The Spanish prime minister has questioned the legality of the war on Gaza | The Israeli Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that it was recalling its ambassador in Madrid, Rodica Radian-Gordon, for consultations after comments made by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez about the ongoing war. Madrid's ambassador in Tel Aviv was also summoned for a protest. ● Speaking with the Spanish broadcaster TVE, Sanchez said he had “serious doubt” that Israel was in compliance with international humanitarian law while waging war on the Palestinian group, given the imagery coming from the enclave and the “growing numbers of children dying.”

Tamara Ryzhenkova | Despite Cairo’s resistance, the old plan to relocate Palestinian people to Egypt has prompted new discussions | Egypt’s reaction to the events in the Gaza Strip has drawn renewed attention to the US-Israeli plan of relocating the Palestinian population living in Gaza to the Sinai Peninsula, which is now a part of Egypt. In former times, this question was repeatedly raised during negotiations with Cairo. Now, it looks like Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will have to deal with the issue once again and find an optimal solution.

The Israeli occupation targets photojournalist Mohammad Ayyash in his home, killing him and his family in the overnight aggression that resulted in the death of hundreds of Palestinians. | Palestinian Wafa News Agency reported that photojournalist Mohammad Ayyash was martyred, along with a number of his family members, as a result of a raid carried out by the Israeli occupation that targeted his house in the Nuseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip. ● In Gaza, martyr Ayyash is the latest of 63 other journalists that have also been martyred as a result of direct and deliberate Israeli raids in a clear genocidal policy aimed at assassinating the Palestinian narrative.

■ Remembering martyr Farah Omar in her hometown of Mashghara, West Bekaa (Al Mayadeen)

Qatar on early Wednesday said that the start of a "humanitarian pause" between Israel and Hamas will be announced within 24 hours. | Qatar, along with Egypt and the United States, has successfully mediated a four-day humanitarian pause between Israel and Hamas. The announcement, expected in the next 24 hours, involves the exchange of 50 civilian women and children hostages in Gaza for Palestinian women and children held in Israeli prisons. Humanitarian aid, including fuel, will be permitted into the Gaza Strip.

■ LIVE: 50 captives and 150 Palestinian prisoners to be released (MEE)
■ Hamas announces 4-day truce agreement, prisoners exchange deal (Al Mayadeen)
■ The Palestinian Children Detained by ‘Israel’ (Alahed News)
■ Hamas Says Agreed to Mediated Four-day Truce (Alahed News)
■ Israel's Cabinet Approves Ceasefire, Hostage Deal With Hamas (Sputnik News)
■ Putin expresses concern over 'thousands of deaths' in Gaza Strip (aNews)

■ Gaza Ceasefire? (Kurt Nimmo) | Yes, calling for a ceasefire is helpful, but it will not accomplish much. Israel will not stop killing Palestinians and Washington will continue to support the ethno-religious settler fanatics in Palestine in response to the outsized influence of the Israeli lobby. Israel will continue stampeding two million Palestinians into South Gaza and eventually through the Rafah Crossing into the empty desert of the Egyptian Sinai. This has been the plan for decades. It’s not a secret. Israel is a terrorist state. It was founded and governed by terrorists. David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin, Ariel Sharon, Ehud Barak, Yitzhak Rabin, and yes, Golda Meir, were all terrorists. Together these terrorists—who are rarely called terrorists in the West—ethnically cleansed nearly a million Palestinians. Some of them were members of terrorist groups before the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. The ethnic cleansing plan for Gaza and the West Bank has remained consistent.

France's decision to issue an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad is a manifestation of judicial bias. | On Wednesday, media reported, citing a judicial source, that France had issued arrest warrants for Assad, his brother Maher Assad, and two other senior officials in connection with the alleged use of banned chemical weapons against civilians in Syria. A decade ago, a grave false flag operation by anti-government forces in Syria nearly precipitated a US military intervention. On August 21, 2013, militants opposed to Bashar Assad's government launched an assault on Eastern Ghouta, a heavily populated region on the eastern fringes of Damascus, the Syrian capital. This assault involved the use of sarin-filled shells.

