Hamas attacks Tel Aviv again, death toll in Israel reaches 250
The number of fatalities of the Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel has increased to more than 250 people, and over 1450 more have been injured.
Source: The Times of Israel
Details: The Ministry of Health of Israel reports that 1104 people were injured in the terrorist attacks on 7 October. They were injured both in the missile attacks and by the Hamas militants who entered the territory of Israel and shot the military and civilians.
It is expected that the number of fatalities will rise further.
On 7 October in the evening, Tel Aviv and its outskirts were attacked with missiles again after Hamas threatened to launch an attack on this district.
🇮🇱 MASSIVE rocket barrage reportedly headed toward Tel Aviv.
— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) October 7, 2023
Huge explosions reported in the north of Jerusalem. pic.twitter.com/XM8xwkrqLx
Loud explosions sound above Tel Aviv.
Medical workers reported that the recent Hamas missile strike on central Israel injured at least nine civilians.
Four people sustained injuries in Tel Aviv.
Hamas claims that it launched 150 missiles on Tel Aviv from the Gaza Strip during the attack.
Earlier, Hamas threatened to attack Tel Aviv after the IDF bombed two high towers in the Gaza Strip used for storing the Hamas assets.
"Before the attack, the IDF warned the residents of the building in advance and asked them to evacuate," the Israeli military stated.
BREAKING: Israeli fighter jets destroy the Palestine Tower in Gaza City, displacing its residents. pic.twitter.com/HM7d4XQxzr
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 7, 2023
The Palestinian media also report that the Israeli Air Force bombed the house of Yahya Sinwar, the head of the Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Israel Katz, Minister of Energy of Israel, signed an order, which obliges the Israeli Electric Corporation to stop power supply to the Gaza Strip.
The UN Security Council will hold an urgent meeting dedicated to the violence in the Middle East on 8 October, reads the statement published after the attack by the Hamas terrorists. The meeting will be closed for the press and the public.
Background:
- On the morning of 7 October, a large number of missiles was launched from the Gaza Strip into Israel by Hamas militants; fires surged through Israeli cities.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a public statement concerning the wave of attacks by Hamas, saying that the country is at war, but they will prevail.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken out in support of Israel following the attack by Hamas terrorists.
- Earlier, 100 fatalities were reported on the Israeli side and nearly 200 on the Palestinian.
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