More than 700 people died in the last 24 hours as a result of the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, the Islamist group Hamas, which controls the Palestinian enclave, reported this Sunday.
“The Israeli occupation has killed more than 700 Palestinian citizens in the last 24 hours and more than 1.5 million Palestinians are displaced in the Gaza Strip,” he announced on his official Telegram channel.
Israel announces an expansion of bombing raids on the southern Gaza Strip
The Israeli army announced this Sunday that it will expand its bombing zone in Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, in a new day of hostilities in which Israeli forces also acted on the border with Lebanon, repelling an attack launched on the military from Syrian territory, while Hamas fired several rockets into the city of Tel Aviv; the first operation of its kind since the end of the ceasefire last Friday.
The Israeli Army’s Arabic spokesman, Colonel Avichai Adree, has called on residents of Khan Younis Governorate, particularly the towns of Al Mahatta, Al Katiba, Hamad, Al Satar, Bani Suhaila and Maan, to immediately leave these areas “in view of the forceful crackdown.” Military “against Hamas and other terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip”.
On the other hand, the Israeli army condemned this Sunday a launch from the territory of Syria whose origins were “attacked with artillery fire”, a day after an alleged Israeli rocket attack reached the outskirts of the capital Damascus and Iran denounced the death of two “advisers” of the Revolutionary Guard in a bomb attack in this country, also Israelis.
“In addition, the IDF attacked several areas of Lebanese territory with artillery fire,” adds the Israeli army, which is conducting renewed hostilities with Hezbollah militias on the border between the two countries.
Finally, the Israeli army has confirmed the deaths of two more soldiers, bringing the number of Israeli soldiers killed since the war began on October 7 to 398. The deceased are Sergeant Aschalwu Sama (20) and Sergeant First Class Or Brandes (25).
For its part, Hamas’ armed wing, the Ezzeldin al-Qasam Brigades, fired several rockets into Tel Aviv last night, marking the first attack on the city since the end of the ceasefire. Israeli television has reported a dozen rockets that injured at least one in Holon, in the south of the city.