Continuing coverage... Sunday, October 15 | The Israel-Gaza war

The war is still continuing on its ninth day، while aid workers in Gaza report that conditions there have deteriorated into a "complete disaster.

Hamas rockets launched from inside the Gaza Strip towards the occupied territories, Attribution: Tasnim News Agency.

Hamas rockets launched from inside the Gaza Strip towards the occupied territories, Attribution: Tasnim News Agency.

Ground attack on Gaza:

The American newspaper (New York Times) told us that the Israeli ground attack on the Gaza Strip was actually going to happen, but what stopped it was “the weather condition.”

The newspaper said that the accumulated "clouds" make it difficult for pilots of regular aircraft (fighters or helicopters), as well as for UAV commanders, to carry out their missions and provide support to the ground forces that will carry out the attack on the ground

It seems that this weather-related argument was not convincing to many, as the Israeli Air Force did not stop its intense raids, especially on northwest Gaza.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army stated that the Palestinians could still head to the “south” of the Gaza Strip, in a public crime of “forced displacement” in front of the eyes of the entire world, which does not act as long as the perpetrator is Israel.

While Israel accused its enemy Iran of aiming to open a second front through Syria.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health had stated that the number of Palestinian martyrs had reached 2,450 as a result of the Israeli army’s attacks on the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war.

In a related context, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced on Sunday that about one million people were displaced in the Gaza Strip during only the first week of fighting.

A Palestinian ambulance was hit by Israeli bombing while transporting three wounded people near Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, screenshot from Tasnim News Agency footage, Attribution: Tasnim News Agency.

According to the American CNN network, the world suffering from the loss of its compass is putting pressure on Egypt to open humanitarian corridors for civilians inside the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, but these pressures do not work to stop Israel from practicing its brutal bombing against civilians.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken continues his tour in the Middle East with the primary goals of preventing the expansion of the conflict and the entry of new parties into it, and trying to release Israeli prisoners held by Hamas, including those who hold American citizenship.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised Sunday that the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt "will be open" after meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

Palestinian resistance responses:

Currently, the vast majority of Palestinian resistance movements' responses are limited to the rocket bombing targeting mostly Israeli settlements near the Gaza Strip.

At the beginning of this evening, local time, the Magen David Adom spokeswoman said that they had received reports of injuries and deaths in bombing of Ashkelon.

Skirmishes on the Lebanese border:

Skirmishes also continued between the Lebanese and the Israeli occupation army forces in some occupied Lebanese areas.

The Israeli army said that it had attacked some Lebanese Hezbollah positions after an incident in which three anti-tank missiles were fired from inside Lebanon at its forces.

Later, the Israeli army admitted that a soldier was killed and 3 others were injured as a result of a Hezbollah missile launch.

this background, the occupation army announced that an area extending 4 kilometers on the Lebanese border had become a prohibited zone.

The Pentagon had ordered a second carrier strike group to head to the eastern Mediterranean, after the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier, the largest carrier in the US fleet, had already been sent at the beginning of the war.

The Pentagon also moved Air Force fighter jets to the area. He says that his movements are not aimed at participating in Israeli operations, but rather to deter others from entering the conflict, such as Iran and Hezbollah.

Inside Israel:

Posters of a number of Israeli prisoners held by Hamas placed on the motorway north of Finchley, UK, No Swan So Fine, Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, via wikimedia commons.

The loud echo of the war continues inside Israel until it reaches the world of sports and football.

Spanish player Jose Rodriguez, a professional with Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Israeli Premier League, said that many players do not want to return to Israel.

In another context inside Israel as well, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet for the first time since the beginning of the war with representatives of the families of Israeli prisoners held by Hamas.

Update: Netanyahu met with the families of the prisoners and promised them that one of the goals of the war for Israel is their return.

Regarding the formation of a unified government in Israel, reports indicate the possibility of a new extremist joining it.

Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said that National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir spoke to Prime Minister Netanyahu's staff and expressed his support for including the head of the Yisrael Beytenu party, Avigdor Lieberman, in the limited war government.

Ben Gvir told Netanyahu's government, "There are many differences between me and Lieberman, but I support him in the limited government - also because of the importance of unity at this time for the people of Israel, and also because of the importance of representation in the limited government of those who have called for the continued elimination of Hamas."

The Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat revealed in a report a number of arrests of Palestinian youth in 1948 cities, and the Israeli police also tried to arrest the Palestinian artist Relli Azer, who lives in Germany, but it is fortunate for her that she left the occupied territories several days ago.

No country in the world can do all these violations and America supports them except Israel. A photo brings together Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and extremist Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 13, 2023 (DoD photo (by Chad J. McNeeley).

The arrest attempt was frightening for Azar's family, who spoke of the police detonating three stun grenades, which sparked terror in the hearts of her family and the residents

On Sunday evening, the American CNN news network reported from the Israeli army that the number of people killed since the sudden Hamas attack on October 7 now amounts to more than 1,400 people.

In statements that reveal a terrifying mixture of fanaticism and extremism, Bezalel Smotrich, the right-wing extremist who holds the position of Israeli Finance Minister, said that his government failed to take responsibility for what happened.

Smotrich beat the drums of a bloodier war when he spoke on Sunday at a press conference in which he claimed his government's responsibility for the Palestinian attack that took place in the settlements surrounding Gaza - and called on all Zionist faction leaders to join the emergency government. He said that "the country's leadership and the security apparatus failed to maintain the security of its population," and explained that "the goal of the war is the complete destruction of Hamas."

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