Earlier this morning, the IAF [Israel's air force] conducted an intelligence-based strike on a command center of Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters and an underground weapons workshop in Beirut".
This is purely and simply a collective punishment imposed on Palestinians in Gaza, who must choose between being forcibly displaced from the North or killed. We fear that this will not stop.”
Yet again, we remind the IDF and all actors of their obligations to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and property and to respect the inviolability of UN premises at all times.”
Israel is determined to achieve all our war objectives and change the security reality in our region for generations to come,
For the past week, sirens have been sounding in northern Israel nonstop. For the past 378 days, Hezbollah has been terrorising Israeli civilians. This is why we are operating-- to restore security to our civilians."
We left with nothing but our children, walking a long distance to Gaza City. We are exhausted, with no food or water for the babies,
We arrived in Gaza from Beit Lahia during the bombardment. We don’t know where to go or stay. There’s no place for us and our families. We can’t live like this. It’s like dying slowly,
The nightmare in Gaza is intensifying,
We are now trapped with no food, water or medicine, facing starvation amid the rubble and destruction,
Dozens of terrorists have been eliminated in precise airstrikes by IAF (air force) aircraft and in close-quarters combat, and numerous weapons and buildings where the enemy had barricaded for terrorist activities have been dismantled,
This follows weeks of intensified operations resulting in scores of civilian fatalities and near total lack of humanitarian aid reaching populations in the north,
The ever-worsening escalation of violence and non-stop Israeli military operations that we have been witnessing over the past two weeks in northern Gaza have horrifying consequences,
Victims are still under the rubble and on the road and ambulance teams and civil emergency can't reach them,
Hostages must be freed, displacement of Palestinians must cease, & civilians must be protected,
More than a year has passed, and every day our blood is shed,
Anyone who tries to harm Israel's citizens will pay a heavy price."
I think there is an opportunity, but it depends what’s done with it,
The war, my dear ones, is not over yet,
More than half of the people who were killed are, in fact, people who were forced to evacuate from Jabalia and other parts” of northern Gaza under Israeli siege
A witness from the area described the massive explosion resulting from multiple air strikes shaking the very foundations of the surrounding areas,