Israel shows no signs of turning back and remains in Gaza with tanks and soldiers, further expanding ground operations. 24 hours after entering the Strip, the troops are stationed in the north of the Palestinian enclave. For Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the two "north stars" of his troops do not change: " Demolish Hamas and bring back the hostages ." But from Gaza the head of the Palestinian faction Yahyia Sinwar announced that he was "ready for an immediate agreement for an exchange of prisoners", playing the "all for all" card: all the Israeli hostages (increased to 230) for the detainees Palestinians in Israeli prisons , which number around 7,000. A proposal returned to the sender by the Jewish State, with military spokesman Daniel Hagari dismissing it as "psychological terrorism". But there would be the first cracks regarding responsibility for the surprise attack by Hamas on Israel's leaders: on Facebook Netanyahu wrote that he had not been warned by military intelligence nor by the Shin Bet (internal security) about the possibility of war. The military radio replied that it instead received warnings about the possibility of attacks by the Iran-Hezbollah-Hamas axis, which had become "more aggressive" due to the tensions in Israel. The prime minister then deleted the post from social media, retracing his steps: «I was wrong. The things I said after the press conference should not have been said and I apologize for that. I fully support all the heads of the security services as well as the chief of staff, commanders and army soldiers who are at the front and fighting for our country."
In the meantime there is no respite from the bombings , with Israeli forces combined and operational since yesterday evening in the north of the Strip: armored vehicles, engineers and infantry on site with the aim of removing any resistance, demolishing the missile launch stations anti-tank and mortar fire, as well as neutralizing the Hamas tunnel network as much as possible and depriving the Strip of any internet coverage to prevent communications.
On the internet outage , Elon Musk offered SpaceX's Starlink satellite system for connections of recognized humanitarian NGOs operating in Gaza. A position rejected by Israel which "will use all the means at our disposal to hinder it". Turkish President Erdogan thought to make the diplomatic clash even more bitter: Israel should stop "this madness" and "stop the attacks", he called for. Then he insisted, adding that the West is "mainly responsible for the massacre" in Gaza by Israel and for this reason Turkey is working to declare the Jewish State a "war criminal". And if internet coverage was guaranteed by the owner of "X", in the last few hours telephone and Internet communications in Gaza have gradually returned to work.
(Unioneonline/vf)