2023-10-13 07:35:00
Gaza and Israel They enter a state of total war. After the unprecedented attack on Israeli territory, the Hebrew Army has begun an air campaign on targets in Hamas and the Islamic Jihad in the enclave, which has also reached the perpetually punished Gazan population. The magnitude of the offensive with more than 5,000 rockets launched by Hamas at the end of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot and the raids and kidnappings of the Israeli population are provoking a violent response from the Jewish State, with a toll of at least 700 people dead on the Israeli side and 400 Palestinians dead. “The State of Israel will win this war,” said Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Below are some keys about the escalation and origin of one of the biggest security errors in Israel in recent years.
surprise attack
The attack has taken Israeli citizens by surprise, immersed in the lethargy typical of shabbat Jew and the excitement of the end of the Sukkot holiday. During the early hours of Saturday, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israeli territory, spreading terror in cities such as Tel Aviv and even Jerusalem. According to its leaders, there have been more than 5,000 projectiles launched. Besides, several groups of Palestinian militants have infiltrated Israeli border towns where various shootings have been reported and some Israeli citizens have been taken hostage. From these towns, their inhabitants are asking for help from the Army, which has not yet reached their streets and has left them alone in defending their homes against the Palestinian gunmen, according to several Israeli media reports.
The strength, sophistication and timing of the attack, marked by deep divisions in society and politics Israelis, has caught the population of the Jewish State by surprise, but above all its leaders. After taking several hours to respond, the magnitude of the offensive has forced them to immediately declare a state of total war in the country. “Citizens of Israel, we are at war; this is not an operation or an escalation, but a war,” said the prime minister. Benjamin Netanyahu. “We are at war and we will win it; our enemy will pay a price they have never known,” he added. Following the launch of the ‘Al Aqsa Flood’ operation announced this morning by the armed wing of the Islamist movement, the Ezzedin Brigades al Qassam, the Israeli Army has announced the counterattack campaign ‘Iron sword’ that dozens of Israeli warplanes are flying over the Palestinian enclave.
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The attack initiated by Hamas is framed in a context of high tensions in the Palestinian territories. In recent days, four Palestinians have been murdered in the West Bank, adding to the total count of 200 killed by Israeli fire so far this year, the increasing and unpunished attacks by Israeli settlers, especially in the town of Huwara, and the tensions in the Al Aqsa mosque complex. Jewish holidays end this weekend with Sukkot, and, in recent weeks, several Jews have broken into the vicinity of the sacred Muslim complex, in addition to other religious offenses. The continued protests on the border with Gaza in the last month have also increased tensions between both sides. For Palestinian society, the occupation is reaching unbearable levels.
Israelis captive in Gaza
Since Saturday morning, Hamas has accumulated many snapshots of victory: Israeli cities completely terrified, trails of civilian casualties, Palestinians perched on tanks and Israeli military vehicles… But the greatest achievement with longer-term consequences is probably the taking of Israeli civilians and soldiers as hostages inside Gaza. The bloody war of 2014 began with the kidnapping of three Israeli soldiers. This time, the number of captives, alive and dead, is multiplied by 20. According to the deputy head of Hamas’s political bureau, Saleh al Arouri, the group has captured enough Israeli soldiers for Israeli authorities to release all of them. palestinian prisoners in their prisons. “We managed to kill and capture many Israeli soldiers; The fighting continues,” he told Al Jazeera. The presence of all these captives in the enclave, in turn, hinders the possibilities of an Israeli ground incursion in the coming days.
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