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		The Far Right in Israel to Take Over The most far-right government in Israeli history, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, is about to take power - at the end of a year, 2022, that has seen soaring levels of deadly violence. Channel 4 News December 9, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BETNqgBCjwc HAMAS Al Jazeera 15 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygn5_hBkj1s HISTORY OF HAMAS Documentary by Notes from the Past 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3qEl9TR4xU AL-AQSA FLOOD / THE ISRAEL - HAMAS WAR / THE GAZA WAR AL-AQSA FLOOD / THE ISRAEL - HAMAS WAR / THE GAZA WAR WEST BANK JERUSALEM THE TEMPLE MOUNT AL-AQSA MOSQUE The Al-Aqsa Mosque is at the centre of the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict Al Jazeera 1 Feb. 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb3v8M8dzic Israeli Police storm Al Aqsa Mosque April 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMcj1fPTQ3E Hundreds of Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa mosque complex for Jewish holidays Al Jazeera 4 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97kZGloEsdc THE GAZA STRIP The Palestinian Islamic Jihad commemorates 36th anniversary in Gaza Gaza City, Gaza Strip ASSOCIATED PRESS 4 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alMai2P2oR4 ISLAMIC JIHAD Supported by Iran Second most powerful group in Gaza FRANCE 24 November 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVp1RiCQhpg Supernova Music Festival All-night 'trance rave' dance to PsyTrance eletronic rock Celebrating the end of Sukkot In the Negev 'desert', near the Re'im Kibbutz in southern Israel, 3 miles from the Gaza border. From Trance to Terror NBC News Uploaded 16 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG3OY2Esm_0 Palestinian Militants in Gaza Launch Surprise Attack on Israel 6:30 a. m. 7 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpFsqkMHcfI Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel ' We are at war ' 7 October 2023 The Telegraph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcxVGFZWfA8 300 dead, thousands injured in Israel and Gaza after Hamas launches rockets, Israel fires back Channel 7 News New York City 7 - 8 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4yx-hGId-g How the Hamas Attack on Israel Unfolded WSJ 8 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjhMAMAPgeM Kibbutz Nir Oz Retracing the Horror of Oct. 7, 2023 ABC News November 22, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl24UkA2t-g Osama Hamadan Senior spokesperson of Hamas The Palestinian operation is a response for the Israeli attacks against the Al Aqsa Mosque Israeli settlers on Palestinian land are not considered civilians Al Jazeera 8 September 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYP4gJpQ9E4 Hezbollah in Lebanon shells Israeli radar system on border Al Jazeera 8 September 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0rvWAM4DNo Israel strikes back at Lebanon UNITED NATIONS PEACE-KEEPING FORCE Deployed along Israel - Lebanon border 8 October 2023 Retired U. S. Army General Jack Keane Fox News 8 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz_PabiBYTk People in Israeli villages fought back on 7 October Odd Video clips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TknInFJD4E Also: More of same clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL4n_KR7x3A Muslim and Bedouin IDF Fought Hamas on 7 October Israel Channel 12 News 24 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxvQAFAY4fU Captured Hamas soldier Attacked a kibbutz on 7 October Interrogation New York Post 1 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFVAOPSgwYo Captured Hamas soldiers Interrogation Uploaded 24 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53MBczT6NIE AN ISRAELI PRESS REPORT AN ISRAELI POLICE REPORT ABOUT THE 7 OCTOBER MASSACRE CONTAINS DIFFERENT FACTS An Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, on 18 November, quoted an unnamed police source, citing an investigation into the terrorist attack on the dance festival in southern Israel on 7 October. According to the police report, more than 364 people - three hundred and sixty-four - were killed at the music festival on October 7. Until mid-November, the total number of party-goers killed was believed to have been 260. The killings were committed by fighters of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. According to the police report, the terrorists did not know about the festival in advance and had not planned to attack it. According to the police, an Israeli army helicopter may have fired on the party-goers at the dance festival. According to the police, 40 were kidnapped from the festival site. Al Jazeera 18 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz-DPeX_LTE See also a newspaper article: https://www.tbsnews.net/hamas-israel-war/hamas-had-not-planned-attack-music-festival-israeli-report-says-742030 On 12 November 2023 A columnist for the New York Times reported the following: 70 percent of the persons killed in the October 7 assault were civilians. The bodies of some of those killed in Israel were taken to Gaza. At least 278 Israeli soldiers were killed in battles in Israel. According to the Israeli Police, in mid-October, at least 44 police officers died in the fighting. Among the persons killed in Israel on Oct. 7 were many foreigners and dual nationals. At least 31 U.S. citizens were killed. At least 39 French citizens were killed. At least 34 Thai nationals, who study and work on farms, were killed. Video footage of a Thai hostage and a Nepali hostage October 7, 2023 Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza Israeli Defence Force briefing The Times and the Sunday Times 20 November 2923 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ZmJIVji0k ' US Army Colonel Cedric Leighton How Hamas caught Israel off-guard CNN 8 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjFeFIG4bks Palestinians attack Israel from Gaza Israel launches strikes against Gaza Day 2 Update Channel 4 News 8 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKoP-yVTWOs Israeli Intelligence Failed The National CBC News Oct 9, 2023 Israeli intelligence did not detect Hamas' plan for the attack in the months - and days - before the attack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn11wdfAjGg The situation At least 700 Israelis killed At least 100 Israelis kidnapped Fighting in streets of North Jerusalem Israelis shelling Gaza Hezbolla shells Israel 9 News Australia 9 October https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK79VDAc2hw&t=826s Update Al Jazeera 9 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9ntQT0d5r8 Retired Col. Cedric Leighton The up-coming Israeli ground incursion in the Gaza Strip Israelis prepare for a 'complete siege' of Gaza - no electricity, food, fuel or water will be delivered to the enclave. CNN This Morning Oct 9, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy2qVAHywig Gaza under siege Israel claims it has regained control of Israeli areas attacked by Hamas Israeli planes bomb the Gaza Strip NBC News 9 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPorCV0GxCo Israeli - Lebanon border Israeli army killed gunmen who infiltrated northern Israel from Lebanon Al Jazeera Report from the village of Hamamis in southern Lebanon 9 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xALUlEYQBHA MICHAEL CLARKE Israel faces problems on two fronts - the Gaza Strip in the south and Galilee in the north Rescuing Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza Sky News 9 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k33w-EaB_mw What is Hamas? Israel-Gaza conflict BBC News Ros Atkins, BBC Editor October 9, 2023 Hamas is a Palestinian Islamist militant group which has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007 elections. It has fired thousands of rockets at Israel and conducted other deadly attacks. Israel has repeatedly attacked Hamas with air strikes. Israel and Egypt have blockaded the Gaza Strip since 2007. Hamas is designated a terrorist group by Israel, the United States, the European Union, the UK and other countries. Hamas is funded by Iran. Iran provides Hamas weapons and training. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ4ruk3KO48 Hamas History and Supporting Nations - Qatar, Turkey, Iran, Palki Sharma 8 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REWfM4gVtow UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres Statement on the situation in the Middle East UN Briefing Room 9 October 2023 United Nations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJS0BRBcds4 The Economic Times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0uEQcwGs3M Latest death toll: 900 people killed in Israel, 500 killed in Gaza. Many wounded. 50 to 150 Israelis kidnapped in Israel, taken to Gaza and held hostage. Palestinians demonstrate Manhattan New York City 9 October 2023 AFP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Uw3iPzxbs Palestinians demonstrate in Manhattan Eyewitness News New York City 9 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVyhwWlp9cQ Demonstration in support of Israel Boston Common CBS Boston 9 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eHO3ECMWyY Palestinians demonstrate Cambridge, Massachusetts WBZ Boston, CBS Boston 9 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqGfOnZDcYo Police break up Palestinian demonstration in Paris Mass rally for Israel in Paris Al Jazeera 10 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stljD8NxJ48 Demonstrations about the world Palestinians demonstrate in Sydney. Support for Palestinians in Iran, Venezuela, South Africa. Jordan, Yemen, Kuwait. Support for Israel in Kyiv and in India. Al Jazeera 10 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7ci9SqvLv0 About the Israeli military response to the Hamas attacks CNN News October 10, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCr6NkCZK9A Richard Engel NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent On the Israeli border with Gaza The death toll in the Israel - Hamas War NBC 10 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd0_dYt0_Do Preparing the Siege of Gaza Israeli army finds at least 100 bodies in an Israeli border settlement, the Be'eri kibbutz, which had a population of 400. CTV News October 10, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIqE7cGoebE DW October 10, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtQQWdTZRvM Al Jazeera October 10, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiAPc2XimBE MICHAEL CLARKE The Israeli offensive will be a tough all-infantry job, from land and sea. In the end, Hamas will be gone from Gaza. Sky News 10 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHJ60rrIxBU U. S. Gen. Wesley Clark CNN 10 October 2023 What to expect in Israeli land operation in Gaza. It will not be like the Iraqi War. Times have changed. Hamas is trained, equipped, sophisticated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z8fvTfQgUs US President Joe Biden Address to the Nation ABC News 10 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y13BbBYS2s US sending aircraft carrier group to Eastern Mediterranean National News 9 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY9D3d6l3pg USS Gerald Ford 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtiwIgR7-IY USS Gerald R. Ford Life Inside US Navy's Largest City At Sea Documentary NAVY Productions 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRzZhUvk_74 Gaza in Jewish History Henry Abramson Gaza in Jewish history Since the Bronze Age 10 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPMk5hOpyxs Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus Israeli Defence Force Israel is prepared for attacks on three fronts - Lebanon, Syria and Gaza The objective of the pending operation in the south will be to end Hamas Many Israelis are held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. There are also dual-nationals. There are Americans, Germans, French, British, Brazilians, Ukrainians and other nationalities. DW 10 October 2023 Starts at the 3:23 mark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snoy6iVME2Y Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus Briefing Israeli Defence Forces 10 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2jpLKNs7ow Inside the Gaza Strip Escaping and surviving aerial bombardment Footage by Yousef Hammash, a resident of Gaza Channel 4 News October 11, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeuNRaNGQr8 SYRIA - LEBANON Hezbollah taking pot-shots at Israel from Lebanon and Syria Rockets fired on Israeli military post or vehicle Israelis responded by shelling two Lebanese border villages Al Jazeera 10 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lJyU2XaVFU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzomVamFUoI LORD RICHARD DANNATT Former head of the Brtish Army Times Radio 11 October 2023 Iran is pulling the strings. Iran is behind Hezbollah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RecmUU9bRkw WEST BANK LOCKED DOWN Border closed since 8 October Ramallah Al Jazeera 11 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHcovS7G_aM LT. COL. JONATHAN CONRICUS IDF BRIEFING 11 October 2023 https://m.facebook.com/idfonline/videos/listen-in-as-an-idf-spokesperson-ltc-res-jonathan-conricus-provides-a-situationa/226911413471168/ MICHAEL CLARKE Israel - Hamas War The anticipated ground assault in Gaza 300,000 reservists have been mobilised Sky News October 12, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp5mwko37aM Major General Giora Eiland, IDF (Retired) On the pending invasion of Gaza by Israeli forces Times Radio 12 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRHz0dZwF2A LTG Herzi Halevi Chief of the General Staff Address to the Nation IDF 12 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEXIlVyascE The Hamas Attack Timeline - 7 October 2023 ABC News 13 October 2023 At the end of the seven-day-long Jewish festival of Sukkot at a festival site . . . https://abcnews.go.com/International/timeline-surprise-rocket-attack-hamas-israel/story?id=103816006 Why Israel was attacked The conflict in Israel involves Iran, Saudi Arabia, peace deals, arms deals, and nuclear deals. Caspian Report 13 October 2023 22:34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xjmelFwJow&t=203s Israeli music festival The NOVA electronic rock festival Anderson Cooper CNN Oct. 14, 2023 260 people were killed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0upJacn86cA Protests around the Middle East and South Asia West Bank, Istanbul, Amman, Beirut, Bagdad, Kabul, Kashmir, Dhaka . . . 13 October 2023 Global News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdRYfXEJaHs Situation tense at Al-Aqsa Mosque Jerusalem Palki Sharma Friday, 13 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcRt2qmkCCk Police erect barriers and lob tear gas Forbes Breaking News Oct 13, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPNoM8lR2uM HEZBOLLAH Hezbollah is a bigger force than Hamas Hezbollah and Iran Palki Sharma 13 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK1OKdxb-A4 Hezbollah Difference from Hamas First Post Oct. 15, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVxhIY2Pfms Tel Aviv struck by rockets fired from Gaza LT. COL. JONATHAN CONRICUS IDF NewsNation Hamas is probably keeping hostages in underground tunnels 13 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6dvWiCtYyY The leaders of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammed Deif . . . NewsNation 12 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3i_dj6vEN8 Mohammed Deif The Hamas Mastermind A leader of Hamas' terrorist wing Responsible for past attacks against Israelis Deif was behind the attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 Palki Sharma 13 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wFtc1JKE0s&t=87s Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas chief Address The people of Gaza are staying in their land. They will never leave Gaza or flee. Al Jazeera 14 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TsgINcg-ss Protests in West Bank turn violent Protesters killed Al Jazeera 14 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgAanyfU3IY Netanyahu visits Israeli troops near Gaza The invasion of Gaza is next Al Jazeera 14 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY5JGmoUnhM SEAN BELL Sky News Israeli incursions in Gaza Collecting bodies of some hostages 14 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMoHnyhpU-M Reported by the IDF on 14 October 2023 Israelis killed two senior Hamas leaders during a raid of Gaza on Friday, 13 October 2023 : 1. Merad Abu Merad / Murad Aby Murad, head of the Hamas aerial programme in Gaza Merad guided the dromes in the 7 October attack. Merad was killed by an Israeli Air Force strike in Gaza on 13 October. 2. Ali Quadhi / Qadi / Kadi, Hamas commando leader, led the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023. He infiltrated Israel by breaching the border fence and entered on a motorcycle. Kadi was killed by an Israeli drone strike in Gaza several on 13 October. Latest death tolls: More than 1,400 people - Israeli and other nationalities - were killed by militants / terrorists, identified as the military wing of Hamas, in southern Israel, on the border with Gaza, on 7 October 2023. There may have been other militant or terrorist groups with the Hamas attackers. There were also unidentified persons, apparently Palestinians, from Gaza who attacked people, looted and took hostages. More than 124 foreign nationals were killed - from the U. S., U. K., France, Germany, Thailand and other countries. According to Israeli reports later, there were victims of 42 nationalities. At least 3,000 people were injured. Some people are missing. At least 260 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed at the site of a festival, called the Supernova Festival, which featured all-night electronic rock dance music, in southern Israel. At least 1,500 Hamas attackers from Gaza were killed in Israel. Israeli commandos, on a raid of Gaza several days later, came across many bodies of Hamas fighters who died on their way back to Gaza from Israel. The Israelis collected the bodies. By the last report from the Israeli government, about 239 Israelis and other nationals were kidnapped by Hamas in Israel and taken to Gaza to be held as hostages. The most recent reports from Hamas claim about 220 hostages. The most recent reports from the U. S. government claim about 200 hostages. The U. S. government mentions 200 hostages plus ten Americans. Some hostages were paraded through Gaza in the back of flat-trucks and pick-up trucks and beaten by mobs with fists, whips, sticks and boards. Photos of dead hostages have appeared on the Internet, including one of the bloated almost naked corpse of a young woman face down on the ground beside a bench. By last report, on 19 October, 32 Americans were killed and 13 are missing. Two American hostages, a mother and daughter, were released by Hamas to the Red Cross in Gaza on 20 October. By last report, on 18 or 19 October 2023, six Canadians were killed. Two Canadians are missing. 30,000 Thais are in Israel, many work on farms. At least 29 were killed, 14 were injured and 18 were taken to Gaza as hostages. During a raid in Gaza several days later, Israeli soldiers recovered the bodies of some Israeli hostages. The hostages are spread over Gaza. Some 8,000 people in Gaza - mostly Palestinians - have been killed and many more wounded in Israeli retaliatory bombing. Among the Hamas fighters, there are Palestinians with other groups, like the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Hamas in Gaza claimed in late October that 50 hostages were killed by Israeli aerial bombardment of Gaza. Agence France-Presse List Foreign nationals killed, abducted or missing in the Hamas attack in Israel on 7 October 2023 Posted on Oct 14 2023 at 07:04 PM More than 1,400 Israelis and foreign nationals killed in Israel by Hamas attackers on 7 October 2023 (as of late October 2023). 1,900 people have been killed in Gaza in retaliatory Israeli strikes (as of late October). According to an AFP count, at least 125 foreign nationals have been confirmed dead. Many also held Israeli nationality. United States: 27 dead An unspecified number were abducted Some are missing Thailand: 24 dead, 16 hostages and 16 abducted There are approximately 30,000 Thais in Israel, most working in agriculture France: 15 dead, many missing Nepal: 10 dead Ten Nepalis were killed in Kibbutz Alumim Argentina: Seven dead, 15 missing Ukraine: Seven dead, nine missing, nine injured. Russia: Four dead, six missing At least four Russian-Israelis killed, six Russian nationals missing UK: Four dead The BBC said 17 Britons are dead or missing As of 1 Nov. 2023, 14 Britons were killed and three are missing Chile: Four dead, one missing Three Israeli-Chilean nationals killed A kibbutz resident missing Austria: Three dead, two missing Three Israeli-Austrians were killed Belarus: Three dead, one missing Canada: Three dead, four missing China: Three dead, two missing Philippines: Three dead, three missing - One killed at the music festival, two killed at a kibbutz Brazil: Three dead Peru: Two dead, three missing - Romania: Two dead, including an Israeli-Romanian soldier Australia: One dead Azerbaijan: One dead Cambodia: One Cambodian student killed Ireland: One dead A 22-year-old Irish-Israeli killed Portugal: One dead, four missing Spain: One dead, one missing Switzerland: One dead An Israeli-Swiss national killed Turkey: One dead, one missing A Turkish-Israeli citizen was killed. A Turkish national is missing Germany: Several hostages; several dual German-Israeli nationals kidnapped Mexico: Two hostages Italy: Three Israeli-Italians missing Colombia: One dead, one missing Paraguay: Two missing Sri Lanka: Two missing Tanzania: Two missing Survivor Recalls Festival Massacre David Bromberg Israeli soldier FOX 15 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uryG4c8Y0TE US NAVY CARRIER STRIKE FORCE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN As of Sun, October 15, 2023 at 1:08 AM GMT The United States sent two carrier strike groups to the Eastern Mediterranean in early October 2023. The first carrier strike group is led by the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. The force includes eight squadrons of attack and support aircraft Guided-missile cruiser - the USS Normandy Guided-missile destroyers - the USS Thomas Hudner, USS Ramage, USS Carney and USS Roosevelt The second carrier strike group is led by the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Guided-missile cruiser, the USS Philippine Sea Guided missile destroyers, USS Gavel and USS Mason Nine aircraft squadrons The USS Eisenhower is expected to remain in the eastern Mediterranean for six months. Dwight D. Eisenhower was Supreme Allied Commander in North Africa and western Europe during WW2 / 1942 - 1945 and president of the U. S. from 1953 to 1961. Gerald R. Ford was the Republican Party representative from Michigan in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1973, House Minority leader from 1965 to 1973, U. S. vice-president from 1973 to 1974 and president from 1974 to 1977. The carrier strike force is to prevent another Arab-Israeli War in the Mideast. The presence of the strike force should deter other Middle Eastern countries from attacking Israel. Israel is particularly concerned about possible attacks from Lebanon, Syria and Iran. Hamas and Hezbollah are considered fronts or proxies of Iran. USS EISENHOWER DEPLOYS Norfolk, Virginia 13 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyq-rOPo2TQ At Sea EU Military Defence 15 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsvveCSxMvc US General Wesley Clark (Ret.) CNN 15 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FHmHpe2P6o Hamas Wants Russia To Mediate Israel - Palestine Crisis Hindustan Times Oct 15, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KjFo0Xviqk Israel troops in position at the Gaza border The current situation BBC News 15 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQRFhUiMU84 MICHAEL CLARKE Times Radio 15 October 2023 Expect a big ground and sea battle in the next few hours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFzUFE9vfvE SEAN BELL How the Invasion will be Conducted Sky News 15 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaAZY2rhpoo Matt Frei Jerusalem LBC / London Broadcasting Company 15 October 2023 Where will 1.1 million evacuees go? How long will the incursion last? What next for Netanyahu? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gxZFBBg8xA The hostages are scattered about Gaza. Rescuing the hostages will be difficult. It will not be like the Entebbe Raid. Some hostages might not survive a rescue attempt. THE ENTEBBE RAID Palestinians hijacked a plane and Israeli commandos rescued the passengers Entebbe, Uganda in East Africa 27 June 1976 Two Palestinians of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) - External Operations (EO) and two Germans of the Revolutionary Cells (RZ) in Germany hijacked an Air France flight with 248 passengers en route from Tel Aviv to Paris during a stop-over in Athens. The hijackers, who boarded the plane in Athens, diverted the plane to Benghazi in Libya and then to Entebbe International Airport in Uganda. The plane was moved to an old unused airport nearby. In Uganda, the hijackers were backed by Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Other terrorists joined the hijackers in Entebbe. Amin deployed over 100 Ugandan soldiers to support the hijackers. The hijackers held the passengers hostage to force the release of 40 Palestinian and other militants imprisoned in Israel - and the release of 13 prisoners in four other countries. In the next two days, 148 non-Israeli hostages were released and flown to Paris. The 94 remaining passengers, mostly Israelis, and the 12 Air France crew members remained as hostages in Uganda. One hundred Israeli commandos were sent from Israel to Entebbe to rescue the passengers on 4 July 1976. The Entebbe Raid Codename: Operation Thunderbolt Israeli counter-terrorist mission in Uganda 4 July 1976 The commandos were to free the plane passengers held hostage by the hijackers in Entebbe and return with them to Tel Aviv. The operation was a success. All four hijackers and three other terrorists were killed. 45 Ugandan soldiers were killed. Three plane passengers were killed - two at the airport and one in a hospital. At least five commandos were wounded. One commando - the older brother of Benjamin Netanyahu - was killed. He was shot by a Ugandan soldier. The Raid on Entebbe Recalled https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI8A4k-T_SI Raid on Entebbe 1977 TV movie with Charles Bronson and Peter Finch Charles Bronson as Israeli Brigadier General Dan Shomron, planner of the commando rescue operation Stephen Macht as Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan (Yoni) Netanyahu, commando leader Peter Finch as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Tige Andrews as Israeli Defence Minister Shimon Peres Robert Loggia as Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon Jack Warden as Lieutenant General Mordechai (Motta) Gur, responsible for planning and carrying out the commando rescue operation John Saxon as Major General Benny Peled, commander of the Israeli Air Force Yaphet Kotto as Idi Amin, dictator of Uganda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaDPDFb4Bd0 Benjamin Netanyahu recalls the Raid 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZjcAeUqy7g Yoni, Hero of Entebbe Documentary film about Lt. Col. Jonathan (Yoni) Netanyahu, Commander of Israel's General Staff Reconnaissance Unit Netanyahu was killed during a commando raid to free airplane passengers (mostly Israelis) held hostage by hijackers in Entebbe, Uganda in July 1976. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjIHPXAuuBs&t=25s Idi Amin Interview 1974 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phPMSCcpb40 Israel - Gaza: Can the hostages be rescued? Episode from If You ' re Listening 11 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7eK8MO7c0Q US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN Interview 60 Minutes 15 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d403nALfQrE Overtime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhrBQtnuDII Pope Francis Calls for humanitarian corridors to relieve those under siege in Gaza St. Peter ' s Square Reuters Sunday, 15 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHGL7_Q17PU HEZBOLLAH MORE DANGEROUS THAN HAMAS Israel-based journalist Jotam Confino Times Radio 16 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TBF7kiTZpk *Americans leaving Israel* Palestinian Politician Mustafa Barghouti Palestinian legislator, leader of a political party, the Palestinian National Initiative, in the occupied West Bank Christiane Amanpour 16 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JGM3iP5Cdw The situation 16 October 2023 CBS News / CBS Morning Israel at War Israeli villages near Lebanese border evacuated Israeli invasion of Gaza will involve tough street by street, house to house fighting. Hamas fighters will be joined by other Palestinian and Arab militants in Gaza. 199 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Hamas claims 27 hostages were killed and others were wounded in Israeli bombing raids. 56 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since 7 October. