[UPDATE-Day 3-Oct 9-19:00Z] Fighting Ongoing in Six Gaza-Border Towns, Israeli Army Spokesman Reports

There are six sites of active fighting in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip, Daniel Hagari, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman reported.

According to him, fighting is ongoing in Be’eri, Kfar Aza, Nirim and Alumim. He added that last night, “some 70 terrorists infiltrated Be’eri.” – “Most of them were killed in battle with IDF troops, but others are still hiding in homes,”. Seven terrorists were identified near Kfar Aza, and the mouth of a tunnel was found, Hagari noted. Six terrorists were identified near Kibbutz Nirim, and another four in Alumim, he added.

Hagari estimated that since October 7, IDF killed 425 Palestinian extremists in the Gaza Strip, and hundreds more in Israeli territory. The IDF stated that it had hit 1,148 targets across the Gaza Strip.

BREAKING: Hamas terrorists broadcasts the first execution of two Israeli hostages in response to airstrikes on Gaza

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[UPDATE-Day 3-Oct 9-19:00Z] Israel’s president Herzog says “not since the Holocaust have so many Jews been killed in one day”