[WonderMomma]

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the nature of this particular conflict, there are many photos/videos of injured and deceased civilians. It's no longer required to include a civilian warning in each separate post as there are just too many. Anyone sensitive to images of deceased civilians should presume that most of the posts in these Israel/Palestine conflict threads will contain them. CHILD WARNINGS ARE STILL REQUIRED EVERY TIME (see below). Thank you.

Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

Only comments related to the posted vids/pics allowed. Your opinions about the war, nazi's, Muslims, Jewish, unrelated politics, outside politicians or governments, propaganda, this announcement or extended conversations about anything should be posted in the discussion thread or in PM, otherwise they get deleted. Cultural/ethnic/religious/racist/bigoted slurs or remarks are not permitted.

You can post images of dead kids in here as it shows the realities of war. While civilian warnings aren't required anymore, child warnings are. When the post involves dead or injured children please put a **CHILD WARNING** in your description.

Zero tolerance for celebrations of or calls for the deaths of ANY children. We respect your right to your views, but this particular subject does nothing but provoke arguments, therefore, it is not permitted in this section.

If you don't follow these simple guidelines - warnings, infractions, and/or thread bans will be handed out.

For the last page of the previous media thread go HERE.

For discussions about this conflict go HERE

ISRAEL | PALESTINE CONFLICT THREAD DIRECTORY

2023 Conflict Footage
21-24 Nov: https://www.documentingreality.com/f...2023-a-250326/
17-20 Nov: https://www.documentingreality.com/f...2023-a-250230/
13-16 Nov: https://www.documentingreality.com/f...2023-a-250130/
09-12 Nov: https://www.documentingreality.com/f...2023-a-250036/
05-08 Nov: https://www.documentingreality.com/f...2023-a-249927/
01-04 Nov: https://www.documentingreality.com/f...2023-a-249808/
28-31 Oct: https://www.documentingreality.com/f...2023-a-249680/
24-27 Oct: https://www.documentingreality.com/f...2023-a-249527/
20-23 Oct: https://www.documentingreality.com/f...2023-a-249425/
16-19 Oct: https://www.documentingreality.com/f...2023-a-249336/
12-15 Oct: https://www.documentingreality.com/f...2023-a-249269/
07-11 Oct: https://www.documentingreality.com/f...2023-a-249149/

Discussion Threads
3. (current): https://www.documentingreality.com/f...2023-a-250043/
2. https://www.documentingreality.com/f...2023-a-249434/
1. https://www.documentingreality.com/f...2023-a-249157/

[WonderMomma]

Israel and Palestine are currently under a 4 day ceasefire which began at 07:00am local time on 24 November. There may not be a whole lot of conflict footage to post during that time, so feel free to post relevant media on hostage release, information, or developments on the ceasefire. For now I've made this thread for five days instead of four, in case we don't have a lot of media to post. We will have to take this a day at a time.

For now I start with an article describing the first day of the ceasefire. I will be going through media in a couple of hours. NOTE some of the screenshots below are from videos. You will have to visit the link below directly if you want to watch them.


Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...se-palestinian

Hamas releases 24 hostages on first day of Gaza ceasefire


Jason Burke in Jerusalem
Fri 24 Nov 2023 16.37 EST

On day of high tension, Israel also releases Palestinian prisoners and humanitarian convoy enters Gaza

The first group of hostages walked free from Gaza on Friday on a day of high tension and profound relief – but also acute concern for the future after weeks of relentless violence in the war between Israel and Hamas.

Twenty-four hostages were released by Hamas – 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and a Philippine national – as part of a deal that has brought about a temporary pause in hostilities and includes the release of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.

There was celebration in Israel and a day of relative calm in Gaza, where thousands have been killed and more than 1 million people displaced. But though the deal has raised hopes of a more durable ceasefire, the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, vowed he would not end Israel’s campaign to destroy Hamas.

The 13 Israelis had reached their home country by early evening. Several were recognised by friends and neighbours from their kibbutz communities. They included very young children whose seven-week ordeal in captivity is finally over after they were abducted during bloody attacks launched by Hamas last month.

A total of 39 Palestinian prisoners – 24 women, including some convicted of attempted murder for attacks on Israeli forces, and 15 teenagers jailed for offences such as throwing stones – were also released by Israel on Friday evening. Some had not seen their homes for many years.

The four-day ceasefire marks the first break in seven weeks of war in Gaza and offers some relief for the 2.3 million Palestinians who have endured intensive Israeli bombardment, as well as for families in Israel fearful for the fate of their loved ones taken captive during the attack that triggered the conflict.

