Re: Israel-Palestine escalation live: Al Qassam Brigades launch ‘Operation Tuphon Al Aqsa’

Channel 12: Israeli energy minister orders cutting electricity to Gaza

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Israeli occupation fighters attack 10-story Palestine residential building in the middle of Gaza City, levelling it to the ground.

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BREAKING | Israeli army destroys high-rise residential tower in central Gaza

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BREAKING | Head of the Hamas politburo Ismail Haniyeh in a televised statement:

“We have warned Israel time and again not to play with fire regarding our Al-Aqsa Mosque, but they did not listen.”

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The Times of Israel reported paramedic officials saying:

Death toll from the attack of the Palestinian fighters on illegal settlements near Gaza rises to more than 100 and about 800 others wounded.

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Hamas deputy leader Saleh al Arouri: “We are ready for worst case scenario”

Speaking to Al Jazeera, he said: “All scenarios are now possible and we are ready for a ground invasion.”

He added that Israel had been planning to launch an attack on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

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Dr Musa abu Marzouq: The Palestinian resistance did not initiate an attack, but it responded to many continuous Israeli attacks on Al Aqsa Mosque, Palestinians, their lands and their rights.

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MoH: 198 martyrs and 1,610 wounded in Israeli strikes in Gaza

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Al Jazeera: at least 160 martyrs and hundreds wounded in intense Israeli strikes in Gaza

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Initial reports: Palestinian resistance captures Israeli General Nimrod Aloni

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Breaking: Israeli fighter planes strike Palestinian ambulance at the gate of Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza city of Khan Younis

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Israeli tank is captured and destroyed, with the occupation forces within it taken as prisoners near Khan Yunis

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Members of Al-Qassam Brigade capture Israeli occupation soldiers

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Medical sources in Gaza: At least ten of Palestinians martyrs and tens of wounded arrived in Al Shefa Hospital in Gaza

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Palestinian resistance penetrated defence line of the Israeli army

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Palestinians in Jabal Al-Mukabber in occupied #AlQuds set fire to a zionist police station

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Yedioth Ahronoth: Bruno Mars’ performance in Tel Aviv tonight has been cancelled

#UPDATE #Gaza

Yedioth Ahronoth: Bruno Mars’ performance in Tel Aviv tonight has been cancelled

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Netanyahu: We are in a middle of war… We will win it

Netanyahu: “Citizens of Israel, we are at war, and we will win. The enemy will pay a price like they have never known before!”

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Journalist Mohammad al Salhi killed by Israeli occupation as he was covering resistance operation easat of Gaza

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Israeli radio: Palestinians have so far detained 35 Israelis

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Yedioth Ahronoth: Palestinian resistance penetrated defence line of the Israeli army

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Sources in Gaza: Resistance fighters kidnapped several Israelis

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The head of the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council was killed

The head of the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council, Ofir Liebstein, was killed during fighting with Hamas terrorists this morning, local authorities say.

“Ofir was killed when he went to defend a town during the terrorist attack,” the council says.

The deputy head of the council, Yossi Keren, is currently filling his place.

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Palestinian resistance announce full control over Karm abu Salem commercial crossing south of the Gaza Strip

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Several explosions heard across Gaza

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Israel luanches Opereation Iron Sword against Gaza

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Israeli sources: 5 dead, including head of Sha’ar Hanegev settlement and more than 100 wounded

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“State of readiness” says the Israeli army

The Israeli army has declared a “state of readiness” for after war Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip fired an intense barrage of rockets early Saturday toward Israel, reports Israel Broadcasting Authority.

The rocket salvoes were fired from different locations in the enclave but Israel’s Iron Dome defense system intercepted many, according to an Anadolu correspondent.

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Israel’s defence chief: Hamas made a ‘grave mistake’

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has described Hamas’s decision to initiate a war against Israel as a “serious error.”

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Picture: Resistants storm the occupation settlements and control the streets in eastern Gaza

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Update: The number of Israeli deaths is large and cannot be counted

A number of Israeli occupation soldiers and settlers were killed today, as a result of the clashes that broke out after the resistance stormed the Israeli settlements in the eastern Gaza Strip according to Quds Press.

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Update: Sirens sound in Jerusalem after barrage of rockets from Gaza

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Update: Hamas fighters inside Israel

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Update: Casualties among settlers and troops inside Israeli settlements reported

Israeli journalist Emanuel Fabian has reported casualties among settlers and troops inside Israeli settlements; Israel’s Megan David Paramedics said there are many deaths.

The Times of Israel reported sources reiterating infiltration of Palestinian fighters into at least one Israeli settlement.

Sources told the Israeli daily that clashes between the Palestinian fighters and Israeli security inside the settlements are ongoing.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant approved a widescale call-up of reservists, the Israeli newspaper reported.

The number of reservists to be called up will depend on the military’s needs, Gallant’s office said.

Currently, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and military officials are evaluating the situation and decisions are expected to emerge soon.

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Update: 5,000 rockets, shells fired from Gaza towards Israel in 1st 20 minutes of operation: Al-Qassam Brigades

Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip fired an intense barrage of rockets early Saturday toward Israel. The rocket salvoes were fired from different locations in the enclave but Israel’s Iron Dome defense system intercepted many, according to an Anadolu correspondent.

Sirens sounded in central Israel and Tel Aviv, the Israeli army said in a statement. Sirens sounded also in Tel Aviv, Rehovot, Rishon Lezion and the Palmachim Airbase, according to media outlets, including the Walla news website. Schools were suspended in the Gaza Strip until further notice, according to the Palestinian Education Ministry in Gaza.

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Update: Hamas militants take control of police station in Israel’s Sderot

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At 6:15am, Palestinian resistance launched the largest barrage of rockets towards Israeli settlements near Gaza in a round of fight giving it the codename “Operation Tuphon Al Aqsa.”

Mohammad Deif, chief of Hamas Military Wing Al Qassam Brigades, announced that 5,000 rockets and missiles launched towards the Israeli occupation settlements.

Deif said that the operation was launched to “deter the Israeli violations against Al Aqsa Mosque and to force Israel to respect international law.”

The Palestinian resistance also carried out attacks from the air, sea and ground as tens of fighters reached several settlements – Israeli sources confirmed they entered the settlement of Sderot.

Settlers posted on their social media the Palestinian fighters wandering in the streets of the Israeli settlements and opening fire at certain targets.

The website of Al Qassam Brigades published a picture of a dozen detained Israeli occupation troops with their hands tied behind their backs.

Israeli media reported that Hamas fighters, who surprised them with the attack, could enter the settlement of Sderot without resistance by the Israeli army.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has declared an emergency situation within a range of 80 kilometres from the Gaza Strip, his office says.

The “special situation” allows the military’s Home Front Command to restrict gatherings and close off areas, including the major cities Tel Aviv and Beersheba, his office said.

Source – Middle east monitor