2023-10-08 19:31:04
“It’s our 9/11. For us, it is a similar event in the sense that it will change the rules of the game. It is a new paradigm,” said the international spokesperson for Israeli army, Richard Hecht, on the impact that Al Qaeda’s attack on the Twin Towers in New York had on the US.
Israel and Gaza militias entered war yesterday after Hamas launched an intense multiple offensive, by land, sea and air, and infiltrated Israeli territory, shooting, attacking, and kidnapping at least a hundred Israelis, including civilians. .
In retaliation, the Israeli Army yesterday began a strong response by bombing Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, which according to the latest figures released by the Palestinian Ministry of Health have left at least 370 dead and more than 2,200 injured.
The Army has confirmed that there are still Hamas troops inside Israeli territory, with whom there is active combat in several communities near the Gaza area, but He claims to have killed some 400 “terrorists” inside Gaza and several hundred on Israeli soil.
For their part, the Gaza militias have not stopped launching rockets, more than 3,500, which yesterday reached parts of central Israel, such as Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, although today the anti-aircraft alarms were only activated in the south of the country.
A “very severe” response
“The numbers are unprecedented. We are going to respond very severely to this. “In the coming days it will be a long fight, we will do whatever is necessary to respond to this barbaric attack,” said Hecht, who denounced that Hamas’ actions “violate international laws and Islam.”
It is not ruled out that Israel will undertake a large-scale ground offensive in the coming days, but military analysts say that it is not yet the time because there are still Hamas troops inside the country, and because of the large number of Israelis held captive in Gaza. .
More than 700 dead in Israel due to Hamas attack
The deaths in Israel from the multiple attack launched yesterday by surprise by the Islamist group Hamas exceed 700, as the second day of war with the Palestinian militias in Gaza progresses.
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The Israeli Ministry of Health confirmed that there are also more than 2,243 injured people in Israeli hospitals, 365 of them in serious condition.
The high death toll confirmed in just over 24 hours is unprecedented in the history of Israel, only comparable to the bloody first Arab-Israeli war of 1948, after the founding of the State.