Israel, night of the attack: Hamas tunnels and targets in Syria hit

A night of attacks. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claims to have carried out dozens of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, targeting Hamas tunnels, command centers, weapons depots, mortar launch pads and anti-tank missiles. The Times of Israel reports this. The attacks also targeted war rooms, infrastructure and command centers belonging to Hamas’ so-called “emergency operational apparatus”, responsible – according to the IDF – for creating blockades that prevent Palestinians from evacuating the northern Gaza Strip.

But the Israeli army also attacked other fronts, including military targets in Syria. In particular, it said it targeted Syrian army military sites, infrastructure and missile platforms in response to missile launches against Israel. Last night, Israeli forces bombarded Syrian territory with artillery in response to what they said was an operation to launch rockets into the Golan Heights. On the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, Israeli artillery attacked the plains between two villages in the western countryside of Daraa province in southern Syria, while a Syrian regime military officer was killed by the explosion of a land mine from the war in Syria. Raqqa desert. , in the northeast of the country.

As Israel appears determined to launch the ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, words from the leader of Hamas arrive. Khaled Meshaal said the civilians captured by Hamas on October 7 would be released if Israel stopped attacking in the Gaza Strip. In an interview with Sky News, Meshaal refused to refer to civilians captured by Hamas as “hostages” and said Israel had killed at least 22 people captured in airstrikes in Gaza. Of those presumed dead, he said many were Israelis, but did not say which countries the others were from. “If Netanyahu cares about his security, if the Europeans and Americans care about their security, let them force Israel to stop its aggression, to stop this genocide, these brutal war crimes that are being committed every days. Let them stop this aggression and you we will find mediators like Qatar and Egypt and some Arab countries and others will find a way to free them and we will send them back to their homes,” said Meshaal.