Hamas Claims Gaza Rockets – Netanyahu Asserts Final Victory – 2024-10-08 01:02:04

The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas, claimed responsibility this morning for rockets fired from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel as the country began a day of events to mark the first anniversary of the 7th of October.

“We were aiming [ένα κιμπούτς και μια στρατιωτική βάση καθώς και μια συγκέντρωση ισραηλινών στρατιωτών] with number of rockets“, it is stated in a statement of the al-Qassam Brigades. The Israeli army announced that it had intercepted three missiles coming from the Gaza Strip, while a fourth “fell into an uninhabited zone».

Netanyahu’s assurances of the final victory

Benjamin Netanyahu has promised victory over the “enemies of the country” as Israel commemorates the victims of the attack launched exactly one year ago by Hamas, sparking the war in the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli prime minister, a week after the army launched ground operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, visited soldiers stationed in northern Israel and assured them that “together we will fight and together we will win.”

“A year ago, we received a terrible blow,” he said, referring to the Hamas attack. Noting that much had changed in the twelve months that followed, Netanyahu told the soldiers: “The whole world is amazed by the blows you are dealing with our enemies.”

The Israeli prime minister is expected to address the nation on Monday on the anniversary of the attack launched by Hamas that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip.

Conversation between the Ministers of Defense of Israel and the USA

The US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, spoke by phone yesterday, Sunday, October 6, with the Israeli Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallad, the US Pentagon announced.

The two ministers discussed Iran’s destabilizing actions in the Middle East. At the same time, they discussed the current situation in Lebanon and the Middle East.

The American Secretary of Defense assured of the support of the USA, but also of Israel’s right to self-defense.

The two ministers reiterated their joint commitment to exercise deterrence against Iran. But they also targeted his supporters in the Middle East to prevent them from taking advantage of the situation, according to the Pentagon statement.