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSAGhXyNuu4 OFFER TO RELEASE HOSTAGES Hamas military senior spokesman 250 or more hostages in Gaza Hamas has 200 hostages Other groups have 50 hostages Some of the 200 hostages held by Hamas are foreign nationals / not Israelis Hamas offers to release foreign nationals when Israeli aerial bombardment stops Richard Engle MSNBC 16 - 17 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9JUzmM1kKE NBC 17 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeqCjhG51OQ About the hostages Raf Sanchez NBC 16 - 17 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k28p3CTN5vs PRISONER SWAP ? Israel has 6,000 Palestinian prisoners. Hamas might offer to return their hostages for the release of the Palestinians. Yayha Sinwar A Hamas leader in Gaza critical in the Israel-Hamas war and the release of the hostages. He is also a key target of Israel. CNN October 18, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wfmV0qOQow U. S. to send 2,000 ground NON-COMBAT troops Troops will be on 24-hour stand-by US soldiers will be STATIONED IN ANOTHER COUNTRY in the region DONALD TRUMP Former President Donald Trump Clive, Iowa 17 October 2023 NBC News Bar refugees from Gaza, Syria, Somalia, Yemen or Libya from entering the U.S. ' We aren ' t bringing in anyone from or anywhere else that threatens our security. ' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cZxoAyRV3o Biden due in Israel on 17 October Richard Engel NBC 17 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj1E2eowclc Getting aid to Gaza Freeing the hostages Intensity of Israeli aerial bombing decreases Richard Engel MSNBC 17 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb1CSLgoWbo ISRAELI INVASION OF GAZA DELAYED U. S., Britain, France oppose continued Israeli bombing of Gaza and oppose an invasion and occupation of Gaza. Israeli armed forces are not ready. Many soldiers are reservists and fresh conscripts and recruits. Hamas and other groups are well-prepared, experienced, well-trained, familiar with the ground, fanatical. Hostages will not survive an invasion. BIDEN TO FLY TO THE MIDEAST Biden 's probable objectives 1. establish an humanitarian corridor to Gaza for aid 2. secure release of hostages 3. prevent spread of conflict beyond Gaza ISRAELIS BOMB HOSPITAL IN GAZA On eve of Biden's visit to the Mideast Al-Ali Arab Baptist Hospital in Gaza City Alistair Burkall Sky News 17 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kofb5qFE4LQ Biden planned for summit meetings in Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The Israelis bombed a hospital in Gaza City, killing some 500 people, on 16 October. Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia cancelled the summits. Biden flew to the Mideast anyway and arrived in Israel on 17 October. Biden met Israeli PM Netenyahu. Biden and Netanyahu blamed the Palestinians for the bombing of the hospital in Gaza City. Biden flew home the next day, 18 October 2023. Three Summits scheduled, three cancelled 1. Amman, Jordan Jordan, Palestine, Egypt and USA King of Jordan, President of Egypt, U. S. President and President of Palestine October 17, 2023 The President of Palestine cancelled his attendance after Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza, killing 500 civilians Jordan cancelled the summit meeting 2. Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, USA Summit meeting cancelled 3. Egypt Egypt, USA Summit meeting cancelled HOSPITAL BOMBING Thousands rally in Ramallah Al Jazeera 17 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEnM20Y5nYs Protesters at Israeli Embassy Amman, Jordan 17 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36MX2-E72r0 Russia and Egypt call for Urgent UN Security Council Meeting Al Jazeera 17 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YxL1qFnssE Palestinian envoy Riyad Mansour United Nations ambassadors from Arab countries Response to the hospital attack in Gaza UN headquarters New York 17 October 2023 Al Jazeera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LgR5KJIcX8 MAHMOUD ABBAS PRESIDENT OF PALESTINE STATEMENT No Nakba 17 - 18 October 2023 Al Jazeera Palestinians will not be forced from their land. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2KMqba4j7c Palestinians protest at American Embassy in Beirut 17 - 18 October 2923 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxfKMZ9XC0A Demonstrators set fire to American Embassy in Lebanon News Nation 18 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p71sn2_tmqw Protests in North Africa, Middle East, South America, USA West Bank, Teheran, Amman, Beirut, Baghdad, Tunis, Las Vegas in the USA, Bogota in Columbia 18 October 2023 Firstpost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJpI7foS_50 MICHAEL CLARKE Officials in Gaza say 471 people were killed in the aerial bombardment of a hospital in Gaza City. Sky News 18 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrwdteJhKGY Jews demonstrate in Capital Rotunda For Peace in Gaza Washington, D. C. 18 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y31YAx1zTjg Comments about Biden remarks on the hospital bombing CBS News 18 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BNV9QJXTGE The Gaza War Hospital Bombed in Gaza, Hundreds Killed Palki Sharma 18 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn5D36-PoAQ Ret. Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling The hospital bombing A look at the claims of the Israelis CNN 18 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THV_OuzC9jM Gaza hospital blast The New York Times has new evidence. The New York Times claims that the projectile in the Al Jazeera footage came from Israel. But this projectile did not cause the explosion at the hospital. The explosion in the footage was three kilometres away from the hospital. FRANCE 24 English Truth or Fake October 26, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2alBmVxri7Q&t=3s Jotam Confino Journalist in Israel Times Radio October 18, 2023 Israel is waiting for Netanyahu to admit that he failed to protect Israel and to accept responsibility for the deaths of 1400 Israelis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH4tPWBBdvI Vladimir Putin President of Russia Calls for negotiations The Sun 18 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJt9cBvlsi0 Russia offers humanitarian aid to Gaza 27 tonnes to be delivered through the Egyptian Red Crescent Society Flown from Moscow to El Arish on 19 October wheat, rice, sugar and pasta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO12EUg6-6U&t=31s UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Cairo Calls for cease-fire, release of hostages, unrestricted access to aid Comments by SULTAN BARAKAT of Qatar Aid offered to Gaza is a just token 20 trucks of medicine held up ten days at Egyptian border Al Jazeera 19 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa65EbeHsjc Aid is at the Egyptian border Foreign nationals trapped in Gaza are at the border United Nations will distribute the aid in Gaza ABC News 19 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jok0htBrxjQ&t=6s Israelis bombing Gaza Israelis to invade Gaza U. S. government warns Americans not to travel abroad Lester Holt, Richard Engel NBC 19 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjZxz4QHzjM Israelis bomb Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza Oldest church in Gaza Hundreds of Palestinians inside NBC News 19 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDaBljvB1yQ Pentagon report USS Carney, with the Carrier Strike Force led by the USS Gerald Ford, in the northern Red Sea Shoots down three Cruise missiles and several drones from Yemen heading towards Israel Drones from Iraq and Syria attack American troops October 19, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntpncAkckWw MICHAEL CLARKE Sky News 20 October 2023 USS Carney intercepted three cruise missiles launched by Houthis in Yemen at Israel More US ships going to the Red Sea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BO9v6dH7YA Hezbollah, Hamas and other groups in Lebanon exchanging frequent fire with Israel Most intense in twenty years 19 October 2023 CNN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG8UShiEHYo Mosab Hassan Yousef The son of a Hamas leader, he turned against Hamas FOX News 19 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMCC2ihCowg Israel Recalls Diplomats from Turkey, Jordan, Bahrain and Morocco. Israel closed embassies in Turkey, Jordan, Bahrain and Morocco and has recalled diplomatic staff. 20 October 2023 Antonio Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations Press conference Egypt-Gaza border / Rafah Crossing Sky News 20 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpX-0evUQKY More than 100 lorries waiting at the border to enter Gaza BBC News 20 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IXfRrpMogo Aid to Gaza. Soon, but when ? UN Sec. Gen. visit to Rafah Israeli bombing of Gaza continues Israeli invasion of Gaza expected Israel may face two-front war The Israel military has ordered the evacuation of Kiryat Shmona, a big town in northern Israel. Aid for Gaza Strip still held up at the border DW News 20 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpvf6WSVit8 Two hostages were released by Hamas. A mother, Judith Tai Raanan, age 59, and her daughter, Natalie Shoshana Raanan, age 17. Both are Americans. Both are dual-citizens, with American and Israeli citizenship. They are from Evanston, Illinois. Hamas released them for humanitarian reasons. Hamas handed the mother and daughter to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza on 20 October. The ICRC accompanied them to the Israeli border where they were met by the Israeli military. The Israeli military took them to a military base in central Israel. American embassy officials met them at the base. The mother and daughter were kept a fortnight by Hamas underground, below Gaza. Canadian Broadcasting Company / CBC Two hostages are back in Israel But lorries with aid are still held up at the border https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-pgH96hZd0 CBS News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywSrY9fuih8 NBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flNqmsagxbg Anthony Blinken U. S. Sec. of State 20 October 2023 Two hostages released. Both are American. 10 Americans still held hostage in Gaza Announcement C-SPAN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQeGOhvQ4fk Q and A Sky News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-nDitB12jY BBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm31arjjZBM MSNBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUwFPR-pc2I How it happened Qatar government, Hamas, ICRC, Israeli army . . . Blinken: HAMAS = ISIS Israeli army: Invasion will go ahead, whatever else PBS NewsHour 20 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGcpE9kul0c DANIEL HAGARI IDF SPOKESMAN 20 October 2023 Forbes Breaking News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy26kB1Yfd0 Sky News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkX1zhk7e40 Rafah Crossing opens 20 lorries with and enter Gaza from Egypt A drop in the bucket First convoy of 20 lorries run by the Red Crecent 21 October 2023 NBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PVzWHcJR8A António Guterres, UN secretary general A summit in Cairo Calls for continued humanitarian aid to Gaza, release of hostages, a stop to the spread of violence, and a cease-fire. 21 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCAz8MKvkU RAFAH CROSSING MUST REOPEN 20 lorries crossed Rafah into Gaza 200 more lorries wait at Rafah to cross At least 700 Americans are stuck in Gaza Many Americans and other foreign nationals are at the Rafah border crossing, waiting to leave Gaza for Egypt ABC News 21 October 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXyH0fr67s8 World Food Programme director calls for more food aid to Gaza. Sky News October 21, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgV234xJVes Gaza government: At least 4,385 people in Gaza have been killed since 7 October. Including 1,756 children. In mid-October, the Israelis ordered all residents of northern Gaza to evacuate to the south. Israelis bombed a convoy of Palestinians heading south, killing at least 70 people. Israelis claimed the convoy was bombed by Palestinians. Israelis ordered hospitals in northern Gaza to evacuate. Israelis bombed a hospital in Gaza City, killing almost 500 people, and blamed the Palestinians. Israelis bombed a church, with hundreds of people inside. Israelis bombed the Egyptian border crossing. Israel stopped bombing Gaza - between noon and the late evening of 20 October. During that time, two American hostages were released. After the release of the hostages, the Israelis resumed their bombing of Gaza, and bombed an apartment building. The Israelis bombed hospitals, mosques and churches. King Abdullah of Jordan Cairo Peace Conference Al Jazeera 21 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mGz7McMCTo Cairo Peace Summit Addresses Saudi Arabia Egypt Turkey 21 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yofscPyCYoE MUCH AID REQUIRED Since the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October, civilians in Gaza have had to suffer Israeli retaliation - a full blockade and frequent aerial bombardment. One-half-million people require urgent aid from the United Nations. The first convoy of humanitarian aid trucks from Egypt was allowed into Gaza by the Israelis on Saturday, 21 October. 20 trucks with food, medicine and water drove into Gaza. No gas / fuel, which is required to run hospitals, is allowed by the Israeli military. The United Nations requests a second convoy of trucks for Sunday, 22 October. CBS Evening News 22 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWRssiL2p1I National March for Palestine 100,000 people march in central London Marches in Madrid, Milan, Germany, 22 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBTPWS71ir0 SECOND CONVOY GOES IN 17 TRUCKS Much more aide is needed Sky News 22 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkd5yauiIWQ In normal times, Gaza receives 500 trucks of supplies daily, fuel is delivered, clean potable water is piped into Gaza, electricity is connected. Israel launches air strike against Palestinians in West Bank Jenin Face the Nation 22 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnkYHeghez0 Palestinians hold funeral for victims of bombing of mosque in Jenin NEWS9 Live 22 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPJXvZo5mJw Israeli bombing raids kill 200 Palestinians in Gaza overnight Gaza Reuters 22 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9zBNuNKxsk U. S. Ambassador David Satterfield Newly-appointed Special Envoy for Middle East Humanitarian Issues On humanitarian aid and fuel for Gaza MSNBC 22 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ag4Yu6kJp8 Retired US Major Gen. James Marks Israeli strategy for a ground incursion into Gaza CNN 22 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3bTGgCfNyI Pope Francis Calls for an end to the Israel-Gaza war Calls for humanitarian corridors Calls for the release of hostages Expresses sadness at the aerial bombing of the Anglican-run Al-Ahli hospital bombing in Gaza, which killed 471 Palestinians Expresses sadness at the aerial bombing of Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church in Gaza, which killed 18 Angelus prayer Saint Peter ' s Square Rome Middle East Eye Oct 22, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRmV8hEaubQ Pope Francis calls President Biden Discussed Israel and Gaza, Biden's trip to Israel and the need for peace in the Middle East. ROME REPORTS in English October 23, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k26wbbSxQLk Hamas has 222 hostages in Gaza Israeli 24-hour bombing kills 400 Palestinians overnight Sky News 23 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu2u7t7Os3I 308 Israeli soldiers killed after the massacre of Saturday, 7 October Israelis conduct intensive bombing of the south of Gaza overnight on 22 and 23 October 14 aid trucks cross Rafah border on Monday, 23 October 4,741 Palestinians killed since 7 October BBC 23 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0w_ZywxQuQ Israeli Admiral Daniel Hagari Israeli tank and infantry raids into Gaza Times Radio 23 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BsXhvHTKu0 Israeli ground offensive may be delayed Overnight Israeli aerial bombardment the most intense of the war Richard Engel in Kiryat Shmona NBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mfwZVp2ORs Israel violating human rights and committing war crimes Sari Bashi, programme director at Human Rights Watch Israeli refusal to allow aid into Gaza Strip is a war crime. Civilians have been targeted and basic rules about protecting civilians are flouted Al Jazeera October 23, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUBju416kz4 MICHAEL CLARKE The U. S. Strike Force in the Middle East The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is now in the Persian Gulf. There will be three U. S. strike forces: The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike group is in the Mediterranean, off the Egyptian coast; The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is in the Persian Gulf; Another strike force is in the Red Sea. There are - or will be - 8,000 troops. Sky News 23 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viecpgh7LkQ Hamas handbook on hostages 6-page military field manual Times Radio 23 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BsXhvHTKu0 The situation in Gaza Mid-day, 23 October 2023 Israeli army conducting night raids into Gaza BBC News 23 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiyC3NzwI7s THIRD CONVOY OF 20 AID TRUCKS ENTERS ISRAEL Monday, 23 October 2023 CBS News 23 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKWCGR7Kz94 TWO ISRAELI HOSTAGES RELEASED BY HAMAS Two elderly women Richard Engel, Lester Holt NBC News 23 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJVhtH_bALc TWO MORE HOSTAGES RELEASED BY HAMAS October 23, 2023 Two elderly Israeli women, ages 79 and 85 Nurit Yitzhak Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz NBC 23 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K3pMdZ81vo Two elderly Israeli women released by Hamas are now with the Red Cross Many foreign nationals trying to leave Palestine 500 to 600 Palestinian-Americans stuck in Gaza Ines de La Cuetara ABC News 23 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDpZF408W5s TWO HOSTAGES RELEASED Two elderly Israeli women released by Hamas to the Red Cross are on their way to the Rafah crossing Egypt, Qatar and the US are trying to arrange the release of 50 foreign nationals held by Hamas FRANCE 24 English 23 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbxI_X1Tqb8 Two elderly wives released without their husbands The husbands still hostages of Hamas ABC News / World News Tonight 24 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P7wSS329jE Elderly hostage freed Talks to press Hamas took good care of the hostages 23 / 24 October 2023 Al Jazeera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxI_C5S6dvw Freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz, age 85 Separated from husband after kidnapping, Hamas gave Israeli kibbutzim warning for three weeks before the attack on 7 October, well-treated by Hamas Democracy Now 24 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzGd92axe_o&t=22s CBS News 24 Oct. 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KhLpXjLP58 The Deadliest Day 23 October 2023 was the deadliest day in Gaza in the war. 700 killed by airstrikes, many more injured. 6000 people in Gaza killed since 7 October. Deadliest single day for Gaza since start of Israel conflict - 700 people killed Freed hostage says she went through hell - one of her captors beat her with a stick The politics to the release of the two Hamas hostages We should not provide the arms [to Israel] to enable a catastrophe, says former US official 'A ceasefire would make the process of releasing hostages safer', says negotiator Channel 4 News 24 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxI_C5S6dvw Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) AOC condemns Hamas attacks on Israel and Israeli air strikes on Gaza War crimes committed by Hamas do not justify war crimes committed by Israel. MS NBC 24 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5VNcoK9PWg United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Calls for a cease-fire United Nations, New York 24 October 2023 NBC News 24 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE4FXNDAxG8 PBS NewsHour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuCzfdDm3JY United Nations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKSQMYsQEg4 About the statement by UN Sec. Gen. FRANCE 24 24 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-oAD9Z4qpQ Tamara Al-Rifai UNWRA UN agency in Gaza warns its operations will end without more fuel BBC News 24 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xslg6RFtA3g&t=4s United Nations Press Conference 24 October 2023 The situation in the Middle East Sameh Showery, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt; Riyad al-Maliki, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian National Authority; Ayman Safadi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan; Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia; Ahmed Aboul Ghent, Secretary-General of the Arab League United Nations 24 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy3zuWudfoc U. N. Security Council Quarterly meeting on the Mideast Resolutions FRANCE 24 24 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzCcOv2Jyec António Guterres UN Secretary-General Address to the UN Security Council Calls for immediate humanitarian cease-fire 24 October 2023 SABC 24 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeq_eLBu6gM Antonio Guterres, U. N. Sec. Gen., criticized the Israeli bombardment of Gaza and called for an end of Israeli punishment of the Palestinian people. Israeli ambassador to the UN called on Guterres to resign. DW News 24 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLgS7tZo4Jk MICHAEL CLARKE Hamas and the ICRC agreed to the release of 50 hostages with dual nationality but the plan fell through, so two elderly Israeli women were released 100 Palestinians in the West Bank killed Sky News 24 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Imma4sZBu8 EIGHT LORRIES OF AID ENTERED GAZA TODAY / TONIGHT, 24 OCTOBER 2023 BBC News 24 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt2AHt9EcvE QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN Interview with Christian Amanpour Arab News 24 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7ZCMd3sr60 U. S. and Israeli officials oppose a ceasefire Richard Engel NBC News 25 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajc7MxBXKlg Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey, cancels visit to Israel Cites inhumane war waged by Israel against Palestinians FRANCE 24 25 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1jn2QYWwX0 More than 6,500 Palestinian civilians killed in the Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023 More than 17,500 Palestinians injured Hospital bombed Home of Al Jazeera correspondent bombed Francesca Albanese Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. Press conference U. N. NYC 25 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7NiPqSU2sk Sir Mark Lyall Grant, former British national security advisor Ground invasion by Israel is 'inevitable' Sky News 25 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz2r8hqQ55s&t=146s UNITED NATIONS REJECTS U. S. RESOLUTION U. N. SECURITY COUNCIL 25 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALrbJrSZpjE Israel is delaying its ground offensive to free more hostages ABC News Oct. 26, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZOar7Ztvbo ISRAEL IS CONDUCTING A FULL-DAY RAID IN THE NORTH OF GAZA PLANES, TANKS AND TROOPS LEVELING NEIGHBOURHOODS INHABITANTS ARE WITHOUT FUEL, WATER, FOOD, ELECTRICITY, MEDICAL CARE 26 October 2023 INHABITANTS HAVE EVACUATED BOTH SIDES OF ISRAELI-LEBANESE BORDER BOTH SIDES EXCHANGING ARTILLERY FIRE DAILY United Nations General Assembly Emergency session Riyad Mansour, Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations Addresses UN General Assembly 26 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CLE-57KP-c Israel launches all-night raid into Gaza Tanks, troops, bulldozers 7,000-plus Palestinians killed 222 hostages Sky News Australia 26 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ogplEI_EsE SEAN BELL Second ground incursion by Israel in north Gaza First incursion was in Khan Younis Sky News 26 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcSdMdiorfQ BERNIE SANDERS U. S. Senator from Vermont (Dem.) U. S. Senate 26 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWkN-F3Y91Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqACaFi1oU EGYPT, JORDAN, SAUDI ARABIA and QATAR CALL FOR CEASE-FIRE 26 OCTOBER 2023 E. U. calls for humanitarian corridors and pauses Allow for aid deliveries. European Union summit Brussels 26 October 2023 DW News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7b9ZJUCmNc IRAN WAS BEHIND THE HAMAS ATTACK ON ISRAEL ON 7 OCTOBER IRAN INTENDED TO STOP SAUDI ARABIAN PLAN TO NORMALISE TIES WITH ISRAEL CBS News 26 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzRfSpyHtjY IRAN WARNS THE U. S. 'STOP THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA' UNITED NATIONS NYC 26 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pbwRLbgUHM 50 HOSTAGES KILLED BY ISRAELI BOMBING Israeli overnight raid into northern Gaza 26 - 27 October 2023 CBS Evening News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrNOlLfMNb4&t=9s U. S. joins the war U. S. strikes two facilities in Syria F-16s and F-15s Sky News 26 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II3fZAL-1z8 MICHAEL CLARKE The US launched F-16 airstrikes on two sites in eastern Syria USS Eisenhower Strike Group will station in the Persian Gulf off Iran Sky News October 27, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYd2vk2_6g0 U. S. Fighter Jets Strike Iran bases in Syria Palki Sharma 27 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoENlZXsGQg Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh Interview Al Jazeera Gaza is governed by Hamas. The West Bank, which is occupied by Israel, is governed by the Palestinian Authority, led by Fatah. Hamas and Fatah want an independent Palestinian state. Can Fatah and Hamas put aside their differences and join forces? 27 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7dMWQIblFk Emergency UN General Assembly session to vote of Gaza ceasefire on Friday, 27 October TRT World 27 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FaAQ_buMss The conflict in Gaza could lead to a regional war The current situation in the Mideast described over animated maps Caspian Report 27 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBH3nMNKtaQ 45 per cent of homes in Gaza damaged or destroyed No water, no bread, no fuel, no electricity . . . DW News 27 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2RG_r0iS1w Biggest Israeli bombing attack of the war Biggest Israeli ground incursion to date General Lord Dannatt, former British Army Chief Hamas have been 'preparing for years' for an Israeli invasion. 200 hostages are in Hamas tunnels under Gaza Sky News 27 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2z0aDUj2BQ RICHARD ENGEL Israel intensifies strikes in Gaza Israel Defense Forces / IDF launches more ground operations into Gaza NBC News 27 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y48z2VviClg FOREIGN MINISTER OF JORDAN ISRAEL HAS LAUNCHED ITS GROUND INVASION OF GAZA 27 October 2023 *ISRAEL PREPARED INVASION WITH THE U. S.* UN General Assembly Approves resolution seeking immediate 'humanitarian truce' in Gaza Agence France Press / AFP UNO, NYC 27 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuZ9i5K0Vq8&t=951s The National News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sipz6fun-OU Arab Group On the adoption of the Gaza resolution by the U. N. General Assembly United Nations 27 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuZ9i5K0Vq8&t=951s ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCE: 'The next incursion, the tanks stay.' 27 October 2023 HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE STOPPED Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey Calls on Israel to 'immediately stop this madness' and end its bombing of Gaza. A rally in Istanbul in support of Palestinians was the largest global demonstration since the start of the Israeli war against Gaza. DW News 28 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7bCfAtg3Yg NETANYAHU IS UNPOPULAR Jotam Confino, Foreign editor of Jewish News in Tel Aviv Netanyahu is unpopular. People are furious with his refusal to accept responsibility for the failure to protect Israelis. People do not trust the Netanyahu government. Times Radio 28 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4cJPXBhfAw LTG Herzi Halevi Operational Update Israeli ground troops are in Gaza IDF 28 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1QkcHOObgk Elon Musk and Alexandria Ocasio Cortes In Gaza, there is no electricity, no telephone, no radio, no Internet . . . AOC complained (posted) about the Israeli black-out of Gaza. In response (post), Elon Musk offered his Starlink to Gaza. 27 - 28 October 2923 Protests, demonstrations for Gaza Toronto 28 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh1URa4vZXM Brooklyn, NYC 28 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsCO427wpDU Grand Central Station, NYC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P86TXVuOYJ4 DONALD TRUMP Republican Jewish Coalition Leadership Summit Las Vegas 28 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIYOT0NNN3w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuxgeQfHezc SEAN BELL Israel steps up ground operations Sky News Oct 28, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26oJBOgSQXQ&t=123s Hamas leaders are not using Al-Shifa hospital for cover Times Radio 29 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I60m6jxP1MM THAI FOREIGN MINISTRY URGES ALL THAIS IN ISRAEL TO RETURN TO THAILAND 28 October 2023 Thailand had the highest number of foreign nationals killed by Hamas on 7 October. 