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. Lincoln
More than 3,600 wounded, 1,300 murdered • IDF: 155 families of Israeli captives in Gaza have been contacted
A view shows the living room of a burnt house, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel, October 15, 2023.(photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS)
Lebanon border heats up as Hamas continues firing rockets into Israel
Sirens were heard in western Galilee on Sunday afternoon close to the Lebanon border in the towns of Nahariya, Rosh Hanikra, Hanita, Gesher HaZiv, Betzet, and Shlomi.
Hamas in Lebanon took responsibility for the rocket fire.
A spokesperson for the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya announced they received eight people who had been wounded by the rocket fire.
More than 1,000 people missing under rubble in Gaza – Palestinian civil defense
In a statement, the civil defense team said many others were pulled alive out of the rubble, 24 hours after buildings were struck.
Death toll of French citizens in Hamas attacks rises to 19
The death toll of French citizens from the Hamas attacks in Israel has risen to 19, and 13 others are still unaccounted for, French foreign minister Catherine Colonna said on Sunday during a visit to Tel Aviv.
IDF not close to ending rocket fire, Hamas not close to collapse – analysis
Rockets are fired from Gaza towards Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 10, 2023.(photo credit: ATIA MOHAMMED/FLASH90)The IDF’s air war against Hamas has been impressive by every indicator.
Thousands and thousands of targets have been hit and the mix of the military’s immensely powerful artificial intelligence target mining “bank” and the air force means that the defense establishment is able to continue to locate new targets as fast or faster than the old ones are bombed.
Several senior Hamas and Islamic Jihad commanders and large portions of their headquarters, terror infrastructure, intelligence apparatuses, and symbols of their rule have been killed or obliterated.
Gaza Health Ministry: 2,670 Palestinians killed, 9,600 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza
On Sunday evening, the Gaza Health Ministry said that 2,670 Palestinians killed, and 9,600 wounded, in Israeli attacks on Gaza since Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas began last Saturday.
Herzog helps to take first step in rehabilitating Kibbutz Be’eri
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG receives a military briefing in Sderot.(photo credit: HAIM ZACH/GPO)Most of the survivors of the Be’eri massacre have stated in interviews that have been published and broadcast that they intend to return to the kibbutz.
One of the most close-knit kibbutzim in the country, its residents were and are like each other’s extended families. More than 120 of its residents were murdered by Hamas terrorists and many of their homes were left in ruins.
Sullivan: There’s a risk of Iran’s involvement in Gaza war
America moved an aircraft carrier into the eastern Mediterranean to send a message of deference to Tehran because it understood that it might get involved in the Gaza war, United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday morning.
“We have means of communicating privately with Iran. And we have availed ourselves of those means over the past few days to make clear privately that which we have said publicly,” Sullivan said.
Biden speaks with PA President Abbas
In a post on the social network X, President Joe Biden said that he had spoken with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
“I spoke with Palestinian Authority President Abbas,” Biden said “to condemn Hamas’ attack on Israel and reiterate that Hamas does not stand for the Palestinian people’s right to dignity and self-determination.
“I assured him that we’re working with partners in the region to ensure humanitarian supplies reach civilians in Gaza and to prevent the conflict from widening.”
Rocket sirens heard in Tel Aviv and central Israel
Rocket sirens were heard on Sunday evening in Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak, Givatayim, Jaffa, Bat Yam, Holon, Rishon LeZion, Yehud-Monosson, Savyon, Kfar Chabad, Tzafria, Or Yehuda, Azor, Givat Shmuel, Kiryat Ono, Ramat Gan, Hemed, Mishmar HaShiva, Ganot, Zrifin Industrial Zone, Beit Dagan, and Mikveh Israel.
Two direct hits from rockets in Ashkelon, rescue crews at scene
Rocket sirens were heard in Ashkelon and the surrounding communities, such as Zikim, Karmia, Mavki’im, Mivtahim, Ami’oz, and Yesha.
Two direct hits on a building were reported, and fire and rescue crews are searching for any injured.
This is a developing story.
All it takes for Evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing
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Michael Loyman