2023-10-16 19:34:35
On the tenth day of the war between Israel and Hamas, a bombing in Jerusalem forced the suspension of a session of the Israeli Parliament. The sirens began to sound and the deputies had to take shelter, as might be seen in the images broadcast by Israeli television.
In parallel, bombings continue both in the Gaza Strip and on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. The number of Palestinian victims rose to 2,750 and more than 9,700 were injured, while more than 1,400 people died in the attacks in Israel, including 286 soldiers.
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The second flight with Argentines evacuated from Israel will arrive in Argentina this Tuesday. The flight would depart from Rome this Monday, once more crew members arrive from Tel Aviv and the capacity of the large Aerolíneas Argentinas plane is completed.
This Sunday the first flight landed in the country with 244 Argentines repatriated within the framework of the “Safe Return” program. Among the passengers were a large number of students from a school who had traveled to Israel for a study trip.
“We want to get all the people out as quickly as possible, we are waiting for the attack on Gaza to begin and we do not know what consequences it may have,” said Defense Minister Jorge Taiana, in dialogue with Radio 10.
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Hamas assured that they will release the hostages “when circumstances allow”
October 16, 2023, 4:10 p.m.
The spokesman for Hamas’ Qassam brigades, Abu Obeida, confirmed that they are holding captives of various nationalities.
Likewise, he maintained that at the time of kidnapping them, the armed group did not know their background and assured that They will be released “when circumstances permit.”
“We consider them our guests. As soon as circumstances allow, we will release them,” he insisted.
Israeli intelligence chief acknowledged mistakes in preventing attack
October 16, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet, took responsibility for failures in the attack Hamasin a letter to agency employees reported by the Haaretz newspaper.
“Despite a series of actions that we took, unfortunately, On Saturday we were unable to provide sufficient warning that would have allowed us to thwart the attack.. (…) As head of the organization, the responsibility falls on me,” he expressed.
In the message, he added that “there will be time for investigations.”
Israel to the United States: “The price will be high but we will win”
October 16, 2023, 1:30 p.m.
Israeli Defense MinisterYoav Gallanthe told this Monday to the head of US diplomacy, Antony Blinkenvisiting Israel, that the war once morest Hamas “will be long but successful.”
“Let me tell youit will be a long war, the price will be high, but we will winfor Israel, for the Jewish people and for the values in which our people believe,” Gallant told Blinken at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv.
The Prime Minister of Israel: “Hamas is part of the axis of evil formed by Iran and Hezbollah”
October 16, 2023, 12:45 p.m.
The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, linked Iran to the attacks suffered by the Israeli people by Hamas and Hezbollah.
“We will triumph because our very existence is at stake in this region, which is full of dark forces. Hamas is part of the axis of evil formed by Iran and Hezbollah. Their goal is to throw the Middle East into an abyss of chaos,” Netanyahu said.
Then he added: “There is many questions regarding the catastrophe that hit us ten days ago. “We will investigate all aspects.”
A bombing in Jerusalem forced the suspension of a session of Parliament
October 16, 2023, 12:00 p.m.
The warning sirens They began to play this Monday followingnoon in Jerusalem while a session was taking place in the Israeli Parliament.
The deputies had to take refuge, as might be seen in the images broadcast by Israeli television. The military confirmed that sirens sounded in both Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
The UN denounced a theft of supplies in Gaza
October 16, 2023, 11:15 a.m.
The United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East reported that a group of people with trucks pretending to be from the Hamas Ministry of Health removed fuel and medical equipment from the Agency’s compound in Gaza.
“Our staff was forced to evacuate the headquarters (…) during the night of Friday, October 13”, they indicated. Since then, the agency has not had access to the facility or additional details regarding the removal of the assets.
In addition, they noted that the cameras were damaged by previous explosions and are not working. As they highlighted, the fuel and other types of material are kept for strictly humanitarian and “any other use is strongly condemned.”
Hezbollah destroyed Israeli surveillance cameras on the border with Lebanon
October 16, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
The terrorist group said it has begun destroying surveillance cameras at several Israeli army posts along the border as tensions rise.
Hezbollah released a video in which snipers are seen shooting and destroying surveillance cameras located at five points on the border between Lebanon and Israel, including one just outside the Israeli city of Metula.
The terrorist organization wants to prevent the Israeli army from controlling movements on the Lebanese side of the border following days of exchanges of fire that They left at least seven dead, including four Hezbollah fighterson the Lebanese side.
Israel ruled out a truce for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza
October 16, 2023, 10:00 a.m.
The Israeli government ruled out a truce this Monday to allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Stripwhere a million Palestinians were crowded in the south of the enclave, fleeing Israeli bombings in retaliation for the bloody attack by Hamas.
