Israel relentlessly pounded the Gaza Strip early on Monday as fighting raged with Hamas around the Gaza Strip.
Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFPThe Israeli army said it hit more than 500 targets in the blockaded and impoverished Gaza Strip in overnight clashes, while fighting persisted in seven to eight locations inside Israel around the enclave.
“Overnight IDF fighter jets, helicopters, aircraft and artillery struck over 500 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip,” the military said in a statement. “Never before have so many Israelis been killed by one single thing, let alone enemy activity in one day,” he said.Conricus said around 100,000 reserve troops were deployed to the south as the army battles to expel Hamas fighters from Israeli territory.Israel’s allies have responded by pledging fresh support, to confront what US President Jo Biden branded an “unprecedented terrorist assault” by Hamas.
Israel was stunned when Hamas launched its multi-pronged offensive on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, with at least 3,000 rockets raining down as fighters infiltrated towns and kibbutz communities and stormed an outdoor rave where many revellers were shot dead. Israeli attacks have levelled several Gaza residential towers and destroyed a mosque in Gaza’s Khan Yunis, as well as hitting the central bank.
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