Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks with Biden
“We are entering” Ground troops announced
300,000 reserve forces mobilized, countdown to general offensive
Hamas: “Executes one hostage at a time during attack”
Flames and smoke are rising from Gaza City in the Gaza Strip, which was hit by an airstrike by the Israeli military on the 9th. Gaza City/EPA Yonhap News
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gathered 100,000 troops around the Gaza Strip and said, “Hamas will experience something terrible.” “The military operation has just begun,” he said. There were also reports that he had conveyed his intention to deploy ground troops to the Gaza Strip to U.S. President Joe Biden. With Israel’s full-scale retaliatory attack seemingly imminent, Hamas threatened to “kill the hostages” if the attack took place. Prime Minister Netanyahu met with authorities in the southern region attacked by Hamas on the 9th (local time) and said, “Hamas will experience difficult and terrible things in the future,” and added, “We are in the midst of a military operation. “We are already operational and have just begun,” he said. Then, in a televised speech on the same day, he criticized Hamas as being like the Islamic State (IS), an extremist Islamic militant group, and barbarians, and declared, “Israel will win this war.” American internet media Axios reported on the 9th that Prime Minister Netanyahu said in a phone call with President Biden on the 8th, “We must enter. It was reported that he said he could not negotiate now and that he would send ground troops to the Gaza Strip. Instead of requesting a reconsideration of the policy, President Biden asked what he would do if a second front was formed due to an attack by the Lebanese armed political faction Hezbollah, and Prime Minister Netanyahu responded that he was preparing, the media reported. After this phone call, the United States announced its full support policy for Israel. Earlier in the day, Israel issued an order to cut off water and electricity supply to the Gaza Strip and deployed up to 100,000 Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops to the surrounding area. The Israeli Ministry of Defense then ordered the mobilization of 300,000 reserve forces (Israel’s total population of 9.3 million), the largest number since the founding of the State in 1948. Israeli military spokesman Lt. Col. Richard Hecht said on the 10th, “We will change the paradigm. “It’s not a reciprocal response where if the opponent hits, I hit as much,” he said. The Israeli military announced on social media X (formerly Twitter) that it had bombed 1,350 locations in the Gaza Strip. As Israel’s deployment of ground troops was imminent, Hamas responded by saying it would kill about 150 hostages taken through a large-scale surprise attack on the 7th. According to the Associated Press, Abu Ubaida, spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, a military organization of Hamas, issued a statement on the 9th, saying, “If you target our people without prior warning, it is regrettable that you will harm the civilian hostages we are holding.” “We will execute them one by one,” he warned. If the hostages are actually executed, international public opinion toward Hamas is expected to deteriorate sharply. As the armed conflict enters its fourth day, the number of victims is increasing. The Israeli military reported that more than 1,000 people were killed in Israel. The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that the death toll from airstrikes reached 830 and the number of injured reached 4,250. The World Health Organization (WHO) appealed to open a humanitarian corridor so that civilians in Gaza can obtain even the bare minimum of daily necessities. Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, criticized on the 10th, “The complete blockade of the Gaza Strip is a violation of international law and human rights law.” The Israeli military said on the 10th that it had regained control of the southern region that had been attacked by Hamas, and that it had discovered the bodies of about 1,500 Hamas members in the area. Reporter Jo Ki-won [email protected] Washington/Lee Bon-young correspondent [email protected]
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