2023-10-14 20:16:00
Hundreds of thousands of reservists were mobilized. “Troops are already deployed across the country, ready to intensify their preparation for the next phases of the conflict and launch a large-scale ground operation,” the Israeli army said.
On Friday, the Israeli army announced that ground troops had been active for 24 hours in the Gaza Strip, searching for “terrorists and weapons”. “During these operations, efforts were also made to find missing people,” the army added, referring to Israelis kidnapped last week during the bloody Hamas attack. Some 120 people are detained in the Gaza Strip, the army said.
Israel found “bodies” of Israeli hostages in Gaza
The Israeli army announced on Saturday that it had found in the Gaza Strip “corpses” of Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas commandos during their October 7 attack in Israel.
We have conducted some raids in the Gaza Strip to locate hostages and abductees,” said Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, an Israeli army spokesman. During these, “we found and located (…) corpses of Israelis who had been kidnapped,” continued the soldier during a briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, without further details.
The Hamas attack on October 7 in Israeli territory left more than 1,300 dead, mostly civilians, including children.
The Israeli army confirmed on Saturday that it had identified “more than 120 civilians” held captive in Gaza, where Hamas had threatened to execute them. Hundreds of people remain missing and bodies are still being identified.
An extraordinary meeting of the 27
The President of the European Council Charles Michel convened a summit of the leaders of the 27 countries of the European Union by videoconference for Tuesday following the outbreak of war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas.
“I would like to convene an extraordinary meeting of the European Council, which will be held by videoconference on Tuesday 17 October at 5.30 p.m. It is of the utmost importance that the European Council, in accordance with the treaties and our values, defines our common position and establishes a clear and unified course of action that reflects the complexity of the current situation,” the Belgian official said in a statement on Saturday. a press release published on Saturday.
The videoconference meeting is scheduled to take place on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. GMT).
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