2023-10-11 14:31:08
Cover image: In Ashkelon, southern Israel, after rocket fire from the Gaza Strip on October 11. AMIR COHEN / REUTERS
The death toll continues to rise, while new massacres of civilians are discovered. In the Kibbutz of Kfar Aza, located 2 kilometers from the Gaza Strip, the Hamas assault on Saturday turned into the carnage of more than a hundred civilians, according to Israeli soldiers. In Israel, the latest report shows more than 1,200 dead and more than 2,800 injured according to the army. On the Palestinian side, it rose to at least 1,055 dead and more than 5,100 injuredaccording to the Gaza Ministry of Health. Furthermore, the IDF said it had found “around 1,500 bodies” Hamas fighters in Israel, since the attack launched on Saturday by the Islamist organization.Lebanese Hezbollah claimed responsibility for new shots on Wednesday from southern Lebanon against Israel, claiming to act in response to the death of three of its militants killed Monday by Israeli bombings. The Israeli army, for its part, justified new bombings on southern Lebanon on Wednesday morning, “in response to anti-tank missiles that targeted Israeli soldiers”.At least 169 Israeli soldiers killed in fighting against Hamasfour days after the massive attack launched by the Palestinian Islamist movement against Israel, the army announced Wednesday. “We informed the families of 169 fallen Israeli soldiers [de la mort de leur enfant] »Army spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters, adding that the families of 60 people kidnapped and taken to Gaza had also been contacted.In Gaza, Israeli bombings continue. The Israeli army claimed to have bombed more than 450 targets in twenty-four hours. During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the Daraj Tufah neighborhood in Gaza City was targeted by 70 strikes and the town of Al-Furqan by 200 strikes. In both cases, the IDF justified these bombings by the fact that these places serve as ” rotating plate “ to Hamas to attack Israel. Strikes also targeted infrastructure used by Islamic Jihad.Bombings in the Gaza Strip destroyed more than 1,000 homes, and 560 others, heavily damaged, were rendered uninhabitable, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), citing the Palestinian authorities. According to OCHA, more than 260,000 people were forced to leave their homes.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday evening that Hamas’ attack on Israel was“a savagery never seen since the Shoah”during a telephone interview with US President Joe Biden.The “full seat” from the Gaza gangsannounced Monday by Israel three days after the start of the operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” launched against him by Hamas, is ” forbidden “ by international humanitarian lawrecalled the United Nations (UN), the European Union and humanitarian organizations on Tuesday, expressing concern about the situation.On the fighting front“the army [israélienne] has more or less regained control of the border fence” with Gaza, “but infiltrations can still happen”said an IDF spokesperson. The Israeli army announced that it had deployed 300,000 soldiers to the border with the Gaza Strip.Pope Francis on Wednesday requested the release “immediate” Israeli hostages in the hands of Hamas, while saying “very concerned” by the siege of the Gaza Strip.In France, a “fifty anti-Semitic acts” have been recorded since Saturday, according to Gérald Darmanin, visiting a Jewish school in Sarcelles (Val-d’Oise) on Wednesday morning. A “twenty arrests” would have been carried out “on the spot”, specified the Minister of the Interior. The French government, through its spokesperson Olivier Véran, called on Wednesday to “avoid an escalation situation” in the conflict, ensuring that they wish “a political resolution of the conflict” pour “the search for lasting peace”.Eight French people were killed in the Hamas attack and twenty are still missing, including at least one child, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on Tuesday. She also announced that a special flight would be chartered by Air France on Thursday, in order to repatriate French people stranded since the start of the offensive.
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