Israel advances towards Gaza and thousands are killed – bombing of the Turkish Friendship Hospital

“Systematically” inside Gaza strip The Israeli army advances during the twenty-fourth day of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas.
Since Friday night, Israeli ground operations and air strikes have gradually intensified, with the aim of “destroying” Hamas and “returning the hostages to the homeland,” more than 230 people Those detained since October 7 in the Palestinian territories.
The Israeli army announced that it had released Arif on Sunday night until Monday.
The war, which threatens to ignite the entire region, has already led to thousands of deaths, most of them civilians, and is putting the Gaza Strip’s population of 2.4 million people to an extremely difficult test.
The Palestinian Strip has been subjected to a “complete siege” since October 9, without water, food, and electricity.
The Israeli army says it struck 600 targets, weapons depots, anti-tank missile launch sites and hideouts for Hamas, which the United States and the European Union consider a “terrorist” group, in the past 24 hours.
He also stated that he killed “dozens of terrorists who holed up inside buildings and tunnels and tried to attack them” at night.
“Chahal has expanded his ground entry into the Gaza Strip, and he is doing so in measured steps and with extreme force, advancing methodically, step by step.” He said Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu opens the cabinet session.
Hamas spoke of “violent fighting” in the northern Gaza Strip, without giving any explanation.
Due to the lack of journalists in the area, it was impossible for Agence France-Presse to gather an account from an independent source.

? In response to launches from Syria towards Israel earlier on Sunday, an Israeli Air Force aircraft bombed military infrastructure in Syrian territory. pic.twitter.com/Tbh06g7NiJ

– Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) October 29, 2023

During the night, the Israeli army continued to expand its ground operations in the Gaza Strip.

During confrontations with terrorists in the Gaza Strip, IDF fighters eliminated dozens of terrorists who holed up in buildings and tried to attack the forces. During one of the incidents, a plane directed by fighters in the field attacked a meeting building for the Hamas terrorist organization, which included more than 20 terrorists >> pic.twitter.com/IlGkMyoiSG

-IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari (IDFSpokesperson) October 30, 2023

As strikes continued in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a press conference, ruled out any possibility of a ceasefire, and stated the following: “It’s time for war” In rejection of the calls of the international community.
Netanyahu went on to say:Just as the United States would not agree to a ceasefire after the bombing of Pearl Harbor or after the September 11 terrorist attacks, Israel will not agree to a cessation of hostilities with Hamas. After the horrific attacks on October 7.”
The Israeli Prime Minister also distinguished between the deliberate slaughter of innocents by Hamas and the collateral losses that occur in any war, referring to Palestinian civilians killed during Israeli attacks on the besieged Strip.
The Prime Minister of Israel responded when asked by a journalist about Israel’s position on whether its ground operation in Gaza would secure the release of hostages held by Hamas:
“Our shared assessment, not just of members of the government, but of all security forces and the army, is that ground action actually creates the possibility – not the certainty – that our hostages will be released, because Hamas would not do so if they were not paid.”
“We are determined to bring all the hostages home,” he added.

Benjamin Netanyahu: “It is time for all of us to decide whether we are ready to fight for a future full of hope and promise or surrender to tyranny and terrorism. Now rest assured, Israel will fight.” @Netanyahu pic.twitter.com/AKuMdBrmix

— Newsmax (@NEWSMAX) October 30, 2023

Israel bombed a Turkish-Palestinian hospitalAnother hospital became the target of Israeli bombing, while the bombing continues in Gaza. Specifically, as reported by Turkish media, Israeli warplanes bombed the third and final floor of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, causing severe damage.
The hospital’s general director said in a statement posted on his Facebook page that “cancer patients and medical staff” are in a state of panic due to “the violent Israeli bombing of the only Turkish Friendship Hospital for cancer patients in the Gaza Strip.”
He also points out that severe damage occurred “as a result of repeated targeting” by Israel, adding that the siege “not only increases the suffering and pain of cancer patients and deprives them of medicine and travel for treatment abroad, but also now constitutes a threat to health.” “Putting their lives at risk by targeting the hospital environment.”

