2023-10-09 03:29:37
The Israeli Army continues to attack Hamas targets to “devastate the capabilities of the terrorist group.” (REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)
The Israeli Air Force continues massive bombing of the Gaza Strip this Monday to “devastate the capabilities” of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, Israeli military sources reported.
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Among the objectives achieved in the last hours are several command posts; a building housing Hamas operatives; a command center used by a senior Hamas naval force official; an “operational asset used by Hamas” located inside a mosque in Jabaliya; and an asset used by the Islamist group for intelligence purposes, indicated the sources, cited by Israeli media.
For his part, the Israeli cabinet secretary, Yossi Fuchs, stated this Monday in a message on to Hamas, author of the unprecedented attack from the strip once morest Israel committed on Saturday and which has so far caused 700 Israeli deaths and more than 2,400 wounded, as well as the kidnapping of several dozen more, which might reach around 130, if they are The figures expressed by said Palestinian organization and its ally, the Islamic Jihad, are true.
Israeli special forces captured a senior Hamas commander. (EFE)
Earlier, an Israeli military spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, stated in a recorded message on X that “the brutality and cynicism of Hamas has become clear. Our task is to do what the Israeli Government orders us and that involves eliminating the military capabilities of Hamas.”
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“We are preparing to do our job and take down Hamas, the cause of this attack without any provocation,” he insisted.
“Despite this horrible situation, we will win and we know that the good people in the world support us,” concluded the Israeli military spokesman.
At least 260 bodies have been recovered by Israeli emergency services from the desert area near the Gaza Strip where hundreds of young people were celebrating an electronic music festival early Saturday, when the Hamas terrorist group burst in shooting.
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A spokesperson for ZAKA, a group of volunteers that is responsible for recovering human remains following attacks and other disasters, confirmed this Sunday to Israeli media that so far more than 260 bodies have been collected from the site, located near Kibbutz Reim, in the southern Israel and close to Gaza.
Attendees at a music festival were victims of the Palestinian group’s terrorist offensive
Hundreds of parents have been desperately waiting since Saturday for news of their children missing in this massacre that has shocked Israel and this Sunday many went to the police station in the city of Lod, near Ben Gurion airport, which was set up as a reporting center. of the missing.
“I came to rescue my daughter, she is kidnapped in Gaza. I saw a tiktok where she appears surrounded by terrorists,” an Israeli father who requested anonymity told EFE this Sunday.
Social networks have shown images of people who were kidnapped by terrorists. (REUTERS)
This man last contacted his daughter while the 30-year-old was at a music festival in the desert of southern Israel, celebrating Sukkot, a Jewish holiday.
The festival was interrupted by the siren warning of a missile attack and immediately groups of armed militiamen aboard trucks opened fire in all directions.
According to attendees, Hamas rockets began falling in the Israeli morning, around 6:30 am. A few minutes later, everyone was running desperately to escape the bombing.
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