Status: 06.11.2023, 13:21 PM
By: Erkan Pehlivan
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Israel's army apparently wants to encircle the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The attacks continue.
Gaza – The Israeli fighting forces have continued to advance in the densely populated Gaza Strip and have now completely divided the coastal area into two halves, according to their own statements. The city of Gaza in the north has been completely encircled, the Israeli army announced on Sunday evening (5 November). This is a decisive step in the fight against the Islamist Hamas. However, civilians should still be able to flee to the southern part of the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian telecommunications company Paltel, all communications and internet services in Gaza once again failed.
Israel shuts down communication links in Gaza
There is now "a North Gaza and a South Gaza," Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Sunday. The units had reached the coast in the southern part of the city of Gaza and would "hold" the area. The air strikes and attacks on the ground were expanded in the evening. "Tonight we are going to have an important operation," Hagari continued. According to the Palestinian telecom company Paltel, all the main lines for the internet and communication connections in Gaza have been cut off by the Israelis. Initially, there was no confirmation of this from the Israeli side.
Israel Continues Massive Bombing in Gaza Strip
Israel continued its massive bombardment of the densely populated Gaza Strip. The Israeli Air Force bombed around 24 targets in the past 450 hours, the military said on Monday morning. Among them were tunnels, military installations and launch pads for anti-tank missiles of the Islamist Hamas. In addition, the troops on the ground had taken over a military complex. "Several Hamas terrorists" were killed in the operation, it said. Initially, the information could not be independently verified. Hamas is classified as a terrorist organization by the EU and the US.
The Israeli military has intensified its attacks on the Gaza Strip. © IMAGO / Saeed Qaq
Dropping relief supplies from the air
On Monday night, the Jordanian Air Force dropped medical supplies and medicines over a Jordanian field hospital in the coastal strip sealed off by Israel. Work there continues despite extreme shortages of supplies, the Petra news agency reported, citing military sources. "It is our duty to help our brothers and sisters who have been injured in the war against Gaza. We will always be there for our Palestinian brothers," Jordan's King Abdullah II wrote at X. According to an Israeli army spokesman, the airdrop was carried out in coordination with the military.
Aid organizations complain about a lack of aid for the Gaza Strip
Aid organizations complain that the aid that has so far arrived in the Gaza Strip by trucks is far from sufficient. In the densely populated coastal strip, where around 2.2 million people live, the humanitarian situation remains devastating. Meanwhile, the number of United Nations employees killed rose to 79, with five employees killed in the past 48 hours, the UN Palestine Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said on Sunday. The number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip rose to 9,770, according to the Hamas-controlled health authority.
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The war broke out after the terrorist militia invaded Israel on October 7. Some 1,400 Israelis were killed, thousands injured and more than 200 deported to the Gaza Strip. Israel has so far rejected a ceasefire. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had reiterated to his soldiers that there would be no ceasefire as long as there were still Israeli hostages in the hands of Hamas. (erpe/dpa)