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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Saturday of a ‘war’ after massive attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip. “Citizens of Israel, we are at war,” Netanyahu said in a video message from military headquarters in Tel Aviv.
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired dozens of rockets into Israel on Saturday morning. The attack left one woman dead and at least fifteen people injured.
The Islamist Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of a military operation against Israel. The terrorist organization has decided to put an end to Israeli “crimes,” military chief Mohammed Deif said in a message.
After the rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip on Israel, it remains unclear whether the Swiss football team will play the away match against Israel in Tel Aviv next Thursday as part of the European Championship qualification. The situation in Israel was noted with great regret, the Swiss Football Association (SFV) wrote in a statement on Saturday.
“The SFV is in contact with UEFA, Fedpol and the Swiss embassy in Israel.” UEFA will decide whether the match between Israel and Switzerland can go ahead.
The national team wants to meet in Zurich on Monday as planned. The flight to Israel was scheduled for Tuesday.
As a local journalist reported, citing the Israeli army, Hamas already controls several Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip.
EU Council President Charles Michel (47) strongly condemned the attacks on Israel. The “indiscriminate attacks” against Israel and its people have caused terror and violence against innocent civilians, he wrote on the X platform (formerly Twitter). “My thoughts are with all the victims.” The EU stands in solidarity with the Israeli people at this terrible moment.
At least 100 people were injured across Israel in militant attacks from the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to two hospitals. While some of the injured suffered gunshot wounds, others were injured by shrapnel.
As the account X-“Osnit-Defender” reports, citing Hamas, 30 Israeli civilians, police officers and soldiers were captured in the attack and returned to Gaza.
After the rocket rain on Israel, the Israelis launched a counterattack. According to their own statements, they have carried out airstrikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.
On X, formerly Twitter, the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the conflict in Israel: “We demand an immediate end to the violence and the protection of the civilian population.”
According to Israeli Defense Minister Joav Gallant, the radical Islamic Palestinian organization Hamas has started a war against Israel.
“Hamas made a grave mistake this morning and started a war against the State of Israel,” Gallant said on Saturday after heavy rocket fire from the Gaza Strip towards Israel. The Israeli army is fighting “against the enemy” everywhere.
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After massive attacks on Israel from the Palestinian Gaza Strip, the Israeli army declared a state of war on Saturday. The army responded to surprise attacks by militant Palestinians with hundreds of rockets and the incursion of armed fighters from the Gaza Strip into Israel.
The declaration of a state of war allows the Israeli army to take extraordinary steps and mobilize reservists.
According to unconfirmed reports, there were Israeli casualties. Circles within the Islamist Hamas organization, which rules the Gaza Strip, reported that Israelis had also been kidnapped in the coastal strip. However, initially there was no confirmation of this from the Israeli army.
Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets at Israel in the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning. The massive attack came as a surprise. At least 15 people were injured – one woman (†60) and three other people even fatally.
The Islamist Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, this morning announced the start of a military operation against Israel. Hamas has decided to put an end to Israeli “crimes,” military chief Mohammed Deif said in a message.
Warning sirens sounded in several cities across the country, the military said. Rocket alarms were also heard in Tel Aviv. The military urged residents of the southern and central parts of the country to remain in protected areas. Israel is currently celebrating the Jewish festival of Simchat Torah (Joy of the Torah). Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to hold security consultations with representatives of the Defense Ministry and the army later in the day.
Medics reported injuries from the rocket attacks in the areas of Ashkelon, Gedera and Javne. A 70-year-old woman was seriously injured in a direct hit in a building near Gedera, the Magen David Adom rescue service said.
According to the military, several armed Palestinians have also entered Israeli territory in the wake of the massive attacks from the Gaza Strip on Israel. The military said on Saturday that several terrorists were on Israeli territory and urged residents of border towns on the edge of the coastal strip to stay in their homes. Eyewitnesses reported gunfire in the street. It was unclear how the attackers from the Gaza Strip were able to overcome the tightly protected border. A video circulating on social media showed, among other things, a hang glider. However, this could not initially be independently verified.
However, the situation, especially in the occupied West Bank, had recently deteriorated again. Four Palestinians have been killed there since Thursday in their own attacks or in clashes with the army. The security situation in Israel and the West Bank has long been tense. Since the beginning of the year, 27 Israelis, a Ukrainian and an Italian have been killed in attacks. During the same period, more than 200 Palestinians died during Israeli military operations, confrontations or after their own attacks.
Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967. The Palestinians claim these areas for an independent state of Palestine with the Arab-dominated eastern part of Jerusalem as its capital.
There have been several violent protests at the Gaza border in the past month. Explosives were also thrown at soldiers and several Palestinians were injured by gunfire. In light of the incidents, the Israeli Air Force has repeatedly attacked posts belonging to the militant Palestinian organization Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip.
According to the UN, more than two million people live in very poor conditions in the Gaza Strip. Hamas, classified as a terrorist organization by the EU, the US and Israel, seized exclusive power by force in 2007. Israel subsequently tightened the blockade of the coastal area, which Egypt supported. (SDA/AFP)
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