The armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, announced on Wednesday that seven civilians who were held hostage had been killed in the refugee camp of Jambaliya, during the Israeli attacks, among them three holders of foreign passports.

At least six airstrikes hit residential areas in the refugee camp on the outskirts of Gaza City on Tuesday, killing more than 50 people and wounding around 150 people, Hamas officials said in an earlier statement.

The Islamist organization Hamas, which rules Gaza, has released so far four civilians among the 239 believed to be held.

“We will increase warships in the Red Sea”

The spokesman of the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) Daniel Hagari explained that the Israeli army will increase the number of ships in the Red Sea region, noting that Israeli forces “they know how to attack the time and place we decide”following Houthi rebels’ rockets and drones from Yemen, which were intercepted.

Israeli warships deployed, after a series of missile and drone attacks by the Houthis supported by Iran in Yemen.

“According to the assessment of the situation and in the context of the defensive efforts in the area, yesterday, rocket launchers of the Israeli Navy arrived in the Red Sea area” stated in an IDF statement.

New IDF explanation for Jambaliya

Hagari also referred to Tuesday’s attack in the Jambaliya refugee camp, saying that the army killed Ibrahim Biari, commander of the Jabalaya Brigade of Hamas along with dozens of other terrorists in a building located in the heart of a residential complex.

According to the IDF spokesman, the damage to the building, which the terrorists used as a shelter, also caused the collapse of the underground infrastructure beneath it. which in turn damaged other buildings in the area.

The deployment of warships in the Red Sea

As reported by SKAI’s envoy Stavros Ioannidis for the Red Sea, given that we also had missile launches yesterday from Yemen which was intercepted south of the city of Eilat, and with this front becoming “hot”, it was decided the development of rockets, in case they need to intercept another aerial threatas in addition to missiles there is also the danger of drones.

Yesterday the military intercepted a missile and two drones fired from Yemen into Israel. Another target was intercepted early in the morning near Eilat.

IDF says it has bolstered the Red Sea area with Navy missile boats, following several missile and drone attacks by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. pic.twitter.com/tatWFq6iO8

— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) November 1, 2023

The Israeli army assures that it has several layers of air defenses in the area to protect against Houthi attacks.

There is also a strong American presence in the Red Sea.

It is noted US destroyer Navy in the Red Sea was attacked by missiles fired by the Houthis.

The northern Gaza front

Previous comment for the Jambaliya raids the Israeli Defense Forces did in the morning.

“During the fighting yesterday (Tuesday), IDF troops recognized several Hamas terrorists holed up in a high-rise building – located near a school, medical center and government offices – in the Jambaliya area in the northern Gaza Strip. IDF troops asked the IAF (Israeli Air Force) to strike the terrorists,” it said.

🔴 Additional documentation from the Hamas base that operated under a building in Jabaliya, the rocket blew up the building and the headquarters below and buried a lot of Hamas terrorists under it. pic.twitter.com/k1tLiZdlQ1

— Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) October 31, 2023

IDF ground activity in the Gaza Strip continues. From the beginning of the war, the Israeli army announced that it has hit over 11,000 targets belonging to terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army announced that 9 more of his soldiers were killed in combat in northern Gaza.

Overnight, combined Israeli military forces struck several terrorist targets across the Gaza Strip, including operational command centers, tunnels, as well as Hamas terrorist cores, Israel points out.