Israel announces that it has regained control of the areas occupied by Hamas on the border with Gaza

Israel and the Palestinian militias in Gaza enter their fourth day of war, which has already claimed the lives of more than 1,500 people and injured some 6,400, according to figures confirmed by the UN.

Reports from Israel indicate that more than 900 nationals and foreigners have died and that the injured exceed 2,600.

For its part, the Gaza Ministry of Health has reported the death of 687 Palestinians and more than 3,800 wounded, to which must be added those who have perished in combat in Israeli territory.

In the last few hours, Israeli troops have regained control of all areas occupied by Hamas on Saturday, after an intense exchange of fire by air.

“We have practically restored complete control of the border fence with Gaza, we are restoring and organizing the perimeter,” Army spokesman Richard Hecht told international media.

He also reported that Israeli forces are “building infrastructure for future operations” in that area, and that the Army is “focused on the offensive in the Gaza Strip, on air strikes” against the Palestinian enclave by air, land and sea.

Israel confirms the discovery of 1,500 bodies of militiamen

In addition, the Israeli Army confirmed today that it has recovered around 1,500 bodies of Hamas militiamen in Israeli territory, which gives an idea of ​​the number of troops that the Palestinian militia deployed in its massive attack against Israel.

An Israeli television channel had reported last night that some 1,500 bodies of alleged militants of the Palestinian Islamist movement had been found in areas of southern Israel near the Gaza Strip, after attacks by Israeli troops against militia positions, such as tunnels and weapons storage locations.

This morning, dozens of Israeli warplanes continued bombing 200 Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in the Gazan towns of Rimal and Khan Younis.

However, civilians in Gaza, besieged by incessant bombing, denounce that Israel’s attacks are carried out in residential areas, places of worship and hospitals, without prior notice allowing evacuation.

The displaced in Gaza are more than 187,000

Those displaced within the Gaza Strip as a result of the war have increased in the last 24 hours and exceed 187,000, and it is taken for granted that this number will rise in the coming hours, according to the United Nations.

Of them, some 137,500 are sheltered in schools of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), where conditions are extremely precarious and the supply of drinking water is very limited, as confirmed by representatives of this organization.

The Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, ordered this Monday the total closure of the Strip, which means that the Palestinian enclave will be without electricity, food and fuel supplies, in the midst of the war: “I have given an order: Gaza will be under a total closure.

New Israeli artillery fire against Lebanon

Israel has also attacked again today with artillery at least two points in southern Lebanon close to the border between both countries, where three members of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah died on Monday.

“In the early hours of the morning, Israeli enemy forces shelled the outskirts of the towns of Blida and Meiss al Jabal with artillery shells, and about four shells fell into Lebanese territory,” the Lebanese National News Agency (ANN) reported. ).

According to the official media, the shots were fired due to the suspicion that a new “infiltration attempt” could be taking place from Lebanon to Israel.

Yesterday afternoon, members of the Islamist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) crossed the divide from Lebanese territory and engaged in clashes with Israeli forces, resulting in the deaths of at least two PIJ militants and two other Israeli soldiers.

In response to this infiltration, Israel launched intense artillery attacks and aerial bombardments against several Lebanese border points, causing the death of three Hezbollah members.

The so-called Blue Line, the de facto border between both countries, continues today under the “continuous” flight of Israeli drones, according to Lebanese television Al Manar, which acts as a spokesperson for Hezbollah and has published videos of the alleged unmanned aircraft.

The Lebanese Government already suspended classes yesterday in all schools in the border areas, a region controlled by the Shiite armed movement.

Iran applauds Hamas but denies involvement in attack

The supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, stated this Tuesday that he is proud of the Palestinian youth for the surprise attack against Israel and once again denied Iranian involvement in the hostilities.

“We kiss the foreheads and hands of the intelligent and skilled designers of this operation and the Palestinian youth, we are proud of them,” the leader said at a military graduation ceremony.

“But the enemy says that Iran is behind the operation and it is a lie,” said the highest Iranian authority, according to the official IRNA agency.

Tehran is one of the main allies of the Islamist movement Hamas and leads the so-called Axis of Resistance against the Jewish State, its nemesis.

Biden, Macron, Scholz, Meloni and Sunak express their support for Israel

On the diplomatic level, the presidents of the United States, Joe Biden, and of France, Emmanuel Macron; the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz; and the prime ministers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, and the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, have condemned in a joint statement the Hamas attack on Israel and expressed their firm support for the Jewish State.

In the text, released last night, the leaders claim to recognize “the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people,” but in their opinion, Hamas “does not represent those aspirations and offers nothing to the Palestinian people other than terror and bloodshed.”

From this conviction, they promise to support the Jewish State so that it can “defend itself against such atrocities.”

For its part, the European Union has announced an “urgent” review of aid to Palestine to guarantee that no financing can go “indirectly” to terrorist activities against Israel and clarified that “as there are no planned payments, there will be no suspension of payments.” .

The EU Foreign Ministers are meeting this afternoon on an extraordinary basis to analyze the situation “in Israel and in the region,” according to the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell. With EFE

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