He wanted to see his family taken by Hamas and wanted Israel to fight back
The Israel-Gaza Conflict and its Implications for the Security and Security of the Middle East, according to the Israel-Lebanon Red Cross
Israel says it is still battling militants in several communities inside its borders. It says that Hamas fighters came to the towns and military bases from the Gaza Strip. The military confirms that Israelis were taken captive in Gaza, but they haven’t said how many.
Both sides had increased the death toll. The Israeli military says more than 900 Israelis were killed by Hamas attackers and rocket fire. Palestinian health officials say at least 680 people in Gaza have been killed by Israeli strikes. Both sides have been wounded.
In the north of the Israel, there have been strikes exchanged across the border with Lebanon, raising alarm at heightening regional tensions. Israel struck a site in Lebanon after receiving mortar fire from Hezbollah. Hezbollah’s involvement opens up the possibility of a multi front conflict involving Israel, Gaza and Lebanon.
Early Saturday, at 6:30 a.m. local time, Palestinian militants launched a large-scale surprise attack from the blockaded Gaza Strip on civilian and military targets in Israel. They penetrated using paragliders, and an amphibious operation in the Mediterranean Sea, according to Richard Hecht.
Netanyahu said in a TV address that Israel would turn all of Hamas’ hiding places into ruins. The military is putting up soldiers to reinforce positions and launching strikes on targets in Gaza.
Israel has put Gaza’s 2.3 million residents under complete siege, cutting off water, food, fuel and energy to the territory. Egypt has also closed its borders with Gaza.
There could be a fear that the brutality could spread. An Egyptian policeman opened fire on Israeli tourists Sunday in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, killing at least two Israelis and one Egyptian, local media reported.
Powers in the region have issued calls for a stop to the violence. The Saudi Foreign Ministry is calling for an end to the conflict.
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan spoke with Secretary of State Antony Blinken. A Saudi Statement said the Kingdom rejects the targeting of civilians, and all sides should respect international humanitarian law.
In Iran, hardliners have been upset for months over reports that Saudi Arabia might establish ties with Israel. In Tehran, the Foreign Ministry spokesman referred to Israeli visits to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque as a “desecration” and called the attack a “spontaneous move by… resistance groups”.
In support of Israel the U.S. has responded. President Biden said he spoke with Netanyahu Saturday morning, telling him the U.S. is “ready to offer all appropriate means of support” to Israel.
The Pentagon will consult with Israel to make sure it has support and is communicating with counterparts in Israel and regional allies such as the Secretary of State.
The Israeli-Israeli War of Independence and the Conflict Between the Palestinian People and the Terrorists in the Gaza Strip: Netanyahu, the U.N., and the Prime Minister
The Israeli military said Tuesday it had largely regained control of areas in the south that had been attacked by militants from Hamas. The announcement came on the fourth day of a war with Hamas which has seen heavy bombing of The Gaza Strip.
The military said it had found “hundreds and hundreds” of bodies of Hamas militants who died fighting inside Israel – an indication of the size of their attack. It said there were no longer infiltrators coming over the Gaza border – something in question still Monday. There could still be holdouts on Israeli territory.
Meanwhile, in his first televised comments since the war started, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei denied that Iran was involved in the attack but said, “We kiss the hands of those who planned the attack on the Zionist regime.”
Almost 190,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the Palestinian Gaza Strip and most are currently residing in U.N.-run schools. The U.N. agency for Palestine refugees said on X that 14 distribution centers had to be closed because of the Israeli airstrikes. The agency said that the food aid to half a million had been cut off.
The start of the bloodshed began on the Jewish Simchat Torah holiday and was followed a day later by the beginning of the Yom Kippur War.
“We have only started striking Hamas,” Netanyahu said in an address late Monday. “What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will reverberate with them for generations.”
The military wing of Hamas, known as Ezzedin Al-Qassam Brigades, has said that every time an Israeli strike without warning kills civilians, the group would “execute a civilian hostage” and said it would release audio and images. After Saturday’s incursion into Israel, about 150 people were taken hostage by Hamas.
The leaders of the US, UK, France, Germany, and Italy issued a joint statement on Monday, condemning the terrorist group Hamas.
