10/28/2023 9:58:04 AM
Israeli army: Hamas naval commander killed
The Israeli army killed the commander of the Hamas naval forces in Gaza City, Ratib Abu Tzahiban. The military spokesman said that Tzahiban organized and commanded the attempted infiltration into Israel on October 24th. The Navy – the spokesman added – is supporting the land forces previously stationed in the Gaza Strip in the invasion that began yesterday evening.
Oct 28, 2023 9:54:06 am
Erdogan: “Israel must put an end to this madness”
The Turkish President Erdogan calls on Israel to “put an end to this madness” and “stop the attacks.” This was reported by the Turkish Anadolu Agency.
Oct 28, 2023 9:43:10 am
Hostage families: Night of fear, Netanyahu welcomes us now
“That night was the most terrible of all nights and we spent it in great fear. It was a long, sleepless night against the backdrop of the Army’s major operation in Iraq Gaza Strip and there is complete uncertainty about the fate of the abductees who are being held there and are also exposed to heavy shelling.” This was stated by the Forum of Families of Israeli Hostages Held by Hamas, calling for “an urgent meeting” with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , Defense Minister Yoav Galant and other members of the War Cabinet.
Oct 28, 2023 08:35:29
Troops and tanks are still in the strip
The Israeli forces that entered the Gaza Strip last night are still in the Gaza Strip as the operation begun with troops and tanks continues. The media reports about it. According to the same sources, Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi is currently conducting a situation assessment, at the end of which decisions will be made on the continuation of the ground operation. Clashes with Hamas are reported in Bureji, the central Gaza Strip and elsewhere. According to the same sources, there are currently no casualties or injuries among Israeli soldiers.
Oct 28, 2023 7:50:23 am
Israel: Rockets from Lebanon hit Hezbollah’s military infrastructure
“Yesterday, Hezbollah terrorists attempted to fire rockets into Israeli territory. Rockets fell in Syria. That night, Israeli warplanes responded with attacks on Hezbollah’s military infrastructure in Lebanon. This was reported by the Israeli army.
10/28/2023 7:43:31 AM
Israel: 150 targets hit north of Gaza
Around 150 underground targets, including tunnels, were attacked by the Israeli Air Force in northern Gaza last night. The military spokesman stated that several terrorists had been killed.
10/28/2023 7:18:22 AM
Hamas air force chief killed
Hamas air force chief Issam Abu Rukbeh was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. This was reported by the IDF and Shin Bet security services. The Israeli army says Abu Rukbeh is responsible for managing the Hamas group’s drones, aerial detection systems, hang gliders and air defense systems. Abu Rukbeh, the Israeli military says, played a role in planning Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and led the militiamen who used hang gliders to advance into Israel’s southern areas. He also coordinated drone strikes against Israel.
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Oct 28, 2023 2:43:47 am
Israeli soldiers are invading the Gaza Strip from land and sea, and there are also firefights on the border with Lebanon
In the middle of the night we received news from the Gaza Strip that thousands of Israeli soldiers were said to have attacked over 200 Hamas structures by land and sea, including with the help of tanks.
Fighting also broke out in the tunnels beneath population centers destroyed by incessant Israeli bombing. There are also firefights on the border between Lebanon and Israel. 10/28/2023 1:51:02 AM
Hamas calls for a ceasefire and proposes a hostage exchange
Hamas wants a ceasefire of a few days and is demanding the release of its followers in Israeli prisons in exchange for 100 Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip. This was reported by the Palestinian agency Maan, citing the Russian agency Tass.
Oct 28, 2023 1:50:14 am
Al Jazeera journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh continues to live live from Gaza following the death of his wife and children
Al Jazeera journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh continues to report live on events in Gaza despite losing a dozen members of his family in an Israeli airstrike two days ago. The Arab channel’s Gaza bureau chief, the journalist, was live on air for several hours on Friday while explosions could be heard in the background. Last Wednesday, Al-Dahdouh’s wife, son, daughter and grandson were killed in an airstrike on a house in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. As Al Jazeera reports, his family had sought refuge there after their expulsion. A total of twelve members of his family, including nine children, were killed in the explosion.
Oct 28, 2023 1:25:02 am
CNN: “Thousands of Israeli soldiers have entered Gaza”
CNN re-reports the news: “Thousands of Israeli soldiers have entered Gaza.” A confirmation of the very harsh tenor of the operation that the IDF launched shortly before sunset.
10/28/2023 12:50:37 AM
UN resolution, Italy abstained
“Italy abstained from voting on the UN resolution on the ceasefire in Gaza,” “because, on the one hand, it recognizes the efforts of the Arab parties,” but “they were not enough to vote for it.” There is a lack of unequivocal condemnation of Hamas’ attacks on Israel, a lack of recognition of the right to self-defense of any attacked state, in this case Israel, and no mention of the demand for the immediate and unconditional release of the October 7 hostages.” This said Ambassador Maurizio Massari, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations.
Oct 28, 2023 12:19:22 AM
Israel: “No ceasefire against Hamas-Isis”
“By openly rejecting the despicable call for a ceasefire, Israel intends to eliminate Hamas, just as the world did against the Nazis and ISIS.” This is what Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen wrote on X after the resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly .
