Israeli Defense Minister Gallant spokes shortly after, saying 'I ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel'
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said on Monday that Israeli forces regained “full control” of villages that were overrun with Palestinian terrorists since a war erupted on Saturday.
"I ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly," Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said in a statement shortly after Hagari's press briefing.
During the press briefing, Hagari added that dozens of terrorists were killed in the clashes and there “may still be terrorists in the area,” but there were no active fighting locations within Israel.
IDF Spokesperson IDF Paratroopers Brigade being transported near the southern city of Sderot.
“Breaches that were made in the fence in Gaza is our goal today with the help of aircraft, tanks and soldiers so that there is no infiltration into Israel,” the IDF spokesperson stated.
“We have evacuated 15 out of 24 settlements near the fence,” Hagari announced, adding that the southern city of Sderot will not be evacuated.
Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90 Des Palestiniens prennent le contrôle d'un char israélien après avoir franchi la barrière frontalière avec Israël depuis Khan Yunis, le 7 octobre 2023
There were “4,400 launches toward the State of Israel,” he updated “In the North - we are prepared and fully prepared for any scenario.”
“As for an attack - we moved on to powerful attack waves in a wide air formation that dropped hundreds of tons of explosive material,” the IDF spokesperson disclosed. “We will reach thousands of targets of attacks.”
“We attack terrorists, every gathering area of theirs, every headquarters will be attacked,” he added.
MAHMUD HAMS / AFP A salvo of rockets is fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza as an Israeli missile launched from the Iron Dome defence missile system over the citi Netivot
Furthermore, Hagari highlighted the historical call up of reserve soldiers, saying “we are in a very extensive reserve recruitment, we reached 300 thousand reserve soldiers within hours.”
“There is equipment for the IDF,” he addressed concerns after the massive call up of manpower went ahead of the logistics that lagged behind, with some units receiving double the expected amount of reserve soldiers, saying some people may be sent home.
“There are no shortages of equipment, there is food for everyone,” Hagari stressed.
“Israel's biggest terrorist event,” the IDF Spokesperson stated.
“Sinwar is the commander of Hamas and one of the targets of the IDF's countermeasures,” Hagari concluded. “The intensity of the attacks will increase.”
Follow the i24NEWS liveblog on our homepage for the latest updates of the war >>
macross1984 on October 9th, 2023 at 10:34 UTC »
All Hamas accomplished is proverbial kicking the hornets nest just to enjoy brief high of "success" and even longer hardship and death to innocent civilians who had nothing to do with attack.
Hypertension123456 on October 9th, 2023 at 10:23 UTC »
And now Gaza is completely isolated. Soon they will be out of fuel, food and water. Weeks of planning, probably with "help" from Iran, Russia and others, just to destroy themselves.
It's crazy that they called this a successful attack. It will go down as one of the biggest blunders in history.
kamakamsa_reddit on October 9th, 2023 at 10:18 UTC »
That was quick?.
What about the hostages?.