Under the agreement, Hamas is due to free at least 50 of the approximately 240 mostly Israeli hostages it has held since launching attacks into southern Israel on 7 October in which 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed. In return, Israel will release at least 150 Palestinian prisoners and allow up to 300 trucks of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

Netanyahu hailed the return of the Israeli hostages, among them an 85-year-old woman and a two-year-old girl.

“Each of them is an entire world. But I emphasise … we are committed to returning all the hostages. This is one of the aims of the war and we are committed to achieving all the aims of the war,” Netanyahu said.

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The ceasefire, initially lasting four or five days, was announced early on Wednesday and has raised hopes for a more durable pause in the violence.

The Israeli offensive on Gaza has killed more than 14,000 people, thousands of them children, according to Palestinian officials. More are thought to be buried under rubble.

Underlining the fragility of the four-day pause, an alert sounded in Israel 15 minutes after the ceasefire began at 7am, warning of a possible incoming rocket from Gaza targeting a village in southern Israel, followed by reports of the sound of artillery firing from Israel.

But through the morning and into the afternoon a relative calm seemed to have been established across much of Gaza.

In a surprise development, the Thai prime minister, Srettha Thavisin, said a number of Thai hostages had been released. They are thought to be farm workers who had been employed in communities around Gaza while Gelienor Pacheco, from the Philippines, was a carer.

The hostages were transferred out of Gaza and handed over to Egyptian authorities at the Rafah border crossing accompanied by the ICRC.

“The deep pain that family members separated from their loved ones feel is indescribable. We are relieved that some will be reunited after long agony,” said Fabrizio Carboni, the ICRC’s regional director for the Near and Middle East.

The Israeli military said the hostages had undergone an initial medical assessment inside Israeli territory.

The released hostages were then flown to medical facilities around Israel, where they would be reunited with their loved ones. There was celebration among hostages’ families and supporters gathered in Tel Aviv.

“We couldn’t wait for the hours to pass,” said Corinne Moshe, the daughter-in-law of released hostage 72-year-old Adina Moshe.

Her husband and his siblings were waiting at a hospital to reunite with their mother, she told Israel’s Kan public broadcaster.

Corinne’s son Erez said he was waiting to see his grandmother.

“I miss her very, very much. I want her to be back already. I want to have dinner with her and the entire family again.”

The vocal campaign led by the families has been a significant factor in pushing Netanyahu to accept a deal with Hamas, an organisation he has sworn to “crush”.

“We hope the picture will be beautiful at the end of the day,” Ziv Agmon, a legal adviser to Netanyahu’s office, told reporters, adding that Israel would “follow the agreement”.

Ismail Haniyeh, the main political leader of Hamas outside Gaza, said in a recording on Friday that the Islamist group was committed to the agreement, struck after lengthy and complex talks mediated by Qatar, the US and Egypt, as long as Israel was committed as well.

In the occupied West Bank, families waited anxiously throughout the day for news of the prisoners due to be freed.

Two white coaches, escorted by armoured vehicles, were seen leaving the Ofer military camp in the West Bank during the early evening.

The Palestinian prisoners inside the buses were greeted by large crowds on reaching the Beitunia checkpoint, many of whom chanted “God is great”, and bursts of fire crackers that lit up the night sky.

They included Malak Salman, who was arrested seven years ago for trying to stab a police officer in Jerusalem.

Now 23, she was returned to her home in Beit Safafa, in annexed East Jerusalem, under Israeli police escort.

“The police are in our house and are stopping people coming to see us,” her mother, Fatina said. “My daughter is weak, she has not eaten since yesterday.”

The exchange of female and child hostages and prisoners was initially scheduled for Thursday afternoon but was postponed as last-minute logistical issues were worked out during 24 hours of frantic diplomacy.

The agreement includes a halt to Israeli military flights over southern Gaza, with air activity over northern Gaza restricted to six hours a day. Israel has agreed not to arrest anyone in Gaza for the duration of the truce, according to a Hamas statement.

Reports suggest that if the first exchanges go well, and Hamas can locate more female hostages or children, there will be further releases on both sides. Some sources have suggested the ceasefire could last up to 10 days as a result.

Aid trucks began entering the Gaza Strip from Egypt about 90 minutes after the ceasefire began at 5am local time.

Humanitarian officials said the aid was a fraction of what was needed, and that there were robust procedures to prevent Hamas commandeering fuel and other basics, a concern voiced repeatedly by Israeli officials. An almost total blockade of Gaza by Israel has led to acute shortages of all essentials and “catastrophic” conditions, aid agencies said.

