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Israel&#39;s Major Challenge in Gaza: &#39;The Metro&#39;
Israel's Major Challenge
in Gaza: 'The Metro'
the rundown
Oct 30, 2023 12:00 PM CDT

Israel's Major Challenge in Gaza: 'The Metro'

Labyrinth of tunnels built by Hamas presents a massive military hurdle

(Newser) - When Hamas released two elderly hostages last week, one of them described being led miles through a "spider's web of tunnels" that eventually led to a large hall, per the Guardian . It's no surprise: The militant group is known to maintain a labyrinth of tunnels beneath Gaza...

Israel-Hamas War Could Hit You at the Gas Pump

If the war escalates, oil prices will shoot up, which means food prices will, as well

(Newser) - The World Bank reported on Monday that oil prices could be pushed into "uncharted waters" if the violence between Israel and Hamas widens, which the AP reports could result in increased food prices worldwide. The World Bank's Commodity Markets Outlook found that while the effects on oil prices...

Jewish Students at Cornell Fearful After 'Horrific' Threats

Online messages threatened rape of Jews, shooting at building with college's kosher dining hall

(Newser) - Threatening messages on an online forum used by Cornell University students sparked fear among the Jewish community there over the weekend, and an investigation is ongoing. Per student newspaper the Cornell Sun , the messages popped up Saturday and Sunday on forums on Greekrank, a site dedicated to frats and sororities...

Hundreds Storm Russia Airport to Protest Flight From Israel

Some were chanting antisemitic slogans, officials say

(Newser) - Hundreds of people stormed into the main airport in Russia's Dagestan region and onto the landing field Sunday, chanting antisemitic slogans and seeking passengers arriving on a flight from Tel Aviv, Israel, Russian news agencies and social media reported. Russian news reports said the crowd surrounded the airliner, which...

US Pushed Israel to Restore Internet, Cell Service in Gaza

Blackout deepened humanitarian crisis, UN agencies say

(Newser) - Less than two days after Israel shut down communications networks in Gaza, cellular and internet service was being restored Sunday. That happened after the US pressured the Israeli government, the Washington Post reports. "We made it clear they had to be turned back on," a senior US official...

UN Warns of Chaos in Gaza After Crowds Loot Warehouses
Thousands Loot Gaza Supplies
Oct 29, 2023 1:05 PM CDT

Thousands Loot Gaza Supplies

'Civil order is starting to break down,' UN relief official says

(Newser) - Thousands of people broke into a UN agency's warehouses in central and southern Gaza, taking "wheat, flour and other basic survival items," officials said. Humanitarian supplies brought in convoys from Egypt are stored in one of the warehouses, Reuters reports. "This is a worrying sign that...

Israel Announces Next Stage in 'Second War of Independence'

Netanyahu says goals are destroying Hamas and freeing hostages

(Newser) - The second stage of the war against Hamas has begun, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Saturday. That appears to mean a sustained ground invasion of Gaza, the New York Times reports, though Netanyahu didn't put it that way. He said at a news conference that Israeli forces had...

UN Calls for Truce Over US Objections

Resolution doesn't condemn Oct. 7 Hamas attack

(Newser) - The UN General Assembly approved a nonbinding resolution Friday calling for a humanitarian truce in Gaza leading to a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers, the first United Nations response to the ongoing war. The 193-member world body adopted the Arab-drafted resolution by a vote of...

Most of Hamas' Foreign Hostages Are Thai Migrants

Most go to Israel to work in agriculture, sometimes in poor conditions

(Newser) - More than half of the 220 or so hostages Hamas took to Gaza after its Oct. 7 attack on Israel hold foreign passports. The largest subset of that group is from Thailand, Quartz reports, a product of Israel's reliance on migrant labor, consisting of 54 people. "We are...

Israeli Military 'Expanding' Activity of Ground Forces in Gaza

Army is moving closer to an expected full-fledged ground invasion

(Newser) - The Israeli military on Friday said its ground forces were "expanding their activity" in the Gaza Strip, as the army moved closer to a full-on ground invasion of the besieged territory. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the army's spokesman, said aerial attacks had been targeting Hamas tunnels and other...

