The Israeli Army is preparing for new stages of the war in the Gaza Strip, a military spokesman said today, on the sixth day of the conflict triggered by the attacks carried out on Saturday by Hamas in Israel.
“We are preparing for the next steps of the war,” said Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hecht during an online news conference.
“It could be by air, it could be more global, by sea and by air. We are waiting to see what our political leaders decide.” [mas] “It’s not decided yet,” he added.
The Islamist group Hamas, in power in the Gaza Strip since 2007, launched a surprise attack on Israeli territory on October 7, under the name of 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 called “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), as well as other states. . . .
Israel, which has imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip and cut off the supply of water, fuel and electricity, has confirmed more than 1,200 dead and 3,700 wounded since the start of the Hamas offensive, supported by the Lebanese Hezbollah and the branch of the Islamic Jihad. .
The death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 1,200, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported today, following an increase in Israeli bombings on the Palestinian enclave controlled by the Islamist movement Hamas. There were also 5,600 wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry.
Source: TSF
