Israel-Palestine
Hamas-Israeli (Gaza) Conflict 2023
Hamas: Operation Al-Aqsa Flood
Israel: Operation Iron Swords
REPORTS & ANALYSIS
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SITUATION OVERVIEW
Point of view
""Our enemy will pay a price the type of which it has never known... We are in a war and we will win it"."
Prime Minister
Israel
... owing to retaliate after Hamas declared war as Israeli's army confirmed fighting with militants in several Israeli towns and military bases near Gaza.
Point of view
"This is the day of the greatest battle to end the last occupation on earth.... Enough is enough. Today the people are regaining their revolution"
Supreme Military Commander
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas
... in the recorded message announcing the start of the operation broadcasted on Hamas media . He said the morning attack on 7 October 2023 was only the start of what he called “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm” and called on Palestinians from east Jerusalem to northern Israel to join the fight..
Point of view
"Palestinian people have the rights to defend themselves in facing the terrorism posed by settlers and the Israeli occupation forces."
President
Palestine
... said during an emergency leadership meeting he chaired on Saturday that included several Palestinian civilian and security officials.
The Palestinian President stressed, during the meeting, the importance of providing the protection for Palestinian people and directed them to provide everything essential to enhance their resilience and steadfastness in the face of the crimes perpetrated by the Israeli occupation forces and the settlers' gangs.
Point of view
"Over the coming days the Department of Defense will work to ensure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself and protect civilians from indiscriminate violence and terrorism.
We will remain in close contact with our Israeli partners. The United States supports Israel's right to defend itself"
Defense Secretary
United States
... says he is "closely monitoring" the escalating situation in Israel after Hamas militants launched a rocket attack on the Gaza Strip.
Point of view
"It is a renewed confirmation that the will of the Palestinian people and the rifle of the resistance is the only choice in confronting aggression and occupation.
It sends a message to the Arab and Islamic world, and the international community as a whole, especially those seeking normalization with this enemy, that the Palestinian cause is an everlasting one, alive until victory and liberation.
We call on the peoples of our Arab and Islamic nation, and the free people around the world, to declare their support and backing for the Palestinian people and the Resistance movements, affirming their unity in blood, word, and action."
Hezbollah
... congratulates the resisting Palestinian people and the heroic fighters of the Palestinian factions, especially our dear brothers in the Al-Qassam Brigades and the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, for the wide-ranging and divinely supported heroic operation, promising complete victory.
Point of view
"The Council affirmed the right of the Palestinian people and the resistance factions to combat the occupying enemy by all legitimate and possible means.
It reiterated his support for all options taken by the Palestinian resistance leadership to deter the Zionist enemy."
Houthi's Supreme Political Council
... also affirmed its principled and religious position in supporting the Palestinian people until complete victory... calling on the Arab and Islamic countries to take positions in supporting Palestinians and their resistance fighters, support them with money, weapons, and boycott American and Israeli goods.
Point of view
"We congratulate the Palestinian fighters. We will stand by the Palestinian fighters until the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem"
Yahya Rahim Safavi
Adviser to Ali Khamenei and former Chief Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Iran
... expressed “deep concern” on developments in Gaza and called on “all parties” to halt the escalations and “exercise utmost restraint”.
Point of view
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs holds Israel alone responsible for the ongoing escalation due to its ongoing violations of the rights of the Palestinian people, the latest of which is the repeated raids on the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli police."
... expressed “deep concern” on developments in Gaza and called on “all parties” to halt the escalations and “exercise utmost restraint”.
Point of view
"Saudi Arabia had issued repeated warnings of a possible escalation in light of "the ongoing occupation and the deprivation of the Palestinian people of their legitimate rights, as well as the repeated deliberate provocations against their sanctities."
Saudi Arabia Foreign Ministry
... calls for "an immediate cessation of the escalation" between both sides and "the protection of civilians".
