Israel-Hamas Conflict: Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Saturday confirmed that Hamas militants have held 120 civilians hostage within the Gaza Strip because the battle continues on the eighth day. Hamas had earlier threatened Israel that it will kill captives if the latter didn’t cease violent actions in Gaza. The Jewish nation reacted saying the hostage state of affairs won’t make issues higher for the Palestinian militant group. The struggle to this point claimed the lives of three,200 individuals and wounded one other 3,000 to this point.
In the meantime, IDF spokesperson Jonathan Conricus gave an replace on the present state of affairs on Saturday in a video submit on X, previously generally known as Twitter. He mentioned that residents of northern Gaza ought to transfer to the southern a part of the area to not be caught within the crossfire.
“We do that, we marketed this upfront not as a result of it has any army logic, it would not. As a result of we do not need civilians to be affected by the struggle”, including “We did not put these civilians there. They don’t seem to be our enemy. We aren’t making an attempt to kill or injure any civilians. We’re preventing towards Hamas. That must be abundantly clear. We’re concentrating on their infrastructure – wherever it’s.”
Hear in as an IDF Spokesperson @jconricus gives a situational replace because the struggle towards Hamas continues. https://t.co/UeIUKgRJGu
— Israel Protection Forces (@IDF) October 14, 2023
Conricus mentioned that the IDF will inform Gaza residents when it’s secure to return to the northern space of the Strip. He additional mentioned that Conricus additionally acknowledged that IDF reservists are getting ready for the following stage of operations across the Gaza Strip to fireplace on Hamas targets.
“Our intention may be very clear. The tip state of this struggle is that we’ll dismantle Hamas and its army functionality and basically change the state of affairs in order that Hamas by no means once more has the power to inflict any injury on Israeli troopers or civilians,” he mentioned.
He mentioned Israel’s focus is on the Gaza Metropolis and northern Gaza the place Hamas are primarily working from. He mentioned Hamas is making an attempt to cease civilians from leaving the assault space in Gaza.
Israel forces have claimed to have killed militants, who have been infiltrating from the Lebanon border facet, in a drone strike.