Gaza and Dubai.

"Israel bombarded Hamas targets as it prepared for a ground invasion, with Russia warning the conflict could spread beyond the Middle East, and as the world powers failed to secure plans to deliver critical humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza strip." Reuters. US President Joe Biden said "he believed one reason the Islamist Hamas group attacked southern Israel, killing 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostages of different nationalists, was to prevent normalising relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia." Two draft resolutions, one by the US and the other by Russia, failed to pass at the United Nations Security Council. Both resolutions called for a "humanitarian ceasefire" or a "humanitarian pause" to allow delivery of aid to civilians and condemned Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians. "Key differences in the text included a specific mention in the US-backed proposal of States' inherent right to self-defence, and a call in the Russian-led one for an immediate cancellation by Israeli forces of the evacuation order for civilians to head into southern Gaza." UN. Of course, the hidden US agenda is to legitimise its proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, while the Russian proposal would allow Hamas killers to hide behind civilians. "Hamas has released two US hostages" while "Israel confirmed they had received mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan from Hamas at the Gaza boundary." BBC. This could be a tactic to exert pressure on Biden, who is up for re-election on 5 November 2024, and who would hopefully pressure Israel to cease its attacks on Hamas. An Israeli hostage, "Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, was one of two elderly women freed late on Monday, leaving around 220 hostages still in the hands of Hamas, including both of their husbands." "Inside Gaza, a group of hostages were led into what Lifshitz called a 'spider's web' of damp tunnels, built by Hamas beneath the narrow coastal territory, and eventually reached a large hall." Reuters. "While extensive, international negotiations have now led to the release of four hostages captured by Hamas, scores of foreign nationals in Gaza, including as many as 600 Americans, are still being blocked by the US-designated terrorist group from crossing into Egypt, according to Biden administration officials." "According to US officials, the Egyptian government has been hesitant to allow civilians to exit Gaza through the Rafah gate because of the country's intense concern over security threats posed by terrorist activities on the Sinai peninsula." ABC. Exactly. All Arab governments see Palestinians as terrorists. "Qatar's ruling emir has said that Israel should not be given 'a green light' for unconditional killing." India Today. Just ask Hamas to release all hostages and use billions of dollars in aid to develop Gaza into a Dubai of the Mediterranean. Dubai is an Arab city state with a per capita GDP of $46,665. wikipedia. But then, that will not satisfy their urge for mass murder.