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The war between Israel and Hamas has left 37,765 dead in the Gaza Strip, mostly civilians, according to a report released on Thursday, June 27, by the health ministry administered by the Palestinian Islamist movement. At least forty-seven people have been killed in the last twenty-four hours, according to the movement’s figures.
According to a count by Agence France-Presse (AFP), established from official data from the Hebrew state, 1,195 Israelis have died since the Hamas attacks more than eight months ago.
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New Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip
On Israel’s southern front, in the Gaza Strip, civil defense reported on Thursday at least five deaths in the city of Gaza (North) where intense artillery bombardments and gunfire Israeli helicopters targeted the Shujaiyya neighborhood.
Violent clashes between Palestinian fighters and Israeli soldiers in this neighborhood, hence “tens of thousands of civilians” fled, according to civil defense, after the army asked residents to evacuate the area. “There are wounded and martyrs in the streets”said a witness.
In Rafah (South), several buildings were destroyed by Israeli forces, according to witnesses. And further north, in Khan Younes, Israeli planes targeted a school where, according to the army, there were ” terrorists “.
Israeli army announces soldier killed during operation in Jenin
The Israeli army announced on Thursday morning that a soldier had been killed and another seriously wounded during an operation in Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank, during which a young Palestinian was also wounded by a bullet in the face fired by Israeli forces, according to the official Palestinian agency WAFa.
Captain Alon Sacgiu, 22 years old, “fell during an operation in the Jenin sector”, the army reported in a short statement, without providing details on the circumstances of his death. She added that another soldier was seriously injured and taken to a hospital.
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The army “made an incursion into Jenin shortly before midnight and remained deployed until dawn on Thursday, June 27, in the city and around the refugee camp, with dozens of snipers on the roofs of commercial buildings and houses, against a backdrop of violent clashes and sounds of explosions”, added WAFA. Asked by Agence France-Presse (AFP), the army declared that it had withdrawn from Jenin, but did not give further details on its operation.
Witnesses in Jenin told AFP that homemade explosive devices had been placed on a road used by the army and that they had exploded. The night was marked by clashes and exchanges of fire, according to them.
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Fears of a spread of this war in Lebanon
On Israel’s northern front, in southern Lebanon, the Israeli army has intensified its aerial and artillery bombardments against around ten localities, according to Lebanese media. Hezbollah claimed six attacks against Israeli military positions on the border.
“Hezbollah understands very well that we can inflict enormous damage on Lebanon if a war is launched”declared Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday after a visit to Washington. “We have the capacity to return Lebanon to the Stone Age, but we do not want to do it (…). We don’t want a war.”he added, specifying that his government “prepared for any scenario”.
On Tuesday, receiving Mr. Gallant, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned that a war between Israel and Hezbollah could become a “regional war”. France said to itself, on Thursday, “extremely concerned” and called “with the greatest restraint”.
Following Canada’s lead, Germany called on its nationals to leave Lebanon.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is due to speak again on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. (Paris time). In a previous speech on June 19, he warned that“no place” in Israel would not, if necessary, be spared by his movement, the day after an Israeli announcement according to which “operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon” had been “validated”.
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