Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20231016/fuel-reserves-in-gaza-hospitals-to-last-about-24-hours---ocha-1114221569.html

Fuel reserves in Gaza hospitals are expected to last another 24 hours, then the lives of thousands of patients would be at risk, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Sunday. | "Fuel reserves at all hospitals across Gaza are expected to last for about additional 24 hours. The shutdown of backup generators would place the lives of thousands of patients at risk," the agency said in a statement. ● On October 7, Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise large-scale rocket attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip, prompting Israel to declare a state of war the following day and launch retaliatory strikes. On Monday, Israel ordered a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip, home to more than 2 million people, cutting off supplies of water, food and fuel.

■ Five-hour ceasefire introduced in southern Gaza Strip (TASS)

Link: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-gaza-war-live

Over 400,000 forced out of their homes as Israel ground attack looms | Renewed Israeli air strikes near a school on Saturday afternoon have killed at least 20 Palestinians in an initial tally reported by the Gaza-based interior ministry. The attack targeted areas adjacent to al-Fakhura School in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, which is home to refugees forcibly expelled by Zionist militia in 1948, and their descendants.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/584880-gaza-evacuation-convoys-victims/

The UN has called Israel’s forced relocation order impossible and disastrous | Dozens of people, mostly women and children, have been injured and killed in Israeli airstrikes on evacuation convoys fleeing Gaza City, according to Hamas officials. The IDF has yet to respond to the accusations, after ordering more than 1 million people to leave the northern part of the enclave “to save their lives.” ● The UN humanitarian body, OCHA, said...💬...several “vehicles of those evacuating the north were hit, killing more than 40 people and injuring 150 others,” citing data from health officials in the Hamas-governed Palestinian enclave. “These incidents prompted many people to abandon their evacuation efforts and return home,” the UN agency added, as “heavy Israeli bombardments, from the air, sea and land, have continued almost uninterrupted.” Hamas’ media office claimed on Friday that airstrikes hit civilian cars in three separate locations, allegedly killing 70 people. The Palestinian Health Ministry said that Al-Shifa Medical Complex was treating “dozens of victims” injured “as a result of the Israeli occupation forces targeting citizens who were forced to leave their homes.” ● Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled south after Israel issued an order on Thursday night, initially giving Gaza residents 24 hours to evacuate from the north to “save their lives” ahead of an expected ground offensive, according to the UN. Prior to the evacuation order, more than 400,000 Palestinians had already been internally displaced.

■ Israel’s Plan to Displace Gaza Residents in Details (Sputnik News)
■ Israeli Defense Minister: "We have abolished all the rules of war. Our soldiers will not be held responsible for anything. There will be no military courts” (10/12/23)

Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20231013/live-updates-israeli-army-warns-un-northern-gazas-population-should-relocate-within-24-hours-1114161246.html

The Palestinian group Hamas launched a massive rocket attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip, prompting Tel Aviv to declare a state of war the following day and launch retaliatory strikes. | Israel has imposed a complete blockade on the Gaza Strip, home to more than two million people, cutting off supplies of water, food, and fuel. ● Both Israel and Palestine have reported more than 1,000 deaths and thousands of injuries as a result of the escalation. ● On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the parties to the conflict to use diplomacy rather than military force to find a way to end hostilities and return to the negotiating process.

■ UK to send navy ships and spy planes to support Israel [help Israel kill all Palestinians in Gaza] (The Guardian)
■ Israel Informs United Nations to EVACUATE its Staff - and ONE MILLION Residents within 24 Hours (Hal Turner)
■ [Jewish ruled] U.S. Plans To Ethnically Cleanse Gaza (MoA)
■ Hamas says 13 hostages, including foreigners, killed following Israeli shelling of Gaza (TASS)
■ Israeli Defense Minister: "We have abolished all the rules of war. Our soldiers will not be held responsible for anything. There will be no military courts” (10/12/23)

