"It's war." This was declared by Hamas, which attacked Israel on Saturday with the launch of thousands of rockets and with armed incursions by militiamen by land, and the authorities of the Jewish State also declared it, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing "revenge".
The clashes continue and hundreds of deaths are counted on both sides. And then there are the wounded - thousands - and the missing and the hostages, like the many young people surprised by armed militiamen during a rave party near the Strip, whose traces have been lost .
The Jewish State has received solidarity and support from the majority of the international community (including Italy, during a telephone conversation between Prime Minister Meloni and Netanyahu ), while the unprecedented action of Hamas has instead found support in Iran and Hezbollah Lebanese.
It is precisely Tehran's support and the very high tension on the border between Israel and Lebanon that convinced the United States to move its aircraft carriers to the eastern Mediterranean.
This was announced by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, while President Joe Biden assured Netanyahu of "further aid", starting with armaments.
In this scenario, the Jewish state has instead sent tanks towards the Strip and continues to strike Hamas positions. Hamas which, Israel argued bluntly at the United Nations, "must be eliminated."
“It's time to completely erase Hamas's terrorist infrastructure,” Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan said before the closed-door Security Council meeting.
