Warning sirens sounded at dawn. Dozens of rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel on Saturday October 7, ending a truce that had been generally respected since the end of a five-day war in May. The armed wing of Hamas immediately announced that it had launched the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation against Israel. These rocket attacks left at least one dead, a woman in her sixties, and 15 injured, according to Israeli emergency services. The Israeli army, for its part, reported the infiltration of“an unknown number of terrorists” into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. Follow our live stream.
“More than 5,000 rockets” claimed. “We have decided to put an end to all the crimes of the occupation” And “more than 5,000 rockets” have been fired since Saturday morning, said Mohammad Deif, commander of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, in an audio recording broadcast by Al-Aqsa TV, the television channel of Hamas, the Islamist movement in power in Gaza.
Woman killed in southern Israel. A woman in her sixties was killed “by a direct hit”and 15 other people were injured in southern Israel by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, announced Magen David Adom, the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross.
“Terrorists” infiltrated into Israeli territory. The Israeli army reported the infiltration of“an unknown number of terrorists” into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. “Residents in areas surrounding the Gaza Strip have been asked to stay at home”adds the army, while dozens of rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israel for more than an hour.
The end of the truce observed since May. This operation claimed by Hamas puts an end to a truce generally respected since the end of a five-day war in May. Israel then launched an offensive against Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, which cost the lives of 34 Palestinians and one Israeli woman.