Israel: Hamas commander Mustafa Dalul killed
The Israeli army announced that it had killed Mustafa Dalul, the commander of the Sabra Tel al-Hawa battalion, which had played “a central role in organizing the battle with the troops in the Gaza Strip” since the start of the war. This was announced by the military spokesman, after which “Dalul has held a number of positions in the Hamas battalions and the Gaza City Brigade in recent years.”
Four Palestinians were killed by Israel in Jenin camp
Four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli army operation in the Jenin refugee camp in the north of the West Bank last night. This was reported by the Wafa news agency, citing local medical sources. Secondly, there are also 4 injured, one of them seriously.
Media: Blinken has arrived in Israel
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel today for his scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This was reported by a traveling correspondent from the AFP news agency.
Israel: 4 soldiers were killed last night, 23 in total
The Israeli army has announced the deaths of another four soldiers killed in ongoing fighting in the Gaza Strip last night. There are also two other soldiers who were seriously injured. The total number of dead soldiers since the ground operation began is now 23.
Sources: US drones over Gaza looking for hostages
American drones flew over the Gaza Strip in search of Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas and Palestinian groups. This is reported by the media, citing anonymous US sources, according to whom the drones are collecting information to help locate the hostages. According to one of these sources, the drones have been in use for over a week. The hostages also include US citizens with dual passports.
Hezbollah leader breaks silence, speaks today
Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah will break weeks of silence since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel today in a speech that could have repercussions for the region as the Gaza conflict rages. Cross-border attacks intensified yesterday as Israel responded with a “major attack” to Hezbollah attacks on 19 Israeli positions. The Lebanese arm of Hamas’s armed wing claimed rockets also hit the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, near the border. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned that “the region is like a powder keg” and that “anything is possible” if Israel does not stop attacking Gaza. Nasrallah’s highly anticipated speech will be broadcast on Friday at 3pm (2pm in Italy) at an event to commemorate fighters killed in Israeli bombings in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold. On the Lebanese side, according to an AFP tally, more than 70 people were killed – at least 50 of them Hezbollah fighters, but also other fighters and civilians, including a Portal journalist. According to the army, nine people died on the Israeli side: eight soldiers and one civilian.
Israeli army: “Heroic battle in Gaza, let us move forward”
“Heroic battle” during the night in the Gaza Strip between the Israeli army and the Palestinians, the Israel Defense Forces say. “They were killed and we continue our operation until victory,” they wrote on Telegram. Last night there were clashes between Israeli soldiers and “some terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip.” Despite “heavy fire” from the “terrorists,” “the forces on the ground carried out airstrikes with aircraft and artillery. The terrorists were killed and the threat to the troops was eliminated,” the IDF writes.
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