2023-11-01 19:01:18
The Israeli army continues its offensive in the Gaza Strip, where the population survives in disastrous conditions. Hundreds of foreigners, dual nationals and the injured were evacuated.
The Israeli army continued its land offensive combined with air and sea strikes in the Gaza Strip, on the 26th day of the war between Israel and Hamas caused by a massacre committed on October 7 by the terrorist organization. Israeli troops, which entered Palestinian territory last Saturday, are moving faster than expected, in a combat zone devastated by bombings. According to some sources, they would have arrived on Wednesday at the gates of Gaza City.
Fighting in the landlocked territory led, on Tuesday, the death of 16 Israeli soldiers and “dozens” of Hamas fighters. Observation and missile launch posts were destroyed.
The Rafah crossing, between Gaza and Egypt, was opened on Wednesday to evacuate, for the first time, hundreds of foreigners and dual nationals, as well as wounded Palestinians.
According to sources cited by the Jerusalem Post, this war might last “several months”, and not “a few weeks” as initially estimatedin the form of combined land, air and maritime operations, of less intensity than current combat.
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“We will repeat the attack of October 7 once more and once more, until Israel is annihilated.”
Strikes once morest Jabaliya
Israeli airstrike on Jabaliya refugee camp killed Tuesday Ibrahim Biari, a Hamas commander at the origin of the terrorist attack of October 7. This bombing, targeting the headquarters of the Jabaliya battalion, also caused the death of 50 people, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health. On Wednesday, Israeli aircraft struck this site a second time, once once more causing the death of “dozens” of peopleaccording to the same source.
The conflict threatens to spread to the region. The Houthis of Yemen, pro-Iranian forces, have joined this war which is raging more than 1,600 km from their territory. They shot drones and missiles once morest Israelall intercepted.
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IDF also conducts operations once morest Hezbollah in South Lebanon, following missile attacks and incursions by this militia financed by Iran.
Despite international calls for “humanitarian pauses”, neither Hamas nor the Israeli authorities intend to suspend hostilities. “We will repeat the attack of October 7 once more and once more, until Israel is destroyed“said Ghazi Hamad, Hamas spokesperson, in an interview with the Lebanese newspaper LBCI News.
A dramatic assessment
“In Gaza, women, children and men are starving, traumatized and killed in bombings.”
More than 1,400 people, Israelis and foreigners, were killed by Hamas fighters on October 7, the majority of civilians mowed down by bullets, burned alive or dead from mutilation. The terrorists took 240 hostages in the besieged city, where they serve as human shields.
The Israeli bombings, carried out in retaliation for the terrorist attack, resulted in the death of 8,796 people in the Gaza Strip, announced the Hamas Ministry of Health. More than 2,000 people are missing.
Gazans live in disastrous humanitarian conditions. “In Gaza, women, children and men are starving, traumatized and killed in bombings. They have lost all faith in humanity and all hope for the future” said UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths.
In the West Bank, more than 125 Palestinians were killed by fire from the army or Israeli settlers. Washington urged Israel to stemming attacks by settlers.
Jordan recalled its ambassador to Israel on Wednesday to protest once morest this offensive.
Opening of the Rafah post
Seventy-six injured Palestinians and 335 foreigners and dual nationals were evacuated on Wednesday from Gaza to Egypt, following the opening of the Rafah border crossing, as part of an agreement concluded between Cairo, Israel and Hamas, thanks to the mediation of Qatar.
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The border will be open once more on Thursday. Some 7,500 foreign passport holders would be evacuated over the coming weeks.
The Egyptian border is closed since the start of the warwith the exception of humanitarian aid trucks authorized to enter in small quantities.
The summary
- The Israeli army continues its offensive deep into the Gaza Strip, moving faster than expected. Sixteen Israeli soldiers and “dozens” of fighters from the Hamas terrorist group were killed. According to some sources, this war might last “several months”.
- The Israeli air force has bombed Jabaliya refugee camp twicetargeting a Hamas leader and his battalion and killing “dozens of people”.
- The Rafah border crossing, between Egypt and Gaza, was opened on Wednesday to allow 76 Palestinians injured and 335 foreigners and dual nationals.
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