I became your enemy because I tell you the truth
“You can fool some of the people all the time and all the people some of the time,
but you can’t fool all the people all the time.” A. Lincol
Close to 3,300 wounded, more than 1,300 murdered • IDF: 120 families of missing Israelis have been contacted
Hamas launches rocket from Gaza to northern Israel, fire breaks out
US: Netanyahu, Blinken discussed safe areas inside Gaza Strip
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed establishing safe areas in Gaza where civilians could relocate, a senior State Department official said on Friday after Israel called for 1 million people to leave the territory.
“One of the things that we did discuss with them (on Thursday) was the need to protect civilian lives in Gaza, the need to establish some safe areas, where civilians could relocate to be safe from Israel’s legitimate security operations,” the official told reporters.
The United states is engaging with the International Committee of the Red Cross and United Nations’ relief agencies to figure out what that might look like, the official said.
Multiple impacts reported in Ashkelon, Sderot, no injuries reported
Rocket impact in Sderot. October 13, 2023(photo credit: SDEROT MUNICIPALITY)After a pause in rocket fire for most of Thursday night, barrages of rockets were fired toward Sderot, Ashkelon, and other locations along the Gaza border on Friday, with a number of impacts reported in Sderot and Ashkelon.
רקטה נחתה ליד בית באשקלון וחלון הממ”ד, אשר ספג את ההדף והרסיסים, הציל את חייהם.
(צילום: אינג’ אברם, גדוד 239).
אנו חוזרים ומזכירים: בעת התרעה על ירי טילים, נכנסים למרחב המוגן ונשארים בו 10 דקות – לא פחות.
הנחיות פיקוד העורף מצילות חיים. pic.twitter.com/YY2VBiUfed— פיקוד העורף (@PikudHaoref1) October 13, 2023
Multiple direct impacts were reported in Ashkelon in a number of waves of rocket fire. No injuries have been reported in any of the impacts as of yet.
US Defense Secretary: I know ISIS and Hamas is worse than ISIS
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, stating in reference to Hamas’s assault on southern Israel that “I know ISIS very well, and it’s worse than what I’ve seen with ISIS.”
“It has been a terrible week. We have seen the horrific acts of this terrorist organization. As you know, I was the one who first planned the war on ISIS. So I know ISIS very well, and it’s worse than what I’ve seen with ISIS,” said Austin.
Netanyahu thanked Austin for the support of the US, saying “Just as the civilized world came together to fight ISIS, the civilized world must come together to help us fight Hamas. I know you stand by us and we appreciate it very much.”
Parts of Metula in northern Israel declared closed military zone
Areas near the border fence in Metula in northern Israel were declared a closed military zone on Friday, according to the municipality.
Residents of the area are asked not to arrive to the areas declared a closed military zone.
Hamas tells Gaza residents to stay home as Israel ground offensive looms
Mosques called on residents of the Gaza Strip not to leave their homes on Friday after Israel’s military told all civilians, more than 1 million people, to relocate south ahead of an expected ground invasion that risks high casualties.
This may be the pivotal moment in fighting between the Israeli military and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which on Saturday launched the bloodiest attack on the country since the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.
Israel has already launched the heaviest air strikes on Gaza ever, and speculation has been rising that it will go further in a massive invasion in its bid to wipe out Hamas.
IDF: 120 families informed their relatives are captives in Gaza
IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari announced that 120 families have been informed by the IDF that their relatives are being held hostage in the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu suffers massive loss of faith from Israelis – poll
Benny Gantz’s National Unity party leads Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s Likud by 22 seats in Maariv’s latest dramatic poll which is its first since the war with Hamas broke out on Saturday.
In the last week, Gantz’s party gained 12 seats while the Likud lost nine. Yesh Atid lost one seat, Shas lost three, and the Religious Zionist Party lost two. Meanwhile, Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party gained one seat.
Employee at Israeli embassy in Beijing assaulted, background unclear
An employee at the Israeli Embassy in Beijing was attacked on Friday, with the background of the attack unclear as of yet, according to the Foreign Ministry.
The employee was transferred to the hospital in stable condition. The attack did not take place in the area near the embassy.
US Defense Secretary Austin lands in Israel
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin landed in Israel on Friday morning.
Austin is set to met with Israeli officials later in the day.
All it takes for Evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing
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