Cover photo: Israeli tanks move towards the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel, Thursday, October 12, 2023. Ohad Zwigenberg / AP
- Since Saturday, the unprecedented Hamas attack in Israel has left more than 1,200 dead and 3,391 injured. According to the Israeli Ministry of Health, the toll is at According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, there were 1,537 deaths and 6,612 injured in the Gaza Strip.
- “Approximately 6,000 bombs with a total weight of 4,000 tons of explosives were dropped on the Gaza Strip.” since the beginning of the Israeli reaction, according to an IDF statement on Thursday. Bombings between the two camps continue Thursday in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel.
- The Israeli army also announced the deployment of reinforcements on the Lebanese border. Reservist units have been stationed in towns near the Lebanese border in recent days, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Thursday. On Wednesday, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for new shots from southern Lebanon.
- Hamas, like the Islamic State (IS) organization, must be “smashed,” said Benjamin Netanyahu. “Just as ISIS was destroyed, Hamas will also be destroyed. And Hamas must be treated the same as ISIS,” he said on Thursday during a news conference following a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who was visiting Israel.
- As long as Israelis are held there, there will be no water, no electricity and no fuel in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli energy minister added. Israel Katz, At. “Humanitarian aid for Gaza? No electrical switches will be turned on, no water pumps will be turned on and no tankers will enter until the kidnapped Israelis return home (…). And no one can teach us,” he wrote on Thursday.
- For his part, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called for an “immediate end to the aggression against the Palestinian people” and castigated the killing of civilians “in both camps.”, during a meeting on Thursday in Amman with the King of Jordan, according to a press release from the Palestinian presidency. He is scheduled to meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday.
- “Hamas is a terrorist movement” who “seeks the destruction and death of the people of Israel,” declared Emmanuel Macron, calling for a “strong and just response” from Israel, during a televised speech on Thursday evening. The French president defended Israel’s right to defend itself, recalling that this must be done “targeted” and “with respect for the civilian population.”
- According to Emmanuel Macron, thirteen French people were killed and seventeen are still missing in Hamas attacks against Israel. “France is doing everything possible (…) to bring back the French hostages safely,” because “France never abandons its children,” he added.
- The first special Air France flight landed in Paris on Thursday evening at around 9 p.m.. For French nationals who have not yet found a commercial flight to return to the national territory, several special flights will be organized between Israel and France on Friday and Saturday, the Foreign Ministry said. Many other countries are organizing flights to evacuate their nationals this weekend.
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