Medical facilities have been wrecked across the territory, and doctors have described trying to treat “overwhelming” numbers of seriously injured casualties with inadequate supplies.

Swaths of northern Gaza have been destroyed, and up to 1 million people displaced. Israel says it has killed thousands of Hamas fighters, without presenting evidence for its count.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) told residents of Gaza the war was not over. “The humanitarian pause is temporary,” it said on social media. “The northern Gaza Strip is a dangerous war zone and it is forbidden to move north. For your safety, you must remain in the humanitarian zone in the south.”

A similar message was repeated in leaflets dropped over southern Gaza, where almost all Gaza residents are living after being told to leave the north, where fighting between the IDF and Hamas has been the most intense.

Despite the warnings, many joyful but wary Palestinians emerged from makeshift shelters in southern Gaza at the start of the ceasefire to attempt the long journey back to their homes in the north of the territory. Many found their way barred by Israeli troops.

The Israeli defence minister, Yoav Gallant, has described the ceasefire as “a short respite, at the end of which the fighting will continue intensely”.

“We will create pressure to bring back more hostages. At least another two months of fighting is expected,” he said.

Israel’s northern border with Lebanon was quiet on Friday, a day after Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, carried out the highest number of attacks in one day since fighting there began on 8 October.

The militant Islamist movement and militia is not a party to the ceasefire agreement, but was widely expected to halt its attacks.

[WonderMomma]

"Palestinian channels identified as Hamas claim: these are the moments when the Red Cross received the Israeli abductees and left in a convoy from Khan Yunis to Rafah. The Thai hostages can be seen here."

[WonderMomma]

"The 13 freed abductees."

"The Egyptian daily "Alyoum al-Sab’aa" publishes the photos of the kidnapped people who were released inside the bus that transported them."

"The Palestinian women prisoners who were released from the prison in Israel as part of the deal."

1. "Gaza: The Gazan "rescue team" tells a small boy to jump from the third floor because there is no way to reach him to rescue him.
The boy jumps... the team catches him... by the grace of Allah..."

2. "The Palestinian women prisoners who were released to the West Bank wave the Hamas flag on the bus next to the Red Cross representative."

3. "The minor prisoners who were released today to the West Bank as part of the agreement wearing Hamas headbands."

[WonderMomma]

Originally Posted by SDI ↗

Vids, Pics: Tulkarim, Westbank. Palestinians lynching two men for supposedly collaborating with Israel.

"The two Palestinians who were executed in the Tulkarm refugee camp on charges of collaboration with Israel, which caused the assassination of 4 senior military operatives in Tulkarm, are:
Hamza Mubarak
Azzam Joabra"





1. "The moments of handing over the Israeli and Thai abductees from the hands of the Hamas military wing to the Red Cross."

2. A doctor in Gaza learns that his father and sister were killed in the Israeli shelling at Al-Fahura school.

[WonderMomma]

Posted 24 November. Occurred sometime before the ceasefire.

A mosque hit by Israel in the Gaza strip. The streets littered with dead bodies.

[WonderMomma]

Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

"The Palestinian women prisoners who were released from the prison in Israel as part of the deal."

1. "The moment a juvenile prisoner released under the deal meets his family."

2. There have been sporadic reports of Israel opening fire on Palestinians trying to return to their homes. Grain of salt.

[hypnotoad]

Good for the hostages that were released to safety.

[Poster101]

Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

"The 13 freed abductees."

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"The Egyptian daily "Alyoum al-Sab’aa" publishes the photos of the kidnapped people who were released inside the bus that transported them."

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"The Palestinian women prisoners who were released from the prison in Israel as part of the deal."

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1. "Gaza: The Gazan "rescue team" tells a small boy to jump from the third floor because there is no way to reach him to rescue him.
The boy jumps... the team catches him... by the grace of Allah..."

2. "The Palestinian women prisoners who were released to the West Bank wave the Hamas flag on the bus next to the Red Cross representative."

3. "The minor prisoners who were released today to the West Bank as part of the agreement wearing Hamas headbands."

Soon we will know the extent of the depravity done to the hostages, less with the old ladies and more for when the young women who get released....if they get released. But at least now they all can see the sky again

[SDI]

Looks a bit like the hostage deal might be obsolete, Hamas stalls and tries to extent their demands, Israel set an ultimatum up to midnight.

Palestinian was shot as he tried to enter Gaza from the South.