2023-10-10 07:48:21
07:42
200 targets attacked in Gaza overnight
In a report on These attacks reportedly targeted “a military infrastructure of the terrorist organization GAP located in Khan Yunis, a warehouse of weapons used by Hamas in a mosque, an operational infrastructure” of Hamas, as well as “an infrastructure used by one of the senior officials of the organization and a property used by members of the organization and located in a multi-story building in the Al Furkan neighborhood.
07:35
The border with Gaza “more or less” under control
IDF spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Hecht qualifies the remarks made earlier by Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari which ensured that the Israeli Defense Forces were in complete control of the border fence with Gaza. “Looking south, we have more or less restored full control of the border fence. Hopefully in the next few hours it will be final,” Hecht said during a press briefing. He added that there had been two minor exchanges of fire overnight in the communities of Sa’ad and Kissufim.
07:31
400,000 Gazans deprived of drinking water
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza razed 790 homes and seriously damaged 5,330, says the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Damage to three water supply and sanitation sites led to the interruption of services for 400,000 people.
07:23
An Israeli soldier was killed on the border with Lebanon
The Israeli army confirms the death of an officer: deputy commander Alim Abdallah was killed yesterday in clashes on the northern border with Lebanon. The IDF gave no further details.
Palestinian militants from the Islamic Jihad group slipped from Lebanon into Israel, triggering Israeli bombardments on southern Lebanon. Lebanese Hezbollah lost five of its members and responded with a volley of rockets and mortars on two Israeli army bases across the border.
07:20
“We prepared for a long war”
Hamas is prepared to wage a long war against Israel and will use the dozens of hostages held in Gaza to secure the release of Palestinians held in Israel and the United States.
Speaking to the Associated Press news agency, Ali Barakeh, a member of the group’s leadership in exile in Beirut, says Hamas has a large arsenal of rockets. “We have prepared well for this war and to face all scenarios, even that of a long war.”
In this interview, Barakeh confirms that a small number of commanders inside the Gaza Strip were aware of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood and that Hamas’s allies were not informed of it. The exact date. He denies that Iran helped plan the attacks.
07:08
18 Thais killed, 3000 ask to return
Eighteen Thais were killed in the Hamas offensive on Israeli territory, the Thai government announced, revising upwards its previous toll of 12 deaths. Jakkapong Sangmanee, deputy foreign minister, explained to the press that the authorities were developing an evacuation plan for the 3,000 Thais in the conflict zone who had requested to return to the kingdom. Around 30,000 Thai workers are in Israel, the majority employed as agricultural laborers.
Nine Thais were also injured, and eleven others kidnapped.
07:07
IDF estimates only small number of Hamas fighters infiltrated into Israeli territory remain
07:00
IDF claims to control the border with Gaza
The Israeli military’s main spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, says the army has regained control of the porous Gaza border. “Not a single terrorist has entered through the fence since Monday,” he assured journalists during a briefing. According to him, combat engineering troops are working to mine areas near the holes in the fence.
06:50
French side
In its update yesterday evening, the Quai d’Orsay deplored the death of two French people in Israel. “We have no news of fourteen others whose situation is considered very worrying. This number is still subject to change”, and it is “very probable” that some have been kidnapped, says the ministry press release, confirming that a 12-year-old boy is hostage to Hamas. His story can be read here.
Furthermore, the ministry’s crisis unit “in Paris, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, was in contact with several dozen compatriots seeking in particular to locate their relatives, French residents or passing through Israel. Several French people have since been rescued by Israeli security forces and are safe.”
06:40
Because a map always helps
Yesterday, the Israeli response to the Hamas offensive focused on Gaza City and Jabalia, in the north of the Gaza Strip.
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06:38
Biden will speak today
The President of the United States should solemnly speak this Tuesday afternoon. The White House confirmed last night that at least 11 Americans were killed in the weekend’s violence.
06:30
300,000 reservists, for a land offensive?
The Israeli army announced that it had mobilized an unprecedented number of 300,000 reservists, a further sign, with the total blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip, that it may be considering a ground offensive to punish Operation Flood. Al-Aqsa” launched on Saturday by Hamas and free the hostages.
06:20
American weapons being delivered
The United States has already begun delivering badly needed munitions and military equipment to Israel, the White House said Monday. John Kirby, spokesman for the US National Security Council, confirmed Monday evening that the first batch of military aid was on its way to Israel.
For its part, the Pentagon is reviewing its stockpiles to see what can be sent quickly to help its ally in the war.
06:11
16,000 people in support of Israel in Paris
Several thousand people demonstrated their support for Israel on Monday evening in Paris. AFP / Julien De Rosa
16,000 people gathered Monday evening in Paris to pay tribute to the victims of the crimes perpetrated since Saturday morning by the armed wing of Hamas. A gathering which has not escaped controversy. Our report.
06:03
Threats to hostages
Hamas threatened Monday evening to execute Israeli hostages in response to increasing Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip on the third day of the massive offensive launched by the Palestinian Islamist movement, which left more than 1,600 dead on both sides. else.
This threat comes after the “total siege” imposed Monday by Israel on the Gaza Strip controlled since 2007 by Hamas. It is being shelled by the Israeli army in response to the unprecedented deadly attack launched on Saturday by Hamas by land, air and sea. “Any strike without prior warning targeting the civilians of our people in their homes will have a regrettable response through the execution of one of the enemy’s civilian hostages,” said Abu Ubaida, Hamas spokesperson.
06:03
The United States points to Iran’s responsibility
The spokesperson for the American National Security Council, John Kirby, estimated Monday evening that Iran was “complicit” in Hamas attacks in Israel. “They have supported Hamas for years,” he said, indicating that the United States was “actively” seeking “evidence” of Tehran’s involvement in the Hamas operation.
05:58
Iran urged not to “expand conflict”
Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz, Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak and Giorgia Meloni also call in this joint statement Iran “not to seek to take advantage of the situation (…), nor to extend the conflict beyond Gaza”.
05:57
France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom and United States united in “support” of Israel
France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States issued a joint statement Monday evening in which they affirmed that they “will support Israel’s efforts to defend itself.”
“We all recognize the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people,” it reads. “But let us make no mistake: Hamas does not represent these aspirations and offers nothing to the Palestinian people other than more terror and bloodshed,” he said.
05:56
Welcome
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