The Rising Human Toll of the Hamas Attack: Over 800 Dead and 2,600 Injured in Israel

A human toll that continues to rise. The Hamas attack has left more than 800 dead and more than 2,600 injured in Israel to date, according to a press release from the Israeli government press office released on the evening of Monday, October 9. The Palestinian Health Ministry announced, for its part, that 687 people were killed in Israeli bombings on the Gaza Strip, and more than 3,700 others were injured. Follow our live stream.

The Quai d’Orsay “without news” of 14 French nationals in Israel, including a 12-year-old minor. “This number is still subject to change.according to the press release released on the evening of Monday October 9. “The information we have allows us to consider the kidnapping of some of them as very likely”adds the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The death of a second Frenchman confirmed. The Minister of Foreign Affairs announced this on Monday afternoon. “We send our condolences to his loved ones and are in contact with his family and the Israeli authorities to provide him with all our support in this ordeal”declared the Quai d’Orsay.

Around ten rallies organized in France in solidarity with Israel. In Paris, Crif called “all friends of Israel” a walk from Place Victor-Hugo towards Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement. Gatherings also took place in the regions. Like in Nice where several hundred people gathered at the start of the afternoon in front of the Town Hall decorated with a large Israeli flag. Gathering also on the square in front of the great synagogue in Bordeaux, Strasbourg, Nancy, Tours, Lille, Montpellier, and even Marseille.

Benjamin Netanyahu promises to “change the Middle East”. “What Hamas will experience will be difficult and terrible”the Israeli Prime Minister told senior local officials in southern Israel, where terrorists from the Palestinian movement carried out a surprise attack Saturday morning.

A “complete siege” of the Gaza Strip. “No electricity, no water, no gas, everything is closed”declared Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in a video communicated by his services. “We fight animals and we act accordingly”, he added in this message in Hebrew. According to the Israeli government press office, Hamas has “more than 100 prisoners”.