Israel - Palestine Update Thread. No hate. Just updates.

Mohammed Omer  ‏@Mogaza

Ambulances are rushing to Al Sika St. West #KhanYounies. Massive explosions shaking the area

This must be near the Gaza/Egypt border also no cameras down there, but a little while ago I heard a pretty massive explosion on Harry's audio feed

Palestinians repeat call for UN action on Israeli strikes

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:54 GMT

Source: reuters // Reuters

* Palestinians: Attacks are breach of international law

* Israel urges condemnation of Palestinian rocket attacks

By Louis Charbonneau

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 15 (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority renewed its call on Thursday for the U.N. Security Council to take action to stop Israel's attacks against the Gaza Strip, a day after the 15-nation body held an inconclusive emergency meeting on the escalating conflict.

"The mobilization of Israeli occupying forces on the ground, including the amassing of tanks, armored vehicles and buses near the Gaza border are cause for serious concern and demand the attention of the international community," the Palestinian U.N. observer, Riyad Mansour, wrote to the U.N. Security Council.

"We thus reiterate our urgent appeal to the Security Council ... to uphold its (U.N.) Charter duties and to act now to protect the Palestinian civilian population under Israel's occupation in accordance with international humanitarian law," he wrote to Indian Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri, president of the Security Council this month.

www.trust.org...

Report: Israel negotiating imminent cease-fire
By JPOST.COM STAFF, KHALED ABU TOAMEH
LAST UPDATED: 11/18/2012 00:42
Truce backed by Turkey, Qatar, Egypt, US, according to Channel 2 report; Egypt's Morsi says "some indications" of truce in Gaza, warns against ground invasion; Russo: Israel will continue until rockets destroyed.
Col. Amir Baram briefing soldiers. Photo: Courtesy IDF Spokesperson

Israel is currently negotiating a cease-fire with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to take effect later in the night, sources told Channel 2 on Saturday night.

www.jpost.com...

WHO: Gaza hospitals stretched, need supplies for wounded

By REUTERS
11/17/2012 22:17

GENEVA - Gaza hospitals are overwhelmed with casualties from Israel's bombings and face critical shortages of drugs and medical supplies, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.

The UN health agency appealed for $10 million from donors to meet the need for drugs and supplies over the next three months.

www.jpost.com...

don't know if this is true or not.....

Israeli warships are firing live ammunition at residential buildings along the shore of #Gaza.

twitter.com...

Netanyahu to Cameron: No country would tolerate attacks

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke with UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday, telling him "no country would let its population to live under the constant threat of rockets."

Netanyahu also spoke with international leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Nečas on Saturday regarding Operation Pillar of Defense.

www.jpost.com...

reply to post by badnickname


Sorry, when I served we weren't allowed to comment and cover our faces and boast of things to come. Do not think for one minute that you are going to sit at your desk, bedroom , or parents basement, and watch Israel roll into Gaza if that decision is made for a ground offensive. Modern armies do not broadcast their operations unless they want you to see that they are trying their best to keep casualties down until the real balloon goes up.

Then you will not see anything coming from the targeted area.

The masked guy was a coward in deed and his boasting as other military's do not practice face hiding and boasting. we also have families and relatives to protect.

Originally posted by antar
Is there any word on relief coming in? Medical supplies and food for the people?

What about the roads that were to be opened from Egypt?

Are the hospitals still available to receive wounded in Egypt as they promised yesterday?

What about water supply?

Hope this helps

www.aljazeera.com...

Medhat Abbas, director-general of Al Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, told Al Jazeera that there is currently a 40 per cent shortage of medicines and medical supplies in Gaza's hospitals. "This is including trauma and emergency requirements, in addition to some orthopaedic kits," said Abbas. Click to view our interactive map tracking social media posts from residents in Gaza and Israel [Al Jazeera] The large number of injured people flowing into Gaza's 13 hospitals - Abbas estimated 390 in the first four days of fighting - are sure to drain what little supplies they have left. Saline solution, suturing supplies, anaesthetics and tools, such as plates, rods, screws, needed to stabilise complex fractures are in especially short supply, he said. "What would have been enough for one week will be consumed in a few hours," said Abbas, adding that hospitals also need spare parts for CT scanning machines, which are crucial for diagnosing injuries. Most of the injuries stem from shrapnel wounds and bone fractures, with a few patients requiring amputations.

Report: Stray bullets fired toward IDF on Syria border
By JPOST.COM STAFF
11/18/2012 01:08

IDF soldiers patrolling the Syria border came under fire on Saturday night.

No soldiers were injured in the incident, which, according to Israeli media reports, was likely accidental spillover from fighting between the Syrian army and rebel fighters.

The IDF returned fire in the direction from which the bullets came, according to Channel 2.

www.jpost.com...

Originally posted by rai76
don't know if this is true or not.....

Israeli warships are firing live ammunition at residential buildings along the shore of #Gaza.

twitter.com...

It got this answer.

Israel Muse Portal‏@israelmuse

'@RanaGaza Well we dont fire non-live ammunition, what would be the point of that? '

Lovely.

Wow I saw a huge bright light flash and a big boom.

Originally posted by Soulece
Wow I saw a huge bright light flash and a big boom.

do you have a link please

I have 3 streams up

I believe it was from this one
www.ustream.tv...

My other two up:
rt.com...
www.ustream.tv... (for sound)

reply to post by Soulece


thank you

reply to post by Soulece


ustream and rt streams are in the same building or street

You're right. Derp.

reply to post by auroraaus


From your link, and then some...

Death of UNRWA teacher in Gaza

Shortly after one o’clock today an UNRWA teacher was killed by an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza. Marwan Abu Al Qusum was in his early 50s and an Arabic teacher at UNRWA’s Preparatory Boys School in Jabalia.

www.unrwa.org...

(I am reading the site now to find out more information on the refugee's in Gaza who make up if I am correct on this at least 1/3 of the total population currently at 1.7 million in Gaza alone.)

Originally posted by Soulece
You're right. Derp.

edit on 17-11-2012 by Soulece because: (no reason given)

They are the same feeds of the same camera. RT just has their logo on it.

Originally posted by DragonFire1024

Originally posted by Soulece
You're right. Derp.

edit on 17-11-2012 by Soulece because: (no reason given)

They are the same feeds of the same camera. RT just has their logo on it.

and zoomed out or different camera

did everyon see that, big light flash