A powerful reaction and a very violent attack. “We are attacking the Gaza Strip on an unprecedented scale, because what happened here is something that has never happened before. There is an enemy that launches rockets and attacks the civilian population,” said General Omer Tishler, chief of staff of the Israeli Air Force. After days of national stunning and chaos, the scale of the atrocities that had occurred here was now becoming clear. In Israel, the latest report speaks of more than 1,200 dead and more than 2,800 injured, according to the army. On the Palestinian side, the toll rose to at least 900 dead and more than 4,500 injured, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. Additionally, the IDF said it found “around 1,500 bodies” of Hamas fighters in
Israel after the attack launched by the Islamic organization on Saturday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared last night that the Hamas attack against Israel demonstrates “a ferocity not seen since the Holocaust”, during his third telephone contact with US President Joe Biden since the beginning of the crisis. . Meanwhile, the conditions of the civilian population in the Strip are becoming increasingly critical. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, more than 260,000 people have been displaced from Gaza. “In the last 24 hours, massive displacements have continued in the Gaza Strip, where the total number of displaced people now exceeds 263,934”, writes the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), in a press release, adding that a further increase is expected for this value. 175,486 of these displaced people found refuge in United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) schools.
Making the situation even more precarious is the fact that the only power plant in the Gaza Strip and the only current electricity supplier will run out of fuel within 10 to 12 hours, as announced this morning by the Voice of Palestine radio, which gave the floor to the president of the Palestinian Energy Authority, Thafer Melhem. Israel cut electricity supplies to Gaza on Monday as part of what it called a “total siege” in response to the Hamas attack.
And although the Pope this morning called for the release of hostages captured by terrorists and taken to the Strip, clashes continue on both sides of the enclave. At least 30 people died and hundreds were injured overnight after the attack on the Strip by the Jewish air force, which carried out hundreds of strikes. Dozens of residential buildings, factories, mosques and shops were hit, said the head of the government press office, Salama Marouf. The Israeli army itself confirmed that it had hit several Hamas targets during the night, stressing that the Star of David plane destroyed the “advanced detection systems” used by Hamas to detect military planes that also hit 80 Hamas targets in the Beit Hanoun area, in the northeast of the enclave, including two bank branches used by the Islamic group to “finance terrorism”, according to the military. The airstrikes also hit a weapons depot and an operational command center used by the Islamic Jihad militant group. Two Palestinians were also killed yesterday morning (but the news was released today) by Israeli police after throwing fireworks and stones at police in East Jerusalem. The incident occurred in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan, while border police were operating in the area. area, police added in a statement. A police officer was hit by some fireworks, according to the same source. “In response to the threat to their lives, Border Patrol agents shot both attackers. Their deaths were later confirmed,” police added. In this area the situation is very tense, to say the least. At least 360,000 Palestinians live in East Jerusalem, part of the Holy City occupied and annexed by Israel, and aspire to make this area their capital. There are also 230,000 Israelis living in East Jerusalem. A powder keg that could explode at any moment.
Source: IL Tempo

John Cameron is a journalist at The Nation View specializing in world news and current events, particularly in international politics and diplomacy. With expertise in international relations, he covers a range of topics including conflicts, politics and economic trends.