Israel has fired strikes at thousands of targets in Gaza, including the upscale Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City where a number of senior Hamas leaders live, Israel Defense Force officials said Tuesday.
(October 8, 2023 / JNS) Israel’s Security Cabinet early on Sunday morning made a series of decisions marking the start of the offensive phase of “Operation Swords of Iron,” ordering the Israel Defense Forces to prepare for the “destruction of the military and governing capabilities of Hamas and [Palestinian] Islamic Jihad.” “We are embarking on […]
More than 230 Gazans were also killed when Israel responded with one of its most devastating days of retaliatory strikes. Fighting continued into the night.