Prime Minister Netanyahu met with parliamentary opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz and invited both to join a broad emergency government amid the attack on the country. The newspaper reports this Jerusalem Post.
UN Security Council will discuss Escalation of the situation in Israel and the Gaza Strip at a closed meeting on October 8.
Since the early morning hours of October 7, Israel has been under fire from the Gaza Strip: the Hamas movement declared war on Israel.
Islamic Resistance Movement Leader Al Aruri statedHe said the organization’s military campaign against Israel was proceeding as planned. According to the militant, Hamas had information that Israel was planning a military operation against Gegda and the Gaza Strip after the Jewish holidays.
In response, the Israeli army (IDF) was alarmed. The IDF also announced a call for reserve forces and launched the “counter-terrorism” operation “Iron Swords” in the Gaza Strip: dozens of warplanes began hitting Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu statedthat the country is at war.
Formerly with Israel Police guess duration of conflict escalation.
Source: Gazeta
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