2023-10-28 17:01:00
A Hamas fighter (Europa Press)
The spokesman for the Al Qasam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, Abu Obeida, demanded this Saturday the release of all Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of the hostages he kidnapped in Israel on October 7.
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In a televised speech, Abu Obeida said there had been contacts for a prisoner exchange with Israeli authorities and that “there was an opportunity to reach an agreement, but the enemy blocked it.”
“The price to pay for the large number of enemy hostages in our hands is to empty the (Israeli) prisons of all Palestinian prisoners,” he added.
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The Israel Defense Forces managed to establish a beachhead – a military term that describes sending a group to establish a strong position in an enemy area to serve as a gateway for the rest – in northern Gaza, despite the constant Hamas resistance using anti-tank grenades, drones and cannons.
The beachhead was imposed following a long combat carried out by the Israeli infantry and constant systematic bombing by the air force.
Infobae on the border between Israel and Gaza
Until now, the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas did not specify the number of soldiers and terrorists injured or killed in combat. But it is very likely that there will be casualties: the battle began 20 hours ago.
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From Infobae’s war coverage position, 1,500 meters from Gaza, you can hear the constant hammering of shrapnel and the noise of rockets falling on the Strip that the terrorist organization still controls.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated that the war once morest Hamas “entered a new phase” following a night of intense bombing and a ground incursion by the Israeli army into the Gaza Strip.
“Yesterday, the ground shook in Gaza,” he said. And he added: “We attack above and below the ground, we attack terrorist agents of all ranks, in all places. The orders to the forces are clear: the operation will continue until a new order.”
An Israeli soldier in Gaza (Europa Press/Contact/Gideon Markowicz/JINI)
IDF Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari added: “We are working to achieve the objectives that we have set for ourselves and that have been defined to us: dismantling Hamas, establishing security along the border and the national effort to return the hostages. These objectives guide our judgment, situation assessments, operational progress and decision making.”
The clashes between the IDF and Hamas escalated around midnight (local time) and took place in the cities of Bein Hamoun and Al Bureij, located in the center of the Strip. Israeli troops advanced with tanks and soldiers, while the terrorists responded with anti-tank grenades, artillery fire and successive waves of drones. Israeli forces check for hostages and sink Hamas underground passages. A source from the War Cabinet confirmed to Infobae that they have already reached regarding 180 tunnels.
In Gaza communications were cut off and the internet does not work. Israel did not report dead or wounded soldiers, and the war cabinet assured Infobae that “the offensive will be in stages” trying to consolidate the “ground gained” and preventing “urban combat from being a trap” for the Defense Forces of Israel. Israel.
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