{"id":1432785,"date":"2023-10-14T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1432785"},"modified":"2023-10-14T13:55:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T17:55:00","slug":"hamas-claims-26-hostages-died-from-israeli-airstrikes-including-foreigners-after-idf-finds-several-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/hamas-claims-26-hostages-died-from-israeli-airstrikes-including-foreigners-after-idf-finds-several-bodies\/1432785\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas Claims 26 Hostages Died From Israeli Airstrikes, Including Foreigners, After IDF Finds Several Bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hamas Claims 26 Hostages Died From Israeli Airstrikes, Including Foreigners, After IDF Finds Several Bodies<\/span><\/p>\n

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Israeli media is reporting<\/a> a “greenlight” has been given<\/strong> for the expected major Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip as massive convoys of Palestinian civilians have been observed fleeing to the southern part of the densely populated strip. So far there has been limited ground incursions by the army into the strip, targeting Hamas operatives and reportedly to gain intelligence on the whereabouts of hostages.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The United Nations has issued a report saying at least\u00a0423,000 Palestinians have already been internally displaced<\/strong> within Gaza and this massive figure is expected to ratchet further. Likely it has surpassed a half-million as of Saturday<\/strong>, following the Israeli-issued evacuation order, which included dropping thousands of leaflets and warnings over Gaza City.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Via The Guardian<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The UN said it “considers it impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences.” Middle East Eye<\/em> and other regional sources have said over 700 Palestinian children were killed in one week of fighting<\/strong>. As of Friday Israel authorities tallied that over 1,300 Israelis were killed<\/strong> by the Hamas terror attacks on the southern settlements and the music festival, and rocket fire, with at least 3,200 wounded. 27 among the dead were Americans.<\/p>\n

Middle East Eye on Saturday reports the following of the mounting Palestinian death toll in both Gaza and the West bank as follows<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Israel has killed at least 2,215 people in Gaza<\/strong> over the past week, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Of those killed, 724 are children and 458 are women. Some 8,714 people have been wounded in the besieged enclave in that time, it added.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Israeli forces have killed 54 people and wounded 1,100 others in the occupied West Bank.<\/em><\/p>\n

According to a review of the last hours of developments, the population is about to run out of water<\/strong> as the remaining supply dwindles after Israel cut off external supply sources<\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n

UN agency for Palestinian refugees says its shelters in Gaza \u201care not safe anymore\u201d as it warns water running our for besieged enclave\u2019s residents.<\/em>
\n\tMore than 320 Palestinians have been killed in the past 24 hours, including many women and children\u00a0killed<\/a>\u00a0in Israeli air raids on convoys fleeing Gaza City, according to health officials.<\/em>
\n\tThe rising toll comes as Israel continues bombing Gaza a day after telling 1.1 million residents to head south<\/strong> ahead of a\u00a0looming ground offensive<\/a>\u00a0following Hamas\u2019s attack inside Israel last week.<\/em>
\n\tAt least 2,215 Palestinians have been killed and 8,714 wounded in Israeli air attacks on Gaza. The number of people killed in Israel has reached 1,300, with more than 3,400 wounded.<\/em>
\n\tIn the occupied West Bank, the number of Palestinians\u00a0killed<\/a>\u00a0by Israeli fire in the past week has topped 50. More than 1,000 have been wounded and hundreds arrested.<\/em><\/p>\n

\ud83d\uded1A matter of life and death: water runs out for 2 million people in Gaza<\/p>\n

\ud83d\uded1 No humanitarian supplies have been allowed into Gaza for a week<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a must; fuel needs to be delivered now into\ud83d\udccd#Gaza<\/a> to make water available for 2 million people\u201dhttps:\/\/t.co\/StJVfFn3Xh<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/T1IhCP9C2w<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 UNRWA (@UNRWA) October 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

