Israel-Palestine|Reactions to the attacks

 

A mother hugs her son after arriving on a flight from Tel Aviv to Brasilia, Brazil. Eraldo Peres / AP  

 

Israel-Palestine|Reactions to the attacks  

Countries are trying to evacuate citizens from the conflict

 

Several of the world's countries are trying to arrange evacuations of their citizens after Hamas attacks and Israel's counterattacks.  

 

Germany is planning evacuations from Israel on Thursday and Friday with chartered planes from Lufthansa. Canada and Australia are also working on getting evacuation flights, writes The Guardian.  

 

Other countries, including the United States and Great Britain, have no plans for evacuations but refer to commercial traffic still being available. 

 

A woman from London who is in Tel Aviv tells the BBC that she has contacted the British Embassy in Israel for help but has received no response. 

 

- We are very disappointed because we live in England and no one is willing to get us home safely. What shall we do now that there is war?  

 

From the Swedish side, a procurement of aircraft is underway to carry out evacuations from Israel, Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (M) states for Ekot.  

 

The government does not consider that it is possible to evacuate from Gaza. Several major airlines, including Virgin Atlantic, Air France and Delta Air Lines, have canceled or postponed flights from Israel.

Military ships in Haifa. Heidi Levine/AP  

 

The evacuations  

Swedes can leave Israel by boat to Cyprus - must book a ticket no later than 6 p.m  

 

People who want to leave Israel have the option of traveling on a ship from Israeli Haifa with departure tomorrow Thursday, writes the Swedish embassy in Israel. The vessel's destination is Larnaca, Cyprus.  

 

The number of tickets is said to be limited, and the booking must be made no later than 6pm on Wednesday.  

 

The vessel departs Haifa at 15:00 on Thursday and arrives Larnaca at 13:00 on Friday.  

 

The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced earlier on Wednesday that Swedes in Israel and Palestine must be evacuated by air. Close to 4,000 people with connections to Sweden are in the area. It is unclear how many of these will be evacuated. 

 

Several major airlines, including Virgin Atlantic, Air France and Delta Air Lines, have canceled or postponed flights from Israel. Vigil in Vancouver, British Columbia, October 10. DARRYL DYCK / AP 

 

Israel-Palestine|Voices on the conflict  

Analysis: Israel faces the threat of a multi-front war  

 

Israel has been preparing for a multi-front war scenario for many years - now the worries are growing. That's what the Jerusalem Post's Seth Frantzman writes in an analysis.  

 

He mentions rocket attacks by groups in Syria and provocations by Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon in recent days. It's about relatively small attacks, but the rumble takes on a different weight from the current situation, he believes.  

 

Frantzman also points out that Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have made threats, as have Iran-backed groups in Iraq.  

 

Foreign Policy's Anchal Vohra writes in an analysis that many Israelis are now demanding the final elimination of terrorist-classified Hamas from Gaza. The question is what that means in practice, she writes. Is Israel in a position to knock out Hamas or is the price too high? Can the leadership layer be driven away or killed? Or is Hamas an inevitable part of Palestinian politics, as long as there is no solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? 

 

Palestinians carry away wounded after overnight Israeli counterattacks. Mohammad Al Masri / AP  

 

Israel-Palestine|The attacks 

Gaza's power plants run out of fuel - residents without electricity  

 

The fuel for the only power plant in Gaza that supplies electricity has run out, according to Palestinian media, according to Reuters. 

 

ABC News writes that the Palestinians have long relied on generators to keep hospitals, homes and offices running during power outages, but that there is now no way to import fuel for them either.  

 

Israel has cut electricity supplies to Gaza as part of what it calls a "total siege", in response to terror-classified Hamas attacks.  

 

The Palestinian Ministry of Health has stated that hospitals will run out of medicine in the next 24 hours, the BBC reports.

 

Elon Musk. Susan Walsh/AP  

 

Israel-Palestine|Reactions to the attacks  

The EU demands that Musk act – fake posts are spreading on X  

 

The EU demands that Elon Musk act to prevent disinformation about the fighting between Israel and Hamas from being spread on X, The Guardian reports. According to the union, both false information and old images purporting to show current events are shared on the platform.  

 

Researcher Mike Rothschild calls it "a spectacular failure" for Musk. - Musk's changes have made X useless in times of crisis, he tells Bloomberg. 

 

If the X owner does not comply with the call, he risks a fine of up to 6 percent of his earnings from the platform, according to EU law.  

 

In a letter, Thierry Breton, EU Commissioner for the Internal Market, demands an answer from Musk within 24 hours