Israel will launch a major ground operation against Hamas in Gaza in the next 24-48 hours.
This was reported by the Washington Post, according to which Israel has asked the United States for missiles for the Iron Dome, small diameter bombs, machine gun ammunition and greater cooperation in sharing intelligence information. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has ordered a "complete siege" of the Gaza Strip. «There will be no electricity, no food, no petrol. Everything is closed,” Gallant added after a security consultation at the Southern Command in Beersheba. "We are fighting human animals and we will behave accordingly."
Meanwhile, during the night "more than 500" Hamas targets were hit, including air strikes and artillery strikes in the Strip : "Fighting planes, helicopters, airplanes and artillery hit more than 500 targets of Hamas terrorists and Islamic Jihad », the army said in a statement.
Since Saturday, the day on which Hamas launched the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation against Israel, the victims of the raids, including those of the terrible massacre of the Israeli rave party on the border, have reached over 700. Of the approximately 2,500 injured, many they are serious. And hundreds are still missing.
Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are like ghost cities, with the population barricaded in their homes after the rain of rockets. The country is shutting down: one airline after another is canceling flights to and from Ben Gurion airport. Many tourists, not just Italians, were left stranded.
On the other side, that of Gaza, the deaths under the furious attacks of the Israeli air force have reached over 400 civilians and militiamen, with 2,300 injured.
The international community is moving: the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell has convened an emergency Foreign Affairs Council for tomorrow.
(Unioneonline/D)
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