2023-11-10 00:22:00
The Israeli head of government makes serious allegations against the media. Israel is said to have agreed to temporary ceasefires. All information in the news blog.
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Hamas terrorists crossed the border into Israel on October 7 and carried out massacres. Since then, Israel has been attacking targets in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. This live blog informs you about the current developments:
Israel: Missile with Arrow-3 system intercepted for the first time
1:22 a.m.: The Israeli armed forces have successfully deployed their new Arrow 3 missile defense system for the first time. An object fired at Israel was intercepted in the Red Sea area, the Israeli Defense Ministry said late on Thursday evening. The Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen had previously announced that they had attacked Israel with rockets. It was initially unclear whether the missile intercepted by the Arrow 3 system was a Houthi rebel missile.
“The Arrow missile intercepted a threat that was traveling far from the State of Israel,” said military spokesman Daniel Hagari. “We intercepted a surface-to-surface missile that was fired in our direction.”
Defense Minister: War against Hamas for years
11:34 p.m.: According to Defense Minister Joav Galant, Israel is prepared to wage war against the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip for years to come. The army will find everyone involved in the October 7 massacre in Israel, he said on Thursday evening. “No matter whether it takes a week, a month, a year and possibly even years.” He also spoke out against a compromise with Hamas and other extremist groups in the Gaza Strip, saying they had harmed and murdered Israeli citizens. “We will eliminate them all.”
The army has also started using new methods to destroy the tunnels in the Gaza Strip. Galant left it open what exactly these look like.
Iranian foreign minister warns against escalating war
9:27 p.m.: Iran’s Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdollahian has warned against an escalation of the conflict in his harshest words to date in the Gaza war. “Due to the massive expansion of the war against civilian residents of Gaza, the expansion of the scale of the war is now inevitable,” he said, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry. Amirabdollahian had previously spoken to his Qatari colleague Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani by telephone.
Iran’s former President Hassan Rouhani had also previously expressed concern. “It is possible that a mistake, a wrong decision or an inaccurate action will draw the flame of war in our direction,” the newspaper “Etemad” quoted the politician as saying on Thursday. “We are not in a state of war, but we are not far from war,” warned the 74-year-old.
Islamic Jihad releases video of two hostages
7:45 p.m.: The terrorist organization Islamic Jihad released a video of two Israeli hostages on Thursday. It shows an older woman and a boy. The authenticity of the video could not initially be verified. However, those affected are listed as hostages on an official website by family representatives.
Both hostages strongly criticize Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government. According to reports, it is a 77-year-old woman and a 13-year-old child. It was unclear whether the two expressed their honest opinions. The 77-year-old in the video said she believes Netanyahu bears responsibility for the “chaos and everything bad” that happened to them. He is also responsible for the murder of children. Israel’s head of government had caused damage to Israeli and “another” society.
The members of the Islamic Jihad, in turn, did everything to ensure they stayed alive, the woman said in Hebrew. The hostages would be treated well. She called for an agreement to release the hostages. In the video, the boy criticized the army’s “barbaric shelling,” which kills children and Israeli prisoners. The child also said that Islamic Jihad saved the hostages’ lives. The Israeli army immediately denounced the release of the video as “psychological terrorism.”
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