New Delhi: The war between Israel and Hamas has started on Monday, the 17th day. Meanwhile, Israeli army has entered Gaza Strip. But the Israeli army says that its army has so far carried out only limited attacks on the Gaza Strip. Israel says that the IDF has carried out limited attacks on the Gaza Strip overnight to counter Hamas fighters. Along with this, air strikes are continuing on Hamas targets. At present the entire focus of the IDF is on destroying the infrastructure of Hamas.
Israeli army chief spokesman Real Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a televised briefing on Monday that Hamas had taken several people hostage in the October 7 attack. At present, 222 people have been confirmed to be held hostage. He said that his forces attacked Hamas fighters with the help of infantry and tanks. Hagari said that Hamas is busy preparing for the next phase of the war. In such a situation, our focus is also to locate missing people and hostages on the basis of information received from intelligence.
On the other hand, Hamas says that their fighters had destroyed many weapons of the Israeli army and forced them to retreat. Hamas said in its statement that its fighters fought the infiltrating forces. Destroyed two bulldozers and a tank and forced the army to retreat before they could safely return to base. But till now there has been no reaction from Israel on this. Izz al-Din Kassam of Hamas’s armed wing said in a statement that his forces are fighting together with armored forces in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. Such attacks reveal where terrorists gather.
They are hatching conspiracies to make the war more aggressive and our job is to stop them. At the same time, the Israeli army says that in the last 24 hours, more than 320 positions of Hamas in Gaza Strip have been targeted. The terrorist targets that were attacked include tunnels and dozens of operational command centres. Let us tell you that Monday is the 17th day of war between Israel and Hamas. On October 7, the Palestinian arms group Hamas launched a series of rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. These attacks were carried out on Israel. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attacks and called it a military action against Israel.
Hamas fired 5,000 rockets from Gaza Strip in about 20 minutes. Not only this, Israel was infiltrated and some military vehicles were captured. Hundreds of people from both sides have died in this war. The Gaza Strip is being continuously bombed by Israel. At the same time, Hamas fighters in Palestine have also not remained silent. They are still attacking Israel from three fronts. Rockets and missiles are being fired from Lebanon, areas adjacent to the sea and South Gaza adjacent to Egypt. On Thursday, rockets were also fired towards the West Bank of Central Israel. After the war that started on October 7, more than 30 thousand buildings have been destroyed in Gaza within seven days. Israel has bombed a large number of hospitals and schools. The death toll in Gaza so far is said to be around 4000. These include more than 800 children. According to the United Nations, more than three lakh people in Gaza have been forced to leave their homes.
