War in the South
![Former Chief of the General Staff Aviv Kochavi](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/01/15/e82631a0-b38a-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h331_w650.webp)
Former Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi spoke today for the first time since the outbreak of the war and said, "I am responsible for the actions taken in the IDF during my tenure. I ask myself what else could we have done differently?"
![Archive. The seventh of October](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/10/eb82cd70-af95-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h331_w650.jpg)
October 7th Massacre New Details
Seventy elite fighters underwent training for two years without knowing the objective, and five senior Hamas officials meticulously planned and kept the attack secret until midnight.
![The Prime Minister's Office Denies: There is No Humanitarian Aid to the Gaza Strip](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/16/2af9bf20-6c09-11ee-817a-474900d9bb42__h331_w650.jpg)
"There is No Humanitarian Aid"
The denial comes in response to reports that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) will allow Egyptian aid convoys to enter the Gaza Strip as part of humanitarian assistance.
![Biden's Assistance Turned Out to be a Hostile Takeover of the Situation](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/16/6548d7a0-6bfb-11ee-817a-474900d9bb42__h331_w650.jpg)
A Hostile Takeover
Joe Biden was a member of the Senate back during the Yom Kippur War. He is well-versed in the American approach: provide generous assistance to Israel when it's in distress and then exert military and diplomatic pressure according to U.S. interests.
![Biden: "The Overwhelming Majority of Palestinians have Nothing to Do With It"](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/15/c1d4fbd0-6b5f-11ee-817a-474900d9bb42__h331_w650.jpg)
"Nothing to Do With It"
The President tweeted on his Twitter account that it is important not to overlook the fact that most of the Palestinian public is not connected to the Hamas terrorist attack on the communities in the Gaza periphery.
![First Meeting of the Emergency Government: "We will Dismantle Hamas"](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/15/aed1eba0-6b51-11ee-b7a1-1906212e89de__h331_w650.png)
"We will Dismantle Hamas"
The first emergency government cabinet meeting was held this morning, during which Netanyahu announced the objective of the war in the south: "We will dismantle Hamas." Watch the footage.
![Chancellor of Germany: "Abu Mazen's Silence is Shameful"](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/12/aedda010-690f-11ee-b7a1-1906212e89de__h331_w650.jpg)
Abu Mazen's Silence
Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz strongly criticized the leader of the Palestinian Authority, Abu Mazen, saying that "his silence on the Hamas attack against Israel is shameful." He also accused Iran, stating that "without its support, Hamas would not have been able to carry out this unprecedented attack."
![In the Wake of the Fighting: The IDF is Increasing its Forces in Judea and Samaria](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/12/7d4ec010-6905-11ee-817a-474900d9bb42__h331_w650.jpeg)
Increasing Forces
Central Command is reinforcing numerous forces for defense and preparedness to thwart terrorist incidents. The forces of Central Command include more than 30 battalions deployed along the frontlines, in settlements, and on the border.
![The Headquarters for the Return of the Abducted and Missing Persons Presented its Demands](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/11/6559e5c0-6865-11ee-817a-474900d9bb42__h331_w650.jpg)
The Demands
The Families' Headquarters for the Return of the Captives and the Missing presented its demands, including the recognition of the kidnapping as a war crime, the opening of a humanitarian corridor, and the intervention of Arab world leaders.
![The families of the kidnapped and missing](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/10/8c090ee0-67a6-11ee-b7a1-1906212e89de__h331_w650.jpg)
"We Will Shake the Country"
The families of the kidnapped and missing individuals met with the President of the State, Isaac Herzog, and with the Commissioner for the Captives and the Missing, Gal Hirsch: "If necessary, we will shake the country"
![IDF spokesman: "103 bodies of terrorists were found in Be'eri"](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/10/9590b410-67a4-11ee-b7a1-1906212e89de__h331_w650.jpeg)
"103 Bodies"
The spokesperson stated that foreign journalists were invited to survey in Kfar Gaza so that the entire world would know the horrors committed by Hamas, in the practical context of terrorism that has been copied from the murderous organization ISIS
![Herzog](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/10/724600a0-677c-11ee-817a-474900d9bb42__h331_w650.png)
Emergency Government
The President of the country, Isaac Herzog, called for the establishment of a national emergency government in the next 24 hours, stating, "To show that we are not fragmented or divided, but moving forward and striving towards future goals as a nation"
![Bringing soldiers back for the fighting.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/10/5d6a5950-6741-11ee-9c9b-03b32e04a4fc__h331_w650.jpeg)
News
Air Force planes flew IDF soldiers abroad back to Israel to take part in the fighting in Operation Swords of Iron: "Part of the IDF's efforts to concentrate additional forces for the fighting."
![Herzog and Erdoğan](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/09/1275ae70-66da-11ee-b177-59b3ed0fceec__h331_w650.jpg)
Erdoğan: Acting to Restore Calm
President of Israel Isaac Herzog spoke with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The Turkish President conveyed his condolences to the State of Israel and emphasized his efforts to restore stability to the region
![Herzog in a message to the international community: "Condemn Hamas actions"](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/09/19f34840-66d7-11ee-9c9b-03b32e04a4fc__h331_w650.png)
"Condemn Hamas Actions"
President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, addressed world leaders in a message: "Hamas is multiplying the crimes of ISIS. Condemn its actions. Since the Holocaust, so many Jews have not been murdered in a single day"
![IDF spokesman: We know who the abductees are, the families are being informed](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/09/df435f00-66cc-11ee-b177-59b3ed0fceec__h331_w650.jpg)
The Abductees
The IDF spokesperson held a press conference in which he briefed the media and the public about the situation of the war in the south. According to the IDF spokesperson, hundreds of terrorists have been killed in the Gaza Strip
![Unfathomable: the number of those killed in the war rose to 900](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/09/827a63b0-66ca-11ee-9c9b-03b32e04a4fc__h331_w650.jpg)
At Least 900 Casualties
Three days after the start of the war in the south, the number of casualties stands at at least 900 people. It is also reported that 2,616 individuals have been injured since the beginning of the war, including 382 in serious and critical condition
![Ezer MiZion activist: "They didn't come to kill us, they came to massacre"](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/09/ff264640-66bb-11ee-9c9b-03b32e04a4fc__h331_w650.jpeg)
"They Came to Massacre"
Zeev Freund descended to the Gaza envelope with a ZAKA team in order to collect the casualties in the south, and he shared his difficult experience in an interview: "I saw very difficult and painful things, this is the saddest day of my life"
![The Islamic Jihad claim: We infiltrated from Lebanon](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/09/83aa2460-66ba-11ee-b177-59b3ed0fceec__h331_w650.jpg)
The Islamic Jihad has Claimed Responsibility
The Islamic Jihad organization has claimed responsibility for the infiltration into Israel from the Lebanese border, during which at least 7 IDF soldiers were injured, and two militants were killed
![First announcement of the person in charge of the abducted and missing persons](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/09/55d3a260-66b9-11ee-9c9b-03b32e04a4fc__h331_w650.jpg)
The Abducted and Missing Persons
Brigadier General Gil Hirsch, who is in charge of the issue of prisoners and missing persons, published a statement this evening in which he promised to bring everyone back home: "We have a large number of wounded, missing, and abducted individuals held by the enemy"