Israeli forces have carried out more than 500 air and artillery strikes against Hamas targets in Gaza
TEL AVIV, Israel – The Army of Israel have regained “full control” of areas in southern Israel attacked since the start of the offensive on Saturday by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas from Gazaa military spokesman declared, on the third day of war between Israel and the Palestinian movement.
“We have control of the communities,” General Daniel Hagari, an Israeli army spokesman, said in a televised press statement, adding that “there may still be terrorists in the area.”
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordered a “total siege” of the Gaza Strip on Monday 9th, on the third day of fighting after the launch of a military offensive by the Palestinian group Hamas from the enclave.
“We are imposing a total siege on Gaza (…) no electricity, no food, no water, no gas, everything blocked,” Gallant said in a video, referring to the population of the Palestinian territory, inhabited by 2.3 million people. people.
Third day of the war
Clashes between the Israeli army and Hamas guerrillas on Israeli territory continued on Monday in “seven or eight” locations around the Gaza Strip, three days after a unprecedented surprise attack from Gaza, where Hamas fighters, supported by a hail of thousands of rockets, broke through the Israeli security barrier and invaded nearby communities.
Terrorists have brought prisoners to the coastal enclave of Gaza, including women, children and the elderly, who they are likely to try to exchange for thousands of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. According to information from the Israeli government there are more than 100 hostages.
More than a thousand deaths and 4 thousand injured have already been recorded since the offensive by the Palestinian terrorist group on Saturday. According to the Washington Post, the Israeli military plans massive ground attacks on Gaza in the next 48 hours.
“We are still fighting. There are seven or eight places in vacant ground around (the Gaza Strip) where we still have warriors fighting terrorists,” said Lt. Col. Richard Hecht.
Overnight, Israel carried out more than 500 air and artillery strikes against Hamas militants and Islamic Jihad groups in the Palestinian enclave ruled by the Palestinian Islamic Movement.
In two days of war, since the start of the Hamas offensive in the early hours of Saturday, more than 1,200 people have died, 700 on Israeli soil and more than 400 in the Gaza Strip.
Furthermore, Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters captured around a hundred Israeli citizens, both military and civilian. /AFP
Source: Terra
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