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Evelyne Legaux taking part in a Shine A Light sleepout organised by Focus in Cork. Michael O'Sullivan

Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

Here’s your roundup of what made the headlines today.

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_60A6998 Evelyne Legaux taking part in a Shine A Light sleepout organised by Focus in Cork. Michael O'Sullivan Michael O'Sullivan

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featureimage Israel continued its bombardment of Gaza today. PA PA

#GAZA Thousands of Gazans fled towards the southern part of the city as Israel prepared an expected ground offensive.

#KARABAKH Azerbaijani president Ilhan Aliyev raised his nation’s flag over the capital city of the former breakaway region, reaffirming Baku’s control over it.

#LEBANON Anti-tank missile fire from Lebanon killed a civilian and wounded several others today in a northern Israel border community, Israel’s army said.

#AFGHANISTAN An earthquake shook western Afghanistan today, hitting the same region where more than 1,000 people were killed in tremors last week.

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    Oct 15th 2023, 11:45 PM

    @kerrill thornhill: 1min ago
    Hamas massacred Israelis cutting the children into pieces and yet you expect them Israelis and Americans to be merciful? Hamas stopping civilians to flee and use them as human shields. They launch rockets at the basement of buildings where many civilians are staying. The prospect of reconciliation between them is gone, not in our lifetime. They steal life they pay life.

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    Oct 16th 2023, 3:06 AM

    @Bomber: You did not look at the video did you?? The journalist who made the fake claims about Hamas cutting kids admitted she lied, as did the Whitehouse on behalf of Biden who lied to feed this hateful anti-Palestinian frenzy. You are also lying & dehumanising Palestinians to justify the genocide & theft of their land – like all settler colonisers in history. You are probably sick enough to think you are still superior, while you promote the most barbaric war crimes and atrocities the planet has seen in decades. Our media has fed this hateful anti-Palestinian frenzy and is doing nothing to stop the destruction of Gaza – shame on them.

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    Oct 16th 2023, 3:12 AM

    @kerrill thornhill: Your comment got 13 likes in 1 minute, has the hasbara team just started their shift? The disinformation network employed to support the ethnic cleansing of Gaza is in overdrive – I sincerely hope people wake up to how our media is manipulating us to supporting / ignoring war crimes.

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    Oct 17th 2023, 8:39 AM

    @: We are currently doing another round of giveaway competition for the commemorative medals struck by Nazi Germany to mark its Zionist alliance, with a Star-of-David on one side and a Swastika on the obverse. The importance of the Nazi-Zionist pact for Israel’s establishment is difficult to overstate. According to a 1974 analysis in Jewish Frontier, between 1933 and 1939 over 60% of all the investment in Jewish Palestine came from Nazi Germany. Therefor, at this time, we thank the Bomber, the Honey bugger et. al., with much help from your great publications, such as this one.

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    Oct 16th 2023, 3:25 AM

    @Bomber: Promoting lies to demonise Palestinians & justify the destruction of Gaza is not going to end well for Israel either. The degree of unhinged hate that has been unleashed is terrifying: the hateful face of settler colonialism (below) has been hidden by western media for decades. Why won’t our politicians & media call for a full ceasefire and UN intervention? https://twitter.com/mariyyum/status/1713302734450115019?t=sf17EKYOo1_LmlC1IAY9jA&s=19

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    Oct 15th 2023, 10:09 PM

    Today was mostly a giant rugby hangover… Otherwise this is an excellent summary of what has gone on in the last week- chapter and verse: https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2023/10/15/list-of-war-crimes-and-crimes-qualifying-as-genocide-committed-by-israel-in-gaza-since-7th-october-2023/

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    Oct 15th 2023, 10:20 PM

    @kerrill thornhill:

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    Oct 15th 2023, 10:38 PM

    @kerrill thornhill: Is there also one covering the same topic for the last 50 years? Might be slightly longer….

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    Oct 15th 2023, 10:44 PM

    @Rochie1508: How much time do you have… not a history piece, but good broader analysis from a former British Ambassador
    “Throughout Europe there is a massive gap between the zionist unanimity of the politicians and the much greater understanding of the Palestinian situation among the general public.”
    https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2023/10/fascism-in-the-west-to-enable-genocide-in-palestine/

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    Oct 15th 2023, 11:27 PM

    @kerrill thornhill: This video is a great analysis of how misinformation from mainstream media & US president demonised Palestinians & created the impetus for frenzied revenge attacks. https://twitter.com/Imalright_Jack/status/1713573695170527455?t=wKg-So27rsJPMrTG8NeFfg&s=19

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