2023-10-08 18:56:44
The blood count as a consequence of the brutal terrorist attacks by Hamas in various parts of Israel, and the retaliation of the Jewish army, It already exceeds 1,100 deathsa chilling figure that continues to grow hour by hour due to large number of injured, many seriouslywhile the confrontations do not stop, and an Israeli military source admitted this Sunday that “There are enemies still on the ground.”
The Israeli Security Council met this Sunday, formalized the “state of war” and the premier Benjamin Netanyahu asked the Israelis “prepare for a long and difficult war.” Meanwhile, the army announced that will evacuate all inhabitants of areas near the Gaza Strip. Furthermore, it was indicated that it is estimated that the number of Jewish citizens who were kidnapped by the terrorists while fleeing would exceed one hundred, which opens another very serious framework of tension since the images that went viral of some of them showed them being beaten, even women treated ruthlessly.
The offensive launched on Saturday by land, sea and air by Hamas, the terrorist organization that governs Gaza, killed more than 600 people in Israel, of all ages, and left more than 2,000 injured, of which almost 250 are in serious condition. critical, the Netanyahu government reported.
The bombings launched in response by Israel once morest Gaza caused 370 deaths and 2,200 injuries, indicated the Ministry of Health of that Palestinian enclave. Hamas and Islamic Jihad, another Palestinian armed group, claimed to have “captured many enemy soldiers.”
“We will kill every terrorist”
Israel deployed tens of thousands of soldiers and its defense systems work with the mission of “release hostages” y “kill every terrorist present in Israel”said army spokesman Daniel Hagari.
“The enemy is still on the ground and we are reinforcing our forces, especially near Gaza, and clearing the area,” the military spokesman added.
“We have hit 800 enemy targets in Gaza,” referring to the counteroffensive launched on Saturday by Israel once morest this Palestinian territory in response to the operation of the Islamist movement Hamas once morest the Jewish State.
On Israeli radio and television Interviews with citizens in search of missing relatives took place this Sunday. Some said they had seen them in videos circulating on social networks, showing people kidnapped by Hamas in Gaza.
Yifat Zailer, 37, said that he recognized in one of those videos to his cousin and her children, aged nine months and three years. “It’s the only confirmation we have” regarding them, she told AFP distressedly by phone.
Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena reported on the social network For its part, the UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting this Sunday on the situation in the Middle East, called by Brazil, which holds the presidency of the organization this month.
The Hamas attack was condemned by the United States and numerous European and Latin American countries. Pope Francis asked “that the attacks stop,” because “terrorism and war do not lead to any solution, only to the death and suffering of so many innocent people.”
Netanyahu announced the suspension of the supply of electricity, food and other goods from Israel to Gaza. The UN World Food Program (WFP) said it was “deeply concerned” by these measures in that very poor enclave of 2.3 million inhabitants, subject to a strict Israeli blockade for more than 15 years.
A massive and unprecedented attack
The armed wing of Hamas called off its “Al Aqsa Flood” offensive, aimed at “putting an end to all the crimes of the Israeli occupation.” It should be noted that Israel has occupied the West Bank, Palestinian territory, and the eastern part of Jerusalem since 1967.
Palestinian fighters claimed to have fired “more than 5,000 rockets” from the Gaza Strip and managed to infiltrate using vehicles, boats and even motorized paragliders. The terrorists reached urban areas such as Ashkelon, Sederoth, and Ofakim22 kilometers from Gaza, and attacked military and civilian positions in the middle of the street.
A former Israeli soldier declared that the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, which remains a national trauma in the Hebrew state, “was a small thing” compared to the current Hamas offensive.
“What happened is not unprecedented in Israel,” Netanyahu acknowledged, in what is the largest attack in decades, 50 years following the Yom Kippur war, which left more than 2,600 Israelis dead in three weeks of fighting. “We fear the destruction and the end of civil society in the Gaza Strip,” said Shadi al Asi, a 29-year-old Gazan, fearing the Israeli counteroffensive. “We are entering a phase of destruction,” he added.
In Israel, bodies of civilians shot were still seen in the streets in SederotGevim kibbutz and Zikim beach, north of Gaza. Israeli forces bombed numerous targets in Gaza, including several buildings they presented as Hamas “command centers.”
The Jewish army said it struck 426 targets, including tunnels used to smuggle materials into Gaza, buildings and other infrastructure. In the north, from Lebanon, the pro-Iran Shiite movement Hezbollah attacked three Israeli positions in a disputed border area with projectiles, in “solidarity,” it said, with the Hamas offensive.
The Israeli army responded by bombing southern Lebanon. In the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a police officer killed two Israeli tourists and their Egyptian guide, a local channel and the Israeli Foreign Ministry reported.
The Hamas offensive was launched when Israel and Saudi Arabia, under the mediation of Washington, negotiate the establishment of bilateral relations, an approach condemned by Hamas and its ally Iran.
Biden promised that “military aid is on the way”
This Sunday the president of the United States, Joe Biden, announced that military aid “is already on its way to Israel” and that “there will be more in the coming days.” In a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden reaffirmed his “full support for his government and the Israeli people following a horrible and unprecedented attack by Hamas terrorists,” the US executive added.
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