Live ticker War in the Middle East
Hamas fires rockets at Tel Aviv
“Hamas is not just a terrorist organization, it is an ideology”
Israel continues its heavy bombardment in the Gaza Strip, especially in the southern part where most civilians have fled. “Dozens of military aircraft flew over my house,” says Israeli intelligence expert Shlomo Shpiro in an interview with WELT TV.
Hamas fires rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip – ten were fired at the coastal city of Tel Aviv alone. Negotiations regarding the release of further hostages have come to a temporary end. More in the live ticker.
DThe armed wing of the radical Islamic Hamas says it has fired a barrage of rockets at Tel Aviv in response to Israel’s ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip. This is reported by the Al-Kassam Brigades.
Israeli television reported that a total of ten projectiles were fired from the Gaza Strip into the Tel Aviv area. According to medics, a 22-year-old was injured by rocket fragments in the city of Cholon, south of Tel Aviv.
According to Palestinian media reports, Israeli forces are carrying out extensive air and artillery strikes across the Gaza Strip. Among other things, the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis was attacked, reports the pro-Hamas news agency Shehab.
All developments in the live ticker:
04:00 – Britain helps Israel search for hostages
Great Britain is supporting Israel in its search for the hostages still in the Gaza Strip in the hands of the terrorist organization Hamas. “In support of the ongoing hostage rescue operation, the British Ministry of Defense will conduct surveillance flights over the Eastern Mediterranean, including operating in the airspace over Israel and Gaza,” the British government said. The surveillance aircraft are unarmed and are used exclusively to locate hostages. Only information relating to the hostage rescue would be passed on to the responsible authorities, it said.
11:10 p.m. – Civilians are at the center of the Gaza war
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin emphasizes the need to protect civilians in the Gaza Strip. “In this type of battle, the civilian population is the center of interest. And when you drive them into the arms of the enemy, you replace a tactical victory with a strategic defeat,” says Austin. I have repeatedly made it clear to the Israeli leadership that protecting Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip is both a moral responsibility and a strategic necessity.
10:55 p.m. – Provisional end to negotiations for further hostage release
The negotiations for a new ceasefire in the Middle East war are therefore at a dead end. Israel broke off talks on another ceasefire in Qatar on Saturday. The Israeli government announced that the delegation from the Mossad secret service had been withdrawn. The radical Islamic Hamas did not fulfill its part of the agreement and did not release all the children and women who were on the agreed list.
Israel called on Hamas to release 17 women and children still being held in the Gaza Strip. Hamas has not kept its promise to release these hostages, said Israeli Defense Minister Joaw Gallant.
10:10 p.m. – Hamas bombards Tel Aviv with a barrage of rockets
The armed wing of the radical Islamic Hamas says it has fired a barrage of rockets at Tel Aviv in response to Israel’s ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip. This is reported by the Al-Kassam Brigades.
Israeli television reported that a total of ten projectiles were fired from the Gaza Strip into the Tel Aviv area. According to medics, a 22-year-old was injured by rocket fragments in the city of Cholon, south of Tel Aviv.
9:30 p.m. – According to Netanyahu, Israel wants to continue the war against Hamas until all goals are achieved
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that he will continue the war against the radical Islamic Palestinian organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip “until we have achieved all our goals”. This includes the release of all Israeli hostages and the elimination of Hamas, he said. The continuation of the ground offensive in the Gaza Strip is “indispensable”.
“Our soldiers have been preparing for a total victory against Hamas during the days of the ceasefire,” Netanyahu said at his first news conference since the end of a seven-day lull in fighting with Hamas on Friday.