The Israeli army said on Friday that they found the bodies of three Israeli hostages in Gaza who were taken by Hamas during an attack on October 7th. One of the hostages was Shani Louk, who was a German-Israeli.
A picture of 22-year-old Shani’s bent body in the back of a pickup truck traveled all around the world. It showed how many people were hurt in the militants’ attack on communities in southern Israel. The military found out that the other two bodies were a 28-year-old woman named Amit Buskila and a 56-year-old man named Itzhak Gelerenter.
Three people were killed by Hamas at a music festival near the Gaza border. Daniel Hagari spoke at a press meeting.
Israeli Leader Benjamin Netanyahu called the deaths “very sad,” and said, “We will bring back all of our people who were taken, both those who are still alive and those who have died. ”
The military found the bodies overnight, but they didn’t say where. They also didn’t give any details about it. Israel is working in the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip because they believe there are hostages there.
Hamas militants attacked and killed about 1,200 people, most of them were innocent civilians. They also kidnapped around 250 other people in the Oct 7 incident. About half of the hostages have been released. Many of them were exchanged for Palestinian prisoners during a cease-fire in November.
Israel says about 100 people are still being held hostage in Gaza, along with the bodies of about 30 others. The fighting between Israel and Gaza has caused the deaths of over 35,000 Palestinians, as reported by health officials in Gaza.
Netanyahu promised to get rid of Hamas and bring back all the hostages, but he hasn’t done much yet. He is feeling pressure to quit, and the US has said it may reduce its help because of the bad situation for people in Gaza.
Israelis are split into two groups: one wants the government to stop the war and release the hostages, while the other thinks the hostages are a sad consequence of getting rid of Hamas. Negotiations with Qatar, the United States, and Egypt have not been very successful.
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3 Gaza hostages killed during music festival discovered dead by Israeli forces
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Israeli forces order Palestinians to leave some areas of Rafah ahead of planned attack
The Israeli army told about 100,000 Palestinians to leave the city of Rafah in Gaza on Monday. This makes it more likely that a ground attack will happen soon and makes it harder to make a deal to stop the fighting.
The upcoming operation in Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians are staying, has made people around the world worried. Israel’s closest friends have advised against it because they are afraid that many people could be killed. On Monday, the United Nations organization that helps Palestinian refugees said it will not follow the order to leave.
Israel says that Rafah is an important place for Hamas after fighting for seven months. They say they need to invade to defeat the Islamic militant group, which started the conflict by attacking Israel on Oct 7th.
Hamas and Qatar warned that going into Rafah, which is near the border with Egypt, could ruin the work of international mediators trying to make a cease-fire.
Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani, who speaks for the army, said that about 100,000 people are being told to go to a place called Muwasi. It is a zone set up by Israel to help people in need. Muwasi is a camp by the coast with tents where many Palestinians have gone to find safety. The conditions there are not good.
Shoshani said Israel was getting ready for a small operation and did not say if this was the start of a bigger invasion of the city. Israel did not officially tell everyone that they were starting to send soldiers into Gaza.
Last night, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that Israel had to take action in Rafah.
On Sunday, Hamas launched a rocket attack from the Rafah area that killed four Israeli soldiers. It’s not clear if the upcoming operation is a response to this attack.
He said Israel made a map of the area people need to leave, and they are giving out orders using leaflets dropped from airplanes, text messages, and radio. He said Israel has given more help to Muwasi by providing hospitals, tents, food, and water.
Israel’s army posted on social media that they will use strong force against militants and told people to leave quickly to stay safe.
Jan Egeland, the leader of the Norwegian Refugee Council, criticized the order to make people leave and go to Muwasi. He said it was wrong and against the law.
“The area is already too full and doesn’t have important services,” Egeland said.
Around4 million Palestinians, which is more than half of the people living in Gaza, are living in a crowded area called Rafah and the places nearby. Many people left their homes in the area to escape from Israel’s attack. Now, they have to move again or stay and face the danger of another attack.
