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womanofthehills's JournalBehind the Curtain: Rattled U.S. government fears wars could spread
This is a new column by Axios CEO Jim VandeHei and co-founder Mike Allen, based on regular conversations with White House and congressional leaders, CEOs, and top technologists.
Never before have we talked to so many top government officials who, in private, are so worried about so many overseas conflicts at once.
Why it matters: We don't like to sound dire. But to sound a siren of clinical, clear-eyed realism: U.S. officials say this confluence of crises poses epic concern and historic danger.
Behind the scenes: Officials tell us that inside the White House, this was the heaviest, most chilling week since President Biden took office just over 1,000 days ago.
https://www.axios.com/2023/10/20/biden-government-war-fears-israel-hamas
Israel hits Gaza with one of deadliest bombings so far in war against Hamas
Source: The Guardian
The blockaded Gaza Strip has been hit by one of the deadliest nights of Israeli bombing so far in the current war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas, as reports suggested that talks to secure the release of another 50 hostages were under way.
At least 400 Palestinians were killed in Gaza in the last 24 hours, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, and 70 were killed overnight on Sunday in bombardments of the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp and streets close to two hospitals in Gaza City.
Entire residential blocks across the strip have now been levelled, including in areas where Palestinians had been told by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to seek refuge. Approximately half the strip’s housing stock, and much of the coastal exclave, is now covered in grey rubble dust.
On Monday, Israeli outlets reported that the US and Qatar were trying to broker a deal in which 50 people held by Hamas and other groups in Gaza of foreign or dual nationality would be released. On Sunday it emerged the US had pressed Israel to delay its expected ground assault on Gaza to allow time for the release of more hostages believed to be held in the exclave, and the delivery of more aid to the besieged territory.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/23/gaza-second-aid-convoy-rafah-crossing-israel-bombardment
Hamas Releases 2 American Hostages
A 59-year-old woman and her teenage daughter, dual citizens from Illinois, were being reunited with family members on an Israeli military base, Israeli officials said. The two were kidnapped on Oct. 7, along with roughly 200 other people.
The two freed were Judith Raanan, 59, and her daughter Natalie Raanan, 17. Israeli and U.S. officials promised to continue to work to free the roughly 200 other hostages — from some 40 countries — who were also abducted. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken of the United States said that 10 Americans were still unaccounted for, adding that all “hostages should be released immediately and unconditionally.”N
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/20/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
C.I.A. Reports Contained General Warnings of Potential Gaza Flare-up
A pair of classified C.I.A. intelligence reports issued in the days ahead of a major Hamas attack on Israel warned about a potential escalation in violence but did not predict the complex, multipronged attack that Hamas gunmen launched against Israel, according to U.S. officials.
The first of the intelligence reports, dated Sept. 28, described the possibility that Hamas would launch rockets into Israel over a period of several days.
The second report, dated Oct. 5, built on the first but was more analytical.
The Oct. 5 report appeared in a daily C.I.A. summary of intelligence that is distributed widely to policymakers and lawmakers, the officials said. But intelligence officials did not brief either of the reports to President Biden or senior White House officials. Nor did the C.I.A. highlight the reports to White House policymakers as being of particular significance, officials said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/us/politics/cia-reports-gaza-hamas-israel.html
'We have no water': Gaza faces deeper humanitarian crisis as Israel tightens its
“My family members began screaming and rushing out of the house, each of us fleeing in different directions,” he told CNN, adding that his entire neighborhood had been destroyed “without any prior warning.”
His neighbors were trapped under the rubble, and he could hear their calls for help, he said.
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said it has turned 83 of its schools in Gaza into makeshift shelters but on Monday they were already at 90% capacity, with more than 137,000 people taking cover from Israeli strikes.
Unlike cities in Israel’s south, the territory doesn’t have dedicated bomb shelters or bunkers that shield civilians from airstrikes.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/we-have-no-water-gaza-faces-deeper-humanitarian-crisis-as-israel-tightens-its-hold/ar-AA1hZX4q
France bans all pro-Palestinian protests
This will not go over well!!!
Paris (CNN) — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in central Paris on Thursday, in defiance of a controversial new ban on pro-Palestinian rallies in the country.
French police and members of the gendarmerie worked to disperse the crowds with tear gas and water cannons, visuals showed.
The ban had been announced earlier in the day, according to a message sent by French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin to the country’s police, citing concerns about public order.
“Pro-Palestinian demonstrations must be prohibited because they are likely to generate disturbances to the public order,” said the minister. He added that any organization of such protests will lead to arrests.
https://ktvz.com/news/national-world/cnn-world/2023/10/12/france-bans-all-pro-palestinian-protests/
France bans all pro-Palestinian protests
This will not go over well!!!
Paris (CNN) — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in central Paris on Thursday, in defiance of a controversial new ban on pro-Palestinian rallies in the country.
French police and members of the gendarmerie worked to disperse the crowds with tear gas and water cannons, visuals showed.
The ban had been announced earlier in the day, according to a message sent by French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin to the country’s police, citing concerns about public order.
“Pro-Palestinian demonstrations must be prohibited because they are likely to generate disturbances to the public order,” said the minister. He added that any organization of such protests will lead to arrests.
https://ktvz.com/news/national-world/cnn-world/2023/10/12/france-bans-all-pro-palestinian-protests/
Qatar will stop gas flowing if bombing doesn't stop
Breaking News Quatar: Are fuel shortages coming?
The Emir of Qatar has announced that if the bombing of Gaza does not stop, he will stop the supply of gas to the world.
“The issue of Palestine is the issue of a people uprooted from their land and displaced from their homeland.”
https://x.com/jimfergusonuk/status/1712847171228225654?s=46&t=YZgyyp4w_z7vW3neKxa6cQ
Looting going on big time right now in Philadelphia #Philadelphia on Twitter
Crowds looting Apple Store, food stores, liquor stores, post office, Foot Locker, pharmacies etc.
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