Status: 29.10.2023, 05:02 a.m.
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The war in Israel, according to the Minister of Defense, has entered "a new phase." Gaza City is now a "battlefield," according to the army. The news ticker.
- War with Hamas in "new phase": Israel launches fierce attacks on Gaza
- Police in action: Demonstrations in Berlin because of the war in Israel
- This news ticker on the war in Israel will be updated continuously. The information processed here comes from international media and news agencies, but also from the parties to the conflict. For better classification and transparency, we cite all sources. However, some of the information on the situation in Israel and the Gaza Strip cannot be independently verified. Even in these cases, we remain transparent.
Update from October 28, 22 p.m.: Former U.S. President Donald Trump attended a rally of the Republican Jewish Congress in Las Vegas. At the start of the war in Israel, Trump had described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "disappointment" and also attacked Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, but now he focuses his criticism instead on his successor, Joe Biden. His initial reaction to the Hamas attack was "weak," he said, according to Israeli media. Biden is the "worst president." Trump went on to say, "When I'm back in the White House, we're going to help Israel completely wipe out Hamas and take revenge for the atrocities."
He also said that the U.S. would not start new wars under his administration, but would end wars. "I'm going to stop World War III, there's not going to be World War III," Trump assured.
Netanyahu Announces Second Phase of War: Israel Expands Ground Operations
Update from October 28, 21 p.m.: With the expansion of the Israeli military's ground operations in the Gaza Strip, the second phase of the war against Hamas has begun, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The aim is to destroy the military capabilities as well as the rule of the Islamist organization and to bring the hostages back home, he told journalists in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening. The emergency government had taken the decision to expand ground operations unanimously.
According to the army, Israeli troops had advanced into the north of the Gaza Strip on Saturday night. The ground troops are therefore still on the ground. Infantry, armored troops, engineer corps and artillery were involved, it said. According to the military, there will be an increase in attacks on underground targets and terrorist infrastructure. The Israeli military had previously made sporadic advances on the ground for a limited period of time.
Hamas, on the other hand, has proposed an exchange of prisoners. In exchange for the release of all Palestinians in Israeli jails, all hostages in Gaza will be released.
Update from October 28, 19:45 p.m.: Following the expansion of ground operations in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army says it has identified and attacked several terrorist cells there. The groups also tried to fire rockets and grenades, the military said on Saturday. The soldiers were also shot at. The terrorist cells had been "neutralized." It was initially unclear whether the extremist Palestinians were killed.
Armoured troops, engineer corps and infantry were deployed together, it said. Soldiers also destroyed a booby-trapped building. Helicopters, led by tanks, hit a Hamas meeting point.
Update from October 28, 17:55 p.m.: The Israeli army has warned Palestinian civilians that Gaza City and its environs have become a "battlefield." The shelters in this zone are "not safe," the army said in leaflets on Saturday. They were dropped from warplanes over the Gaza Strip. It calls on civilians to flee "immediately" to the south.
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War in Israel: Medical care in the Gaza Strip "completely paralyzed"
Update from October 28, 17:40 p.m.: Medical care in the Gaza Strip is "completely paralyzed," according to the health authority there. The reason is a blackout in telephone and Internet connections. This was said by spokesman Ashraf al-Kudra on Saturday. Ambulances and medical teams would no longer be able to do their job. The authority is subordinate to the Islamist Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip.
Communications within the Gaza Strip via the Internet and telephones had almost completely collapsed on Friday. As a result, victims of attacks, for example, were unable to make an emergency call. Several UN agencies and international aid organizations said they had lost contact with their staff in the Gaza Strip. The heavy bombing by the Israeli army was to blame, the West Bank-based Palestinian company Paltel announced. Again, this information cannot be independently verified.
War with Hamas "entered a new phase" – heavy bombing in Gaza
Update from October 28, 16:15 p.m.: Israel's war with Hamas has "entered a new phase," according to the Israeli government. "Last night the ground shook in Gaza. We attacked above ground and below ground," Israeli Defense Minister Joav Gallant said in a video message on Saturday, referring to Israel's bombing of tunnels in the Gaza Strip.
