After Hamas killed his mother, an Israeli man chooses peace over vengeance


by Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times— Carmel Neta was on the phone with his mother, Adrienne, when Hamas militants stormed her kibbutz on the morning of Oct. 7. He could hear panic in her voice and screams in the distance. Neta, 39, did his best to calm her, urging her to take refuge in a safe room and then guiding her in a meditation. Two of his siblings were also on the call, and promised their mom that when the attack was over, they would all travel together to Paris. They were still on the line as the assailants burst into...

www.sunderlandecho.com—Man guilty of murdering pensioner in Hartlepool in 'revenge' for Israeli-Hamas conflict. A Moroccan asylum seeker who said he was inspired by “revenge” for the Israel-Hamas conflict has been convicted of murdering a pensioner out walking in the street. Ahmed Alid, 45, stabbed Terence Carney, 70, six times in Hartlepool town centre early on October 15 – eight days after Hamas attacked Israel. Minutes earlier, at around 5am, he had broken into the bedroom of his housemate, Christian convert and former body builder Javed Nouri, and hacked at him while he slept. Alid shouted “Allahu...

The Guardian—Man admits on deathbed to killing West Virginia mother and daughter in 2000. Before dying earlier this month, Larry Webb confessed to killing Susan Carter and her child and burying their bodies in his yardA man confessed on his deathbed to killing a 10-year-old girl and her mother, closing a 24-year-old cold case in Beckley, West Virginia.After the confession, officials found remains believed to be those of Susan and Natasha “Alex” Carter, her daughter, in Beckley on Monday. Continue reading

The Guardian—Gaza doctors save baby from womb of mother killed in Israeli airstrike. Girl delivered via emergency caesarean section as woman lay dying from head injuries in RafahMiddle East crisis – live updatesDoctors in Gaza have saved a baby from the womb of her mother as she lay dying from head injuries sustained in an in Israeli airstrike. The girl was delivered via an emergency caesarean section at a hospital in Rafah.The woman, Sabreen al-Sakani, was 30 weeks pregnant when her family home was hit by an airstrike. Her husband, Shoukri, and their three-year-old daughter,...