Israel announced that it had struck “more than 500 targets” of Hamas in the Gaza Strip this Monday, October 9, two days after the offensive by the Palestinian armed group. The toll is very heavy on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian border.
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- Airstrikes and fighting continue between Palestinian and Israeli forces following the Hamas attack carried out on October 7 from the Gaza Strip.
- Israel announced that it had responded by striking “more than 500 Hamas targets” overnight from Sunday to Monday. The Israeli army also indicates that “7 or 8” battles are underway near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
- The toll is worsening according to figures communicated by local authorities this Monday, October 9: 700 dead and 2,150 injured in Israel while 413 people died and 2,300 injured in Gaza. Dozens of Israeli hostages are being held by Palestinian forces.
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09:05 – Gérald Darmanin to do everything “to protect our Jewish compatriots”
Hamas’ attack on Israel awakens anti-Semitic thoughts. In France, “we saw this weekend around ten anti-Semitic acts, and around 700 reports in Pharos” indicated the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin at the microphone of France Blue North, this Monday morning. However, he assures that despite these isolated acts, “there is no real threat today”. Gérald Darmanin returned to the vigilance work carried out by the authorities and promised to do everything “to protect our Jewish compatriots” recognizing that “what can happen abroad can have consequences in France”.
08:48 – “Netanyahu declared open war” on the residents of the Gaza Strip
Palestine and Israel accuse each other of a terrorist act or massacre. And if after the offensive by Hamas – Palestinian armed force – the Israeli authorities respond, the head of the Palestine mission and former European Union diplomat Hala Abou Hassira deplored on Franceinfo the fact that “any statement that gives Israel the right to defend itself is a green light to massacre the Palestinians again.” The Prime Minister of Israel had invited civilians to leave the Gaza Strip but this speech is contradictory with the reality on the ground according to the head of mission: “He asked the population of Gaza to leave, but to leave where? As long as Israel imposes a blockade, the most severe in history. As a result, it is as if “Netanyahu [avait] declared an open war on the two million inhabitants of the Gaza Strip” estimates Hala Abou Hassira who recalls that “nothing justifies the death of innocents, on both sides”.
08:29 – A French woman killed in Israel, eight other nationals missing
Among the thousand victims of recent offensives in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a few are French. A French woman was killed and eight other people disappeared in the attack carried out by Hamas on October 7. The Quai d’Orsay indicated “to clarify the situation of several nationals who could not be located” and to be “in permanent contact with their families and in contact with the Israeli authorities” in a press release. To “assist the French community and French people passing through” in Israel, a crisis unit is open at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
08:15 – Fighting still ongoing between Israel and Gaza
Fighting has resumed in intensity in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Since the Hamas offensive on October 7, clashes have continued both in the air with reciprocal airstrikes and on the ground. According to the Israeli army, fighting is taking place between 7 and 8 locations around the Palestinian enclave in the Gaza Strip. “We still have warriors fighting terrorists,” said Israeli Lt. Col. Richard Hecht.
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Two days after the attack launched by Hamas, a Palestinian armed force considered by the West as a terrorist group, Israel responded. The IDF, the Israeli army, announced this Monday, October 9, that it had struck “more than 500 Hamas targets” located in the Gaza Strip overnight. While exchanges of airstrikes continue, fighting is also underway in “7 or 8” locations around the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
The attack carried out by Hamas on Israel and the numerous airstrikes launched by both sides are responsible for a very heavy toll. The latest figures communicated by the Israeli army show more than 700 dead and 2,150 injured, a large number of victims plus dozens of hostages according to the IDF. “Women, children, babies, the elderly and the disabled” are being held by Palestinian forces, Israel said. Hamas is holding “more than 100 prisoners” according to the Government Press Office (GPO). The fighting also left 413 dead and 2,300 injured in the enclave of the Gaza Strip according to local authorities.
Some victims are foreign nationals. A French woman died in the Hamas offensive on Israel on Saturday October 7. The Quai d’Orsay indicated that other nationals present in Israel have not been located since the attack. Americans, a Canadian, Nepalese and Thais were also victims of the strikes.