10/23/2023 11:41 am, updated 10/23/2023 11:41 am
Bombs in children’s backpacks were allegedly planted by the Hamas group to carry out part of the October 7 attacks, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) alleges.
Israel released a video on Sunday (October 22) of the moment soldiers manipulated the content. See:
The Israeli military claims that the backpack containing explosives, weighing 7kg, was intentionally left behind and that the idea of the operation was to set a trap against “wellintentioned civilians”. In a video posted on social media, a soldier can be seen opening the item and touching its contents.
“The IDF continues to collect explosives and weapons from Hamas terrorists that were used in the October 7 massacre. Soldiers discovered a child’s school backpack lying in the field. The backpack contained a remotecontrolled explosive weighing 7 kg. “Hamas deliberately chose to use a child’s backpack as a trap in the hope that wellintentioned civilians would catch him,” the IDF writes on its networks.
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The number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli counteroffensive against the extremist group Hamas rose this Monday (October 23) to just over 5,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Of these, more than 2,000 are children.
According to the ministry, 436 Palestinians were killed in the last 24 hours alone. Of these, 182 are children. Most of the victims are in the southern region of the Gaza Strip. The exact death toll in Gaza is 5,087 Palestinians, including 2,055 children and 1,119 women. In addition, more than 15,000 Palestinians have been injured in the conflict in the Middle East.
Of the 1,400 deaths in Israel, the total number of victims is just over 6,400. The total number of injured is more than 19,800. The UN agency also said at least 340,000 residents were homeless and 2.4 million were “displaced” in the region due to the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Remember the situation that caused so many deaths
The conflict in the region began on October 7, when a group of 2,500 gunmen from the Hamas group crossed Gaza’s border with Israel and attacked mostly civilian targets. At that time, more than 1,400 people were killed and 200 taken hostage. Of this number, two North American women were released last Friday (October 20) and one hostage of Brazilian descent was killed.
More than 200,000 Israelis have been forced from their homes since the events began, largely due to attacks by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which joined the conflict in support of Hamas. This situation even increased tensions regarding the possible involvement of other countries, such as Iran, and escalation into a general conflict.