Hamas, for its part, has threatened to execute hostages for any Israeli bombardment of Gaza. The number of dead in Israel now exceeds 900 after Hamas’s attack by land, sea and air on Saturday, while the death toll in the Gaza Strip totals 687, including 140 children.
The Israeli army reported on Tuesday that since the start of the conflict with the Palestinian Islamic group HamasLast Saturday, a total of 1,707 targets were attacked in the Gaza Strip. In addition, the Israeli military has stated that it is the full border control with the Strip. Hamas, for its part, has threatened to execute hostages for any Israeli bombardment of Gaza.
The targets hit by the Israelis included “475 rocket launch sites; 73 combat and terrorist targets; 24 strategic military infrastructure and 22 underground targets,” a military statement said.
The number of deaths in Israel now exceeds 900 Hamas attack on land, sea and in the air on Saturday, while a total of 687 people were killed in the Gaza Strip, including 140 children, on the third day of the war between Israel and Palestinian militias, which also kidnapped more than a hundred Israeli civilians, who were taken to Gaza. A Basque citizen 46-year-old Iván Illarramendi Saizar has been missing in Israel since Saturday.
Israel’s Health Ministry has confirmed that 2,600 people have been injured, including at least 376 in serious condition, as a result of the Palestinian militias’ aggression and the launch of more than 4,400 rockets from the enclave, although the majority have been intercepted.
There are already 3,726 wounded in Gaza, according to the latest count from the Health Ministry of the Gaza Strip, which has suffered heavy bombardment since Monday by Israeli aviation, which has attacked numerous civilian infrastructure and residential buildings.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordered this on Monday total blockade of the Gaza Stripmeaning the Palestinian enclave exists no electricity supplyfood and fuel, in the middle of one war.
Israel already had one blockade by air, land and sea in the Gaza Strip since 2007, when Hamas took control of the enclave which, with 2.2 million inhabitants, has a single power plant that requires fuel to operate and supply hospitals, homes and shelters.
The Hebrew state declared itself in on Saturday state of warafter Hamas launched an unprecedented multi-pronged attack by land, sea and air, surprising the country with the launch of thousands of rockets and ground incursions by militiamen into Israeli territory.
Two journalists have died and another was injured this morning as a result of a bombing by Israeli aircraft on the Hajji Tower, the building where they worked, in the Gaza Strip. The building where they were located has been completely destroyed, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbasthe UN Secretary General has asked: Antonio Guterres, to intervene “immediately” to stop “Israeli aggression” against the Palestinians. Abbas stressed during a telephone conversation the importance of providing aid to civilians so that the United Nations intervention would aim to “prevent a humanitarian disaster” in Gaza.
In this sense, the European Commission has announced that it will launch an “urgent” regulatory review European Union aid to Palestine to ensure that no European financing can finance terrorist activities against Israel and has clarified that “as there are no scheduled payments, there will be no suspension of payments either.”
The European Union’s foreign ministers will meet on Tuesday Extraordinary meeting to talk about the situation in Israel, European sources said. The meeting will take place via video conference.
Source: EITB
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