By Sarah Gill
12th Oct 2023
12th Oct 2023
Your speedy summary of today's must-read stories.
Red Cross in contact with Hamas
The Red Cross is in contact with Hamas and Israel to try to negotiate the release of hostages taken into Gaza. At least 150 Israelis and foreigners – including soldiers, civilians, children and women – have been held hostage in the Gaza Strip since Hamas’s surprise Saturday attack on Israel. “As a neutral intermediary we stand ready to conduct humanitarian visits; facilitate communication between hostages and family members; and to facilitate any eventual release,” Fabrizio Carboni, the ICRC’s regional director for the Near and Middle East, said in a statement.
Tina Satchwell probe upgraded to murder
Gardaí upgraded their investigation into the 2017 disappearance of Tina Satchwell from a missing-person inquiry to a murder probe after they received “significant new intelligence”. A man questioned by gardaí for two days on suspicion of Ms Satchwell’s murder was released without charge yesterday evening. The man, who is aged in his 50s and was known to her, was released after being questioned at Cobh garda station on Tuesday and yesterday.
Irish-Israeli woman killed in Hamas attack
Irish-Israeli woman Kim Damti, aged 22, has been confirmed dead after an attack by Hamas at a music festival in southern Israel. In a post on social media, her sister Laura said: “With great sorrow and gloomy grief, I announce the killing of our angel, our flower, Kim, my blood, who was murdered by the cursed terrorists.” Her funeral will take place on Thursday at 5pm at the cemetery in Gedera, south of Tel Aviv.
Train derails in eastern India
A passenger train derailed in eastern India, killing four people and injuring dozens. All 21 coaches of the North-East Express train, on its way to the state of Assam from New Delhi, derailed near the Raghunathpur rail station in the Buxar district of the state of Bihar, magistrate Anshul Agarwal said.
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