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Nonilex

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… paring down time on social media … ?? Fully migrated to mastodon now that the bird self destructed. Though if you want to view my old posts, same username.

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Israeli death toll >1,000

#Israel’s military announced that the country’s border is under control after hours of fighting & airstrikes Tues. BrigGen Dan Goldfuss of the 98th Div said the military is now “moving into the offensive … to change the reality within #Gaza to prevent such a thing from happening again.” Israel has called up tens of thousands of #reservists to fight since the unprecedented cross-border assault by #Hamas militants over the wknd.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/10/israel-hamas-war-gaza-attack-updates/

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to address

President Biden will address the American people Tuesday about the situation in where militants attacked the country Saturday, killing >1,000 people, including at least 11 . Israel has responded w/a & heavy of the Strip.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/10/1204861972/biden-will-address-the-nation-on-the-israel-attack

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Flanked by VP & SoS Antony , President addressed the American people.

Biden delivered a forceful condemnation of as a group, & defended Israel's right to respond to the attack. Biden, who has long been a supporter of & also has had a long relationship w/ PM Benjamin , said that he reminded the prime minister that both the & Israel are & must act "according to the rule of law."

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Biden said does not stand for the rights of people, but rather use them as "human shields."

Biden connected Hamas's campaign to the of , which gruesomely murdered American & in Syria & Iraq.

Biden confirmed that American citizens in are among those being held as by Hamas but didn’t say how many.

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’s statement gives the govt of room to respond w/strong force, but urged them to minimize casualties by arguing an American response to a attack would be swift & decisive, but would adhere to the .

Biden said that the was sending additional to replenish
Israel's rocket interceptor system.

Biden says will be asked to take
"urgent action" to help the interests of allies & partners.

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said 14 were killed during Hamas’s incursions into .

Biden said the US would help provide to save held by . But he didn’t suggest American troops would directly assist w/rescue missions.

Biden warned other govts not to try to take advantage of the situation. "I have one word: Don't."

Biden said he first visited Israel >50yrs ago as a newly elected senator. Biden’s long experience w/ Israel & is an advantage in this crisis.

Nonilex, to climate
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costing $16m an hour in damage

Analysis shows at least $2.8 trillion in damage from 2000 to 2019 through worsened , &

The study is the first to calculate a global figure for the increased costs directly attributable to .


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/09/climate-crisis-cost-extreme-weather-damage-study

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orders 'full siege' of

The says it has recaptured its territory & gathered 300k troops ahead of an anticipated .

9 killed in

attack bears hallmarks of involvement, fmr U.S. ofcls say

Vast grips Israel after Hamas attack

A music festival in the Israeli desert became a scene of &


https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/09/israel-hamas-war-gaza-violence/

Nonilex,
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US ofcls expect to launch a incursion into densely populated early this week. Israel maintains a complete air & sea of the Gaza Strip & allows only a small flow of goods & people through 2 land crossings, which have been cut off amid the fighting. Israel had also provided the enclave w/electricity.

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taken from by consumes & unifies a terrorized nation

In the absence of a govt response, they’re dreading the one most likely: a massive , which they fear could put targets on their loved ones.

Sunday, PM made a belated appt to the vacant position of comm’r for & , responsible for building relationships w/local & intn’l negotiators.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/09/israel-hostages-families-gaza-hamas/

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has a long & controversial history w/ taking, hostage swaps & hostage rescues — sometimes deadly ones.

In 1976, Israeli commandos stormed an airport in Uganda, freeing >100 Israelis held by hijackers. (3 of the captives were killed, as was Netanyahu’s commando brother.)
In 2011, agreed to release 1,027 prisoners from Israeli prisons in exchange for a captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, who had been held in for >5 yrs.

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But none of the previous episodes, experts say, compares w/the mass kidnapping of children, grandparents & whole families, much of it captured on video & shared on social media. None of the options the govt may be considering are likely to end w/o more bloodshed.

has said the are being held in tunnels & other secure locations. Ahmed Abdul Hadi, Hamas’s representative in , denied reports that the group was in talks w/Qatar over a prisoner exchange.

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A spox for the military wing of told Al Jazeera on Monday that the group would begin publicly executing a each time Gazan homes were hit “without prior warning” by Israeli airstrikes.

“The public wants to go into & attack Hamas. The public also wants the to be safely rescued. I don’t think they’ve come to terms w/the inherent contradiction.” Danny Orbach, a military historian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said.

