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JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians lined up outside bakeries and grocery stores in Gaza on Thursday after spending the night surrounded by the ruins of pulverized neighborhoods darkened by a near-total power outage. Israel launched new airstrikes and said it was preparing for a possible ground invasion.

11 October 2023; MEMO: Israel’s extreme far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, announced yesterday that his department is in the process of purchasing 10,000 rifles to equip civilian “security teams” based around Israel’s borders and the illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Ben-Gvir stated that 4,000 assault rifles have already been secured from an Israeli manufacturer and will be immediately distributed, reported the Times of Israel.

12 October 2023; MEMO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Israel today to show solidarity with the occupation state, help prevent the war from spreading and push for the release of hostages, including American citizens, Reuters has reported.

12 October 2023; MEMO: The war in Gaza has torn up diplomacy in the region, just as Israel was preparing to reach an agreement to normalise ties with Saudi Arabia, and months after Riyadh resumed ties with its regional rival Iran, Reuters has reported. Iran is a sponsor of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas.

Tehran, IRNA – A member of the Zionist regime’s legislation body has acknowledged that the Tel Aviv regime’s fascist policies that have been leading to the massacre of Palestinian people should be blamed for the onset of Operation Al-Aqsa Storm by Palestinian resistance against the regime.

In an interview with Al Jazeera TV network, member of the Knesset and leftist Hadash coalition Ofer Cassif said he warned earlier that the circumstances would erupt if the cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not change its policies towards the Palestinian people.

9 October 2023; MEMO: The new Israeli shekel (NIS) fell close to an eight-year low against the US dollar on Monday in the aftermath of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood led by the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement against the occupation state on Saturday. In trading today, the shekel was down more than 3 per cent against the dollar at 3.9581.

10 October 2023; MEMO: Egyptian trucks carrying vital aid and fuel to the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip have been forced to retreat after Israel warned Cairo that the trucks would be bombed if they entered the enclave, Sinai for Human Rights said on X.

11 October 2023; MEMO: Lebanon’s Hezbollah today released a video documenting the moment an Israeli personnel carrier was targeted near the town of Salha on the border with Israel.

The video shows the personnel carrier being targeted with two guided missiles, which led to its burning and being destroyed. The group did not reveal whether there were soldiers inside, though reports appear to show no one was hurt in the attack.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes hammered the Gaza Strip neighborhood by neighborhood on Tuesday, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety in the tiny, sealed-off territory as Israel vowed a retaliation for Hamas’ surprise weekend attack that would “reverberate ... for generations.”

JERUSALEM, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Israel's response to the unprecedented multi-pronged attack by Palestinian gunmen from the Gaza Strip will "change the Middle East," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.

He was speaking to mayors of southern border towns hit by the surprise assault that began on Saturday, a statement from his office said. It did not elaborate on his prediction.