The war between Israel and Hamas entered its twenty-third day on Sunday October 29. Since October 7 and the terrorist attacks by the Islamist movement on Israeli soil, which left more than 1,400 dead, the Israeli army has relentlessly bombarded the Gaza Strip, controlled by Hamas since 2007 and where some 2 .4 million Palestinians.
Internet access was disrupted Friday evening, said NetBlocks, an Internet connectivity observatory. At the same time, bombings targeted the north of the enclave, in particular the sectors of Jabaliya, Beit Lahya and Beit Hanoun, which also suspended image coverage for an evening, a first since the start of the conflict. .
A story in pictures tells this beginning of the third week about what has been happening in the Gaza Strip since the night of October 27.
Civil defense in Gaza assures that “hundreds of buildings and houses were completely destroyed” by Israeli strikes during the night. The IDF, for its part, claims to have “hit 150 underground targets in northern Gaza Strip”on the night of Friday October 27 to Saturday October 28.
The Israeli army reiterates its warning to the inhabitants of Gaza: “The time you have to travel south is getting shorter. “. One of the Israeli army’s spokesmen, Daniel Hagari, repeated an Israeli call for residents of the northern Gaza Strip and Gaza City to move towards the south of the enclave.
At a UN-run aid center in Deir Al-Balah, a town halfway between Gaza City and the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, food aid is provided to locals as well as ‘to people displaced following Israel’s call to evacuate northern Gaza and move south.
“The war in the Gaza Strip will be long and difficult and we are ready for it”Netanyahu said Saturday at a press conference in Tel Aviv, adding that his army “will destroy the enemy on earth and underground”. A reference to the gigantic network of tunnels from which, according to the military, Hamas directs its operations.
These massive strikes, aimed, according to Israel, at ” destroy “ Hamas, are causing numerous civilian casualties – more than 8,000, according to the latest report given by the Gaza Ministry of Health, administered by Hamas.