Israel is expanding the fight against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Details of the ground attack leak out and the number of hostages continues to rise. Current developments in the news feed.
Israel In plan: The army continues to increase ground operations in the Gaza Strip
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Updated from October 31, 10:50 a.m.: Media reports reported that Israeli President Isaac Herzog categorically rejected criticism of his country’s military operations in the Gaza Strip. “What do they expect from us? To stand idly by and wait for another massacre,” Herzog said in an interview with the newspaper. POLITICO And Felt TV channel. “In order to completely uproot the enemy that wants to destroy us, Israel must “fight.”
His country does not care about international approval. But Herzog said that “doesn’t matter now.” Israel was “brutally attacked by thousands of rockets.” “We were all in shelters. We lost hundreds and thousands of people.” With his statements, the Israeli head of state responded to criticism from Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Jahr Sture. On Sunday on the Norwegian broadcaster NRK, he called for a “proportionate” reaction from Israel.
Jar Store said that Israel has the right to defend itself. It is “extremely difficult” to “defend attacks from a densely populated area like the Gaza Strip.” But international law stipulates that the reaction must be “proportionate.” In his opinion, this limit has been „largely exceeded.”
Herzog described the killing of civilians as a “great tragedy.” He pointed out that Israel has been calling for weeks on the civilian population in the Gaza Strip to flee to a humanitarian zone in the south. However, Hamas prevents thousands of Palestinians from doing so, and also prevents 5,000 foreign passport holders from leaving the coastal enclave.
War in Israel: The number of hostages rises to 240
Update from October 31, 9:55 a.m.: Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari announced that the number of hostages held by the Palestinian Hamas movement had risen to 240 hostages. According to the newspaper The Times of Israel Hajari said the number is not final yet, as they are investigating more information.
Update from October 31, 9:10 a.m.: The Israeli army appears to be approaching Gaza City from at least three directions. Photos, videos, and satellite images show rows of armored vehicles approaching the northern border of Gaza and taking up positions near the main road in the south.
Israel has provided few details about the four-day invasion, which an Israeli official described as an „expanded ground operation.” Manal The New York Times However, verified images show large groups of tanks and other armored vehicles driving deep into the Gaza Strip as the IDF continues to attack nearby buildings from the air.
Northwest of the Gaza Strip, a satellite image appears, Monday morning Planet Laboratories Large groups of armored vehicles are advancing about three miles south of the northern border near the Mediterranean coast. Groups of vehicles can be seen gathering in open areas in the densely populated Karama area north of Gaza City, less than two miles north of the crowded Beach camp. Many nearby buildings appear to have been severely damaged or completely destroyed by air strikes.
The current situation in the Gaza Strip: The war in Israel is claiming more victims
Update from October 31, 8:40 a.m.: The number of casualties in the Israeli war continues to rise. According to the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Ministry of Health, more than 8,300 people have been killed and about 21,000 others injured in Gaza since October 7. Israel says it has suffered 1,400 deaths and more than 5,400 wounded. Here is an overview of the figures compiled by the UN based on relevant information (as of October 30):
The first report: Tel Aviv – In the ongoing war in Israel, Israeli ground forces, along with air and naval forces, are advancing into the Gaza Strip. According to them, they released one of their soldiers from Hamas violence. According to the Israeli military, at least 239 other people were kidnapped in the Gaza Strip in a Hamas attack on October 7, including several Germans. Hamas has so far released four hostages through the mediation of Qatar and Egypt. The Israeli army believes that most of the remaining hostages are still alive.
40 people are still missing since the terrorist attacks. Due to their dire condition, many of the bodies have not yet been identified. German Shani Lok was among the dead.
Meanwhile, Israeli military aircraft also bombed “terrorist infrastructure” of the Shiite Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, the army announced on Tuesday evening. These included weapons and Hezbollah sites.
Background on the Gaza Strip: Where is the area located in Israel?
The ground offensive in the war in Israel aims to hit Hamas in the Gaza Strip hard. The enclave on the border with Egypt is largely a stretch of land on the Mediterranean coast surrounded by Israel. The area is 45 kilometers long and about six to 14 kilometers wide. The Gaza Strip is a densely populated area: about two million Palestinians are said to live in the area. The Gaza Strip has been under the rule of the extremist Islamic movement Hamas since 2007.
According to the army, rockets were fired from Lebanon at Israel in the previous days. Confrontations on the border have increased since the beginning of the Gaza war. Hezbollah has ties with the Islamic movement Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip. (with agency materials)
Netanyahu must present a plan, otherwise Minister Gantz will threaten to withdraw from the government
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Massive protests against Netanyahu in Israel again
Massive demonstrations took place again against Prime Minister Netanyahu in Israel. The demonstrators accuse the government of abandoning Hamas hostages. Meanwhile, Benny Gantz, a minister in the Israeli war cabinet, threatened to resign from the government.
