According to the Israeli military, the Islamist Hamas tried to invade Israel again from the Gaza Strip. As the army announced on Wednesday night, an attempt by terrorists to reach southern Israel from the sea was thwarted. They were about to leave a tunnel on the coast of the isolated enclave. The Air Force then bombed the tunnel and a terrorist weapons depot, the military said.
According to Hamas, at least 50 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday night. Israel is expanding its attacks, the Health Ministry said in the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by the Palestinian militant organization. At least 50 people were killed within an hour.
However, Israel says it has also attacked “military infrastructure” in Syria in response to previous rocket fire at Israel. “In response to rocket launches into Israel yesterday, Tuesday,” Israeli fighter jets attacked the Syrian army’s military infrastructure, the Israel Defense Forces said on Wednesday. A military spokesman confirmed to the AFP news agency that the attacks took place inside Syria.
Since the major attack on Israel carried out by the radical Islamist Hamas, on October 7, fears of an expansion of the war in the region have increased. In particular, there are fears that Israel’s current conflicts with Syria and with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, which is allied with the Syrian government, could be further fueled.
On Sunday, Israel carried out airstrikes on Syria’s two most important airports, Damascus and Aleppo, disabling them, Syrian media reported.
During the civil war in Syria, which has lasted for more than ten years, Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes against its northern neighbor, mainly targeting forces supported by Iran, Hezbollah and Syrian army positions.
Israel rarely comments on attacks on Syria, but it has repeatedly said it will not allow its archenemy Iran, which supports the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, to expand its presence in Syria.
Since the war between Hamas and Israel began more than two weeks ago, at least 5,791 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip, according to data from the radical Islamic militia that could not be independently verified.
According to Palestinian information from Wednesday, around 700 Palestinians were killed in one day. The UN emergency relief office, OCHA, reported this on Wednesday night, citing the health authority of the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by Hamas. This is the highest number of casualties recorded in one day since the start of the war.
Terrorists in the name of Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, carried out a massacre of civilians in Israel on October 7th. More than 1,400 people died during and in the following days. According to the Israeli army, at least another 222 people were forcibly taken to the Gaza Strip. Four hostages have already been released. Since Hamas’ surprise attacks, the Israeli army has been bombing targets in the Gaza Strip and preparing a ground offensive in the isolated coastal zone.