War in Israel: Ground offensive cancelled

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Updated as of October 16, 11:13 am: Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah would face a “reverse” response if it continued to carry out attacks on Israel.

“Hezbollah carried out a series of attacks yesterday to undermine our operational efforts [vom Gazastreifen] to divert “It is under the direction of Iran, thereby putting Lebanon and its citizens at risk,” Hagari told a press conference. “We have increased our forces on the northern border and will respond aggressively to any action against us. If Hezbollah dares to test us, the reaction will be deadly. “The United States gives us full support,” Hagari continued.

Israel denies the alleged ceasefire

Updated as of October 16, 9:58 am: Israel on Monday denied reports of a planned ceasefire with Hamas, the Islamist Palestinian group that rules the Gaza Strip. “There is no ceasefire,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said. There were earlier reports that the hours-long ceasefire was intended to allow foreign nationals to enter Egypt and import relief supplies through the Rafah border crossing.

War in Israel: Ground attack on Gaza canceled at short notice

Report from October 16: Tel Aviv/Gaza – A brutal attack on Israel by Hamas terrorists and a good week after the start of the war in Israel, the ground offensive of the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip is imminent. The operation is likely to begin by the end of the week, he said The New York Times But it was postponed due to weather and poor visibility for the pilots.

The official reason for not launching an attack was to protect civilians. “I didn’t go to the weather. Protecting civilians is the priority of the Israeli army. That’s why we clearly asked them to go south,” Israeli army spokesman Ari Sharouz told the Shalikar news website. T-Online. In ARD-Broadcasting Anne Will On Sunday evening, the attached Shalikar also pointed out that more people should be given an opportunity to leave the northern part of the coastal region.

War in Israel: Protection of Civilians as Reason for Ground Attacks

Indeed, a mass exodus to the south of the Gaza Strip is underway. More than 600,000 people have now moved there, Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Sunday, after repeated calls for civilians to evacuate. The figure was confirmed by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Geneva.

Meanwhile, the Israeli Air Force is sending senior ground commanders on missions over the Gaza Strip. He wrote that they wanted to get an idea of ​​the area from the air The Times of Israel. The Israeli armed forces said on Saturday that they were finalizing preparations for a “coordinated attack from the air, sea and land”.

The death toll in the war in Israel is rising

• Death toll in Israel: 1,300
• Death toll in Gaza: 2,750

Israel has been carrying out its heaviest attacks on the Gaza Strip to date

Although the ground offensive is long overdue, the bombing of Hamas targets continues. The Israeli military announced early Monday that the attacks in the Gaza Strip had continued over the past 24 hours. Like a news site Ynet The Palestinians were quoted as saying it was the worst attack to date.

A senior Hamas commander was reportedly killed in the attack on Sunday evening. Muadas Eid, the national security chief of the terror group’s southern district, wrote that he was killed The Times of Israel. Israel’s military says it has already killed six senior Hamas members. (MD)