They live in very crowded tent camps, full UN shelters, or small apartments, and rely on help from other countries for food. The sanitation and medical facilities are not working well.
People in Rafah, Palestine talked about what to do after getting some papers.
“Many people here had to leave their homes and now they have to move again. It’s not safe for anyone to stay here,” said Nidal Alzaanin in a phone call to The Associated Press.
Alzaanin is a dad of five kids and he works for a group that helps people around the world. He ran away to Rafah from Beit Hanoun when the war started. He said that people are worried because Palestinians have said they were shot at during previous evacuations. Israel says it did not shoot at civilians.
Alzaanin said he’s ready to move with his papers and bags. But he’ll wait a day to see what other people do before he moves. He said his friend in Khan Younis can put up a tent for his family.
The UN agency called UNRWA has been helping many Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank for a long time. They said that if there is an attack in Rafah, it will cause a lot of harm to innocent people and could lead to more deaths. Juliette Touma, who is in charge of talking to the public for the agency, said they have not made anyone leave their jobs and don’t plan to. The agency has a lot of workers in the city.
The Rafah crossing in Egypt, which is an important place for aid going to Gaza, is in the area that people have to leave because of danger. The crossing stayed open on Monday even though Israel said it should be closed.
The war started when Hamas and other fighters attacked southern Israel on October 7th. They killed about 1,200 people, mostly innocent civilians, and took about 250 people as hostages.
The fighting has caused the deaths of over 34,000 Palestinians, as reported by local health officials. The count doesn’t show who is a civilian or a fighter, but officials say most of the people who died are kids and women. The fighting has caused a lot of damage in Gaza, and most of the people there have left to go to other areas.
Lately, more people want the war to stop. Even though the US, Egypt, and Qatar want fighting to stop, the leader of Israel says their military will keep moving into the city, even if a deal is made to stop fighting in exchange for hostages being released.
On Monday, Netanyahu blamed Hamas for ruining a deal and not giving up their strong demands. He promised to prevent the militants from taking over Gaza again. He gave a strong speech on Sunday for the country’s Holocaust memorial day and said that Israel will keep fighting even if no one helps them.
A Hamas leader said to The Associated Press that Israel is trying to force the group to give in on the cease-fire, but Hamas will not change its demands. Hamas wants the war to stop completely, Israeli soldiers to leave Gaza, and the strip to be rebuilt in the future. -
Israeli forces allegedly kill Palestinians as they hunt for food
A group of Palestinians in Gaza City have been killed by Israeli soldiers as they tried to access food from a delivery truck. Witnesses saw this happen on Thursday. Over 100 people died in the Israel-Hamas war, making the total number of deaths more than 30,000.
Israel said a lot of people were crushed in a crowded rush for food aid and that their soldiers only shot when they felt threatened by the crowd.
The Arab countries and the U. Swere quick to speak out against the violence. President Joe Biden said he was worried that it would make it harder to agree on a peace agreement in the almost five-month-long fighting.
The Gaza City area was one of the first places that Israel attacked with its planes, ships, and soldiers. They did this because of Hamas’ actions in October. Seven attacks on Israel.
Many Palestinians left when the area was attacked, but a few hundred thousand are thought to still be there in the damaged and isolated area. This week, trucks delivered food to northern Gaza, which was the first big aid delivery in a month, according to officials.
Aid groups are finding it very hard to deliver supplies to most of Gaza because they are having trouble working with the Israeli military. There is a lot of fighting and chaos, and it is very hard to keep things under control. Lots of people are in need and it is getting difficult to get them the help they need. The United Nations says that 25% of the 2. 3 million people in Gaza do not have enough food to eat, and 80% of them have had to leave their homes.
The military said that early in the morning, a group of 30 trucks carrying supplies to northern Gaza were met by a large crowd of people trying to take the aid. Many Palestinians died in the chaos, and some were hit by trucks while the drivers tried to escape, according to Rear Admiral. Daniel Hagari is the main person who talks about the military.