The Israeli regime’s war on the Gaza Strip has spilled over into neighboring Lebanon and may even widen in scope, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force said. | Addressing a commemorative ceremony on Monday morning, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said the Zionist regime’s brutal onslaught against Gaza proved the rightful stances of Iran and made the world realize that Israel is a child-killing criminal regime. The Israeli regime is not going to last so long, he added. Asked about Iran’s reaction to the possibility of spread of the Gaza war and the Lebanese Hezbollah’s involvement in the conflict, the general said the war has already extended and Lebanon has become entangled. “It is probable that the extent of clashes will grow even bigger. The future is vague, though Iran is prepared for all conditions,” General Hajizadeh noted.

■ Israeli jets strike south Lebanon after Hezbollah attack wounds 10 'civilians' (Naharnet/AFP)
■ Israeli drone bombs vehicle 45 kms deep inside Lebanon (11/12/23)

An Israeli drone struck Saturday a pickup truck deep in Lebanese territory, official media in Lebanon said, after weeks of skirmishes mainly limited to border areas since the Israel-Hamas war began. | Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) said "an enemy drone targeted a pickup truck" on a farmland in the Zahrani area on Lebanon's coast, some 45 kilometers from the Israeli border, without reporting any casualties. Media reports said the pickup was targeted in a banana grove and that the driver escaped unharmed. ● Israel's army meanwhile said that a drone had bombed a "launchpad" from which missiles were fired at an Israeli drone overnight, in possible reference to the Zahrani truck incident.

■ Lebanese Resistance Fighters Fully Prepared For ‘Israeli’ Aggression - Hezbollah Officer (AlahedNews)
■ Sayyed Nasrallah: Field Will Talk, Victory is Inevitably Coming (AlahedNews)
■ ‘What we are doing in Gaza we can also do in Beirut’ – Israel (RT.com)
■ Israel's Gallant warns Hezbollah that Beirut could face similar fate to Gaza (Naharnet/AFP)

Numerous and very large explosions are taking place in the city of Dier Ezor, Syria as you read this at 7:26 PM eastern US Time, Wednesday, 08 November. Reports say the United States is attacking Syria. [...] Air Sirens are sounding in Deir Ez Zor City. The airstrikes in Deir Ezor city have targeted the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Headquarters! Violent explosions rock the city of Deir Ezor in the east of the country, which is under Assad’s control. The city of Deir ez-Zor is located opposite US bases on the opposite bank of the Euphrates River, which has been subjected to successive attacks in recent days.
■ Hal Turner Remarks: Iran previously warned all Parties in the Middle East that if their nation, their citizens, or their Interests were attacked, they would unleash all-out war. Right now, it appears the US is directly attacking Iran troops in Syria, knowing Iran will unleash all-out war.

■ US launches new "self-defense" strike in Syria – Pentagon (RT.com) | US troops have illegally occupied the oil-rich region of northeastern Syria since 2014, ostensibly to fight Islamic State (IS, formerly known as ISIS) terrorists. The occupation has continued despite the defeat of the terrorist group by Russian, US, Syrian and Iranian forces in the territories under Damascus’ control.

■ Israel, the US Army, ISIS, and Al Qaeda Bomb Syria in 24 Hours (Syria News)
■ NATO ISIS Cells Ambush SAA: 21 Martyrs, Several Casualties (Syria News)
■ Tim Scott Calls For U.S. Strikes On Iran During NBC’s GOP Presidential Debate (Trending Politics)

The Lebanese and Palestinian Resistance, as well as the Yemeni Armed Forces, attack the Israeli occupation forces as part of their effort to support the people and Resistance in Gaza. | The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah announced Tuesday that they targeted Israeli artillery positions in northern occupied Palestine. The Lebanese resistance fighters targeted Israeli occupation artillery positions in occupied Palestine in response to the targeting of one of the resistance points in Iqlim Al-Tuffah. Simultaneously, intense artillery shelling by the occupation reached the outskirts of the towns of Al-Labouneh, Al-Naqoura, and Alma al-Shaab, as reported by an Al Mayadeen correspondent in southern Lebanon.