David Livingstone | Israel Created Hamas to Avoid Peace | Israel does not want peace. Israel created Hamas as a pretext to wage war on the Palestinians. Israel does not want peace. They want all of Palestine, and their belligerent settlement practices confirm that. But the Israelis are posturing as being willing to talk "peace", only to actually stall that peace process, so as to advance the further colonization of Palestine. Hamas' rockets are mere peashooters compared to Israel's air force but they provide another excuse for ethnic cleansing. 💬 "The masses are naive and fail to suspect the Machiavellian extremes that certain leaders will resort to. This includes creating a false enemy, in this case, Hamas, whereby the right-wing leadership of the Israelis can point the finger at some "enemy" to blame for supposedly stalling the process."

Link: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/10/karen-kwiatkowski/the-regime-plans-more-for-us-than-just-hillary-clintons-deprogramming-demands/

Karen Kwiatkowski | This week, Hillary Clinton publicly proposed “formal deprogramming” for MAGA enthusiasts, piling on a repeated President Biden theme of trying to deal with “an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs of our democracy. The MAGA movement.” | The nation recently discovered that the FBI has a new “MAGA Extremist” category. All this hard work by government is aimed at “preserving democracy.” Clinton is particularly concerned about the small extremist “tail” wagging the House Republican caucus, and destroying not only decorum, but the institution itself. ● It is tempting to be mildly entertained by all of this, but as Tho Bishop noted “Weak regimes are particularly dangerous.” The Western/NATO/Blackrock conversation about Ukraine turned to “next steps” many months ago. Our current weak regime here at home – a group of dominant state beneficiaries looking down the barrel of a financial, societal, and military hegemonic collapse trifecta– is also considering next steps for us.

Link: https://slaynews.com/news/8-year-old-vaccine-poster-child-dies-sudden-heart-attack/

An 8-year-old boy, who was featured in a national campaign to promote Covid vaccines for children, has tragically died after suffering a sudden heart attack. | Yonatan Moshe Erlichman from Israel died unexpectedly after suffering cardiac arrest while taking a bath. The boy reportedly slipped under the water after his heart suddenly stopped, causing him to drown. He was rushed to Hadassah Hospital in Mount Scopus in serious condition but died a few days later on September 28 after being kept alive on life support. Yonatan Erlichman was the grandson of a respected doctor in Beit El, Dr. Mati Erlichman. Yonatan appeared in a video produced by the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council in 2020 when he was just 5 years old, according to reports.

Link: https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/israeli-defense-minister-we-have-abolished-all-the-rules-of-war-our-soldiers-will-not-be-held-responsible-for-anything-there-will-be-no-military-courts

Israel's Minister of Defense Yaov Gallant, told troops massing for a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip "We have abolished all the rules of war. Our soldiers will not be held responsible for anything. There will be no military courts.” | Even Adolph Hitler didn't go that far...Minister Gallant also told troops "I have released all the restraints, we have [regained] control of the area, and we are moving to a full offense. Hamas wanted a change in Gaza, it will change 180 degrees from what it thought. They will regret this moment, Gaza will never return to what it was." 💬 For anyone wondering whether or not Israel is planning an actual ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, Minister Gallant also answered that, telling Israeli troops "We started the offensive from the air. Later, we will also come from the ground." Confirming Gallant's point, Israel Minister of National Security says "Invasion of Gaza is now Imminent" He said Israel has now no other option rather then to start the Ground action. Social media postings show videos of the troops being briefed about the coming ground invasion. ● What is taking place in Israel is not happening in a vacuum; other countries and entities are seeing what is going on, and they are making their positions about it very clear. In next-door Lebanon, the group Hezbollah, with whom Israel went to war in 2005, has warned if Israel launches a ground invasion of Gaza, Hezbollah will enter the war to defend Palestinians.

