The Israeli army is preparing for new phases of the war in the Gaza Strip, a military spokesman said Thursday, on the sixth day of the conflict sparked by attacks carried out by Hamas in Israel on Saturday.
“We are preparing for the next steps of the war,” Lt. Col. Richard Hecht said during an online news conference.
“It could be airborne, it could be more global, seaborne and airborne. We wait to see what our political leaders decide, [mas] It has not been decided yet,” he added.
The Islamist group Hamas, which has been in power in the Gaza Strip since 2007, launched a surprise attack on Israeli territory on October 7 under the name Operation ‘Al-Aqsa Storm’, with the launch of thousands of rockets and the incursion of armed rebels. by land, sea and air.
In response, Israel bombed several Hamas facilities in that Palestinian territory from the air, in an operation it dubbed “Iron Swords.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the country is “at war” with Hamas, which has been internationally classified as a terrorist movement not only by Israel, but also by the United States and the European Union (EU), among other states. .
Israel, which has completely besieged the Gaza Strip and cut off water, fuel and electricity supplies, has confirmed more than 1,200 deaths and 3,700 injuries since the start of the Hamas offensive, backed by the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Palestinian branch of the Islamic State Jihad. .
The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 1,200, the Palestinian Health Ministry said today, after an increase in Israeli bombings on the Palestinian enclave controlled by the Islamist movement Hamas. According to the Palestinian ministry, 5,600 were also injured.
Source: DN
