Israeli army launches ‘relatively major’ ground attack on northern Gaza
The Israeli army carried out a “relatively large” ground attack on northern Gaza on the night of Wednesday to Thursday. This was reported by the Reuters news agency on the basis of the Israeli army radio station. It would be the largest ground attack to date, which Israel says is aimed at attacking locations where Hamas fighters are hiding.
The Israeli army is late X, formerly Twitter, know to have hit “terrorist groups, infrastructure and missile equipment” during the attack. Images shared by Israel show them attacking buildings with tanks. The images are for NRC cannot be verified. The soldiers are said to have now returned to Israel.
As far as we know, Israel carried out ground attacks on Gaza for the first time on Sunday night to Monday since the war started on October 7. However, a large-scale ground offensive by Israel has not materialized for the time being. reported on Wednesday The Wall Street Journal that Israel has so far postponed a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip at the request of the United States.
Israel also arrested several Palestinians in the West Bank last night. According to Al Jazeera, in the city of Hebron, Israel focuses mainly on female activists: university students and a well-known writer and political activist. It is unclear who it concerns.
President Biden has ‘no confidence’ in Palestinian death toll
US President Joe Biden has “no confidence” in the Palestinian death toll provided by the Gazan Health Ministry, led by Hamas. He said this during a press conference on Thursday, when he was asked whether Israel is doing enough to “minimize the number of civilian casualties”, international news agencies report.
Biden did not elaborate on why he doubts the death tolls. “I have no idea if the Palestinians are telling the truth about how many people have been killed,” the president said. “I am sure innocents have been killed, and that is the price of waging a war.”
According to the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, some 6,500 people have been killed since the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. At least 1,400 people died on the Israeli side. Neither figure is in favor NRC to be independently verified.