Gaza Strip, new death toll from Israeli raids: 65 dead and 400 injured. The ministry of health in Gaza released a new death toll from Israeli raids: 65 dead and 400 wounded. This was reported by the Palestinian agency Maan.
There is no sign of subsiding the conflict between Israel and Hamas. A six-year-old boy was killed in Sderot, Israel, hit by one of the rockets launched from the Gaza Strip. This was reported by the rescuers cited by France Presse.
Hamas claims the firing of 130 rockets after the demolition of the a-Shuruk building
In the afternoon, a volley of rockets fired from Gaza landed in southern Israel, particularly in the Ashkelon area, as local media reported.
Hamas said it fired 130 rockets after the demolition of the a-Shuruk building and the killing of some of its military leaders.
Shortly before, in fact, the Israeli air force had destroyed the 10-storey al-Shuruk building, located in the heart of Gaza City, where the editorial offices of some media are based. The army explained that the building had military intelligence and Hamas offices and its communications offices.
The Israeli army command has decided to close the schools for a week
With the escalation of the conflict, the Israeli army’s internal command has decided to close schools for the whole week, in the center and in the south of the country: about one million pupils will remain at home and in those areas commercial activities will be able to remain open only if they have ready access to the shelters.
According to military provisions, the gatherings of people in the indicated areas cannot exceed 10 people outside and 100 inside.
An unprecedented measure was also taken in Israeli territory: the police announced to the population of Lod (east of Tel Aviv) that tonight they will impose a total curfew from 8 pm (7 pm in Italy) to 4 am tomorrow.
This measure comes after a night of widespread violence in which Jewish inhabitants were attacked by groups of Arabs, which among other things burned and devastated public buildings including a synagogue. These incidents have been described as ‘a pogrom’ by the head of state Reuven Rivlin.
Hamas health ministry’s latest toll: 65 killed and 400 injured
As for the dramatic death toll, the latest toll from the Hamas health ministry speaks of 65 Palestinians killed in Gaza in repeated Israeli attacks, including 14 children and minors, and three women, as well as more than 400 injured.
According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, a 16-year-old boy, Rashid Abu Arreh, was shot to death by Israeli soldiers today during incidents in Tubas (West Bank).
According to Wafa, the boy found himself involved in clashes when the population tried to prevent the army from arresting wanted local exponents. Previously, another Palestinian had been killed by soldiers today – according to the Palestinian press – during similar incidents in al-Fawar, near Hebron.
The Israeli army: “High Hamas commanders were simultaneously eliminated in Gaza and Khan Yunis”
The Israeli army has not yet commented on the incident, but together with the internal security service it has announced that senior Hamas commanders were “simultaneously eliminated in Gaza and Khan Yunis” in the north of the Gaza Strip, at the end of a “Complex operation and first of its kind”.
“The commanders – they explained – are key men of the ‘General Staff’ of Hamas and considered close to the head of the military wing of the organization Mohammed Deif”.
One of the Israelis injured by an anti-tank missile fired from Gaza on a car in Israeli territory died in hospital, according to reports from the emergency room quoted by the media, who also speak of 3 other injured, 2 of whom are in serious condition.
Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack and tried, according to TV, to prevent the arrival of Israeli aid with mortars. There are now six victims in Israel. Among them also a man and a girl who died today in the Israeli city of Lod while they were in a car hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, as reported by the Israeli police. And in the course of one of the rocket attacks from Gaza on Israel, a woman died of a heart attack.
More than a thousand rockets launched from the Gaza Strip against Israel
1,050 rockets and mortar rounds launched by the Strip against Israel, the military spokesman said, explaining that 85% were intercepted while about 200 exploded inside the Strip.
In response, the army carried out over 500 attacks on Hamas and Jihad terrorist targets in the Strip. IS new riots occurred this morning in the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, during the morning prayers, according to reports from Israeli public television: 7 Palestinians were arrested by the police after a heavy stone-throwing against the agents. These incidents occurred on the eve of Id el-Fitr, the holiday that concludes the Ramadan fast.
The intervention of the Israeli army in the West Bank
Meanwhile, in the West Bank, the Israeli army is arresting local Hamas leaders in the last hours. Raids have occurred, according to the media, in Jenin and Tubas in an Israeli attempt to prevent Palestinian violence from spreading to the West Bank. In Jenin and Tubas, the army’s operations were met with opposition from the local population. We are injured.
The Islamist movement Hamas, in power in Gaza, today announced the launch of 210 rockets on Israeli territory in response to attacks on a building in the center of the Palestinian enclave. Islamic Jihad, the second largest Palestinian armed group in the Gaza Strip, said it launched 100 from the Palestinian enclave into Israeli territory.
In a third salvo of rockets fired from Gaza in the last hours towards large areas in central Israel, Hamas tried to hit, among other things, the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. time reports it.
High tension also in the West Bank following the fighting between Israel and Hamas
The fighting between Israel and Hamas has also raised tensions in the West Bank. According to the official Wafa news agency, in the al-Fawar refugee camp (Hebron) there were clashes between the inhabitants and sections of the army. And a young man (Hussein al-Titi) was killed.
The spiral of violence between Israel and the Hamas Islamists who control Gaza is “escalating into a full-scale war”. This was reported by the United Nations envoy for peace in the Middle East Tor Wennesland, launching an appeal: “Stop the fire immediately”.