During a devastating Israeli attack on the city Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza Strip are on Saturday At least 73 people were killed. The media authority of the government controlled by the terrorist organization Hamas announced this in the evening. The target of the bombing was a multi-story building, but other houses were hit. There were also dozens of injured and missing people. The Israeli army described the number of victims as “exaggerated”.
The Israeli army said late Saturday evening that reports of casualties from a strike in the northern Gaza Strip were being investigated. However, after initial checks, it appears that the figures published by Hamas are “exaggerated” and do not correspond to the level of information provided by the Israeli military.
“This is a war of genocide and ethnic cleansing. The occupation carried out a horrific massacre in Beit Lahiya,” the terrorist organization’s media office said. The Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health had previously reported that 35 people had died in further attacks in the Gaza Strip.
Siege of refugee camp intensified
According to residents and doctors, the Israeli army had recently increased its siege of the Jabalia refugee camp, with civilians from the nearby towns of Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya being ordered to evacuate. The army said the aim was to separate civilians and Hamas fighters. Allegations that the actions were aimed at expelling people were denied. Since the military campaign to overthrow Hamas began a year ago, Israel has been repeatedly accused of seeking ethnic cleansing from the Gaza Strip. Although this is officially denied, leading government politicians have spoken in this direction.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Prime Minister announced Benjamin Netanjahu After a drone attack attributed to the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, which the government said was aimed at Netanyahu, further strikes against the enemies of the only Jewish state. “I say to Iran and its proxies in its axis of evil: Anyone who tries to harm the citizens of Israel will pay a heavy price,” Netanyahu said. “Israel is determined to achieve all of its war goals and transform the security situation in our region for generations to come.”
Iran denied involvement in drone attack
Iran, considered Hezbollah’s main backer, denied involvement in the drone strike, which occurred in the coastal town of Caesarea, where Netanyahu’s private home is located. “This operation was carried out by Hezbollah,” Iran’s UN mission in New York said, according to the news agency More.
The Shiite militia’s attempt to “murder” him and his wife was a serious mistake, Netanyahu wrote on German press agency said. According to the army, no one was injured.
After the killing of the Hamas chief, which became known on Thursday, Hezbollah Yahya al-Sinwar announced an expansion of its attacks against Israel. According to new information from the army late in the evening, Hezbollah fired around 200 projectiles from Lebanon into Israel over the course of the day. Warning sirens wailed again at night in northern Israel. Israel’s military, for its part, again attacked the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut. The Lebanese News Agency NNA reported that there had been a whole series of impacts again in the suburb of Haret Hreik. Israel’s military said the attacks targeted weapons depots and a Hezbollah intelligence headquarters.