2023-10-12 03:17:26
Cover image: The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system intercepts rockets launched from Gaza, October 11, 2023 evening. BASHAR TALEB / AFP
The death toll continues to rise, while new massacres of civilians are discovered. In Israel, the latest report shows more than 1,200 dead and more than 2,800 injured, according to the army. In the Kibbutz of Kfar Aza, located 2 kilometers from the Gaza Strip, the Hamas assault turned into the carnage of more than a hundred civilians, according to Israeli soldiers. On the Palestinian side, the latest report shows more than 1,100 dead and more than 5,339 injured, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.11 French people were killed in Israel and 17 are missing, including children “probably kidnapped” by Hamas. Elisabeth Borne announced that the toll had just increased in the Middle East. More than 80 foreign nationals are among the victims, including at least 22 Americans, 20 Thais, 10 Nepalese, 10 French, 7 Argentinians, 4 Russian-Israelis, 2 Ukrainians, 2 British, 2 Peruvians, 2 Filipinos, 2 Brazilians, 1 Cambodian , 1 Canadian, 1 Spanish and 1 Australian.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.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”.The “full seat” from the Gaza gangsannounced Monday by Israel, three days after the start of the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation launched against it by Hamas, is ” forbidden “ by international humanitarian law, the United Nations (UN), the European Union and humanitarian organizations recalled on Tuesday, expressing concern about the situation.
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