A large smoke cloud was seen in Gaza on Saturday, October 14 morning at 7:43 a.m. local time, as a conflict with Israel entered its eighth day.
A loud blast was also heard in footage filmed from Sderot in Israel, located near the northeastern border of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military on Saturday, October 14, also released latest aerial footage of targets said to be used by Hamas militant group being destroyed during air strikes.
In the black and white video released by the Israel Defence Force (IDF), facilities were being struck by fighter jets. Reuters was not able to independently verify the footage.
The IDF made a statement in their Telegram channel, claiming that dozen’s “Nukhba terrorist operatives” and the head of the Hamas Aerial System were killed during a wide-scale strikes over Gaza Strip on Friday (October 13) night.
More than 1 million Palestinians in northern Gaza faced an Israeli deadline on Saturday to flee south. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had only just begun to retaliate for last week’s Hamas rampage across southern Israel.
Israel has since put the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, under a total siege and made air strikes. According to Gaza authorities, 1,900 people have died so far.
(Input from Reuters)