The Israeli army announced on Tuesday 10 that around 1,500 bodies of Hamas terrorists were found in Israel and near the Gaza Strip, as a result of operations in response to the faction’s attack on Saturday 7, military spokesman said Richard Hecht reported that the security forces had managed to “more or less restore control over the border” with the Gaza Strip.
Hecht also mentioned that there had been no reports of new arrivals into the region since the night before, but warned that there was still a possibility that infiltrations could occur. He said military authorities had “almost completed” the evacuation of all communities near the border.
Israel continues to carry out systematic and destructive attacks in the Gaza Strip. Photo: Abir Sultan/EFE/EPA
The Israeli military is building a barrage of tanks, planes and ships to prevent entry or exit from Gaza, spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in an X post on Tuesday.
The war reached its fourth day with a massive attack on Hamas. According to Israel’s Defense Ministry, the country has launched attacks on more than 200 Hamasaffiliated targets in the Gaza Strip.
Specific details of the new attack have not yet been released by Israeli military authorities. However, Israeli forces bombed two tunnels used by Hamas to enter Israeli territory. The location of this tunnel has not been disclosed.
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The Gaza conflict reached critical proportions when Israel imposed a “full siege” in retaliation for the largest and deadliest incursion into its territory in decades. As hostilities intensify, the terrorist group Hamas has threatened to execute civilians taken hostage in Israel in response to Israeli bombings.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ordered a “complete siege” of the Gaza Strip, including cutting off electricity, water and food the area has been under a partial blockade for 16 years.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said he would not allow “electricity, food, water or fuel” into the Gaza Strip, tightening the siege on the Palestinian enclave of 2 million people.
The armed wing of the terrorist group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, launched a major offensive on Saturday that left more than 1,500 dead and thousands injured in both Israel and the Gaza Strip.
In response to Hamas, Israel continues to carry out systematic and destructive attacks in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 687 people, including civilians and children. /AFP and The New York Times.