- Hundreds of rockets were fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Saturday, October 7, 2023. This spectacular offensive by Palestinian Hamas ended a ceasefire that had been widely respected since the end of a five-day war last May.
- According to the head of Hamas’ armed wing, this is what triggered Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Surprised by the attack, the Israeli army will nevertheless launch its response, Operation Iron Swords. As for Benjamin Netanyahu, he immediately warned the Israelis that they were “engaged in a long and difficult war.”
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News of the day
The head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, traveled to Tel Aviv this Thursday to meet Benjamin Netanyahu, whose country is a close ally of the United States. Washington has already provided additional military aid to Israel since the start of the war against Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip. Antony Blinken claimed that he discussed with Israel the “humanitarian needs” of the Gaza Strip, which is under fire and besieged by the Israeli army, while defending the right to respond to the deadly Hamas attack. A meeting of the American representative with Mahmoud Abbas and King Abdullah II is also planned for this Friday in Jordan.
The number of the day
4,000. This is the amount (in tons) of explosives Israel has used to attack Gaza since Saturday. “Approximately 6,000 bombs with a total weight of 4,000 tons of explosives have been dropped on the Gaza Strip” since the start of Israel’s response to Saturday’s attack launched by Hamas that killed “hundreds of terrorists,” the Israeli army added in a press release.
Sentence of the day
I reject the practices of killing or mistreating civilians on both sides.”
This is the first public statement by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas since the start of the war between Hamas and Israel. This Thursday he called for “an immediate end to the aggression” against the Palestinian people.
Today’s trend
The Israeli army assures us that nothing has been decided yet. However, the latter is preparing for a possible ground maneuver in the Gaza Strip. “It could be done by air, it could be done by sea and by air together. We wait to see what our political leaders will ultimately decide on the ground [mais] “That hasn’t been decided yet,” said Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hecht.
“Just as ISIS was destroyed, Hamas will also be destroyed. And Hamas should be treated the same as ISIS,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised during a press conference this Thursday. According to the army, the army has deployed tens of thousands of troops along the border with the Palestinian enclave and continues to bomb Hamas infrastructure, commanders and operations centers.