Israel has a national emergency government. The agreement was reached between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and one of the opposition leaders, Benny Gantz.
Gaza’s only power plant ran out of fuel and shut down. This was announced by an official from the strip’s energy authority, who remains in the dark.
“Egypt has received a commitment from Hamas not to mistreat foreign hostages and hostages with dual nationality“Al Arabiya writes this, citing its sources, who say that “Egypt will take over the dossier of hostages of foreign and dual nationality held by Hamas and reach an agreement in this regard.”
Ashkelon Hospital, in southern Israel, not far from the Gaza Strip, was hit by Hamas rocket fire. A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a hospital in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon today. A spokeswoman for the health facility said this and stated that there were no casualties. “The child development center at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon was directly hit by a projectile from Gaza,” the same source added.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad have announced new rocket attacks on Israel.
Meanwhile, Israel strikes in the Gaza Strip on an “unprecedented scale.” said Gen. Omer Tishler, Air Force chief of staff. “We are attacking Gaza this way because what is happening here is something that has never happened before. There is an enemy that fires rockets and attacks the civilian population.” The Islamic University in Gaza was attacked: According to the military spokesman, the university was “used as a training center for military intelligence officers and for the development of weapons production.”
Destroyed in Gaza – Said Palestinian sources – the home of the so-called mastermind of the Hamas attacks on Israel, Mohammed DeifHe killed his brother and members of his family, including his son and niece. Ynet reports it. However, there is no news about the strategist of the attack. Other relatives of Deif are reportedly trapped in the ruins of the building in the southern Gaza Strip.
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Residents of large areas in northern Israel were ordered to immediately enter emergency shelters. This was announced by Israel’s internal command, which speaks of a possible infiltration by a drone. Instead, local media speak of multiple infiltrations into Israeli territory by drones or hang gliders with armed men from Lebanon.
No drones or hang gliders reached Israel from southern Lebanon: Ali Shuayb, correspondent for al Manar, Hezbollah’s television channel, said this some time ago when he was in front of the settlement of Metulla, a few dozen meters from the Blue Demarcation Line with Israel. “There are no confirmations from southern Lebanon that drones or hang gliders are flying towards occupied Palestine,” Shuayb said. “It is possible that they entered from the Syrian Golan, but we cannot confirm that from here.”
Video The awakening of Gaza on the fifth day of the conflict
Over 1,200 dead, Israel is on the verge of a total offensive
UN and Red Cross workers killed
“Five members of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) were killed in Gaza and Israel,” the Red Cross itself said in a statement from Geneva.
“Nine members of our staff have been killed in airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since Saturday.” UNRWA, the UN agency that deals with Palestinian refugees, made this known on its X-Profile. “The protection of civilians is fundamental, even in times of conflict. Civilians should be protected in accordance with the laws of war,” emphasizes UNRWA.
After rockets from Lebanon, Israel reacts with the attack
Israel reacts to the new attack on its territory from Lebanon. Shortly before, an anti-tank missile was fired from across the border at an Israeli position.
Pro-Iranian Lebanese Hezbollah says it has caused “large numbers” of human casualties (injured and dead) to the Israeli army after the attacks this morning. In a statement released by its media, Hezbollah added that these shots fired by Dhaira were “a response to the killing” of three members of the Shiite party on Monday evening. “The Islamic Resistance (Hezbollah) will respond steadfastly to Israeli attacks that affect our country and the security of our people, especially when these attacks result in the loss of martyrs,” the statement said.
The army: “We are responsible, we did not prevent Hamas”
“As an army, we are all responsible for not preventing what happened. We are all responsible and I am responsible,” said General Omer Tishler, chief of staff of the Israeli Air Force, explaining that the Hamas invasion that surprised Israel would be investigated. Tishler added that Hamas’ method of hiding its members among civilians is “no longer acceptable.” “We do not target civilians,” Tishler stressed, “there is a specific target for every attack.”
Attacks at night
At least 30 people died that night after the Israeli attacks on Gaza: Hamas reports this as quoted by the media. According to the Hamas Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip, the death toll in Gaza has risen to 950, with about 5,000 injured. 450 targets belonging to Hamas and other Palestinian groups were hit. In Beit Hanoun in the north of the Gaza Strip alone, 80 targets were hit, including two banks used by Hamas, a tunnel and two operations centers, the military spokesman said.
300,000 Israeli soldiers are stationed on the border
According to the Israeli army, around 300,000 soldiers are currently stationed near the Gaza Strip in the war against Hamas. “What we are doing in these areas near the Gaza Strip is that we have sent and deployed our infantry, our tankmen, our artillery corps and many other reserve soldiers: a total of 300,000,” he explained today in a video published on X Israeli spokesman Armed Forces (IDF), Jonathan Conricus. “And this is to ensure that at the end of this war, Hamas no longer has the military capacity to threaten or kill Israeli civilians,” the IDF lieutenant colonel added.
The Gaza Health Ministry reports 1,055 dead and 5,184 injured
The death toll in Gaza is 1,055 and 5,184 were injured. This was announced by the Gaza Ministry of Health.
Erdogan accuses Israel of using disproportionate force
“Israel’s disproportionate and unfounded attacks on Gaza could put the country in an unwelcome position in the eyes of the world,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a speech to his AKP party faction broadcast by Turkish state television TRT. “Fighting a conflict in this way is not a war, but a massacre,” Erdogan said of the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip. The Turkish president called on both sides to exercise restraint, saying Ankara “equally rejects the killing of civilians in Israel and the bombing of Gaza.”
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