– Fighter jets, combat helicopters and planes from the IDF continue to heavily attack terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip. During the day, the IDF attacked around 250 military targets, most of them in the north of the Gaza Strip.
This is what the Israeli military, the IDF, writes on X.
They also claim to have killed the commander of the southern district of Hamas’s military brigade.
– In addition, dozens of military headquarters, a number of observation posts, as well as several launch positions for the terrorist organization Hamas were destroyed, they write.
The information has not been confirmed by independent sources.
Warns the US
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says that the country can no longer stand by if the Gaza attacks continue, and that the United States will suffer heavy losses if the Gaza war expands.
– We have conveyed our message to the Zionist regime through its allies that if they do not stop their atrocities in Gaza, we can no longer remain an observer, he says.
He also warns the US.
– If the war develops into something bigger, significant damage will be inflicted on America, he says.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that they cannot rule out Iran becoming involved in the war between Israel and Hamas “in one way or another”.
– We cannot rule out Iran choosing to become directly involved in one way or another, we must be prepared for all possibilities, he told CBS.
– Aware of risk
Sullivan further says that the US is concerned that Hezbollah or other Iran-allied forces are opening a new front in the north.
– It is a risk we have been aware of from the very beginning, and that is why President Joe Biden so quickly sent an aircraft carrier to the region – to send a clear message to any state or actor who wants to exploit the situation, he says.
The United States sent the world’s largest warship, the USS “Gerald Ford” – which visited Norway this summer – to the Mediterranean earlier this week. But they have now sent an extra ship to the site.
Biden has made it clear that the ships are not being deployed to participate in the fighting, but to show support for Israel and act as a deterrent to potential enemies.
Hit by rocket
Headquarters of the UN peacekeeping forces have been hit by a rocket in Lebanon, writes the Reuters news agency.
– Despite our efforts, the military escalation continues at the Lebanon-Israel border, writes the UN in a statement.
On Sunday, they saw intense exchanges of fire in several places along the border.
The headquarters is in Naqoura, and the UN is working to verify where the rocket was sent from.
– Our peacekeeping forces were not in shelters when it happened. Fortunately, no one was injured, they write in the statement.
This happened on Sunday
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says in a statement on Sunday evening that Hamas’s actions do not represent Palestinian attitudes. Reuters writes. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says Israeli leaders and security authorities failed when it came to protecting its citizens, Reuters writes. The Israeli Defense Forces have informed 155 families of civilians being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas, a spokesman says from the IDF. A spokesman for the Israeli Defense Forces reports that 600,000 have evacuated to the south of Gaza. A spokesman for the Israeli military says in a statement that Israel is prepared to fight on two fronts.
– And more, if necessary, says the spokesperson.
Chief of Staff of the Israeli troops, Herzl Halevi, says in a statement that their responsibility now is to enter Gaza, go to places where Hamas is located and “hit them hard”.
– Any commander and soldier, and we will destroy all infrastructure. In one word: Win, he says in the statement.
He is said to have spoken to soldiers near the border with Gaza.
– You are going to do something big and important that will change the situation for a long time, he is said to have told them.
The Palestinian Civil Defense reports that more than 1,000 people are still missing in the ruins of the Gaza Strip.
Sources: NTB, Reuters, Haaretz.
2023-10-15 20:37:30
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