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Video appears to show killed

A video filmed ~8AM on Oct7, ~1½hrs after the attack began, shows armed men in military clothing carrying AR-style weapons moving ≥5 people in plain clothes w/their hands tied through a residential area in Be’eri, near . The video… was among the 1st pieces of evidence showing militants taking Israeli captive.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/10/09/israel-hamas-hostage-death/

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A 2nd graphic video shared on Oct8, & independently verified…was recorded just yards from where the Israeli had been seen on Sat. The end of the footage shows multiple bodies on the ground. Their clothing appears to match that of the hostages.
The 2 videos were filmed just feet from each other on the same street, ID’ed by burned cars, a distinctive curb & houses. At the end of the 1st, the hostages are alive …at the end of the 2nd, they appear dead.

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’s "apparent deliberate targeting of , indiscriminate attacks, & taking of civilians as amount to under international ,” Watch wrote in a news release Monday, noting the apply to all parties involved in a .

@humanrightswatch

Nonilex,
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about the in spread widely Monday on #X, & other , some w/faked videos drawing millions of views apiece.
Technologies researchers identified 4 major themes of the falsehoods: that the attack against Israel was a false flag instead of by , that Israel faked footage of dead children, that approved an $8B aid package for Israel & that sold weapons to Hamas.

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Weapons said to be American-made were shown in videos released by Hamas, but there was no evidence that they came from Ukraine.
NewsGuard said accounts on X, formerly , appeared to have the most traction, including some that are verified by the company & therefore show up in a users’ feed more often.
A video making the Ukraine weapons claim shared by “JoeyMannarinoUS” racked up 6.9M views by midday Monday.

Nonilex,
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Dozens of other fake videos included video game footage passed off as shooting down helicopters, videos from Azerbaijan purporting to show capture of Israeli military ofcls, & paragliders from an Egyptian military demo instead of Hamas attackers.

“The level of on -hamas being algorithmically promoted on is unlike anything I’ve ever been exposed to in my career as a political scientist,” posted Eurasia Grp Pres Ian Bremmer.

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An acct impersonating the JerusalemPost, called out Sun by WaPo, was suspended; one of the supposedly open-source intelligence accts that #X owner touted, @sentdefender, acknowledged misreporting that a USAF C-17 had landed in TelAviv.
A new network of 67 fake accts found by researchers at Alethea promoted videos of speaking about unrelated issues while the accts claimed he was saying Russia would back the Palestinians if America supported .

Nonilex,
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How to avoid falling for , images on

There’s a flood of real, & breaking & information online.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/22/misinformation-ai-twitter-facebook-guide/

Nonilex,
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that said, many of the families of taken by in are asking videos & images be shared hoping for info on their loved ones.

“I am asking for the whole world to see what I am going through. We have to bring the children home – & as fast as possible,” father Uri David said.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/09/israeli-hostages-relatives-plead-for-help

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/family-of-kidnapped-israeli-shares-video-of-her-abduction-by-hamas/

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The is considering a move to attach funding to a request for urgent aid to , …in the hopes that such a pairing would increase the chance that would approve aid to Kyiv despite growing opposition from . No final decisions have been made…, said 2 snr admin ofcls, who spoke anonymously….One of the ofcls said such a move could make sense because it “jams the ”….
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/09/biden-israel-ukraine-aid/

Nonilex,
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Sen. Tommy to continue his block on military confirmations which impacts senior appointments in the , as the moves to bolster its presence in the region amid the ongoing crisis in .

Tuberville says he won’t relent until the Pentagon revokes its policy of reimbursing service members for -related travel, which the senator has argued facilitates .

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/09/politics/tuberville-block-middle-east

Nonilex,
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Lloyd Austin announced that he ordered the ’s Ford carrier strike grp to the eastern Mediterranean, near . The USS Gerald Ford is the Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier & it is being deployed to the area, along w/a guided missile cruiser & 4 destroyers, as a deterrence measure.

’s blockade means the current commander of the Navy’s 5th fleet – which is responsible for US naval ops in the – is still awaiting promotion to deputy commander of .

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The deputy commanders of both & Central are also included in ’s hold, as well as CENTCOM’s deputy dir of , plans & policy.

leadership roles have had to be significantly reshuffled because of Tuberville’s hold. Many snr military officers are performing 2 jobs as they await promotion, & some key positions are being held by more junior officers because a more senior officer has not yet been confirmed by the .

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