The recent attack carried out by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas this Saturday against Israel represents one of the largest episodes of violence in yearsexacerbating the conflict between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a declaration of war in response to a series of rocket attacks launched from the Gaza Strip. In addition to these attacks, there has also been an incursion by Hamas forces into Israeli territory. Unfortunately, the attack by the Palestinian militias has caused hundreds of deaths and injuries, while Israel’s response has also caused hundreds of deaths.

This operation by the Islamist militia has been carried out during the Israeli holiday of Simchat Torah and, curiously, just one day after the 50th anniversary of the start of the Arab-Israeli war in 1973, known as Yom Kippur by Israelis, which lasted three weeks.

Israel targets Gaza

  • Fighting between Israeli forces and the Islamist group Hamas continued in seven or eight locations near Gaza two days after Hamas gunmen killed 700 Israelis and kidnapped dozens more in the deadliest incursion into Israeli territory since the Gaza attacks. Egypt and Syria in the Yom Kippur War 50 years ago. Hamas fighters also continued to cross into Israel from Gaza, said the Israeli army.
  • Israeli fighter jets, helicopters and artillery They attacked more than 500 Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza overnight. The Palestinian Health Ministry said more than 400 people, including dozens of children, had been killed in the attacks since Saturday, which it said also hit housing blocks and a mosque.
  • Israel has called around 100,000 soldierss, said military spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus.
  • Several Americans They were killed by Hamas attackers, confirmed a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council. Thailand said 12 of its citizens had been killed and 11 kidnapped. Hungary evacuated 215 people from Israel by air overnight. Spain has confirmed that there are two Spaniards who are victims of the attacks.

Consequences on world markets

  • Oil prices They rose more than 3 dollars per barrel in Asian trade on Mondays, as the violence deepened political uncertainty across the Middle East and raised concerns about supplies from Iran.
  • Several International airlines have suspended flight services with Tel Aviv in light of the Hamas attack, saying they are waiting for conditions to improve before resuming them.

Hamas planning and US aid

  • Hamas carried out a careful campaign of deception to achieve their surprising attack, Hamas accounts and Israeli sources show.
  • US President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the second day in a row on Sunday, offering “my full support to the people of Israel in the face of a heinous and unprecedented attack by Hamas terrorists.” “.
  • Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin He said the United States will send multiple boatsos and military aircraft closer to Israel.