FROM THE ENCOUNTER IN BEIRUT. There are also the first two Israeli victims. Two women died in the city of Ashkelon after a rocket hit the building where they lived and punctured the outer wall. After the launch of two hundred rockets in the night, Hamas and Islamic Jihad have again intensified the raids, with about three hundred rockets in the morning and early afternoon today. The escalation is also due to the killing by Israel, in a targeted raid in the Gaza Strip, of one of the Jihad commanders, Sameh Abed al-Mamluk, in charge of the unit in charge of launching the bombs.
There are about thirty Palestinian victims, while in southern Israel there were also 74 injured, mostly people in shock from the explosions. Premier Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the aviation “will intensify” the pressure on the infrastructure of militant groups in the Strip.
Israel will intensify its attacks on the Gaza Strip: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after a rocket attacked Ashkelon killed two women and injured six others. “At the end of an assessment of the situation, it was decided that the power and frequency of attacks will be increased,” he said verbatim. “Since yesterday – he stresses – we have conducted hundreds of attacks against Hamas and Islamic Jihad, eliminated commanders and hit quality targets”.
The UN Security Council, meeting urgently, has not reached an agreement for a joint declaration. The United States considered “a public message inappropriate at this stage,” diplomatic sources said. The meeting was held at the request of Tunisia, Norway and China who presented a draft declaration, in which they invited “Israel to stop the settlement, demolition and expulsion of Palestinians also in East Jerusalem”. The EU has called for an immediate end to the violence. Numerous appeals for moderation, including that of the Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio.