Replace (1330ET): The Israeli navy has introduced it’s ready for a coordinated air, floor and naval offensive within the Gaza Strip “very quickly,” in accordance with studies from AP.
In a nationally broadcast tackle Saturday evening, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari issued a brand new attraction to residents to maneuver to the southern Gaza Strip.
“We’re going to broadly assault Gaza Metropolis very quickly,” he mentioned.
He accused Hamas of making an attempt to make use of civilians as human shields.
In the meantime, the social media rhetoric between leaders has gone to ’11’…
Iran’s Supreme Chief Khamenei expects a “full victory”…
With God’s grace, this motion that has began in #Palestine will advance and lead to a whole victory for the Palestinians.
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) October 14, 2023
Calling on all Muslims to affix the struggle…
Everybody within the Muslim world has an obligation to help the Palestinian individuals.
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) October 14, 2023
Israeli PM Netanyahu made his views very clear:
Make no mistake, Israel will win.
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— Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) October 14, 2023
Reside feeds under on Gaza:
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Israeli media is reporting a “greenlight” has been given for the anticipated main Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip as large convoys of Palestinian civilians have been noticed fleeing to the southern a part of the densely populated strip. To this point there was restricted floor incursions by the military into the strip, focusing on Hamas operatives and reportedly to realize intelligence on the whereabouts of hostages.
The United Nations has issued a report saying at the least 423,000 Palestinians have already been internally displaced inside Gaza and this large determine is anticipated to ratchet additional. Possible it has surpassed a half-million as of Saturday, following the Israeli-issued evacuation order, which included dropping hundreds of leaflets and warnings over Gaza Metropolis.
The UN mentioned it “considers it unimaginable for such a motion to happen with out devastating humanitarian penalties.” Center East Eye and different regional sources have mentioned over 700 Palestinian youngsters had been killed in a single week of preventing. As of Friday Israel authorities tallied that over 1,300 Israelis had been killed by the Hamas terror assaults on the southern settlements and the music competition, and rocket hearth, with at the least 3,200 wounded. 27 among the many useless had been Individuals.
Center East Eye on Saturday studies the next of the mounting Palestinian loss of life toll in each Gaza and the West financial institution as follows:
Israel has killed at the least 2,215 individuals in Gaza over the previous week, in accordance with the Palestinian well being ministry. Of these killed, 724 are youngsters and 458 are ladies. Some 8,714 individuals have been wounded within the besieged enclave in that point, it added.
In the meantime, Israeli forces have killed 54 individuals and wounded 1,100 others within the occupied West Financial institution.
In accordance with a evaluation of the final hours of developments, the inhabitants is about to expire of water because the remaining provide dwindles after Israel minimize off external supply sources:
- UN company for Palestinian refugees says its shelters in Gaza “should not protected anymore” because it warns water operating our for besieged enclave’s residents.
- Greater than 320 Palestinians have been killed prior to now 24 hours, together with many ladies and kids killed in Israeli air raids on convoys fleeing Gaza Metropolis, in accordance with well being officers.
- The rising toll comes as Israel continues bombing Gaza a day after telling 1.1 million residents to go south forward of a looming ground offensive following Hamas’s assault inside Israel final week.
- No less than 2,215 Palestinians have been killed and eight,714 wounded in Israeli air assaults on Gaza. The variety of individuals killed in Israel has reached 1,300, with greater than 3,400 wounded.
- Within the occupied West Financial institution, the variety of Palestinians killed by Israeli hearth prior to now week has topped 50. Greater than 1,000 have been wounded and tons of arrested.
A matter of life and loss of life: water runs out for two million individuals in Gaza
“It’s a should; gas must be delivered now into
#Gaza to make water out there for two million individuals”https://t.co/StJVfFn3Xh pic.twitter.com/T1IhCP9C2w
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) October 14, 2023
The destiny of the estimated 100 to 200 hostages in Hamas captivity nonetheless stays largely unknown, however Hamas in statements which have been underreported in Western press has claimed that over two dozen of the hostages have been killed by the IDF’s ongoing aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip:
Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades mentioned 9 extra captives had been killed in indiscriminate Israeli shelling within the final 24 hours, together with quite a lot of foreigners.
Qassam has beforehand introduced the loss of life of 17 captives in Israeli air stikes in Gaza over the previous week.
Sky Information and others are additionally reporting, primarily based on Israeli sources, that our bodies of hostages have been recovered after among the preliminary IDF infantry cross-border raids which started Friday into Saturday:
Raids carried out on the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces found human stays of those that had been lacking since Hamas’s assault final weekend, native media is reporting.
In accordance with Haaretz, armed forces entered an enclave the place it’s thought as much as 200 individuals had been being held hostage by Hamas, and retrieved the our bodies of a number of individuals.
Objects belonging to the lacking individuals had been additionally found.
The US mentioned Friday it chartered its first profitable evacuation flight, with discuss of extra to return.
There are Individuals (lots of them seemingly twin nationals) among the many inhabitants of Gaza, which Washington says it’s making an attempt to facilitate protected exit for as Israeli airstrikes proceed. Dangerously, the lone Raffah border crossing into Egypt has at this level been bombed a number of occasions.
However regional media is reporting there’s been a diplomatic breakthrough on this entrance, as Israel, Egypt, and the US have solid an settlement to let foreigners residing in Gaza move by the Rafah border crossing into Egypt.
Scene from the frontlines because the IDF build-up outdoors Gaza continues:
— Warfare Monitor (@WarMonitors) October 14, 2023
Big civilian convoys have been witnessed fleeing to the southern half of Gaza, creating bottlenecks…
One of many fundamental evacuation routes from northern Gaza, al-Rasheed avenue, is completely flooded with residents making an attempt to evacuate south.
This footage was taken simply south of the IDF-declared demarcation line of Wadi Gaza. pic.twitter.com/EaUZc2tScW
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) October 14, 2023
The Occasions of Israel cites a senior Egyptian official as follows:
The official says Israel has agreed to chorus from putting areas the foreigners would move by on their approach out of the besieged Palestinian territory. He provides that Qatar was concerned within the negotiations and the members obtained approval from the Palestinian terror teams, Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
The settlement doesn’t cope with hostages being held by Hamas.
A second official on the Egyptian aspect of the Rafah crossing level says they obtained “directions” to reopen it on Saturday afternoon for foreigners coming from Gaza.
However Egypt is by and enormous not letting Gazans exit, even erecting greater concrete obstacles of additional border safety, amid what’s setting as much as be a catastrophic humanitarian disaster because the Israeli stress ratchets.
The IDF says it’s about to assault the northern half of the Gaza Strip with “nice pressure” – whereas the US and different nations are urging for warning concerning Palestinian civilians. Beneath is uncommon footage of an elite Israeli rescue squad in motion (deliberately blurred by IDF sources):
Israeli operators from the Particular Techniques Rescue Unit 669 conduct a fight casevac close to Zikim seaside.
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— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) October 14, 2023
Washington has nonetheless all of the whereas mentioned it “stands with Israel” – and has not tried to truly halt the unrelenting IDF bombardment of civilian areas.
In the meantime, issues proceed ratcheting in south Lebanon, with studies of latest strikes being exchanged between Israel and Hezbollah, and different pro-Palestinian factions.
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