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Hamas propaganda videos reveal stunning details leading up to attack on Israel
Hamas militants trained for its deadly attack in plain sight less than a mile from Israel’s border
JERUSALEM — The footage is from the last two years, but it is chillingly prescient. In a December 2022 video, Hamas fighters can be seen flooding a training area, shooting rockets and capturing pretend prisoners as they surround mock Israeli buildings.The camp, CNN analysis shows, had just been constructed, and was very close to Erez Crossing, the pedestrian passageway between Gaza and Israel that Hamas fighters ultimately breached last weekend in a bloody attack which killed over 1,200 people in Israel.Another video taken more than a year ago, shows Hamas fighters practicing take-offs, landings and assaults with paragliders – the same unusual assault mode that Hamas deployed with lethal effect in the same Oct. 7 attack.A CNN investigation has analysed almost two years of training and...
October 13, 2023

Hamas militants trained for its deadly attack in plain sight less than a mile from Israel’s border

The al-Aqsa compound was unusually empty on Friday as Israeli police appeared to have restricted access to some worshippers. Ivana Kottasova
Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem unusually empty as Friday prayers begin
JERUSALEM — It’s noon in Jerusalem and tensions are running high. There is a palpable sense of nervousness as the Holy City marks the first Friday since Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel and the subsequent Israeli strikes on Gaza.Fridays can be a fraught time in Jerusalem, with protests and clashes often erupting in the Old City. Friday congregational prayers are a significant ritual for Muslims, who pray at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque.It appears that Israeli police are restricting access to the compound. Access from the West Bank has been restricted and the police are being selective about who is let in.The compound is significantly emptier than what is expected on Fridays, even as the prayers are about to start.Many streets in Jerusalem remained deserted on Friday with a...
October 13, 2023

Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem unusually empty as Friday prayers begin

The leader of Hamas in Gaza has previously claimed that it has 500km of tunnels
Israel targets Hamas’s labyrinth of tunnels under Gaza
TEL AVIV — Israel says it is striking parts of a secret labyrinth of tunnels built underneath the Gaza Strip by Hamas, as it continues to retaliate for the Palestinian militant group's unprecedented cross-border attack on Saturday."Think of the Gaza Strip as one layer for civilians and then another layer for Hamas. We are trying to get to that second layer that Hamas has built," an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson said in a video on Thursday.It is very difficult to assess the size of the network, which Israel has dubbed the "Gaza Metro" because it is believed to stretch beneath a territory that is only 41km (25 miles) long and 10km wide.Following a conflict in 2021, the IDF said it had destroyed more than 100km of tunnels in air strikes. Hamas meanwhile...
October 13, 2023

Israel targets Hamas’s labyrinth of tunnels under Gaza

Elon Musk
EU opens investigation into X over alleged disinformation
BRUSSELS — The EU is investigating Elon Musk's X over the possible spread of terrorist and violent content, and hate speech, after Hamas' attack on Israel.The investigation, the first under the EU's new tech rules, will also look at the way complaints are handled.X, formerly known as Twitter, said it had removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts from the platform.TikTok and Meta have also been warned by the EU for not doing enough to tackle disinformation.Social media firms have seen a surge in misinformation about the conflict between Israel and Hamas, including doctored images and mislabelled videos.The EU's industry chief, Thierry Breton, confirmed on Thursday the bloc had sent X a "formal request for information" to determine whether the platform was...
October 13, 2023

EU opens investigation into X over alleged disinformation

Smoke plumes billow amid Israeli airstrikes on Gaza on Thursday.
As darkness descends on Gaza, I yearn for the world to see us, too
By Omar GhraiebGAZA — An explosive roar shakes my home and my laptop goes flying, landing amid shattered glass and debris. Looking at its flickering screen, I sigh and brace myself to pronounce the death of another computer — and this essay. I collect it gently from the floor and coax it back to life. I keep writing.In Gaza, we have all been glued to the news for the last five days, watching in disbelief as strikes and counterstrikes have been exchanged and the death counts on both sides of the border mount. While every round of violence starts differently, they all end the same way here: with Palestinians paying a heavy price. We live in perpetual anticipation of a tragic ending.Now I write, because writing is a lifeline, and a temporary escape from a reality that has become...
October 12, 2023