32 Thais were killed by Hamas on 7 October. The bodies of 8 of the 32 Thais killed on 7 October were returned to Thailand on 27 October. Some bodies were returned earlier. At least 18 Thais were injured on 7 October. 19 Thais are held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. According to Thai negotiators in Iran, the hostages are safe. 54 Thai hostages in Gaza as of 28 October. The Thai Foreign Ministry urged all Thais to return home after Israel's recent decision to invade Gaza. 30,000 Thais work in Israel, mostly in agriculture. According to one source, 4,000 Thais have returned to Thailand since 7 October. According to another source, 6,765 Thais, out of 8,478 who applied for repatriation, have returned home. There are 78 Thai agricultural students in Israel. 7 have returned to Thailand. The rest will return to Thailand on 30 October. 534 Thai workers are to return from Israel on 28, 29 and 30 October. By air from Israel to Thailand. Many Thais are still in Israel. DW News 54 Thais are hostages of Hamas in Gaza 28 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qxY2fjvGhE Palestinians break into Gaza UN aid warehouses Death toll in Gaza tops 8,000 Al Jazeera 29 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf1FLAi0vKY UN Secretary-General António Guterres On the Israel-Palestine Crisis Statement to the Press in Kathmandu, Nepal Guterres insists on the 'immediate and unconditional release of all the hostages in Gaza.' 'I regret that instead of a critically needed humanitarian pause supported by the international community, Israel has intensified its military operations.' Guterres said the number of civilians who have been killed and injured is 'totally unacceptable.' 'There is no justification, ever, for the killing, injuring and abduction of civilians.' Ten Napalis were killed by Hamas on 7 October. One is missing. United Nations 29 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO5A90Wo4ao SEAN BELL Hostages at risk as Israel proceeds with its ground offensive in Gaza Sky News 29 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rRRwpUReBA HAMAS AND NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT CAN BE TRIED AS WAR CRIMINALS Norweigan doctor in Gaza states that Hamas does NOT use hospitals for military purposes as Israel claims. Geoffrey Robertson, a former United Nations War Crimes judge, says Hamas and Netanyahu government can be tried by the ICC as war criminals. Al Jazeera 29 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_MoABonR1c Only 80 aid trucks have been allowed into Gaza in the past week. Gaza required 500 truck per day. BBC News 29 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWLzkdc-9P8 RICHARD ENGEL NBC News Israelis have invaded Gaza. Attacking at two points - in the north and at the centre. Troops going in are staying. Concern for hostages. 28 / 29 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOag7sJ4Uwo Josh Paul Formerly with the U. S. Department of State U. S. should not provide military support to Israel for its siege of Gaza Lucrative arms deals - $200 Billion - with the U. S. have made Israel a top exporter / re-exporter of arms in the world Times Radio 29 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA-_dMhQs_A IDF: Hamas has 239 hostages 29 October 2923 14,000 shelter in one hospital in Gaza Israelis order evacuation of hospitals Sky News / Diana Magnay reporting 29 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjxN38frai4 Gaza bombardment Israel striking near al-Quds Hospital 12,000 sheltering in the hospital Al Jazeera 29 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Klso0n2NA Pope Francis Calls for cease-fires between Israel and Hamas Calls for Hamas militants in Gaza to release hostages Weekly blessing in St. Peter ' s Square Global News October 29, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3_nCuSGx-I WEST BANK, AL-AQSA MOSQUE, AL-AQSA FLOOD, SUPERNOVA MUSIC FESTIVAL Why was Israel not prepared for the Hamas attack on 7 October? Many warnings before the attack were not acted upon by Netanyahu. Netanyahu was interested in Israeli settlements on the West Bank. Episode 2 of the series If You're Listening ABC News In-depth / Australia 29 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ4x0gAzJx4 RICHARD ENGEL Street-to-street fighting in Gaza NBC News Report 30 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bXQZHmVq7g Anti-Israeli mob storms airport in Southern Russia looking for Israeli passengers CBS News 29 - 30 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x69BCyncJhQ Mob searching for Jews Dagestan 29 - 30 October 2023 Plane from Israel lands in Dagestan, a riot follows The Telegraph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLp-_S1UiSM Al Jazeera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_9UMBrnhI0 Radio Free Europe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWuNGTHOQWQ Daily Mail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XceMFCUhJbM SEAN BELL Air and artillery strikes Troops fighting in the city Sky News 30 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJXpMpSQWqA Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel Public Statement No cease-fire. Sky News 30 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbBzHICbLA8 IDF: 239 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza One hostage confirmed dead One hostage freed by Israeli soldiers The family of a woman with German and Israeli citizenship who was kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October have received a sliver of her skull. DNA analysis confirmed it was hers. One female Israeli soldier, taken hostage on 7 October, was freed by Israeli soldiers. Thus far, five women taken hostage have been freed. Four were released by Hamas. One was freed by Israeli soldiers. No men have been released. Israeli female soldier freed RIGHARD ENGEL, Lester Holt NBC News October 30, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm1by_drFRo SHANI LOUK A 22-year-old woman with German and Israeli citizenship, Shani Louk, was kidnapped / killed by Hamas during the attack at or near the festival site. In the last message to her family, Shani said she was in a car with other festival goers and on the road, trying to escape the attack. Her motionless almost-naked body was driven to Gaza in the back of a pick-up truck. Her head was entirely covered. Her right leg was contorted in an unnatural position. She appeared to be dead or unconscious. One Hamas fighter held a chain that wound around her neck. Her body was paraded about Gaza in the back of the pick-up. Locals gathered about when it stopped. A young man spat on her. Shani was last reported to be in critical condition with a serious head wound in a Gaza hospital. Her credit card was last used at an ATM machine beside a hospital in Gaza. In late October, her family received a piece of a skull that was identified by DNA analysis as hers. Indications are that Shani Louk was fatally wounded by Hamas gunman. Amit Louk Brother of Shani Louk Sky News 31 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nd8dKxs0EE ISAAC HERZOG, ISRAELI PRESIDENT CONFIRMS GERMAN-ISRAELI HOSTAGE DEAD New York Post 30 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Ax1Spks1w Nissim Louk Father of Shani Louk Sky News Australia 8 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jou72aCt2Q SHANI LOUK German-Israeli, 23 Killed by gunmen at the music festival site in Israel on 7 October 2023 Louk's bloated corpse was driven to Gaza in the back of a pick-up truck Israeli tank fires on civilian car in Gaza 30 October 2023 The Telegraph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-NMtPP9lMQ Sky News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpoMznHaAVI RICHARD ENGEL Netanyahu ' s political career in trouble NBC News 31 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYUx5FwxLIA PROTESTERS STOP SENATE HEARING WASHINGTON, D. C. Cease Fire Now Genocide in Gaza CNN 31 October 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm-Ag7iMJnM United Nations General Assembly Tenth emergency special session (resumed), 42nd plenary meeting Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Item 5). Continuation of the debate on the item. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Interview Q. Is a broader regional war involving Iran-allied groups possible? Q. What about Iranian weapons and support for Hamas? NPR October 30, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru7uSvrOGac IDF BOMBS JABALIA REFUGEE CAMP MICHAEL CLARKE About the bombing of the Jabalia refugee camp Sky News 1 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVPNKlQDS2s&t=47s Repeated Israeli airstrikes hit Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza Three nights of bombing, 31 October . . . Hundreds killed Global News 1 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg_W4Dq3zgc Bombed again Third time 2 November 2023 Al Jazeera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjmD7we5edw Ehud Olmert Former Prime Minister of Israel 2006 - 2009 Interview ABC News In-depth / Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_yJDNHqiLc Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Interview by Christian Amanpour CNN 1 November 2023 https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2023/10/31/ehud-olmert-amanpour-israel-gaza-conflict.cnn 59 lorries with water, food and medicines entered Gaza on 31 October 23023 - the largest convoy of aid so far. In total, 217 lorries have entered Gaza so far. Before 7 October, Gaza receive around 500 of lorries of necessary supplies every day. Rafah Crossing Opens First time since 7 October Travel from Gaza to Egypt Associated Press 1 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sc9ARh5Q4w News9 Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ca3bpBcKIo Bernie Sanders Senator from Vermont (Dem.) U. S. Senate 1 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQJxNBOOGHw Kiryat Shimona Under rocket attack Interview with Elias Hanna, retired Lebanese General Al Jazeera 2 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jssjjBG9oAw Israeli bombing continues 9,000 civilians in Gaza killed since 7 October Some Hamas hostages have been killed by the bombing Some Americans have been able to leave Gaza but most are still there ABC News 2 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byHa4SNW6KA BLINKEN FLYING TO JORDAN Andrews AFB, Washington, D. C. 2 November 2023 U. S. Sec. of State Anthony Blinken Trip has three goals 1. Prevent a recurrence of the war, prevent spread of conflict, protect Palestinian civilians 2. Get humanitarian assistance into Gaza and get American and other nationals out of Gaza, secure release of hostages held by Hamas 3. Set conditions for a lasting peace, for two states Replies to the press before boarding plane: Civilians must be protected Prevent escalation / spread of the conflict The Independent 2 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYiCOzX9MDQ Ha, ha! Jes' Kiddin' BLINKEN BACKTRACKS Blinken meets Israeli President Herzog Global News / Canada 2 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a41DC7m6AQ IDF bombs convoy heading south in Gaza Many killed November 3, 2023 November 3, 2023 Netanyahu: Israel will cease fire if Hamas releases all hostages No temporary pause in the attack on Gaza before all of the hostages are released The Times, The Sunday Times 3 Nov. 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSvclbFX87c Palestinians in the West Bank protest in solidarity with Gaza residents Protests in Hebron and Ramallah Burials in Jenin 3 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVH-h8t3hs4 Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah leader Speech With vocal translation in English Lebanon 3 November 2023 Al Jazeera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsvgLuIaDgs Calls for oil embargo on Israel, end of shipments of essential goods to Israel SEAN BELL Comments The first speech given by Hassan Nasrallah since the outbreak of the war. Hezbollah has many drones. Drones flown by Israelis over Gaza are searching for hostages held by Hamas. By assisting Israelis to operate a surveillance system in Gaza, the U. S. is now involved in the conflict. Sky News 3 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAM6Fk8OP3c Comments on the speech of Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah DW News 3 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BshOoXXUgDs U. S. is flying MQ-9 reaper drones over Gaza Locate hostages WION 3 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEvSZHmDVq4 WION 3 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY8Vq-OOGg4 US and Israeli fighter jets over Gaza The United States and Israel are deploying their advanced fighter jets - F-35s, F-22s, F-16s, and F-15s - against targets in the Gaza Strip Daily Military News 2 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRN7Vgwji_c Netanyahu and Blinken warn Iran US suspends Congressional travel to Israel Rocket attack on Kiryat Shimona Hezbollah and Hamas in Lebanon are taking shots at northern Israel The possibilities of a regional war Street by street fighting in Gaza CBS News correspondent Charlie D'Agata 3 - 4 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZEB-vEdE3k Palestinian Rallies Washington, D. C. 4 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-yVrG94Cb0&t=16s Rallies in Paris, London, San Francsico, Toronto Toronto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqvxnC44A2Y Trafalgar Square, London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVMXrB2Esgo Dusseldorf, Germany https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlJ2tcuTzS8 Palestinians block ship with arms for Israel in the port of Oakland, California https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Ke8OCotwU Istanbul, Amman, Yemen, Bangladesh, India, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVkh6g9NwSU US Secretary of State Antony Blinken: The Palestinian Authority should play a central role in Gaza Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas: The Palestinian Authority will return to the Gaza Strip if the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is resolved. Al Jazeera 5 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVV_yE37Zts Pro-Palestinian Demonstration outside the White House Washington, D. C. 5 November 2023 ABC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAMHqfjN75I Forbes Breaking News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-yVrG94Cb0 ABC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7yhojaviu4 Al Jazeera 4 - 5 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPxBHVLWH3w 10,000 civilians killed in Gaza by the Israelis since 7 October. 40 per cent were children. 88 members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) killed by the Israeli aerial bombardment of Gaza as of 6 November. In late October, Hamas announced that 50 hostages were killed by Israeli bombing of Gaza. On 5 November, Hamas announced that more than 60 hostages were missing after Israeli aerial bombing of Gaza. The bodies of 23 of the 60 missing hostages are under rubble. EXODUS TENS OF THOUSANDS FLEE NORTHERN GAZA Israel opens a 'safe' corridor for civilian passage from north to south Gaza Corridor open for several hours 5 November 2023 António Guterres United Nations Secretary-General Demands immediate cease fire 88 members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) killed by the Israeli aerial bombardment of Gaza UNI, NYC 6 November 2023 Al Jazeera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SogrZVz7TB8 United Nations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL2o0vrGo2A SEAN BELL Israeli army surrounds Gaza City, divides Gaza Strip in half - north and south, reaches Mediterranean coast Sky News 6 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs_w_nWVZX8 Israelis hitting tunnels in Gaza with bunker-buster bombs Hamas ambush Israeli tanks and troops with advanced RPGs Fox News 6 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klmAWPj73yE Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Interview 6 November 2023 ABC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TbC_i0rlmM Blinken meets Abbas West Bank 5 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYMYA7nPPME Palestinians Protest Visit by Blinken Ramallah West Bank 6 November 2023 Forbes Breaking News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZasLU4jmjE Pro-Palestinian crowds try to storm air base housing U. S. troops in Turkey NBC News 6 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nKYHl1gu_U THE DRUZE The Druze population protects the border of northern Israel. The Druze of Hurfeish refuse to leave their homes. They defend their community - and also Israel. i24NEWS English November 6, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdmS9HNq7kA Lt. Col. Salman Habaka Druze who fought and died for Israel Killed in battle in Gaza Nov. 7, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIA4oEPampA American nurse in Gaza Emily Callahan is a nurse with Doctors Without Borders. Emily went to Gaza in August. She was evacuated in October to an overcrowded refugee camp and rescued by Doctors Without Borders in early November. Interview by Anderson Cooper CNN Newsource 7 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eg96tVRNOc Article: https://www.yahoo.com/news/american-nurse-describes-searing-experience-215801304.html Palestinians have the right to demonstrate in London on Remembrance / Armistice Weekend Lord Nicholas Soames Grandson of Winston Churchill Former MP and Minister 7 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTmTA6H9oOQ Mohammad Shtayyeh Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority There must be an immediate ceasefire in Gaza Israel's goal of eliminating Hamas is unobtainable A comprehensive solution to the Israeli - Palestinian conflict is required International intervention is required to pressure Israel General elections must be held for all Palestinians FRANCE 24 November 9, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NMpDENyvW8 Anwar Ibrahim Malaysian Prime Minister Malayasia will maintain ties with Hamas. Criticizes proposed bill in U. S. Congress to sanction nations in contact with Hamas Kini TV 7 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Z5VRwLXFc Civilians flee Gaza City, head south CNN 8 / 9 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N5Vu_28aNw Associated Press 8 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHUAw4OBUCs TRT 8 / 9 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJPdvriY7Lg CBC 8 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWivWLnUMBQ 60,000 civilians flee south on 8 November At least two 'safe' / 'civilian' corridors are open from Gaza City to the south of the Gaza Strip The corridors are open several hours daily - 'four-hour pauses'. The pauses can be used to release hostages CBC News / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 9 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GMKnj3Zalg MANY UNITED NATIONS STAFF KILLED 99 United Nations employees killed in Gaza since 7 October 101 dead as of 13 November Highest number of UN staff killed in any conflict since the creation of the UN in 1945 UN flags at half-mast Al Jazeera 13 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U52Q2GI2Qak GAZA 10,812 DEATHS On 10 November 2023, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported that at least 10,812 people, including 4,412 children, have been killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023. On 10 November, Al Jazeera reported 11,078 people killed, according to 'Palestinian authorities'. WEST BANK 178 Palestinian civilians killed since 7 October. ISRAEL 1,200 killed on 7 October On 10 November, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced that the death toll from an attack by Hamas on October 7 was revised from the previous estimate of 1,400 to approximately 1,200 people. 200 unidentified bodies are now believed to have been Hamas fighters. Saladin Street, a 'safe corridor', is unsafe Fleeing Gaza residents submitted to Israeli fire Palestinian residents of Gaza fleeing south on a 'safe corridor' during a 'four-hour-pause' are submitted to heavy aerial bombardment and tank fire by Israelis, and the theft of their belongings at the end. Al Jazeera 10 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_wrcYr-WF4 See also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CScQ3tmb48s MICHAEL CLARKE Fighting and explosions about several hospitals in Gaza Artillery duel on the Lebanese border 'Unrest' in the West Benk Fighting in Syria and Iraq Sky News 10 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdKWYXJgFaA SUMMIT IN SAUDI ARABIA ON THE GAZA WAR An emergency summit in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh. The summit merges the scheduled Arab League summit with the scheduled Organisation of Islamic Cooperation meeting. 57 Arab and Muslim leaders will make a unified call for an end to the Israel-Gaza war. BBC 11 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFmkYheXQb8 CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE Marwan Bishara of Al Jazeera Riyadh summit calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza The 57 leaders are united in their declaration Comments about applying pressure on the US and Israel, the attendance of the Iranian President in Riyadh, and Arab unity Al Jazeera 11 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep45fZ_oC40 Hundreds of thousands march for a free Palestine in London From Hyde Prk to the U. S. Embassy Saturday, 11 November 2023 The march was peaceful and orderly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1yC9Ib4wPQ Al Jazeera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izcARmpvVOU ABC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOuUIfwNc0I Big demonstration in Cape Town, South Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pbYJPHz5Yc New York City 10 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOCmifitZus ISRAEL BOMBING AND SHOOTING AT HOSPITALS IN GAZA 11 November 2023 Western media is biased in favour of Israel Inside Story Al Jazeera English 12 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtFocW6gi5c What US media is missing about Israel ' s war on Gaza The Listening Post Al Jazeera English 11 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loyptuBMHmo&t=1162s A NOTE ON NEWS BROADCASTS As in the 1950s and 1960s, people in Western Europe are for the Palestinians but their governments back the Israelis. Most broadcasters follow the government line. The BBC, the oldest British broadcaster, is in the pay of Israel. Sky News is probably the best British broadcaster. Sky offers the best reportage, though some of its reporters and presenters are corrupt. The broadcasting stations of the British tabloids are generally not worth watching. The old American broadcasters - NBC, CBS and ABC - are in the pay of Israel. Of the three networks, the reporting of Richard Engel on NBC is probably the best and most honest. PBS, a public endeavor, is corrupt and often in poor taste. CNN is in the pay of Israel. Fox is probably the worst, the most corrupt and least reliable. CNN and Fox might be the first to report an event but their viewpoint make them not worth watching. Generally, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / CBC has better reporting than the American and British broadcasters. The French broadcaster, FRANCE 24, and the German broadcaster, DW, tend to have better commentary than the British and American networks. The Australian broadcasters are in the pay of Israel. They seldom have anything to say that is worth hearing. Al Jazeera often offers interesting reportage but suffers from provincialism and poor editing. Standards have dropped over the years. Many reporters and anchormen on North American, British and Australian national network stations are unintelligible. Womens' voices are much too high and unpleasant. Speakers use too much slang and local expressions. Their accents are local. This was not so thirty years ago. The cleaners have taken over the BBC. Cockney has replaced Oxbridge. In the U. S., Chet Huntley and Walter Cronkite have been replaced by ignorant and uneducated people of questionable background and sexual orientation. PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS Signs read 'Genocide Joe', 'Boycott Israel' London, Paris, Brussels Protests in Delaware CNN News 12 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12KGj-HcucA Netanyahu visits Israeli Bedouin army unit / Desert Reconnaissance Battalion News9Live 13 November 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhToSttEy78 20 of the 36 hospitals in Gaza are not operating The biggest hospital in Gaza is not operating / 2,300 people in the hospital More than 11,000 people in Gaza gave been killed since 7 October BBC News 13 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdV7Cbd3RdY HOSTAGES Israel - Gaza: Can the hostages be rescued? Episode from If You ' re Listening ABC News In-depth 11 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7eK8MO7c0Q Ayman Safadi Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan and the Foreign Minister of Jordan 14 November 2023 ABC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk-EHIFESok ISRAELIS SHOOTING UP LARGEST HOSPITAL IN GAZA CNA 15 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjU6jX5Gkjk THE FUTURE GAZA AFTER THE WAR ISRAEL, UNITED NATIONS AND ARAB COUNTRIES NOT INTERESTED HAMAS WILL HAVE TO BE PART OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ABC News In-depth 15 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXXJr-_cDrc UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTION FOR IMMEDIATE 'PAUSE' IN THE WAR Requests 'urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors' . . . 'full, rapid, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access for United Nations humanitarian agencies and their implementing partners.' 15 November 2023 12 countries approved the resolution 3 countries - the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia - abstained from voting None opposed the resolution Russia recommends monitoring The Independent 15 Nov. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl3zdGwixxg&t=488s or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl3zdGwixxg&t=1326s PUSSY FOOTING The UN Security Council must stop the Israel war in Gaza Inside Story Al Jazeera English 17 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW-FLoscQiw DEAD HOSTAGES Early - mid November 2023 Two hostages found dead, one hostage confirmed dead The body of a 65-year-old woman who was kidnapped in the border village of Berri in Israel on 7 October was recovered from Gaza's main hospital. The body of a 19-year-old female Israeli soldier was found in a nearby building. According to Hamas, an elderly man in a video of 7 October is now dead. One more hostage confirmed dead A 22-ywar-old Tanzanian agricultural student taken hostage was confirmed dead by the Israeli and Tanzanian governments in mid-November. ISRAELIS TURN ON SOUTHERN GAZA 16 November 2023 In October, the Israel military warned the residents of northern Gaza to evacuate to the south. Today, much of northern Gaza is a vast wasteland of rubble, the result of constant aerial bombardment by Israel. Today, the Israeli military warned residents of southern Gaza to evacuate again. The Israeli military has targeted four towns east of Khan Younis for destruction. Khan Younis has a current population of about 1 million people. Of that number, about 600,000 are recent refugees from northern Gaza. Israeli soldiers forced doctors and nurses to leave main hospital in Gaza at gun-point Al Jazeera 18 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA_uwe_7d48 Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Iranian Foreign Minister : The U. S. is intensifying the war Iran ' s allies make their own decisions CBS News Nov. 17, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baTj9hkWy6k AN ISRAELI PRESS REPORT CLAIMS A POLICE REPORT ABOUT THE 7 OCTOBER MASSACRE CONTAINS DIFFERENT FACTS An Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, on 18 November, quoted an unnamed police source, citing an investigation into the terrorist attack on the dance festival in southern Israel on 7 October. According to the police report, more than 364 people - three hundred and sixty-four - were killed at the music festival on October 7. Until now, the claimed number of party-goers killed has been 260. The killings were committed by fighters of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. According to the police report, the terrorists did not know about the festival in advance and had not planned to attack it. According to the police, an Israeli army helicopter may have fired on the party-goers at the dance festival. According to the police, 40 were kidnapped from the festival site. Al Jazeera 18 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz-DPeX_LTE See also a newspaper article: https://www.tbsnews.net/hamas-israel-war/hamas-had-not-planned-attack-music-festival-israeli-report-says-742030 SEAN BELL Displaced persons from the north of Gaza are being pushed farther south and west to over-populated areas Sky News 18 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Jlu-OirWk SEAN BELL Reviews IDF combat footage Sky News 17 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHpsJdXgvyc THE BEN GURIAN CANAL A SUEZ CANAL THROUGH GAZA November 17, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzrl81y_Td8 The plight of displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza Cold, rain 20 November 2023 Al Jazeera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzcNOCFcb9U AN ISRAELI PRESS REPORT AN ISRAELI POLICE REPORT ABOUT THE 7 OCTOBER MASSACRE CONTAINS DIFFERENT FACTS An Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, on 18 November, quoted an unnamed police source, citing an investigation into the terrorist attack on the dance festival in southern Israel on 7 October. According to the police report, more than 364 people - three hundred and sixty-four - were killed at the music festival on October 7. Until mid-November, the total number of party-goers killed was believed to have been 260. The killings were committed by fighters of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. According to the police report, the terrorists did not know about the festival in advance and had not planned to attack it. According to the police, an Israeli army helicopter may have fired on the party-goers at the dance festival. According to the police, 40 were kidnapped from the festival site. Al Jazeera 18 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz-DPeX_LTE See also a newspaper article: https://www.tbsnews.net/hamas-israel-war/hamas-had-not-planned-attack-music-festival-israeli-report-says-742030 On 12 November 2023 A columnist for the New York Times reported the following: 70 percent of the persons killed in the October 7 assault were civilians. The bodies of some of those killed in Israel were taken to Gaza. At least 278 Israeli soldiers were killed in battles in Israel. According to the Israeli Police, in mid-October, at least 44 police officers died in the fighting. Among the persons killed in Israel on Oct. 7 were many foreigners and dual nationals. At least 31 U.S. citizens were killed. At least 39 French citizens were killed. At least 34 Thai nationals, who study and work on farms, were killed. Video footage of a Thai hostage and a Nepali hostage October 7, 2023 Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza Surveillance cameras Israeli Defence Force briefing The Times and the Sunday Times 20 November 2923 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ZmJIVji0k ' IDF spokesman: 'We do not know where these hostages are.' TN World 20 Nov. 