Israel has boosted troop levels near the Gaza Strip ahead of ceremonial events that will mark one year since Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel on October 7.
Additional troops have been deployed in border communities for “defensive and offensive scenarios,” according to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
“Soldiers are fully equipped to defend the region in coordination with local security forces, Israeli police and Magen David Adom, ensuring a comprehensive response to any incidents that may arise,” the IDF said on Sunday (6).
A year later, Israeli residents of Kibbutz Be’eri – one of more than a dozen border communities attacked by Hamas – told CNN who are traumatized by the horrors of October 7 last year, when 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 others were kidnapped, according to Israeli authorities.
Multiple fronts of war
Israel has intensified its war in different arenas in the Middle East, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying Saturday that his country is “defending itself” on seven fronts – including against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
But as scenes of carnage, destroyed buildings and mass displacement emerge from Gaza and Lebanon, analysts and human rights workers have issued dire warnings about the toll in an increasingly fragile region.
Israel’s campaign in Gaza has killed at least 41,870 Palestinians and injured another 97,166 people, according to the local health ministry. The ministry does not distinguish between combatant and civilian deaths.
In Lebanon, more than 1,400 people were killed by Israeli strikes and nearly 7,500 were injured, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
This content was originally published in Israel reinforces military strength near Gaza ahead of the one-year anniversary of attacks on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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