PALESTINE
Sat 08 Jun 2024 1:58 pm - Jerusalem Time
210 deaths in an unprecedented bombing in central Gaza, and Israel announces the release of 4 detainees
The government media office in Gaza announced that the number of killed from the occupation massacre in the Nuseirat camp has risen to 210, with more than 400 injured, and the number of dead is likely to rise as operations to recover victims continue.
The occupation committed the massacre at the same time as it announced the implementation of a special operation that led to the recovery of 4 living prisoners.
The Hebrew Channel 12 said that the Israeli army was targeting, in an operation from the air, sea and land, the Nuseirat camp and its surroundings in the central Gaza Strip.
It added that a large number of warplanes were participating in an exceptional bombing and attack on the Nuseirat camp area.
In turn, the Israeli army said that it is currently bombing infrastructure in the Nuseirat area in the central Gaza Strip, announcing the liberation of 4 Israeli detainees from the heart of Nuseirat.
He also said that the four freed detainees were Noa Argamani, Almoa Meir, Andrei Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv.
He added that the health condition of the four editors is good and they were taken for a medical examination at Tel Hashomer Hospital.
The occupation army: The operation to recover the kidnapped persons was approved by the Prime Minister and the Chief of Staff
The Israeli occupation army spokesman said that the operation to recover the abductees was approved by the Prime Minister and the Chief of Staff and was conducted under the supervision of the army and Shin Bet commanders.
He stated that the Nuseirat operation involved ground, air and naval forces, noting that the recovery of the kidnapped persons took place under fire.
He pointed out that a soldier from the Al-Yamam unit was seriously injured during the operation to recover the four kidnapped people.
Israeli Broadcasting Authority: Gantz decided to withdraw his resignation in light of developments
The Israeli Broadcasting Authority said that Israeli War Council member Benny Gantz decided to withdraw his resignation in light of recent developments.
Gantz was planning to hold a press conference to make a statement on Saturday evening, when he was expected to announce his resignation from the war government.
An Israeli officer was killed during a detainee recovery operation
Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that an officer in the Israeli Yamam Unit was killed during the operation to recover the four detainees in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.
Hamas: Recovering the prisoners will not change the failure of the strategic occupation
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said that what the occupation army announced about the recovery of a number of its prisoners after more than 8 months of aggression will not change its strategic failure.
It added that the occupation army committed a horrific massacre against innocent civilians in the Nuseirat camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip, noting that the resistance still maintains the largest number of prisoners and is able to increase its yield.
It added that resistance fighters clashed with occupation army soldiers for long hours in the Nuseirat camp and inflicted losses on them.
It stressed that the United States’ participation in the operation carried out by the occupation in Nuseirat proves its complicity in the war crimes committed in the Gaza Strip, and its lack of interest in the lives of civilians.
Gallant: The recovery of detainees took place in a complex urban environment
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said that the forces that carried out the operation to recover the four detainees in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip worked under intense fire bombardment and in an environment he described as “complex urban.”
The occupation bombed residential areas and inhabited homes during the process of retrieving detainees, resulting in the death of about 150 Palestinians, and the number is likely to rise.
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210 deaths in an unprecedented bombing in central Gaza, and Israel announces the release of 4 detainees