■ Israel bombs residential areas in Gaza for 5th day in a row (PressTV)

David Livingstone | Israel Created Hamas to Avoid Peace | Israel does not want peace. Israel created Hamas as a pretext to wage war on the Palestinians. Israel does not want peace. They want all of Palestine, and their belligerent settlement practices confirm that. But the Israelis are posturing as being willing to talk "peace", only to actually stall that peace process, so as to advance the further colonization of Palestine. Hamas' rockets are mere peashooters compared to Israel's air force but they provide another excuse for ethnic cleansing. 💬 "The masses are naive and fail to suspect the Machiavellian extremes that certain leaders will resort to. This includes creating a false enemy, in this case, Hamas, whereby the right-wing leadership of the Israelis can point the finger at some "enemy" to blame for supposedly stalling the process."

Link: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/10/developing-house-speaker-vote-underway/

Update: Scalise won the nominee in a 113-99 vote. It is unclear when the full House vote will take place. | “House Republicans voted behind closed doors to select Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana as their nominee for speaker, according to multiple sources familiar, paving the way for a floor vote to elect a new speaker after Kevin McCarthy’s abrupt ouster.” CNN reported. ● The vote for the nominee for House Speaker was underway on Wednesday. House Republicans held a closed vote for the nominee. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise are both vying for support. Kevin McCarthy was ousted as House Speaker on Tuesday in a 216-210 vote after Rep. Matt Gaetz filed a Motion to Vacate the Chair.

Link: https://iranpress.com/content/235630/qatar-threatens-cut-gas-export-gaza-bombardment-continues

Qatar threatened that if the bombing of Gaza does not stop, it will stop the export of gas to the countries of the world. | Palestinian resistance fighters launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against the positions of the Zionist regime in the occupied territories on Saturday morning from the Gaza Strip, which shocked the regime, because such an inclusive and unprecedented operation is occurring for the first time in the 75 years of occupation. ● Retaliating the operation, The Israeli regime cut off water and power to the Gaza Strip from yesterday Tuesday and banned the entry of food and fuel to the strip where 2.2 people were living. Palestine's Ministry of Health also reported 1,100 people dead in Gaza and 27 others in the West Bank.

■ Jordan Moving Tanks and Troops to Israel Border (The Gateway Pundit)

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/584717-biden-beheaded-babies-claim/

The Israeli military says it is unable to “officially” substantiate the heinous allegation | US officials have backtracked after President Joe Biden claimed to have seen “confirmed pictures” of Palestinian militants “beheading children” in Israel, explaining that he had seen no images and was merely relaying claims from the Israeli government and media reports. ● While Biden declared in an address tio Jewish leaders on Wednesday that he was shocked by photos depicting brutal acts against Israeli babies, a White House spokesperson later told the Washington Post that officials were unaware of the pictures the president claimed to have seen. They added that they had no independent confirmation of reports that children were beheaded during a Hamas attack on Israel last weekend, despite Biden’s claim of having seen “confirmed” images.

Link: https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/10/10/712469/Russia-papers-US-illegal-bioresearch-labs-Africa

Russia says it has obtained papers that confirm the United States is moving its “illegal” bioresearch laboratories to Africa. | In February 2022, the Russian Defense Ministry discovered the existence of 30 Pentagon-funded biological research laboratories in Ukraine. Back then, Russia said the laboratories were only a small part of a global network of over 300 similar facilities. ● The Defense Ministry, on Monday, citing documents that had been obtained from the Pentagon, said the US is transferring dual-purpose biological research activities to the Black continent. ● Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who leads the Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops of the Russian Armed Forces, said the move is in response to Moscow’s efforts to expose Washington’s illegal military-biological operations. He also cited the worsening “epidemic situation near bio-sites in the European region.” Moscow has repeatedly accused the US of plotting biological warfare against Russia and other countries.

