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Gaza-Israel Conflict | October 2023

Over 57 Hollywood actors, artists and entertainment professionals have written an open letter to President Biden to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and call for an end to hostilities:

Dear President Biden,

We come together as artists and advocates, but most importantly as human beings witnessing the devastating loss of lives and unfolding horrors in Israel and Palestine.
We ask that, as President of the United States, you call for an immediate de-escalation and ceasefire in Gaza and Israel before another life is lost. More than 5,000 people have been killed in the last week and a half – a number any person of conscience knows is catastrophic. We believe all life is sacred, no matter faith or ethnicity and we condemn the killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians.

We urge your administration, and all world leaders, to honor all of the lives in the Holy Land and call for and facilitate a ceasefire without delay – an end to the bombing of Gaza, and the safe release of hostages. Half of Gaza’s two million residents are children, and more than two thirds are refugees and their descendants being forced to flee their homes. Humanitarian aid must be allowed to reach them.

We believe that the United States can play a vital diplomatic role in ending the suffering and we are adding our voices to those from the US Congress, UNICEF, Doctors without Borders, The International Committee of The Red Cross, and so many others. Saving lives is a moral imperative. To echo UNICEF, “Compassion — and international law — must prevail.”

As of this writing more than 6,000 bombs have been dropped on Gaza in the last 12 days - resulting in one child being killed every 15 minutes.

"Children and families in Gaza have practically run out of food, water, electricity, medicine and safe access to hospitals, following days of air strikes and cuts to all supply routes. Gaza’s sole power plant ran out of fuel Wednesday afternoon, shutting down electricity, water and wastewater treatment. Most residents can no longer get drinking water from service providers or household water through pipelines.... The humanitarian situation has reached lethal lows, and yet all reports point to further attacks. Compassion — and international law — must prevail.” – UNICEF spokesperson James Elder

Beyond our pain and mourning for all of the people there and their loved ones around the world we are motivated by an unbending will to stand for our common humanity. We stand for freedom, justice, dignity and peace for all people – and a deep desire to stop more bloodshed.

We refuse to tell future generations the story of our silence, that we stood by and did nothing. As Emergency Relief Chief Martin Griffiths told UN News, “History is watching.”

List of Signatories:
Alia Shawkat
Alyssa Milano
Amanda Seales
Amber Tamblyn
America Ferrera
Andrew Garfield
Anoushka Shankar
Aria Mia Loberti
Ayo Edebiri
Bassam Tariq
Bassem Youssef
Caroline Polachek
Cate Blanchett
Channing Tatum
Cherien Dabis
Darius Marder
David Cross
Dominique Fishback
Dominique Thorne
Dua Lipa
Elvira Lind
Farah Bsaiso
Fatima Farheen Mirza
Hasan Minhaj
Hend Sabry
Ilana Glazer
Indya Moore
James Schamus
Jeremy Strong
Jessica Chastain
Joaquin Phoenix
Jon Stewart
Kehlani
Kristen Stewart
Macklemore
Mahershala Ali
Margaret Cho
Mark Ruffalo
May Calamawy
Michael Malarkey
Michael Moore
Michael Stipe
Michelle Wolf
Miguel
Mo Amer
Oscar Isaac
Quinta Brunson
Ramy Youssef
Riz Ahmed
Rooney Mara
Rosario Dawson
Ryan Coogler
Sandra Oh
Sebastian Silva
Shailene Woodley
Shaka King
Simi Haze
Susan Sarandon
Vic Mensa
Wallace Shawn
Wanda Sykes
Yara Shahidi

Full Letter:

Artists4Ceasefire

www.artists4ceasefire.org www.artists4ceasefire.org
 
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Hezbollah operation kills 3 Israeli soldiers, injures 4: Source​

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Al Mayadeen
  • 21 Oct 2023 00:24

The Israeli "Branit" Barracks has been targeted with guided missiles leaving at least seven casualties behind according to Israeli media.

Three Israeli soldiers were killed while four others were injured in Hezbollah's attack on an infantry force positioned near the "Branit" Barracks, sources told Al Mayadeen.

The Lebanese Resistance party announced that it had targeted an infantry force near the barracks after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) assaulted journalists in South Lebanon near the al-Aabad military site on Thursday.

The IOF also prevented emergency services and UN peacekeeping forces from assisting an injured civilian in the area. Abdullah Rabih al-Bekaai died as a result of the IOF's blatant crime as he was left to bleed out for several hours before emergency services were able to rescue him.

Hezbollah said that it targeted the occupation force with guided missiles, confirming that several members of the force were injured and killed as a result of the attack.

An Israeli Apache attack helicopter combed nearby areas in Lebanese territories, while gunfire and heavy artillery shelling were heard in the area, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported.

Israeli military sites were targeted via guided missiles in the occupied Shebaa Farms as well as two Israeli sites in the occupied Kfar Chouba Hills, according to our correspondent.

https://english.almayadeen.net/news...tion-kills-3-israeli-soldiers-injures-4-other


HezbAllah operations conducted on Thursday.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1715115608486846466

https://twitter.com/x/status/1715115046554960294
 
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zartosht said:
Barefoot houthis who dont have enough food to eat have more pride , bravey and honor then the combined governments of all arab countries
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There is a huge misunderstanding... that Saud, Jordanian or rest of gcc monarchies behave or act like a state. They are not, can't!
Their primary objective is self preservation and it is shadow they cannot look beyond. Yes, individually there are indeed some who think for the welfare of the collective but in this case, for them especially, it is not possible. Talibs in Afghanistan or Iranians, Turks and perhaps down the road even Iraqis but not the sheikhdoms!

