performing jihad’
The Hezbollah terror group announces the death of a member who was killed while “performing jihad.” Hezbollah does not elaborate on where Ismail Ahmed al-Zein was killed, but it is believed he was killed in an Israeli strike during recent skirmishes on the Lebanon border.
At least 14 Hezbollah members have been killed in Israeli retaliatory strikes in southern Lebanon in the past two weeks, after the terror group has launched numerous missile attacks against northern Israel.
Israeli official says Israel gave green light for Gaza aid several days ago
Israel gave the green light for humanitarian aid to pass through Egypt’s Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip several days ago, says an Israeli official, speaking to The Times of Israel on condition of anonymity.
The first 20 aid trucks passed from Egypt to Rafah this morning, with the timing set by Egyptian discretion, the official says.
Aid was one of the first topics discussed between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden, amid burgeoning concerns for the welfare of 2 million Palestinians within the besieged Gaza Strip.
Their crisis has been exacerbated by Hamas bombing water and electricity lines within the Strip, says the Israeli official.
Israel holds an informal veto over what aid can be transferred to Gaza, in line with understandings reached with Egypt. Israel is especially concerned with weapons smuggling into the strip, or diverting aid to Hamas’s war effort. It has also ruled out letting fuel into the Strip.
Egypt, the official adds, is nervous about Palestinian refugees crossing into their territory. No people evacuated Gaza through Rafah today amid expectations that foreign citizens would be allowed to leave.
IDF says private homes harboring terrorists are legitimate targets
Hamas claims to target Israeli tank on Gaza border
The Hamas terror group claims to have targeted an Israeli tank with an anti-tank guided missile on the Gaza border, near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.
There is no immediate comment from the IDF on the incident.
Anti-tank missile fired at town on Lebanese border; troops respond with artillery fire
Ex-US congressman Amash says several relatives killed in Gaza strikes
Prove that it wasn’t hit by one of Gaza’s frequent misfires, Mr. Amash. Or that Hamas did not decide to create a flase flag attack on a bunch of dhimmi Christians Former US congressman Justin Amash says several of his relatives were killed earlier this week as a result of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.
“I have now confirmed that several of my relatives (including Viola and Yara pictured here) were killed at Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church in Gaza, where they had been sheltering, when part of the complex was destroyed as the result of an Israeli airstrike,” tweets Amash, the first Palestinian American member of Congress.
“The Palestinian Christian community has endured so much. Our family is hurting badly. May God watch over all Christians in Gaza—and all Israelis and Palestinians who are suffering, whatever their religion or creed,” he adds.
Amash entered Congress in 2011 as a Republican representing Michigan’s 3rd district, but left the party and registered as an independent for the last two years of his decade in the House.
Rockets fired at Tel Aviv region, south
A large rocket barrage is fired at south and central Israel. Rocket warning sirens sound in Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Ashdod and Yavne. There are no immediate reports of direct hits or casualties.
2 Thai workers injured in Hezbollah missile attack on northern border
Anti-tank missile fired at Israeli village on Lebanese border; drone strike hits launchers
Palestinians say Gaza toll rises to 4,385
At least 4,385 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israel-Hmas war, including 1,756 children, the Hamas-controlled health ministry says.
The ministry says another 13,561 people had been wounded.
The numbers, which can’t be verified, do not differentiate between civilians and terrorists. They also include Palestinians killed in IDF strikes on the Strip and terror rockets fired at Israel that fall short.
In addition, Israel says it killed some 1,500 terrorists inside Israeli territory after Hamas launched its deadly October 7 assault, killing some 1,400 people and taking an estimated 210 hostages.
IDF says rockets fired at Mount Dov on Lebanese border; troops shelling source of fire
Sderot home hit by rocket, no injuries
IDF arrests 68 Hamas members in West Bank overnight, demolishes home of terrorist)
The Israel Defense Forces says troops have arrested 670 wanted Palestinians across the West Bank, including more than 450 affiliated with Hamas, since the war in the Gaza Strip began on October 7.
Overnight, 68 Hamas members were arrested, the military says.
Also overnight, the IDF says troops demolished the home of Hamas terrorist Maher Shalloun — in the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp — who is charged with killing dual American-Israeli citizen Elan Ganeles on the Route 90 highway in February.
There have been several clashes between IDF forces and Palestinians in the West Bank in the past two weeks, and several attempted terror attacks, according to the army.
According to the Palestinian Authority health ministry, at least 84 West Bank Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers since October 7.
Large rocket barrage fired at central Israel
Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fire a large rocket barrage at central Israel. Several loud explosions are heard, apparently caused by Iron Dome interceptions.
Rocket warning sirens go off in Rishon Lezion, Ness Tziona, Yehud and other towns and cities in the area. There are no immediate reports of direct hits or injuries.
UN chief: Hamas assault on Israel doesn’t justify ‘collective punishment’ of Gazans
IDF says there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza
An Israeli security official says there is currently no humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, as the military continues to order Palestinians to move south.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, some 700,000 people of the estimated 1.1 million population of northern Gaza have evacuated south in recent days.
“As of now, I can tell you that there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza. There are hardships in moving people within days to the south of the Gaza Strip, but the population is getting along,” the official tells reporters.
“There is no shortage of water in Gaza, there is enough food for the coming weeks, this is in addition to the supply of medicines which, as far as we know, there is no shortage in the hospitals,” he continues.
He says Hamas is still trying to prevent people from moving south.
Meanwhile, IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari in a press conference says food, water and medical aid will enter the southern part of Gaza via Egypt’s Rafah crossing.
“Fuel will not enter Gaza,” Hagari says.
Hagari says the IDF “will continue strikes on Hamas strongholds in northern Gaza.”
IDF says families of 210 hostages notified that loved ones are being held in Gaza
IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the military has so far notified the families of 210 hostages that their loved ones are currently being held in the Gaza Strip. He says the number is not final as the military investigates new information on those missing.
UNRWA says 17 of its staffers killed since start of Israel-Hamas war
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Rocket sirens sound in Ashdod
IDF announces death of reserve soldier, a dual US citizen, in missile attack along Lebanon border
Senior official says US, European countries pushing Israel to delay ground offensive
Biden urges Israel to delay Gaza offensive until Hamas releases more hostages 
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