{"id":9907,"date":"2023-10-11T01:47:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T01:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/11\/israel-bolsters-troops-at-border-with-gaza-as-hamas-hits-ashkelon-with-rocket-barrage\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T01:47:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T01:47:34","slug":"israel-bolsters-troops-at-border-with-gaza-as-hamas-hits-ashkelon-with-rocket-barrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/11\/israel-bolsters-troops-at-border-with-gaza-as-hamas-hits-ashkelon-with-rocket-barrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel bolsters troops at border with Gaza as Hamas hits Ashkelon with rocket barrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Israel is hammering Gaza with airstrikes, hitting hundreds of targets and reducing neighborhoods to rubble, as new atrocities are uncovered in its territory after a devastating surprise attack by Hamas militants.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had \u201cmore or less\u201d secured the border with Gaza by Tuesday, after Hamas sent fighters pouring into Israeli territory on Saturday. At least 1,000 people were killed in Israel and thousands more injured in the militant group\u2019s onslaught, according to the IDF.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      During an inspection of the front line along Israel\u2019s border with Gaza on Tuesday, Israel\u2019s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said he has \u201creleased all restraints\u201d for the IDF troops in their fight against Hamas.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cThey will regret this moment \u2013 Gaza will never return to what it was,\u201d Gallant said  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      As Israeli troops regain ground, details are gradually emerging of the horror unleashed during the weekend attack. More than 100 bodies have been found in the Israeli kibbutz Be\u2019eri, a farming community near Gaza, which was one of first places targeted by militants on Saturday. Bodies were also found at the nearby Kfar Aza kibbutz, according to an Israeli general.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Israel, which has formally declared war on Hamas, is now battering the densely-inhabited strip with air strikes that have killed at least 900 people, including hundreds of children, women, and entire families, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. It said thousands more had been injured.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Israeli officials have also pledged to cut off food, water and energy to the impoverished coastal enclave, which Hamas controls, in a \u201ccomplete siege\u201d ahead of an expected ground incursion. Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to obliterate Hamas\u2019 strongholds.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The strikes have already damaged Gaza\u2019s medical infrastructure, say Palestinian officials, and have forced more than 187,500 Palestinians to flee their homes, the United Nations said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The full scale of Israel\u2019s response is still unclear, but complicating its retaliation operations are 150 army and civilian hostages \u2013 including American citizens according to US President Joe Biden \u2013 believed to have been taken to Gaza by militants.   <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader\">    Fears of a wider conflict<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      There are rising fears of Hezbollah entering the conflict, potentially opening a second front in the war. The IDF said Tuesday that it has added tens of thousands of additional troops to its northern border with Lebanon in anticipation of an attack by the Iran-backed group.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      A US carrier strike group is headed to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, which officials say is intended to deter Hezbollah in Lebanon and other militants groups.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Lebanese media outlet Al Manar reported Tuesday that rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards Israel. The IDF said that it responded with artillery fire after \u201claunches\u201d were \u201cidentified from Lebanese territory toward Israeli territory.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Rockets were also launched from Syria into Israeli territory, the Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday, adding that they landed in open areas.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Meanwhile, attacks have continued by Hamas, whose fighters have sought to breach the border with Israel in order to launch suicide missions, IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus said.   <\/p>\n<div class=\"graphic\">\n<div class=\"graphic__anchor\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subheader\">    Israel accused of deliberately targeting civilians<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Scenes of desperation have emerged from Gaza amid Israel\u2019s bombing campaign as the Palestinian health ministry accuses Israeli forces of deliberately targeting \u201ccivilian neighborhoods, health facilities, and notably, medical and rescue crews, as well as ambulance vehicles.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Asked whether Israeli forces were distinguishing between civilian, governmental and military targets, IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Richard Hecht said the distinction was not so simple.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cIn buildings where people are living there could be a weapons store\u2026 there could be a Hamas kingpin living there,\u201d he said Tuesday.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Homes, schools, medical institutions, dozens of schools and government buildings were flattened in Gaza, the Palestinian Ministry of Information said Tuesday, forcing displaced people to 70 shelters in the city amid continuing airstrikes.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-inline gallery--hidden\">\n<div class=\"gallery-inline__main\">\n<div class=\"gallery-inline__container\">\n<div class=\"gallery-inline__slides\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            <\/div>\n<p>        <button class=\"gallery-inline__prev-overlay\"><\/button>        <button class=\"gallery-inline__next-overlay\"><\/button>      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5 class=\"gallery-inline__headline\">In pictures: The deadly clashes in Israel and Gaza<\/h5>\n<div class=\"gallery-inline__counter\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-inline__controls\">        <button class=\"gallery-inline__prev\">          Prev                  <\/button>        <button class=\"gallery-inline__next\">          Next                  <\/button>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      A total of 168 buildings, including 1,009 residential units were completely destroyed, the statement said, adding that 12,630 units were partially destroyed.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Ten medical institutions, including seven hospitals, were bombed, while 12 ambulances have been directly targeted, it added.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Most of those arriving at hospitals in Gaza have sustained second- and third-degree burns and amputations, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Health Ministry, Ashraf al-Qidra, told Palestinian news outlet Shihab Agency on Monday. Many have also sustained shrapnel injuries, al-Qidra said.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Those seeking hospital care are mainly women and children, al-Qidra said, adding that this is a \u201cresult of Israelis directly targeting residential houses and buildings.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The UNRWA said its emergency shelters in Gaza are at 90% capacity with more than 137,000 people taking cover from Israeli strikes. It also said that one UN school housing displaced families was \u201cdirectly hit,\u201d without giving further details. It\u2019s unknown how many people were in the shelter at the time of the strike.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The only border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has been closed after an Israeli strike on Tuesday.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Gaza is one of the most densely populated places on Earth, where some 2 million people live in an area of 140 square miles.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      It has been almost completely cut off from the rest of the world for nearly 17 years, when Hamas seized control, prompting Israel and Egypt to impose a strict siege on the territory, which is ongoing. Israel also maintains an air and naval blockade on Gaza.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said late Monday it has been forced to close all 14 of its food distribution centers in Gaza and \u201cas a result half a million people have stopped receiving vital food aid.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      More than half of its population lives in poverty and is food insecure, with nearly 80% of its population relying on humanitarian assistance.  <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel is hammering Gaza with airstrikes, hitting hundreds of targets and reducing neighborhoods to rubble, as new atrocities are uncovered in its territory after a devastating surprise attack by Hamas militants. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had \u201cmore or less\u201d secured the border with Gaza by Tuesday, after Hamas sent fighters pouring into <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}