Live ticker War in the Middle East
Israel uses Arrow 3 missile system for the first time
According to the US, Israel is ready for ceasefires
According to the US, Israel has agreed to daily ceasefires. The US presidential office in Washington said these would apply for four hours each in the northern Gaza Strip. Reporters Marko Reinke and Paul Ronzheimer summarize the current war overview.
According to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, the Arrow 3 missile defense system has been used for the first time. The system intercepted a surface-to-surface missile. In the USA, pro-Palestinian activists occupy the lobby of the New York Times. More in the live ticker.
IIsrael has successfully deployed the new Arrow 3 missile defense system for the first time. An object fired at Israel was intercepted in the Red Sea area, the Israeli Defense Ministry said late on Thursday evening. The Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen had previously announced that they had attacked Israel with rockets. It was initially unclear whether the missile intercepted by the Arrow 3 system was a Houthi rebel missile.
“The Arrow missile intercepted a threat that was traveling far from the state of Israel,” military spokesman Daniel Hagari said. “We intercepted a surface-to-surface missile that was fired in our direction.”
Together with David’s Sling and Iron Dome, Arrow forms Israel’s anti-aircraft defense system. Most recently, Germany also purchased the Arrow 3 missile defense system developed by Israel and the USA. The “Arrow” can destroy enemy missiles at an altitude of over 100 kilometers and thus outside the atmosphere in early space with a direct hit. Arrow consists of the command post, radar sensors, launch devices with four Arrow 3 guided missiles each and other peripheral devices.
All developments in the live ticker:
07:36 am – Around 1,000 crimes related to the Middle East conflict in Berlin
Around a month after the terrorist attack by the Islamist Hamas on Israel, the Berlin police have so far registered 1,199 crimes in connection with the intensified Middle East conflict. Most of these involved damage to property, such as painted or sprayed slogans on house walls, and crimes such as resistance to police officers during demonstrations. The police informed the German Press Agency of this (as of November 9, 2023).
386 cases of property damage related to the Middle East conflict were counted. In most cases these were graffiti, such as pro-Palestinian lettering or anti-Israel slogans. Painted pictures on the floor of sports fields or slogans sprayed using stencils against an alleged “genocide” against Palestinians were also reported.
5:09 a.m. – Response to drone attack: Israel attacks targets in Syria
In response to a drone attack on a school building in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, the Israeli army said it attacked a target in Syria. The army said it had met the organization that carried out the attack on X with. The army holds Syria “fully responsible for any terrorist activity originating from its territory.” A school was damaged by a drone on Thursday. The origin of the drone and the incident as a whole would be checked, it was initially said. There were no reports of injuries.
3:37 a.m. – Anti-Israel protesters occupy New York Times foyer
Anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters have occupied the lobby of The New York Times. With the action, the activists protested against reporting on the Middle East war, which, in their view, showed bias in favor of Israel. They also called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and accused US President Joe Biden of complicity in “genocide”. Some denied Israel’s right to exist. It was initially unclear whether there were any arrests.
Protesters in front of the New York Times building. Later they made their way into the lobby
Source: REUTERS
3:00 a.m. – Netanyahu: Israel does not want to occupy Gaza Strip
According to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel has no intention of ruling or occupying the Gaza Strip. “I think the Israeli army is doing an exceptionally good job,” Netanyahu said on Fox News. “We don’t want to rule the Gaza Strip. We don’t want to occupy him. But we want to give him and ourselves a better future,” added the head of government.
Referring to the fighting, Netanyahu said that the Israeli army was operating “extraordinarily well (…) against the terrorists on the ground and underground.” The army will “continue until we wipe out Hamas” and “nothing will stop us,” he affirmed. Netanyahu once again rejected a ceasefire without the hostages being released.
02:48 a.m. – Netanyahu wants to allow civilians safe passage out of the combat zone
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to continue to allow civilians to safely escape from the combat zone in the sealed-off Gaza Strip. “The fighting against Hamas, the Hamas terrorists, continues, but we want to allow safe passage of civilians from the combat zone in certain places for a certain period of time, a few hours here, a few hours there. And that’s what we do,” he told US broadcaster Fox News. Earlier in Washington, National Security Council Communications Director John Kirby said Israel had agreed to daily four-hour humanitarian breaks in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
11:20 p.m. – Israel’s Defense Minister: War against Hamas for years if necessary
According to Defense Minister Joav Galant, Israel is prepared to wage war against the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip for years to come. The army will find everyone involved in the October 7 massacre in Israel, he said. “No matter whether it takes a week, a month, a year and possibly even years.”
Joav Gallant
Source: dpa/Betty Ilovici
He also spoke out against a compromise with Hamas and other extremist groups in the Gaza Strip, saying they had harmed and murdered Israeli citizens. “We will eliminate them all.” The army has also started using new methods to destroy the tunnels in the Gaza Strip. Galant left it open what exactly these look like.