Israeli soldiers in charge of protecting the area shot warning shots at the crowd because they felt that the crowd was dangerous, he explained.
“We didn’t shoot at the people asking for help. ” We did not shoot at a humanitarian aid convoy, neither from the air nor from the ground, despite what people are saying. “We made it safe for it to get to northern Gaza,” he said.
Kamel Abu Nahel was at Shifa Hospital for a gunshot wound. He and some other people went to the distribution point in the middle of the night because they heard there would be food. “We’ve been eating food for animals for two months,” he said.
He said that Israeli soldiers shot at the crowd while people were taking food from the trucks. This made them run away and some of them hid under cars. After the shooting ended, people returned to the trucks, and the soldiers started shooting again. He got shot in the leg and fell down. Then a truck ran over his leg as it drove away, he said.
At least 112 people died, said a spokesman for the Health Ministry named Ashraf al-Qidra. The Health Ministry called it a very violent and deadly attack.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan said Israel is attacking innocent people. They asked for more safe ways to deliver aid to people in need. They also asked other countries to do something to make Israel follow the rules of the world, and to make a deal for peace right away.
Biden talked to the leaders of Egypt and Qatar about the deaths, according to the U. SgovernmentGovernment leaders and the UN Security Council plan to have urgent private discussions about the issue on Thursday.
“We really need to know more information about what happened,” said Matthew Miller, spokesperson for the State Department.
More and more people are worried about hunger in Gaza. They want the fighting to stop so that food and supplies can reach the people who need them.Violence has also increased a lot in the West Bank since October. The text is missing and may have been cut off. Can you provide the text you want to be rewritten in simple words. Someone attacked and killed two Israelis at a gas station in the settlement of Eli on Thursday, as reported by the Israeli military. The military said the person who attacked was killed.
At the same time, the UN officials have said that many more people could die if Israel attacks the city of Rafah in the south, where over half of Gaza’s 2. 3 million people are staying. They also say that an attack on Rafah could destroy the little of aid operations that are left.
Many Palestinians are still in northern Gaza even though Israel told them to leave in October. They are struggling to find enough food to eat and are even eating animal food to survive. The UN says that in the northern areas, one out of every six children under two years old is suffering from severe malnutrition and weight loss.
The Israeli military group in charge of helping Palestinian civilians, COGAT, said that about 50 trucks carrying aid went into northern Gaza this week. It was not clear who gave the help. Some countries have been dropping supplies from airplanes in the past few days.
The World Food Program stopped sending food to the north because of the increasing disorder. Palestinians took all the food from a delivery truck while it was on its way.
Ever since it started attacking Gaza after Hamas’ Oct. Israel has stopped food, water, medicine, and other supplies from coming into the area, except for a small amount from Egypt and Israel. Despite many countries asking for more help, the number of trucks bringing supplies is much lower than before the war. -
Over 100 people reportedly killed as crowd awaits aid for Gaza
The health ministry in Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas, says that 112 Palestinians has been killed while waiting for help in the northern part of Gaza.
The government said Israeli forces shot at the crowd, and Palestinian media reported that medical sources said the same thing. An Israeli military official said that Israeli soldiers shot at some people in the crowd because they were moving too close in a way that could harm the soldiers.
One person who saw it happen told the media that most of the people who got hurt were hit by trucks, not shot by Israelis.
An IDF spokesperson said that Israeli soldiers shot at some civilians who were coming near a checkpoint, but it was not a big response.
Videos on social media show dead bodies in Gaza City being put onto trucks and a cart pulled by a donkey.This news story is still being updated. Come back later for more information.
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24 troops said to have died in Gaza in a single day – Israeli Defense Forces
The Israeli army says 24 of its soldiers died in Gaza on Monday – it was the worst day for Israeli forces since they started their ground operation.
Twenty-one part-time soldiers died in a big blast.
