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The latest news from Wednesday October 25th on the war between Israel and Hamas, live. Rockets from Lebanon cause a power outage in the Golan Heights. CNN: Hamas planned the October 7 attack using underground telephone lines
• The 18th day of the war: Over 5,971 Palestinians died, 1,400 Israelis, 222 hostages in the Gaza Strip. Israel says over 400 Hamas targets were hit, and Hamas reports at least 140 dead in Israeli raids overnight.
• Macron in Israel to meet Prime Minister Netanyahu.
• Obama echoes Biden’s call: Israel has the right to defend itself, but its military strategy respects international law.
• Hamas released two more women: 4 hostages have now been released.
• Words and acronyms for understanding the conflict: the glossary.
• The history of the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis explained.
7:24 a.m. – 704 dead in Gaza within 24 hours, the highest number since the start of the war
704 Palestinians, including 305 minors, were killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours. The local health ministry reported this to the UN Coordination Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). According to the same source, this is the highest number of deaths in a day since hostilities began.
06:22 a.m. – Middle East: The United States sends a squadron of F16s
The New Jersey Air National Guard’s 119th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron arrived in the Middle East in recent days. This was announced by Pentagon press secretary General Pat Ryder, adding that the squadron has F16 fighters. Ryder also said the United States is preparing for an increase in violence in the region, noting that there have already been at least 13 attacks on American troops and facilities in Iraq and Syria. What we are seeing is the prospect of an even more significant escalation. In the very short term, U.S. forces and personnel would be deployed across the region, coming from Iranian proxy forces and ultimately from Iran, Ryder said during a briefing at the Pentagon.
6:10 a.m. – The three victims of the Israeli attack on Jenin in the West Bank have been identified
There are currently three victims of the Israeli night raid in Jenin in the West Bank: Muhammad Qadri Al-Sabah, Mahmoud Al-Fayed and Muhammad Abu Qatna. The injured, at least twenty, were taken to Jenin Hospital. Israeli forces, accompanied by two bulldozers, reportedly stormed the town of Burqin, Wadi Burqin and the Al-Hadaf district of Jenin and used snipers on rooftops before an Israeli aircraft fired at least two rockets near the Jenin cemetery.
05:37 a.m. – USA: New arms deliveries to Israel, including missiles for the Iron Dome system
The US Department of Defense will increase its military support to Israel by providing the country with Iron Dome air defense systems from US Army reserves. This was expected from a Pentagon official quoted by the Washington Post newspaper. Last week, the Biden administration announced the delivery to Israel of missiles for the defense system developed jointly with Israel and already delivered to the Jewish state’s defense forces. The Israeli army stepped up its attacks on Gaza yesterday, saying it hit hundreds of targets in the besieged Palestinian territory, including a coastal refugee camp home to tens of thousands of displaced people. Gaza health authorities said more than 700 people were killed in attacks in the past 24 hours, describing a bloody night in Gaza.
05:20 – Malaysia, Prime Minister Anwar at a new demonstration of support for the Palestinians
Last week, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had a telephone conversation with Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the Palestinian militant organization Hamas, which is responsible for the bloody attack on Israel on October 7. Ibrahim himself reported this on Facebook, writing that he expressed Malaysia’s unyielding support for the Palestinian people. Anwar called for an immediate end to the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip and the opening of a humanitarian corridor through the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Finally, he called on Israel to abandon its policy of expropriation and to strive for a peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian question.
The prime minister took part in a new demonstration in support of Palestinians that took place at a stadium in Kuala Lumpur yesterday and was attended by more than 16,000 people, including students, professionals, refugees, religious leaders and politicians. The initiative was organized by the Malaysian Muslim Youth Movement (ABIM).
04:02 – Gaza invasion, Biden: Israel makes its decisions
At an event welcoming Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Washington, President Joe Biden responded to a reporter’s question about whether he was calling on Israel to postpone the land invasion: Israelis make their own decisions.
3:55 a.m. – Alarm sirens in the Gaza area
Air warning sirens wailed in the Gaza area. The Israeli armed forces report this in a report.
3:46 a.m. – The death toll from the Israeli attack in Jenin rises to three Palestinians
After the Israeli night attack in the West Bank, the death toll rises to three. as reported by the Jerusalem Post and Al Jazeera, citing medical sources. The number of wounded has not been confirmed and according to various local sources it is at least 20. Israeli forces have now left the Jenin area.