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l31apldXzDU The Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhbquMxABRU Surveillance camera footage shows the kidnapping of the two men from a kibbutz near the border one-half hour before the al-Shifa camera footage. Sir Alan Duncan Former British PM David Cameron is now British Foreign Secretary Cameron will bring to the foreign office a fresh outlook on the Israel - Hamas War Times Radio 14 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIXHLrcJTRc Israelis argue over hostages 21 November 2021 Knesset The Telegraph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Obe2cqa6gE Guardian News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RK_NnDjnm4 Middle East Eye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiDxt_LDbCo EHUD OLMERT Israeli prime minister between 2006 and 2009 Olmert wanted a two-state solution and offered to withdraw from most of the occupied West Bank. Netanyahu is to blame for the security failings ahead of the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October. Security requires a well-defended border. Ehud recommends an international peace-keeping force in Gaza. BBC News 20 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6iVwaeS_w4 21 November 2023 108 United Nations staff in Gaza killed since 7 October THE TUNNELS AND BUNKERS UNDER AL - SHIFA HOSPITAL IN GAZA WERE BUILT IN THE 1980 s BY ISRAELIS. OTHER TUNNELS AND BUNKERS UNDER OTHER HOSPITALS IN GAZA WERE BUILT MANY DECADES AGO BY ISRAELIS. Ehud Barak Interview by Christiane Amanpour 21 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVG7duZ-u2U On 22 November, Israel and Hamas agreed to the release of 50 civilian hostages held in Gaza for 150 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel during a four-day halt in hostilities. EHUD OLMERT Former Israeli Prime Minister About the hostage deal ABC News in-depth 22 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kch8Lge4jAU A four-day truce or cease-fire begins in Gaza on Thursday morning, 23 November 2023. The Israelis will trade 150 women, teen-agers and children who are held in Israeli prisons for 50 hostages held by Hamas - three prisoners from Israel for every hostage from Hamas - 12 hostages a day. The cease-fire is to be extended an additional day if Hamas and Israel agree to trade an additional ten hostages - and thirty prisoners. To a fifth day, then a sixth day . . . and so on. Al Jazeera 22 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvGnYpUH14Y IT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE ISRAEL CHANGES DATE - NO REASON GIVEN NETANYAHU SAYS NO HOSTAGRS WILL BE RELEASED BEFORE FRIDAY, 24 NOV., AT THE EARLIEST Al Jazeera 23 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBJxR9BeABo At least 14,000 Palestinians - or people in Palestine - have been killed by Israeli bombing and shelling since 7 October. Most of them were children. Many more were injured. Many are buried under rubble. Fight terrorism with methods that do not lead to collective punishment Sergei Lavrov Russian Foreign Minister Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Ministerial Committee on the Gaza Strip Moscow Russian News 22 Nov. 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzTn8ejabEQ Israel created a water crisis for Palestinians The Guardian 23 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCh043-gLIM Netanyahu visits Israeli Bedouin army unit 14 November https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhToSttEy78 Bedouin Israelis are held by Hamas Al Jazeera 23 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfSgLNEzqwo Israelis bombed Gaza throughout the night of 22 / 23 November, before the scheduled truce, killing 270 people. Instead of the expected truce, which was to begin on the morning of 23 November, Israel continued bombing Gaza. Al Jazeera 23 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5hCVle3Krw THE CEASE-FIRE Hamas kidnapped some 250 people, to be held as hostages, during its cross-border raid into Israel on 7 October. Hamas is expected to exchange its hostages for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. Presently, Israel is prepared to exchange 300 Palestinian prisoners: 144 men age 18 and above, 123 minors under age 18, and 33 women and girls. The youngest prisoners are 14-year-olds. A four-day pause in fighting - a temporary truce or cease-fire - in Gaza, with an exchange of prisoners for hostages, was planned to begin on Thursday, 23 November. It was postponed. On Thursday, 23 November, Qatar announced a four-day ceasefire, to begin at 7:00 a. m. local time (GMT + 2) in Gaza on Friday, 24 November. Over the four days, Israel is to exchange 150 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel for 50 Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. The first group of Israeli hostages - 13 - is to be freed in Gaza between 16:00 to 18:00 (GMT + 2) on 24 November. Hamas will turn the hostages over to the Red Cross (ICRC), who will accompany them to the IDF at the Egyptian border. They will be flown by helicopter to Israel. Majed Al-Ansari Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press Conference 23 November 2023 Al Jazeera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWHArY4rAPQ SEAN BELL The hostage deal Sky News 23 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0W-V2vfxRw MICHAEL CLARKE What next in the Gaza - Israeli War Sky News 24 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hldrRitkCms 24 CIVILIANS RELEASED BY HAMAS AS AGREED, HAMAS RELEASED 13 ISRAELIS Women and children IN A SEPARATE DEAL, HAMAS RELEASED TEN THAIS The Thais are agricultural workers Negotiations were conducted through Iran for the release of the Thais ONE FILIPINO WAS RELEASED BY HAMAS Sky News 24 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iwl__da3cE Al Jazeera 24 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbN41PBPAnw 32 Thai nationals were killed by Hamas Thais are the second largest group of people killed by Hamas, after Israelis 25 Thais were taken hostage by Hamas Thais are the second largest group of people taken hostage by Hamas, after Israelis Global News November 21, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq3BqHaaxxY The freed Filipino, Gelienor (Jimmy) Pacheco, 33 years old, worked as a caregiver in Israel. A Filipina, Noralyn Babadilla, is missing since 7 October and assumed to be a hostage of Hamas in Gaza. At least four Filipinos who worked in Israel were killed on 7 October. 20 Thais still held hostage The Thais are held in Gaza by different groups British journalist Philip Sherwel Bangkok DW News 24 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaboSLKSkwA As the cease-fire began, many Palestinians set out for the north of Gaza, to return to their homes. On the road, Israeli soldiers blocked their way and ordered them to return to the south. When the Palestinians refused, the Israelis fired at them, killing two. The Palestinian prisoners were released from prison in Israel and driven to the West Bank in a bus. Palestinians celebrated the release and return. Sky News 24 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYGKb4yPhrQ 25 November 2023 DAY 2 OF CEASE-FIRE 39 Palestinian women and children To be released from an Israeli prison In exchange for 13 Israeli hostages and 7 'foreign nationals' / non-Israelis held in Gaza ISRAEL BLOCKS AID TRUCKS TO NORTHERN GAZA - A VIOLATION OF THE CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT IN RESPONSE, HAMAS DELAYS HOSTAGE SWAP ISRAELI ARMY ATTACKS JENIN REFUGEE CAMP IN THE WEST BANK 2 PALESTINIANS KILLED ISRAELI SOLDIERS SHOOT TWO PALESTINIANS IN LARGE CROWD GATHERED OUTSIDE PRISON AWAITING RELEASE OF PALESTINIANS Israelis demand resignation of Netanyahu Global News 25 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNkb6UVAcUQ TRT World 25 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHWyTx1Saz4 Tens of thousands march in support of Palestine London 25 November 2023 The Independent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SawONNHcTis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SawONNHcTis Hostage release delayed Channel 4 News 25 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvJdp7LYZrk 13 Israeli women and minors released by Hamas 4 Thais released by Hamas 39 Palestinians released by Israel The Palestinians were released from Ofer Prison - and three other prisons - in the West Bank. Minors include people age 18 and younger. Release of the four Thais was secured through negotiations in Iran between Thai government and private Thai negotiators with the Iranian government. Hamas turned the 17 hostages over to the Red Cross in Gaza. The Red Cross drove the released hostages to the Egyptian border. The Israeli Defence Force took them to Israel. Second group of hostages released by Hamas 25 November 2023 ABC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7KjTemgBx8 MICHAEL CLARKE Hamas lost control of their attack on Israel Times Radio 26 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erwssFbAW0o DAY 3 Sunday, 26 November 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin secures release of Russian held by Hamas in Gaza 26 November 2023 Hamas turned over 13 Israelis, three Thai nationals and one Russian to the Red Cross in Gaza. The Russian is a dual Israeli citizen. Among the 14 Israelis are nine children. One of the children, a girl age four, is a dual-national with Israeli and American citizenship. Twelve were transferred from northern Gaza to Israel. Four, including the three Thais, passed through Rafah into Egypt. An elderly woman was evacuated to Israel directly by helicopter. Israelis released 39 Palestinians from prisons. SEAN BELL Could the truce be extended? Sky News 26 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fs-WSOJquo Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits troops in Gaza Al Jazeera 26 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAMXxYa6YMs CEASE FIRE DAY 4 Monday, 27 November 2023 There is a ceasefire in Gaza, but in the Occupied West Benk there has been no let-up in raids by Israelis. In the last 24 hours, at least six Palestinians have been killed by illegal Israeli settlers and Israeli soldiers. Al Jazeera 27 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blXoVsaTszI U. S. President Biden erred in refusing to call for a ceasefire in Gaza Gilbert Achcar FRANCE 24 English 27 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ9iDdtOGNw ELON MUSK Elon Musk agrees not to activate Starlink over Gaza without Israeli agreement Dawn News 27 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjFhfUEjA8w Elon Musk accompanies Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on visit of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, which was attacked by Hamas AFP News 27 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7EYyiIwlxQ The Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlufz7Oi39g The Times and The Sunday Times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwN9C6y4Y4g&t=4s CEASE-FIRE EXTENDED TWO DAYS INCLUDES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY QATAR Arranged extension of cease-fire MICHAEL CLARKE The significance of Qatar Sky News 27 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfGUY26xCNY DAY 4 OF HOSTAGE RELEASE 27 NOVEMBER 2023 HAMAS TO RELEASE 11 HOSTAGES FRANCE 24 27 NOV. 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grrb6EUvVq0 ISRAEL TO RELEASE 3 PALESTINIAN WOMEN AND 30 PALESTINIAN CHILDREN DAY 4 OF THE CEASE-FIRE 27 NOVEMBER 2023 HAMAS RELEASES 11 MORE ISRAELIS AND SIX MORE THAIS Dr. Majed Al-Ansari, spokesman for the Qatar Foreign Ministry, said the group includes: 3 French citizens, 2 German citizens and 6 Argentinian citizens. In exchange, Israel is releasing 33 Palestinians from Israeli prisons: 30 minors and 3 women Surprisingly, very few news reports mention the six Thais. Their release was secured by a private Thai Muslim group through direct negotiations with Hamas. The Thai - Iran Alumni Association was involved. Officials from Qatar, Egypt, Turkey, Iran and Thailand also were involved. The Thai Foreign Minister is travelling to Israel to accompany the Thais back to Thailand on 30 November. Three Thai hostages arrive AFP 27 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDBRe3omrVc Gaza during the truce Al Jazeera 28 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtteDmDL5Po Palestinian prisoners freed and reunited with their families TRT World 28 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K03XY2Ww2uk About 170 Israelis remain hostage in Gaza. There are also many foreign nationals. Hamas holds most of the hostages. There are ten other armed militant Islamist groups in Gaza. Five of the groups joined Hamas in the October 7 attack: The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the Omar Al-Qasim Forces, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Mujahideen Brigades Three groups in Gaza - Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Mujahideen Brigades and al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades - claim to have Israeli hostages. The life of a hostage in Gaza FRANCE 24 28 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoWhqDL5ieE 14,000 to 15,000 killed in Gaza since 7 October MICHAEL CLARKE The Israel - Hamas truce delays the Israeli military plan to move southwards into southern Gaza. Sky News 27 Nov. 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOEbw1CjMqo MICHAEL CLARKE Sky News 28 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inze4txVh10 DAY 5 OF CEASE-FIRE 28 NOVEMBER 2023 12 HOSTAGES RELEASED 2 THAIS AND TEN ISRAELIS RELEASED BY HAMAS 30 PALESTINIANS FREED BY ISRAEL Fifth day of hostage release https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnYDZjLc00Q Hamas turns Israeli Hostages over to the Red Cross The Times and The Sunday Times 28 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TutPjZ-bxl0 Rafah Crossing NBC News 26 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP3hTQ1q5T0&t=55s Thai Foreign Minister Greets Thai Hostages Upon their Release AFP News Agency 28 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSV62qMpkAo THAI NEGOTIATOR Interview Sky News 29 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV7mTr-oj4M Palestine calls for permanent cease-fire United Nations Al Jazeera 28 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv-p93j68Ps Back to Gaza Documentary Israeli journalist Itai Anghel with the IDF in Gaza All Israel News Uploaded 29 November 2023 45:21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgAysaub_AU DAY 6 OF CEASE-FIRE 29 NOVEMBER 2023 IDF raid Jenin Refugee Camp Occupied West Bank Kill two Palestinians considered terrorists and two children 29 November 2023 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres U. N. Security Council meeting on Gaza Nowhere is safe in Gaza. A true humanitarian ceasefire is needed. Al Jazeera 29 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL97mCXIs38 10 ISRAELIS, 4 THAIS AND 2 RUSSIANS RELEASED IN GAZA AND SENT TO ISRAEL VIA EGYPT. 30 PALESTINIANS RELEASED BY ISRAEL Two Russians with dual Israeli and Russian citizenship. One Israeli with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Truce extended an extra day, to seventh day. Global News 29 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SH-6dwzrsc Al Jazeera 30 Nov. 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75C8Xe7VQq0 Thai hostages return to Bangkok AFP 30 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KM88sEbVLw Thai Foreign Minister welcomes Thais Reuters 30 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tdSmIRBWMs The fate of one Thai victim unknown MSNBC 24 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwaiOm8SzBs The Thais working in Israel South China Morning Post 30 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUNubPSNrY8 GAZA Before and after 7 October Aerial views Uploaded 28 November 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af687V8b0LY DAY 7 OF CEASE-FIRE 30 NOVEMBER 2023 HAMAS RELEASES 8 HOSTAGES ISRAEL RELEASES 30 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS 1 DECEMBER 2023 WAR RESUMES ISRAEL BOMBS GAZA Gaza Fighting Resumes As Israel Carries Out Airstrikes Many civilians killed Forbes Breaking News 1 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJONdbgqIGU Newt Gingrich = Hillary Clinton = Donald Trump At last, Hillary Clinton gets her due Palestinians confront Clinton Columbia University, New York City Fox News November 30, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEpaicl3oV0 ALEXANDRIA OCASIO CORTEZ The U. S. is funding genocide in Palestine Forbes Breaking News Nov. 28, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VLP-1RXPw4 Amit Soussana Israeli, age 40, taken by men from Gaza on 7 October 2023 Forced to have sex with her captures in Gaza Released on 1 December 2023 i24NEWS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmSZ5W_qPVM Amit Soussana Amit was kidnapped from her home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza by men from Gaza on 7 October 2023. Amit was released during a truce in November - after 55 days of captivity in Gaza. Amit returns to the ruins of her home and shares her ordeal with others. January - February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GLKA1CnnCA Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh9ycuRXAzA IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari New York Times published an interview with Amit Soussana on 26 March 2023. Amit recounted the sexual violence that she suffered in her captivity at the hands of her captor. 26 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIcHnB3MjJc SEAN BELL There were 25,000 members of Hamas in Gaza on 7 October. Israel claims it killed 5,000 members of Hamas since 7 October. Israel killed also 15,000 civilians in Gaza. At this rate, if Israel tries to kill all members of Hamas, the civilian death toll in Gaza could reach 75,000. Sky News 1 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fisGhEWMFaY 5:00 GMT in London = 7:00 a. m. in Gaza 39 Thais were killed on 7 October 9 Thais are still held hostage by Hamas in Gaza Almost 200 Palestinians killed by Israeli bombing on 1 December. ISRAEL PLANS TO DESTROY ALL OF GAZA and kill as many Palestinians as possible in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem. As in 1948, so in 2023. Israel wants also more Palestinian land. It will steal all that it can in the West Bank and Jerusalem. According to a recent press report, Israel wants a buffer zone around Gaza. The zone could claim large chunks of Gazan territory. A large international armed peace-keeping force are required in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem, backed and funded by the United Nations, for the next twenty years. See: Bloomberg, 17 November 2023: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-16/us-eu-back-un-force-in-postwar-gaza-adding-pressure-on-israel The force should include Turks, Pakistanis, Indonesians, Nepalis, Moroccans, Argentines, Filipinos, Ethiopians . . . Tartars, Kazakhs, Siberians and Mongolians should be invited. SEAN BELL The truce and hostage negotiations are over. Sky News 2 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myMCxW_Qqco LBC (British) 2 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVMOYZKVS-I Israeli government is weak LBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRmMmvRc3I8 EMMANUEL MACRON French President Doha 2 December 2023 The Israelis must consider carefully their objectives. If they want the total destruction of Hamas, the war will last 10 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX8FeLprvM4&t=34s Independent Commission for Human Rights in Gaza A spokesman addresses reporters Al-Nasser Hospital, Khan Younis, Gaza Al Jazeera 2 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tibr8t0vz4 ISRAEL WARNING RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN GAZA TO MOVE OUT Al Jazeera 3 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-z3qY3PmA4 HENRY KISSINGER Before his death, at age 100, on 29 November 2023, Henry Kissinger advised dropping the so-called two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli Crisis - one state for Israel and one state for Palestine. Kissinger advised giving the West Bank back to Jordan. BUT WHAT OF THE GAZA STRIP? A PERMANENT ARMED INTERNATIONAL PEACE-KEEPING FORCE IN GAZA, LED BY JORDAN OR TURKEY, BACKED BY THE U. N., IS REQUIRED. OR THE RETURN OF THE GAZA STRIP TO EGYPT. EGYPT DOES NOT WANT HAMAS, WHICH WAS FORMED FROM THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, WHICH IS BANNED IN EGYPT. IF THE MEMBERS OF HAMAS COULD BE EXILED TO IRAN - OR JORDAN, OR RUSSIA - EGYPT MIGHT TAKE THE GAZA STRIP BACK. Turkish President Erdogan Netanyahu must be tried as a war criminal Sky News 4 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czk676dbfYo Israeli plans for Gaza FRANCE 24 English Editor Angela Diffley 4 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JmLnqhUXKQ SEAN BELL Israel warns Gaza residents people to leave southern Gaza. The designated safe areas for Palestinians in southern Gaza. Sky News 4 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDWbytRU7cU As of today, 4 December 2023: 800 people in Gaza killed by the Israelis since the end of the truce on 1 December 2023 Kamal Kharazi Former foreign minister of Iran Interview The war has killed thousands and displaced nearly two million. Dec. 4, 2023 Al Jazeera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7AM99_goAA HAMAS NOT INTERESTED IN GAZAN ANCIENT HERITAGE AND ANTIQUITIES FRANCE 24 27 April 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iRbCHNLUhQ EXCAVATING A BYZANTINE CHURCH IN JABALIYA Protecting antiquities from neglect and looting AP Archive 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEXmrMgGGds MICHAEL CLARKE Israelis considering flooding the Israeli-built tunnels under Gaza with sea water. This could drown hostages and cause pollution. Yemen threatens shipping in Red Sea and Gulf of Aden with missiles. Sky News 6 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYv-OlgwNj0 Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Guterres calls for the Security Council to avert a humanitarian catastrophe and appeals for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. Al Jazeera 7 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHHPepOmOb4 Vladimir Putin in the Middle East United Arab Emirate, Saudi Arabia Palki Sharma 7 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INpb2LpYV5g BERNIE SANDERS The U. S. must not fund the immoral Netanyahu government U. S. Senate 6 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJAhmIufZPU Antonio Guterres Address to the U. N. Security Council N. Y. C. In session to discuss the resolution for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. Al Jazeera 8 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71qismgyE98 FRANCE 24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBakDlKXBaE U. S. blocks urgently needed cease fire in Gaza 13 of the 15 members of the UN Security Council voted for the cease fire. The US voted against it. Britain abstained. UNITED NATIONS, Dec 8 - Reuters - The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, diplomatically isolating Washington. Thousands march for Palestine in New York City December 8, 2023 Thai recounts experience as a hostage in Gaza CNA 8 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmhyunqTmlQ Thai hostage AP 4, 9 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdlR_Eji-dQ Thai Hostage Migrant Worker VOA News 6 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXxUqjE_xoo Released Thai hostage arrives in Bangkok AP 1, 6 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQdrrxT2POY&t=11s Thai worker recalls 50 days of captivity Reuters 7 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTt8rlqb7Yc U. S. Aid to Israel 99.9 per cent goes to military aid Questioning the aid Step 1. Discuss it Step 2. FRANCE 24 9 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_eglseqS-s How much money are Biden and Netanyahu making off their war on Gaza? The U. S. vetoes the U. N. cease fire resolution and rushes $100 million in tanks to Israel SEAN BELL When does America say 'Enough!'? Sky News 9 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3x7fU_F_CA SEAN BELL Fighting spreading from north to south of Gaza Sky News 10 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqZIYMSP4eE Palestinians enduring hell in Gaza Channel 4 News 10 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eml63goZurQ . . . and in the West Bank 18,200 people in the Gaza Strip have been killed by Israeli forces since 7 October 2023. 240 Palestinians in the West Benk killed by Israelis since 7 October 2023. 140 hostages still held in Gaza. 39 Thais in Israel were killed by raiders from Gaza on 7 October. 32 Thais were taken to Gaza as hostages. 23 Thais were released in November. Nine Thais are still held hostage. SERGEI LAVROV Russian Foreign Minister Russia calls for international monitoring mission in Gaza MOSCOW, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Russia called for an international monitoring mission to go to Gaza to assess the humanitarian situation. Russia said it was unacceptable for Israel to use Hamas' Oct. 7 attack as justification for punishing the Palestinian people. ' We strongly condemned the terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7, ' Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on 10 December. ' At the same time, we do not believe it is acceptable to use this event for the collective punishment of the millions of Palestinian people with indiscriminate shelling. ' SERGEI LAVROV Interview Al Jazeera 10 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXejR63hE_g&t=94s UN General Assembly Votes for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza 12 December 2023 153 voted for the resolution 10 countries voted against 23 countries abstained The U. S. and Israel voted against. England and Ukraine abstained. Russia, France, Canada, and the Philippines voted for. The resolution was introduced by Egypt. The resolution demanded the following : an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, Gaza ' s access to aid, and the unconditional release of hostages in Gaza. The resolution was adopted but it is non-binding. NYC Guardian News 12 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVn3ZbApwd0 Ten countries voted against the resolution: Austria, Czech Republic, Guatemala, Israel, Liberia, Micronesia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, United States. 