Oct 27, 2023 12:07:01 p.m
“The threat from the Red Sea was an unmanned aircraft”
The “air threat from the Red Sea” – mentioned today by the military spokesman Daniel Hagari in a press conference – it was “an unmanned aircraft” that crashed in Taba (Egypt), injuring 5 people. This was announced by military radio, according to which it was unclear whether it came from Yemen or whether it was launched from a ship in the waters of the Red Sea. “Israeli Air Force planes tried to intercept him, but they failed,” he specified. “In any case,” he added, “it is clear that Iran is involved.” In this context, the broadcaster recalled that Defense Minister Yoav Gallant revealed in May that the Pasdaran (Guardians of the Revolution) had placed some merchant ships in launch platforms for unmanned aircraft and rockets in order to create – according to Israel – “floating terrorist bases” that can be used as needed in the seas of the Middle East.
Oct 27, 2023 12:03:45 p.m
There are 229 hostages in the Strip
229 hostages are being held in the Gaza Strip. This was reported by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari, who revised upward the number of people kidnapped during Hamas’ attack on Israel last October 7.
Oct 27, 2023 12:03:16 p.m
Air threat identified from the Red Sea
“In the last few hours we have detected an air threat over the Red Sea. Warplanes were deployed against this threat and the incident is now being reviewed,” military spokesman Daniel Hagari said, without elaborating on the nature of the threat. “As far as we know,” he added, “the attack in Egypt is related to this threat.” He referred to reports last night of the wounding of five Sinai Egyptians in Taba, near the border with Israel. “Israel,” Hagari concluded, “will work with Egypt and the United States to strengthen the region’s defenses in the face of threats from the Red Sea.”
Oct 27, 2023 12:02:51 p.m
Israel, Hamas commander killed: 250 targets hit
The Israeli army killed Madhath Mubashar, commander of the Khan Younis Western Battalion, last night Hamas. The military spokesman said Madhath took part in attacks – using explosives and the use of snipers – against civilians, communities and Israeli soldiers. During the night, according to the same source, over 250 military targets were hit in Hamaa stripes, including tunnels, dozens of operational command centers and missile launch sites. The spokesman also added that a military drone crashed in the Palestinian enclave due to a malfunction.
Oct 27, 2023 12:02:13 p.m
New alarm sirens in Israeli communities near Gaza
After hours of relative calm, warning sirens for rockets from Gaza are sounding again in communities near the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army made this known.
Oct 27, 2023 10:36:42 am
Hamas will release hostages “only if there is a ceasefire.”
Hamas will only be able to release the hostages once a ceasefire is agreed, Abu Hamid, the representative of the Hamas delegation that visited Moscow yesterday, told the Russian newspaper Kommersant. Yesterday, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Moscow had discussed the release of the hostages and the evacuation of Russians from the Gaza Strip at the meeting with the Hamas delegation. The Palestinian group’s delegation met in the Russian capital with Mikhail Bogdanov, Russia’s deputy foreign minister and special presidential envoy for the Middle East and Africa.
10/27/2023 8:01:57 AM
New army attack in the Gaza Strip, Hamas attack
The Israeli army moved in again with tanks and soldiers – and the support of the air force Gaza Strip for limited flashes. The military spokesman said that Hamas operatives and positions had been attacked.
The raid targeted the Shujaiyya area, a suburb of Gaza City far across the border. Soon after, the army left the Gaza Strip without any casualties.
Oct 27, 2023 7:44:03 am
Three Palestinians are killed in clashes with Israel in the West Bank
Three Palestinians were killed and twelve others injured in clashes with the Israeli army Jenin in the northern West Bank. This was announced by the director of the city hospital Wissam Bakr, who was quoted by the Wafa agency and identified the three as Abdullah Bassam Abu Al-Haija, Muhammad Al-Amer (24 years old) and Jawad Al-Turki. The Israeli army has not yet commented on the facts.
10/27/2023 7:26:05 AM
US F-15 fighter jets have struck Iran-linked targets in Syria
The US military carried out attacks on two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and groups it supports. That’s what it said Pentagonand added that the raid was in response to a wave of attacks against U.S. forces in both Iraq and Iraq Syria. As tensions rise in the Israel-Hamas conflict, U.S. and coalition troops have been attacked by Iranian-backed forces in Iraq and Syria at least 19 times in the past week. A total of 21 US soldiers suffered minor injuries, the vast majority of them traumatic brain injuries. The attacks targeted arms and ammunition depots using F-15 aircraft, a Pentagon official said, and were not coordinated with Israel. “These precision self-defense strikes are in response to a series of sustained and largely unsuccessful attacks by Iranian-backed militia groups on American personnel in Iraq and Syria that began on October 17,” he said. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin clarified a note.
