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Gaza-Israel Conflict | October 2023

Hamas says 200 captives are Israeli soldiers. But the few foreign nationals that got lost in Gaza due to crossfire will be released one Israeli carpet bombing stops to allow them to be:

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We have detainees of different nationalities. These are our guests when field conditions permit their release


لدينا محتحزين من جنسبات مختلفة . هؤلاء ضيوف لدينا عندما تسمح الظروف الميدانية لاطلاق سراحهم سيتم ذلك
 
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UNRWA Situation Report #6 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, 16 October 2023 [EN/AR]​

Format Situation Report Source UNRWA Posted16 Oct 2023 Originally published16 Oct 2023 Origin View original

15 October 2023 @20:00

  • Heavy Israeli Forces’ bombardments of the Gaza Strip have continued, from the air, sea and land.
  • Civilians continue to flee to the southern areas following the Israeli Authorities’ warning to evacuate northern areas.
  • Advocacy continues at the highest levels for humanitarian access for pre-positioned critical supplies to cross into Gaza through Rafah, including food, water, medical supplies, fuel and non-food items.
  • UNRWA continues to advocate for international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians to be respected.
  • According to Palestinian Ministry of Health and open sources, in nine days, 2,329 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza (an average of 259 per day, or 11 every hour). The number of people killed in Israel has reached 1,300 and at least 3,621 wounded.
  • The above numbers are for background only. UNRWA has not been able to verify.
  • 14 UNRWA staff members have been killed. These are confirmed reports, but the number is likely higher.
  • 23 confirmed reports of UNRWA installations across the Gaza Strip have been impacted as a result of airstrikes but the total number is likely to be higher.
  • Over one million people – almost half the total population of Gaza - have been displaced. Some 600,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are in the Middle Area, Khan Yunis and Rafah, of those, nearly 400,000 are in UNRWA facilities - much exceeding our capacity to assist in any meaningful way, including with space in our shelters, food, water or psychological support.
  • Despite the Israeli Forces’ evacuation order, an unknown number of IDPs remain in UNRWA schools in the North. UNRWA is no longer able to assist or protect. There are 127 UNRWA installations in North Gaza and Gaza City. Approximately 170,000 IDPs were sheltering in UNRWA premises in these areas at the time of the Israeli evacuation order.
  • The number of killed is increasing. There are not enough body-bags for the dead in Gaza.
  • UNRWA in Gaza found some water in local shops, but rations are still down to one litre of water per person per day for the UNRWA teams in the Rafah logistics base (to cover drinking and all other needs).
  • People across Gaza have severely limited access to clean drinking water. As a last resort, people are consuming brackish water from agricultural wells, triggering serious concerns over the spread of waterborne diseases.
  • For the fifth consecutive day, Gaza has had no electricity, pushing vital services, including health, water and sanitation to the brink of collapse, and worsening food insecurity.
  • UNRWA has sent an advance team to Egypt to prepare for the possible opening of a humanitarian corridor to bring humanitarian aid supplies into the Strip.
  • As of 15 October, eight UNRWA health centres were operational across Gaza providing primary health-care services, with estimated supplies of less than one month.
  • According to the health cluster, there are a total of 3,500 hospital beds in Gaza. Evacuation orders apply to 23 hospitals in Gaza and north Gaza, with capacity of 2,000 beds.
The West Bank (including East Jerusalem)
  • As of Sunday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported 54 people killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and more than 1,100 injured, since Saturday 7 October. This number is the highest recorded number of Palestinians killed in a single one week since 2017.  Most of those were killed on Friday, 13 October when Palestinian factions called for a day of protests.
  • UNRWA continues to run its operations in the West Bank, including schools and health centres, and waste collection in refugee camps.
  • UNRWA staff continue to face severe access and movement restrictions, due to closures, checkpoints and road blockages by the Israeli Forces.
  • UNRWA staff are unable to travel to their place of work, unless it is in the immediate vicinity.
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Sorry there is no ceasefire. Those are false reports.

However Israel said it would consider a ceasefire in exchange for information about the hostages.




Wow , great time for site seeing in Israel.

As much as i suport Ukraine , we really dont need to add a super power to our list of enemies , at a time when we might face war on both fronts.

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It is a joy to see Zelensky getting humiliated.
 
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They are Jews. What does she want us to say? The Jew occupation of America is worse than the Jewish occupation of Palestine. Americans need to stand up and take their country back.
Lets be clear here. There is a huge difference between Jews and zionists.. pls do not slander Jews ! I have great many Jewish friends who do not support zionist movement.. stop with the hate speech.
 
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Carrier groups are no answer for a sustained campaign against a large foe. But they provide the initial momentum till logistics may be arranged from nearby bases. In previous declared wars over the last thirty years, where there is ample time for preparation and battle planning, the war typically starts on a new moon night at the target using B-2 bombers with anti-radiation missiles to take out radar. Obviously, that can't happen if there is a sudden attack. But Carriers still carry enough HARM to start the war.
Not to mention Carrier Battle Group provide battlefield intelligence like there were no other.

A pair of E-2D works with EA-18G Growler can map out an entire battlefield in Lebanon, force cannot appear on the frontline out of nowhere, they can tell Israel or Centcom what forces are deployable and what forces are coming into the battle roughly 24 to 48 hours before they reach the border. Which give them time to react.

And then there is just the sheer power of 60 FA-18E/F on each of the carrier can do, mind you 2 CBG with associated LHA group would see roughly 150 attack aircraft, that's more than half the entire Israeli Air Force had, effectively, you are looking at increasing IAF capability by 60-70% with that 2 CBG, not to mention each Carrier Battle Group and Assault Group have Marine Detachment on them you are talking about over 5000 Marine ready to deploy, that while not be enough to form an assault wave, it is more than enough to insert those Marine as a blocking force, shall US went to war on Israel side.

This is a Carrier Air Wing composition, each squadron have 12 (or 16 if they reinforce them) aircraft, so you are talking about 60-80 Super hornet per carrier.

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Lets be clear here. There is a huge difference between Jews and zionists.. pls do not slander Jews ! I have great many Jewish friends who do not support zionist movement.. stop with the hate speech.

I'm talking about the extremist right wing Jews in our media. That are dragging USA into war and enabling genocide.
 
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After the eradication of hamas strange thing will happened to the ayatollah Regime. Right now inside Iran their are lots of group and ethnics Iranian like azari/kurds that hate ayatollah. We just begun
You do know that the current supreme leader of Iran is half Azerbaijani on his fathers side. Iran doesnt have these ethnic problems. The people that run Iran put their religion first, country second and ethnic group probably third.

These groups have shared Iran for thousands of years. I don't think you can stir up dissent based on ethnic nationalism.
 
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