Israel's Ground Forces Raid Gaza Again

Israeli soldiers said to have struck dozens of militant targets over 24 hours

(Newser) - Israeli forces backed by fighter jets and drones carried out a second ground raid into Gaza in as many days and struck targets on the outskirts of Gaza City, the military said Friday, as it prepares for a widely expected ground invasion of the Hamas-ruled territory, per the AP . US...

Israeli Military Says Gaza Raid Was to 'Prepare the Battlefield'

UN agency for Palestinian refugees warns that it is running out of fuel

(Newser) - Israeli troops and tanks launched a brief ground raid into northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, the military said, striking several militant targets in order to "prepare the battlefield" ahead of a widely expected ground invasion after more than two weeks of devastating air raids. The Israeli military said soldiers...

Why the Ground Invasion of Gaza Hasn't Happened Yet

A roundup of theories

(Newser) - It's been nearly a week since Israel's defense minister ordered troops to prepare to see Gaza "from the inside," and more than two weeks since it called up 360,000 Israel Defense Forces reservists and readied tanks along the border. The expected ground invasion has yet...

An Enraged Israel Calls for UN Chief's Resignation

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the Hamas attack 'did not happen in a vacuum'

(Newser) - Israel is calling on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to resign and says it won't grant visas to UN representatives in the wake of what it calls "shocking" comments made by Guterres. In a Tuesday speech before the UN Security Council, Guterres "condemned unequivocally the horrifying and unprecedented...

Sorkin Dumps Agency After Agent's 'Wrong' Posts on Israel

'West Wing' creator is returning to WME after Maha Dakhil's online remarks on 'genocide'

(Newser) - As some people are being fired for their social media posts regarding the Israel-Hamas war , others are making their own moves. Among them: West Wing creator and writer Aaron Sorkin, who's dropped CAA as his agency and moved back to WME after his agent, Maha Dakhil, put up a...

US Preps Mass Evacuation of Americans From Mideast
US Preps Mass Evacuation
of Americans From Mideast
the rundown
Oct 24, 2023 12:30 PM CDT

US Preps Mass Evacuation of Americans From Mideast

Report comes as Israel's bombardment of Gaza escalates

(Newser) - Israel has significantly ramped up its airstrikes on Gaza in anticipation of a ground invasion, with the military saying it has hit more than 720 targets in the last two days, reports the New York Times . The Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, meanwhile, said it logged more than 700 Palestinian deaths...

Editor Canned for Retweeting the Onion's Gaza Satire

Michael Eisen of eLife, who's Jewish with Israeli family, fired for satirical post on Palestinian civilians

(Newser) - The editor-in-chief of a prominent science journal has been fired after he retweeted an Onion article related to the Israel-Hamas war. Mediaite reports that Michael Eisen , who heads up the eLife journal and also serves as a geneticist at the University of California, let the world know of his dismissal...

Israeli Hostage Details Her Ordeal: 'I Went Through Hell'

Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, released with Nurit Cooper, says she was beaten with sticks during abduction

(Newser) - Two elderly Israeli women who were held for more than two weeks by Hamas after being abducted on Oct. 7 have been released , and one of them is speaking about her experience. Haaretz and the Times of Israel report that 79-year-old Nurit Cooper and 85-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz, who were both...

'We Cannot Rest,' Say Relatives of Freed American Hostages

Other family members are still being held in Gaza

(Newser) - For cousins of the two American hostages released Friday by Hamas, the ordeal isn't over yet. Eight of their family members are still being held in Gaza, and three have been killed. Ayelet Sella and her brother Or said they were reunited at their home in Israel with Judith...

Pentagon Sends Urban Combat Veteran to Israel

Air defense systems also are on their way to Middle East

(Newser) - The Pentagon has sent military advisers, including a Marine Corps general versed in urban warfare, to Israel to aid in its war planning and is speeding multiple sophisticated air defense systems to the Middle East days ahead of an anticipated ground assault into Gaza. One of the officers leading the...

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