■ 347 Israeli Soldiers Killed Since Start of Hostilities With Hamas, Says IDF (Sputnik News)
■ sraeli Soldier Killed, 3 Seriously Injured in Gaza Clashes (Al Manar TV)

The Nasser Medical Complex has come under the direct fire of Israeli warplanes, killing at least eight Palestinians so far. | An Israeli airstrike on the Nasser Medical Complex in the southern governate of Khan Yunis killed at least eight people and injured dozens, on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. ● This comes after Israeli authorities forcibly displaced Gazans to southern areas in the Strip, claiming they would be safe there. However, a substantial number of bombs and shells have targeted residential blocks and civilian infrastructure, such as the Nasser Medical Complex, confirming the occupation's sheer brutality.

■ After Nasrallah's speech, US and Israel escalate Gaza war (The Cradle)
■ Unprecedented Israeli Massacres in Gaza on Day 30: Beast Unleashed (Al Manar TV)
■ Gaza Death Toll Surpasses 10,000 (Al Jazeera/Gaza’s Ministry of Health)
■ Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza surpasses 10,000 (The Cradle)
■ Israeli doctors urge the bombing of Gaza hospitals (Mondoweiss)

A statement by Israeli Minister for Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Amihai Eliyahu about the possibility of using a nuclear bomb in the Gaza Strip has raised many questions, including about the nuclear arsenal of the Jewish state, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday. | "This raised a huge number of questions. Question number one — it turns out that we are hearing official statements about the presence of nuclear weapons? The following questions that everyone has — where are the international organizations, where is the IAEA [the International Atomic Energy Agency], where are the inspectors?” Zakharova told the Solovyov Live media outlet. ● On November 5, Eliyahu said in an interview with Radio Kol BaRama that "one of the possible options" for Israel was dropping a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip. The minister also opposed allowing any humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, saying that Israel "would not hand the Nazis humanitarian aid," and that "there is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza." ● Later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspended Eliyahu from participating in government meetings until further notice.

■ Israeli minister’s suggestion of nuclear strike on Gaza raises questions — Russian MFA (TASS)

An Ohio-class guided missile submarine arrived in the Middle East on Sunday, as per a social media post by the US Central Command. | According to the US press, the heavily armed submarine sends "a message of deterrence" to Israel's "regional adversaries, as the Biden administration "tries to avoid a broader conflict amid the Israel-Hamas war."
The deployment of the submarine is triggering concerns, as per the DC-based think tank Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. The crux of the matter is that the US has already amassed a huge military force in the Middle East over the unfolding Gaza war.

■ US nuclear submarine sent to confront Iran – Bloomberg (RT.com)
■ After Nasrallah's speech, US and Israel escalate Gaza war (The Cradle)

A heart-wrenching incident unfolded in southern Lebanon, where a Zionist military aggression took the lives of three Lebanese children, alongside their grandmother on Sunday evening. | The victims of this tragic incident include Samira Abdel Hassan Ayoub, along with her granddaughters Remas, Talin, and Enas. Their mother, Hoda Abdel Nabi Hijazi, sustained injuries when a civilian car (CRV), situated between the towns of Blida and Ainata along the southern border between Lebanon and occupied Palestine, was targeted by Israeli enemy aircraft, directly striking it and igniting a fire. In response to this heinous crime, Hezbollah released a statement announcing that Islamic resistance fighters targeted Kiryat Shmona settlement with a series of Grad missiles. [...] The Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati, has made a statement, asserting that the Israeli crime will not go unpunished. He has declared that the incident will be pursued through international diplomatic channels, with a formal complaint to be lodged with the United Nations Security Council. Mikati pointed out that this crime stands as a stark contrast to the calls for calm and the acquiescence to the occupation’s actions against Lebanon. He viewed this act as yet another blemish on the global conscience that has, regrettably, overlooked the Israeli occupation’s actions in southern Lebanon and Gaza.