Link: https://slaynews.com/news/fbi-knew-hunter-biden-laptop-story-legitimate-2020-election-document-shows/

A newly unsealed official document has revealed that the FBI confirmed ahead of the 2020 election that the New York Post’s infamous report on Hunter Biden’s laptop was “legitimate.” | In the weeks running up to the presidential election, the FBI specifically confirmed “that the emails published by the New York Post were legitimate.” ● The damning admission from the federal agency was revealed in a newly released FBI FD-302 form summarizing the bureau’s interview with Hunter Biden’s former business associate, Tony Bobulinski. Bobulinski, who has since blown the whistle on the Biden family, was interviewed by the FBI on October 23, 2020. The FBI interviewed Bobulinski after he was copied on emails from the Hunter Biden laptop archive reported on in the New York Post’s story.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/584609-israe-gaza-jericho-missiles/

Gaza should be “flattened” with nuclear-capable missiles, a member of the Knesset from the ruling party has stated | Israel should use Jericho missiles to “level” Gaza “without mercy” after the weekend’s attacks by Hamas, lawmaker Revital Gotliv has said. Gotliv is a member of the Knesset from the ranks of Likud, the party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [...] Hamas, a Palestinian militant group which controls much of Gaza, launched ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ on Saturday, firing rockets and sending commandos deep into Israeli territory. The Israel Defense Force responded by bombing Gaza and turning off all of its utilities. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Israeli authorities recorded at least 900 killed and 2,600 injured. Meanwhile, the Palestinian authorities in Gaza have counted at least 830 dead and another 4,250 wounded since the outbreak of hostilities.

■ Israel bombs residential areas in Gaza for 5th day in a row (PressTV)

David Livingstone | Israel Created Hamas to Avoid Peace | Israel does not want peace. Israel created Hamas as a pretext to wage war on the Palestinians. Israel does not want peace. They want all of Palestine, and their belligerent settlement practices confirm that. But the Israelis are posturing as being willing to talk "peace", only to actually stall that peace process, so as to advance the further colonization of Palestine. Hamas' rockets are mere peashooters compared to Israel's air force but they provide another excuse for ethnic cleansing. 💬 "The masses are naive and fail to suspect the Machiavellian extremes that certain leaders will resort to. This includes creating a false enemy, in this case, Hamas, whereby the right-wing leadership of the Israelis can point the finger at some "enemy" to blame for supposedly stalling the process."

Link: https://www.rt.com/russia/584642-israel-russia-hamas-attack/

The allegations are “complete nonsense,” Israel’s ambassador in Moscow has said | Israel does not believe that Russia was in any way connected to last week’s Hamas attack, the country’s ambassador to Moscow, Alexander Ben Zvi, said in an interview with Kommersant on Wednesday. Ben Zvi was asked to comment on allegations against Russia on social media and by a number of news outlets that it may have been involved in the attack and that the situation in Gaza is beneficial to Moscow, as it supposedly draws Washington’s attention away from Ukraine. The ambassador responded by calling the allegations “complete nonsense.”

Dmitry Medvedev (Дмитрий Медведев) (Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council) | Zelensky said that Russia is behind Hamas. | It is pointless to talk to drug addicts in the language of reason, to urge them to turn on their brains. They do not have one, they have burned it out under the influence of coke. ● Therefore, we should answer this way: ISIS (Islamic State - an organization banned in Russia) is a traditional partner of the Ukrainian regime, carrying out its terrorist tasks all over the planet. The Ukrainian authorities recognize the closeness of the positions of the Bandera ideology and the ideology of ISIS. ● ISIS regularly receives large sponsorships from the Zelensky clique, as well as a variety of weapons stolen by Ukronazis from NATO supplies. ISIS members have secret accounts in Ukrainian banks and secretly buy Ukrainian real estate.(Translation: DeepL.com)

Link: https://t.me/medvedev_telegram/396

Dmitry Medvedev | Well, NATO friends, have you had enough? | The weapons handed over to the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine are being actively used in Israel. ●  Further, like the weapons left by the fugitive Americans in Afghanistan, they will be used uncontrollably in all hot spots. After all, even before, the corrupt Ukrainian authorities traded everything they got. They stole gas oil, food, and materials. They stole everything that was lying around. ● It will only get worse. Wait on the black market for missiles, tanks, and soon airplanes from Kyiv.