The main speaker for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Daniel Hagari, said that they believe a rocket-propelled grenade fired by Palestinian fighters hit a tank near two buildings where they were.
He said the buildings were likely blown up by mines that Israeli forces had put there to destroy them.
The IDF is still looking into what happened to find out more information.
The soldiers were killed in central Gaza near Kissufim kibbutz on the Israeli border at about 4:00 pm on Monday, Rear Admiral Hagari said.
He said they were working to help people from southern Israel go back to their homes safely after lots of people had to leave because of the Hamas attack on 7 October.
On Monday, Israel’s military said three officers were killed in a different attack in southern Gaza.
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu said that Monday was a really hard day because a lot of people died since the war started.
“We will keep fighting until we win, for the sake of our lives and our heroes,” he wrote on X, a social media platform.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said that he had a very hard time this morning when he found out how many people had died.
“I want to comfort the families and pray for the injured to get better,” he said, speaking for the whole country.
Israel started the war to get rid of Hamas because a lot of their fighters killed 1,300 people, mostly innocent people, and also took around 250 others as hostages in a very surprising and strong attack.
The IDF website says that 217 soldiers have died since Israel started its ground invasion on 27 October. This is part of a total of 545 people who have died since 7th October.
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Narratives of Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas
Israeli forces let go four hostages and set one free. An Israeli soldier named Ori Megidish was rescued during a mission on the ground in Gaza on 29 October. Two women, Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifschitz, were released on Monday 24 October. On Friday 20 October, two American hostages – a mom and her daughter – were also let go.
Israel has found the bodies of two hostages, Noa Marciano and Yehudit Weiss, near Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza.
Hamas says it has kept the hostages safe in hidden places and tunnels in Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that there are 20 children and between 10 to 20 people over the age of 60 who are being held as hostages.
The IDF told some families that their loved ones are being held against their will. Other families think their relatives have been taken, but they are not sure.
These are the stories of people who were taken captive from Israel on 7 October. The BBC has confirmed some of these stories, while others have been reported by credible sources.
This list changes often because some people who were feared to be kidnapped have either been found dead or set free.
Yagev Kirsht, who is Rimon’s husband, was also taken from their home in Kibbutz Nirim.
Lena’s son Alexander Trupanov, his partner Sapir Cohen, 29, and his grandmother Irina Tati, 73, were taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz while they were spending the Sabbath together, according to a statement from Canada’s Raoul Wallenburg Center for Human Rights.
Daniele Aloni, who is 44 years old, is in custody with her 5-year-old daughter Emilia. Also with them are Daniele’s sister Sharon Aloni Cunio, who is 34, her husband David Cunio, who is 33, and their three-year-old twin daughters Ema and Yuly. Moran told CNN that they were taken from Nir Oz. Sharon and Daniele’s brother Moran said this.
Ariel Cunio, his girlfriend Arbel Yahud, and her brother Dolev were also believed to have been taken by force in the same attack at Nir Oz. Eitan Cunio, who is the brother of Ariel and David Cunio, escaped from Hamas. He told the Jewish Chronicle that Ariel’s last message said, “We are in a scary movie. ”
77-year-old Ophelia Roitman asked for help when Hamas attacked Nir Oz. Her daughter said in a video that when they searched her house, they found other bodies. She is missing and believed to have been taken by someone.
Shani Goren, 29, was taken from her home in Nir Oz and later her family saw her in a video posted by Hamas. She is the granddaughter of people from Uruguay. They are trying to get her released after she was taken. Uruguay has said they are working on it.
Doron Steinbrecher, 30 years old, is a vet nurse. She was at her home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas attacked, according to the Times of Israel. At 10:30 on October 7th, she sent a message to her friends saying “They’re here, they got me. ” -
Israeli woman and a Palestinian youngster killed as West Bank unrest continues
Palestinian officials reported that an Israeli soldier shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy in the Aqbat Jaber refugee camp close to the occupied West Bank city of Jericho on Monday as tensions in the area remained high.