As darkness descends on Gaza, I yearn for the world to see us, too

A rally is held in Brussels calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza
Israeli hostages' relatives call for their release in Brussels rally
BRUSSELS — The relatives of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas into Gaza joined a rally in Brussels on Wednesday, asking European leaders to use their political clout to ensure the immediate release of their loved ones."Words do not describe this feeling that I do not wish anyone to feel," Shira Havron told Euronews. "I think of my family watching their homes burning, hiding - terrified - being separated from each other, watching each other suffer, taken violently into the unknown."The 27-year-old Israeli student, was on holiday in London over the weekend when the terrorist group Hamas launched its coordinated attack on Israel, massacring over 1,000 and kidnapping 150.It is believed that among those taken hostage are eleven members of her family, including her cousins...
October 12, 2023

Israeli hostages' relatives call for their release in Brussels rally

Erez (L) and Sahar (R) are among the members of one family who were abducted from the Nir Oz kibbutz
Israel hostage crisis is every government's worst nightmare
TEL AVIV — As hundreds of thousands of Israeli troops, regular and reservist, gather on Gaza's borders, the Israeli government faces a near impossible situation.At least 150 hostages seized by Hamas from southern Israel last Saturday are now being held at secret locations inside Gaza. Among them are women, children and the elderly.If Israel decides to launch a full-scale ground invasion of Gaza, as some are expecting could be imminent, then what are the chances those hostages will survive?Behind the scenes, Qatar, Egypt and possibly other countries are believed to be trying to negotiate a partial release of those hostages. One idea being mooted is for Hamas to release its women and child prisoners in exchange for 36 Palestinian women and adolescent prisoners being held in Israeli...
October 12, 2023

Israel hostage crisis is every government's worst nightmare

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen greets Antony Blinken at Ben Gurion airport
Blinken visits Israel to show US support after Hamas attacks
TEL AVIV — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel in a show of support after the weekend's deadly attacks by Hamas.Blinken is expected to seek the release of hostages kidnapped by Hamas, some of whom are American.He will also urge restraint and seek safe passage for Gaza's civilians ahead of a possible Israeli ground offensive.At least 1,200 Israelis died in the attack, and over 1,100 Palestinians have died in air strikes on Gaza.Some 22 US citizens are also known to have died in Israel.Hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the US, took up to 150 people hostage when its fighters breached the border fence in several places in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and launched the most serious cross-border attack Israel has faced in a generation.Blinken is...
October 12, 2023

Blinken visits Israel to show US support after Hamas attacks

Israeli transportation Minister Israel Katz attends the cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. On Sunday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Katz as interim foreign minister after holding the post himself for the last four years. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Pool)
Israel says no electricity, water or fuel to Gaza until Hamas returns hostages
TEL AVIV — Gaza will not be provided with any electricity, water or fuel until Israeli hostages being held by Hamas are returned home, Israeli energy minister Israel Katz said Thursday."No electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened, and no fuel truck will enter until the Israeli abductees are returned home. Humanitarian for humanitarian. And no one will preach us morals," Katz wrote on X, formerly Twitter.During the onslaught on Saturday, armed Hamas militants poured over the heavily-fortified border into Israel and took as many as 150 hostages, including Israeli army officers, back to Gaza.Hamas warned that it would start executing hostages if Israel targeted people in Gaza without warning.Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, a spokesperson for the...
October 12, 2023

Israel says no electricity, water or fuel to Gaza until Hamas returns hostages

Egypt warned Israel days before Hamas struck, US committee chairman says
WASHINGTON — Israel was warned by Egypt of potential violence three days before Hamas’ deadly cross-border raid, a US congressional panel chairman has said.House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee head Michael McCaul told reporters of the alleged warning. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu described the reports as “absolutely false”.Israeli intelligence services are under scrutiny for their failure to prevent the deadliest attack by Palestinian militants in Israel’s 75-year history.“We know that Egypt has warned the Israelis three days prior that an event like this could happen,” McCaul told reporters following a closed-door intelligence briefing on Wednesday for lawmakers about the Middle East crisis, according to AFP news agency.“I don’t want to get too much into...
October 12, 2023

Egypt warned Israel days before Hamas struck, US committee chairman says

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