Hams announces the death of some 50 Israeli hostages in the bombings on Gaza

2023-10-26 17:09:00

Bombing on Gaza City, this Thursday. MOHAMMED SABER | EFE

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26 oct 2023 . Updated at 5:57 p.m.

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hams) has announced the death of fifty hostages due to the bombings carried out by Israeli forces against the Gaza Strip. In a statement, Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Al Qasam Brigades-the armed wing of Hams-, reported the deaths of approximately 50 Zionist prisoners as a result of the bombings and massacres, without further details.

In recent days Hams has put release four hostages: mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan, with American nationalityand released on Friday, and the elderly Israeli women Yochved Lifshitz and Nurit Cooper, released by Hams this Monday.

This same Thursday, the Israeli authorities had raised224 the number of peoplekidnapped by the Palestinian armed group during the attacks, and there were 309 military deaths since then. The four freed hostages were not included in this list. According to data provided by the Israeli Government, more than half of the hostages have foreign passports from about 25 countries. Among those kidnapped there are at least 54 people of Thai nationality. The Thais are one of the largest groups of migrant workers in Israel, along with Filipinos, and also one of the nationalities with the highest fatalities in the incursion of the armed wing of Hamas in areas Israeli forces near the Gaza Strip on October 7. Some 30,000 Thais were in Israel, including 5,000 employed in the agricultural sector near the Gaza Strip, at the time of the assault.

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Israel claims it eliminated mastermind of Oct. 7 Hams attacks

The number two of the Intelligence Directorate of the Palestinian Islamist group Hams, Shadi Barudwhom Israel considered the intellectual co-author of the attacks against its territory on the 7th, died in an Air Force bombing, the Israeli Army reported this Thursday.

In a statement, the Army reported that after receiving information from military intelligence and Israel’s internal intelligence service (Shin Bet), a plan was designed to attack and destroy Barud, which was executed by the air force.

According to the Israeli Army, Barud along with another of the Hams commanders, Yahya Sinwar, (considered by Israel as its main objective, whom they have not yet managed to locate) planned the action against Israeli territory on the 7th in which more than 1,400 people died. and more than two hundred were kidnapped.

Barud planned the barbaric attacks of October 7 together with Yahya Sinwar and had previously served as commander of the Hamsen Khan Yunis battalion and was responsible for planning numerous terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians, the Army said. After this, Barud held several positions in Hams military intelligence and was responsible for information security and until today was responsible for Hamas intelligence relations, the Israeli military statement said.

IDF fighter jets continue to attack terrorist infrastructure in Hamsin the Gaza Strip, including military command centers and rocket launch sites, the spokesperson added.

In turn, Israeli warplanes attacked more than 250 Hamsen targets on the last day, including operational command centers, tunnels and rocket launchers located in the heart of civilian areas, from where the Army alleged that the militias have fired.

Since the war started, 20 days ago, Israeli forces have killed a dozen senior Hams officials.

25% of Gaza’s populated area, partially or completely destroyed

Some 200,000 homes have been partially or completely destroyed by Israeli bombings on Gaza since the start of the war between Israel and the Islamist group Hams, which represents 25% of the populated area of ​​the Strip, according to the Minister of Public Works and Housing of the Authority. Palestine National (PNA).

The bombings of the occupation (Israel) eliminated entire families, erased neighborhoods, areas and residential communities with their inhabitants, beyond the destruction of facilities, including hospitals, places of worship, bakeries, gas stations, markets or schools, he denounced. Mohamed Ziara, member of the ANP, with limited power in the occupied West Bank and no control over Gaza.

In recent days, the Gaza government, controlled by Hamas, He assured that around 50% of the homes in the Strip were damaged by the Israeli attacks and that at least 28,000 houses were collapsed or completely uninhabitable.

The Israeli Army carried out a selective raid with tanks

The Israeli Army carried out a tank raid this Thursday in northern Gaza Strip prior to the next stages of the fight against the Islamist group Hamas, according to information made public by a military spokesperson.

Israel’s selective tank raid on Gaza

Reuters

The action took place a day after the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, reaffirmed that his troops will carry out a ground intervention in the Palestinian enclave. Overnight, the Israeli Defense Forces carried out a targeted raid using tanks in the northern Gaza Strip, as part of preparations for the next stages of combat, the military spokesman said.

In the operation, soldiers located and attacked numerous terrorists, terrorist infrastructure and anti-tank missile launch sites, he explained. The Israeli forces operated to prepare the battlefield and left the area at the end of the activity, he stressed in statements collected by Efe.

Furthermore, they have clarified that The troops have left the area at the end of the mission and have returned to Israeli territory, according to a statement. The Israeli Army radio announced the military operation minutes before, highlighting that the IDF has carried out an unusual and extensive ground incursion of infantry and armored forces, which has been the largest and deepest in said territory.

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Since Israel declared war against Hamas on October 7, after a massive attack by the Islamist group that left more than 1,400 dead, Israeli troops have already carried out brief ground incursions into the north of the Strip, while maintaining their constant bombings, which have left more than 7,000 dead in the enclave according to calculations by the Gaza Government, in the hands of Hamas.

For their part, the Palestinian militias in Gaza continued launching rockets at different points in Israeli territory until Wednesday night, and for the first time since the beginning of the conflict, in the direction of the city of Eilat, in the extreme south of Israel.

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