#Israel on Sunday issued a formal #DeclarationOfWar against #Hamas & pounded #Gaza w/ strikes, promising retaliation for an unprecedented attack by the #militant group that surprised Israeli #security forces. The #DeathToll has risen to 600 in Israel, & thousands have been injured…, while Palestinian authorities said ≥370 were killed & 2,200 injured in Gaza.
#Palestine #MiddleEast #geopolitics #war
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/08/israel-gaza-strikes-hamas-netanyahu/
Fears of a regional spillover grew after Lebanese militant group #Hezbollah said it attacked Israeli targets near the border “in solidarity” w/ #Hamas & #Israel said it struck back.
Israel & #Lebanon’s powerful armed group Hezbollah exchanged artillery & rocket fire… on Sunday. Hezbollah said… it launched guided #rockets & #artillery at 3 posts in the #ShebaaFarms, a slice of land #occupied by Israel since 1967 that Lebanon claims.
“We in this battle are not neutral,” snr #Hezbollah ofcl Hashem Safieddine said. “The Islamic resistance is saying it is our right, but our duty, to target the enemy that is still occupying our land.” Speaking from #Beirut…, he added: “Our hearts, minds & souls are w/ you [#Hamas]. Our history, guns & rockets are w/ you.”
#Israel #Palestine #Lebanon #Gaza #MiddleEast #geopolitics #war
#Israel’s formal #DeclarationOfWar against #Hamas on Sunday, opens the way for major #escalation.
The authorization of #war by the Israeli cabinet would allow the govt to carry out a wider #mobilization of #military reserves & use more military options. It also compels the govt to identify specific #WartimeObjectives, raising the specter of a #GroundInvasion of #Gaza.
#Palestine #MiddleEast #geopolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/08/israel-hamas-war-gaza/
…At least 10 locations in southern #Israel, incl’g #residential neighborhoods & military bases, remained active battle zones on Sunday afternoon, more than 24hrs after the start….
Masha Michelson, dpy head of the IDF’s int'l press dpt said hundreds of thousands of Israeli soldiers had been deployed to southern & northern Israel over the past day. The army is still working to “clean” the area… Michelson said.
#Hamas leaders said Saturday’s op came in response to a series of provocative moves by Israelis, incl’g the storming of the #alAqsaMosque complex in East #Jerusalem (on September 17, & on October 4, 2023) — a site known to Jews as the Temple Mount — by #ultranationalist Israeli settlers.
#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #MiddleEast #geopolitics
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/17/israeli-forces-attack-palestinian-worshippers-at-al-aqsa-mosque
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