Point of view
"We call on the Palestinian and Israeli sides to immediately ceasefire, renounce violence, show the necessary restraint. The long-lasting conflict between Israel and Palestine cannot be solved by force, but only by diplomatic means
Moscow was standing by its position in favor of negotiations for the creation of an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living in peace and security with Israel."
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman
Russia
... called the parties to set up "a negotiation process aimed at establishing a comprehensive, lasting and long-awaited peace" with the help of the international community.
Point of view
"Deeply shocked by the news of terrorist attacks in Israel. Our thoughts and prayers are with the innocent victims and their families. We stand in solidarity with Israel at this difficult hour"
Prime Minister
India
... said in a post on X.
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[ Donetsk Front ] Donetsk forces advancing North-East of Avdiivka, capturing 4 towns
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[ Battle of Izyum+ ] Fighting reported around Studenok and Yaremivka; explosions at Bohorodynchne
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[ Donetsk Front ] Russian Forces continue their eastern flank advance; capturing 5 villages/towns
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[ Donetsk Front ] Russian Forces burst out of the east side Velyka Novosilka Line – captured 4 towns
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[ Luhansk Front ] Russian Forces captures Popasna; supply line to Severodonetsk under threat
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[ Mykolaiv Front ] Russian Forces converged on Novovorontsovka
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[ Kyiv Front ] Battle rages east of Brovary / Kyiv
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[ Donetsk Front ] Russian Forces captures 3 more villages/town to link up with the Crimean forces
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[ Mykolaiv Front ] Russians running riot in Mykolaiv oblast; heading to Nikopol; Voznesensk fallen?
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[ Battle of Mariupol ] Russian / DPR forces making inroads from both east and west edge of the city
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[ Zaporizhzhia Front ] This is the Zaporizhzhia Line
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[ Mykolaiv Front ] Showdown with Russian forces looms as city prepares for street fighting
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[ Battle of Mariupol ] Donetsk Forces captures Vostochnyy; Fighting reported at Ilyichy & Osaviakhim
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[ Kharkiv Front ] Major counteroffensive by the Ukrainian Forces around Kharkiv
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[ Donbass Front ] Russian offense on wide front southwest of Donetsk
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[ #Mykolaiv Front ] Russian Forward Operating Base revealed; Ukr not going on counter : blow bridge
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[ Luhansk Front ] LPR / Russian Forces restart offensive against Severodonetsk
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[ Battle of Izyum ] Russian forces captures the northern half of Izyum; south separated by river
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[ Battle of Mariupol ] New Information on fighting locations; Sartana captured by DPR / Rus forces
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[ Donbass Front ] Humanitarian Updates; Mariupol evacuation resumes on a reroute from Nikolske
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[ Siege of #Mariupol ] #Russia Forces takes suburb of Staryi Krym
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[ Donbass Front ] Crimea forces punches into the rear of Ukraine’s East Army’s southern line
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[ Donbass Front ] Ukraine’s South-Eastern Line on the verge of collapse ; Russian pincer developing
Russian Forces from the Crimea Front is punching through large expanse of undefended territory into the rear of the Southern most part of the Ukraine’s Eastern Front/Line. With the Donetsk / Russian Forces which these Ukrainians forces are fighting against advanced quickly (7km deep) – the entire Southeastern defense line of the Ukraine’s “east army”…
Ukraine bombed train bridges at border with Moldova / Transnistria
Unrelated to any of the Russian offenses or critical defense position of the Ukrainian side – Ukraine decided to bomb the bridges at the border between Ukraine and Moldova / Transniatria. “The Armed Forces of Ukraine blew up two railway bridges on the border of Odessa and Transnistria The first explosion occurred between the Transnistrian…
[ Donbass Front ] Encirclement of Mariupol complete; Russian forces punches out of Luhansk!
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[ Crimea Front ] Major Russian advance across a wide front south of Zaporizhzhia
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[ Crimea Front ] Russian forces as taken undefended Enerhodar
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