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<article data-history-node-id="428831" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-captives-gaza-city-cant-be-saved-if-netanyahu-will-kill-them" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-captives-gaza-city-cant-be-saved-if-netanyahu-will-kill-them" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli captives in Gaza can't be saved if Netanyahu kills them during attacks: Qassam Brigades</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The military wing of Hamas, the al-Qassam Brigades, issued a statement on Thursday saying that it will not attempt to save the lives of Israeli captives in Gaza City "as long as Netanyahu has decided to kill them" with his latest military operation in the area.</p> <p>"We say to the enemy's military and political leadership: Your prisoners are scattered throughout the neighbourhoods of Gaza City, and we will not spare their lives as long as Netanyahu has decided to kill them. Initiating and expanding this criminal operation means that you will not obtain a single prisoner, neither living nor dead, and their fate will be the same as that of Ron Arad," the Qassam Brigades said.</p> <p>Arad is a member of the Israeli air force who has officially been declared missing since October 1986.</p> <p>"Gaza will not be an easy prey for your mighty army. We do not fear you and are prepared to send the souls of your soldiers to hell," the Brigades said. "We have prepared for you an army of martyrs and thousands of ambushes and engineering bombs."</p> <p>"Gaza will be a graveyard for your soldiers".&nbsp;</p> <p>The statement added that Israel will only be going into "a harsh war of attrition" and that the Brigades have trained their fighters "to place explosive devices inside the cabins of your vehicles. Your bulldozers will be prime targets".&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Fund says move against Caterpillar, five Israeli banks due to their contribution ‘to serious violations of rights’.

<article data-history-node-id="427669" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/reuters-ap-demand-urgent-and-transparent-accountability-israels-killing" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/reuters-ap-demand-urgent-and-transparent-accountability-israels-killing" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Reuters, AP demand 'urgent and transparent accountability' into Israel's killing of journalists at Gaza hospital</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Reuters and the Associated Press have sent a <a href="https://www.ap.org/the-definitive-source/announcements/letter-from-ap-reuters-on-nasser-hospital-strikes/">joint letter</a> to Israeli officials demanding a&nbsp;"clear explanation" for double-tap air strikes that killed five journalists at a hospital in Gaza on Monday.</p> <p>"We are outraged that independent journalists were among the victims of this strike on the hospital, a location that is protected under international law. These journalists were present in their professional capacity, doing critical work bearing witness," the letter read.</p> <p>The agencies also questioned the Israeli military's&nbsp;willingness to investigate itself in such incidents&nbsp;due to its track record and&nbsp;demanded an "urgent and transparent" accountability.</p> <p>"Unfortunately, we have found the IDF’s willingness and ability to investigate itself in past incidents to rarely result in clarity and action, raising serious questions including whether Israel is deliberately targeting live feeds in order to suppress information," they&nbsp;said.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Governments and humanitarian groups condemn Israeli attacks that killed 21 people at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital.

<article data-history-node-id="427670" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/norway-wealth-fund-excludes-caterpillar-and-five-israeli-banks" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/norway-wealth-fund-excludes-caterpillar-and-five-israeli-banks" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Norway wealth fund excludes Caterpillar and five Israeli banks</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Norway's $2 trillion wealth fund, the world's largest, said on Monday it has divested from US construction equipment group Caterpillar, opens new tab as well as five Israeli banking groups on ethics grounds.</p> <p>The five banks are Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank , First International Bank of Israel, and FIBI Holdings, the fund said in a statement.</p> <p>The six groups were excluded "due to an unacceptable risk that the companies contribute to serious violations of the rights of individuals in situations of war and conflict", said the fund, which is operated by Norway's central bank.</p> <p>The fund's ethics watchdog, called the Council on Ethics, said that "in the council's assessment, there is no doubt that Caterpillar's products are being used to commit extensive and systematic violations of international humanitarian law".</p> <p>Prior to its divestment, the fund held a 1.17% stake in Caterpillar valued at $2.1 billion as of 30 June, its records showed.</p> <p>The stakes in the five Israeli banks were valued at a combined $661 million, also as of 30 June, according to fund data.</p> </div> </div> </article>