The ministry stated that Mohammad Fayez Balhan was “killed by live occupation bullets in the head, chest and abdomen,” and that two further persons had been hurt by live ammunition and taken to a hospital in Jericho for treatment.
Israeli forces claimed they entered the camp to apprehend a “terror suspect.”
“During the activity, violent riots were instigated in a number of locations,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement. “As the soldiers left the area, suspects opened fire toward them, hurled explosive devices and Molotov cocktails. The soldiers responded with live fire and .22 caliber ammunition. Hits were identified.”
Tensions in Israel and the occupied West Bank have spiraled in the aftermath of recent Israeli police raids on the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh warned that images of Israeli forces storming the mosque had “created an incredible mood of anger among every Palestinian, wherever they are – in Gaza, in Ramallah, in the West Bank, in Lebanon, in Syria,” and called on Israel to deescalate the situation.
“There is a mood of anger that is there in the heart and mind of every Palestinian,” he said in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour.
Over the last week, dozens of rockets were launched from Lebanon, Gaza and Syria into Israeli territory, followed by Israeli retaliatory strikes.
On Friday, a vehicle hit a group of tourists in Tel Aviv, killing one Italian national, in what Israeli authorities described as a terror attack. Two sisters, aged 15 and 20, with dual British-Israeli citizenship were also killed Friday in a shooting attack in the West Bank. On Monday, the mother of the women, Lucy Dee, succumbed to wounds sustained during the shooting.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the shooting as a “severe terrorist attack.”
“On behalf of all citizens of Israel, I convey heartfelt condolences to the Dee family on the passing of the mother of the family, Leah (Lucy), who was murdered in the severe terrorist attack in the Jordan Valley last Friday, together with her two daughters Maia and Rina,” Netanyahu said in a statement Monday.
Netanyahu on Friday instructed Israeli police “to mobilize all border police units in reserve and the IDF to mobilize additional forces in face of terrorist attacks,” according to his office. The Israeli military said it was on high alert, calling up an unspecified number of reservists amid what it described as “very volatile times.”
Also on Monday, thousands of Israeli settlers staged a march to Evyatar, an illegal settler outpost in the occupied West Bank that has been a flashpoint for Israel’s settler movement. Far-right Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Givr, among those who have spearheaded a campaign to legalize the outpost, was among the protesters.
Evyatar sits on a hilltop, along a corridor linking Tel Aviv to the Jordan Valley, known locally as Jabal Subeih. Palestinians who say they own land in the site have been holding counter-protests.
Clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians close to the nearby town of Beita led to nearly hundreds of injuries, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said 216 people were injured in the clashes, including 22 people hit by rubber bullets which, they say, were fired by Israeli forces. Three people were transferred to hospital, it also said.
In a statement, the IDF said “a violent riot” had been instigated near Beita, adding that “rocks were hurled at the soldiers, lightly injuring two IDF soldiers” and “security forces at the scene responded with riot dispersal means.”
Asked about video shared on social media that appeared to show Israeli forces throwing tear gas canisters at journalists in the area, the Israel Police released a statement saying it “appears that the security forces failed to adhere to the established rules and guidelines” in ensuring freedom of the press.
Palestinians in Beita, which is just south of Nablus, say they own the land at Evyatar.
Israeli settlers left Evyatar in 2021 after a deal with the government of then-Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. The buildings remained as part of the government’s deal with the settlers.
“The land of Israel belongs to the people of Israel, belongs to us,” Knesset member Ariel Kallner, of Netanyahu’s Likud party, told CNN. “I think that those who live here, the Arabs and so on, they can live here. But it’s our land.”
Under international law, both the West Bank and East Jerusalem are considered occupied territory and settlements there illegal, which Israel disputes.
Nabil Abu Radina, a spokesperson for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, condemned the march as an “invasion of settler militias, led by ministers from the Israeli occupation government.” Abu Radina also demanded than “immediate and quick intervention” by the US government to “stop this madness for which the entire region will pay the price.”