Israel at war: What happened on day 34?
1,400 Israelis murdered since October 7, including 354 soldiers • 239 held hostage by Hamas, four hostages released, one rescued
Palestinian Islamic Jihad willing to release two Israeli hostages
The spokesperson said that an elderly woman and a child could be released.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad is willing to release two Israeli hostages they are holding, the terror group's spokesperson announced on Thursday, according to Israeli media reports.
The spokesperson said that an elderly woman and a child could be released. They were later named as Hanna Katzir, 77, and Yagil Yaakov, 12, both of Kibbutz Nir Oz. Yaakov was kidnapped alongside his father, his father's partner, and his brother Or, 16.
IDF eliminates head of Hamas anti-tank missile unit in central Gaza
The IDF eliminated the head of Hamas's anti-tank missile unit for central Gaza, Ibrahim Abu-Maasib, on Thursday, according to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
Abu-Maasib was responsible for organizing many anti-tank missile attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers.
Go to the full article >>Media watchdog: Journalists joined Hamas massacre on October 7
AP responded: "AP had no advance knowledge of the October 7 attack," said spokesperson Nicole Meyer
The media watchdog HonestReporting published an investigative report on Wednesday showing that journalists from leading news outlets, including the New York Times, AP, Reuters and CNN, joined Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip on October 7 to document the horrific events with their cameras.
The organization, which works to expose anti-Israel bias in the foreign press, raised weighty ethical questions in the investigation regarding the presence of those photographers alongside Hamas terrorists.
Among other things, it begs the question of whether the photographers were aware in advance of the intent to carry out the massacre and how they arrived on the scene so quickly. Did Hamas allow them to be there? Did these news reporters have approval to enter Israel alongside the terrorists? Did the photographers inform their editors that they were accompanying the terrorists as they carried out the attacks against the Israelis?
Go to the full article >>IDF finds Hamas weapons factory next to children's bedroom
Amid the fighting, the Nahal soldiers found a tunnel entrance placed near a kindergarten.
The IDF additionally announced on Thursday that it had found a rocket and drone production site in the middle of a residential building in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza.
בבניין בלב שכונת המגורים 'שיח רדואן' בצפון רצועת עזה ובסמוך לבתי ספר, איתרו לוחמי צה״ל אתר לייצור ואיחסון כלי טייס מאוישים מרחוק ואמל״ח של ארגון הטרור חמאס >> pic.twitter.com/XunsYrYb4s
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) November 9, 2023
The building where the weapons productions site was located was also near schools. The IDF published footage showing the weapons storage site next to rooms where children sleep.
Go to the full article >>Israel accelerates aliyah of 20 immigrant doctors for war efforts
The ongoing war has led to a surge in demand for medical professionals, and the ministry's Employment Division has played a crucial role in the rapid employment of these new immigrant doctors.
Israel has swiftly integrated 20 new immigrant doctors into the medical team at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, due to the need for more medical professionals since the Hamas massacre on October 7.
This strategic bolstering of medical personnel comes as part of a concerted effort by the Aiyah and Integration Ministry, which has facilitated the immigration of roughly 3,000 doctors over the past five years.
The ongoing war has led to a surge in demand for medical professionals, and the ministry's Employment Division has played a crucial role in the rapid employment of these new immigrant doctors at Soroka University Medical Center.
The ministry's initiative has ensured that the doctors are not just linguistically prepared with intensive Hebrew language courses, but also professionally ready to navigate the Israeli healthcare system.
Go to the full article >>Israeli-American police officer to be buried at Mt. Herzl today
Lubin was killed in a stabbing attack conducted by a resident of east Jerusalem near Herod's Gate of the Old City in Jerusalem.
Israeli-American Border Police officer Sgt. Rose Ida (Elisheva) Lubin will be buried in the police section of the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem at 10 a.m. on Thursday.
Go to the full article >>Woman arrested for writing '1,400' outside Likud MK's home
A woman was arrested after spraypainting the number 1,400 (an apparent reference to the number of Israelis killed in the October 7 massacre) on the sidewalk outside Likud MK Shalom Danino's home on Thursday.
Israel Police said they had opened an investigation into the incident and that the suspect, a 49-year-old woman, had been arrested and will be brought to the Beersheba Magistrate's Court with a request to extend her detention.
Go to the full article >>IDF takes over Hamas outpost after hours of fighting in Gaza
Amid the fighting, the Nahal soldiers found a tunnel entrance placed near a kindergarten.
Israeli forces from the IDF's Nahal Brigade succeeded in taking over Hamas's Outpost 17 in western Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday morning, according to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
The soldiers clashed with terrorists from both Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the fight to take over the outpost, both above ground and in tunnels in the area.
לוחמי צוות הקרב של חטיבת הנח"ל השלימו מבצע השתלטות על מוצב 17, מעוז צבאי של ארגון הטרור חמאס במערב ג'באליה שבצפון הרצועה>> pic.twitter.com/otCXWlwULN
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) November 9, 2023
The fighting continued for 10 hours, with IDF soldiers eliminating a number of terrorists, capturing many weapons, and uncovering tunnel entrances in the area, including one entrance near a kindergarten.
Go to the full article >>Indonesia president: will convey to Biden that 'Hamas-Israel war should be stopped'
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo said on Thursday he would convey to United States President Joe Biden in their meeting on Monday that the Middle East conflict should be stopped.
Jokowi, as the Indonesian leader is popularly known, is set to fly to Riyadh for an international summit about the war on Friday.
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Few expectations as France seeks tangible results at Gaza conference
Palestinian Authority present, Israel not invited
Some 80 countries and international organizations meet in Paris on Thursday to coordinate aid and assess how to help the wounded in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, although expectations for concrete results are low without some pause in fighting.
France offered support for Israel after a deadly October 7 attack by Hamas terrorists, yet Israel's retaliatory bombardment has raised concerns as civilian casualties have soared. Thousands have been killed, wounded and displaced in Gaza.
"It's not a secret for anybody that access is difficult today in Gaza for basic necessities, medicines, water, etc… So the object is really to work with all the participants and also with Israel ... to allow improved access," a French presidential official told reporters ahead of the conference
Go to the full article >>Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know
- Hamas launched a barrage of rockets on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border
- Over 1,400 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered as of Tuesday afternoon, and more than 5,431 were wounded according to the Health Ministry
- IDF: 239 families of Israeli captives in Gaza have been contacted, 30 of them children