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🔴 Live: Israel ground forces carry out overnight raid into central Gaza
Israeli ground forces backed by fighter jets and drones carried out a targeted raid overnight in the central Gaza Strip, the army said Friday, as it prepares for a land invasion. The news comes a day after the US military struck two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups, said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Follow our live blog as the day’s events unfold. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
Issued on: 27/10/2023 – 01:54Modified: 27/10/2023 – 08:02
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The United States launched two “precision self-defence strikes” against facilities in eastern Syria. The Pentagon claims those locations were used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups.
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In a statement, the White House said it sent a message to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warning against strikes on US troops amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.
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More than 7,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
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Iran’s foreign minister said Hamas is ready to release civilian prisoners to the Islamic Republic, and that the international community must take responsibility for releasing 6,000 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.
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Key developments of Thursday, October 26:
The estimated number of Hamas-held captives killed in Gaza due to Israeli strikes is around 50, Abu Obeida, a spokesman for the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, said on Thursday according to the al-Qassam Brigades’ Telegram account.
The health ministry in Gaza issued a 212-page document on Thursday which it said contained the names and ID numbers of more than 7,000 Palestinians killed during the Israeli bombardment of the enclave. The ministry’s move came after US President Joe Biden and the Israeli military questioned the casualty figures issued by authorities in Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas.
About 900 additional US troops are heading to the Middle East or have newly arrived there to bolster air defences to protect US personnel amid a surge in attacks in the region by Iran-affiliated groups, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
EU leaders agreed at a summit on Thursday to call for the establishment of “humanitarian corridors and pauses” to get urgently-needed aid into Gaza. “The European Council expresses its gravest concern for the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza and calls for continued, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access and aid to reach those in need through all necessary measures including humanitarian corridors and pauses for humanitarian needs,” a declaration adopted by the leaders said.
Read our blog to see how the day’s events unfolded.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
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