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Hundreds of thousands of IDF reservists have been called up in preparation for a ground incursion into Gaza
Why hasn't Israel begun its promised incursion into Gaza?
TEL AVIV — For days now, Israel has signaled that its massed forces are poised to go into Gaza with the aim of eliminating Hamas as a military force once and for all, following its raid into southern Israel on 7 October.Over 300,000 reservists have been called up for the IDF (Israel Defense Forces). The farms, fields and kibbutzim on the Israeli side of the Gaza border are crowded with Merkava tanks, self-propelled artillery systems and thousands of heavily armed infantry in full battle dress.The Israeli Air Force and Navy have been pounding every suspected Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad hideout and weapons store in Gaza, killing and wounding large numbers of civilians in the process, as well as a small number of Hamas commanders.The massive number of casualties caused by...
October 19, 2023

Why hasn't Israel begun its promised incursion into Gaza?

Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak lands in Israel as world leaders seek de-escalation
TEL AVIV — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has arrived in Israel where he is expected to press for humanitarian aid to be delivered to Gaza as soon as possible.His visit comes right after President Biden's as world leaders step up efforts to prevent the conflict with Hamas spilling into the wider region.Sunak is due to meet Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday before visiting other regional capitals.He will offer his condolences for the civilians killed so far during the war."Every civilian death is a tragedy," the prime minister said ahead of the trip. "And too many lives have been lost following Hamas's horrific act of terror."There had been reports earlier this week that Sunak was planning his first trip to Israel, but he would not confirm his travel...
October 19, 2023

Rishi Sunak lands in Israel as world leaders seek de-escalation

A wounded Palestinian being carried away from Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City
Jeremy Bowen: Joe Biden's search for a Middle East solution just got harder
LONDON — Even before the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza was destroyed, Joe Biden's full-throated support for Israel had convinced Palestinians and millions of other Arabs that the United States was more than simply Israel's most important supporter. They believed the Americans were also complicit in everything Israel was doing in Gaza, including killing children.The bitter dispute over who was responsible for the attack will not change many minds. Twelve days of war have ramped up hatred and division.Israel produced a detailed rebuttal of accusations that it had attacked Al-Ahli. It displayed evidence that it said proved a missile fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad had malfunctioned and dropped well short of its target in Israel.For Palestinians — not just supporters of Hamas — the...
October 19, 2023

Jeremy Bowen: Joe Biden's search for a Middle East solution just got harder

Mattresses are delivered by a UN truck in the south of Gaza. — courtesy UNRWA
Israel-Gaza: UN chief urges ceasefire, region ‘on the precipice’
BEIJING — UN chief António Guterres called on Wednesday for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Middle East to ease the “epic human suffering” in the Israel-Gaza conflict.Speaking in Beijing, Guterres said that a ceasefire would “provide sufficient time and space” to realize two essential appeals which he made earlier this week: to Hamas, for the immediate and unconditional release of the hostages held in Gaza, and to Israel, to immediately allow aid to enter the sealed-off enclave in the throes of a devastating humanitarian crisis.“The region is on the precipice,” he warned.The call came a day after hundreds were killed in a strike at Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, which Guterres strongly condemned, stressing that hospitals and all medical personnel are protected...
October 18, 2023

Israel-Gaza: UN chief urges ceasefire, region ‘on the precipice’

People protest against Israel in Ramallah, the West Bank, on October 17
Gaza hospital bombing sparks anger and protests in Arab countries
LONDON — Anti-Israel protests flared across the Middle East and North Africa on Tuesday as the leaders of Arab countries condemned Israel over a deadly blast believed to have killed hundreds of people sheltering at a hospital in Gaza City.Palestinian officials quickly blamed Israel for the explosion at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital but the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) rejected the allegation, accusing Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants of conducting a “failed rocket launch” and saying the lack of structural damage at the facility rules out the possibility of an airstrike.Islamic Jihad described Israeli accusations as “false and baseless” and claimed that it does not use public facilities such as hospitals for military purposes, according to a written statement published...
October 18, 2023

