2023-10-08 12:22:23
The Pope: Enough clashes in Israel, war is always a defeat
“I follow with concern and pain what is happening in Israel, where violence has increased even more violently, causing hundreds of deaths and injuries,” Pope Francis said during the Angelus prayer. “Please stop the weapon attacks,” he added, “and let us understand that terrorism and war do not lead to a solution, but only to the death of many innocent people.” “War is a conflict, it is always a defeat,” emphasized the Pope. Let us pray for peace in Israel and Palestine.”
2023-10-08 12:07:59
Israel confirms two tourists and a guide killed in Egypt
“This morning, during a tourist visit to a group of Israelis in Alexandria, Egypt, a local opened fire on them, killing two Israeli civilians and the local Egyptian leader,” the State Department said Jerusalem. “In addition – he added – there is an Israeli wounded in moderate condition. “The ministry and the embassy in Cairo, the National Security Council, the Prime Minister’s Office and the IDF are working with the Egyptian authorities to return Israeli citizens to Israel as quickly as possible.”
2023-10-08 12:03:55
In Egypt it was a police officer who shot and killed Israeli tourists
A police officer shot at the group of Israeli tourists in Alexandria, Egypt, in the area of the Aumd al-Sawari sanctuary in the El Manshiyya area. This was reported by the Egyptian broadcaster Extra News, citing a security source, and emphasized that in addition to two Israeli tourists, an Egyptian was killed and another was injured. The police officer was immediately arrested and the injured man was taken to hospital for treatment.
2023-10-08 11:28:43
Attack on Israeli tourists in Alexandria, Egypt: two dead
An attack was carried out on a group of Israeli tourists in Alexandria, Egypt. Arab media reported this, citing Haaretz, and emphasized that two Israeli tourists had died. The Israeli Foreign Ministry – according to media reports – is checking the news.
2023-10-08 11:16:58
Dt: Flights to Tel Aviv canceled until Tuesday morning
In light of the ongoing situation in Israel and to ensure the safety of passengers and crew, all flights are canceled Ita Airways to and from Tel Aviv were canceled until Tuesday morning. This was announced by the national airline. For this reason, Ita Airways invites passengers to check the status of the flight on the website and app before going to the airport.
Oct 8, 2023 11:13:50 am
Warning shots at “suspects” on the border with Lebanon
The Israeli army fired warning shots at “a group of suspects in the area” that had previously been attacked in Har Dov, near the border with Lebanon. This was said by the Israeli military spokesman.
Oct 8, 2023 11:09:53 am
“750 Israelis are currently missing”
“According to an unofficial report, around 750 Israelis are currently missing.” The Jerusalem Post reports on this in an article on X.
2023-10-08 11:08:37
Army: 500 attacks on Gaza and 400 militiamen killed
Since the start of Operation Iron Swords, the Israeli army has carried out 500 attacks on Gaza, killing at least 400 Hamas fighters. This was said by military spokesman Daniel Hagari.
2023-10-08 11:04:09
Hamas: Israeli hostages in Gaza tunnels and safe houses
Hamas’s military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades – cited by local sources – has revealed that the Israeli hostages are being held in the organization’s tunnels in the Gaza Strip and in “safe houses.”
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2023-10-08 11:03:25
Netanyahu met with the defense minister and the army chief
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He is currently meeting with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Chief of Staff Herzy Halevi to assess the situation. His office made it known.
2023-10-08 10:40:04
IDF: 350 Israelis have died in Hamas attack so far
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has announced that the number of Israelis killed so far in the attack launched by Hamas yesterday has risen to at least 350. Spokesman Daniel Hagar was quoted by the BBC, which reported the figure, as recalling that the priority now is to liberate communities where fighting is still ongoing and close the gaps in the fence with Gaza.
2023-10-08 09:49:22
750 Israelis are missing
After the attack by Hamas militants in Israel, 750 Israelis are still missing. This was reported by Channel 12, which reported on the numerous kidnappings of Hamas men.
