Israeli forces are not carpet bombing the Gaza Strip, military spokesman Richard Hecht said. While acknowledging that the Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinian territory were bigger than ever, Hecht said all the sites being hit were targeted and based on intelligence information.
He said the army was getting specific information in each case about where Palestinian militants were hiding. He said the attacks were focused on destroying the infrastructure of the Islamist group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip. For Gaza’s civilians, the situation is increasingly precarious.
According to UN figures, some 339,000 people have fled their homes within the narrow coastal strip. Last Saturday, Hamas fighters killed more than 1,200 people in Israeli border towns and at a music festival. Around 150 people were taken prisoner and are being held hostage in the Gaza area. Israel responded to the massacres with heavy airstrikes. The territory’s health ministry said Thursday more than 1,200 people have been killed in Gaza and around 5,800 others injured.
Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Israeli-Palestinian War: Escalation in Gaza Strip to last 10 days – Iraqi foreign ministerThe current escalation in the Gaza Strip may last at least 10 days, and hopefully, fighting will not affect neighbouring countries, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said on Tuesday. Hussein said this during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “We believe that, unfortunately, the hostilities currently taking place in Gaza could last at
Read more »
Israeli forces continue Gaza Strip bombardment, mass troops on borderA Nigerian newspaper and Online version of the Vanguard, a daily publication in Nigeria covering Nigeria news, Niger delta, general national news, politics, business, energy, sports, entertainment, fashion,lifestyle human interest stories, etc
Read more »
Israel vs Hamas: Complete closure of Gaza Strip violates international law – UNThe United Nations has criticised Israel’s decision to stop all food, water, electricity and fuel deliveries to the Gaza Strip. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said in Geneva on Tuesday that it was forbidden under international humanitarian law to deprive people of what they needed to survive. “The imposition of sieges that
Read more »
Israel bombs more than 200 targets in Gaza Strip overnightThe Israeli military on Tuesday said more than 200 targets were struck overnight, including a weapons depot used by Hamas and facilities belonging to Islamic Jihad, a separate Palestinian Islamist group. Hundreds of Palestinian attackers crossed the border into Israel on Saturday. Around 900 people were killed in the ensuing massacre. In Be’eri, a kibbutz
Read more »
Israeli airstrikes displace 264,000 Palestinians in Gaza – UNThe UN’s humanitarian relief agency has said Israeli airstrikes against Hamas militants have displaced 264,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. They are sheltering in school buildings with relatives or neighbours, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, launched a large-scale attack against Israel on
Read more »