The leaders went on to add they “recognize the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people, and support equal measures of justice and freedom for Israelis and Palestinians alike.”
“But make no mistake,” the group underscored. “Hamas doesn’t represent the Palestinian people’s ambitions, and it offers nothing to them except for more bloodshed and terror.”
Source: Israel regaining control of towns near Gaza as it works to secure border
She was the essence of American policy in the time of the September 11 terrorist attack, Biden told the Argentine High Commissioner for Human Rights and Freedom
At least 11 Americans are dead and President Biden says it is believed that American citizens are being held by Hamas.
“I have directed my team to work with their Israeli counterparts on every aspect of the hostage crisis, including sharing intelligence and deploying experts from across the United States government to consult with and advise Israeli counterparts on hostage recovery efforts,” he said in a statement.
Biden told Americans to take precautions in the days ahead, but added that commercial flights are still available for those who want to leave.
There are at least 250 people in Argentina who have signed up for an evacuated list, according to the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. 180Colombians were being helped by the Colombian consulate in Tel Aviv in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Nazareth.
Meanwhile, U.S. officials tell NPR they are offering Israel air defense and munitions and are pressing to get munitions to the country as quickly as possible.
The Department of Defense had no timetable on when the Gerald Ford Strike Group would make its way to the Mediterranean.
“This is applying too much pressure on our health professionals in the hospitals,” Abbas said. If the borders are not opened at once, there will be a collapse of the health system.
They waited for the same news from Israel’s government, even though they disagreed on how Israel should approach their campaign against Hamas. The radio version of this story was edited by Adam Bearne and Jan Johnson and produced by David West. The digital version was edited by Treye Green.
“She would drive sick Palestinians from Gaza to Israeli hospitals. So apart from being a wonderful mother and grandmother, that was her essence,” he added.
“Since she retired, she was very much involved in an organization called Women Wage Peace. Since 2015, she also volunteered with an organization called The Road to Recovery,” noted Zeigen.
“If she is being held there I think it’s something that has to be solved,” he said. I’m sure militant organizations in Gaza won’t hurt her. Her status as an old lady and their religious ethics were reasons for that.
He didn’t have time to think of the innocent people in Gaza who were caught up in the Israeli bombing campaign.
“It took me almost two days just to wake up. To understand that it isn’t a dream. It’s not a nightmare. It’s something that really happened” Shnaider told NPR’s Morning Edition.
Yassin’s search for the militant group Hamas in the village of Bibes (Midael’s Muslim brother)
Frantically searching social media for any pictures or videos from the village, that’s when he found the video of Bibes and her children, 4-year-old Ariel and 9-month-old Kfir.
When he heard that Hamas had entered Israel, he tried to reach the Bibes who live near the border.
Hamas founder and spiritual leader Yassin — a paralyzed man who used a wheelchair — spent years in Israeli prisons and oversaw the establishment of Hamas’ military wing, which carried out its first suicide attack in 1993.
The U.S. State Department has designated Hamas a terrorist group in 1997. The European Union and other countries consider it a terrorist organization.
The group has been responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israelis and has vowed to destroy Israel.
Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, after winning parliamentary elections the previous year. The Palestinian Authority, dominated by rival Fatah movement, administers semi-autonomous areas of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The current leaders of Hamas are Yehia Sinwar, who is in Gaza, and Haniyeh, who is in exile. They realigned the group’s leadership with Iran and its allies, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah. Many of the group’s leaders relocated to Lebanon.
Israel has made peace deals with Arab countries over the years without making concessions in its conflict with the Palestinians. The U.S. has recently been trying to broker a deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia, a bitter rival of Hamas’ Iranian backers.
Hamas leaders say an Israeli crackdown on militants in the West Bank, continued construction of settlements — which the international community considers to be illegal — thousands of prisoners in Israeli jails, and its ongoing blockade of Gaza pushed it to attack.
Hundreds of its 40,000 fighters took part in the assault. Israel says the group has about 30,000 fighters and an arsenal of rockets, including some with a range of about 250 kilometers (155 miles), and unmanned drones.