#broke down| Occupation aircraft target the third floor of the Turkish Friendship Hospital in Gaza City #GazaIt is the only specialized hospital for cancer treatment in the Gaza Strip, causing severe damage. pic.twitter.com/7kCQbPopHA

– Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 30, 2023

An Israeli army corporal who was held hostage by Hamas has been released

Today, the Israeli army and the Shin Bet (Israeli internal security service) announced the release of the hostage during a night operation in the Gaza Strip.
In a joint statement they issued, they stressed that Israeli Army Corporal Uri Medgidis was released during a ground operation in the Palestinian Strip. She is in good health and has already been reunited with her family.
Hamas fighters kidnapped an Israeli army corporal during the October 7 attack in southern Israel.

Tonight, the soldier, Colonel Uri Majidish, was released during a ground operation, after she was kidnapped by the Hamas terrorist movement on 10/7.

The soldier was subjected to medical examinations and her condition is good, and she met her family.

The Israeli army and Shin Bet will continue to make every effort to release the kidnapped people pic.twitter.com/0XYlgFNITk

– Israel Defense Forces (@idfonline) October 30, 2023

Hamas published video clips of three women

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Hamas movement published videos of three women appearing as hostages among prisoners in the Gaza Strip following the unprecedented bloody attack on Israel on October 7.
In this 76-second video published by Hamas media Under the title “Some imprisoned Zionists send a message to (Benjamin Netanyahu and his government),” one of these three women appears calling on the Israeli Prime Minister to conclude a prisoner exchange deal with the Islamic Movement.

Hezbollah is preparing

With dozens of Hezbollah fighters killed in clashes on the border with Israel, the Lebanese paramilitary group is scrambling to find ways to limit casualties.
More specifically, the Iranian-backed group has lost 47 fighters to Israeli strikes on the Lebanese border since the war between Hamas and Israel began on October 7 — about one-fifth of the death toll in the all-out war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006.
With most of its fighters killed in Israeli drone strikes, Hezbollah has begun to reveal its arsenal… which now includes air-to-surface missiles.
A source close to Hezbollah told Reuters that the use of anti-aircraft missiles was one of the many weapons adopted by the Shiite group to limit its losses and confront Israeli drones.
However, Hezbollah, Iran’s most prominent ally in Tehran’s “axis of resistance,” has long said it has expanded its arsenal since 2006, and has warned Israel that its forces pose a stronger threat than before.

#Hizb allah Just hacked #Iron Dome A residential building was bombed in Kiryat Shmona to the north #Israel.

This is a major escalation that follows @the Israeli Defense Army Air strikes reach greater depth #Lebanon Ever since #agitationOctober 7 attack. pic.twitter.com/XW00rOvh8m

– Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) October 29, 2023

Tehran justified the attacks on American bases in Iraq and Syria

He said today that the attacks in recent days on US bases in Iraq and Syria are a “retaliation” for US aid to Israel in its war against the Palestinian Hamas movement. ο Nasser Kanaan Spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“You reap what you sow. Al-Kanani stressed during a press conference from Tehran that support and raising tension cause a reaction.
He added that these attacks “come within the framework of the reactions (…) of those who oppose the illegal American presence in the region and who are protesting against the unconditional American support for the Zionist regime.”
The Pentagon announced on Thursday that US forces and their allies have targeted at least 16 attacks in Syria and Iraq since the beginning of this month.
Washington accused Tehran of holding its allied forces responsible for the attacks and warned that it would respond “decisively.”
About 900 American soldiers are deployed in Syria and 2,500 others in Iraq to fight ISIS.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman asked the United States to “stop” supporting Israel.
In response to a question about the order issued by US President Joe Biden to Iran not to get involved in the war between Israel and Hamas, he stressed that “our answer is one word: Stop!”
In addition, the Commander of the Iranian Armed Forces, General Mohammad Bayri, said. He stated that “Palestinian fighters” affiliated with Hamas are “ready to confront an Israeli ground attack” on the Gaza Strip.
“One of the reasons for the resistance of the Palestinian fighters is the interest in passive defense (…) In the northern part of the Gaza Strip they say they have built more than 400 kilometers of tunnels, some of which can be used and he explained in a speech in Tehran.
Bagheri explained that “some of these tunnels” reach “behind the Israeli security fence.”

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