Denver's Jewish community is preparing for shabbat dinner ahead of the Sabbath, with the 224 civilians that Israel says are still being held hostage on their minds.
Updated:Israel expects to launch a long and difficult ground offensive into Gaza soon to destroy Hamas, the country's defense minister said Friday, describing a campaign that will require dismantling a vast network of tunnels used by the territory's militant rulers.
More than 1,400 people were slain in Israel during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, according to the Israeli government, and at least 229 hostages were taken into Gaza. Palestinian militants have fired thousands of rockets into Israel, including one that hit a residential building in Tel Aviv on Friday, wounding four people.
Gallant said Israel believes that Hamas would confiscate any fuel that enters. He said Hamas uses generators to pump air into its hundreds of kilometers of tunnels, which originate in civilian areas. He showed reporters aerial footage of what he said was a tunnel shaft built right next to a hospital.Little is known about Hamas' secretive tunnels and other infrastructure, and it wasn't possible to independently confirm Gallant's claims.
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, which provides basic services to hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza, said it has been forced to ration fuel among lifesaving machines in hospitals, bakeries, and desalination plants, and only has enough for a few more days. The Israeli military says it only targets militants and accuses Hamas of operating among civilians in an attempt to protect its fighters.Relatives of people kidnapped by Hamas hold pictures of their loved ones during a protest calling for their return, in Tel Aviv, Oct. 26, 2023.
Egypt's military meanwhile said a drone crashed into a building in the Red Sea town of Taba, on the border with Israel, slightly wounding six people. In a separate incident, the state-run Al-Qahera news said a “strange object” landed near a power station in the Red Sea town of Nuweiba, further south. Footage showed debris and smoke rising from the side of a nearby mountain.launched toward Israel by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in northern Yemen.
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