A week after the murderous terrorist attack that claimed the lives of more than 1,300 people killed and fallen, fighting continues in the south in the shadow of Hezbollah provocations on the northern border. At the same time, sirens continue to sound all over the country.
Firing from Gaza towards Israel, photo: AFP
Extensive attacksin the Gaza Strip
Throughout Friday and Saturday, the IDF continued its extensive airstrikes throughout the Gaza Strip. During these attacks, Ali Kachi, a commander in the Nakhba force of the Hamas terrorist organization, who led a terrorist attack in the communities near the Gaza Strip last weekend, was killed.
In addition, the IDF reported that it conducted ground raids inside the Gaza Strip in an effort to locate missing persons. Sources told Al-Arabiya that Israeli forces entered the Gaza Strip under the cover of tanks and drones. According to the report, the forces found bodies of missing Israelis in the northern Gaza Strip.
Rocket and missile fire from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory continued throughout the Sabbath, with sirens sounding in the envelope, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Tel Aviv and central cities.
Direct hit on Sderot, photo: Photo: Sderot Municipality
Maps and documents found on the bodies of terrorists in the battle zones reveal how Hamas planned to attack schools, kill as much as possible and abduct people into the Gaza Strip.
BREAKING: Hamas intentionally targeted elementary schools in Israel, instructed terrorists to seize hostages, move them into Gaza, and to "kill as many people as possible," maps and documents recovered from the bodies of attackers show. https://t.co/UL0vlypmrh
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 13, 2023
Exchange of blows with Hezbollah
On Saturday, Hezbollah opened mortar fire at the Har Dov outposts, when a terrorist squad tried to infiltrate into Israeli territory and was thwarted. The IDF returned fire to the sources of fire.
The mortar fire towards Har Dov, October 14, 2023, photo: Eyal Margolin - Ginny
During the night, the IDF intercepted unidentified objects in the air over Haifa, Shfar'am and I'belin. A house in Shfar'am was hit, there were no casualties. The IDF responded by attacking Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
Damage to a house in Shfar'am after an interception over the city
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Bloomrang reported today that a U.S. official told me that there is a possibility that prisoners holding U.S. citizenship could be released as early as today.
Fox News previously reported that US government officials had asked Israel to delay the entry of ground forces into the Gaza Strip in order to allow the evacuation of the civilian population from the area.
Egypt reportedly erected concrete walls at the Rafah crossing, Photo: Arab Networks
The Qatari newspaper Al-Arabi Al-Jadid reported, citing Egyptian sources, that an Israeli security delegation arrived in Cairo on Saturday on a special flight to discuss the war against Hamas and Egypt's concern over calls for the population of the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate.
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