Benny Gantz called on Prime Minister Netanyahu to present a plan for the post-war order in the Gaza Strip by June 8. If Gantz carries out his threat, it could have far-reaching consequences for the Israeli government.
BEni Gantz, a minister in the Israeli war cabinet, threatened to resign from the government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The politician said Saturday evening in Tel Aviv that if the prime minister does not present a plan for the post-war regime in the Gaza Strip by June 8, he and other members of the National Union Party will leave the government.
Among other things, Gantz called for the establishment of an alternative American-European-Arab-Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip, which under no circumstances could be Hamas or Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. In addition, hostages from Gaza must be returned and relations with Saudi Arabia must be normalized. Gantz also called for adopting the concept of military service for all Israelis. “Prime Minister Netanyahu, I look you in the eye this evening and say – the choice is in your hands.”
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The 64-year-old politician joined Netanyahu’s government as a minister without portfolio and a member of the war cabinet after the unprecedented attack by Hamas and other terrorist groups on October 7. In doing so, the participants wanted to send a signal of unity. The centrist party, the National Union, led by Gantz, stands in opposition. Opinion polls indicate that she is currently ahead by a large margin over the Likud Party led by Netanyahu.
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Netanyahu’s office said that Gantz’s demands would mean a defeat for Israel, the handover of the majority of hostages, Hamas remaining in power, and the establishment of a Palestinian state, according to media reports. Netanyahu believes that forming an emergency government is important to achieve all the goals of the war, including the return of all hostages.
Brexit could lead to a government crisis
Israel is under international criticism due to the large number of civilian casualties and the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. Many in the country complain that the war has not achieved a decisive victory, even after more than seven months. The fact that more than 100 hostages are still in the hands of Hamas also raises criticism of the government.
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Netanyahu has been in power since the end of 2022 alongside the far-right and extremist religious parties. He has so far refused to present a plan for the management and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip after the end of the war so as not to offend his partners in the far-right coalition.
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They are pursuing unrealistic goals such as building Jewish settlements in Gaza, but Netanyahu’s political survival depends on them. If Gantz carries out his threat and leaves the government, this could spark a government crisis.
The two alleged contenders for the position of US President agreed on a date for a television debate. Now Trump is making a new request.
Former US President Donald Trump called on current President Joe Biden to submit to a drug test before their duel on Monday in a television debate for the first time during the election campaign at the end of June. „I don’t want him to get there like he did in the State of the Union address,” Trump said during a Republican Party event in St. Paul, Minnesota. „He was as high as a kite.”
Trump has previously indicated several times in interviews that the US President was under the influence of substances on various occasions. He previously made similar accusations against his rival, Hillary Clinton, during the 2016 election campaign. Trump has not yet provided any evidence for his allegations. Biden has not yet commented on Trump’s allegations.
Ahead of the US presidential election in November, President Joe Biden and his rival Donald Trump want to compete against each other in two televised debates. Biden challenged Trump to two televised duels on Wednesday, and he immediately accepted the challenge. The American CNN network said that the first debate will take place on June 27 in Atlanta, Georgia. The two competitors also agreed on a second date on September 10.
Tucson (Arizona/USA) – In the American state Arizona It is a couple with two different people within a short period of time accidents He died. Their families are angry about the lack of security on the streets.
For two months, Mia Valenica mourned her fiancé, Xander Reeser, who died in a motorcycle accident last March. Now the 21-year-old’s family is grieving after Mia herself died in a motorcycle accident on May 10, according to reports. 13News.
„She’s in shock. It’s unbelievable,” said David Valencia, Mia’s father. “You hope you wake up the next day and it’s not true.”
The hope of the two affected families is that “they are together now.”
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According to police, Mia, who was a backseat passenger, and an unnamed driver were riding a motorcycle at high speed on the Catalina Highway in Pima County, southern Arizona.
They both left the road in a curve and collided with a guardrail. Both Mia and her companion were thrown off a bridge.
A witness to the incident said: “I looked down and there was a man sitting there crying.” “I saw that his knees were all scratched up. Next to him there was a motionless girl still wearing her motorcycle helmet.”
The driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries, while Mia Valencia died at the scene.
Investigations are still ongoing.
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David Valencia shared his love of motorcycles with his daughter. But after losing two loved ones in just a few months, he wants others to be careful.
“There are areas where you can drive fast,” he said. “But on some roads, you have to drive slowly,” he warned. Because sometimes you don’t get a second chance…
