Just after 11 pm Norwegian time on Saturday evening, the Israeli Defense Force, the IDF, writes that they have killed several Hamas soldiers.
– The IDF continues to attack targets all over the Gaza Strip. Terrorists were eliminated. The IDF attacks military targets from the terrorist organization Hamas, is among what they write on X.
They further claim that a combat helicopter located a building where several Hamas soldiers were staying, whereupon they allegedly attacked and killed them.
– The world must know that we are at war with Hamas, not with the people of Gaza, writes the Israeli military.
Earlier on Saturday, Israel issued a stark warning to Palestinians who have not yet evacuated northern Gaza.
– It is a matter of hours before Israel starts a significant military operation, says Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus from the Israeli military to The Express Saturday.
He asks residents to leave the area immediately for their own safety.
The deadline to evacuate was 15:00 Saturday Norwegian time.
– The deadline is less important. The important thing is that the people of Gaza listen and do what we ask of them immediately, says Conricus.
WARNING: Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus says it is hours before Israel starts a military operation. Photo: Anadolu Agency / NTB Show more
Aircraft alarm in several places
Just after 20:00, Reuters reports that the flight alert goes off in Tel Aviv. The Israeli army warns of possible incoming rockets.
At the same time, the official Telegram account of the Al-Qassam Brigades claims that they have launched rockets towards Tel Aviv.
– The Al-Qassam brigades bombard “Tel Aviv” with rockets in response to the massacres against civilians, they write on Telegram.
According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the cities of Ashkelon and Bat Yam have been hit by rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. So far no injuries have been reported.
Just before 21:30 Norwegian time, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz writes, quoting the country’s military, that they are firing artillery at Syria.
The Reuters news agency also writes that.
Shortly after 11 pm Norwegian time, a Syrian news agency writes that an Israeli aggression is targeting the airport in Aleppo, according to Reuters, without elaborating on what this entails.
Later, Reuters writes that it will be an air strike.
– The consequences of this are now being assessed, writes news agency Sana.
The airport has been closed down as a result of the incident.
Iran’s UN ambassador says in a statement on Saturday evening that if Israel’s “war crimes and genocide” do not end immediately, the situation could escalate with enormous consequences.
The time is up
Exactly one week after Hamas attacked Israel, the world is now holding its breath after the deadline for evacuating the civilian population from north to south in Gaza expired at 3 p.m. Norwegian time.
This after Israel first extended the deadline, which initially expired last night.
The evacuation order is believed to be related to Israel’s announced ground invasion of Gaza, which is aimed at Hamas. The order has provoked strong international reactions, as it concerns 1.1 million inhabitants who live in the north of the Gaza Strip.
On Saturday evening, the Israeli military said in a statement that it was preparing for a coordinated attack on the Gaza Strip, including air, ground and naval forces.
Shortly afterwards, Admiral in the Israeli military, Daniel Hagari, makes a new appeal to the Palestinian people in Gaza.
– We will attack Gaza City very soon, he says according to the AP news agency.
It is not clear how many are still in the north of the Gaza Strip, where Gaza City is located. Juliette Touma, spokeswoman for the UN, says according to AP that the only thing they know for sure is that hundreds of thousands of people have fled, and that a million people have been displaced in the last week.
NEXT STEP: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that “the next step is coming”. Photo: Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP/NTB Show more
Here is Dagbladet’s ongoing coverage of the war on Saturday evening:
● Iran sent a message to Israel on Saturday in which they point out that they do not want a further escalation in the war, and that they will have to intervene if the Israeli operation in Gaza continues.
This is written by the American newspaper Axios, which quotes “two diplomatic sources who know the situation”.
● The US government is urging Americans in Gaza to travel south towards Rafah in Egypt. That is written by Reuters.
● US President Joe Biden had telephone conversations with both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday evening Norwegian time, according to statements from the Israeli and Palestinian leaders’ offices, according to Reuters.
Netanyahu told Biden that “unity and determination” were needed to achieve Israel’s combat goals against Hamas, Netanyahu’s office said, adding that he thanked the president for his support.
Abbas’ office said the Palestinian leader told Biden that he completely rejects the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza.
● EU President Charles Michel calls the member states’ leaders to a summit on the war between Israel and Hamas on Tuesday.
The summit will take place as a video conference, reports the AFP news agency.
The Israeli army (IDF) has announced that it has prepared a coordinated offensive against the Gaza Strip with air, ground and naval forces.
