The Israeli military said Saturday that its forces in the Gaza Strip recovered the body of Ron Binyamin, who was among 252 people captured by Palestinian gunmen led by Hamas in a cross-border attack on October 7 that sparked the ongoing war. .
Chief military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Binyamin was found along with three other slain hostages whose repatriation was announced on Friday. Citing intelligence information, the military said they had all been killed on October 7.
The Israeli Army issued new evacuation orders this Saturday on neighborhoods in northern Gaza, where it intensified its attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp, on a day with more than 80 deaths and great devastation also in the east of Rafah.
According to medical sources, at least 28 Palestinians died this Saturday in Jabalia, including ten children and ten women, in an Israeli airstrike against a residential block near the Kamal Adwan Hospital, in which an unknown number of people were also injured.
Last weekend, the Army already ordered an evacuation of Jabalia, following the regrouping of Hamas in this area, and has since expanded it twice, now including the coastal areas of al Atatra and al Karama, a spokesman announced today. military
The destruction in Jabalia is “massive” and there are already more than 300 homes completely destroyed after a week of re-offensive, announced this Saturday the spokesperson for the Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip, independent of Hamas.
“The atrocious attack carried out by the fascist occupation army in the Yabalia countryside continues for the seventh consecutive day, witnessing an intensification of brutal raids, the destruction of entire residential blocks on the heads of their residents and attacks on schools and shelters” The Islamist group Hamas, which ‘de facto’ governs the enclave, denounced today in a statement.
For its part, the Israeli Army confirmed clashes with militants in this area, in addition to having dismantled a long-range rocket launcher, and located several tunnels, weapons and explosive devices in the area, according to a statement.
Troops have continued to penetrate the southern town of Rafah, from where the UN estimates that more than 800,000 Gazans have already fled since Israel began its ground offensive on the 6th, closing the Rafah crossing and further reducing the entry of humanitarian aid. , which has begun to arrive through the dock.
Since early Saturday morning, at least 18 more Palestinians have died as a result of Israeli “indiscriminate attacks” in various areas of the south, but also in the center of the enclave, according to medical sources detailed today to the Palestinian agency Wafa.
Five civilians were killed and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike against a group of people, according to local sources, who were gathering on 20th Street in the Nuseirat refugee camp (center).
According to the Army, in recent weeks, some 130 suspected militants have been eliminated – by soldiers from the Givati ??and 401 brigades – in specific areas of eastern Rafah, where they also located dozens of rifles, grenades and ammunition.
“The Givati ??reconnaissance unit also located an important infrastructure of underground tunnels in the area,” a military statement detailed today, which will be destroyed.
While the attacks in Gaza continue, the Israeli Government faces new divisions after almost seven and a half months of war, more than 35,200 Gazans dead and areas where Hamas militants have regrouped while the Army does not seem to have clear directives.
After Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a few days ago that he would not accept military control in a post-war Gaza, today War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz announced that he will give a speech in the next few hours, and local media suggest that he could issue an ultimatum to Netanyahu and demand clear guidelines.
The opposition Yair Lapid joined the dispute today, and said on the social network
“He must announce that he is no longer willing to help the abandonment of the kidnapped, the abandonment of the north, the crushing of the economy and the middle class. “He should say that he will no longer help Netanyahu stay in power,” he added.