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ISRAEL’s prime minister this afternoon vowed to “exterminate the bloody monsters” who unleashed hell on his country. Israel’s military says it has Gaza surrounded, while Hamas is reportedly blocking terrified residents from escaping the bomb-blitzed enclave. As the ground offensive looms ever-nearer, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israeli troops “are ready to act at any moment, to exterminate the …

Israel plans to send 10,000 troops to capture Gaza City and “destroy” the Strip’s leadership, the New York Times reports, citing Israeli military officers who have spoken publicly. The report says the offensive would be the largest since 2006’s Second Lebanon War and will see the IDF attempt to hold on to parts of Gaza, at least temporarily. A Hamas official …

LEBANON’S Iran-backed Hezbollah has insisted it is “fully prepared” to join Hamas in its bloody war with Israel. Fears of escalation come as leaflets are dropping in Gaza warning more than 1 million citizens to flee its northern parts as Israel‘s military prepares to unleash their troops. Foreign powers have urged Hezbollah to stay put on the sidelines - but deputy …

The Israeli Foreign Ministry and its National Security Council issued a joint statement on Thursday urging all Israelis staying abroad to take extra care tomorrow ( Friday, October 13, 2023), citing the Hamas terror group’s call on its supporters worldwide to participate in a “day of rage.”

During a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah, Mahmoud Abbas condemned the killing or abuse of civilians on both sides of the conflict. “We reject the practices of killing civilians or abusing them on both sides because they contravene morals, religion, and international law,” the official Palestinian news agency Wafa quoted Abbas as saying. “We renounce violence and adhere to international …

Airports in Damascus and Aleppo are out of service after attacks by Israel, Syrian state media has said. It comes as the Israelis said Gaza will not be supplied with any electricity, water or fuel until hostages are freed. “Bursts of missiles” hit airports in Damascus and Aleppo at the same time, state news agency SANA has reported, citing a …

Israelis throughout the country were ordered to shelter in place amid a large-scale attack involving drones coming from the direction of the northern border on Wednesday evening. No injuries or rocket falls have been reported as of yet. Shortly after the attack began, reports were received of terrorists on paragliders landing in northern Israel. Rocket alerts were issued throughout northern …

The US is “surging” extra military assistance to Israel, the US president says.

The number of Palestinians killed has risen from 830 to 900, the Gaza health ministry has said. Among the dead are 260 children and 230 women, it added. The number of people wounded in the retaliatory Israeli strikes has also increased to 4,600, it said. It added that the victims had been subjected to “tearing, amputation of limbs, complex wounds, …

ISRAEL’S PM has vowed to turn Gaza into “rubble” as Hamas terrorists behead Israeli soldiers and threaten to kill civilian hostages.