Fears of a ground invasion of the beleaguered area have been raised as the Israeli military gathered almost 100,000 reserve soldiers close to the Gaza Strip in an effort to retake control of a desert near the troubled border.
As the death toll rose past 1,100 after the third day of fighting, an Israeli military spokesman said his country has gathered 100,000 reserve troops close to Gaza for the ongoing conflict with Hamas.
In a video uploaded on X, an Israeli military spokeswoman stated, “We have gathered roughly 100,000 reserve troops who are currently in southern Israel.”
It is Jonathan Conricus‘ responsibility to ensure that Hamas no longer have the military capacity to endanger Israeli people.
According to him, the Israeli military would also ensure that Hamas cannot control the Gaza Strip after the conflict is done.
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— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 8, 2023
Israeli soldiers are looking for the final Palestinian fighters who have infiltrated southern Israel, Conricus claimed.
A day after Hamas launched an unexpected attack from Gaza, unleashing a barrage of rockets and deploying a wave of fighters who shot dead civilians and kidnapped at least 100 others, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cautioned Israel to get ready for a “long and difficult” struggle on Sunday.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reported on Monday that more than 700 Israelis have died since Hamas began its extensive offensive, representing the greatest casualties for the nation since the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
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Gaza officials claimed at least 413 fatalities in the 800 targets hit by Israeli air raids on the 2.3 million-person blockaded and impoverished enclave, which many feared may be the beginning of a ground invasion.
To combat stubborn Hamas fighters in the south, where bodies of civilians had been discovered scattered over roadways and in town centres, tens of thousands of Israeli soldiers had been sent there.
After the devastating opening assault, a second night fell, and military spokesman Daniel Hagari declared that “the enemy is still on the ground.”
“Additional support for Israel in the face of this unprecedented terrorist assault by Hamas,” US President Joe Biden enjoined.
Washington “will be rapidly providing the Israel Defence Forces with additional equipment and resources, including munitions,” according to US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin.
Austin announced that Washington was expanding the number of fighter aircraft squadrons in the area and ordered the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier and a group of warships to the eastern Mediterranean.
The US assistance, according to Hamas, amounts to “aggression” against Palestinians.
The violence has an international influence; several other nations, including Brazil, Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Nepal, Thailand, and Ukraine, have reported people dead, kidnapped, or missing.
A spokeswoman for the US National Security Council stated that “several” Americans had died in the unexpected attack but gave no other information.
Monday saw a more than 4% increase in oil prices, raising worries about potential supply shocks from the region with abundant crude.
In early Asian trading, Brent increased 4.7% to $86.65 and West Texas Intermediate increased 4.5% to $88.39.
Captive over Gaza
After at least 100 Israelis were taken captive by Hamas and sent to Gaza, photographs of the bruised hostages started to circulate on social media, shocking and shocking Israel.
When Lebanon’s Hezbollah launched guided missiles and artillery shells Sunday “in solidarity” with the unprecedented Hamas offensive, Israel too came under attack from the north. No one was hurt.
Israel retaliated by firing artillery across the UN-supervised boundary.
Rockets were fired from Gaza towards Israel as the Israeli army continues air strikes against Gaza https://t.co/1ykzh5BFxl pic.twitter.com/uXiwqilUOZ
— Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) October 8, 2023
Hezbollah should stay out of this, the army’s spokesman Richard Hecht advised. “If they come, we are ready.”
towards least 3,000 rockets were launched towards Israel by Hamas during their multi-pronged onslaught on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, while fighters sneaked into cities and kibbutz communities and stormed an outdoor rave where many revellers were shot dead.
Director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative Jonathan Panikoff stated that “Israel was caught off guard by the unprecedented attack.” “I´ve heard multiple comparisons to 9/11, and many Israelis are struggling to understand how this could have happened.”
The attack by Hamas, which Washington and Brussels regard to be a terrorist organisation, has been denounced by Western capitals.
The attack has been praised by Israel’s adversaries, including Iran, whose president, Ebrahim Raisi, expressed support for it in conversations with the heads of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations were held in the United States, Iraq, Pakistan, and other nations, and security was stepped up around Jewish temples and schools in Germany and France, among other countries.
A police officer shot at Israeli tourists “at random” in Alexandria, Egypt, killing two of them as well as their Egyptian tour guide before being taken into custody.
Despite receiving support from political rivals, Netanyahu, the head of a hard-right coalition government, has promised to reduce Hamas strongholds “to rubble” and has urged Palestinians to leave.
Netanyahu posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying “We are beginning a long and difficult war that was forced on us by a murderous Hamas attack.”
The central bank and a mosque in Khan Yunis, Gaza, as well as several residential structures have been damaged by Israeli attacks.
We’re not giving up
Hamas has termed their attack “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” and urged “Arab and Islamic nations” as well as “resistance fighters in the West Bank” to take part.
Its strike, which occurred 50 years after the start of the Yom Kippur War in Israel in 1973, sparked vehement recriminations for what was largely regarded as a major intelligence failure.
Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas, declared “victory” and promised to continue “the battle to liberate our land and our prisoners languishing in occupation prisons.”
Many Gazans expressed their defiance.
Mohammed Saq Allah, 23, declared that “we will not give up” and that “we are here to stay.” “This is our land, and we will not abandon our land.”
The US and Israel suffered a setback when the UN Security Council failed to unanimously condemn Hamas during an emergency meeting on Sunday. Russia and China are urging the council members to take a more comprehensive approach to the situation in order to end the decades-long crisis after the Palestinian resistance group severely damaged Tel Aviv on Saturday.
The UN Security Council continued to support Israel while it was subjected to a severe attack, but the US expressed disappointment that there was no widespread consensus, which highlights how delicate the situation was.
The UN’s Russian envoy, Vassily Nebenzia, stated, “My message was to stop the fighting immediately and to go to a ceasefire and to meaningful negotiations, which was told for decades.”
“This is partly the result of unresolved issues,” he stated.
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