Oct 30, 2023 6:11 p.m
“Turkish hospital in Gaza damaged by Israeli attacks”
A hospital built by Ankara in the Gaza Strip was partially hit by an Israeli bombardment. This was told by the director of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, Subhi Skaik, to Anadolu Agency. According to the local health ministry, the institute that cares for cancer patients was damaged.
From 2011 to 2017, the Turkish government financed the construction of the facility, the largest hospital in Palestine with an area of 34,800 square meters and 180 beds.
Oct 30, 2023 6:07 p.m
An Israeli soldier was freed by the army
An Israeli soldier kidnapped on October 7 was rescued by the Israeli army during a land operation. This was announced by a military spokesman. According to the military spokesman and the Shin Bet, the soldier’s name is Ori Magidish and is in good health. She has already been put in touch with the family. “The army and the Shin Bet – they added – will make every effort to free more hostages.” The soldier was one of the guards guarding Kibbutz Nahal Oz.
Oct 30, 2023 6:05 p.m
Hillary Clinton: “A ceasefire would be a gift to Hamas”
“A ceasefire in Gaza is not possible,” said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. “The people who are calling for a ceasefire don’t understand Hamas.” That’s not possible,” Clinton said during a bipartisan panel at Rice University in Houston , Texas. “It would be a gift for Hamas because it would give it time to rebuild its armaments and create even stronger positions to repel an Israeli attack,” the former US diplomat chief said.
Oct 30, 2023 5:13 p.m
Netanyahu: “We are in the third phase of the war”
“We have entered the third phase of the war, in which the army is advancing moderately but very forcefully inside the Gaza Strip,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the opening of the Council of Ministers. “The first phase – he explained – was that of containment, the second a hammering from the sky that continues, and now instead the expansion of land incursions into the Gaza Strip.”
Oct 30, 2023 4:45 p.m
Netanyahu’s press conference in the evening
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a press conference with foreign journalists at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv this evening. This was announced by the Prime Minister’s Office. At the same time, at 6 p.m. Italian time, the Forum of the Families of the Abductees announced that it had convened a meeting with the media that would be attended by the families of the hostages who appeared in the video released by Hamas.
Oct 30, 2023 4:45 p.m
Netanyahu to the hostages: “We are with you against Hamas-Isis”
“I address Yelena Tropanov, Danielle Alloni and Rimon Kirscht, who were kidnapped by Hamas-Isis in a war crime: I hug you, our hearts are with you. I hug you.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this as he addressed the three women featured in the Hamas video, whom he named. “We are doing everything we can to bring the hostages and missing people home to bring,” he added.
Oct 30, 2023 4:44 p.m
Netanyahu: “Video of the hostages’ cruel psychological campaign”
“Cruel psychological propaganda” from Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounces this when speaking about the video released by the Palestinian Organization with three female hostages.
Oct 30, 2023 3:37 p.m
Hamas: “No Israeli advance in Gaza”
The Israeli military has “not recorded any progress” on the ground in the Gaza Strip. This is supported by authorities in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, who say the presence of a tank south of Gaza City should be viewed as part of an “incursion” into the area. According to Gaza government spokesperson Salama Maarouf, “despite the occupation’s claims, there is no progress in Gaza’s residential neighborhoods,” a statement posted online after a video showing this circulated on social media the moments when an Israeli tank appears to open fire on a car along Salah al-Din Street, a major road running north to south in the Gaza Strip. “What happened along Salah al-Din Road was an incursion by some occupying army tanks and a bulldozer from an agricultural area in Juhr al-Dik,” he claimed, assuring that “the resistance was forced to retreat” after Fire was opened on civilian vehicles. “At the moment there are no occupation military vehicles along Salah al-Din Street” and the situation for “citizens” has “returned to normal,” he added, explaining: “It is clear that they are trying to create a “false image.” “to mediate regarding the presence of soldiers in areas of the Gaza Strip.” And all this after Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari assured that Israeli troops had “expanded” their operations in Gaza.
Oct 30, 2023 3:36 p.m
Türkiye: “We must work towards a peace process”
Turkey considers it necessary to initiate a peace process as soon as possible to find a solution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians and thus prevent the conflict from spreading throughout the region. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said this at a meeting with the ambassadors of EU member states in Ankara. At the meeting, Fidan stressed that an immediate ceasefire in Gaza would favor the start of a peace process.