Israel says it has destroyed Hamas in the north of the Gaza Strip. According to the UN, the coastal area is “uninhabitable”. All information in the news blog.
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Hamas terrorists crossed the border into Israel on October 7 and carried out massacres. Since then, Israel has been attacking targets in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. This news blog informs you about the current developments:
Israel: Hamas smashed in northern Gaza Strip
8:22 p.m.: Israel says it has completed the dismantling of Hamas’ military structure in the northern Gaza Strip and killed around 8,000 fighters in the area. In addition, tens of thousands of weapons and millions of documents were confiscated, a military spokesman said. Israel is now concentrating on destroying Hamas in the center and south of the Gaza Strip.
US Secretary of State Blinken meets Erdoğan in Istanbul
1:16 p.m.: Before his trip to the Middle East, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In Istanbul, the two met for a discussion primarily about the Gaza war, according to US diplomatic circles. The Turkish demand for a delivery of US fighter jets and Sweden’s NATO accession, which Turkey is blocking, are also likely to be topics.
Blinken wants to discuss in Israel and other countries in the region in the next few days how the Gaza war can be prevented from expanding. The US Secretary of State also wants to visit Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the West Bank.
British security company reports incident in Red Sea
10.40 a.m.: The British maritime security company Ambrey says it has received a report about an incident in the Red Sea. Ambrey says this happened in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, but does not give any details. The crews of merchant ships traveling in the area are asked to stay on deck as little as possible. Only really essential crew members should be on the bridge of the ships, says Ambrey.
The Bab al-Mandab is the strait that connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden, which then continues into the Arabian Sea, a marginal sea of the Indian Ocean. Important merchant shipping routes run across the Red Sea. Houthi rebels in Yemen, a country bordering the Red Sea, allied with Hamas, have repeatedly attacked merchant ships that they claim are connected to Israel.
Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets into northern Israel
8:33 a.m.: The terrorist organization Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at targets in northern Israel this morning. Air alarms sounded in around 90 Israeli communities near the border with Lebanon. According to Israeli media, explosions were heard near Mount Meron. These could come from both missile strikes and anti-aircraft fire. So far there are no reports of injuries. The Israeli army has put the number of rockets at around 40. Hezbollah said 62 rockets were fired.
The Iran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah said the attacks were an “initial response” to the killing of senior Hamas member Saleh al-Aruri in Beirut. The attacks targeted an Israeli military base. According to the Israeli army, the “terror cell” in southern Lebanon suspected of being responsible for the rocket attacks was attacked by the armed forces in return.
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