10/27/2023 6:03:05 AM
American military jets attacked in Syria
American military jets, acting on Joe Biden’s orders, attacked Iranian-backed groups of militants in Syria who had attacked US troops in the country and Iraq following the October 7 attacks in Israel. The Pentagon announced this in a statement.
10/27/2023 1:24:55 AM
Michel: Hamas terrorists will have no place in a peace conference
The idea of a peace conference “was already on the table at the meeting in Cairo last weekend” and today Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez “proposed it again”. Hamas is a terrorist organization, I see no role for them in a peace conference in which the EU takes part.” This is what the President of the European Council Charles Michel said at a press conference in Brussels.
10/27/2023 1:12:18 AM
MIchel: Available to organize a peace conference in the EU
“We support the principle of holding a peace conference soon in the EU or elsewhere.” In our opinion, this is a good way to ensure sustainable peace in the Middle East region. This was said by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, at the end of the first working day of the EU summit.
10/27/2023 1:08:41 AM
EU: The first 56 tons of aid are delivered to Gaza
“The first 56 tons of humanitarian aid that the EU sent via Egypt have been delivered to Gaza,” EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced at the end of the first working day of the EU summit. “The next two flights are planned for today, Friday, and there will be more in the next few days,” emphasized von der Leyen, pointing to the need for “humanitarian aid” to reach “Gaza unhindered and quickly.”
In the video taken from above you can see a square and the roofs of the buildings with solar panels. Suddenly an explosion destroys an entire city block and a column of smoke rises. The images were released by the IDF, the Israel Defense Forces, and document the targeted bombings in the Gaza Strip that killed one of the two Hamas leaders who planned the October 7 massacre: Shadi Barud, deputy head of the Hamas directorate and Hamas intelligence officer, former commander of the organization’s battalion in Khan Yunis, perpetrator of various attacks. The Israeli army identified and eliminated him thanks to information collected by the internal intelligence agency Shin Bet. Yesterday, Hamas said that 50 hostages had died in recent bombings (this news has not been confirmed by the Israelis).
INSIGHTS
HUNT
“Our goal is the destruction of Hamas and we will use all means,” Gilad Erdan, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, said yesterday.
On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, immediately after Netanyahu’s speech confirming that there would be a ground invasion, tanks and infantry again entered the Gaza Strip. It was the deepest plunge since October 7th and paves the way for a major offensive, and there were also new similar operations last night. The IDF announced that it had eliminated three more leaders of the terrorist organization: “The warplanes hit three high-ranking Hamas operatives in its Daraj Tuffah battalion.” The terrorists had taken part in previous attacks against Israel. They are battalion commander Rifaat Abbas, deputy commander Ibrahim Jadba and combat support commander Tarek Maarouf. But to understand how the pieces position themselves on the world chessboard, how a heterogeneous anti-Western bloc emerges, we have to leave Gaza, change continent and look to Moscow.
AGAINST THE WEST
A Hamas delegation was received here, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed. Tass writes: “A member of the Hamas leadership group Abu Marzooksi is currently in Moscow.” There was formal talk of the hostages being released, but when a Hamas leader undertakes a trip of this kind in wartime, it is difficult to downplay it. Israel’s reaction was very harsh: “Moscow is an act of supporting terrorism.” The Kremlin has made it clear that there will be no meeting with Putin under any circumstances. And not only that: yesterday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin spoke with his Iranian counterpart Ali Bagheri Kani. Hamas, Iran, Russia. Hamas receives weapons, training and support from Tehran, which also supplies the drones used by the Russian army in Ukraine. And yesterday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told the UN General Assembly that “Hamas is ready to release the hostages held in Gaza” by handing them over to Tehran, but “the world should support the release.” “6,000 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons”. However, something seems to be changing in Doha: “Qatar will review relations with Hamas after hostage crisis in Gaza,” writes the Washington Post, based on an agreement with the US. Biden is trying to prevent the release of the prisoners, but also to isolate Hamas, which is supported by Qatar, in the medium term.
FEAR IN TEL AVIV
The Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip has resulted in destruction and thousands of civilian casualties. The Ministry of Health has therefore – after Biden expressed doubts about the authenticity of the figures of the tragedy – published the names and identities of the Palestinians killed since the beginning of the Israeli raids: there are 7,028. However, just yesterday, Hamas howled while Israel continued to launch rocket attacks on Israel Warning sirens sounded again in Tel Aviv and several other cities, as has been the case every day since October 7th. This makes a ceasefire, which many have called for on humanitarian grounds, unlikely. “The military exercise on site will take place as soon as the appropriate conditions are created – confirms Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant – we are waging a precise, deadly and powerful war.” The website “Middle East Eye” even assumes that in the tunnels, in which the Hamas men are hidden, nerve gas and other chemical substances are used and a surprise attack could be carried out, which would also enable the hostages to be released.
by Mauro Evangelisti