Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:04pm on 08 Oct 2023,Sunday International
According to a Facebook post by the Israeli government, over 600 Israelis have been killed, 100 kidnapped, and 2,000 injured since Saturday. A Facebook post by Gaza's health ministry states Israeli airstrikes have killed 370 Palestinians and injured 2,200. In a BBC interview, Gershon Baskin, who negotiated the 2011 release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, said Hamas likely took current hostages underground, complicating Israeli efforts to locate them. Baskin expects Israel to send ground troops into Gaza in a massive operation aimed at killing Hamas leaders and rescuing the hostages, after initial airstrikes. [Image: Times of Israel]
