About this informs Haberturk.
According to the publication, the negotiation process with Hamas representatives has already begun. According to Israel, the militants took from 50 to 100 people, including civilians and military personnel, to the Gaza Strip.
Also, earlier at the government meeting, Erdogan announced Turkey’s readiness to mediate between Hamas and Israel.
“We are openly opposed to the killing of civilians on the territory of Israel. Similarly, we will never accept the indiscriminate killing of innocent people in the Gaza Strip, who are subjected to systematic bombardment,” the Turkish president said.
War in Israel
On October 7, the Palestinian armed groups Hamas and “Islamic Jihad” launched a massive attack on the State of Israel in several places from the air and on the ground. The head of the armed wing of Hamas, Muhammad al-Deifa, said that his fighters launched the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation. According to him, these actions are designed to protect the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The Palestinians fired 2,000-3,000 rockets into Israel and simultaneously captured 7 communities in the south.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement regarding the invasion of Israel by Hamas militants and declared that the country is “in a state of war”. The country’s government applied the so-called Article 40 Aleph, officially declaring a state of war from 06:00 on October 7. The last time this happened was 50 years ago, during the Doomsday War of 1973.
On the morning of October 8, Lebanon’s Hezbollah announced its affiliation with Hamas and claimed responsibility for shelling an IDF base in northern Israel with rockets and mortars. Palestinian Islamic Jihad as well statedthat his fighters joined the Hamas attack on Israel.
Due to the situation in the Middle East, the UN Security Council convened an emergency meeting. However, no actions and no decisions were taken after it. At the same time, the British government said that it will support Israel in its fight against terrorists and is ready to provide it with all the necessary assistance.
On the afternoon of October 9, the Israeli army returned control of all areas on the border with the Gaza Strip. At the same time, it is not excluded that there are still Hamas militants on Israeli territory
During the night and day of the same day, the Israeli armed forces attacked the Gaza Strip. The main targets were command posts, houses of commanders, militants and ordinary soldiers of the terrorist organization Hamas. The Israeli Ministry of Defense ordered the military to blockade the Gaza Strip.
On October 9, the Israeli army returned to control all areas on the border with the Gaza Strip. At the same time, it is not excluded that there are still Hamas militants on Israeli territory. Israel also announced a complete energy and food blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The leaders of the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France and Italy issued a joint statement in which they expressed their united support for Israel and condemned the actions of Hamas.
As of the morning of October 11, the number of dead in Israel has increased to 1,200, the IDF has hit more than 200 targets in Gaza in a day.
The head of the Czech Foreign Ministry, Jan Lipavsky, was the first among foreign statesmen to personally arrive in Tel Aviv after the Hamas attack on Israel, to evacuate 34 citizens of his country by plane.
It also became known that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will arrive in Israel on October 12 in order to personally assess the situation in the country.
Fuente: espreso.tv
