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Post by Admin on Oct 12, 2023 13:59:45 GMT
The Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on 7 October, with its fighters entering communities near the Gaza Strip, killing hundreds of people, and taking dozens of hostages.
The death toll in Israel from the Hamas attacks has reached 1,200 - while more than 1,100 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza.
Gaza's only power station has shut down, after Israel cut off electricity supplies as well as goods including medicines, food, fuel and water.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military says hundreds of thousands of troops are near Gaza "ready to execute the mission we have been given".
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Post by Admin on Oct 13, 2023 5:10:47 GMT
[New York, Cairo Jiji] Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General Dujarric said on the 12th that the Israeli military had warned that approximately 1.1 million residents of the northern Palestinian territory of Gaza should evacuate to the south within 24 hours. did.
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Reuters reported. The Israeli military also asked residents of the central city of Gaza City to evacuate. A ground operation aimed at eliminating the Islamic group Hamas, which effectively controls Gaza, may be imminent.
In a statement, Mr. Dujarric objected to the evacuation of residents, saying, ''I do not believe that it is possible to carry out the evacuation without incurring severe humanitarian consequences.'' He called on Israel to withdraw the agreement. Gaza's population is approximately 2.2 million.
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Post by Admin on Oct 13, 2023 13:44:04 GMT
As Israeli tanks amassed at the border with Gaza ahead of an expected ground invasion, its military warned more than a million Palestinians to move south within the next 24 hours. Read the story reut.rs/3PMtyjq
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Post by Admin on Oct 14, 2023 5:31:12 GMT
[Washington Kyodo] A few days before Hamas launches an attack on Israel, U.S. intelligence agencies have analyzed that there is a possibility of escalating conflict between the two sides by escalating rocket attacks, and the U.S. government It was reported that he had warned them internally. This is based on multiple sources.
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The analysis did not go into the details or scale of Hamas' attack operations, and it is unclear whether it was shared with Israel. Israel is said to have caused extensive damage due to failures in its intelligence activities, and it is likely that questions will be asked about whether the US handled the information appropriately.
An analysis compiled by the US intelligence agency on September 28 indicates that Hamas is poised to increase its rocket attacks. A report prepared by the CIA on October 5th warned of a possible increase in violence by Hamas.
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Post by Admin on Oct 14, 2023 23:19:42 GMT
Regarding the conflict between Israel and Hamas, American media reported that Iran warned Israel that it would be forced to intervene if attacks in Gaza continue.
According to the American news site Axios, Iranian Foreign Minister Abdollahian met with United Nations Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Wensland on the 14th in Beirut, Lebanon.
Foreign Minister Abdollahian said he did not want the war to escalate, but suggested intervention, saying, ''Iran has a red line'' and ''If Israel launches a ground invasion of Gaza, we will have no choice but to respond.'' That's it.
Iran's warning was conveyed to Israel's National Security Advisor by Special Envoy Wendsland, but it is not known whether it will influence Israel's decision.
If Iran intervenes, the situation will become even more serious and complicated, so the Biden administration of the United States is increasing pressure on Iran by sending a carrier strike group centered on a state-of-the-art nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the Eastern Mediterranean. Masu.
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