2023-10-08 23:30:00
Israel war in the live ticker +++ 04:25 “Enemies of Israel want to murder”: Police union demands more protection +++
October 9, 2023, 1:30 a.m
The police union (GdP) is calling for increased protection of Jewish institutions in Germany. “The attacks in Israel make it necessary to strengthen the protection of Jewish institutions in Germany. Since the attacks in Paris and the attack in Halle, it has been clear that enemies of Israel are very active in Europe and want to murder. This must be prevented at all costs.” says the deputy GdP chairman Sven Hüber to the newspaper “Rheinischen Post” according to the preliminary report. “We should therefore extend protection to Jewish institutions that have not yet received any protection.” In addition, the federal government must examine whether existing Hamas or Hezbollah frontline organizations in Germany might be banned. Clear signals are needed that such networks that celebrated the weekend’s terrorist attacks and the desecration of the bodies of Israeli citizens would not be tolerated in Germany.
+++ 03:55 Israel’s air force bombs Hamas headquarters +++
The Israeli Air Force has bombed more targets in the Gaza Strip following the devastating attacks by the Islamist Hamas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced early this morning on its Telegram channel that a building was attacked that housed members of Hamas. At the same time, several Hamas command centers were attacked, including one owned by Mahmad Kashta, a high-ranking member of the navy. The IDF also targeted a Hamas operational facility located in a mosque in the city of Jabalia, it said.
+++ 03:20 Palestine fans demonstrate in New York +++
One day following Hamas’ major attack on Israel, thousands of people showed solidarity with the Palestinians at a demonstration in New York. Participants in the rally in Manhattan waved Palestinian flags and marched from Times Square near the Israeli consulate and the United Nations headquarters. “What we saw yesterday was the people of Gaza breaking out of their open-air prison,” said protester Munir Atalla, who belongs to a Palestinian support group. He condemns Israel’s settlement policy and the blockade of the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, hundreds of people gathered in Manhattan for a pro-Israel demonstration.
+++ 02:50 Hamas condemns US aid to gunmen +++
The radical Islamic Palestinian group Hamas condemns the deployment of US warships and fighter jets to the region and the supply of US ammunition to Israel. The US announcement represents “actual participation in the aggression once morest our people,” says Hamas spokesman Hazem Kassem. The group will not allow itself to be intimidated.
+++ 02:20 Military: Fighting in the south of Israel continues +++
Regarding the security situation in Israel, Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus reports on ongoing fighting in the south of the country. It might take a few more hours until the “last terrorists” are defeated. The military believes that around 1,000 terrorists were involved in the attack on Israeli territory. More than 700 Israelis were killed. However, the number might increase because there are a high number of injuries.
+++ 01:55 Washington confirms deaths of several US citizens +++
According to the government in Washington, US citizens were also killed in the major attack on Israel by the radical Islamic Palestinian organization Hamas. A spokesman for the US National Security Council confirmed the deaths of “several US citizens” and expressed condolences to the victims and their families. He did not give any further details. CNN reports that three US citizens died in Israeli areas near the Gaza border.
+++ 01:30 US citizens also kidnapped? Number of victims rises to 700 +++
According to the Israeli army, more than 700 people have been killed in the country since the radical Islamic Hamas attack began on Israel. More than 2,100 people were also injured, as the armed forces announced this morning on the online service X, formerly Twitter. The Israeli government had previously said that more than a hundred people were being held hostage by Hamas. The Foreign Office says it can be assumed that German citizens are also among those kidnapped. The US government is investigating reports that US citizens have also been abducted.
+++ 00:50 Not unanimous: UN Security Council condemns attack on Israel +++
Numerous members of the UN Security Council condemned the Palestinian organization’s massive attack on Israel at an emergency meeting in New York. However, the response is not unanimous, as US Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood emphasized following the meeting. “There are a number of countries that have condemned the Hamas attacks. But obviously not all of them,” explains Wood, without explicitly naming countries like Russia.
+++ 00:27 UN Security Council: USA demands condemnation of Hamas terror +++
The US calls on the UN Security Council to respond to the Hamas attack on Israel. “I expect other Council members to strongly condemn these heinous acts of terrorism once morest the people of Israel and their government,” US Deputy Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood said at an emergency meeting of the UN’s highest body.
+++ 23:47 Residential building in Ashkelon hit by rocket +++
The sirens are wailing in Tel Aviv and other cities in Israel: According to Israeli media reports, a multi-story residential building was hit in the city of Ashkelon near the Gaza Strip. It is currently unclear whether people were injured.
+++ 23:15 Another rocket alarm in the Tel Aviv area +++
After the major attack by the Islamist Hamas on Israel, there was another rocket alarm late in the evening in the greater Tel Aviv area and other cities in the country. Explosions were heard in the coastal metropolis, most of which are believed to have been triggered by Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system. Previously, warning sirens wailed in places south of Tel Aviv, among others.
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