According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health on November 5, more than 9,700 people have died in the Gaza Strip since the current round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out. The death toll in the West Bank reached 153. According to Israeli media citing the Israeli Ministry of Health, more than 1,400 Israelis have died in this round of conflicts.
A spokesman for the Israeli Ministry of Defense said on the 5th that the Israeli army launched a joint military operation against the Gaza Strip from sea, land and air that day, dividing the Gaza Strip into two. Palestinian media reported that on the evening of the 5th, the Israeli army launched more violent air strikes in the north and northwest of Gaza City, and Internet and communication services in the Gaza Strip were interrupted again that day.
An IDF spokesman said on the 5th that the Israeli army has completely surrounded Gaza City and divided the Gaza Strip into two. The Times of Israel quoted a military spokesman as saying that Israeli troops had reached the coast of the Gaza Strip and had taken control of the area. As of that day, the Gaza Strip was divided into northern and southern parts.
At the same time, the Israeli army continued to attack targets of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), including outposts, military positions and underground infrastructure. The Israeli army killed many armed personnel during the operation. The Israeli army also said that it found a large number of weapons, including guns, ammunition, suicide drones and guided weapons, in a residential house in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, and destroyed a nearby laboratory used to make explosives .
According to Palestinian media reports, on the evening of the 5th local time, the Israeli army launched an “unprecedented” air strike on the northern and northwest areas of Gaza City. Some media said that the Israeli army launched hundreds of air strikes on the Gaza Strip in less than an hour. air strikes. Hamas said that Israel carried out heavy bombardment of areas near many hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip that night.
The Qassam Brigades, an armed faction affiliated with Hamas, said it fought with the Israeli army in many places in the Gaza Strip on the 4th and 5th, completely or partially destroying more than 20 Israeli military vehicles, including tanks and armored vehicles. The Qassan Brigade also said that it, together with the “Quds Brigade”, an armed faction of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Jihad), attacked Israeli military vehicles in the southern area of Tal Hawa, southwest of Gaza City.
On the 5th, multiple Israeli cities, including Tel Aviv, continued to be attacked by rockets and air defense sirens were sounded. Witnesses said that explosions were heard in downtown Tel Aviv. There are currently no reports of casualties.
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2023-11-06 01:22:00