2023-10-08 09:40:30
Israeli army: Evacuate all residents near the Gaza border within 24 hours
Israel’s goal is to evacuate all residents of towns near the Gaza border within the next 24 hours. Army spokesman Daniel Hagari said this, citing media. Hagari then explained that there was still fighting in Kfar Aza, with soldiers trying to free hostages held there by Hamas.
2023-10-08 09:22:24
Tajani: “There is no negative news about Italians in Israel”
“There is no negative news about Italians in Israel”: Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Tg1. “There are 18,000 of our compatriots living there,” Tajani said, “many have dual passports, and there are also military personnel who have been called up for military service and about 500 Italian tourists who are temporarily staying in Israel, and that is what we have.” According to estimates There are about ten in the Gaza Strip, where the carabinieri who train the Palestinian police are located. At the moment, I repeat, we have no negative news,” he added.
2023-10-08 09:20:37
Striscia Ministry of Health: 256 deaths in Gaza
The death toll in Gaza since the start of the war is 256. This was announced by the Gaza Strip Ministry of Health, citing local sources. 20 of the deaths were minors. The number of injured is around 1,800.
2023-10-08 09:11:29
Hamas: Fighting in 7 areas of Israel
Hamas’ armed wing said its men are currently fighting the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in seven areas on the Gaza Strip-Israel border. These are Ofakim, Sderot, Yad Mordechai, Kfar Aza, Bèeri, Yeted and Kissufim, the group reports.
2023-10-08 08:58:39
Hamas: Our militants are still fighting outside the Gaza Strip
Hamas’s military wing – citing local sources in the Gaza Strip – said its militiamen were “still fighting in wide areas outside the Gaza Strip.” Among these – they explained – Ofakim, Sderot, Yad Mordechai, Kfar Aza, Beeri and Kissufim. “Their activities – the military wing added – are protected by rocket launchers.” Israeli media had previously reported that the two towns of Ofakim and Beeri had been liberated.
2023-10-08 08:45:09
Dozens of Israeli tanks heading towards the Gaza Strip
Israeli forces are reportedly preparing for a ground attack on the Gaza Strip. This is demonstrated by the dozens of Israeli tanks heading towards the Palestinian enclave, as videos shared on social media show. The IDF previously said that the evacuation of Israeli residents near the Gaza Strip had begun. The hundreds of Hamas militants who attacked Israel withdrew from here.
2023-10-08 08:38:22
The Israeli army publishes the first list of soldiers killed in the war
The Israeli army has published online on its website an initial list of 26 soldiers killed in combat in Operation Swords of Iron following the Hamas attack. Photos are shown of many of them, and some have a votive light in place of the photo.
2023-10-08 08:29:34
Israeli authorities begin evacuating residents from areas near the Gaza Strip
Israeli authorities are “slowly beginning to evacuate” residents of areas surrounding the Gaza Strip. The IDF military spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hecht, announced this in a briefing, without specifying how many people would be evacuated. The Mateh Asher regional council in the north and west of the Galilee this morning called on residents to evacuate the south or center of the country.
2023-10-08 08:07:01
Israeli army in action in the kibbutzim
While the Israeli Air Force has attacked Hamas in Gaza several times during the night, the army is working to liberate communities near Gaza from the organization’s armed militiamen, who have infiltrated these areas and taken numerous hostages heading to the Palestinian Enclave were brought. According to media reports, many of them have so far been killed or captured by security forces. According to the source, residents of Kibbutzim Bèeri and Ofakim, who were barricaded in their homes, were rescued by security forces. The Sderot police station, occupied by Hamas militants, was liberated by killing ten of them.
2023-10-08 07:50:04
Israeli raid on Gaza: Homes of Hamas leaders hit
The Israeli Air Force released footage showing attacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces said they had struck targets belonging to the terrorist group, without providing further details. Israeli public broadcaster Kan said that the homes of senior Hamas officials in the Gaza Strip had been attacked. They are Yahya Sanwar, Nizar Awadallah, Fathi Hamad, Itsam al-Dealis, Kamal Abu Awan and Abu Muaz Saraj.
