The Israeli army is continuing to increase combined land-sea-air operations. In the last few hours – he updated the military spokesman – soldiers fighting against Hamas inside Gaza foiled “attempted attacks by numerous terrorist cells trying to target troops”. Furthermore – he added – 4 senior Hamas military leaders were eliminated.
“We have extended our activity inside the Strip, increasing the forces involved”, I had said army spokesman Daniel Hagari commenting on the news from Palestinian sources on the presence of tanks and soldiers near Gaza City, in particular the Sallah-a-din artery. Sources on the spot then explained to ANSA that the Israeli tanks withdrew.
Missile warning sirens from Gaza late in the morning in central Israel and also in Jerusalemthe army said.
Always according to the military spokesman, during the night “dozens of terrorists who had barricaded themselves in buildings and tunnels trying to attack the soldiers were killed”. In a clash – he added – an aircraft, directed by ground troops, hit a training site inside a building with over 20 Hamas terrorists”. Over the last few days, over 600 targets have been hit.
And after a few hours’ break The launch of rockets from Gaza towards the Israeli communities close to the Strip resumed in the morningin particular the town of Netivot, the army said.
The police, meanwhile, announced that they had identified the bodies of 1,135 Israelis killed since the Hamas attack began on October 7. According to the same source – cited by the media – of the total, 823 are civilians and 312 soldiers.
According to Hamas Ministry of Health as reported by Sky News, the deaths in the Gaza Strip have risen to 8,306, 3,457 of them are “children”.
Hamas releases a video of three women hostages
Hamas released a video of three women taken hostage in Gaza. The film, lasting one minute and 16 seconds and which was viewed by ANSA, was released by Hamas accounts on social media.
22-year-old German Shani Louk has died
Israeli President Isaac Herzog confirmed the death of the 22-year-old German-Israeli Shani Loukkidnapped on 7 October by Hamas.
“Unfortunately yesterday we received the news that my daughter is no longer alive,” her mother told RTL Shani Louk, recognized in a video in which the terrorists transported her defenseless and half-naked in a jeep. In recent weeks it emerged that Shani was still alive but “seriously injured” in a hospital in Gaza. The family had made several appeals for help to the German government. On October 7, Shani Louk was attending the music rave attacked by Hamas terrorists.
Attack in Jerusalem, Israeli policeman injured
An Israeli police officer was seriously injured in Jerusalem: he was stabbed near the Shivtey Israel light rail station. The attacker – the police and emergency services said – was killed on the spot.
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2023-10-30 13:33:00
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