Gaza hospital bombing sparks anger and protests in Arab countries

U.S. President Joe Biden is welcomed by Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu, as he visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Biden begins meeting with Netanyahu
TEL AVIV — US President Joe Biden has arrived in Tel Aviv to kick off an extraordinary high-stakes trip to Israel, amidst protests following the deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital as Israeli and Palestinian officials trade accusations over who was to blame.The blast marks a dangerous new phase in Israel’s war with Hamas, which threatens to spill over regionally.With his visit, Biden seeks to demonstrate staunch support for Israel as it works to eliminate Hamas while also pressing for ways to ease humanitarian suffering in Gaza.Biden’s bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began at the Kempinski Hotel in Tel Aviv.Biden disembarked Air Force One at 11:01 a.m. local time, greeting Netanyahu and Israeli President Isaac Herzog with hugs before shaking hands...
October 18, 2023

Biden begins meeting with Netanyahu

This is an image from the scene of the alleged hospital strike in Gaza. — courtesy BBC
UN agencies condemn deadly attack on Gaza hospital
GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly condemned an apparent attack on a hospital in northern Gaza on Tuesday that has reportedly left many hundreds of people killed and injured.An Israeli airstrike struck Al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City, international media reported, citing the Health Ministry in the Hamas-controlled enclave.The details have yet to be verified and Israeli authorities have not released any statement on the alleged strike.Patients and displaced civilians were reportedly seeking shelter at the hospital, following Israel’s order to evacuate to the south in advance of what is expected to be a ground assault.“WHO strongly condemns the attack,” agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote in a post on the social media platform X, formerly known as...
October 17, 2023

UN agencies condemn deadly attack on Gaza hospital

An undated image of Mia Schem
Hamas releases first video of a hostage taken to Gaza
TEL AVIV — The short video clip shows Mia Schem lying on a bed, her right arm being bandaged by someone out of the frame. A long, fresh scar is clearly visible.Schem, a 21-year-old French-Israeli woman, is being held hostage by the militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The video released by Hamas on Monday is the first footage of any of the dozens of people held in the enclave.Speaking into the camera, Schem, who looks pale, but is sitting up straight with her head held high, says she was injured and taken to Gaza, then pleads to be returned to her family.As she speaks, loud rumbling can be heard in the background.Speaking to reporters on Tuesday in Tel Aviv, Schem’s mother urged the government and world leaders to bring her daughter back home.Holding a picture of her daughter, Keren...
October 17, 2023

Hamas releases first video of a hostage taken to Gaza

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Israel has been striking targets throughout Gaza since a bloody, cross-border attack by Hamas militants killed over 1,400 and captured many Israelis on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Desperately needed aid piles up outside Gaza as WHO warns water is running out
RAFA — Vital humanitarian aid is piling up at the shuttered Gaza border, despite diplomatic efforts to open a corridor with Egypt, as the World Health Organization warned that water is running out for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the bombarded territory.Gaza has been under siege by Israel for for more than a week, in response to the deadly incursion by Hamas, the Islamist militant group that controls the coastal enclave, home to 2.2 million people.Some are gathering at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza hoping to leave, as critical supplies like fuel, food and water run short, leaving hospitals on the brink of collapse and families facing dehydration and starvation.Amid growing international pressure to address the humanitarian crisis, United States President...
October 17, 2023

Desperately needed aid piles up outside Gaza as WHO warns water is running out

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to reporters before leaving Cairo on October 15, 2023, en route to Jordan
US in diplomatic dash to contain Israel-Gaza conflict
LONDON — President Joe Biden's decision to visit Israel caps a week of intense US diplomacy aimed at shoring up its closest Middle East ally and trying to prevent Israel's war with Hamas from spreading to the region.The Americans are worried that the audacity of the Hamas attack and the ferocity of the Israeli counter-offensive could spark violence in the West Bank and beyond.The president will be joining his Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, who's been on a frantic swing through the Middle East. Blinken has stressed full US support for a forceful response to the deadly Hamas raid, which killed more than 1,400 Israelis.But he is also trying to mitigate the civilian casualties in Gaza, the enclave that is governed by the Palestinian militant group. Israel has already killed...
October 17, 2023

US in diplomatic dash to contain Israel-Gaza conflict

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