• It is the 23rd day of the war: According to Hamas, over 7,300 Palestinians have died; 1,400 of them were Israelis; 239 hostages in Gaza.
• On the evening of Friday, October 27, Israel launched unprecedented bombings in the Gaza Strip and announced an “expansion of ground operations.” It is still unclear whether this is the announced “invasion”. The strip is completely isolated.
• Hamas called Palestinians in the West Bank to arms.
• The UN General Assembly approves a draft ceasefire in Gaza and rejects an amendment condemning Hamas. The Wrath of Tel Aviv: “The Day of Shame.”
• US jets have struck two sites in Syria linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.
• Words and acronyms for understanding the conflict: the glossary.
• The history of the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, explained.
6:26 a.m. – Lebanon: Hezbollah, shot down an Israeli drone
Hezbollah announced it had shot down an Israeli drone for the first time during recent fighting with the Jewish state. The Lebanese armed Islamist group is quoted by local media as saying the shooting took place yesterday above the southern village of Khiam, about five kilometers from the border with Israel. Hezbollah adds that the drone crashed in Jewish territory.
6:24 a.m. – Middle East: Israeli attack on Jenin, three Palestinians killed
Three Palestinians, including a terrorist leader, were reportedly killed in heavy clashes in Jenin in the West Bank. This is reported by the Palestinian news site Wafa. The third victim is one of the founders of the Jenin Brigade, an offshoot of Islamic Jihad.
6:10 a.m. – Middle East: Gaza, over 8,000 Palestinian deaths
According to the Gaza government, ongoing Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have destroyed 47 mosques and seven churches since the country launched retaliatory measures following the October 7 Hamas attack. This is reported by Al Jazeera. According to the Gaza Strip press office, 203 schools and 80 government offices have also been destroyed in the past three weeks. Salama Maarouf, head of the office, said, quoted by Al Jazeera Arabic, that the massive bombing damaged 220,000 housing units and completely destroyed 32,000 buildings.
Earlier, the Gaza government press office reported that the Israeli army had threatened to bomb an Orthodox cultural center and a school housing more than 1,500 displaced people. Since October 7, more than 8,000 people have been killed in Gaza, including more than 3,000 children and over 2,000 women. At least 20,000 others were injured. More children were killed in Gaza in the past three weeks than have been killed in conflicts worldwide in any year since 2019, according to the non-governmental organization Save the Children.
6:10 a.m. – Middle East: Israeli forces destroy Hamas anti-tank positions in Gaza Strip
Israeli forces expanded their ground assault into the Gaza Strip on Sunday, destroying Hamas anti-tank positions and killing several gunmen on the Gaza Strip coast and at the Erez border crossing, the military said. “The Times of Israel” reports on it. Rockets were fired from Gaza at Israeli cities throughout the day as the army focused its operations on Hamas targets in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
An IDF officer was seriously injured by a mortar strike and a soldier was injured in a clash with Hamas gunmen in the northern Gaza Strip overnight, the military said. The IDF said ground units continued to operate in the northern part of the Gaza Strip after moving in on Friday, killing Hamas operatives and destroying the terrorist group’s sites. The military said troops killed several Hamas gunmen who opened fire on Hamas forces in the Gaza Strip, including several on Gaza’s northern coast, near the southern Israeli community of Zikim.
5:28 a.m. – Middle East: Sullivan, “high risk” of regional expansion of conflict
The US considers the risk of a regional expansion of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas to be “high”. This was stated by US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, warning in particular of the risk of further attacks on US military bases in the region by forces close to Iran. “We remain vigilant as we see significant threats to our forces across the region and a high risk that the conflict could spread to other parts of the region.” “We are doing everything we can to avert and mitigate this possibility “Prevent it,” the official said in an interview with the television station “CBS News.”
5:20 a.m. – Israel: Harris reiterates that there is no plan to send US soldiers
US Vice President Kamala Harris reiterated that the United States “has no intention or plan to send combat troops to Israel or Gaza.” In an interview with the CBS television show 60 Minutes on Sunday evening, Harris specified that the US was providing advice, equipment and diplomatic support to the Jewish state. “Israel undoubtedly has the right to defend itself. “Nevertheless, it is very important that there is no confusion between Hamas and the Palestinians,” emphasized the US Vice President. “Palestinians deserve equal security, self-determination and dignity, and we have made it very clear that the rules of war must be respected and that humanitarian assistance must arrive,” Harris added. The US Vice President also reiterated that America wanted to prevent the conflict from escalating and again warned Iran not to interfere.