– We will very soon attack Gaza city widely, said the IDF’s top spokesman Daniel Hagari in a televised speech on Saturday evening.
● FBI Director Christopher A. Wray says they have seen an increase in the number of threats after the attacks in Israel. Reuters reports.
● Just after 20:00, Reuters reports that the flight alert goes off in Tel Aviv. The Israeli army warns of possible incoming rockets. At the same time, the official Telegram account of the Al-Qassam Brigades claims that they have launched rockets towards Tel Aviv.
● A spokesperson for the Israeli military says on Saturday evening that “the aim is to completely destroy the ruling and military units of Hamas and terrorist organisations”.
– Operations will take a long time. The forces are ready in the north, he continues.
The spokesperson goes on to say that residents of Gaza City should leave the city and not return until they are told to do so by Israel.
● AP: The Israeli army announces that it is ready for a coordinated air, ground and sea attack on the Gaza Strip.
It is unclear when the large-scale offensive will begin.
The Israeli military has given civilians in the north of the Gaza Strip deadlines to travel south. The last deadline expired on Saturday at 15:00 Norwegian time.
● An estimated 35,000 people have sought refuge at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City ahead of an expected Israeli ground invasion, according to hospital management.
Director General Mohammad Abu Selim confirmed on Saturday evening to the AP news agency that the huge crowd has huddled together inside the hospital building and in the courtyard outside.
Shifa Hospital is the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip.
● A spokesperson for the Israeli military claims on Saturday evening that 126 hostages are being held in the Gaza Strip. According to the spokesperson, 279 soldiers have also been confirmed dead as a result of the war.
– We have challenging weeks ahead, says the person.
● A spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister says on Saturday that Egypt did not give them any warning about the attack on Israel by Hamas a week ago.
Furthermore, he says that there is no doubt that Israel failed in its mission to prevent attacks by Hamas. This is written by the Reuters news agency.
Early in the day last Saturday, Israel is said to have received intelligence that there could be an attack, but according to the spokesman, no one interpreted it as an attack from Gaza.
Israel is not trying to be drawn into a war between two fronts, says the spokesman for the prime minister.
● Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh says in a statement on Saturday that Palestinians will not leave Gaza.
– Palestinians will not migrate from Gaza to Egypt, says Haniyeh, according to Reuters.
● Martin Griffiths, the head of UN aid, says that the situation in Gaza was critical from before. Now it will quickly become unsustainable, he says in a statement, according to Reuters.
He further points out that there is neither electricity, water nor fuel in Gaza. He also says that food supplies are very low.
Griffiths goes on to say that all civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected from attack. He calls on all countries with influence to ensure that the rules of war are followed and that further escalation of the war is avoided, according to Reuters.
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● Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting an Israeli infantry unit in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, his office writes in a press release. This is written by the Reuters news agency.
Attached is a video of Netanyahu saying the following:
– Are you ready for the next step? The next step is coming.
He did not further explain in the video what he meant by the statement.
According to the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz Netanyahu visited the area to see the extent of the damage after Hamas’s surprise attack last Saturday.
● The border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt at Rafah will be open between 12 and 17 today (11 and 16 Norwegian time), after the US has cooperated with Egypt, Israel and Qatar on an opening. An unnamed high-ranking official in the US State Department told Reuters this.
The information about a temporary opening comes at the same time as the WHO reports that a plane carrying emergency aid to Gaza has landed on the Egyptian side, near the crossing.
● The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informs Dagbladet that there are currently over a hundred Norwegian citizens in Gaza.
– There are now around 150 Norwegian citizens in the Palestinian territories who want assistance to leave, says the Foreign Ministry’s press officer Mathias Rongved. The number 150 also includes Norwegian citizens on the West Bank.
ATTACK: Israel sent airstrikes against the city of Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, on Saturday. Photo: SAID KHATIB / AFP/NTB Show more
● Residents of four northern Israeli villages have been ordered to take cover as authorities fear the area has been infiltrated from Lebanon, state broadcaster Kan reports, as reported by Reuters.
At the same time, the Lebanese Iran-backed militia Hezbollah claims to have attacked five Israeli military outposts in the border area between Israel and Lebanon.
Spokesman for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), Amir Bohbot, writes in a statement on X/Twitter that they are counter-attacking with ground forces.
● The US has approved the evacuation of staff at the embassy in Jerusalem and the offices in Tel Aviv, as well as the staff’s family members, from Israel. This is written by the Reuters news agency.
The decision comes due to the unpredictable security situation in the country.
(Dagbladet/NTB)
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