Mid East – Page 123 – Prologue Journal

IDF came close to Yahya Sinwar in Gaza, security officials say

Jerusalem Post On Sunday, a senior Israeli official confirmed that Israel had received intelligence indicating that Sinwar had reestablished contact with Hamas representatives in Qatar and conveyed messages. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-823703

Rights group: 108 Palestinian journalists detained by Israel in Gaza war

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. A Palestinian prisoners’ rights group says Israeli forces have detained a total of 108 journalists from Gaza and the West Bank since the Gaza war. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/10/08/734813/Rights-group–108-Palestinian-journalists-arrested-since-Israeli-genocidal-war-on-Gaza

Hezbollah hammers multiple Israeli targets with rocket barrage

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Hezbollah says it has hit multiple targets in Israel with a rocket barrage. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/10/08/734815/Lebanon-Hezbollah-Israel-Gaza-rocket-barrage-Hanita-Shlomi-

Former PM Naftali Bennett calls for strike on Iran’s nuclear program

Jerusalem Post “Now that the main proxies of Iran’s terror, Hezbollah, and Hamas, are weakened, Israel finally has an opportunity to strike Iran’s nuclear program,” Bennet wrote. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-823692

Oct. 7: Resistance ops. against Israeli regime on first anniv. of ‘Op. Al-Aqsa Flood’

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Amid Israeli genocide in Gaza and Lebanon, Palestinian and regional resistance groups continued their operations against the regime on Monday, the first anniversary of Op. Al-Aqsa Flood. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/10/08/734814/oct-7-axis-resistance-ops-against-israeli-occupation

‘It didn’t start one year ago’: Amnesty International release statement for anniversary of Oct.7

Jerusalem Post Amnesty International UK’s video accused Israel of enacting apartheid, called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza “and also an end to 76 years of displacement, discrimination and devastation.” https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-823646

Yemen unleashes new ballistic missile against Tel Aviv on anniv. of Oct. 7 operation

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Yemen’s Armed Forces target Tel Aviv with two ballistic missiles, including a new one, on the occasion of the first anniversary of Operation al-Aqsa Storm. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2024/10/08/734805/Yemen-fires-new-ballistic-missile-Tel-Aviv-anniversary-Operation-al-Aqsa-Storm

Athens Democracy Forum: Seeking the Road to Peace in the Middle East

New York Times Panelists at the Athens Democracy Forum discussed the widening conflict and the challenge of getting the warring parties to a consensus. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-gaza-peace.html

US urges Israel to uphold humanitarian law amid IDF operations in Lebanon

Jerusalem Post Washington urged Israel to follow international humanitarian law in Lebanon as IDF ground forces expand, amid escalating tensions with Hezbollah. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-823671

Judge Allows Protest That the University of Maryland Sought to Ban

New York Times The school, citing safety, had said no to an event planned on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, but a judge’s ruling last week allowed it to go ahead. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/us/umd-pro-palestinian-protest-oct-7.html