2023-10-08 07:47:29
Israeli artillery hits Hezbollah facility
The Israeli army responded to so-called “mortar shells from Lebanon” with artillery attacks. The military spokesman said the shots coming from Lebanon were fired in the “disputed Mount Dov region on the Lebanese border”. Subsequently – the military spokesman added – an Israeli drone hit “an infrastructure of the terrorist organization Hezbollah in the Har Dov area.” The Israeli army has ordered residents of the Upper Galilee, which borders Lebanon, to stay in emergency shelters.
2023-10-08 07:43:09
Hezbollah claims to have carried out mortar attacks against Israel
The Lebanese Shiite Islamic movement Hezbollah claimed responsibility for firing mortar shells into northern Israel. In a statement, the terror group said it had attacked three Israeli military sites in the disputed Mount Dov region. Israeli forces reported no injuries and said they responded with artillery fire.
2023-10-08 07:34:39
Mortar shells from Lebanon, Israeli artillery responds
Israeli forces attack Lebanon with artillery fire after numerous mortar shells were fired at Israel. The IDF reports this in a note, stating that “measures have been taken to prepare for this type of possibility and we will continue to operate in all regions and at any time necessary to ensure the safety of Israeli civilians.”
2023-10-08 07:27:26
Hamas: 256 Palestinians killed in Gaza Strip
Israeli raids in response to Hamas’ surprise attack left 256 Palestinians dead in the Gaza Strip. This was announced by the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, according to which a further 1,788 Palestinians were injured.
2023-10-08 07:09:46
Hamas: Iran supported us in the surprise attack
Iran supported Hamas so that it could launch the surprising and unprecedented attack on Israel. Hamas spokesman Ghazi Hamad told the BBC. The multi-pronged attack has so far resulted in the deaths of 300 civilians and Israeli security force men, the wounding of over a thousand and an unknown number of people abducted from southern Israel and taken to the Gaza Strip.
2023-10-08 06:52:35
“Concerned” China calls for a ceasefire
Beijing calls for a ceasefire. China is deeply concerned about the current escalation of tensions and violence between Palestine and Israel. This was said by a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry. China calls on “the parties concerned to maintain restraint and calm, immediately end the fighting, protect civilians and prevent the situation from worsening.” The note highlights the difficulties and “long-term stagnation of the peace processes.” are no longer sustainable. The fundamental path to calming hostilities “lies in the implementation of the ‘two countries’ and the creation of an independent Palestinian state.”
by Mauro Evangelisti
Last night, just after 8 p.m. in Israel on one of the country’s darkest days in years, the sky lit up again and alarm sirens blared in Tel Aviv. New rocket fire was fired from Gaza and everyone fled to makeshift shelters. In the south of the city, the flames rose and hit a building in a residential area. The missiles and drones were aimed at the center of the country, including seven injured in Bat Yam, Rishon Lezion. But it was only the last act of a dramatic day that will be remembered for the bloodshed, the overcoming of the fences by the Palestinians in the most incredible way, with bulldozers but also with hang gliders, a cruel manhunt in the Israeli settlements.
INSIGHTS
blood
The number of victims and wounded in the first rocket attack by Hamas, but also in a land invasion in the Israeli areas near the Gaza Strip and the attack on the kibbutzim, the house-to-house hunting of civilians, was already very painful.
