The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, described, on Wednesday October 11,“act of war” Hamas’s attack on Israel on Saturday. She also reaffirmed the support of the European Union for the Jewish state. “At the dawn of Shabbat last Saturday, the whole world woke up in horror. The Hamas terrorist attack is an act of war. We fully support Israel’s right to defend itself. Europe stands with Israel in this tragedy.”, she declared on the X network. Follow our live stream.
Thousands of deaths recorded. In total, the war has already left more than 3,600 dead on both sides. In Israel, more than 1,200 people were killed, according to the army, which reported at least 169 soldiers dying in its ranks. On the Palestinian side, more than 900 people died after the IDF response in the Gaza Strip, according to local authorities. Some 1,500 bodies of Hamas terrorists were also found in the Jewish state.
More than 260,000 displaced in the Gaza Strip. Several hundred thousand people have been forced to flee their homes in the Gaza Strip, under siege and shelled by Israeli raids, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Israeli shelling on Syria. The Israeli army announced Tuesday evening that it had fired shells into Syria from the Golan Heights, in response to “shots” projectiles on this territory occupied by Israel. Soldiers “are responding with artillery and mortars towards the origin of these shots in Syria”she clarified.