A salvo of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip hit the Israeli capital Tel Aviv: security services reported that a building in the city was hit and at least 3 people were injured.
Hamas’s armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for the rocket fire, claiming it was a response to a “massacre of civilians” in Gaza. Although Israeli bombings have partially disabled Hamas’ command line and launch bases, the militia still has the operational capacity to undermine the Iron Dome system, the missile system that protects Israel. And to penetrate the “iron dome” that protects Israeli cities and settlements, as we see today.
War between Israel and Hamas
The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 21st day today, Friday, October 27, following the attack by the Palestinian Islamic movement on Israeli territory on October 7, which killed 1,400 people. The Israeli army has relentlessly bombed the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and laid siege to the Palestinian region, where approximately 2.4 million people live in terror.
Today, Philippe Lazzarini, Director of the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), announced that medicine, food and water supplies have run out and sewage has begun to overflow into the streets of Gaza. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), only 74 humanitarian trucks have entered the Gaza Strip via Egypt since October 21; This is a grossly inadequate number.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army is planning the entry of ground troops into the Strip and has begun to carry out “targeted raids” against Hamas militias with ground forces supported by warplanes and unmanned aerial vehicles.
According to Hamas, 7 thousand 326 people, including nearly 3 thousand children, lost their lives and approximately 19 thousand people were injured in the bombardments in the Gaza Strip in the last three weeks. In the same period, 107 Palestinians were killed in Israeli army operations in the occupied West Bank. Of the 229 hostages captured by Hamas on October 7, only four women have been released so far. Hamas said 50 of the hostages were killed in Israeli bombings that destroyed or damaged 45 percent of homes in the Strip. Dramatic satellite images released on Thursday show the extent of the damage before and after the bombing.
WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST | Satellite images of the destruction following Israeli bombings in Gaza. All buildings were destroyed in the air strikes on October 21 #HANDLE IT (Photo Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies / AFP) pic.twitter.com/BjcMzCWuvn
— ANSA Agency (@Agenzia_Ansa) 27 October 2023
Meanwhile, the USA, which is rearranging its forces in the Middle East, announced on Thursday that it carried out attacks for “self-defense” on two facilities used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and “affiliated groups” in eastern Syria. The Iranian Foreign Minister, whose country supports Hamas, threatened the United States at the UN and said, “If the genocide in Gaza continues, they will not be able to escape the fire.”
Source: Today IT
Karen Clayton is a seasoned journalist and author at The Nation Update, with a focus on world news and current events. She has a background in international relations, which gives her a deep understanding of the political, economic and social factors that shape the global landscape. She writes about a wide range of topics, including conflicts, political upheavals, and economic trends, as well as humanitarian crisis and human rights issues.