Israel has targeted a children’s hospital in Gaza as the regime’s brutal aggression on the besieged strip has entered its 31st day. | Palestinian sources said the Israeli army hit Al-Rantisi Children's Hospital in the early hours of Monday, leaving an unspecified number of people killed and injured. ● Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have repeatedly targeted hospitals, residential buildings, mosques, and churches. Under the Geneva Convention, attacks on hospitals are strictly prohibited. On October 17, hundreds of civilians were killed and injured by Israeli airstrikes on al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City. The attack has been condemned as an act of genocide by many governments around the world. Several hospitals in Gaza City have become refuges for Palestinians hoping to be spared Israeli bombardments, which began early in October.

■ Netanyahu Bragged About Zionist Support for Hamas (Kurt Nimmo)(10/18/23 ) | The Israel state has manufactured terror as a pretext for ethnic cleansing and mass murder: “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas.” (B. Netanyahu)

It is reported that shells are falling near residential areas, but there is no data about casualties | Israeli artillery units have opened heavy fire on Lebanese border areas in response to a Hezbollah attack, a source in the administration of the city of Marjayoun told TASS on Friday. According to the source, coming under shelling are the settlements of Tayr Harfa, Ayta ash-Shab, Jibbain, Ramiye, al-Quzah, Naqoura, and Alma ash-Shab. 💬 "Shells are falling near residential areas, but there is no data about casualties," the source said. "Israeli drones and fighter jets continue to fly over the area." Per the source, after Israel's shelling attacks on Thursday, at least 10,000 civilians fled the danger zone and moved to Tyre. "Thus, the number of refugees has increased to 30,000 since October 8," he said. The Lebanese Red Cross reported that five civilians were killed and three more were wounded in southern Lebanon on Thursday.

■ Hezbollah leader taunts 'Israel' in first speech since October 7 (Al Mayadeen)
■ Hezbollah chief: All options are on the table against Israel (PressTV)
■ Sayyed Nasrallah: On the Lebanese front, all options are on the table (Al Mayadeen)

Israel condemned for Jabalia 'massacre' as it cuts Gaza's internet and phone services | General Strike brings Nablus [West Bank] to a standstill -56 minutes ago Shops were boarded up and streets deserted in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus after a one day general strike was called over Israel's attack on Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian death toll since the outbreak of war now exceeds 8,500 Palestinians, including 3,542 children and 2,187 women. At least 1,400 Israelis were killed in Israel during the 7 October attack, mainly civilians.

■ LIVE: Rafah opens from Gaza for limited evacuations (Al Jazeera)
■ Israeli entity uncovers its fascist face through massacres against the Palestinians (SANA)

Jordanian NGOs denounce the measures as an attack on free speech as internal circulars are discouraging expressions of solidarity with Gaza | Staff in German governmental and non-governmental organisations operating in Jordan, including the German Embassy, are facing potential dismissal threats if they engage in online pro-Palestine advocacy, according to testimonies shared with Middle East Eye. ● In some cases, employees have also been requested to express their disapproval of Hamas’s incursion into southern Israel on 7 October. These actions seem to align with the stance of the ruling Social Democratic Party in Germany, which is currently endorsing Israel's military operations in Gaza.

■ Europe's shameful complicity in Israel's war on Gaza (MEE)

Since the beginning of the armed conflict between Israeli troops and Palestinian radical groups in Gaza on October 7, the number of wounded people has reached 19,000 | The death toll in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli shelling and bombing has exceeded 8,000, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported. "Over the past 24 hours, the number of victims has increased by more than 300," the ministry said in a statement quoted by Al Hadath TV channel. Previously, there were reports about 7,700 dead. Since the beginning of the armed conflict between Israeli troops and Palestinian radical groups in Gaza on October 7, the number of wounded people has reached 19,000.