The fate of the estimated 100 to 200 hostages in Hamas captivity still remains largely unknown, but Hamas in statements which have been underreported in Western press has claimed that over two dozen of the hostages have been killed<\/strong> by the IDF’s ongoing aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip<\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hamas’\u00a0Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades said nine more captives were killed in indiscriminate Israeli shelling in the last 24 hours<\/strong>, including a number of foreigners<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Qassam has previously announced the death of 17 captives in Israeli air stikes<\/strong> in Gaza over the past week.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Sky News<\/em> and others are also reporting, based on Israeli sources, that bodies of hostages have been recovered after some of the initial IDF infantry cross-border raids which began\u00a0Friday into Saturday<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Raids carried out on the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces discovered human remains of those who had been missing<\/strong> since Hamas’s attack last weekend, local media is reporting.<\/em><\/p>\n

According to Haaretz, armed forces entered an enclave where it is thought up to 200 people were being held hostage by Hamas, and retrieved the bodies of several people<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Items belonging to the missing people were also discovered.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The US said Friday it chartered its first successful evacuation flight, with talk of more to come.<\/p>\n

TOI: A military official at the forensic center at the Military Rabbinate’s headquarters in Ramle stands in front of the remains of the victims of Hamas’s October 7 shock onslaught in Israel, October 13, 2023. Flash90<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

There are Americans (many of them likely dual nationals) among the population of Gaza, which Washington says it is trying to facilitate safe exit for <\/strong>as Israeli airstrikes continue. Dangerously, the lone Raffah border crossing into Egypt has at this point been bombed several times.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But regional media is reporting there’s been a diplomatic breakthrough on this front, as Israel, Egypt, and the United States have forged an agreement to let foreigners\u00a0residing in Gaza pass through the Rafah border crossing<\/strong> into Egypt.<\/p>\n

Scene from the frontlines as the IDF build-up outside Gaza continues:<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfc3\ud83d\udca8 pic.twitter.com\/4OCL2h3zLF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 War Monitor (@WarMonitors) October 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Huge civilian convoys have been witnessed fleeing<\/strong> to the southern half of Gaza, creating bottlenecks…<\/p>\n

One of the main evacuation routes from northern Gaza, al-Rasheed street, is absolutely flooded with residents attempting to evacuate south.<\/p>\n

This footage was taken just south of the IDF-declared demarcation line of Wadi Gaza. pic.twitter.com\/EaUZc2tScW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) October 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

The Times of Israel<\/em> cites a senior Egyptian official as follows<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The official says Israel has agreed to refrain from striking areas the foreigners would pass through on their way out of the besieged Palestinian territory. He adds that Qatar was involved in the negotiations and the participants received approval from the Palestinian terror groups, Hamas and Islamic Jihad.<\/em><\/p>\n

The agreement\u00a0 does not deal with hostages being held by Hama<\/strong>s.<\/em><\/p>\n

A second official at the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing point says they received \u201cinstructions\u201d to reopen it on Saturday afternoon for foreigners coming from Gaza.<\/em><\/p>\n

But Egypt is by and large not letting Gazans exit, even erecting bigger concrete barriers of extra border protection, amid what’s setting up to be a catastrophic humanitarian crisis as the Israeli pressure ratchets.<\/p>\n

The IDF says it is about to attack the northern half of the Gaza Strip with “great force”<\/strong> – while the US and other countries are urging for caution regarding Palestinian civilians. Below is rare footage of an elite Israeli rescue squad in action (intentionally blurred by IDF sources):<\/p>\n

Israeli operators from the Special Tactics Rescue Unit 669 conduct a combat casevac near Zikim beach.<\/p>\n

(Rough subtitle translation) pic.twitter.com\/uQ8IGiBWpE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) October 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Washington has still all the while said it “stands with Israel” – and has not tried to actually halt the unrelenting IDF bombardment of civilian areas.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, things continue ratcheting in south Lebanon<\/strong>, with reports of new strikes being exchanged between Israel and Hezbollah, and other pro-Palestinian factions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 10\/14\/2023 – 09:55<\/span><\/p>\n

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