On the 10th (local time), Israel surrounded the border of the Gaza Strip, the base of the Palestinian armed group Hamas, with tanks and armored vehicles, indicating that the entry of ground troops was imminent. It will be the first time in nine years since 2014 that actual ground troops are deployed. On the same day, U.S. President Joe Biden defined Hamas’ attack on Israel as ‘sheer evil’ and announced that he would dispatch Secretary of State Tony Blinken to Israel on the 11th to provide additional support.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on the 10th, “We are lifting all restrictions on our military. “We will launch an all-out attack,” he said, suggesting the deployment of ground troops. According to the British Guardian, an Israeli army tank passed through ‘Road 232’ adjacent to the Gaza Strip this morning, and a military helicopter flew over the area. The Israeli army set up barracks near the barbed wire fence surrounding the Gaza Strip.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers collecting the bodies of residents at Kfar Aza Kibbutz (cooperative farm) in southern Israel. Kibbutz reporter X (Twitter) captureOn the night of the 9th, Israeli authorities warned their citizens near the Gaza Strip to “prepare for evacuation.” The instruction to “prepare sufficient food, water, etc. for the next 72 hours” is also interpreted as a signal indicating an imminent ground battle. The Washington Post (WP) reported that Israel has also issued a call-up order for 360,000 reserve forces located around the world.
U.S. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on the 10th, “President Joe Biden has ordered the establishment of emergency plans for all escalation scenarios. “We are consulting with our allies and partner countries about potential scenarios that will unfold in the future.”
This is interpreted as a result of the increased likelihood that this war will spread to neighboring countries in the Middle East, as attacks against Israel continued on this day in neighboring countries such as Syria and Lebanon, and Yemen’s Shiite rebel group ‘Houthi’ also stepped up to support Hamas. Iran’s foreign minister, who is suspected of being behind the Hamas attack, said in a phone call with his Kuwaiti counterpart on the 11th, “Islamic countries must show a serious response to the Israeli regime’s blockade of the Gaza Strip and war crimes,” Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported. reported.
In this situation, the United States expressed its will to join forces with its allies to support Israel. The US aircraft carrier Gerald Ford, which received a deployment order from President Biden, arrived at its destination in the Eastern Mediterranean near Israel on the 10th. It was also decided to dispatch hostage rescue experts and special forces to Israel to secure the release of hostages kidnapped by Hamas.
According to CNN on the 11th, the total number of deaths on both sides due to this war exceeded at least 3,650. 1,200 and 950 people were killed in Israel and the Gaza Strip, respectively. The bodies of Hamas soldiers discovered by Israel also numbered more than 1,500.
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