■ Cowardly Israel too weak to win Gaza ground offensive: Top Hezbollah official (PressTV)
■ Deadly Israeli Raids Continue in Occupied West Bank (Tasnim News Agency)
■ Iran’s Raisi says Israel crossed ‘red lines’ (TASS)

Marina Sovina (Марина Совина) (lenta.ru) | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the West about a possible war on religious grounds. He said this during a rally in Istanbul organized in support of Palestine. During his speech, the Turkish leader wore a scarf in the colors of the Palestinian flag. | Do you want to ignite a new war between the cross and the crescent? If you are making such an effort to do so, then know this - this nation is not dead, it is standing firmly on its feet. We are determined. Earlier, Erdogan said that Western countries bear part of the responsibility for the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. He linked this to the fact that they do not call for a ceasefire.

■ Turkey wants to declare Israel a war criminal – Earlier Erdogan mentioned Ankara's intention to declare Israel a war criminal. According to him, the relevant work is already underway. "Israel, how did you end up here? How did you get here? You are an occupier. Every country has the right to defend itself, but where is justice? There is a massacre in Gaza," the Turkish president said. Erdogan also called on Israel to immediately get out of the "state of madness." He noted that the constant bombardment of Gaza is again targeting women, children and innocent locals. This deepens the humanitarian crisis and the Jewish state must stop the attacks, he assured. ● The Saudi Foreign Ministry also pointed out that any ground operations in the Gaza Strip are unacceptable as they threaten the lives of civilians. "The Kingdom warns of the dangers of continuing these blatant and unjustified violations of international law against the brotherly Palestinian people, as well as the serious consequences they will have on stability in the world and the region," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

■ Israel has launched the second phase of the war against Hamas – In the evening of October 28, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the beginning of the second stage of the war. The politician called its goal the destruction of the Palestinian movement Hamas and the release of hostages. ● Netanyahu also said that allies in Western and Arab countries understand the goals of the conflict with Palestine. The politician emphasized that they support the Israeli side and want it to win the war against the Palestinian Hamas movement. "They understand that if we do not win this war, they are next in line," he noted. ● Following Erdogan's statements, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen recalled diplomats from Turkey. "Against the backdrop of Turkey's harsh statements, I ordered Israel's diplomatic representatives to return home in order to reassess Israeli-Turkish relations," he explained. (Translation: DeepL.com)

The report by Tasnim News Agency comes as the Pentagon has moved additional military assets into the Middle East | Several thousand US troops have taken part in Israel’s ground operation in Gaza, the Iran-based Tasnim News Agency reported on Saturday. The Pentagon has recently announced plans to significantly reinforce its military presence in the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas conflict and tensions with Iran. ● According to the agency’s security sources, Israel’s assault on Gaza involved three divisions and several brigades and was also underpinned by 5,000 US military personnel. The outlet, however, did not provide any details about which troops took part in the offensive or what functions they performed. ● Tasnim said that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attempted to enter the enclave from several areas in the north, west, and southwest “to split the Gaza Strip into two or three sections and cut off the connection among the Palestinian resistance forces before launching the next stage of the war.” The agency did not specify what results the Israeli military had achieved so far.

■ IDF General Reveals Hideous Truth: "We have lost the ability to field an effective army" (The People's Voice)
■ US ‘entering battle’ in Gaza – Hamas (RT.com)

Hamas and Israeli troops are engaged in a fierce battle in the Gaza Strip as Tel Aviv expands its ground offensive and cuts communications to the besieged area. | The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said in a statement that it was fighting Israeli forces in two areas inside the Gaza Strip early on Saturday as the Israeli war against the Palestinians in Gaza entered its 22nd day. 💬 "We are confronting an Israeli ground incursion in Beit Hanoun (in the northern Gaza Strip) and east Bureij (in the center) and violent engagements are taking place on the ground," the statement said. The Israeli military claimed that its fighter jets had struck 150 "underground targets" in northern Gaza and killed “several” Hamas fighters during intense overnight raids. The Israeli military said the targeted sites included "tunnels, underground combat spaces and additional underground infrastructure.” ● A spokesman for the Gaza Civil Defense said Israeli airstrikes destroyed hundreds of buildings overnight. "Hundreds of buildings and houses were completely destroyed and thousands of other homes were damaged," Mahmud Bassal told AFP, adding that the intense bombardments had "changed the landscape" of northern Gaza.

