Gaza war
Israel’s Defense Minister: Intense fighting in northern Gaza ended – terrorists killed again
Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip
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Israel’s military has been fighting Hamas in Gaza for more than 100 days. According to Israel’s defense minister, intense fighting has ended in the north of the Gaza Strip. Israel’s army says it has once again killed terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
The intensive fighting by the Israeli armed forces against the Islamist Hamas in the north of the According to the Ministry of Defense, the Gaza Strip has ended. The intensive phase of the ground offensive will soon be over in the south of the sealed-off coastal strip in the area of the city of Khan Yunis, the newspaper “The Times of Israel” quoted Israeli Defense Minister Joav Galant as saying on Monday.
“At the end of the war, there will no longer be a military threat from the Gaza Strip. Hamas will not be able to control the Gaza Strip and act as a military force. The Israel Defense Forces will have full freedom of action to do whatever it takes Defense of the citizens of Israel is necessary,” Galant said. “It may take a long time, but this is how it will end – with total victory.”
Israel’s army kills terrorists in the Gaza Strip
Although the period of intense fighting will soon end, the armed forces must maintain military pressure to secure the release of the remaining Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip. “If the fire stops, the hostages’ fate will be sealed in Hamas captivity for many years,” Galant said. “Without military pressure, no one will talk to us. The hostages can only be freed from a position of strength.”
Israel’s army says it has killed terrorists in the Gaza Strip again. In Beit Lahia in the north of the coastal region, dozens of members of Palestinian terrorist organizations were killed in an army operation, the military said on Tuesday. Soldiers also discovered around 100 rocket launchers and 60 ready-to-use rockets.
According to Tuesday, Israel’s army attacked nine terrorists in the Al-Shati refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip. The military killed two armed terrorists in the city of Khan Yunis in the south of the Palestinian territory. The information could not initially be independently verified.
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Hamas and other extremist groups still occasionally fire rockets toward Israel. A number of projectiles also flew from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Israel’s army reported a rocket alarm in the south of the country. Israeli media reported an impact in an Israeli town near the Gaza Strip. It was the most violent rocket attack in several weeks, the Times of Israel reported. There were initially no reports of injuries.
In view of the numerous civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip, international pressure on Israel has recently increased to at least reduce the intensity of the attacks. For weeks, Washington has been pushing to move from the intensive phase of heavy bombing to more targeted strikes against the Islamist Hamas. The news portal Axios reported that US President Joe Biden is “increasingly frustrated” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rejection of most of the US government’s recent requests on the Gaza war.
The war was triggered by the attack on Israel by Hamas and other terrorist groups on October 7th. More than 1,200 people were killed and around 250 others were taken hostage in the Gaza Strip. Israel responded with massive air strikes and a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. According to the Hamas-controlled health authority, more than 24,000 people have been killed and more than 60,000 injured since then. According to the Israeli army, around 9,000 members of the Islamist Hamas and other terrorist organizations have been killed since the start of the war.