Status: 10.10.2023, 05:04 a.m.
By: Robert Wagner, Bettina Menzel, Mark Stoffers, Fabian Müller
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Israel attacks several targets in the Gaza Strip following Hamas attacks. The time frame for a ground offensive is well set. The news ticker.
- Retribution for the deaths of several supporters: Hezbollah fires rockets
- War in the Middle East: Death toll rises to at least 900
- The information processed here comes from international media and news agencies, but also from Israel. At present, it is not yet possible to fully assess the situation. Therefore, not all information about the war in Israel can be immediately independently verified.
Update from October 10, 5:00 a.m.: Following the devastating attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists, there are increasing signs of an imminent Israeli ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. Israel ordered the complete closure of the area, which is only 40 kilometers long and six to 300 kilometers wide, while the army mobilizes 000,72 reservists. "What Hamas is going to experience will be hard and terrible. We are only at the beginning," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had said, vowing revenge. People in Israel were instructed to stock up on food, water and medicine. Supplies should last for at least <> hours, the military said.
Meanwhile, the leaders of Germany, France, Italy, Britain and the United States have pledged their full support to Israel in the face of the large-scale attack by the radical Islamic group Hamas. "Our countries support Israel in its efforts to defend itself and its people against such atrocities," they said Monday evening after a joint phone call. They also condemned "unequivocally" Hamas' "horrific terrorist acts."
War in Israel: Hezbollah fires rockets
Update from October 9, 22:15 p.m.: Hezbollah in Lebanon has fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the deaths of several supporters. Israel's army responded with artillery fire, the military said on Monday evening. Initially, there were no reports of casualties. Hezbollah described the rocket attack on Israeli positions as a response to the deaths of several of its supporters. Three fighters were killed as a result of the "Zionist aggression," the Shiite organization had previously announced.
Israel has carried out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip in response to the massive attack by Hamas. © Mohammed Talatene/dpa
War in the Middle East: death toll rises to 900
Update from October 9, 20:52 p.m.: After the large-scale attack by the Islamist Hamas from the Gaza Strip, the death toll in Israel has risen to 900, according to media reports. According to the government's press office, around 2600,1000 people were injured. In a completely destroyed kibbutz near the Gaza Strip with around 100,687 inhabitants, more than 3800 bodies were recovered on Monday, the first day of the search, media reported, citing rescue workers. There are fears of further fatalities. Israeli airstrikes in response to the large-scale attack killed at least <> people and injured more than <>,<> in the Gaza Strip, according to the Gaza Ministry.
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War in Israel: President Herzog wants to "eliminate threat to our people"
Update from October 9th, 20.08: According to Israel's President Izchak Herzog, not since the Holocaust have so many Jews been killed in one day as in Hamas' terror attacks on Saturday. "Not since the Holocaust have we seen Jewish women and children, grandparents — even Holocaust survivors — crammed into trucks and taken into captivity," he said Monday evening, according to his spokesman.
Innocent Muslims and other believers were also tortured by Hamas supporters. Entire families were murdered in cold blood. "We will act with full force and unwavering commitment to eliminate this threat to our people," the president said.
War in Israel: Hamas threatens retaliation for any airstrike on Gaza Strip
Update from October 9, 19:25 p.m.: Israel intends to continue its attacks on terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip even at the risk of injuring Israeli hostages. That's what a senior government source told the Times of Israel. Israel, of course, will refrain from attacks if it has intelligence information on the whereabouts of Israeli prisoners, the source clarified. As long as there is no information, Hamas targets will continue to be attacked.
Meanwhile, Abu Ubaidah, spokesman for Hamas' military-terrorist wing, threatened that from now on the Islamist group would execute a hostage "for every Israeli airstrike against civilians" in Gaza and release the footage of the execution. "Our enemy does not understand the language of humanity and morality, so we will speak the language they understand," he said, according to Palestinian sources.
War in Israel: Army attacks targets in Lebanon
Update from October 9, 18:23 p.m.: In southern Lebanon, a member of Hezbollah was reportedly killed in an Israeli attack. This is reported by the Reuters news agency. According to the Lebanese TV channel Al Jadeed, Hezbollah threatened to respond to the shelling of the border area of Aita al-Sha'b "in accordance with the rules of deterrence imposed by it." According to the Lebanese news site Naharnet, Israel has resumed shelling of the area.