“Civilians should not suffer atrocities”said the head of US diplomacy, Antony Blinken, following visiting several countries in the region, in the midst of the war between Israel and Hamas.
Iran considers that the US is militarily involved in the conflict in Palestine
October 16, 2023, 09:30 a.m.
Iran considered this Monday that the United States is militarily involved in the war between Israel and Gaza for the recent deployment of aircraft carriers in the region and for support for the Jewish State.
“The Islamic Republic considers that the United States has become militarily involved in the war between the Zionist regime and the Resistance,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Naser Kanaani said at a press conference in Tehran.
The diplomat stated that sending two aircraft carriers to the area represents a “unilateral support for Israel once morest the Palestinians” in the conflict that broke out following the surprise attack by Hamas, in which some 1,400 people were killed.
Kanaani further stated that Washington has delivered “8 billion dollars” to Tel Aviv, in addition to helping them maintain the Iron Dome with the supply of rockets. “The United States must be held accountable for the crimes of the Zionist regime,” he added.
Hamas would release hostages if attacks in Gaza stop
October 16, 2023, 09:00 a.m.
Hamas would be willing to release regarding 200 hostages if Israel ends attacks on Gaza Stripsaid the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Minister, Nasser Kanaani, quoted by the Times of Israel.
According to Kanaani, members of the Palestinian faction “said that are ready to take the necessary measures for the release of civilians held by resistance groups, but that his view is that such measures require preparations that are impossible under the daily Israeli bombings of several areas of Gaza.
Israel raises the number of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza to 199
October 16, 2023, 08:30 a.m.
The Israeli Army reported this Monday that 199 people were kidnapped by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in its bloody attack on October 7, according to a new report.
“We have informed the families of 199 hostages,” declared military spokesman Daniel Hagari today in a press conference.
Israel evacuates residents of towns on its border with Lebanon
October 16, 2023, 08:00 a.m.
Israel today announced the evacuation of inhabitants of towns along the northern border with Lebanon, following closing the area following fighting with Hezbollah and Palestinian armed groups amid the escalation following Hamas attacks from Gaza.
War between Israel and Hamas: what Putin gains and loses with a conflict that moves the focus away from Ukraine
October 16, 2023, 07:30 a.m.
Vladimir Putin analyzes the impact of the war between Israel and Hamas (Photo: Archyde.com)
The Kremlin did not condemn the brutal attack by Hamas, but maintains its ambition to be a key player in the crisis.
Vladimir Putin has an ambiguous grimace due to the conflict between Israel and Hamas. On the one hand, the unexpected crisis removes the war in Ukraine from the media focus and distracts NATO from its alliance with kyiv. But at the same time, he creates a rift with his old “friend,” Benjamin Netanyahu, over his innocuous position following the brutal Hamas attack.
The population of Gaza flees to the south and the UN warns of an “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe”
October 16, 2023, 07:00 a.m.
Women and children flee the northern Gaza Strip (Photo: Archyde.com)
Some 600,000 people took refuge in cities far from the center of the Israeli bombings, but the lack of water, food and supplies puts the population on the brink of an unprecedented crisis.
Some 600,000 people, half of the inhabitants of the northern part of the Gaza Strip, evacuated their homes and took refuge in cities in the south of the Palestinian enclave under Israeli air attack, such as Khan Younis and Rafah, which are not prepared to face this emergency. The total lack of basic supplies, food and water put Gaza under an “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe,” according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) warned this Sunday.
Israel prepares to advance by land on Gaza, but does not want to open a conflict front with Hezbollah
October 16, 2023, 06:30 a.m.
Hezbollah militiamen parade in Beirut (Photo: EFE)
Hezbollah militias launched nine anti-tank missiles at the Israel Defense Forces on the border and the Israeli army responded with artillery fire. Everything happens following the escalation of war that followed the brutal attack by Hamas that caused more than 1,200 victims, mostly civilians.
Israel is preparing to invade Gaza by land, but wants to avoid at all costs opening a war front with Hezbollah, the Lebanese terrorist group responsible for the AMIA attack and which has been attacking northern Israeli territory from southern Lebanon.
Nelson Castro showed how Kibbutz Kfar Aza was left following the Hamas attack
October 16, 2023, 06:00 a.m.
Kibbutz Saad is one of the points where the Hamas attack once morest Israel began. (Photo: TN).
The TN journalist showed images of the terror that Israelis experienced less than a kilometer from the Gaza Strip.
The TN journalistic team arrived at Kibbutz Kfar Aza, one of the war zones where the Hamas attack once morest Israel began a little over a week ago. The images of the territory located less than a kilometer from the Gaza Strip are devastating.
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