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant during a visit to troops. © IMAGO/Ariel Hermoni/Israel MOD
The Israeli army had carried out its heaviest attacks in the Palestinian territory since the start of the war three weeks ago. According to the army, 150 underground and military targets of the radical Islamic group Hamas were hit. In addition, one of the main perpetrators of Hamas' large-scale attack on Israel was killed.
War in Israel: Clashes continue on Lebanese border
Update from October 28, 15:35 p.m.: Clashes broke out again on Israel's border with Lebanon on Saturday. Several anti-tank missiles and mortar shells were fired from Lebanon into Israel, the Israeli army said. Military posts along the border were also shelled. The projectiles had landed in open areas. The Israeli army fired back and attacked military facilities of the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah.
Earlier, the military announced: "A terrorist cell tried to fire anti-tank missiles from Lebanon at northern Israel." The attackers were shot at with a drone. Since the beginning of the Gaza war, there have been increasing incidents on the border between Israel and Lebanon. There have already been casualties on both sides.
The Hezbollah militia has reported at least 52 deaths in its own ranks since the beginning of the latest confrontations. In addition, six Palestinian militants died in southern Lebanon. On the Israeli side, seven soldiers and one civilian have been killed so far, according to media reports.
Update from October 28, 13:25 p.m.: Recent Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip have destroyed hundreds of buildings and houses, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense. Thousands of other houses were also damaged, a civil defense spokesman told the AFP news agency on Saturday. The attacks during the night had "changed the landscape" in the north of the densely populated coastal area.
Demonstrations in Berlin over Israeli war
Update from October 28, 12:25 p.m.: Berlin police broke up several pro-Palestinian demonstrations in the Mitte district on Friday evening (27 October). Despite a prohibition order, around 100 people gathered on Alexanderplatz, who were "aggressively approached and consistently expelled from the square," according to a statement from the police.
On Saturday, demonstrations will take place all over the world, including at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in London. © Jordan Pettitt/dpa
Later in the evening, police officers found around 100 people on Pariser Platz near the Brandenburg Gate, who were reportedly shouting pro-Palestinian and later anti-police slogans. "Since there was a connection to the bans on assemblies that had been issued, a spontaneous assembly was not agreed to and expulsions were issued," the police report said.
At this and subsequent gatherings in the vicinity, the police took the personal details of dozens of participants and also took people into custody. Two police officers were injured in clashes. In total, the police made 6 criminal complaints and 68 reports of administrative offenses in connection with the actions.
Pro-Palestine demonstration in Istanbul over war in Israel – Erdogan to attend
Update from October 28, 10:00 a.m.: In Istanbul, a large pro-Palestine demonstration is planned for Saturday (28 October). Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is also reportedly taking part. Several pro-Palestinian demonstrations are also planned in Germany.
Nouripour on war in Israel: "We need a jolt to improve counter-terrorism"
First reported on 28 October: Green Party leader Nouripour sees new challenges for the security authorities in Germany because of the Gaza war as a result of the terrorist attack on Israel by the Islamist Hamas. "We need to noticeably increase the capabilities of the police and intelligence services. This applies to personnel as well as equipment," he told the newspapers of the Funke media group on Saturday (28 October). "This requires a whole-of-government effort. The federal and state governments should quickly sit down together and find solutions. We need a jolt to improve counter-terrorism." Nouripour spoke of a "background noise in the Islamist scene" that was getting louder and louder.
Police officers had arrested a 29-year-old in Duisburg on Tuesday. The man, who was convicted as an IS terrorist, is now in pre-trial detention. He is said to have declared himself ready for an Islamist attack to a chat partner in Syria. As a possible target of the attack, he is said to have informed himself on the Internet about pro-Israel demonstrations. After terrorists from Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, carried out a massacre of civilians in Israel and abducted more than 200 people, demonstrations by Palestinians and supporters have also repeatedly taken place on German streets, with some participants cheering the Islamist Hamas. (With agency material)