Anadolu Agency – October 9, 2023
Death toll of Palestinians killed by Israeli army in Gaza rises to 493: Health Ministry
Interior Ministry in Gaza says Israeli army 'intensified its aggression' on Gaza with hundreds of raids
The number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli forces in Gaza has risen to 493, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Monday amid ongoing fighting.
It also said the number of injured people surged to 2,751.
The Interior Ministry in Gaza said the Israeli army has "intensified its aggression" on Gaza with hundreds of raids.
The ministry confirmed in a statement that the Israeli targets in Gaza were residential buildings and public facilities including mosques.
The Israeli army, for its part, confirmed it had struck over 500 targets in overnight raids on Gaza, which they claimed were targets belonging to the Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups.
The Gaza-based resistance group Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel early Saturday, firing a barrage of rockets. It said the surprise attack was in response to the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and increased settler violence.
In retaliation, the Israeli army launched Operation Swords of Iron against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
At least 700 Israelis have been killed and over 2,300 others wounded in the fighting, according to the Israeli Health Ministry.
Palestinian groups claim capturing Israeli troops amid tensions
GAZA CITY: Palestinian resistance groups claimed to have captured several Israeli soldiers after Hamas launched an operation against Israel in response to its attacks on al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, on Saturday claimed capturing a number of Israeli soldiers.
"We have captured many Zionist soldiers who are now our prisoners,” Abu Hamza, a spokesman for Saraya al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad group, said in a statement.
He added that the Al-Quds Brigades, alongside other Palestinian factions, carried out a series of operations as part of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
There was no comment from the Israeli side on the matter, but public broadcaster Israeli Broadcasting Authority said "preliminary reports indicate the kidnapping of a number of soldiers to Gaza.”
Hamas said it initiated the operation with rockets targeting enemy sites, airports, and military installations.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said "we are at war,"οΎ as the army announced Operation Swords of Iron, initiating a large-scale operation.
Global Research, October 08, 2023
Is the Gaza-Israel Fighting “A False Flag”?
They Let it Happen? Their Objective Is “to Wipe Gaza Off the Map”?
By Philip Giraldi
Early Saturday October 7, 2023, Hamas launched “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm” led by Hamas’ Military Chief Mohammed Deif. On that same day, Netanyahu confirmed a so-called “State of Readiness For War”.
Israel has now officially declared war on Palestine.
Military operations are invariably planned well in advance. Was “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm” a “surprise attack”? Did Netanyahu and his vast military and intelligence apparatus (Mossad et al) have foreknowledge of the Hamas attack?
U.S. intelligence say they weren’t aware of an impending Hamas attack.
Was a carefully formulated plan to wage an all out war against Palestine envisaged prior to the launching of “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm”?
We bring to the attention of our readers the incisive analysis of Dr. Philip Giraldi pointing to the likelihood of a “False Flag’”.
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- Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, October 8, 2023
.Read below the incisive analysis by Dr. Philip Giraldi.
Am I the only one who read about a speech given by Netanyahu or someone in his cabinet about a week ago in which he/they in passing referred to a “developing security situation” which rather suggests (to me) that they might have known about developments in Gaza and chose to let it happen so they can wipe Gaza off the map in retaliation and, possibly relying on the US pledge to have Israel’s “back,” then implicating Iran and attacking that country.
I cannot find a link to it, but have a fairly strong recollection of what I read as I thought at the time it would serve as a pretext for another massacre of Palestinians.
As a former intelligence officer, I find it impossible to believe that Israel did not have multiple informants inside Gaza as well as electronic listening devices all along the border wall which would have picked up movements of groups and vehicles.
In other words, the whole thing might be a tissue of lies as is often the case.
And as is also ALWAYS the case Joe Biden is preparing to send some billions of dollars to poor little Israel to pay for “defending” itself.
Philip M. Giraldi, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest, a 501(c)3 tax deductible educational foundation that seeks a more interests-based U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.
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