It is this misplaced honor, prestige and pedestal that fools masses elsewhere and Palestinians that they in fact will think or behave above their immediate self interest.

These are the demons of yore... when they sold their own to get what they got... they know exactly... they face the same destiny. A replacement by the most opportune!
And their behavior reflects as such... it is evident in their collusions, subversions and finally denouement. Their matters are their private affairs/deeds... only it's consequences are collective and it is evident in all concurrent snags.

They don't hold nation, their possession is a fiefdom!
 
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2 rockets hit Iraqi base housing U.S. forces​

Source: Xinhua
2023-10-20 21:43:30

BAGHDAD, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Two rockets hit Friday an Iraqi airbase housing U.S. military experts and agencies near Baghdad International Airport, according to a source from the country's Interior Ministry.

The predawn attack occurred when rockets were fired toward an army base known as Camp Victory. The Iraqi air defenses shot down one of the rockets while the second landed on the perimeter of the airbase, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

There are no immediate reports on casualties, the source added.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, while an Iranian-backed militia, calling itself "the Islamic Resistance in Iraq," claimed to have launched, in recent days, rocket and drone attacks on military bases housing U.S. forces across the country.

The group also claimed responsibility for similar attacks on U.S. military forces in Syria. ■

2 rockets hit Iraqi base housing U.S. forces

2 rockets hit Iraqi base housing U.S. forces-
english.news.cn
 
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Zionist regime cannot represent Judaism: Leader of Iranian Jews ​

Thursday, 19 October 2023 4:34 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 19 October 2023 7:37 PM ]

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Rabbi Younes Hamami-Lalehzar, the current religious leader of Iranian Jews

The leader of Iranian Jews says the Zionist regime cannot represent Judaism, just as the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group cannot represent Islam.

Rabbi Younes Hamami-Lalehzar, who is also a physician, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV aired on Thursday.

“Just as the Daesh cannot represent Islam, the Zionist regime cannot represent Judaism. Unfortunately, the Zionist regime misuses a series of ideals of Judaism and takes action that has had many opponents among the Jews themselves since the advent of Zionism.”

“The first opponents of Zionism were the Jews themselves. No wise man approves of killing disabled people who are in hospital.”

The remarks came two days after the world was shocked when Israel launched a missile attack on the Anglican-run Ahli Hospital, also known as the Baptist Hospital, in central Gaza, where, along with patients, hundreds of people had also taken refuge from Israeli airstrikes.

The brutal air raid killed at least 500 people and wounded hundreds of others.

The second interviewee was Amir Faraz Naeimoot, a social activist of Iran’s Jewish community, who condemned the crimes of Israel.

“When we talk about murder and violation of human rights, the mind of every person who is concerned about humanity becomes preoccupied. I want to condemn these crimes first as a human and then as a Jew. Our souls are full of pain because of what happens. We are concerned about the innocent people who have been captured by extremists,” he said.
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US Capitol Police arrest some 300 Jewish protesters demanding ceasefire in Gaza Strip
US Capitol Police have arrested around 300 Jewish protesters after they occupied a part of a House office building demanding a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

On Wednesday, US Capitol police arrested around 300 Jewish protesters after they occupied a part of a House office demanding a ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip, where shortages of food, water and medicine threaten the lives of Gazans while hospitals are overwhelmed amid incessant Israeli bombings.

Israel launched the war on the coastal enclave on October 7 after the Palestinian Hamas resistance group waged the surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity. So far, 3,500 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli air raids, including more than 1,000 women and 1,000 children.

https://www.presstv.ir/doc/Detail/2...ran-Younes-Hamami-Lalehzar-jews-Gaza-Zionism-

Watch the report at the link above.
 
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Falcon29 said:
While the United Nations and Egypt are repairing the crossing... Urgent: Israeli occupation aircraft launch a series of raids near the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip now.
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This is a circle. We repair and they destroy.
The only solution is to move some air defense close to rafah crossing and threaten to take down any fighter jet.

I think we have the antey2500 air defense.
 
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Interior minister in Gaza:

The occupation is intensifying its raids in the meantime, targeting a number of inhabited civilian homes in the north, center and south of the Gaza Strip, and there are many martyrs and wounded.
 
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Part of the major destruction that occurred in the Al-Zahra Towers area after the continuous bombing
https://twitter.com/Hakeam_ps/status/1715317831695229229/photo/1


https://twitter.com/x/status/1715317831695229229

Total Destruction said:
This is a circle. We repair and they destroy.
The only solution is to move some air defense close to rafah crossing and threaten to take down any fighter jet.

I think we have the antey2500 air defense.
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This is what needs to be done. Initiative needs to be taken. Region is already impoverished and destroyed. If Hezbollah were to get involved, how much can they sustain? Two weeks of fighting? Who will help Lebanon afterwards ? If there would to be military intervention, there needs to be consensus in region.
 
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