Israel carried out “targeted operations” with tanks in the north of the Gaza Strip on the night of Wednesday, October 25th to Thursday, October 26th, the Israeli army said. “During the night, the army carried out a targeted tank attack in the northern Gaza Strip as part of its preparations for the next phases of the battle,” the military spokesman said in a statement. The soldiers “left the area” at the end of the operation and returned to Israel, he added. Follow our live stream.
On the way to an Israeli ground operation. “We are preparing a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed in a speech on Wednesday evening. “When, how, how much and what considerations we take into account I cannot go into detail,” he added.
Joe Biden calls for the civilian population to be spared. “Israel has the right, and I would add, the responsibility, to respond to the massacre of its people,” the American president said. He added that Israel “must do everything in its power, no matter how difficult, to protect innocent civilians.”
Divisions within the UN Security Council. Two competing draft resolutions, one Russian and one American, were rejected. The American resolution was blocked by Russian and Chinese vetoes and received 10 votes in favor, 3 against (Russia, China and the United Arab Emirates) and two abstentions.
An Israeli attack on Lebanon. The Israeli army announced that its aircraft had attacked Lebanon in retaliation for the firing of a surface-to-air missile. Since the Hamas attack, there have been daily clashes between Lebanon’s Hezbollah and its allies and Israeli forces on Lebanon’s southern border.