■ Are Hamas fighters using American weapons meant for Ukraine? (Scott Ritter)
■ Russian MFA points to repeated calls about weapons supplied to Kyiv going to black market

Link: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/10/no_author/a-population-with-nothing-to-lose/

Caitlin Johnstone | The problem with oppressing a population with maximum force is that at some point they start figuring they’ve got nothing to lose by fighting back. | The coming days are going to be full of Western news media slyly reversing the aggressor-defender relationship and reporting as though all the violence began with the Hamas offensive, spontaneously out of nowhere. ● Do I think this latest uprising will end in more positive results than negative for Palestinians? No. Does that mean I’ll condemn the Palestinian resistance for fighting back? Also no. ● This is because doing so would be nonsensical, for a couple of different reasons. Firstly, because nobody can tell me what the Palestinians should do instead that is both realistic and reasonable. It would be easy for me to sit here in my armchair and say the Palestinians should either maintain the status quo or lie down, relinquish their homes and homeland and accept whatever table scraps they’re able to get, but we can see from the Palestinian perspective that that’s not reasonable. It would be easy for me to sit in my armchair and argue that Palestinians should just focus on securing a one-state or two-state solution, but we can see from the Israeli political landscape that that’s not realistic. ● So what else can they do? What reasonable and realistic options do they have? No one can provide me with a satisfactory answer.

■ Israeli Lawmaker Says ‘Pogroms’ Against Palestinians Provoked Hamas Assault (antiwar.com)
■ Gaza under Attack: Civilian Objects Targeted (PCHR.org)
■ Egypt Claims It Warned Israel Of Upcoming Attack (Moon of Alabama)
■ The Top Takeaways From Hamas’ Sneak Attack On Israel (Andrew Korybko)

Link: http://www.a-w-i-p.com/index.php?s=Vincent+Di+Stefano&sentence=sentence&in_blogs=6

This post offers an account of pivotal events in the history of Israel/Palestine from 1947 to the present through the reflections of a number of informed and articulate commentators. - Vincent Di Stefano WEBAMP Sound

Two days after Christmas in 2008, the isolated and densely populated city of Gaza was visited by volley upon volley of deadly missile and mortar fire. The intense bombardment of what has been described by the United Nations Development Programme as "one of the most densely populated places on earth" continued unabated for a period of three weeks. By the end of the assault, over 1,400 Palestinians had been killed and more than 5,000 wounded, many seriously. Between three and four hundred of the dead were children. A total of 13 Israelis were killed during the same time, four of them by the action of their own troops. This post offers a fifth-anniversary commemoration of this tragic and highly destructive assault which commenced on the 27th of December 2008 and ended on the 18th January 2009. It offers an account of pivotal events in the history of Israel/Palestine from 1947 to the present through the reflections of a number of informed and articulate commentators.

The Voices
Chris Hedges (New York Society for Ethical Culture, January 2009)
Richard Falk (Middle East Monitor Conference, London, Dec. 2010)
Sara Roy (University of Sydney, Ideas, October 2008)
Tanya Reinhart (University of Sydney, Ideas, October 2006)
Mustafa Barghouti (TUC Radio, March 2004)
Edward Said (U. of California, Berkeley, March 2003)
David Ben-Gurion (June 1947, Talking History Archive, Dec. 2004)
Ilan Pappe (University of Bern, Switzerland, November 2012)
Robert Fisk (Interview with Cindy Sheehan, September 2010)
Eyal Weizman (KPFA, Against the Grain, April 2009)
Mads Gilbert (Unusual Sources, January 2010; Muslim Perspectives, January 2010; Sounds of Dissent, Nov. 2012)

The Poetry
Suheir Hammad. Gaza Suite. 1: Gaza
Vincent Di Stefano. Careful Now (Excerpt). Music composed and performed by Nico Di Stefano

