Fighting between Hamas and Israel continued on Sunday, a day after a surprise military operation launched by the movement to control the Gaza Strip on Saturday launched thousands of rockets and infiltrated Israelis with its fighters and their families. Clashes killed hundreds on both sides, while the Israeli military continued to attack several buildings in Gaza as rockets continued to be fired from the Strip. On Sunday, Israeli artillery responded to shells fired from southern Lebanon that hit an Israeli military base in Sheba Farms, which Hezbollah claims. Follow France 24 live 24 hours a day.
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- It erupted on Saturday A new war between Hamas and Israel It followed a surprise military operation by the movement that controls the Gaza Strip, firing thousands of rockets and carrying out capture operations by its fighters into Israeli territory.
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On the ground, fighting between Israeli troops and hundreds of infiltrating fighters continued into the night in “22 locations,” according to an Israeli military spokesman. Early Sunday morning (22:00 GMT), the Israeli military hit buildings as rockets continued to fire from Gaza. The military said the issue concerned “command centers” owned by Hamas.
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Bombs fired from Lebanese territory hit an Israeli military base in Israeli-occupied Sheba Farms on Sunday morning, security sources said. After that, Israeli artillery began shelling Lebanese territory, he added. Lebanon’s Hezbollah announced that it was firing missiles and guided missiles at Israel.
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The Israeli military announced that “more than 200” were killed in the Hamas attack, with 232 killed on the Palestinian side and 1,697 wounded, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
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The Hamas attack drew international condemnation, with other countries calling for restraint. The Security Council is due to hold an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the situation in light of fears of further escalation.
- 8:30 Hamas declares heavy fighting inside Israel
On Sunday, Hamas said in a statement that its fighters were engaged in “serious clashes” inside Israel.
- 7:30 Hezbollah bombards Israeli positions in Sheba Farms
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack with guided missiles and artillery shells in the Israeli-occupied Sheba Farms area, the Lebanese group said in a written statement, targeting three sites, including a “radar site” in Sheba Farms. , a territory occupied by Israel since 1967. Lebanon claims it back as part of its territory.
The statement continued: “Islamic resistance (Hezbollah)… attacked three Zionist occupation sites in the Sheba Farms region of occupied Lebanon. Air, sea and ground attack. A large-scale attack by the Palestinian Hamas movement against Israel on Saturday.
- 7:00 The Israeli army bombed southern Lebanon in response to the shelling.
The Israeli military said on Sunday that artillery shelled an area in southern Lebanon, from which mortar shells were fired across the border into Israel. He added that artillery shelling is currently taking place in the Lebanese area where the shooting took place and the security forces have taken steps to prepare for such a possibility and will continue to work in all areas where necessary. Israeli citizens.”
Also, three security sources said that shells fired from Lebanese territory hit an Israeli military base in the Israeli-occupied Sheba farms on Sunday morning. The sources added that after that Israeli artillery started shelling the Lebanese territory. The Israeli military also said one of its drones dropped bombs on Hezbollah infrastructure in an area along the Lebanese border.
- 6:30 Fighting continues between Hamas and Israel around Gaza
An Israeli military spokesman said military operations with Hamas continued on Sunday in eight areas surrounding the Gaza Strip. At 1:30 a.m. local time (23:30 GMT), Israeli forces clashed with Hamas militants in parts of southern Israel. In a statement on social media, an Israeli military spokesman said the situation in the country was not fully under control.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said the Defense Cabinet had agreed to destroy the military and government capabilities of Hamas and Islamic Jihad “for several years,” including cutting off electricity and fuel supplies and the flow of goods into Gaza.
Hamas militants began their offensive early Saturday with a massive barrage of rockets fired into southern Israel, providing cover for an unprecedented multi-directional infiltration of militants from Gaza into the Hebrew state. 2.3 million Palestinians live in the Gaza Strip.
Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas political bureau, said the offensive that began in Gaza would extend to the West Bank and Jerusalem. Residents of the Gaza Strip have been living under siege for 16 years. In his speech, Haniyeh highlighted the threats facing Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the ongoing siege and normalization of Gaza. And, “How many times have we warned our Palestinian people that they have been living in refugee camps for 75 years and that you do not recognize the rights of our people?”
The bodies of Israeli civilians were surrounded by shards of glass on the streets of Sterod in southern Israel near Gaza.
Senior military officers were among those killed in fighting near Gaza on Saturday, Israel’s military said.
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