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Cover image: Israeli tanks move towards the border with the Gaza Strip, southern Israel, Thursday, October 12, 2023. Ohad Zwigenberg / AP
Since Saturday, the unprecedented Hamas attack in Israel has left more than 1,200 dead and 3,391 injured, according to the Israeli Ministry of Health, while the toll stands at 1,537 dead and 6,612 injured in the Gaza Strip, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.“Approximately 6,000 bombs were dropped on the Gaza Strip, with a total weight of 4,000 tons of explosives,” since the start of the Israeli response, according to an IDF statement on Thursday. Bombings between the two camps continue Thursday in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel.The Israeli army also announced the deployment of reinforcements to the Lebanese border. Reservist units have been deployed in recent days in localities near the Lebanese border, Daniel Hagari, spokesperson for the Israeli army, announced Thursday. On Wednesday, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for new shots from southern Lebanon.Hamas must be ” crushed “ like the Islamic State (IS) organization, said Benjamin Netanyahu. “Just as ISIS was crushed, Hamas will be crushed. And Hamas must be treated exactly the same as ISIS.”he said Thursday during a press conference, following a meeting with the American Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, visiting Israel.No water, electricity or fuel in the Gaza Strip as long as Israelis are detained there, added the Israeli energy minister, Israel Katz on. “Humanitarian aid to Gaza? No electrical switches will be turned on, no water pumps will be turned on, and no fuel trucks will enter until the kidnapped Israelis return home (…). And no one can lecture us “, he wrote Thursday.The President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas, for his part, demanded the “immediate end of the aggression against the Palestinian people” and castigated the killing of civilians “in both camps”, during a meeting Thursday in Amman with the King of Jordan, according to a press release from the Palestinian presidency. He is due to meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday.“Hamas is a terrorist movement” Who “seeks the destruction and death of the people of Israel”for his part declared Emmanuel Macron, calling for a “strong and fair response” from Israel, during a televised speech Thursday evening. Defending Israel’s right to defend itself, the French president recalled that this must be done “in a targeted manner”, “while preserving civilian populations”.Thirteen French people were killed in Hamas attacks against Israel and seventeen are still missing, according to Emmanuel Macron. “France is doing everything possible (…) to return safely” the French hostages, because “France never abandons its children”he added.A first special Air France flight landed in Paris on Thursday evening, around 9 p.m.. Several special flights will be organized, Friday and Saturday, between Israel and France for French nationals who have not yet found a commercial flight to return to the national territory, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Many other countries are organizing flights this weekend to evacuate their nationals.
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