More than 1,200 dead in the war between Palestinians and Israelis

The death toll in this continues to rise a new war between Palestinians and Israelis: There are already over a thousand of them. Meanwhile, fighting continues, with Iran denying any involvement in the attack on Israel by its ally Hamas.

On its part, Security Council He focused, at this morning’s meeting, on containing the conflict, but avoided condemning the Palestinian group.

These are the most important events of the last few hours:

Iran denies involvement in the Hamas attack
Iran’s mission to the UN has denied Iranian involvement in its ally Hamas’ attack on Israel. “We strongly and unquestioningly support the Palestinian cause; however, we are not involved in the Palestinian response, which is undertaken by Palestine alone,” “, said the Iranian mission to the UN in New York in a statement carried by the Iranian media.

He American newspaper Wall Street Journal He accused Tehran of helping plan the attack since August and giving the go-ahead for it to begin.

Almost 500 Palestinians killed in Gaza
At least 496 Palestinians have died in Gaza, including 91 children, in the two-day war between the Strip’s militias and Israel, which bombed the Strip heavily overnight. In addition, the bombings caused 2,751 injuries, including 244 minors, according to the enclave’s latest Health Ministry count.

Except, OCHA (UN Humanitarian Office), More than 123,500 were internally displaced due to the bombing, of which 74,000 placed in UNRWA (UN Agency for Palestine Refugees) schools.

lThe death toll in Israel has exceeded 700
In two days of war, Israel’s death toll exceeds 700 and more than 2,200 injured, though the numbers could rise as Israeli troops retake control of areas seized by Hamas where bodies continue to turn up, like the 260 found in the area. there was a music festival that was massacred by Islamists.

Israel bombed 500 Palestinian militia targets in Gaza overnight
The Israeli army intensively bombarded 500 Palestinian militia targets in Gaza overnight, while fighting continues inside Israel at at least seven points where Hamas militia members are still present. “During the night, fighter jets, helicopters, aircraft and artillery of the defense forces attacked more than 500 terrorist targets of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip,” a military spokesman said.

Inside Israel, there are still “seven or eight” places near the enclave, including Be’eri, Kfar Aza, Nirim or Alumim, where fighting is still going on and there are some families being held hostage by the militants.

“The first war in Gaza will also be the last”
The Secretary of the Israeli government, Yossi Fuchs, said this Monday in a message to , the author of the unprecedented attack from the Gaza Strip against Israel committed on Saturday and which has so far caused 700 Israeli deaths and more than 2,400 wounded.

In his message, Fuchs reports that after the attack on September 11, 2001 in the United States, his grandfather, now deceased, told him: “If Al Qaeda managed to carry out such an attack, they will rule the world.”

Hamas claims to have attacked Ben Gurion Airport
The Palestinian movement Hamas announced this Sunday that it attacked Ben Gurion Airport, Israel’s main airport, in the central part of which, where the said facility is located, sirens sounded warning of an air attack, according to Israeli media. Palestinian Islamic Jihad, an ally of Hamas, said it had launched several missiles at Tel Aviv, Israel’s most populous city and close to Ben Gurion Airport.

Fighting continues in several areas near Gaza’s northern border

He spokesman for the Azedim Al Qassem Brigades, The military wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Abu Obeida, said that fighting with Israeli troops was continuing in several areas near the northern border of Gaza, including the town of Zikim, and the “kibbutzim” of Sufa and Mefalsim, while he said that his forces had captured a new group Israelis.

Israeli special forces have captured a senior Hamas commander
A special forces unit of the Israeli navy has captured the deputy commander of the southern division of the naval forces of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, Muhammad Abu Ghali, an Israeli military spokesman reported. A senior Hamas commander has been detained and is being questioned by Israeli security forces, the spokesman said.

The Security Council is focused on containing the conflict without unanimously condemning Hamas

The UN Security Council held a meeting this Sunday on the new war stemming from Hamas attacks on Israel, which prioritized the protection of Israeli and Palestinian civilians and containment of the conflict, in the absence of condemnation. aggression.

As some ambassadors told the media at the end of the closed-door meeting, the fifteen members of the Council heard a report on the situation by the UN special coordinator for the Middle East, Tor Wennesland, and agreed to use their diplomatic channels to achieve an end to the violence.