️🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israeli-Palestinian conflict chronicles: October 19-20, 2023

️🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israeli-Palestinian conflict chronicles: October 19-20, 2023 Palestinian forces continue to shell Israeli towns from the Gaza Strip. Air defenses intercepted most of the rockets, but Beer Sheva, Netivot, Sderot, and Ashkelon were hit. On Thursday evening, unidentified men on three ATVs drove into a shooting range at an Israeli military base near Be’er Sheva. When the drivers ignored demands to stop, they were fired upon: one person was killed, and the others fled. The Israeli Air Force continues to bomb the Gaza Strip. Another member of the Hamas Politburo has been eliminated. One of the strikes hit near the Church of Saint Porphyrius. Based on footage from the site, the building itself survived. The renovation of the Rafah crossing is in progress. Plans are underway to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza through the crossing. However, a political decision on opening the crossing has not yet been made. Hezbollah continues to exchange strikes with the IDF along the entire Israel-Lebanon border. Militants from the Lebanese branch of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the militant wing of Hamas, fired rockets from Lebanon into Israel’s northern border. In total, approximately 30 rockets were fired. Violent clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians are ongoing in the West Bank. Tactical aviation is being used to quell the unrest, with one strike hitting the Nur Shams camp. Following Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived in Israel. During his visit, he expressed support for the Israelis and expressed hope for their swift victory over Hamas. On Thursday, a Houthi group from Yemen fired three Quds-3 rockets into southern Israel. The projectiles were intercepted on approach by the American ship USS Carney. Источник: Lord Of War