Update October 9, 17:40 p.m.: According to the news website Axios, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to have indicated in a telephone conversation with US President Joe Biden that Israel had no choice but to advance into the Gaza Strip with ground troops. "We have to get in there. We can't negotiate now," he reportedly said, according to Israeli and U.S. sources. Earlier, Netanyahu spoke of a "long and difficult war" that his country was facing. Neither the White House nor Netanyahu's office would comment on the reports.
War in Israel: Attack from Lebanon apparently repelled on northern border
Update October 9, 16:33 p.m.: According to Israeli media reports and army sources, Israeli forces repelled an infiltration attempt by hostile individuals trying to enter Israel through the northern border with Lebanon. Several armed men were reportedly killed by Israeli soldiers. "The troops continue to search the area," the army command said. A helicopter gunship is also said to have been deployed and attacked targets within Lebanon.
Shortly before, according to the Times of Israel, the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar TV channel released a video showing gunfire and several explosions near the southern Lebanese village of Dhayra. Two mortar shells were also reportedly fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory. A Hezbollah official told Reuters that Hezbollah had not been involved in a cross-border attack on Israel.
Israel at war: Prime Minister Netanyahu announces tough backlash - "We are only at the beginning"
Update from October 9, 15:55 p.m.: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a tough backlash in the fight against Hamas after at least 700 dead and 2400,558 injured. "We are going to change the Middle East," he told representatives of Israeli towns in the south of the country on Monday, according to a statement. "What Hamas is going to experience will be hard and terrible," he said, stressing, "We are only at the beginning." Hamas is classified as a terrorist organization by the EU, the US and Israel. Israeli airstrikes in response to the massive attack killed more than 2800 people and injured more than <>,<> in the Gaza Strip, according to the country's health ministry.
War in Israel: Military launches "full-scale attack" on Hamas centers in Gaza
Update from October 9, 12:45 p.m.: The Israeli military said it had launched a "full-scale" attack on Hamas centers in the Gaza Strip. Both the Israel Defense Forces and the Israeli Air Force announced the operation on social media. This comes at a time when Hamas is resuming its large-scale rocket attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip.
Update from October 9, 12:20 p.m.: On Monday, more rockets from the Gaza Strip landed in Israel. The Haaretz newspaper speaks of injuries in Ashkelon and Ashdod. Among the victims is said to be a 75-year-old man. However, independent confirmation of this information is still pending.
War in Israel: Minister announces complete blockade of Gaza
Update from October 9, 11:40 a.m.: Israel is showing ever harsher reactions in the fight against the terrorists of Hamas. After the attack on Israel, the country imposed a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip, according to Defense Minister Yoav Gallan. There will be no electricity, no food, no more fuel, everything is closed. He spoke of a fight against "bestial people".
War in Israel: Army undertakes largest mobilization of reservists ever
Update from October 9, 11:08 a.m.: Israel has carried out the largest Hamas mobilization after Hamas' attacks, an army spokesman said. In total, the country has mobilized around 300,000 reservists because of the war. On Saturday, the "Brothers in Arms" movement had already temporarily suspended its protest against Netanyahu's government and called on all protesting reservists to report for duty immediately.
Israel Continues Airstrikes in War Against Hamas in the Gaza Strip
Update from October 9, 11:03 a.m.: The Israeli army says it continues to carry out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. Hamas targets were attacked, the military said, according to the Times of Israel.
War in Israel: Army regains control of border towns with the Gaza Strip
Update from October 9, 11:00 a.m.: Until a few hours ago, heavy fighting was still going on in "seven to eight places" on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army now reports that the fighting with Hamas there has now ended. The military has regained control in all localities, the army said. However, it is still possible that armed Palestinians are still in the region.
Hamas attack on Israel: Ministry speaks of more than 700 victims
Update from October 9, 10:33 a.m.: The Israeli Ministry of Health has released new figures on the victims of the Hamas attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. According to the report, more than 2300 injured are reported, 345 of them seriously injured, 22 are said to be in critical condition. The ministry puts the number of dead at over 700 on the Israeli side.