The Music
Gilad Atzmon and Orient House Ensemble. Dal'Ouna on the Return
Rim Banna. The Wall
Yggdrasil. Al Dabaran
Sirocco. Nomads
The Ida Raichel Project. Azini (Comfort me)
Digital Samsara. C#
Jocelyn Pook. Migrations
Steve Kahn and Rob Mounsey. I See a Long Journey
The Herd. Kids Learn Quick
Digital Samsara. 7am
Outlandish and Sami Jusuf. Try not to Cry

Produced by Vincent Di Stefano (LINK)

Link: https://normanfinkelstein.substack.com/p/hostages-learning-from-israel

Norman Finkelstein | The crocodile tears have begun over Israeli hostages taken by Gaza militants. | The crocodile tears have begun over Israeli hostages taken by Gaza militants. But Israel has held the 2.1 million people of Gaza, including one million children, hostage in one of the most densely populated areas on the planet for nearly 20 years. In fact, Israel was the only country in the world to have legalized hostage-taking. Revered President of the Israeli High Court Aharon Barak held in 1997 that “a detention is legal if it is designed to promote State security, even if the danger to State Security does not emanate from the detainees themselves,” and that “detention ... for the purpose of the release of ... captured and missing soldiers is a vital interest to the State.” (The decision wasn’t reversed until 2000.) If the past is any guide, Gaza’s leadership will swap the Israelis for some of the 4,500 Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons on alleged “security grounds.” Gaza is only playing by the book written by Israel.

💬 “All the chorus of calumny, which the Party of Order never fail, in their orgies of blood, to raise against their victims, only proves that the bourgeois of our days considers himself the legitimate successor to the baron of old, who thought every weapon in his own hand fair against the plebeian, while in the hands of the plebeian a weapon of any kind constituted in itself a crime.” — Karl Marx, The Civil War in France

■ Israeli Lawmaker Says ‘Pogroms’ Against Palestinians Provoked Hamas Assault (antiwar.com)
■ Gazans Break Out of World's Biggest Concentration Camp (Kevin Barrett)

Link: https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-american-carrier-strike-force-mediterranean-db05d535a9ebb931f684f758c9b6f628

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Sunday he has ordered the Ford carrier strike group to sail to the Eastern Mediterranean to be ready to assist Israel after the attack by Hamas that has left more than 1,000 dead on both sides. Americans were reported to be among those killed and missing. | The USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, and its approximately 5,000 sailors and deck of warplanes will be accompanied by cruisers and destroyers in a show of force that is meant to be ready to respond to anything, from possibly interdicting additional weapons from reaching Hamas and conducting surveillance. ● The large deployment reflects a U.S. desire to deter any regional expansion of the conflict. But the Israeli government formally declared war Sunday and gave the green light for “significant military steps” to retaliate against Hamas.

Link: https://sputnikglobe.com/20231009/live-updates-israel-hits-over-500-hamas-and-islamic-jihad-targets-in-gaza-strip-overnight-1114025978.html

Hostilities have been raging around the Gaza Strip for the third day with the death toll reportedly rising over one thousand from both sides of the conflict. | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold an urgent meeting with the Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Moscow on Monday in order to discuss the escalation around the Gaza Strip and a possible solution for the crisis. ● On October 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas fired a barrage of rockets toward Israeli territory and infiltrated it by land, sea and even paragliders, catching IDF (Israeli Army) off guard. The surprise move aimed "to liberate Palestinian lands" met support in several Middle Eastern countries while others cautioned to exercise restraint and urged for immediate ceasefire. ● The Israeli government launched Operation Swords of Iron in order to expulse Hamas and invoked Article 40 of the Basic Law which de facto implies a declaration of war.

■ Palestinian resistance launches surprise attack on Israel (live updates) (If Americans Knew)
■ Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Sept. 27 - Oct. 04 2023)
■ Abu Obeida: We captured a new group of Israeli soldiers (Pal-Info)
■ Calls for mass confrontation across West Bank (Pal-Info)
■ Israel was warned ‘something big’ could happen – AP (RT.com)
■ And What Rough Beast Slouches Towards Gaza? - Operation Cast Lead and the Dismembering of a People (Vincent di Stefano) (12/29/10)