Blinken sees Netanyahu: «Hamas like ISIS». The attacks have been prepared for two years. Tajani in Israel

Tension remains very high in the Middle East, after the rekindling of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, which has reignited on a scale "never seen before" (there are now thousands of deaths on both sides), after the attacks starting from the Gaza Strip towards the territory of the Jewish State last Saturday.

The news of October 12th

Tajani in Israel - «On Friday I will be in Israel to reiterate our closeness to a people wounded by the violence of Hamas terrorism. Then I will go to Jordan." This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on X.

France: pro-Hamas demonstrations banned - The French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, has ordered a ban on pro-Palestinian demonstrations in France and the arrest of the organizers and "troublemakers who disturb public order". In a telegram to the prefects and revealed by the AFP, Darmanin calls for a ban on "pro-Palestinian demonstrations because they can generate disturbances of public order".

Hamas: two years to prepare the attacks – Two years of preparation were needed for the Hamas attack on Israel with top secret methods and with the start date of the operation known to very few among the leaders of the Islamic group. This was revealed to Russia Today TV by a Hamas leader, Ali Baraka, according to whom even the "allied" countries were informed only after the start of the military actions.

Italy available for humanitarian corridors - "Italy has never held back, if a peace commitment of this type were requested by the international community and the UN we would be the first available but now no one has asked for something similar". said Defense Minister Guido Crosetto.

USA and Israel: «Hamas like ISIS» – “Hamas must be crushed like ISIS". This was said by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the press conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Biden to Iran: «Be careful» – Joe Biden warned Iran to "be careful", as tensions in the Middle East continue to increase after the Hamas attacks on Israel and the Israeli reaction on Gaza. “We made it clear to the Iranians to be careful,” the president said at a meeting with Jewish community leaders at the White House.

Ambassador Israel: «We will not go to war with Iran» - "We will not start a war against Iran". This was stated in a briefing by the Israeli ambassador to Moscow, Alexander Ben Zvi, quoted by Tass.

Iran: «Arab countries unite against Israel» – "Today all Islamic and Arab countries, as well as populations who want freedom in the world, must find an agreement and reach cooperation in a path to stop the crimes of the Zionist regime against the oppressed Palestinian nation."

Israeli raids also in Syria – Air raids attributed to Israel against the Syrian airports of Aleppo and Damascus targeted Iranian weapons depots guarded by the pro-Iranian Lebanese Hezbollah present in Syria. This was reported by pan-Arab media citing Syrian security sources.

The request to Germany - Israel has asked Germany for ammunition for its warships due to the Hamas terrorist attacks: German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius declared this this morning on the sidelines of a NATO meeting in Brussels as written by Dpa. The German agency understands that blood bags for transfusions and bulletproof vests were also requested. The requests will now be discussed with Israel, Pistorius said, declaring: "We stand with the Israelis."

China: «Balance is needed» – The evolution of the conflict remains an unknown. Meanwhile, diplomacy is moving. “China needs to take a more balanced stance on the conflict between Israel and Hamas.” This was stated by the Israeli ambassador to Beijing, lrit Ben-Abba, in an interview with Bloomberg TV, anticipating that Zhai Jun, the Chinese envoy for the Middle East, should have talks with the Israeli side, after Tuesday's phone calls and held on Wednesday with the Egyptian and Palestinian ones respectively.

More bombs in the night – In the night between Wednesday and Thursday the Israeli bombings on the Gaza Strip did not stop: the number of victims remains unspecified, there is talk of 50 deaths and over 250 injured.

(Unioneonline)