3:02 a.m. – Israel: Terrorists attacked with drones in Jenin, two arrested. The Red Crescent: 2 dead
During the night raid in the West Bank, the Israeli army came under fire from a group of Palestinians who were then hit by a drone strike. The Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed that two Palestinians were killed and others were injured.
The Israeli army said via Telegram: Recently, IDF and Israeli Border Police forces conducted anti-terrorism activities in Wadi Bruqin in the Jenin region and arrested two people suspected of involvement in terrorist activities. In addition, the emergency services opened fire on the armed terrorists. During counterterrorism activities in the Jenin camp, armed terrorists fired explosive devices at Israeli security forces. In response, a UAV, an IDF military drone, attacked the terrorists. No injuries were reported among Israeli security forces.
02:51 – One dead and four injured in clashes in Jenin
Violent clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces attempting to enter Jenin. This was reported by the Arabic website Al Jazeera. In an incursion into the Jenin refugee camp, Israeli forces killed at least one Palestinian and injured four others who were taken to hospital. The Israeli airstrike claimed several lives. A video posted on social media by Al Jazeera Arabic shows a street in Jenin with the sound of gunfire in rapid succession.
02:27 a.m. – Israeli invasion of Jenin, clashes in the refugee camp
A power outage was reported in some areas of the West Bank during an overnight Israeli raid. Another raid was carried out by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera Arabic reported, adding that the latest operation coincided with a power outage in at least three areas of the Palestinian territory. In a post on . Since the October 7 Hamas attack in Gaza, the Israeli army has carried out night raids in the West Bank, arresting dozens of people: there have been 97 deaths in the West Bank since that date.
02:10 a.m. – Israeli attack on Syrian military infrastructure after rocket launch
In response to the shootings in Israel the day before, Israel Defense Forces fighter jets hit military infrastructure and Syrian army mortar launchers. This is what the Israeli army says on Telegram.
1:30 a.m. – CNN: Hamas planned the attack using underground telephone lines. US experts to Israel: Avoid urban fighting in Gaza
A communications network with wired telephones integrated into the network of tunnels under Gaza. According to intelligence sources cited by CNN, this would be the strategy of a small Hamas cell to plan the October 7 attack on Israel over a two-year period. The telephone lines in the tunnels, it is explained, enabled the militia members to communicate secretly with each other without being tracked down by Israeli intelligence officers. Only landlines and planning meetings held in person, without ever using computers or cell phones whose signals can be easily traced. Old-fashioned methods, but they allowed them to evade intelligence control.
CNN also reports that American military officials are urging Israel to avoid urban fighting in Gaza, where it risks becoming mired in bloody urban warfare. The Americans reportedly spoke to the Israelis about their experiences in the Battle of Fallujah in 2004 during the Iraq War. The advice – also to avoid putting hostages and civilians at risk and heightening tensions in the Middle East – would be to use a combination of precision airstrikes and targeted raids for special operations.
01:15 a.m. – The balance of the 18th day of the war
On the 18th day of the war, Israel intensified its bombardment of the Gaza Strip ahead of an impending ground offensive against Hamas militants. The conflict is causing the death toll in Gaza to rise rapidly and the US fears that the fighting could trigger an escalation in the region. Since Israel isolated the area following the Hamas attack on October 7, 2.3 million people in the Gaza Strip have been without food, water and medicine. The aid convoys admitted to the Gaza Strip have so far transported only a small part of the amount needed, and the UN has already warned that distribution will have to be suspended if there is no fuel for the trucks: last night they managed to do so from Egypt Enter 8 Trucks with water, food and medicine. The Palestinian Red Crescent announced this on
The Hamas-run Health Ministry said 5,791 Palestinians were killed and 16,297 were injured. In the West Bank, 96 Palestinians have been killed and 1,650 injured in Israeli raids since October 7. According to Israeli officials, more than 1,400 people were killed in Israel, mostly civilians, and 222 people, including foreigners, were captured by Hamas during the invasion and taken to Gaza. Four hostages released.
12:55 a.m. – Rockets from Lebanon cause power outages in the Golan Heights
Two rockets fired from southern Lebanon into Israeli territory in the evening caused a power outage in the Golan Heights. Haaretz reports: The two rockets fell on uninhabited areas and no injuries were reported. However, one of the two apparently hit a power cable, causing a power outage in three surrounding communities. The Israeli army opened fire on the area from which the rockets were fired.
October 25, 2023 (modified October 25, 2023 | 07:25)
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