The order to enter a Gaza will arrive soon. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told the soldiers. “The battle is moving to Hamas territory.” The goal is the military and political destruction of Hamas, but Israel's response to the terrorist organization's horrific attacks is reaching unprecedented levels of brutality: including the deprivation of food, water, medicine, electricity and fuel for the more than 2 million residents of Gaza. Salt the number of civilian deaths and injuries, especially after the explosion inAl Ahli al-Arabi hospital and the raid on the Orthodox church of the Strip, a refuge for displaced Palestinians. Meanwhile, after 11 hours of truce, the anti-aircraft sirens are sounding again in the Israeli communities on the border with Gaza due to the launch of rockets from the Strip towards southern Israel. Hamas is "prepared for a long-term conflict with Israel": this was said by the spokesperson of the al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obaida, whose statements were reported by the Arab satellite network Al-Jazeera. Hamas “controls the situation on the ground and knows when to strike,” he concluded.
Israeli raid on the Strip: "Over 100 Hamas targets hit"
I continue Israeli raid on the Strip of Gaza. The Israeli forces (IDF) announced that they had struck a "hundred of operational targets belonging to Hamas" during the night. The latest data provided by the Gaza Ministry of Health reports that almost 4 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli bombings since the start of the new conflict, most of them civilians, with over 12 injured. More than 1 million Palestinians, about half the population of Gaza, have fled the north after Israel told them to evacuate. However, around 1.400 Israelis were killed and 203 hostages in the Strip.
The Israeli army also confirmed that it had struck several military targets in the past few hours Hezbollah in south of Lebanon "in response" to yesterday's rocket and missile attacks against the north of the Jewish state. “IDF fighter jets hit three terrorists who attempted to launch anti-tank missiles towards Israel.” This was reported by the Israeli media, while there is fear of an expansion of the conflict and theAlert all over the world, especially in Europe. “The threat is high and may increase,” warns the EU.
Rafah crossing remains closed
Il Rafah crossing, the only one for Gaza not controlled by Israel for the entry of humanitarian aid – as expected – it won't open today either: CNN reports it, citing well-informed American sources and according to whom the situation at the border remains ''unstable''. There are around twenty trucks with humanitarian aid that were supposed to enter the Gaza Strip today, but "I wouldn't bet money on the trucks that will pass through tomorrow", said a source quoted by CNN. The UN confirms: "Aid to Gaza not before tomorrow."
UN: “Any military escalation will be catastrophic for Gaza”
Any escalation of Israeli military action in Gaza will be "catastrophic" for the population, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has said. “I can tell you with certainty that any further escalation or even just the continuation of military activities will be simply catastrophic for the people of Gaza,” Grandi told reporters in Japan.
