2023-11-02 23:25:58
Israel announced Thursday that it had surrounded Gaza City after a week of ground fighting against Hamas and deadly strikes on Palestinian territory, where four UN schools housing displaced people were hit.
The 2.4 million inhabitants of the Gaza Strip have been living under incessant bombardments by Israel since October 7, in retaliation for the bloody attack launched on its soil by the Islamist movement. Israel has promised to “annihilate” Hamas, in power in the territory. For the armed wing of Hamas, “Gaza will constitute a curse for Israel”. The spokesperson for the al-Qassam Brigades warned that Israelis should expect “the return of (their) soldiers in black bags.”
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After a week of fierce fighting against Hamas in the north of the territory, Israeli soldiers have “completed the encirclement of Gaza City”, where the “center of the Hamas terrorist organization” is located, announced the spokesperson. word of the army, General Daniel Hagari. Since mid-October, the Israeli army has been calling on the population to flee the north of the Gaza Strip, in particular the very densely populated Gaza City, where bombings have razed entire neighborhoods. While fears of a regional conflagration are high, Israel announced that it had launched a “vast strike” on Thursday in southern Lebanon on targets of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, in response to shots which targeted its territory. . This air and artillery strike left four dead in the ranks of Hezbollah, according to the Shiite formation.
Hamas’ armed wing in Lebanon previously claimed responsibility for shootings that injured two people in the town of Kiryat Shmona, in northern Israel, while Hezbollah announced it had carried out simultaneous attacks on “19 Israeli positions.” This escalation comes on the eve of the first speech since the start of the war by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, which should determine whether his powerful formation will engage Lebanon head-on in the conflict.
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