The struggle between Israeli Defence Forces and Palestine-based Hamas militant group on Tuesday entered its fourth day. It started after Israel on Saturday witnessed an unprecedented assault by Hamas militants on its cities.

The militants fired hundreds of rockets and crossed into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip in bikes, pick-up vehicles, para-gliders and pace boats. They attacked a minimum of 22 places.

A shocked Israel, which is thought for its high-tech intelligence set-ups, initiated a large airstrike operation within the Gaza Strip and surrounding areas in return. On Sunday, Tel Aviv formally introduced a battle in opposition to the militant group and has since then continued its bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Follow Israel-Hamas war LIVE updates here.

Day 4: Here’s what we all know to date.

1. Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza City with relentless bombardments into early Tuesday. The airstrikes hit residential buildings and reportedly killed a minimum of two Palestinian journalists, in line with Al Jazeera.

2. The toll within the battle has surpassed 1,500 on either side because it began on October 7. About 900 individuals have died in Israel, together with 260 individuals who had been shot by Hamas gunmen at a music competition close to the Gaza border. In Palestine, virtually 690 individuals have died within the retaliatory motion from Tel Aviv, the BBC reported.

3. According to the United Nations Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs greater than 1, 87,500 individuals have been displaced in Gaza because the starting of the battle.

4. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that the nation will use “enormous force” in opposition to the Hamas militant group. “We have only started striking Hamas,” Netanyahu mentioned in a televised tackle to the nation. “What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will reverberate with them for generations.”

5. The warning got here whilst Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday ordered a “total blockage” of the already besieged Gaza Strip. This will embody an entire shutdown of electrical energy and a ban on the entry of meals and gasoline. The Gaza Strip is dwelling to over 2 million Palestinians.

6. Hamas mentioned that it is able to struggle an extended battle with Israel and warned that it’ll use “dozens of hostages” being held in Gaza to safe the discharge of Palestinians who’re languishing in Israeli jails and abroad. “We have prepared well for this war and to deal with all scenarios, even the scenario of the long war,” Ali Barakeh, a member of the group’s exiled management in Beirut advised the Associated Press.

7. Israel mentioned that Hamas and different militant teams in Gaza are holding greater than 150 troopers and civilians, whom it had kidnapped throughout the shock assault on Saturday.

8. The Israeli army mentioned it has largely gained management within the south and “restored full control” over the border. Spokesperson Richard Hecht mentioned no Hamas fighters have crossed into Israel since final evening, reported AP.

9. A joint statement has been issued by the United States, Germany, France and Italy, condemning the “appalling acts of terrorism” by Hamas. “Our countries will support Israel in its efforts to defend itself and its people against such atrocities,” the assertion mentioned.

10. US President Joe Biden mentioned that 11 Americans have been killed within the assault on Israel. The US has additionally moved its greatest plane provider and different warships nearer to Israel in a present of assist.

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