23 countries abstained: Argentina, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Netherlands, Palau, Panama, Romania, Slovakia, South Sudan, Togo, Tonga, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay. Martin Griffiths UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator Israeli military has displaced 85 percent of the population. About 1.3 million people are crammed into UN facilities, exceeding their capacity four times over. These facilities are frequent targets of Israeli attacks. The Israeli air strokes are killing humanitarian aid workers. Delivering aid is difficult. Al Jazeera December 15, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMFUbmzeW0s ISRAELI RAID ON JENIN Occupied West Bank 15 December 2022 Al Jazeera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no-XzYy9n70 US Navy and Royal Navy shoot down drones from Yemen Red Sea Sky News 16 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Ti65AXMJQ also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNpz_c9QylA Comments SEAN BELL 16 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIPbQ7LWiUw SEAN BELL Oil companies, including British Petroleum / BP, are halting shipments by the Red Sea. The Houthis in Yemen say they are targeting ships sailing to Israel. The Houthis are supported by Iran. Serious financial consequences for shipping companies using the Red Sea. Sky News 18 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr-byfiaouI Almost 20,000 civilian deaths in Gaza since 7 October 2023. Almost 50,000 civilians injured in Gaza since 7 October. Many civilians are missing. Lord Richard Dannatt Former head of the British Army Interview TalkTV 18 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-xVmSnHZKo Pussy-footing, mincing words, beating around the bush . . . Why not come out and say it? The U. S. is behind the Israeli destruction of Gaza. U. S. generals and Pentagon officials are making millions from the bombing of Gaza. Biden is an abomination. A dirty beggar. Probably the worst president in U. S. history. But Trump is not better. Ike had spine but needed prompting from the Kremlin. Bush Sr. was capable but needed encouragement from British former prime minister Margaret Thatcher. US Complicity in the Israeli slaughter of Gaza Cyril Vanier with guests Robert Hunter, former U. S. Ambassador to NATO; Khaled Elgindy, academic; and Zeina Ashrawi Hutchison, American - Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Al Jazeera 18 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4aP3buDxng Pope Francis condemns Israeli terrorism in Gaza. Calls for an end to the war in Gaza. Pope Francis condemned the Israeli military attack on the Holy Family Catholic Parish in Gaza. A sniper killed a mother and her daughter. TRT World 17 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUX3PoGI25c Dawn News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kwk8-bTNCQ Over 110 people in the Jabalia refugee camp killed. WION 18 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKu33aTuIdU BERNIE SANDERS Senator from Vermont U. S. Senate U. S. complicity in the Israeli atrocity in Gaza 19 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpmw4RSi4EA Excerpt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9HuuJWUtiA US leads ten-nation force to stop Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. The nations are the U. S., Britain, France, Canada, Norway, Spain, Italy, Bahrain, Seychelles and Spain. 19 December 2023 The Houthis Middle East Eye 20 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSY5yESjRLQ INDIA DEPLOYS WARSHIPS TO RED SEA Palki Sharma 20 December 2923 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQS3R80ymeM ABOUT THE COALITION There are now 20 nations Greece and Australia have joined. But Australia is sending just 11 soldiers. No ships. The Netherlands are sending just 2 soldiers. Norway is sending 10. French ships will be under French command. Only the British will sail under US command. Palki Sharma 22 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DGsV9ibiqw&t=56s WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RUSSIA'S MARCH ON KYIV IN 2022 AND ISRAEL'S INVASION OF GAZA IN 2023 ? NONE. ISRAEL'S INVASION IS MUCH MORE DESTRUCTIVE. Jotam Confino Middle East correspondent Times Radio 22 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOvBKDpOxuM Israeli police have restricted Palestinian access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque since October 7. The Time and The Sunday Times 22 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQr9YogQJU4 MORE THAN 20,000 CIVILIANS KILLED IN GAZA 8,000 WERE CHILDREN 60,000 MORE CIVILIANS INJURED MANY CIVILIANS MISSING 2 MILLION PALESTINIANS DISPLACED Riyad Mansour Palestinian envoy to the United Nations Security Council The three objectives of the Palestine and Arab Group and the OIC are : An immediate truce Humanitarian assistance at scale No forced displacement Al Jazeera 22 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LouumI3gYxA The U. N. votes For Aid to Gaza NOT for peace or truce 22 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2NP8M_tJkw United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Israel's military is the obstacle to humanitarian shipments to Gaza Press Conference UN, NYC AFP News 22 December 2023 Excerpt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUsUJPBn0hg Full Conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNottxuLya4 Israelis plan to level all of Gaza and push all Palestinians into Egypt. Israeli real estate companies are advertising plans for a housing project, apartments, and beach property in Gaza. Bethlehem cancels Christmas Bethlehem is the birthplace of Jesus ABC News December 25, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-wukMqwrWo Christmas cancelled in Bethlehem December 25, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae1OxsT9ZYg Christ under the Rubble Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church Bethlehem, Occupied West Bank 23 December 2023 The global silence and inaction towards the Gaza crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l75yhhAAPt0 The Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa Entry into Bethlehem Christmas Eve 24 December 2023 Christian Media Center https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vlAw5MV3AM CHRISTMAS EVE MASS Bethlehem 24 Dec. 2023 Office of Readings, Midnight Mass and Procession to the Grotto of the Nativity Presided over by His Beatitude Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins at the Church of Saint Catherine in Bethlehem Christian Media Center https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D02cZVGO5do CHRISTMAS IN BETHLEHEM PROTESTS AND DEMONSRRATIONS Al Jazeera 25 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VBNVBGml_Q Massacre Israel bombs Gaza on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Israeli air strikes on al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza on Christmas Eve At least 95 Palestinians killed Al Jazeera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2P1b04F5nQ Israel kills hundreds in bombing of Gaza Al Jazeera December 25, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2NP8M_tJkw Hamas Police accompany aid shipments into Rafah Associated Press 25 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roFyUeQiiaA GIDEON LEVY Interview Sky News 30 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t_Knk7FWT8&t=73s More than 21,000 civilians killed in Gaza At least 60,000 injured Many missing *BIDEN, BLINKEN, AUSTIN, KIRBY, SULLIVAN ARE ON THE ISRAELI PAYROLL* NETANYAHU WARNS WAR IN GAZA WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT 2024 WHAS11 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=979ESsWtt5k CBS News 1 Jan. 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htyT8mdDacU DEATH TOLL IN GAZA 22,000 plus SEAN BELL Israel claims it has captured 9,000 Hamas fighters - almost one third of the total force. Sky News 6 Jan. 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDKbgZkODPY SEAN BELL The Conflict in the Near East growing and spreading Sky News 8 / 9 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvOf0PR9JPc MILITARY AID MONEY TO ISRAEL CAN BE USED TO REBUILD GAZA CHRISTIAN AMANPOUR Interview of Gideon Levy, Israeli journalist CNN 9 January 2024 https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2024/01/09/amanpour-levy.cnn South Africa accuses Israel of genocide against Palestinians UN International Court of Justice / ICJ 11 - 12 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q_zTb9dfGU Rep. Rashida Tlaib Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives Represents Dearborn, Michigan U. S. House Praises South Africa for bringing a case against Israel for its genocide in Gaza to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague 11 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ThXHqqJh4A Houthi attacks on shipping in Red Sea US General Jack Keane Sky News 11 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJBu0JTVEQ8 SHIPS REPEL ATTACK BY HOUTHIS Michael Clarke Sky News 11 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW_pq4udeYQ&t=13s US leads international force in aerial strikes against Houthis in Yemen Michael Clarke Sky News 12 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HiM7MiNLn4 Update on Yemen Allies launched the big attack on the Houthis in Yemen USA and UK in a joint strike DENYS DAVYDOV 12 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgHmj4yek9M US MAKES A LONE SECOND AIR STRIKE AGAINST HOUTHIS MICHAEL CLARKE Sky News 13 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ5CbzbCG2k Houthies demonstrate solidarity with Palestinians Sanaa, Yemen 13 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIzz9FJ3GgI&t=88s Demonstrations for Palestine 13 January 2024 London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP4-F9qfPCw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKxUmiE0DF0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIMfgTxP-EI New York City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQHPtMbptRU&t=41s Washington, D. C. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEw84UAcdtM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp3BWj7zFyc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_95zp_hmQcY ' Prince Turki al Faisal Former Saudi diplomat and intelligence chief Interview by Christiane Amanpour The first step to peace is to stop the killing Posted on January 17, 2024 at 8:49 pm GMT 21:03 https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2024/01/17/amanpour-turki-al-faisal-israel-gaza-war.cnn or https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/former-saudi-ambassador-solution-gaza-204938889.html BENJAMIN NETANYAHU Israeli PM Opposes the two-state plan - Israel and Palestine existing together, side by side. Opposes statehood for Palestine. Wants full Israeli control of West Bank and Gaza. National TV broadcast 16 January 2024 Guardian News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvszq05GL5w BBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX5CGTpoYqg THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER GERALD R. FORD IS ORDERED HOME Carrier Strike Group Gerald R. Ford to return home US Navy announcement on 1 January 2024 2 January 2024 WAVY TV 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewWj3F8YNH8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk4BL2WqCKk Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford returns home Arrives at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia January 17, 2024 Historic eight-month deployment - away since May 2023 Deployment was extended 76 days beyond its original schedule Norfolk, Virginia 18 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6ezTdWYuYE&t=23s The Gerald R. Ford will be Norfolk for 14 days before returning to sea The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike force remains in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and eastern Mediterranean Sea 7 Jan. 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdt6c3ev9zk Tour of Naval Station Norfolk Navy presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VjHAM0Ag0M Life on the largest navy base in the world 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0p4Jdl-FEY Back home - to the land of Bess the Virgin Queen, of Sir Walter Raleigh, Captain John Smith and Pocahantas A black woman commands the biggest naval base in the world - a first, or not the last https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBV07j9Ybgs SOUL FOOD Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas The History of Collard Greens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eIyitYZmm0 Recipe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZBdbCRXqJM Cooking Black-Eyed Peas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUvhyY5WqHM&t=85s Death Toll in Gaza 21 January 2024 25,000 at least / 25,490 as of 22 January 1.9 million persons displaced Relatives of hostages in Gaza storm Israeli parliament committee The Knesset Channel - ENEX - The Journal 22 Jan. 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crd0HydM_tc More US and UK Air Strikes on Houthis in Yemen Eight air attacks in the past fortnight 24 Israeli soldiers, including 21 reservists, in Gaza killed in one day / the 21 reservists were killed in a single incident More than 200 Israeli soldiers have been killed since Israel invaded Gaza Netanyahu refuses to accept statehood for Palestine Palki Sharma First Post 23 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnPrtbhnyjM MICHAEL CLARKE British jets attack Houthi air defences in Yemen 21 Israeli reservists killed in an explosion near Gaza border Sky News 23 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w572lWKR-D8 IDF soldier of Filipino descent killed in the explosion\| Both parents Filipinos INQ Today 24 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki3UBR1eUMs António Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations Address to the U. N. Security Council United Nations 24 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd2zhTRfABQ International Criminal Court / ICJ Oh, nothing! SABC News 26 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua2N7SDLYxg UN Security Council to meet on the Israel-Gaza war in response to ICJ announcement. The ICJ announcement was barely intelligible. An example of pussy-footing and mincing words. The ICJ is still considering the case brought by South Africa. (It could be years.) The court ' s announcement has been described as an interim decision - or a provisional decision. But the ICJ felt the need to say (not order) that Israel should (not must) avoid (not stop) (committing) genocide. BBC News 26 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h0ZCW1PjuA ' Arab leaders in Michigan forego scheduled meeting with President Biden ' s campaign manager Dearborn, Michigan 26 January 2024 CBS Detroit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONGQmVRfCgo Dearborn was the home of Danny Thomas and Henry Ford. China pressing Iran to stop Houthi attacks in the Red Sea Palki Sharma 26 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBKdiX3ON4Y A Houthi missile hit an oil tanker, the Marlin Luanda, carrying Russian oil. The fire on the tanker has been put out. The U. S. and the international coalition behind it, which includes the U. K., might not be able to protect shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden as required. Sky News 27 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbRDPnS1sLc Houthis attack British oil tanker in Gulf of Aden 26 January 2024 Ansarullah Media Centre / INQUIRER.net https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95RtnKa9_DE Since sailing to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, the U. S. has launched NINE aerial attacks against the Houthis in Yemen. The U. S. conducted SEVEN of the attacks alone. TWO of the nine attacks included the British in fighter jets. OPERATION MAGIC CARPET YEMENI JEWS RESCUED DOCUMENTARY A Day of Deliverance Yemeni Jews airlifted to Israel Excerpt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzedwHUGgWM&t=8s DOCUMENTARY Flight to Freedom The rescue of Yemeni Jews in 1949 Airlift to Israel 1949 documentary, with later update 14:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92-Py3wheAg 14:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92-Py3wheAg&t=309s Yemeni Jewish song Israel 1966 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDbdKHsRrvk Elgen Long The Rescue of Yemeni Jews in 1949 The Flights with Yemeni Jews from Yemen to Israel 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tuuxFlJQ1I Elgen Long 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1YmdmjiyfI NEWSREEL Aden Hails the Queen Pathé News 1954 British Pathé Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh visit Aden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6i30SWqYW0 NEWSREEL Arab troops of the Aden Protectorate On parade and exercise. British Pathé 1960 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4NClDMgeM DOCUMENTARY END OF EMPIRE ADEN Chapter 9 of the 1985 British documentary series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J94dwNP18yI DOCUMENTARY Soldier in the Sun British documentary BBC 1964 24:47 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owIE-nzpg6c 24:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZbrxryXKXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZbrxryXKXk&t=365s DOCUMENTARY Lieutenant Colonel Colin Campbell Mitchell Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Commander of British forces in the last battle of the British empire Aden, Yemen 1967 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6OOsoqSKaw DOCUMENTARY Mad Mitch and the Last Battle of the British Empire British documentary BBC 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4H95a2NYg8 DOCUMENTARY The Aden Emergency - Retreat from Empire British home made documentary 26:15 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOFWeEwK8Hw&t=106s NEWSREEL British troops withdraw from Aden British Pathé https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPGbtdobzao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leyqZLvYeKs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ_WumoaAPk DOCUMENTARY THE YEMEN CONFLICT 28 October 1972 North Yemen and South Yemen The Yemen Arab Republic is North Yemen. The People ' s Democratic Republic of Yemen, with a Marxist regime, was established in South Yemen after the British withdrew from Aden in 1967. The losing faction in South Yemen fled to North Yemen and conducted border raids into South Yemen. South Yemen backed Marxist rebels in the district of Dhofar in neighbouring Oman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsefLm0TmE0 YEMEN History 1990 to 2018 Animated maps 00:00 Introduction 00:20 Context 00:56 Reunification 01:40 First difficulties 02:16 Insurrections 02:52 Arab Spring 03:26 Yemeni Civil War 04:00 International coalition 04:53 Bombardment 05:24 Humanitarian crisis 06:01 Dissensions 06:41 Current situation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Am70v8y5A Who are the Houthis of Yemen? TRT World 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_KGSO0MBcc Who are the Houthis? Who Leads Them? Palki Sharma 16 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSYs0a1adXw What is needed? The immediate recognition of Palestine (Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem) as an independent sovereign state - by other states, individually and unilaterally. The immediate withdrawal of all Israeli settlers, legal or illegal, from the West Benk, Gaza and East Jerusalem. The immediate and full resumption of all aid to Palestine. An immediate cease-fire, truce and peace in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The immediate release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel and hostages held in Gaza. The reconstruction of Gaza. An international force of peace-keepers in Palestine under the U. N., NATO, E. U. and/or a coalition of states. Israeli cease-fire proposal for Gaza Associated Press / Press 27 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRLZhvWE-04 Palestinians and Israeli settlers in the West Bank Since 7 October 2023, more than 370 Palestinians have been killed - most by Israeli soldiers, many by Israeli settlers. FRANCE 24 English 29 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pysK8mDV73o Israeli raids in the West Bank are costing Palestinians their livelihoods. Nablus TRT World / Turkey 1 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4phaPxkypQ Thousands of Palestinians are stuck in Palestine TRT World / Turkey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgQqkIFkaLg Attacks, murder and destruction by Israeli settlers Al Jazeera 3 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDu3yDQByK8 Illegal Israeli settlers in Palestine attack Bedouin communities Bedouin communities complain to the Israeli police The police protect the illegal settlers Al Jazeera 3 / 4 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah-0ikNr8o0 Thai Migrant Workers in Israel taken Hostage 39 killed by Hamas on 7 October 2023 At least 31 kidnapped and taken to Gaza Most of the Thai workers in Israel are from the north of Thailand. Many are Lao from the Northeast of Thailand, a region called Isan (from the Khmer name Issana), especially the provinces of Udon Thani and Nong Bua Lam Phu. 00:00 Thailand's victims of Israel-Hamas War 01:41 Thai nationals: large migrant workers in Israel 07:45 Thai workers caught in the crossfire, taken hostage 09:58 Negotiating release with Hamas 15:14 Thai mother searches for her missing son 17:15 What's next for workers who returned? CNA / Singapore Correspondent 1 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8mWRDtE1Ks Thai hostages held by Hamas CNA Correspondent 31 January 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIns7-vW2Zo Released Israeli Hostage Amit Soussana Kibbutz Kfar Aza Describes captivity in Gaza 31 January 2024 AIJAC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GLKA1CnnCA&t=234s All Israel News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh9ycuRXAzA i24NEWS Français https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLADxgH0Vk4 Gen. Jack Keane The enemy is Iran. Iran is behind the Houthis. The White House does not seem to know that. Fox News 4 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm9cQKUxkJc&t=156s GENOCIDE THE WAR IS OVER THE WAR IS IN OVERTIME 30,000 civilians in Gaza have been killed by the Israeli military since October 2023 1.9 million people in Gaza - 95 per cent of the total population - have been displaced by the Israeli army since October 1.6 million people in Gaza have fled to Rafah, a border town designated a safe zone by the Israelis, to escape the Israelis Israelis are bombing Rafah Israel military planning to invade Rafah The Israelis want the Palestinians dead or out of Gaza - to flee into Egypt, across the border with Rafah BERNIE SANDERS : Congress is about to send $14 billion in military aid to Netanyahu ' s government, as he starves thousands of Palestinian children and is threatening a ground invasion of Rafah. This is UNACCEPTABLE. U. S. Senate 9 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4e1bLFOd-8 BERNIE SANDERS No More Money for Netanyahu ' s War Machine 11 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-BdBy7wKHM King Abdullah II of Jordan Visits Washington February 12, 2024 President Biden welcomes King Abdullah A. P. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM5OaOqAdQQ King Abdullah Statement Forbes Breaking News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-AmyNR84m0 King Abdullah II of Jordan Airdrops medical supplies to field hospitals in Gaza. Abdullah II, in military gear, on board a Jordanian Air Force plane. Night drops from 16,000 feet Times of India Video clip uploaded 12 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjEZIKYvfI8 Israeli airstrikes in Rafah More than 1.4 million civilians under attack Al Jazeera 13 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUjdyAvsbFc Israeli-Palestinian relations Munich Security Conference Mohammed Shtayyeh, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority Ayman Safadi, Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Israel former Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares Bueno, Spanish Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly, Canadian Foreign Minister Conflict Zone DW News 18 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiboIRlkD3g Russia invites Palestinian factions to Moscow Meeting is scheduled for 25 February The Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Fatah, Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) have been invited to send representatives. Philip Turle FRANCE 24 18 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8n-pHA9Oh8 The U. S. Navy responds to Houthi attacks 60 Minutes 10 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRRJmOTCqqQ PRINCE WILLIAM Prince of Wales Expresses Concern for Palestinians Sky News 20 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idTbFxkYqW8 10 News First 21 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS2xc3a2Bfs 7News Australia 21 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibIJ2flNktc BERNIE SANDERS US Senator from Vermont 22 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehbi6ukvW9U German Parliament votes to deploy warship to Red Sea DW News 23 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrOAOftXRug SEAN BELL US and Britain strike 18 Houthi targets in Yemen Sky News 25 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEy_E733_vA AIR DROPS TO GAZA Royal Jordanian Air Force Emergency aid dropped over Gaza ABC News 26 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2JQJKAEnlg&t=56s King Abdullah II Jordanian Air Force Air drop of aid to Gaza The Times and The Sunday Times 27 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNNM2Ci4lpA Jordanian Air Force air drop over Rafah NBC News 27 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APopyDV0RG4 Al Jazeera 27 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z3WpXcsXOo Jordanian Army Air drop over Gaza Four C-130s, including one French plane CNBC - TV18 27 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feudUOtlNYY Palestinians wait on the beach in Gaza for aid drops Associated Press 27 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgo8r7Kqbpw THAI HOSTAGES IN GAZA DW News 27 / 28 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpeua8qUHmY According to the latest press reports eight Thai hostages are in Gaza. Hamas claims more than 70 hostages were killed by Israeli bombing in Gaza Seven hostages were killed in recent bombing 1.5 million starving Gazans A steady stream of sea convoys with emergency aid required The Royal Jordanian Navy is small and in the Gulf of Aqaba but might have to lead the way in the eastern Mediterranean Thousands of Israelis march Demonstration for the release of hostages held in Gaza Jerusalem 2 March 2024 FRANCE 24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsSIKdswLPY&t=3s DELIVERING AID TO GAZA SEAN BELL Sky News 4 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJXnVa11Jyk Did he say there was no shortage of aid? RAMADAN 10 March 2024 31,184 civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 reported by the Gaza Government on 12 March 2024 AID DELIVERED BY SEA A Spanish ship, called the Open Arms, owned by a Spanish aid group of the same name, Open Arms, is carrying 200 tonnes of food for Gaza. The ship left the port of Larnaca in Cyprus at 9:00 a. m. on 12 March 2023. The ship is towing a barge containing flour, rice and protein. The food is from World Central Kitchen, a U.S. charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés. The delivery is to open a new sea route for aid to Palestinians. The journey will take two days. Open Arms will build a pier on the Gaza shore. An American military ship, the General Frank S Besson, set sail from Virginia on 9 March 2024 to build a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza. Aid will be delivered to Gaza from the U. S. and unloaded at the pier. BBC News 12 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZiN0oS3onc American troops to build pier and deliver aid to Gaza CBS Evening News 12 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvsYwXMngrA AID ARRIVES BY SEA A Spanish tugboat, called the Open Arms, owned by a Spanish aid group of the same name, arrived in Gaza with 200 tonnes of food on a barge in tow. 15 March 2004 NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/michigan-s-arab-and-muslim-community-frustrated-biden-did-not-plan-meeting-206570565587 The ship left the port of Larnaca in Cyprus on 12 March 2023. The food is from World Central Kitchen, a U.S. charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés. A second aid ship left Cyprus on 14 March for Gaza. The ship is carrying legumes, canned tuna, vegetables, rice, flour etc. A jetty has been built on the Gaza shore for boats to bring aid from the ship. WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN FIRST SHIP OF AID SINCE 2007 ARRIVES IN GAZA 200 tonnes of food March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw3FVlo9LLo AID DROPS Agence France Press March 14, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd93Jo6GWZw The displaced population of Gaza 2 million people in Gaza are displaced 1.5 million displaced persons are now in Rafah Israelis want to move the entire population from Rafah Mapping Refugee Movement in Gaza WSJ 15 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz47J2BEqYI HOUTHIS STRIKE ISRAEL Houthis launch missile at Eilat Israelis tracked a cruise missile from the Red Sea First time Houthis attack Israeli territory Missile landed outside Eilat March 20, 2024 CNN-News 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhL7ZpGTI0U TIMES NOW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de5L-iO5HfM Al-Shifa Hospital Channel 4 News 24 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn2bZ53yvZ8 UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA FOR THE REST OF RAMADAN (a fortnight) and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. 