“The operation is going according to plan”it says from Israel

The Israeli military once again significantly expanded the deployment of its ground troops against the radical Islamic Hamas in the Gaza Strip at the beginning of the week. The soldiers killed dozens of Palestinian militants who were holed up in buildings and tunnels, the military said. The operation is proceeding step by step according to plan. According to Israeli information, more than 600 targets in the Gaza Strip have been hit in the past few days. The capital, Gaza City, is already encircled. The infrastructure is also systematically destroyed: “They have cut off Salaheddin Street and are shooting at every car that drives there”eyewitnesses reported.

Photos document the enormous destruction in the Gaza Strip. According to local figures, there have been more than 8,000 deaths since the Israeli attacks began three weeks ago. That is twice as many as in all four previous Gaza wars combined. And hundreds of people are still buried under the rubble. Forty percent of the victims were children, said “Save the Children” with.

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Buried in mass graves

1.4 million people, more than half of the densely populated area’s residents, have become internally displaced. According to the UN, there are shortages of food, water, medicine and fuel. The aid transports that come through are just a drop in the ocean.

Desperation is growing: morgues are overflowing, so people are hastily buried in mass graves without any burial rites – especially when the bodies are so disfigured that they cannot be identified. Many parents have therefore started writing their children’s names on their arms and legs with a pen. They hope that this way they will at least be notified if their children are dead.

Meanwhile, international criticism of Israel’s actions is growing. However, the Israeli army angrily denies such allegations. They say they make precise target selection and try to minimize civilian casualties. At the same time, Prime Minister Netanyahu emphasizes again that Hamas is responsible for all civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip. Because she uses people as protective shields. Meanwhile, Hamas terrorists continued their rocket attacks on Israel. Warning sirens were constantly wailing in Jerusalem, the center and the south.

In Israel itself, people are particularly worried about the hostages, whose number has been revised upwards again. According to the latest information, Hamas still has 239 Israelis under its control as of October 7th. Yesterday, the Islamist terrorists released a new video that allegedly shows three captured women and is intended to further stir up sentiment against the Israeli government. “Bibi Netanyahu”says a hostage in it, “you should have freed us all. Instead, we bear the burden of your security, military and diplomatic failures.” There was particularly great consternation in Germany because it is now certain that the missing German Shani Louk is dead. The body of the 23-year-old, who was abducted at a rave festival, has been found and identified.

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Meanwhile, international fears are growing that the war against Hamas is turning into a conflagration. Warnings are coming from Iran in particular, but Tehran is still waiting to take direct action.

Video: Israel correspondent Tim Cupal (ORF) speaks about the current situation in the Gaza Strip.

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