The ministry said last month that several dozen French citizens and their families were in Gaza - including residents and those visiting family or in a humanitarian capacity. “We reiterate our call to protect all civilian populations in Gaza,” the ministry said in a statement. A team from the French Embassy in Egypt awaited for the group and France thanked Egyptian authorities for facilitating the exit. Over the past few days, IDF soldiers from the 36th Division killed numerous terrorists and directed aircraft strikes on Hamas terror targets, which included both weapons manufacturing and storage facilities, anti-tank missile launching posts, and UAV launching posts.įive French citizens were among dozens of dual passport holders and seriously injured who were able to leave the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing Wednesday, the French Foreign Ministry said. IDF reserve troops, while receiving covering fire from the Israeli Navy, coordinated with aerial forces and directed an aircraft in a strike that neutralized an additional terrorist squad that planned to fire anti-tank missiles toward IDF soldiers. The troops directed an aircraft in a strike that killed the terrorists. In addition, during ground operations in the Gaza Strip, a terrorist cell fired at IDF troops. Dozens of terrorists were killed during the battles. The soldiers engaged with the terrorists, with the assistance of artillery fire and tanks, while directing an aerial strike from a helicopter and a missile strike from a naval boat. Overnight, terrorist cells in the northern Gaza Strip fired anti-tank missiles, detonated explosive devices, and hurled grenades at IDF troops. IDF troops continue to strike terrorists and destroy terror infrastructure throughout the Gaza Strip IDF troops confronted several terrorist cells in the northern Gaza Strip during which dozens of terrorists were killed Israeli active missile defense operations are part of the overall defensive capabilities and are based on the guidelines of the home front command. IAF soldiers "continuously plan and manage defensive responses and are prepared for any threat from any arena," Israeli military said. "Later that same day, the israeli air force “arrow” aerial defense system intercepted a surface-to-surface missile in the area of the red sea," the IDF noted in a statement.įrom the north to the south, the IAF and its aerial defense array are deployed to provide multi-dimensional defense and provide additional layers of protection against a multitude of threats to the state of Israel. After tracking the cruise missile's trajectory, "Adir" fighter jets were scrambled and successfully intercepted the missile, said the IDF. In recent days, a cruise missile launched from the southeast toward Israeli airspace was detected by the IAF's control and detection systems. IDF has intercepted surface-to-surface missile with "Arrow” aerial defense system and "Adir" jet. White phosphorus explodes over a house in al-Bustan, south Lebanon. “The use of white phosphorous weapons against any military objective within concentrations of civilians is prohibited unless the military objective is clearly separated from the civilians," International Committee of the Red Cross says. Incendiary weapons are banned under the international humanitarian law during the war. Lebanese interim Agricultural Minister Abbas Al-Hajj Hassan accused Israel of destroying and charring more than 40,000 olive trees in southern Lebanon alleging that the IDF soldiers used the “white phosphorous bombs.” “This complies and goes beyond the requirements of international law,” the IDF was quoted as saying. IDF said that while it did not use the incendiary weapon in densely populated areas, “certain exceptions” were into play. The “smoke-screen shells containing the white phosphorus in the IDF are not intended or used for setting fire, and any claim that these shells are used for that cause is baseless,” the IDF said in a statement obtained by American broadcaster CNN. ![]() In a carefully worded response, IDF rejected allegation that the incendiary weapons were used by its soldiers for setting fires, but conceded that it was, in fact, used under certain circumstances. ![]() ![]() Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has responded to the claims of the alleged use of white phosphorus bombs in the southern Lebanese town of Dhayra.
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