25 March 2024 The vote was 14 for, 0 against and 1 abstaining. The U. S. was the only security council member not to vote for the resolution. But the U. S. did NOT vote against it. The U. S. abstained from voting. The resolution was adopted. The resolution is legally binding. The Israelis must stop all offensive military activities for the next 15 days. Associated Press https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAoI9awoNo8 AFP News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUwJ35avkzk FRANCE 24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJvh0NYQ4pY About 32,500 people have been killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023. Many more - 70,000 - have been injured. Perhaps as many as 20,000 are missing. Two million have been displaced. German Chancellor Olav Scholtz calls for more aid to Gaza Berlin 17 March 2024 https://www.dw.com/en/german-chancellor-heads-to-middle-east-to-push-for-gaza-aid-access/video-68594703 Gaza Fighting continues despite UN Security Council resolution calling for ceasefire Israeli planes bomb Rafah BBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1oU1Y680ro Demonstrations before the Israeli Embassy Amman, Jordan Associated Press 26 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-tzDtFjX2c 29 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OCPQ4C1Adg euronews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRP7cK5tqtY Colonel Simon Diggins The possibility of a UK arms embargo on Israel Sky News 27 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAA9Mksaphk United Nations The Hague International Criminal of Justice (ICJ) ICJ orders Israel to allow aid into Gaza Air drops from Jordan to Gaza by German and French troops DW News 29 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzZc_K8GaUU Gazan scramble for aid The Times and the Sunday Times 29 March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtF2lsI4r6U SEAN BELL Will the Israelis attack Rafah ? Sky News 30 - 31 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlLJKLnwBQk Fighting rages in Gaza Israelis shoot Gazan waiting for aid deliveries At least 17 dead in one attack Al Jazeera 31 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV3q_gsTw2c Demonstrators call for Netanyahu ' s resignation Three-day protest planned West Jerusalem 31 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7LgkzQxqpI Pope Francis calls for full resumption of humanitarian aid to Gaza, immediate cease-fire in Gaza, and immediate release of hostages in Gaza Easter round-up DW News 31 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeP4K3aXFSE HOSTAGES IN GAZA The latest statistics i24NEWS English / Israeli 3 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gbfbv65aBs SEAN BELL Israelis destroyed Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza in two-week operation U. S. and Germany supplying weapons to Israel U. S. providing TACTICAL SUPPORT Canada, Netherlands have stopped supplying arms to Israel Sky News 1 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQL5C-8OKuI Israeli siege of Al-Shifa hospital Reports of atrocities / war crimes committed by Israeli soldiers Al Jazeera 1 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO1vsMJTLgE Al Jazeera 1 April2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dxQSvkow7Q Agence France Press 1 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nTv5cCU6K4 Reuters 1 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzC2Y9-OZ3A Global News 1 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL2BTQVqA3Y IRANIAN CONSULATE IN DAMASCUS, SYRIA BOMBED 1 April 2024 Israeli planes fired two missiles at consulate Seven people killed Two senior generals Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, senior commander, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Iran supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Israel will regret the daylight attack on the diplomatic mission Was the U. S. behind the attack? WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN Israeli missiles kill seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) aid workers in Gaza Aid workers had just delivered 100 tonnes of aid to a WCK warehouse 1 April 2024 The Star / Malaysia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEp2A-A7H3c SEAN BELL How the seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) aid workers were killed Travelling in three vehicles, they were targeted individually by the Israelis WCK aid ships enroute to Gaza return to Cyprus Sky News 2 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNg-ezvy0IA More on how the seven aid workers with WCK were killed One story (interim findings) by the Israeli military Sky News 5 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6YNKnVQeJE SEAN BELL The Israelis mistook the World Central Kitchen aid workers for Hamas Sky News 5 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwX4neavmbM Israelis killed seven aid workers How it happened Sky News 5 April 2094 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnvC9UPsg5g Biden calls Netanyahu / phone call Demands an immediate ceasefire in Gaza Al Jazeera 4 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmhRqzdG4CQ SPAIN TO RECOGNISE THE STATE OF PALESTINE BY JULY AT THE LATEST Spanish PM in Jordan DW News 2 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS-7Ctt1W14 On board a French warship in the Red Sea Protecting vessels from Houthi attacks FRANCE 24 English 4 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dxvvGofcvs Philippe Lazzarini Commissioner-general United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Near East FRANCE 24 5 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWfPfzvcMhg Israeli soldiers find body of Israeli hostage in Gaza Big demonstrations in Tel Aviv for a deal to release hostages CBS 7 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f91AfjpIqIU&t=88s U. S. pressure forced Israelis out of southern Gaza Ilan Greilsalmmer Israeli academic FRANCE 24 8 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtOF8BlxaHQ Netanyahu announces planned offensive on Rafah Unconcerned about Biden's demand for immediate cease fire 8 April 2024 FRANCE 24 English 9 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjUgix0giH4 FRANCE 24 9 April https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZLG_97t_CM MICHAEL CLARKE The sudden Israeli withdrawal from Rafah Sky News 9 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haQQq9pSLK0 Hashemite Charity Organisation Jordan dispatches its largest humanitarian aid convoy to the Gaza Strip The convoy consisted of 105 lorries of food supplies Associated Press 8 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSiV7TSpP4g BIGGEST AID AIRDROP TO GAZA EVER END OF RAMADAN Led by Jordan Nine nations, 14 aircraft Clothing, food, water, cooking oil, baby powder 10 April 2024 BBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkJK7VxkF_I Joe Biden wants Netanyahu to call a ceasefire immediately Biden does not mean a word of what he says The Israeli invasion on Rafah is inevitable Al Jazeera 10 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ43VCp8CFI BBC News 10 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7tj1O8N2oQ WAR GROWING AND SPREADING Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas's political leader, in Qatar Three sons and three grandchildren killed in Al-Shati camp near Gaza City by an Israeli air strike They were on their way to a family celebration to mark the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid BBC News 11 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SepfTHRJ3U Eid al-Fitr Palestinians mark end of Ramadan Fighting in Gaza Sky News 11 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYiSPekB4ik Eid in Gaza TRT World 11 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmn8Oi18fDs RAFAH U. S., Egypt, Palestine, Israel BERNIE SANDERS Christiane Amanpour Netanyahu must stop. If he does not, we must stop funding arms supplies to Israel 10 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7S3aXA1Rwo IRAN Proxies Iran vows response to attack on Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria on 8 April SEAN BELL Sky News 11 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnNzsJbl53c IRAN How will Iran strike back at Israel ? Sky News 11 - 12 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCTwZDuzu3c MICHAEL CLARKE Will there be war between Israel and Iran ? Sky News 12 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vDObIhe48s&t=66s MARCHES IN LONDON CONTINUE Six months since the first national pro-Palestinian march in Britain Thousands march in London Call for a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas The Israelis have killed 33,000 to 34,000 people in Gaza Sky News 13 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvnbIs5TShM Iran seizes cargo ship owned by an Israeli in the Straight of Hormuz CBS 13 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZDWBddyr7M MICHAEL CLARKE Sky News 13 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LV0oAk6W9I Fawaz Gerges Academic Sky News 13 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dijb-4Q-fMo IRAN LAUNCHES DRONES AT ISRAEL 13 April 2024 Reports of hundreds of drones Hezbola fires dozens of rockets at Israel Reports of fighter jets from Israel, Britain, U. S. and Jordan above Jerusalem to intercept Iranian drones Jerusalem ABC News 13 - 14 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx8dWthEUR0 Iranian drones reach Israel 2:00 a. m., 14 April 2024 Explosions in Jerusalem Sky News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTksNFYJJFc Iranian drones reach Jerusalem SBS News 14 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aww73I8B8-M Richard Engel Jerusalem MS NBC 14 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyX5xEAI4Go Dromes reach Tel Aviv Al Jazeera 14 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWN236hrZrw MICHAEL CLARKE Less than one per cent of the drones got through Sky News 14 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilb2cm3_VPY The Israeli air defence FRANCE 24 14 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFTyH4khrnQ Israeli air defence Al Jazeera 14 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oVNNsfdbuY Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Iranian Foreign Minister Al Jazeera 14 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMKEQXB5hxM MICHAEL CLARKE Missiles and drones were launched at Israel from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen 110 ballistic missiles were launched, 103 were intercepted Iran struck Israeli airbase from which Israeli planes launched attack on Iranian consulate in Syria on 1 April Sky News 14 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UrfJqCoLUw MICHAEL CLARKE Will Israel respond? If so, how? Sky News 15 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSA_0puFWwY IRAN Documentary Rick Steves ' Travel Guide 2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYoa9hI3CXg ISRAELI PLANES BOMB RAFAH ISRAELI TANKS MOVE INTO NORTHERN GAZZ 16 April 2024 PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATE ACROSS USA Shut down Golden Gate Bridge Block highways and bridges 16 April 2024 NBC Bay Area https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlsEM_rPqPw ISRAELI AIR DEFENCE Iron Dome, David ' s Sling, Arrow 3 Also U. S. F-15s, U. S. Navy destroyers, RAF Typhoons, Jordan Air Force, Saudi Arabian intelligence . . . Andrew Chang Canadian Broadcasting Company / CBC 16 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1kReXxO4Ys DRAGON FIRE LASER PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD UNITED NATIONS U. S. in U. N. Security Council will probably veto the proposal FRANCE 24 18 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRIVgDn2UKE U. S. Blocks Palestinian membership in U. N. 19 April 2024 Palki Sharma / India https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9aDMJv5tOY Almost everyone wants Palestine in the U. N. US vetoes Palestinian bid Al Jazeera 19 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7nHVvaJQ2k ISRAEL STRIKES IRAN Missiles or drones ? HITS ISFAHAN MIGHT HAVE HIT TABRIZ MICHAEL CLARKE Sky News 19 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAAzXszvvuc&t=82s SEAN BELL Iran and Israel in perspective Sky News 19 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7a7tMxoAEo&t=1s INSIDE IRAN Documentary short 2016 Sky News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WqbqwJczD8 45 YEARS AFTER THE 1979 REVOLUTION IRAN Feb. 2024 ABC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZm5anEGoAo Global News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx83UDp7tZI US SHIPS CARRY AID FOR GAZA FLOATING PIER AND CAUSEWAY FOR GAZA Several US military ships bound for Gaza with urgent aid are holding up in Crete. Departed from port in Virginia on 12 March Arrived in Crete on 17 April The ships are to build a pier and causeway in Gaza by mid-May The Israeli army attack on World Central Kitchen aid workers on 1 April caused the US to delay it arrival The World Central Kitchen ship, Open Arms, returned to Crete from Gaza on 2 April The US hopes to build the pier by the end of April It is a floating pier, like the ones built in Normandy after the D-Day invasion in June 1944 To provide 2 million meals per day The aid is to be delivered by the United Nations World Food Programme / WFP, however, the WFP is reluctant to proceed without a certainty / guaranty that the Israeli army will not attack its workers. Thus, someone else will deliver the aid. British troops have been suggested as lorrie chauffeurs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGwb3GMosNQ&t=31s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-er0TTZMGs&t=29s BBC News 27 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH7x6VSz3KE The Mulberry Harbours D-Day / WW2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpFLLGkNm7I TURKISH AID FLEET Many ships from different countries Turkish ship carries 3,774 tonnes of food, baby supplies, sleeping bags, flour from the Turkish Red Crescent Departed the port of Mersin in Turkey on 16 April Arrived in al-Arish in Egypt on 19 April Aid to be taken to Gaza by lorries through the Rafah border crossing BERNIE SANDERS U. S. Senator Opposes the U. S. bill for military aid to Israel U. S. Senate 23 April 2024 Excerpt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96MI2M56OoY Entire statement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywXAhPAhXl8&t=1s STUDENT PROTESTS ACROSS THE U. S. Harvard, Brown, Columbia, University of Southern California / USC, University of Michigan (U of M), 22 - 24 April 2024 CBC News / Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nR53KEF87Y ABC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y6fH90zADs US House speaker booed at Columbia Comment by grand-daughter of Harry Belafonte PIX11 News 24 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjukt4ZAmgM TRUTH OR FAKE NETANYAHU WANTS ISRAELIS TO RESTTLE GAZA FRANCE24 24 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO-GoRdWYw4&t=244s DEATH TOLL IN GAZA 24 April 2024 At least 34,500 killed, including 13,000 children At least 75,000 to 80,000 injured College protests against U. S. government complicity in the Gaza genocide spread across U. S. Protests began at Columbia U. on 18 April Columbia, in New York City Harvard U., in Cambridge, Massachusetts Yale U., in New Haven, Connecticut Emory U., in Atlanta, Georgia U. of Texas, in Austin University of Southern California Los Angeles / UCLA Northwestern University, in Chicago University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Michigan Georgetown University, in Washington, D. C. George Washington University, in Washington, D. C. American University, in Washington, D. C. California State Polytechnic University in Humboldt University of California Berkeley, in Berkeley, California Northeastern U., Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts Princeton U., Princeton, New Jersey April 18 - 29, 2024 High schoolers staging protests Protests in Berlin began before the protests in the U. S. PROTESTS AT HARVARD 24 / 25 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0vUsSWbQAQ Students in Paris protest Israeli genocide in Gaza FRANCE 24 26 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehjWrBuk7t8 Protests outside White House Washington, D. C. 27 April 2024 Demonstrations in Berlin 27 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrDMBVs8pno Demonstrations in Stockholm, Sweden 27 / 28 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cWI5XRgTbo ISRAEL BOMBS RAFAH 27 April 2024 50 killed in past 24 hours TURKISH AID FLOTILLA FREEDOM FLOTILLA Israel blocks aid ships from sailing More than 5,500 tonnes of aid stuck in Turkey 26 April 2024 Al Jazeera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6og7IVkPES0 AID FROM U. S. Aid from the U. S. for Gaza is on the way. The aid is to be delivered by U. S. military ships to Gaza. Most of the aid is food. There will be 2 million meals per day. Biden has ordered U. S. soldiers not to go ashore in Gaza. The United Nations World Food Programme / WFP was to unload the aid from the ships and take it to the people of Gaza. However, the WFP is reluctant to proceed without a certainty / guaranty that the Israeli army will not attack its workers. It has been suggested that British troops could be the lorrie chauffeurs for the operation. It has been suggested also that the Israeli army could protect the aid workers while they deliver the aid to the Gazans. BBC News 27 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH7x6VSz3KE Biden is a weak sister. World Central Kitchen / WCK 276 trucks with eight million meals ready to enter Gaza by the Rafah crossing. 28 April 2024 SEAN BELL British troops to Gaza to deliver aid ? Sky News 28 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w26SlQ3gu0 More SEAN BELL Sky News 28 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Mru7y4BaA PROTESTS AT UCLA 28 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmCp4noeDaM Palestinians wait in long lines for hours to access clean water 28 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVfPTanEM5M INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT MAY ORDER THE ARREST OF NETANYAHU May issue arrest warrants for other Israelis FRANCE 24 29 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr6cV2sAmrw US is building a pier on Gaza shore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piuQ7w23Zws The pier will handle 150 tonnes of aide per day Gaza requires aid of 500 tonnes per day IS THE F-35 JUST A PAPERWEIGHT ? ARE AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO ENGAGE IN WAR IN GAZA ? US House Armed Services Committee session US Defence Secretary questioned Forbes Breaking News 30 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eeL-bm6rCo ROYAL AIR PORCE AID DROP OVER GAZA ABC News Australia 30 April 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y451Cq5E3Rg Pro-Palestinian protests spreading to college campuses qcross the U. S. 30 April 2024 College round-up Time for a new US secretary of state Netanyahu declares that Israel will invade Rafah even if Hamas agrees a cease fire The US secretary of state, Blinken, says Hamas should accept the terms offered by Israel, which he calls 'generous' Hamas calls Blinken 'the Israeli Foreign Secretary'. BBC 1 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PkO4tUcUOk Aid deliveries to Gaza by sea are being delayed till after the Israeli invasion of Rafah PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTERS MAY DAY DEMONSTRATIONS IN U. S. 1 May 2024 KPIX / CBS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNjsTJhuvDg BERNIE SANDERS US SENATE Americans have had enough of US government complicity in the Israeli genocide of Palestinians 1 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9-EKi8lD_E How the pro-Palestinian protests spread across universities in America Sky News 2 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q5kdZez_C4 UCLA protests Riot police fire rubber bullets at protesters 2 May 2024 Sky News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3perFUMnB-I POLICE FIRE GUN INSIDE COLUMBIA BUILDING - BULLET HIT WALL POLICE SHOOT RUBBER BULLETS AT PROTESTERS AT UCLA INJURIES 2,000 ARRESTS ON CAMPUSES 3 MAY 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3perFUMnB-I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITqKytNxqXQ ISRAEL BLOCKS TURKISH AID TO GAZA TURKEY SUSPENDS ALL TRADE WITH ISRAEL BBC News May 3, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FElgUj8HYY THE TECHNICIAN EXPLAINS How the US Military Builds a Pier 00:00 Introduction 03:59 Geography of Gaza 06:10 First shipments by sea 07:24 Joint Logistics Over The Shore JLOTS 09:10 Floating Pier 13:05 Pier Options Ashore 16:48 Ship to Shore Connectors 23:03 Historical Examples - WWII & Vietnam 25:09 Where Are Marine, Navy & Army Assets 27:37 Conclusion What is Going on with Shipping ? 9 March 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98_gzyt9N-Y&t=1203s FIVE US ARMY SHIPS SAILING TO GAZA Loading a cargo ship with causeways for piers in Gaza. What's Going on With Shipping? March 13, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uSzHN5n2uE THE U. S. GOVERNMENT IS WARNING OF POSSIBLE ATTACKS BY HAMAS ON THE PIER. IF THE PIER AND SHIPS ARE SHOT AT, IT IS JUST AS LIKELY THAT THEY WILL BE SHOT AT BY ISRAELIS. Thousands of Israelis protest in Tel Aviv Deman resignation of Netanyahu and release of hostages Associated Pres / AP May 5, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbCYL_V1wh0 Hamas agrees cease fire Israelis bomb Rafah 6 May 2024 MICHAEL CLARKE Rafah Israel to seize Rafah Israel has conducted more than 100 bombing missions over Rafah Sky News 8 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk0eanLOofc&t=219s A British doctor in Gaza reports on Rafah FRANCE 24 8 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWCDRo3C6CE SEAN BELL Israel's attacks on Rafah Sky News 9 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-prKO_SC-Kg BERNIE SANDERS U. S. Senate An Israeli attack on Rafah would make the catastrophe in Gaza worse. The U.S. cannot continue to provide bombs and artillery shells to the Netanyahu government. 9 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP80dAEHLU4&t=107s U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES RESOLUTION TO MAKE PALESTINE A MEMBER New York 10 May 2024 DW News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaDIG-z-ieg The resolution must be approved by the UN Security Council where, last month, the U. S. vetoed it. STATEHOOD FOR PALESTINE 143 countries voted in the UN General Assembly for full membership for Palestine. Nine countries - the US, Israel, and seven small countries - opposed full membership for Palestine. 25 countries abstained from voting. Ben Norton 0:00 Intro 0:56 Map of UN vote on Palestine membership 1:44 Countries that oppose Palestine 3:13 Europe is divided 3:35 Ukraine supports Israel & opposes Global South 5:11 Global South supports Palestine 5:44 Biden is allied with Hungary's Viktor Orbán 6:20 UNGA resolution 6:47 Venezuela's voting rights taken away 8:02 Read the UNGA resolution 9:02 Hypocrisy of US 'two-state solution' rhetoric 10:29 Most Democrats condemn Israel; Republicans support it 11:11 Countries with bilateral relations with Palestine 11:47 Palestine's rights as UN observer state 13:04 China supports Palestine 13:46 Russia supports Palestine 14:11 Outro 11 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtHx7hhpFDY U. S. ships to Unload Aid on Gaza Shore What's going on with shipping? 10 - 11 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfsZiR17sZU Delivery of aid by ship to shore in Gaza is impractical. Delivery to the Israeli port of Ashdod north of Gaza and from Ashdod by lorry into Gaza is much better and less costly. Security to be provided by a contracted private American company, Six Maritime, Inc. The Israeli attack against Rafah Sean Bell Sky News 12 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te9HDmOY15M TEMPORARY EMERGENCY PIER BUILT BY US ARMY IN GAZA INSTALLED AND OPERATIONAL MICHAEL CLARKE The pier will transport one-third of Gaza's aid requirements Sky News 16 / 17 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAEQ9qEHuTg ABC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwokFOqOE2I BODY OF SHANI LOUK RECOVERED Raffi Berg BBC News 17 May 2024 Quote: 'Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of three hostages from Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say. 'The bodies were those of Shani Louk, Amit Buskila, and Itzhak Gelerenter, it said. The IDF said they had been murdered on 7 October and their remains taken back to Gaza. 'Local media reported that the bodies were found in a Hamas tunnel.' 'The IDF said the bodies had been recovered in an operation overnight. It said it had acted on intelligence gleaned from 'interrogations of terrorists' who had been detained in Gaza. 'It said the three victims had been killed at an intersection near the site of the Nova festival massacre in southern Israel, before their bodies were taken to Gaza.' ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) 17 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCndGen4wDg CBS 17 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCMsZeK4lGI FOX 5 NY 17 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSZSM4YEDb8 United Nations, 16 May 2024: At least 35,000 civilians in Gaza have been KILLED by the Israelis since 7 October 2023. Most of the victims are women and children. About 60 per cent. About 80,000 civilians INJURED. 10,000 are MISSING. President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian of Iran die in helicopter crash in northwest Iran 19 May 2024 CNBC Television https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbTfI6eHRSU Iranian Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian dies in a helicopter crash with President Raisi Al Jazeera 20 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCgaqsZ2p8I TODAY NBC 20 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcdplHNbVu0 Funeral 21 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwzz8p9Alnw International Criminal Court (ICC) The Hague, Netherlands Prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Guardian News 20 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPWM4reuB6U ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan Interview with Christiane Amanpour CNN 20 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRResOpPDhU Full interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BquEw4kNNE Evening Standard, London 20 May 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq51QagZYMw RTÉ News, Ireland 20 May 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX6RmWu14so International Criminal Court 20 May 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdJNAgI7e0I BERNIE SANDERS Senator from Vermont Democratic Party About the ICC U. S. Senate 22 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEDoCaYSwVw&t=1059s Ireland, Norway, and Spain to recognise the State of Palestine on 28 May RTÉ News / Republic of Ireland 22 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bURsQolHDQ BBC News 22 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeriLCk723g PROTESTERS INTERUPT BLINKEN U. S. Senate Committee The Telegraph 22 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faEZeqN-MN8 International Court of Justice / ICJ The Hague, Netherlands Orders Israel to halt its attack on Rafah CBS News 24 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5OziwcEhUQ Channel 4 News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FegcVKeZjG8 ABC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzwMWacYXFg Global News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hAQ7UkFiP8 SHANI LOUK Israeli soldiers recovered the body of Orion Hernandez Radoux, age 30 / 32, the boyfriend of Shani Nicole Louk, in the town of Jabalia in northern Gaza on 23 May 2024. Hernandez was a dual French and Mexican citizen from Mexico. Louk was a dual German and Israeli citizen. Hernandez and Louk were killed by gunmen from Gaza at the Nova Music Festival and their bodies were taken to Gaza on 7 October 2023. Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari Israeli Defence Force (IDF) Spokesman 24 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbV6YZjfhl8 CBC News (Canada) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbeq-W8yH6k PROTESTS IN TEL AVIV Demand for an immediate cease fire 25 May 2024 Humanitarian aid to Gaza and the U. S. pier on the Gaza shore Yair Pinto and Mati Shoshani TBN Israel 24 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bRr5gASyGQ The Gaza Pier is Beached Episode from What's Going on With Shipping? May 26, 2024 The weather and conditions that caused Army sea vessels to beach in Gaza and Israel. 00:00 What is JLOTS? 