Night attacks in Gaza Strip: Israel seeks to “deal a fatal blow” against Hamas

2023-10-09 06:27:00

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out attacks during sunday night in the Gaza Strip with the purpose of “deal a fatal blow to the capabilities” from Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which launched a massive attack once morest Israeli territory over the weekend. They claimed that they attacked 500 targets of Hamas and Islamic Jihad militant groups.

“The Israeli Air Force (IAF) attacked a building where they were agents of the terrorist organization Hamas. At the same time, several operational headquarters of the terrorist organization, including a headquarters distributed over a three-story area and another one associated with the naval force,” a statement indicates.

Likewise, the Israeli army reported that it has “destroyed an operational asset” used by Hamas “located in the heart of a mosque in Yabalia (north), as well as an intelligence infrastructure of the organization and a last one used “to combat terrorism.”

Overnight, fighter jets, helicopters, planes and artillery attacked more than 500 targets in the Gaza Strip

Israeli airstrikes and artillery bombardments hit more than 500 targets of Hamas and Islamic Jihad militant groups in Gaza StripThe Israeli army reported on Monday. “Overnight, IDF fighter jets, helicopters, aircraft and artillery struck more than 500 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip,” the military said in a statement.

Hours earlier, Hamas had claimed to have attacked the Ben Gurion International Airportwhich is located in the city of Lod, southeast of Tel Aviv, although the consequences of the attack are unknown, since the Israeli authorities have not commented on the matter at the moment.

Hamas’s military wing, the Al Qassam Brigades, have indicated also that they have launched “a major attack” once morest the Israeli city of Ashkelon (south) with the intervention of a hundred projectiles.

Israeli night attacks on Gaza Strip
Gaza woke up this Monday with smoke in the sky following the attack by the Israeli army

NGO accuses Israel and Palestine of war crimes

The ONG Human Rights Watch (HRW) This Monday he accused the parties to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict of committing war crimes by failing to comply with their legal obligations and has urged respect for international law and an end to impunity to deter further abuses.

“Los deliberate killings of civilians, hostage-taking and collective punishments They are atrocious crimes that have no justification. The illegal attacks and systematic repression that have plagued the region for decades will continue as long as human rights and accountability are ignored,” said HRW’s Israel and Palestine director, Omar Shakir.

The director made reference to the massive attack carried out this Saturday by Palestinian militias led by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Israeli counterattacks, which have left at least 413 dead in the Gaza Strip and 700 in Israel. “If we have learned anything from previous escalations, it is that as long as there is impunity for serious abuses, we will continue to see more repression and civil bloodshed”Shakir reflected.

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