The Israel Defense Forces carried out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, hitting about 70 targets in the vicinity of Gaza City. After the fourth day of the war, the losses are enormous: 1,200 Israelis were killed, 2,400 were wounded, 100-150 children were kidnapped in Gaza, dozens of foreign citizens were killed or kidnapped. The Palestinians say they have counted 830 dead and at least 4,250 wounded.

US President Joe Biden spoke on Tuesday evening, confirming that 14 US citizens were among the dead. “We support Israel!” Biden added and said the US would stand by Israel and sent a message to Iran and Hezbollah not to interfere.

The president expressed his appalling shock at the atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists and noted that they were reminiscent of the same atrocities committed by ISIS last decade. Biden’s speech was regarded as one of the harshest by a US president in terms of condemning terrorism

Events on the war of Hamas against Israel, LIVETEXT on HotNews.ro:

05:43More than 260,000 people have been forced from their homes in the Gaza Strip as Israeli air, land and sea bombardments continue to pound the Palestinian enclave, UN officials said.

05:26It is reported that Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip hit the house of relatives of Hamas military commander Mohammad Deif overnight.

Citing Palestinian sources, Jewish media reports that Israeli jets hit the house of Deif’s father, killing the terrorist’s brother, his son and niece

05:00 The United States is discussing with Israel and Egypt the idea of ​​an evacuation corridor for the civilian population of Gaza, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said. “We are focused on this issue, consultations are underway,” Sullivan told reporters at the White House. “But the details are being discussed between the operational agencies and I don’t want to share too much about that,” Sullivan said.

01:40 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will visit Jordan, in addition to Israel, during his tour of the Middle East, scheduled for Wednesday through Friday, the State Department said on Tuesday, according to AFP.

Jordan is bound to Israel by a peace treaty, and the two countries are neighbors.

01:21The Hamas offensive is causing an explosion of solidarity in the Arab world

The Palestinian offensive launched by Hamas against Israel has sparked a wave of solidarity across the Arab world, with social media ablaze with the buzzword “Al-Aqsa flood”, named after the unprecedented attack that killed hundreds, AFP reports.

00:39Paris bans two pro-Palestinian demonstrations

Two pro-Palestinian demonstrations scheduled to take place in Paris on Thursday have been banned by order of Paris police prefect Laurent Nunez, the Paris police prefecture (PP) said Tuesday night, AFP reported.