Israeli army kills several Hezbollah members – 100 bodies discovered in kibbutz
“Hamas threatens to kill Israeli hostages”
The Islamist Hamas has threatened to kill Israeli hostages if there are attacks on so-called “civilian” targets in the Gaza area. Hamas murdered hundreds of people and kidnapped over 100 from Israel in its major attack. Paul Ronzheimer classifies the events.
While Israel is getting the situation in the Gaza Strip somewhat under control after the bloody Hamas attack, there is a risk of further escalation on the northern border with Lebanon. Meanwhile, numerous dead people were recovered from a completely destroyed kibbutz.
Noh that Major attack by the Islamist Hamas According to media reports, the number of deaths in Israel from the Gaza Strip has risen to 900. According to the government press office, around 2,600 people were injured.
Alone in the completely destroyed Kibbutz Be’eri near the Gaza Strip with around 1,000 residents were searched on Monday, the first day of the search. more than 100 bodies recovered, as the media reported, citing rescue workers. More deaths are feared there.
According to Israeli President Izchak Herzog Not since the Holocaust have there been so many Jews in one day killed as in the Hamas terrorist attacks on Saturday. “Not since the Holocaust have we seen Jewish women and children, grandparents – even Holocaust survivors – being crammed into trucks and taken into captivity,” he said, according to his spokesman.
According to the latest information from the Israeli government, Hamas fighters abducted approximately 150 people from southern Israel to the Gaza Strip. According to the Foreign Office, those abducted also included people with German citizenship. The terrorist group threatened to execute hostagesIsrael should attack the Gaza Strip from the air without warning.
In Israeli air strikes in response to the major attack in the Gaza Strip According to the local Ministry of Health, at least 687 people killed and more than 3,800 injured.
Israel’s army attacks targets in Lebanon
Several too Hezbollah members were killed by Israeli fire on Monday. The Shiite terrorist organization announced in the evening that three fighters had died as a result of “Zionist aggression”. Hezbollah then fired rockets into northern Israel, and the Israeli military responded with artillery fire. Israel’s army attacked Hezbollah targets in the afternoon with helicopter gunships Lebanon attacked.
An Israeli Apache attack helicopter in the north of the country on Monday
Source: REUTERS
According to their own statements, Israeli soldiers had previously shot several armed men who had advanced into Israel from its northern neighbor. Hezbollah, which is closely allied with Iran, denied involvement in the incident.
In the evening the radical Islamic group claimed responsibility Al-Quds Brigades to the attack from Lebanon. This is part of a larger push. Seven “Zionist soldiers” were injured. On Sunday, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for rocket fire from southeast Lebanon into the Israeli border area.
Israel mobilizes 300,000 reservists
In the morning, the Israeli army said it had the control in those of Hamas places attacked. “We have control of the places,” said army spokesman Daniel Hagari, but terrorists could still be in the region. There are still isolated clashes with Hamas fighters, a military spokesman said.
According to media reports, it was in the Israeli city of Sderot Fierce exchanges of gunfire broke out in a swimming pool. There were several Israeli injuries. The Israeli military said the paratrooper brigade was engaged in a “stubborn battle.” Sderot is located about a kilometer from the Gaza Strip.
Israel mobilizes around 1,000 people after the major attack 300,000 reservists. This is the largest mobilization in Israeli history in such a short period of time, an army spokesman confirmed. “We have never called up so many reservists on such a scale,” said military spokesman Daniel Hagari. “We’re going on the offensive.”
The Israeli army moves into position on the border with the Gaza Strip
Source: AFP/JACK GUEZ
Israel also tightened measures against the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Defense Minister Joaw Gallant announced a “total blockade” of the area of about 2.3 million people. This includes a ban on imports of food and fuel.
There were clashes in the West Bank on Monday. Three Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli security forces in Ramallah, according to the Health Ministry.
Hamas’ weekend attack was the worst attack on Israel since the Yom Kippur War exactly 50 years ago. The Palestinian organization ruling in the Gaza Strip launched its major attack unexpectedly on Saturday morning. It fired thousands of rockets at Israel and, according to the Israeli army, entered Israeli territory with an estimated thousand fighters.
US President Joe Biden said on Monday evening that eleven US citizens were killed in the attack over the weekend. The Foreign Ministry in Paris said that two French people were among those killed.