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Post by Admin on Oct 10, 2023 2:26:51 GMT
Iran met and advised senior Hamas officials about their strategy for Saturday's surprise terrorist invasion of Israel, giving them the go-ahead for the large-scale assault at a meeting in Beirut, Lebanon last week.
According to The Wall Street Journal, senior members of the terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah said security officers with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had worked on operational plans since August for launching attacks on Israel from air, land, and by sea.
Over the course of several meetings in Beirut, the plans were adjusted by Iran's officers and delegates from Hamas and three other Iran-backed terrorist groups, the outlet reported.
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Post by Admin on Oct 10, 2023 15:35:42 GMT
Israel's military says it has "restored full control" of the border with the Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants launched a surprise attack on Saturday.
Around 1,500 bodies of fighters belonging to the militant group Hamas have been recovered, a spokesman added.
Overnight, Israel continued to carry out hundreds of aerial strikes in Gaza, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that retaliation against Hamas would "reverberate for generations".
Israel has called up 360,000 military reservists in response to the attacks, raising the possibility of a ground invasion of Gaza.
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Post by Admin on Oct 11, 2023 6:51:37 GMT
In the days since Hamas militants stormed into Israel on Saturday morning, a flood of videos and photos purporting to show the conflict have filled social media, making it difficult for onlookers from around the world to sort fact from fiction.
While plenty of real imagery and accounts of the ensuing carnage have emerged, they have been intermingled with users pushing false claims and misrepresenting videos from other events.
Among the fabrications, users have shared false claims that a top Israeli commander had been kidnapped, circulated a doctored White House memo purporting to show President Joe Biden announcing billions in aid for Israel, and pushed old and unrelated videos of Russian President Vladimir Putin with inaccurate English captions.
Here is a closer look at the misinformation spreading online — and the facts.
CLAIM: Nimrod Aloni, a top general in the Israeli army, was captured by Hamas militants during a deadly incursion Saturday into southern Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip.
THE FACTS: There’s no truth to this claim, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces confirmed. Aloni was seen Sunday at a meeting of top Israeli military officials.
The erroneous claim that Aloni was one of the hostages taken by Hamas spread widely online Saturday after the militant group attacked Israel.
“Palestinian resistance fighters capture Israeli commander Nimrod Aloni along with dozens of other Israeli soldiers as the resistance fighters attacked neighbouring occupied towns and Israeli check posts near Gaza,” stated one Instagram post that received more than 43,000 likes.
But Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the IDF’s chief military spokesman, told reporters on Saturday that claims Aloni was captured are “not true.”
Aloni clearly appears 10 seconds into a video posted to the Israeli military’s official YouTube channel of top IDF officials discussing the war on Sunday. Sunday’s date can be seen on a slide in the background. The IDF also published online four images from the meeting. The one on the lower right shows Aloni on the far right.
The Israeli army confirmed to The Associated Press that Aloni is the man in the video and image.
Hamas militants are holding Israeli civilians and soldiers hostage in Gaza, the Israeli military has confirmed. The militants have cautioned that they will kill a hostage every time Israel’s military bombs civilian targets in the Gaza Strip without warning.
— Associated Press writer Melissa Goldin in New York contributed this report.
___ CLAIM: A memo shows that President Joe Biden just announced he is sending $8 billion in military aid to Israel.
THE FACTS: An image of a memo being widely shared online was fabricated, and Biden has not made any such announcement, the White House confirmed on Monday.
Social media users began sharing the altered image in the wake of Saturday’s surprise attack on Israel by Hamas.
It appears to show Biden authorizing Secretary of State Antony Blinken to direct up to $8 billion in aid, as Israel formally declared war Sunday.
The purported memo is formatted like other orders posted on the White House website, complete with the blue-and-white White House logo at the top and Biden’s name at the bottom.
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Post by Admin on Oct 11, 2023 20:44:00 GMT
President Biden stops by a roundtable with Jewish community leaders and delivers remarks on his unwavering support for Israel following the Hamas terrorist attacks, and his work to combat Antisemitism.
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Post by Admin on Oct 12, 2023 7:34:58 GMT
(Reuters) - With Israel descending into hostilities, governments and airlines are scrambling to get tourists and residents home from the country.
Israel's state-run airline El Al announced that it would operate 12 special flights between Israel and Athens, Rome, Madrid, Bucharest, New York, Paris, Larnaca (Cyprus), and Istanbul on the 11th and 12th. The airline has already announced additional flights from New York.
Meanwhile, most foreign airlines have canceled or reduced flights to Israel, and consulates have been flooded with inquiries from passengers seeking assistance returning home.
British Airways (BA) has announced that it will suspend flights to the Israeli capital Tel Aviv due to security concerns.
Czech Foreign Minister Lipavsky told reporters that after attending a conference in Oman, he stopped in Israel and brought 34 Czechs back home on a government plane.
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