2023-10-17 19:25:47
“Last Thursday, it seemed crystal clear: the invasion of Gaza by Israeli forces, in response to that of Hamas, would begin Friday or Saturday,” remember The Jerusalem Post, citing the deadline given by the IDF to residents of the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate to the South.
However, on Monday October 16 evening, “the invasion seemed […] rather distant, at least not yet imminent”, even if the bombings in retaliation for the massacres of October 7 continue, and have already caused nearly 3,000 deaths.
Hundreds of people are believed to have lost their lives in a raid on a hospital compound in Gaza City, Gazan authorities reported on October 17. A senior commander of the armed wing of Hamas, Ayman Nofal, was also killed, the Palestinian Islamist movement announced on Tuesday.
The fear of a second front
According to sources from Jerusalem Post, “one of the factors
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