According to the media, there were 250 victims and 1,400 injured, many of them seriously. There is no exact number of hostages that the Palestinians took in the morning and brought to the Gaza area: there is talk of 50 – both the images and some media confirm this – and these are not just soldiers , but also civilians, including women, the elderly and children. However, Hamas went further in the evening: It claimed to have 164 Israeli hostages. The force of the Hamas attack, which had been planned down to the smallest detail for many months, was impressive: in the middle of the day, the Israeli Defense Ministry spoke of 2,200 rockets, but according to the Palestinians there were far more, 5,000 including the second attack in the evening ( an estimated 150), buildings in Tel Aviv were also hit. In the afternoon, the Israeli response began with swords of fire. The militants bombed some targets considered strategic, where Hamas officers and weapons were located, but given the Strip’s population density, civilians were also involved: according to hospital doctors in Gaza, there were such 232 casualties, including minors, and 1,700 injured . Six Palestinian victims also in the West Bank. The first summary of this day, 50 years after another failure of Israel’s services, the Yom Kippur War, is given by Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, in the morning, while the country is still in shock, while crowds prevail in Gaza As he celebrates with the children with automatic rifles and the militiamen return with tanks, armored vehicles and hostages, he speaks in a video message: “Citizens of Israel, we are at war and it is not just an operation, it is really a war.” We are calling on a large number of reservists. The enemy will pay a very high price.” A few hours later, at the opening of an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers, Netanyahu defined the three goals: “Regaining control in the areas into which enemy forces have penetrated, making the enemy pay an enormous price, also in Gaza, and.” strengthen the other fronts so that no one makes the mistake of joining this war. We are at war and in war we must keep a cool head.” Another minister warned of the danger that the attack from Gaza was a very serious distraction to encourage further Hezbollah action from the north. Until yesterday, the Israeli prime minister had been weakened by massive protests against judicial reform. The flop of the security services is obvious, but in these hours the country is rallying around it, so much so that even opposition leader Lapid declared: “I am ready to take part in an emergency government with Netanyahu.” The head of another party, the former Defense Minister Gantz says the same thing. In the evening comes the Prime Minister’s offer to form an emergency government. Like before the Six Day War.
Defeat and reaction
We must go back in the morning to understand why this October 7, 2023 will forever be remembered in Israel and the world. It was 7 a.m. in Italy when the head of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammad Deif, announced the start of the Al-Aqsa flood operation. Thousands of rockets rain down on Tel Aviv and other cities in the country. An operation of this magnitude seems unimaginable, but it is perhaps the most anticipated part of Hamas’ plan. Shortly afterwards, a land invasion begins. There have been intruders in Israeli cities for months, and others are even using motorized hang gliders to get into the settlements by jumping over the fence. There are those who manage to tear it down using heavy vehicles. It should be one of the most monitored areas in the world, but instead the dam is giving way. In Sderot, Palestinian militiamen take control of a police station, and in Ofrakim the first hostages are captured. The invasion is spreading. Videos are circulating on social media showing the ruthlessness of Hamas men attacking Palestinian civilians, searching for them in houses, people hiding in shelters on kibbutzim, begging for help from the police or the Israeli military, but the don’t respond immediately.
Wildness
Here are the videos of stripped or beaten women being carried as trophies on the streets of Gaza, of beaten soldiers and prisoners, even of an old woman being dragged over the fence. Other videos are even rougher, more inhumane. For Israel it is an even worse drama than in the past, when soldiers taken hostage by the Palestinians had to be rescued. “We are in a state of war. “We have 21 incidents in the south of the country,” says Israeli police chief Yaakov Shabtai. The Israeli army recalls tens of thousands of reservists and Operation Swords of Fire is launched. In Gaza we know that the Israeli response will not be long in coming: not only by land to retake the settlements where Hamas is spreading terror (“There are at least 300 terrorists”), but also by air. The Israeli Air Force releases videos of the bombings. Where until recently people celebrated in the streets, today people are running for protection. Numerous buildings demolished. During a live broadcast on Al Jazeera television, the 14-story Palestine Tower in central Gaza City can be seen behind the journalist exploding. In the evening, Israel cuts off the electricity supply to the Gaza Strip. Mohamed Abu Silmiya, director of Al-Shifa Hospital, tells Al Jazeera: “Without electricity, medical facilities are in trouble as they struggle to treat the influx of victims from the attack on an Israeli plane”.