03/11/2023 8:10 pm (current 03/11/2023 8:20 pm)
According to Israel, several terrorists were killed in the fighting ©APA/AFP
The Israeli army killed several terrorists in the Gaza Strip on Friday. The military said on Friday that it fired on Israeli troops. According to Hamas, 14 people were killed while fleeing south of Palestinian territory in an alleged Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military also said it attacked an ambulance used by Hamas fighters.
Radical Islamists were killed in the airstrike, it was said on Friday. Soldiers discovered that the vehicle had been used by a nearby “Hamas terrorist cell” in the combat zone. There is information that Hamas uses ambulances to transport fighters and weapons. The Hamas-controlled health authority in the Gaza Strip had previously reported the incident. Israel attacked a convoy of ambulances that departed from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, he said.
The authority did not provide any information about the victims. Hamas media reported dozens of deaths and numerous injuries. Portal news agency was unable to verify the information. Israel accuses Hamas of hiding command centers and entrances to tunnel systems in Al-Shifa. The Islamists and the hospital administration rejected this. Israel appealed to the civilian population to vacate the northern Gaza Strip last month. According to the military, the city of Gaza has been surrounded by the Israeli army since Thursday.
In one case, terrorists left a tunnel, the Israeli army said of the fighting on Friday. According to the information, ground troops informed the Air Force and the Air Force then attacked the terrorist cell. In another battle, terrorists emerged from a well in a residential building and fired at Israeli soldiers. The military reacted and killed them.
Israel has repeatedly urged civilians in the north of the Gaza Strip to seek refuge in the south of the territory. Israel’s military operations are mainly concentrated in Gaza City and its northern surroundings. According to Israeli media reports, at least 25 Israeli soldiers have died since the start of ground operations in the Gaza Strip.
According to a military spokesman, Israel is on “very, very high alert” regarding its northern border with Lebanon. The military is ready to respond to any developments, he emphasized on Friday. Mutual shelling broke out again on the border between Israel and Lebanon. There was also heavy fighting in the Gaza Strip overnight. According to Palestinian information, nine people died during Israeli operations in the West Bank.
The Ministry of Health announced on Friday in Ramallah that five of them died that night in the Jenin refugee district. According to Palestinian reports, several men belonged to extremist groups in the camp. According to the Israeli military, an armed “terrorist cell” was attacked from the air in Jenin. The attackers had already thrown explosives at the emergency services. Additionally, two Palestinians were shot south of Hebron, a Palestinian was killed in the Palestinian city of Kalandia and a Palestinian was killed near Ramallah.
A total of 140 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since the start of the war in Gaza, according to the Palestinian ministry. A Palestinian who was injured in clashes near Nablus a few days ago died in hospital this morning. The number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip has risen to 9,257 since the start of the war, according to the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health. Authorities announced on Friday that thousands of women, children and young people were among the dead. A total of 23,516 people have been injured since October 7. More than 2,000 people are missing. Currently, the numbers cannot be independently verified.