Israel-Palestine conflict: List of key events, day 2 after Hamas surprise attack and Israel retaliation.

By Ruzeki, Shadow News  

October 08, 2023 

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Fighting between Israeli armed forces and the Palestinian group Hamas continues for a second day. 

So far, hundreds have been killed on both sides after a surprise Hamas attack on Israel, which prompted Israel retaliation. 

Here is the situation on Sunday, October 8, 2023.  

• As fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas fighters continues, the spokesperson of the al-Qassam Brigades Abu Obeida has released a new statement calling on people “to join this battle”. 
• Local media in Egypt say a police officer opened fire on Israeli tourists in the Mediterranean city, killing at least two Israelis and one Egyptian. 
• At least 2 million Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip spent the night in terror and darkness as Israel intensified air attacks and cut off power to the coastal enclave. 
• The Israeli air strikes flattened residential buildings in giant explosions, including a 14-storey tower, that held dozens of apartments as well as Hamas offices in central Gaza City. 
• According to the Israeli army, its forces struck the home of Hamas’s intelligence chief in the Gaza Strip. 
• Israel responsed with barrages of artillery into southern Lebanon after Hezbollah targeted three Israeli military positions in the disputed Shebaa region. 
• The local media reports that Israeli forces took control of a police station in the southern city of Sderot after an hours-long standoff. 
• As per the Qassam Brigades of the Hamas, its fighters were still engaged in “fierce clashes” in several cities inside Israel. 
• The United Nations Security Council will hold emergency closed consultations on Sunday over the escalating situation in Gaza. The UNSC meeting was first called by Malta, with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Brazil later supporting it. 
• China is “deeply concerned” by the Saturday's dramatic escalation of attacks between Israel and Palestine, urging all sides to de-escalate. 
• Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan are in talks to defuse Palestinian-Israeli tensions. Jordanian FM Ayman Safadi warned of the “volatility” of the situation in Gaza strip and the West Bank, which are witnessing Israeli attacks and violations against the Palestinian people. 
• Saudi Arabia and Turkey have called for immediate cessation of violence. 
• The United States condemned Saturday’s Hamas attacks in Israel and pledged to ensure Israel has “what it needs to defend itself. 
• The number of Palestinians killed in the besieged Gaza Strip has risen to 256, which include 20 children. At least 1,800 others were injured. 
• As per the Israel’s military, at least 26 of its soldiers were killed in the unprecedented Hamas attack on the country’s south. In general, at least 300 Israelis have been killed, so far, 
• The figures of casualties on both sides might be higher than what is being reported by the Hamas group, local media and Israeli army.