Oct 28, 2023 12:18:23 AM
UN General Assembly calls for immediate humanitarian ceasefire: Jordan resolution adopted
The UN General Assembly calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. The Jordanian resolution was adopted by the assembly with 120 votes in favour, 14 against and 45 abstentions. Canada’s proposed amendment did not receive sufficient support (85 votes in favour, 55 against and 23 abstentions), i.e. the required two-thirds majority.
It is the UN’s first formal response to hostilities since the October 7 Hamas terror attacks, after the Security Council failed four times to reach consensus on action. The adopted Jordanian resolution does not specifically mention Hamas. The Canadian amendment condemning the Palestinian group was defeated. The resolution calls for an “immediate and permanent humanitarian ceasefire” and calls on all parties to respect international humanitarian law and the “continuous, sufficient and unhindered” provision of vital supplies and services to the Gaza Strip. The resolution calls for the “immediate and unconditional release” of all captured civilians.
France was among the countries that voted in favor of the resolution, while Italy abstained. Albania, Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Greece, Germany and Finland, among others, also abstained. They voted against Israel and the United States. (Eca/Adnkronos) ISSN 2465 – 1222 Oct 27 ’23 10:46 p.m. NNNN
by Mauro Evangelisti
Turning point, it is said live on the Israeli channel I24News when it is 8 p.m. in Italy. Turning point in the war. Artillery has been hitting the northern part of the Gaza Strip for more than an hour, but above all the fighters – there are believed to be up to a hundred – are bombarding with unprecedented intensity the buildings and, above all, the tunnels in which the terrorists are hiding. The most massive attack ever. The fact that the Israelis ordered the suspension of all communications and internet services within the Gaza Strip shows that something unprecedented is happening. And in the evening comes the stamp from Netanyahu’s adviser Mark Regev: “Hamas has committed crimes against humanity and will feel our wrath tonight, revenge begins tonight.”
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🚨#BREAKING: The first video of the Israeli invasion of Gaza has been released! pic.twitter.com/eTTRQfmKLL
– The Savior (@stairwayto3dom) October 27, 2023
Goal: destroy Hamas.
According to the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces), they have their bases strategically and cynically among the hospitals, but with such a bombing force it will be inevitable to cause a very high number of civilian casualties and those who can, among the Palestinians, leave the north of the strip. And that night the ground operations began: Palestinian sources spread the news that shortly before 9 p.m. (Italian time) tanks entered from the north and east and fighting took place in the streets. At the same time, Husam Badran, Hamas leader, calls on all Palestinians living in the West Bank to attack the Israeli army: “This is the time to take up our weapons.” The US, as a supporter of the humanitarian ceasefire, continues to put pressure on Netanyahu, according to the Washington Post to resort only to targeted surgical measures, even if he sets no limits to Israeli actions: “No red lines”. Saudi Arabia has warned Americans that a massive land invasion would have catastrophic consequences.
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Also last night (everything happens in a few hours): The Red Crescent (the equivalent of our Red Cross) launches a desperate appeal expressing concern for the fate of health workers in Gaza. “We have completely lost contact with the Gaza Operations Center and all of our teams because the Israeli authorities have cut off all landline, mobile and internet communications. We call on the international community to put pressure on the Israeli authorities to provide immediate protection to innocent civilians, medical facilities and our teams.”
At almost the same time, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, spokesman for the IDF, who had held the press conference a few hours earlier in which he denounced that the Hamas headquarters was located under the Gaza Strip’s main hospital, spoke again and uttered a key sentence: “The Ground operations in Gaza will be expanded. “The residents of Gaza City must go south.” There will be not only bombings, but also ground operations in Gaza, so much so that from Sderot, a town a few kilometers from the border, where Hamas terrorists massacred many civilians on October 7th, the correspondent of the Israeli network I24News reported live: “There are important vehicle movements, new operations on site have already begun.”
In Italy it is 8:15 p.m., in Israel it is 9:15 p.m. Change of scene on this dramatic evening on the eve of a Saturday that marks three weeks after the massacre carried out by Hamas. From the Gaza Strip, an Al Jazeera correspondent, Tareq Abu Azoum, manages to establish a satellite link from Khan Yunis in the south: “Please send this message to the world.” The situation is catastrophic, we are isolated. We can no longer communicate with the international community to convey our voice to the world. We cannot even communicate with our family members in other parts of Gaza. The situation on site is truly terrible. Everyone is afraid, everyone is afraid. Do not leave us.
However, throughout the day there was continuous rocket firing from the Gaza Strip: Hamas’ Qassam Brigades, as they have every day since October 7, targeted numerous Israeli cities, including Tel Aviv, where Iron Dome (the air defense system) was stationed ) failed to intercept a rocket that hit a building (three injured). Tragedy within a tragedy: Gaza’s civilian population is exhausted, hospitals now have very little fuel to keep the fragile health system running, even drinking water is running out, and yet Hamas still has the resources to Launching attacks against Israel, even if they use them, would be more useful for the survival of the damned in Gaza.
Considering that both Al Jazeera and an Egyptian television channel had stated during the day that a ceasefire, a ceasefire, was imminent to allow the release of some hostages, thanks to the mediation of Qatar. Something was wrong: on the night of Thursday to Friday, Israeli special forces had attacked some Hamas targets from the sea, rockets continued to be fired from Gaza, and a drone from Yemen, presumably by the Iranian-financed Houthis, had been shot down in Egypt The Israelis used American planes to bomb two weapons depots belonging to Tehran-backed militants in Syria. Yesterday the IDF also repeated: “We will free the hostages.”