Israel at war

At least 85 Israeli soldiers were killed

October 10, 2023, 07:08 p.m JH

At least 900 people were killed in the Hamas attack on Israel, of which 85 were soldiers. The number of victims in the Gaza Strip is increasing. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is concerned about Israel's blockade of Palestinian territory

In attacks Hamas At least 85 Israeli soldiers were killed, according to the spokesman of the Israel Defense Forces, Daniel Hagari, as reported by CNN. At the same time, the Israeli Military Radio announced that according to the latest data, at least 900 people died in Israel.

The army still does not say the exact number of people kidnapped by Hamas, it says "dozens". Hamas claims to have dragged over 100 "prisoners", including children and the elderly, to the Gaza strip.

Hagari also said that hundreds of militants were killed in the Israeli air strikes on Gaza and pointed out that the evacuation of Israeli civilians living near Gaza has been completed.

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Al Jazeera reports that Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 700 and injured and wounded over 3700 Palestinians, mostly civilians.

Haari noted that the fence on the border with Gaza is now guarded by tanks along its entire length, which is why the Palestinian militants can no longer cross it. "Our soldiers are now going from house to house and clearing the south of the country from terrorists, and we have called more than 300.000 reservists," Hagari said.

American military commentators assume that the Israeli army is making preparations for a ground offensive on Gaza.

Guterres worried about Gaza siege

The Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) Antonio Guterres said that he was deeply troubled by the announcement that Israel would organize a complete siege of the Gaza Strip and that nothing will be allowed to the Palestinians - neither electricity, nor food, nor fuel.

At a press conference at the UN headquarters, Guterres pointed out that the humanitarian situation in Gaza was extremely difficult even before the Hamas attack, and that it will only get worse now, reports Reuters.

"I call on all parties to allow access to the United Nations for the delivery of urgent humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians trapped and helpless in the Gaza Strip," appealed Guterres.

Even before the siege, over 60 percent of Gazans did not have regular access to food.

The ultra-right government of Benjamin Netanyahu shows no intention of abandoning the complete blockade of Gaza, nor of stopping the airstrikes. Rockets are still periodically fired from the territory of Gaza into the territory of Israel.

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