War in Israel: At least 493 people killed, according to Palestinian figures
Update from October 9, 10:25 a.m.: The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to at least 493, according to Palestinian figures. 2751,<> people were injured, according to the Ministry of Health in the Palestinian territory controlled by the extremist organization Hamas. The airstrikes are a response to Hamas' surprise full-scale attack on Israel on Saturday.
War in Israel: United Nations school hit in airstrike in Gaza
Update from October 9, 10:20 a.m.: According to the Palestinian Foreign Ministry, Israeli airstrikes hit a United Nations school in Gaza. Hundreds of civilians, including children and the elderly, were housed at the school, according to the ministry, which described the attack as "brutal."
The UN confirmed the attack and said the school had been "severely damaged". No one was killed, it said.
War in Israel: UN Ambassador Confirms US Hamas Hostages in Gaza
Update from October 9, 9:47 a.m.: The war in Israel caused by Hamas' attack from the Gaza Strip has so far taken more than a hundred people hostage. According to Israeli sources, numerous U.S. citizens are among them. This was also confirmed by UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan.
In the TV show "Fox & Friends", Erdan initially spoke of dozens of Americans who are now being held hostage in Gaza. According to host Will Cain, he later corrected himself and spoke of less than a dozen. The U.S. announced on Sunday that it would deploy several warplanes and warships, including the aircraft carrier USS Ford, to the eastern Mediterranean.
War in Israel: Ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza expected to begin in the next 48 hours
Update from October 9, 8:47 a.m.: According to the Washington Post, Israeli ground troops will be sent to the Gaza Strip within 48 hours in response to Hamas attacks on Israel. The aim is to free the hostages abducted to Gaza. The Post cites sources in the U.S. government. So far, there has been no independent confirmation from the Israeli government.
Israel War: Israel Strikes Back
Initial report: Tel Aviv – On Saturday morning, the radical Islamic group Hamas made a surprise attack on Israel by land, air and sea. The counter-attacks followed promptly, and in the meantime the fighting claimed almost a thousand lives. The Israeli security cabinet declared a state of war on Sunday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced "powerful revenge for this evil day" and prepared the population for a "long and difficult war." The suffering of the civilian population is immense and the death toll is growing. Apparently, aid organizations recovered 250 bodies at a music festival alone.
The actions of the attackers were brutal: while the Palestinian organization fired thousands of rockets at Israel as part of its "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood," Hamas fighters made their way across the sea on the ground and by speedboats and advanced into Israeli territory. The members of the group killed civilians and took more than a hundred people hostage. Apparently, the Israeli intelligence services were not prepared for this, which is why they are now under criticism. The EU, the US and Israel classify Hamas as a terrorist organisation.
According to government figures, at least 600 people have died on the Israeli side so far. Israeli media spoke of more than 700 deaths, but the actual numbers are likely to be much higher. According to the spokeswoman for the volunteer organization ZAKA, 250 bodies were recovered at the music festival attacked by Hamas alone, the Times of Israel reported. On the Palestinian side, there was talk of at least 370 dead. The number of injured is over 2000 for each of the warring parties. According to its own statements, the Israeli army wants to free the Israeli hostages and evacuate the entire Israeli border region within 24 hours.
War between Israel and Hamas: US deploys warships to the eastern Mediterranean
Tens of thousands of Israeli troops are deployed in southern Israel around the Gaza Strip, and Israel has also carried out numerous airstrikes against Gaza in response to the Hamas attacks. The U.S. has already reacted: The military superpower moved the aircraft carrier "USS Gerald R. Ford", the air force cruiser "USS Normandy" and four destroyers of the Arleigh Burke class to the eastern Mediterranean, as the U.S. Department of Defense announced on Sunday. In addition, preparations have been made to transfer Air Force squadrons with their fighter jets to the region, it added.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also announced that additional equipment and ammunition would be provided to the Israel Defense Forces. The first delivery will be set in motion on Sunday. Austin said the U.S. was emphasizing its support for the Israel Defense Forces and the Israeli people. Meanwhile, fighting and shelling continued in Israel on Sunday. Hamas' hideouts in the Gaza Strip will be reduced to "rubble," the Israeli government announced.