European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described Saturday’s Hamas attack against Israel as an “act of war” on Wednesday, October 11. She also reiterated the European Union’s support for the Jewish state. “At the beginning of Shabbat last Saturday, the entire world woke up in horror. Hamas’ terrorist attack is an act of war. We fully support Israel’s right to defend itself. “Europe stands with Israel in this tragedy,” she explained on the X network. Follow our live stream.
One thousand two hundred dead on the Israeli side. The death toll from the Hamas offensive on the Israeli side has risen to 1,200, the Israeli army spokesman said on Wednesday, October 11th. The attack also left “more than 2,700 injured,” he added in a video posted on the social network a message also published on. In addition, at least 30 people were killed by Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, a Hamas government official said.
More than 260,000 displaced people in the Gaza Strip. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, several hundred thousand people were forced to leave their homes in the Gaza Strip, which was besieged and shelled by Israeli attacks.
Israeli shelling of Syria. The Israeli army announced on Tuesday evening that it had fired shells into Syria from the Golan Heights in response to the “firing” of projectiles into that Israeli-occupied territory. Soldiers are “responding to artillery and mortar fire toward the origin of these shots in Syria,” she said.