12:12 Army Watercraft Ashore 17:17 Alternate Scenario to Current JLOTS Support https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjYJR7eiz_U The Gaza Pier is Beached Episode from What's Going on With Shipping? May 28, 2024 Part of the Trident Pier in Israel is beached / washed ashore in heavy seas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzzVyuPnMHk THE GAZA PIER IS BIDEN BULLSHIT, LIKE BIDEN'S 'PEACE PLAN' BIDEN OWES THE U. S. $320 MILLION GAZA PIER A SCANDAL Private contractor in U. S. made off with the money Bribes and kickbacks Pier landed only a few tonnes of aid Never intended to work The Gaza Pier The Hill 29 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMb_FanFwTk The Gaza Pier Why did the pier break apart so quickly? LiveNOW from FOX 30 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-E2Fm7SyiU ISRAEL BOMBING RAFAH WITH US-MADE BOMBS Made in California, Colorado . . . CBS Evening News 30 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuTwJzxPPes PRO-PALESTINE MARCH LONDON Guardian News 29 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RzmEf22THE&t=10s Paris 30 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGniDohpvkQ An overview of the war Staff Sergeant Chaim Malespin, an Israeli army reservist in 'Yaahlom', an elite army engineers unit that de-mines, demolishes tunnels, rescues kidnapping victims, etc. Made Aliyah from America 31 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYPjBtOKxZ8 ISRAELIS BLOCK AID TO GAZA Famine in Gaza Israeli settlers and political 'extremists' attack lorries carrying aid to Gaza. CBS News Imtiaz Tyab reports 12 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTK_pcAgTW4 AIR DROP OVER GAZA Humanitarian aid airlifted to the al-Mawasi region of Khan Younis in southern Gaza 31 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMZUAMl-23o THE GAZA PIER The pier has been repaired Pentagon press conference 6 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAteOOwlUJ4&t=26s U. S. GAZA PIER TRUTH OR FAKE FRANCE24 7 June 2024 One week after its completion in May, storms destroyed the humanitarian aid port built by the U. S. army on the Gaza Strip coast. That was to be expected. The military built the wrong type of pier. The present situation: Parts of the pier were washed ashore. They were taken to the Israeli port of Ashdod for repairs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGYbx-dDpbM THE GAZA AIR LIFT REOPEN YASIR ARAFAT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Gaza requires 3,000 to 7,500 tonnes of humanitarian aid every day. A lorry can carry 10 to 15 tonnes of aid. Gaza requires 300 to 500 lorries of aid per day. Cross-border aid deliveries are not possible at present. This situation might persist for some time. Gaza - Israel border crossings are often closed. The Israelis and Egyptians closed the Egyptian border crossings. The Israeli army is unwilling to protect Gaza aid convoys in Israel or in Gaza. The U. S. army built a small pier on the Gaza shore in May and it conveyed some aid. Apparently, the pier was the wrong type for Gaza and storms destroyed it within a week or so. Air drops provide a small amount of aid. They are morale-boosters. They let people know that the world is aware of their suffering and that more help is on the way. A cargo plane can carry and deliver 20 tonnes of aid. Gaza should reopen Yasir Arafat International Airport or build a new airstrip that can receive 3,000 to 7,500 tonnes of aid per day - in 150 to 380 flights per 10-hour day or one flight every 90 seconds to 4 minutes. The airport would be the busiest in the world. The Israeli army has targeted aid convoys. Local mobs of looters hinder deliveries. Private companies must be contracted to provide guards. Gaza International Airport 1998 - 2002 2002 documentary Journeyman Pictures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb8SszpUxgg The Gaza Airport Today Al Jazeera 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2r8UvUg29Q PRO-PALESTINE DEMONSTRATON AT THE WHITE HOUSE PROTEST AGAINST BIDEN, 'THE BUTCHER OF GAZA' 8 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoJGtMiOpm4 DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON 8 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXHzVkMIkk8 Israeli attack on Nuseirat, Gaza 80 - 274 Palestinians killed Perhaps 400-plus The death toll from the Israeli army attacks on the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip is 80 to 274 Palestinians, including women and children, and many injured. 8 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uug9jA1EgXs NOA ARGAMANI KIDNAPPED The kidnapping of Noa Inside Israel ' s hostage crisis Documentary NBC News With Raf Sanchez Dec. 2023 On 7 October 2023, the wave of armed militants from Gaza that attacked Israeli settlements was followed later by a mob of unarmed civilian men from Gaza https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yYtQJ71Rkg RESCUED Al-Nuseirat, Gaza Mid-day, 8 June 2024 10 or 11 a. m. Four Israelis - kidnapped by gangs from Gaza after a music festival in Israel on the morning of 7 October 2023 and held hostage in Gaza were rescued by Israeli policemen on 8 June 2024. Noa Argamani, an Israeli, age 26, born in 1997, of an Ashkanazi father and a Chinese mother from Wuhan, was the best known of the hostages kidnapped in Israel and held in Gaza. The kidnapping of Noa and her boyfriend / partner, Avinatan Or, on 7 October 2023, was recorded on video by the kidnappers and shown by the media the most often. The four hostages spent 246 days in captivity. Israeli Defence Force spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari Guardian News 8 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo9X_jy__xA Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, Israeli Defence Force https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HtHS6OlNW8 Noa Argamani is a college student. She performed her military service. In her eight months of captivity in Gaza, Noa was held in 'several locations' or 'four different locations', or 'several 'different buildings' - it is not clear which. At the time of her rescue, Noa was held in the home of a Palestinian family. She performed routine domestic housework. Two Israeli soldiers, a man and a woman, disguised as Arab civilians, went to the apartment where Noa was held. Noa, on her way out of the apartment to perform housework, opened the apartment door just as the disguised couple appeared. They identified themselves and Noa left with them. Noa was driven to the beach and accompanied to a waiting helicopter, just south of the U. S. pier. The helicopter flew north to Tel Aviv. A bus took Noa to hospital. THE EXACT MOMENT OF RESCUE Police body camera Daily Mail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDIUAypHfpo In this video, Noa Argamani is accompanied by two persons to a waiting helicopter. The three persons walk across the beach. One of them does not board the helicopter and leaves the beach. Al-Nuseirat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAYiU0HlOfw The three Israeli men held hostage - Almog Meir Jan, 21; Andrey Kozlov, 27; and Shlomi Ziv, 40 - were rescued from an apartment in another building, 200 metres away, moments after Noa's rescue. The three men and the rescue party were delayed a quarter-hour by a gunfight with armed locals. Their car was destroyed. Another car was called to fetch them. They were driven to the beach and escorted to a waiting helicopter just south of the U. S. aid pier. THE EXACT MOMENT OF RESCUE In this video, Israeli soldiers (actually policemen) shoot their way into a building and into an upstairs apartment and find the three men who are held hostage in one room. During their entire eight months of captivity, the three men were held in the one locked room in one apartment in one building. In the video, the three men run from the house in bare sox as an Israeli soldier (policeman) provides covering fire. The three rescued hostages and the policemen fled in a car while under fire. The car was destroyed. A second car was called and took them to the beach (immediately south of the U. S. pier). They were accompanied by eight soldiers, at a run, across the beach to a waiting helicopter. The helicopter flew 42 nautical miles north up the coast to Ramat Gan, a district of the city of Tel Aviv, and boarded a waiting bus to Sheba Hospital. Associated Press Footage taken on 8 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj9KInfGVM8 The Telegraph More of the moment of rescue and the helicopter to Israel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouoix-h3UsM Rescue with detailed commentary FRANCE 24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yp74hoXJ6w The full rescue with a more detailed commentary by the Israeli army i24NEWS English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gheUp7vc3E&t=36s Video of rescue operation taken from overhead drone Eight Israeli soldiers run with three rescued hostages to a waiting helicopter on a beach by the sea. The Economic Times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q57hX7-sClQ Video (view) of rescue operation taken from the shore, south of the U. S. pier Helicopter takes off, heads north for Tel Aviv. AFP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN8wvELzdjg The helicopter pilot The pilot invited one hostage, Shlomi Ziv, to sit in the cockpit. It was a ten-minute ride to Tel Aviv. 'We did not talk about the captivity. I told him about the helicopter.' i24NEWS English 18 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-5MWKLBm7I The helicopter and the three rescued men arrive in Ramat Gan. ABS-CBN News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs3iD4ussw4 FOUR ISRAELI HOSTAGES RESCUED in al-Nuseirat, Gaza Israeli army, police and intelligence agents conduct daylight raid and rescue under fire. Many local people were killed. Staff Sergeant Chaim Malespin, Israeli Army Commentary 8 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1rl0O71B8M Four Israeli hostages rescued from Gaza Sky News 8 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6sNckVUffg The rescue was a joint-military operation. 55 local Palestinians were killed and hundreds injured. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwvgxLTyrjU Noa Argamani and three other Israeli hostages were rescued in a joint Israeli army and police raid in Gaza. The police stormed two buildings - one held the three men and the other held Noa Argamani. One Israeli policeman, the commander of the rescue mission, was injured while storming the house that held the three men and died later in hospital. According to reports, Noa's boyfriend / partner, Avinatan Or, is alive, held captive in a building to the northwest of al-Nuseirat. MSNBC 8 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xj_vlJ4XHQ Noa with her father and a soldier, one of her rescuers in Gaza. The rescued hostages with their families in hospital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBb812EoIAs ISRAELI PM NETANYAHU MEETS NOA ARGAMANI AND HER FAMILY Noa and her father and P. M. Netanyahu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPA4Hd7iZcA Steve Lookner Agenda-Free TV Commentary 8 June 2024 The rescue was a joint-operation, called 'Seeds of Summer', with the police, IDF special forces, and Israel Internal Security (Shin - Bet). The U. S. was not directly involved. The U. S. routinely shares 'intelligence' with Israel, like drone images and communication intercepts. Shortly before the rescue attempt, the IDF launched a planned attack on sites just to the east of al-Nuiserat. This attack was - or was not - a planned diversion, to mislead and lull the kidnappers. The commander of the operation was shot and wounded in a gunfight as he entered the apartment that held the three hostages. The operation was renamed after him. The two buildings that held the hostages were three stories high. Armed locals attacked the rescue mission as it left the scene. The IDF fired back with the air strikes. Civilians were killed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-KwzTvde1U Comments about the Israeli raid on the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Gaza and the rescue of Israeli hostages Too many Palestinian deaths At least 274 people were killed and more than 698 injured CNN 9 June 2924 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKVQpEJyJPY The Hostage Rescue in al-Nuseirat Video / footage SBS News (Australia) 8 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ayxCrziKVg&t=105s Almog Meir Jan 21-year-old hostage Eight months in captivity in Gaza. Almog was held captive the entire eight months with two other men, Andrey Koslov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40. They were held in the same room for the last six months. They were on the second floor of a building. There was a family with five children on the first floor. Their guards were in an adjoining room. The guards played cards all the time. The guards told Almog that Israel had forgotten him. Then, one Saturday night, Almog saw himself on Al Jazeera on the guards' TV. Almog's father died hours before the rescue. They did not expect to be rescued. They expected a hostage deal instead. ABC News In-depth 19 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdBhMxoUXxM Details of the Israeli Raid and Rescue Hostages were held in civilian homes Helicopter took off from the beach immediately south of the US Gaza pier Preston Stewart June 9, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_neMXzResWw&t=77s Chaim Malespin, Staff Sergeant First Class, Israeli army, elite engineers unit - 'Yahalom' America and Israel Chaim Malespin is an American from Oregon. He is a Christian. His family is Christian. Chaim was a carpenter. Chaim went to Israel circa 2000. His wife is a Canadian. She is from the plaines of central Canada. She is also a Christian. Her family is Christian. They have two children. They live in the Galilee. 10 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYPjBtOKxZ8 Yair Pinto reports Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) Israel The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet / Shabak) conducted a raid and rescued four hostages held by Hamas. The US floating pier has been repaired. 10 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRnaEWWencQ Yair Pinto reports Additional details about the raid and rescue Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) Israel 11 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOYeET2Ts1M Commentary by a former Israeli army commander about the rescue mission Noa Argamani was held captive in four different locations during her eight-month captivity. At the time of her rescue, Noa lived with a family. She performed routine domestic housework. Earlier this year, Noa appeared in a video with two Israeli men who were held hostage in another apartment in the same building. The two men were killed by an Israeli aerial bomb strike shortly afterward. Noa appeared in a video announcing the deaths of the men. Two Israeli soldiers, a man and a woman, disguised as Arab civilians, went to the apartment where Noa was held. Noa, on her way out of the apartment to perform housework, opened the apartment door just as the disguised couple appeared. They identified themselves and Noa left with them. The guards were killed by soldiers who followed the disguised couple. At the same time, three Israeli men who were held hostage in one apartment in another building 200 metres away were rescued by Israeli soldiers during a gun battle and escaped under fire. The commander of the rescue mission was shot as he entered the building and died later in hospital. The guards were shot dead by the soldiers. A rocket was fired at the helicopter as it flew away. The Sun 10 June 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ-qEdxf_xY There were armed guards in the two houses where Noa Argamani and the three Israeli men were held. The guards were killed by Israeli soldiers. The three men were held in the home of a Palestinian doctor. The doctor's son, a journalist for Al Jazeera or an American-based journal, lived in the building. The doctor and his son were killed by the soldiers during the rescue. There were reports that the families with whom Noa and the men lived also were killed by Israeli soldiers. A fuller description of the raid and rescue How the rescue was conducted. The rescue force included paratroopers. Interview with the pilot of the helicopter that rescued Noa Argamani i24NEWS English 13 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gheUp7vc3E Palestinian journalist identified i24NEWS English The three Israeli male hostages were held in the home of a journalist, Abdallah Aljamal, and his family. 13 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Naf7Z26JjGA During the rescue operation, soldiers who accompanied the rescuers attacked 'terrorist' hide-outs in other buildings in the neighbourhoods. Were American soldiers involved in the Rescue? Truth or Fake FRANCE 24 11 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzd93ZBw224 Arnon Zmora Police Special Forces Killed in rescue of three hostages in Gaza 124NEWS 10 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MRSUNBksgA 8 June 2024 120 hostages in Gaza. 116 hostages, kidnapped in Israel on 7 October, are still in Gaza. Of the 116 hostages, 41 are dead. Thus, 75 hostages, kidnapped on 7 October, are alive in Gaza. Four more hostages, kidnapped earlier, are in Gaza. One or more of the four might be dead. To date, 116 persons in Gaza, taken hostage in Israel on 7 October 2023, have been freed. The total includes 23 Thais and one Filipino who have been freed. Nine Thais remain hostage in Gaza. To date, 37,084 civilians in Gaza have been killed. At least twice as many injured. Many are missing. Andrey Kozlov Kozlov, age 27, came to Israel from Russia in early 2022. His mother lives in St. Petersburg. Kozlov was a security guard at the Nova music festival on 7 October 2023. Kozlov was tied up for the first two months of his captivity. His hands and feet were bound. His hands were tied behind his back. The kidnappers beat the hostages. After the rescue of the three men - Almog Meir Jan, Shlomi Ziv and Kozlov - from a family's apartment there was a gunfight with the guards. The lorry that carried the three men - and the injured leader of the rescue operation - broke down. Armed men approached and surrounded the lorry. The Israeli air force bombed the area to give the rescue party a chance to escape. Mikhail Kozlov, father of rescued hostage, Andrey Kozlov 13 June 2024 Associated Press https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgi1qW1xJGk The parents of Andrey Kozlov Living conditions in captivity i24NEWS 14 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAMJNcl7Dv0 Andrey Kozlov, rescued hostage Request to get the other hostages back Associated Press 15 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgvbH03lrlk ANDREY KOZLOV Interview CNN 12 July 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IGqfjGX8W0 Big demonstrations in Tel Aviv Demand for a immediate peace deal with Gaza and release of hostages from Gaza. i24NEWS English 16 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVIw_PKkNLY Operation Arnon Rescue of Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity Helmet cam footage All Israel News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cxROXFPMRI Join Yair Pinto and Mati Shoshani Operation Seeds of Summer / Operation Arnon The hostage rescue operation in Gaza In-depth details Can the IDF undertake another such rescue operation? TBN Israel 20 / 21 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcY4ZfnC-bc BLACK HAWK DOWN In discussions about the recent Israeli hostage rescue, occasional references are made to an American movie, released in 2001, called Black Hawk Down, with actor Sam Shepard (The Right Stuff, 1983). The movie is about the American crew of a Black Hawk helicopter that was shot down in the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia during the Somalian civil war in 1993. The American soldiers were with an United Nations force in Somalia. American helicopters were shot down. Attempts were made to rescue the crews. On one side, eighteen American soldiers were killed and 73 were wounded; one Malaysian soldier was killed and seven were wounded; and two Pakistani soldiers were injured. On the opposite side, estimated Somali casualties were much higher. 2:24:22 / 124 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej71wB5GDWU&t=16s or 2:24:22 / 124 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej71wB5GDWU&t=294s Black Hawk Down / La Chute du Faucon Noir Le film en francais https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va5Vx2tvvsM BLACK HAWK DOWN - The Untold Story Documentary The 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Task Force 2-14 Two special operations Black Hawk helicopters were shot down in Mogadishu on October 3, 1993, Rangers of Task Force 2-14 fought for 18 hours in Mogadishu to rescue 99 special operations troops. 18 US soldiers were killed and were 78 wounded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qec1xfi-eA Black Hawk Down The True Story of the Battle of Mogadishu Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97OGWTfObQw MIRACLE AT ENTEBBE In discussions of the recent Israeli hostage rescue in Gaza there are occasional references to the hijacking of a commercial airliner by pro-Palestine hijackers in 1976. The Air France plane, en route to France, carried many Israelis. The hijackers held the Israeli passengers hostage in Uganda. The hijackers demanded a ransom from Israel and the release of comrades from Israeli prisons. Israeli soldiers flew to Uganda, killed the hijackers and rescued the hostages. 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xCxzdU9dQo THE ISRAELI RAID ON ENTEBBE Two members of the German Baader-Meinhof group and two members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hijacked Air France Flight 139 en route from Athens, Greece to Paris, France. The plane, flying from Tel Aviv, carried many Jews, including many from Israel. The hijackers diverted the plane to Libya and then to Entebbe, Uganda. The dictator of Uganda, Idi Amin, welcomed the hijackers. The hijackers demanded a ransom from Israel. The Israelis planned and conducted a successful rescue operation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTrfYgMxYq0 . UN Security Council Votes for US plan for Israel-Gaza ceasefire 14 in favour, Russia abstains Guardian News 10 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpeEAbCfVtQ Commentary BBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNheIZfb7_o King Abdullah II of Jordan International Conference Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza Jordan 11 June 2024 Al Jazeera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZakQr9i0AA Pro-Palestine Activists Arrested on UCLA Campus Westwood (Los Angeles), California 11 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEr1FD-Wh-E SHOOTING PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS Video from Al Jazeera Israeli soldiers targeting and killing unarmed Palestinian men who are returning to north Gaza. In the video, Palestinian men are walking along the beach, heading north, when stopped and shot by Israeli soldiers. The killings occurred just south of the U. S. pier. Bulldozers buried the bodies on the beach. 12 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfVFKfNeiPE The same: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/6/12/video-of-alleged-israeli-execution-style-killings-in-gaza More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH8nm4wyplM&t=20s Staff Sergeant Chaim Malespin Yahalom / Israeli army engineers June 13, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sgzxRRQVZI Staff Sergeant Major Chaim Malespin, Israeli army Engineers unit - 'Yaahlom' The Turkish Hospital in Gaza Day 252 June 14, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dScU6FwaGZU Staff Sergeant Chaim Malespin IDF engineers unit - 'Yahalom' A talk about Hezbollah and Lebanon 15 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ3hVnH7QFM Staff Sergeant Chaim Malespin IDF engineers unit / 'Yaahlom' Takes a break from the front lines 18 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjKAMLKngio RED SEA CONVOYS What's Going On With Shipping? A talk 00:00 Introduction 02:21 Shipping Situation 15:23 New Convoy Operation 14 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvT61UoxPGs GAZA AID PIER REMOVED BY U. S. U. S. claims bad weather 15 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StmJPIHreXQ&t=5s Amit Sousanna Former Israeli hostage Meets U. S. Vice-President Kamala Harris Addresses Conference in the White House in Washington, D. C. Hindustan Times 17 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrrWXYe2FDQ Kamala Harris Speaks at the conference Associated Press / AP 17 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TpOa4fkCDg Navi Pillay Chair Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel Report to the Human Rights Council 56th session Geneva, Switzerland 19 June 2024 'The Commission . . . calls for a complete cessation of hostilities. We call for the immediate and full end of the siege; for the release of all detainees, including all of the Israeli hostages; and for Palestinian armed groups to stop the indiscriminate firing of rockets into Israel.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF3Cy3zR4Qs Navi Pillay and Chris Sidoti U. N. investigators Q & A on Gaza report Geneva, Switzerland 19 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHk916NRbMw BERNIE SANDERS The US should withhold all offensive military aid to Israel and demand an end to this war. 19 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pPSBaPM4u4 With the IDF in Beit Hanoun, northeastern Gaza Strip Staff Sergeant Chaim Malespin IDF engineers unit / 'Yaahlom' 19 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6V8AVhqjRo It is not possible to destroy Hamas IDF disagrees with Prime Minister Netanyahu ABC News Australia 20 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFVM6zXdWMk DELIVERING AID IN GAZA Private contractors, commercial operators, looters, smugglers Hazard faced by civilians and aid workers in Gaza FRANCE 24 François Picard interviews Dov Lieber, Wall Street Journal correspondent in Israel and Palestine. 21 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_BqEUV2AlI U. S. Aid Pier in Gaza resumes Operation Save the Children ABC News / Australia 23 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GAaynhI_es Staff Sergeant Chaim Malespin IDF engineers unit / 'Yaahlom' 23 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUvqH_f7FDA Staff Sergeant Chaim Malespin IDF engineers unit / 'Yahalom' Beautiful Beachfront 24 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcQFl9KjEow The U. S. Gaza Pier Is it really for humanitarian aid? Or is part of another U. S. plan? TRT World / Turkey 26 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcDXZXqeirQ AID TO GAZA United Nations warns Israel to provide additional protection to aid workers. US aid pier in jeopardy. CBS News 24/7 25 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4NuCm6ALtA&t=5s THE U. S. AID PIER ACTUAL COST - $230 MILLION ABC News June 25, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRX9R3Xrsa4 A VISIT TO THE PIER NBC News June 25, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_mMVkWl6Bo PENTAGON SPOKESMAN Gaza Pier Operational Again Forbes Breaking News 25 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNuz4Ud6Yfg THE PIER CBS News 24/7 Still not up and running 26 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnTQk3e4r30 David Mencer Israeli Government spokesman 26 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68g-doh7rNg Some Arab governments have ties with Israel Documentary DW 22 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWQOWJ-brVI Protesters demand return of hostages Tel Aviv ABC News 26 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO5PUb6Dqwg Anti-Netanyahu protests sweep Israel Protests outside Prime Minister ' s Office Tel Aviv ABC News 27 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1buD3jeJa8 NOA ARGAMANI Speaks publicly ABC News 30 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHisyPOLbLA U. S. AID PIER IN GAZA REMOVED AGAIN - THS TIME, MAYBE FOREVER $230 million lost Investigation Sky News Australia 29 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiBnJkUWQNE U. S. PIER IN GAZA Is it coming or going? Episode from the series What's Going on With Shipping? June 30, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8xF-58WBxw THE GAZA AIR LIFT REOPEN YASIR ARAFAT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Gaza requires 3,000 to 7,500 tonnes of humanitarian aid every day. A lorry can carry 10 to 15 tonnes of aid. Gaza requires 300 to 500 lorries of aid per day. Cross-border aid deliveries are not possible at present. This situation might persist for some time. Gaza - Israel border crossings are often closed. The Israelis and Egyptians closed the Egyptian border crossings. The Israeli army is unwilling to protect Gaza aid convoys in Israel or in Gaza. The U. S. army built a small pier on the Gaza shore in May and it conveyed some aid. Apparently, the pier was the wrong type for Gaza and storms destroyed it within a week or so. Air drops provide a small amount of aid. They are morale-boosters. They let people know that the world is aware of their suffering and that more help is on the way. A cargo plane can carry and deliver 20 tonnes of aid. Gaza should reopen Yasir Arafat International Airport or build a new airstrip that can receive 3,000 to 7,500 tonnes of aid per day - in 150 to 380 flights per 10-hour day or one flight every 90 seconds to 4 minutes. The airport would be the busiest in the world. The Israeli army has targeted aid convoys. Local mobs of looters hinder deliveries. Private companies must be contracted to provide guards. Gaza International Airport 1998 - 2002 2002 documentary Journeyman Pictures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb8SszpUxgg The Gaza Airport Today Al Jazeera 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2r8UvUg29Q BEATING ABOUT THE BUSH Getting the aid into Gaza is one thing. Distributing the aid inside Gaza is another. Getting the aid into Gaza - by land, by sea and by air - should not be a problem. Distributing the aid to the Palestinians in Gaza should not be a problem. The Palestinians should cooperate if Yahya Sinwar, the most influential Palestinian politician in Gaza, is invited to support the operation. The Israelis will have to leave Gaza. Sinwar will require the utmost protection. United Nations peace keepers can be brought in to maintain order. With Sinwar's backing, the U. N. can distribute the aid and Palestinians can assist in distributing the aid. There is no other way. MORE THAN 38,000 IN GAZA KILLED SINCE OCTOBER 7, 2023 HAMAS - ISRAEL TRUCE TALKS? CBS News / CBS Saturday Morning July 6, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1gujWiEMFU Reuters 6 July 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io7kmMDD4xY NBC News 6 July 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYj4Pv5cfrs ANDREY KOZLOV Rescued from kidnappers in Gaza Interview on CNN Uploaded 13 July 2024 15:17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D-KaDH5AuU Andrey Kozlov Age 27 Speaks at rally on 13 July 2024 ILTV Israel News 14 -15 July 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhwRbZEGEPk J. D. VANCE Donald Trump's running mate is Pro-Israeli Comments by Rabbi Tuly Weisz ILTV Israel News 16 July 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GotDKS0QFZE WHY THE GAZA PIER FAILED The causes for the failure of the US military Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) Gaza Pier Episode from the series What ' s Going on with Shipping 16 July 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJgspVr2wpM ISRAELI KNESSET / PARLIAMENT REJECTS PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD 17 July 2024 ILTV Israel News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpfeQEk6C3A U. S. Gaza Pier U. S. Department of Defence cancels pier for Gaza Humanitarian aid will be conveyed to Ashdod Lorries will take supplies from Ashdod to Gaza 18 July 2024 WCNC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kECGDKxfoHo The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Top court of the United Nations The Hague, the Netherlands Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is against international law Israel should stop settlement in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem Israel should end its illegal occupation of those areas and the Gaza Strip Israel should evacuate all of its settlers from the West Bank and East Jerusalem Irael should pay reparations to Palestinians for damages caused by the occupation. 