■ Israel-Palestine: Names released of 7,028 Palestinians killed (MEE)
■ Hamas: Israel preparing to commit more genocide away from eyes of world (PressTV)
■ Resistance foils Israeli incursion in Gaza, forcing withdrawal (Al Mayadeen)
■ US Covertly Expands Military Base in Israel Amidst IDF Violence in Gaza (Sputnik News)

■ October 7 testimonies reveal Israel’s military ‘shelling’ Israeli citizens with tanks, missiles Israel’s military received orders to shell Israeli homes and even their own bases as they were overwhelmed by Hamas militants on October 7. How many Israeli citizens said to have been “burned alive” were actually killed by friendly fire? [...] These reports indicate that orders came down from the military’s high command to attack homes and and other areas inside Israel, even at the cost of many Israeli lives.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a statement on his social media account condemning the escalating Israeli bombardments in Gaza, which are disproportionately affecting women, children, and innocent civilians. He called for an immediate cessation of these attacks, highlighting the deepening humanitarian crisis. | President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in a statement on his social media account, stated that the increasing and intensifying Israeli bombardments targeting women, children, and innocent civilians in Gaza have deepened the humanitarian crisis. Erdoğan underlined that Israel must immediately end this madness and cease its attacks, stating, "I invite all my brothers and sisters to the Great Palestine Rally, where we will make our calls stronger and proclaim that we stand with the Palestinian people against Israeli oppression, at Istanbul Ataturk Airport."

■ 'Israel' destroys Gaza bakeries; UNRWA warns of catastrophic shortages (Al Mayadeen)
■ 10 trucks loaded with relief and medical supplies crossed into Gaza amid Israeli onslaught (aNews)
■ Enraged Israeli FM calls UNGA vote 'despicable' (Al Mayadeen)

"President Joe Biden" has ordered the US military to strike two facilities in eastern Syria | US forces have launched multiple airstrikes on unspecified military installations in Syria, the Pentagon said on Thursday, claiming the operation was a response to recent attacks against illegal American outposts by armed groups allegedly “affiliated” with Iran. [...] Up to 1,000 US troops are currently deployed in Syria, occupying key oil fields and Euphrates River crossings with the support of a Kurdish-led militia. The government in Damascus has repeatedly protested that their presence violates international law.

■ US Launches Strikes in Syria After Targeted Attacks Against American Troops (Sputnik News)

Oct 27, 2023 | 149 Palestinian families lost ten or more of their members in the occupation’s aggression against Gaza. 34% of Gaza’s hospitals are not functioning and 65% of primary health care centers are closed. Among the displaced are 37,000 people suffering from non-communicable diseases, 4,600 pregnant women, and 15% of them suffer from various disabilities. 12 facilities were out of service and 219 educational institutions were destroyed, including 29 UNRWA schools. ■ Oct 26, 2023: Over the past 19 days, the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip has been continuous, destroying much of Gaza’s infrastructure, flattening homes, schools, mosques, hospitals, churches, bakeries, libraries and, most recently, a university. The past three days have seen a rapid escalation in the number of Palestinian casualties, as local sources report that Israeli airstrikes are purposefully targeting groups of Palestinian civilians gathered in what appears to be an attempt to maximize casualties. Here is a summary of the most recent atrocities (compiled by israelpalestinenews.org).

■ Palestinian ambassador to UN: 70% of 7,000 civilian deaths are women and children (PressTV)
■ Updated: Israeli Soldiers Abduct 87 Palestinians, Shoot One, West Bank (IMEMC News)
■ Highlights from the daily update issued by the Government Media Office (Alray Media)
■ Israeli airstrikes have damaged 29,000 buildings in Gaza Strip since Oct. 7: Gov’t (aNews)
■ Israel's History in Quotes (AWIP-10/10/10)