160 settlements with 700,000 Jews in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 1967 are illegal. The court decisions go to the UN General Assembly in New York The decisions are advisory and not legally binding 19 July 2024 BBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LDol-3bQuY CBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIXxAmfTpa8 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC7GIydAvoI Hamas and Fatah agree to form a government China mediated the agreement in Peking 14 Palestinian groups agree Comments CNA 23 July 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVc89b8tRXY TRT World Now 23 July 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d85kySxWtc FRANCE 24 English 23 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFmchxplKj8 NETANYAHU ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON, D. C. NETANYAHU ADDRESSES JOINT-SESSION OF CONGRESS 24 July 2024 House speaker Mike Johnson welcomes Netanyahu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZtfMrf7lJI Livestream Go to 1:09:40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwi0uD2QlKw Comments CBS News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfISTx-S9mE Protests 6abc Philadelphia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcQcyDMccaw Noa Argamani, a young Israeli woman living in Israel, was kidnapped by a horde of gangs from Gaza on 7 October 2023. She was held captive in Gaza. She was rescued by Israeli police and soldiers on 8 June 2024. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brought Noa and her father with him to Washington, D. C. and they attended his speech before the Congress on 24 June. About half the Democratic Party members of the Senate and House of Representatives did not attend Netanyahu's address to Congress. Absent were the vice-president, Kamala Harris; Nancy Pelosi; and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. About 1,200 people were killed by gangs from Gaza on 7 October 2023. 251 persons were kidnapped and taken hostage to Gaza. 116 hostages are still in Gaza. 44 of the hostages are dead. Israeli soldiers recovered the bodies of five hostages from an underground tunnel during a raid in Khan Younis on 24 July. Four men, who were soldiers, were killed in Israel on 7 October and one elderly woman was murdered in captivity. An estimated 39,000 people in Gaza have been killed in the genocide committed by Israelis since 7 October 2023. PALESTINIAN OLYMPIC TEAM Arrives in Paris The National News 25 July 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRU9wNf4h88 Associated Press https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHbRT9gC2wM AFP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU6u9PjZfGs Palestinian swimmer Valerie Tarazi Olympic debut Flag-bearer Paris 2024 TRT 26 July 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLBOXlAJQ6Q Palestinian weightlifter loses place at Olympics because of Gaza war Al Jazeera English 25 July 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtwTGNYZuaM Eight Palestinian athletes made it to the 2024 Olympics But around 400 other Palestinian athletes have been killed by Israeli forces and 42 sports facilities have been damaged or destroyed Middle East Eye 28 July 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfTYQs8fZvU Yazan Al Bawwab Palestinian swimmer Olympic Games Paris 2024 TRT World 27 July 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHbURyqBmBQ PRO-PALESTINE FOOTBALL FANS PROTEST PRESENCE OF ISARELI TEAM Islam Channel 27 July 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ebJzfRpVWc THE US GAZA PIER The U. S. military calls it a success The world calls it a failure Most consider it a scandal - another money-making scheme by the military. The pier was never intended to work. The right pier in the wrong place. Accounting is required. Where did the $230 million allotted to the pier go? 26 July 2024 Military Times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfNZf0lq1ps HAMAS leader killed in Iran 31 July 2024 / 1 August 2024 Details not clear Who did it? How was it done? Palestinian HAMAS political chief Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard were killed in an Iranian government guest house in Tehran early in the morning of 31 July 2024 / 1 August 2024. Haniyeh was killed by a bomb planted in the guest house or a projectile fired from outside the house. The Israelis have been blamed. On 6 August, Hamas named Yahya Sinwar its top chief, replacing Haniyeh. Sinwar has been HAMAS's leader in the Gaza strip since 2017, He is now the leader of its political wing. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION DENIES PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN SPEAKER CBS 22 August 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2PG8K85mUo HEZBOLLAH AND ISRAEL EXCHANGE CROSS-BORDER FIRE ISRAEL - HAMAS GAZA CEASE-FIRE TALKS BREAK OFF BBC News 26 August 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA1EF-iL4ZY Sky News 26 August 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExKQIB8cImE Retired Colonel Cedric Leighton Israel and Hezbollah Lebanon, Iran CNN 26 August 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0swtHmeEV3I IDF rescues hostage Bedouin Muslim rescued Admiral Daniel Hagari Israel Defence Forces 27 August 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbKSfoFn1fs Alistair Bunkall Jerusalem Sky News 27 August 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PydNd2b46hY David Mencer Israeli government spokesman Australia Israel and Jewish Affairs Council / AIJAC 27 August 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSq93YxHA_4 BBC News 27 August 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLz0rAvibRU&t=34s Sky News 28 August 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-utN4Hb26E IDF RECOVER BODIES OF SIX HOSTAGES Rafah 31 August 2024 Admiral Daniel Hagari Associated Press https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezjiu6AvCF0&t=36s Israel Defence Forces https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZkmJQO08-Q Bodies of six hostages recovered in Gaza by IDF Killed just before bodies found CBS New York 1 September 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpd9J3N2KS0 BBC News 27 August 2024 Since 7 October 2023 117 hostages have been freed to date, including 78 women and children. 23 Thais and 1 Filipino have been freed. See: BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67477240 Hundreds of thousands protest in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv 31 August, 1 and 2 September NEWS 9 Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhkOZuVSKJA Prime Minister Netanyahu is losing support in the Knesset / Parliament and Israeli society Israelis have created an attacking military front in the West Bank Children in part of Gaza are being vaccinated against Polio by the U. N. as Israel bombs other parts ABC News Australia 1 September 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaQ39e66_L4 ISRAEL SPREADS GENOCIDE TO THE WEST BANK MICHAEL CLARKE IDF attacking Palestinians in the West Bank Israel provoking a third intifada Sky News 29 August 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i0PVvpx_wY SEAN BELL Cutting back on arms to Israel Political negotiation is the best way to free the hostages in Gaza Sky News 3 September 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp3BAQnd6PE BBC News, 2 September 2024: 97 hostages, taken from Israel on 7 October 2023, remain unaccounted for in Gaza. 56 hostages believed to be still alive. *727 Palestinians in the West Bank killed by Israelis since 7 October 2023.* ISRAEL AND LEBANON AT WAR September 2024 ISRAEL AND HEZBOLLAH BOMB EACH OTHER September 2024 HOUTHIS BOMB ISRAEL ISRAEL BOMBS HOUTHIS IN YEMEN September 2024 PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations Riyad H. Mansour United Nations General Assembly 18 September 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYCFcO2MFSg King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan Address to the UN General Assembly 24 September 2024 PBS NewsHour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCm1wwkyzVg Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Addresses the UN General Assembly 26 September 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNmQn7vZFps MICHAEL CLARKE THE ISRAELI OFFENSIVE Began on 27 July Will Israel invade Lebanon? Can Israel fight a three-front war? Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon. Sky News 25 September 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7_auEclrHk - Israel airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon kills the leader of Hezbollah / Party of God, Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese Shia cleric, secretary general of Hezbollah since 1992 27 September 2024 IDF Spokesperson Admiral Daniel Hagari CNN-News 18 28 September 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tgFpzNQn9s ISRAEL INVADES LEBANON Launches airstrikes Beirut hit Ground troops conduct raids in southern Lebanon 1 October 2024 The Telegraph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFLGZoQxQ0o Admiral Daniel Hagari IDF spokesman Israeli response to Hezbollah attacks from southern Lebanon since 7 Oct 2023 All Israel News 1 Oct 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWJW4eE5dc4 IRAN BOMBARDS ISRAEL WITH MISSILES Tel Aviv hit 1 October 2024 BBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxIIKdx61WA MICHAEL CLARKE ISRAELI INVASION OF LEBANON CONTINUES 20,000 ISRAELI TROOOPS AND ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT IN SOUTHERN LEBANON 2 October 2024 Times Radio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReYNoyB2wB0 MICHAEL CLARKE Israel has invaded southern Lebanon. Israel wants to stop Hezbollah firing rockets into Israel. Israel wants to push Hezbollah north of the Litani River in southern Lebanon. The mountainous terrain and Hezbollah tunnels are a major obstacle. 25,000 Israeli soldiers are in the operation. Sky News 1 / 2 October 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kreU8JFSQD0 MICHAEL CLARKE The results of the Iranian missile attack of 1 October Sky News 2 October 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp3bY6xGmTI Israeli air strikes and ground attacks kill 51 people Khan Younis Southern Gaza 2 October 2024 3 October 2024 At least 41,800 dead in Gaza since 7 October 2023 MICHAEL CLARKE Israeli strategy in Lebanon Sky News 5 October 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmuCfxcEUSg MICHAEL CLARKE Anniversary of 7 October attack Sky News Oct 7, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaQEVJnTcNI MICHAEL CLARKE Israel, Gaza, Lebanon and Iran A year on from the October 7 attacks Sky News Oct 7, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN51FjKyAwY SEAN BELL Israeli DF in Lebanon Sky News 8 October 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJbzrZsG0qM Admiral Daniel Hagari IDF spokesman In Hezbollah camp in Shia village in southern Lebanon All Israel News 11 Oct 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWJW4eE5dc4 Admiral Daniel Hagari IDF Spokesman Announces IDF report of the death of Yahya Sinwar, HAMAS leader, in Rafah 17 October 2024 All Israel News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIUKTB3_IhQ AIJAC / Australia Israel Jewish Affairs Council https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGBARaB5gtY Israel Strikes Iran IDF Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari 25 October 2024 IDF 25 October 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1lwWobgmeQ&t=49s Operation concluded 25 / 26 October 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx0oshM2gE8 SEAN BELL Israeli bombardment of Iran was measured and limited Sky News 26 October 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7S4EmVphmk ISRAEL BANS UNRWA Palestinian refugee agency Banned from operating in Israel and Israeli occupied areas 28 October 2024 FRANCE 24 English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qmOFX6ZdW8 ARABS IN AMERICA VOTE FOR TRUMP The Vote in Dearborn, Michigan A big shift from the Democratic to Republican Party Al Jazeera 6 November 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqD0QWfDO4w 'Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.' Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, de facto leader and ruler of Saudi Arabia. Monday, 11 November 2024 Joint summit of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Conference. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia DEATH TOLL GAZA 17 November 2024 43,846 dead / Bernama (Malaysia) 70 % are women and children 103,740 injured / Bernama (Malaysia) -------------------- What caused the October 7 attack on Israeli border settlements by Palestinians from Gaza ? Hamas said October 7 was a response to Israeli attacks on the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Were there other reasons ? Israel made regular important payments to Hamas for some years. But Israel missed several payments before October 7. Did Netanyahu engineer the terrorist attack on Israel for an excuse to wage war in the Gaza Strip ? Israeli observation unit claims their Oct. 7 warnings were ignored ABC News 25 June 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zCQYmnOgTE ------------------- *Continue to next page, 13. 2024*						Lawrence of Arabia The Ottoman Empire, which in 1923 became the Republic of Turkey, sided with Germany in the Great War (1914 - 1918) against the British, French and Russians. With British encouragement, the Arabs in the Ottoman Empire revolted against their Turkish overlords. A British army reconnaissance officer, T. E. Lawrence, assisted Arab leaders in forming an army and overthrowing the Turks, capturing the cities of Aqaba and Damascus and taking the Ottoman provinces of Hejaz and Syria. A 1962 movie directed by David Lean. Previously, Lean directed the 1957 movie, The Bridge on the River Kwai. Peter O'Toole as T. E. Lawrence, British army intelligence officer, leads the Arabs against the Turks. Donald Wolfit as General Archibald Murray, commander of British forces in the Sinai and Palestine Campaigns against the Turks. Jack Hawkins as General Edmund Allenby, succeeded General Murray in 1917 as commander of British forces in the Sinai and Palestine Campaigns against the Turks. Claude Rains as Mr. Dryden, a civilian advisor to Generals Murray and Allenby. Dryden is a fictitious character based on a combination of civilian advisors to General Allenby - primarily Ronald Storrs, a member of the Arab Bureau; David Hogarth, an archaeologist and friend of Lawrence; Henry McMahon, High Commissioner of Egypt, negotiated the McMahon - Hussein Correspondence which began the Arab Revolt; and Mark Sykes, who helped draw up the Sykes - Picot Agreement which partitioned the post-war Middle East. Alec Guinness as Prince Faisal, leader of the Arab Revolt, later King of Iraq and King of Syria. Omar Sharif as Sherif Ali ibn el Kharish, a fictious character created as a combination of numerous Arab leaders with whom Lawrence went on campaign, particularly Sharif Nassir - cousin of Prince Faisal - who led the Harith tribe of Bedouins in the attack on Aqaba. Anthony Quayle as Colonel Harry Brighton, actually Lt. Col. S. F. Newcombe, Lawrence's predecessor as liaison to the Arab Revolt, who was captured by the Turks in 1916 and escaped. Anthony Quinn as Auda Abu Tayi, Arabian Bedouin leader of the Arab Revolt, led Bedouin Arab forces in the capture of several cities from the Turks, including Aqaba in July 1917 and Damascus in October 1918. Arthur Kennedy as Jackson Bentley, an American journalist, actually Lowell Thomas, who accompanied Lawrence on several campaigns. José Ferrer as the Turkish Bey (chief) of Deraa. Uploaded 2 November 2023 3:47:01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBiZu5C6lCo or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1C7wwBEq6c or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9boARnzvG8 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjRMo_Xq8eE or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVlsnDZm0ZM Peter O'Toole is remembered also for his portrayal of King Henry II of England in the 1964 movie Becket with Richard Burton. Alec Guinness is best remembered in the role of Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai in 1957 and as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the first Star Wars film in 1977. Jack Hawkins portrayed a British army officer in The Bridge on the River Kwai in 1957 who led a small group of commandos through enemy jungles to blow up the bridge. Claude Rains is best remembered for his portrayal of a French police chief / préfet de la police in the 1942 movie Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart. Donald Wolfit is remembered also for his portrayal of the Bishop of London in the 1964 movie Becket. Anthony Quinn, a Mexican-American, is also remembered for his roles as a lynching victim in The Oxbow Incident in 1943, a washed-up old boxer in Requiem for a Heavyweight in 1962, a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad in The Message in 1976, and his portrayals of the Mexican revolutionary Eufemio Zapata, the Biblical character Barabbas, the Mongol conqueror Kublai Khan, the Pope, and the Libyan national hero Omar Mukhtar. Omar Sharif, an Egyptian, is best remembered as Doctor Yuri Zhivago in the 1965 movie Doctor Zhivago, based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Russian author Boris Pasternak. Lawrence of Arabia Overture The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Recording Session Uploaded 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFyqL7ed6YM The BBC Concert Orchestra The Proms 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i1mI-P9Z3s A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia 1990 British television film T. E. Lawrence and Emir Faisal of the Hejaz Paris Peace Conference, 1919 Ralph Fiennes as Lawrence Siddig El-Fadil as Faisal Denis Quilley a Lord Curzon Michael Cochrane as Winston Churchill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHLtJGPwh_U LAWRENCE OF ARABIA DESERT CAMPAIGN NEWSREEL LOWELL THOMAS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ussAz7VUxts With Lawrence in Arabia Lowell Thomas 1927 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ussAz7VUxts Seven Pillars of Wisdom By T. E. Lawrence 1927 Lecture by J. Rufus Fears The Great Books https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUGqpwEEvw4 Lawrence and Arabia Documentary 1986 BBC Uploaded in 7 parts 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9UfvVDN_nc&t=108s 2. missing from upload 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7BchrfXDqM&t=14s 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk2L9JrTbjE&t=19s 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0Izn0WcWs4&t=279s 6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcyKiO4Zp8k&t=34s 7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lVRQ3nFKsk&t=72s T. E. Lawrence Documentary BBC 1962 59 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKuviq45vzc Funeral of T. E. Lawrence British Pathé 1935 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRTM4HeJpcg Lawrence of Arabia - Simple Funeral at Moreton British Pathé 1935 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFUQV6j3FoE Peter O' Toole Interviewed by Kenneth Griffith On location during filming of Lawrence in Almeria, Andalusia, Spain BBC Monitor First broadcast 25 November 1962 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTMeRPPeGFw Lawrence of Arabia Preview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AznzZAlwVA --------------- Fall of the Ottoman Empire The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict explained over a map Geo History 18 May 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9M0HKH9DUc ------------------- The First World War Created the Middle East Conflicts A talk by Jesse Alexander Episode from the series The Great War Uploaded 8 December 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjnBmH8b0Ko The British and the Jews Zionists have settled in Palestine since the 1890s. After the Balfour Declaration in 1917, Zionist settlement increased. Tensions between the Arabs and Jews grew. Britain received a Mandate over Palestine from the League of Nations. The British allowed limited Zionist settlement in Palestine. Documentary / a Talk Jesse Alexander 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtvqioF81BU Redrawing the Map of the Middle East in 1920 The Arabs chased the Turks out of the Near East France and Britian divide the Near East Documentary / a Talk Jesse Alexander https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRsHqP-QHGQ The Lebanon The Creation of Lebanon After The First World War Documentary Jesse Alexander September 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQruBj4EhCA The French War in Syria The British War Against the Iraqi Revolution Jesse Alexander THE GREAT WAR 1920 July 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOZDF8-m_gw ----------- The Israel Palestine Conflict Palestine The March of Time ca. 1946 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7P1deMQ1Zw Promises and Betrayals Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land A British documentary with Dominic Lieven, Christopher Coker, Fred Halliday, Mark Levene 2002 The Great War, British machinations, the Balfour Declaration, the conflict between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East, and Palestine and Israel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW105kjNtho&t=725s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw1gjuVOXyM Palestine Episode 6 of the British documentary series End of Empire Granada Television 1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ziwuaWLy8A The Israel Palestine Conflict A documentary in 1982 by Amram Eli Nowak (1927 - 2005) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfkUE5Q0K04 Al-Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe Episode 1 of the documentary series 2008 Al Jazeera version 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7FML0wzJ6A Episode 2 Requires sign-in Episode 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SKECszemmA&t=1789s Episode 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m__A7MlDrk ------------------- Count Folke Bernadotte 1895 - 1948 Count Bernadotte of Sweden was the first United Nations negotiator in the Arab - Israeli conflict. Bernadotte Reports to U. N. Described by George C. Putnam Movietone News British Pathé Newsreel 1948 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zfNgGQBlXo Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHN1KmioM-0 Bernadotte in Palestine 1948 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILVprRbCFJk Bernadotte secured a truce UN Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1POI5psl64 Bernadotte in Tel Aviv 1948 British Pathé Without sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XXej9vPj6g The Assassination of Count Bernadotte Count Bernadotte was assassinated by extremist Jews, the Stern Gang, in Jerusalem on 17 September 1948. Killing the Count Documentary Part 1. White Buses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q43Im7scjpk&t=1069s Part 2. Mediation and Assassination https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKlakb77TCc&t=0s Bernadotte's Last Journey Home British Movietone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy7cogVR0a8 STATE FUNERAL OF COUNT BERNADOTTE Movietone News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_R_DS5KTZM The assassins killed Bernadotte because they disliked his plan for peace. They feared that if he presented his plan to the Israeli government, the government might accept it. The assassins were not aware that the Israeli government had rejected Bernadotte's plan before his arrival in Israel. ------------------- Israel Birth of a state DW Documentary 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4upvoxP9-kg How the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict began History Channel 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bno1m1zhIWs *Arabian Jews, African Jews, Oriental Jews, Ashkenazy Jews* 1929 THE ARAB - ISRAELI WARS 1923 - 1948 - British mandate over Palestine from the League of Nations and United Nations 1948 - British withdrawal from Palestine, Israel's declaration of independence, Israeli expulsion of many Palestinians, Arab states attack, the division of Palestine 1956 - Suez Crisis: Egyptian nationalisation of the Suez Canal - Britain, France and Israel attack Egypt 1967 - Six-Day War - Israel occupies the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt), the Gaza Strip (Egypt), the West Bank (Jordan), East Jerusalem (Jordan), and the Golan Heights (Syria). 1973 - Yom Kippur War, Arab Oil Embargo Post WW2 1948 Israel Independence Palestine Episode 6 of the 1985 British documentary series End of Empire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ziwuaWLy8A Exodus 1960 movie directed by Otto Preminger Ralph Richardson, Eva Marie Saint, Peter Lawford, Paul Newman, Sal Mineo, John Derek Palestine in 1946, 1947 and 1948 https://archive.org/details/Es1960 Preview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMZ9bjInqwI Prelude City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfzXE9RMf-k Exodus: Desperate Voyage History's Mysteries History Channel documentary narrated by Arthur Kent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joKEGReFtC4 75th anniversary at the Port of Haifa Uploaded 23 July 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUPZvBw5WXs May 1948 The Battle for Jerusalem Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wj_j9aLxF4 Al-Nakba / The Palestinian Catastrophe Part 1 of a four-part 2008 documentary series 1948 to the present The Palestinian loss of Palestine and the displacement of many Palestinians in 1948 - and the continued occupation of Palestine. Al Jazeera version 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7FML0wzJ6A Episode 2 Requires sign-in Episode 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SKECszemmA&t=1789s Episode 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m__A7MlDrk 1956 Suez Crisis The Other Side of Suez BBC Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETOUALw2EIs Egypt Episode 8 from the British documentary series End of Empire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK6dFiUHCcY 1967 Six-Day War The '67 Arab-Israeli War Six days that changed the Middle East Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn3RUZsaPmg&t=2444s The Six Day War Episode 9 from the 2002 documentary series Line of Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxEXGA0RU5c Israeli documentary Produced with WGBH - TV, Boston, a PBS station 2007 or 2017 1 hr. 51 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvisd4N3tZI&t=78s Strike Zion! A Newsmagazine Special Report William Stevenson CBC News / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-L526kxgn0&t=14s 1973 Yom Kippur War 1973 Middle East Episode # 6 of eight from the documentary series 20th Century Battlefields with Peter and Dan Snow (2007) About the 1973 Yom Kippur War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COJDmUgeG48 1982 1982 Lebanon War / First Lebanon War 6 June 1982 - 5 June 1985 Main phase June to September 1982 Lebanon 1982 Episode from the documentary series Modern Warfare 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnhf_o8Z-5Q 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or9F8R1wXKw 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9OVvm8iAA4 2006 2006 Lebanon War / Second Lebanon War / The July War / 2006 Israel - Hezbollah War 12 July - 14 August 2006 The Second Lebanon War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8jaPTLg1L4 Israeli Invasion of Lebanon (2006) A Day That Shook the World British Pathé https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmqh0XQZpKo ---------------- The situation in Gaza explained over a map Le Monde August 5, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnPzCWXQhMY Israeli settlements West Benk Vox 2016 Part 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0uLbeQlwjw Part 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6L9mS9ti6o ------------------- Shema Yisrael The Jewish Call to Prayer 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDerYmk3SJ0 Psalm 104 Ancient Hebrew Yamma Ensemble 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--UABwqW9Sg ------------------- This Muslim Israeli Woman Is the Future of the Middle East Lucy Aharish Television broadcaster in Israel First Arab Muslim news presenter on mainstream Hebrew-language Israeli television The Free Press in Israel / TFP in Israel 9 February 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LIcd7wHlCE