The Israeli military said Sunday that it is still battling Hamas militants in several Israeli communities a day after they broke through the Gaza border to launch an unprecedented wave of attacks.
Fire and smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea, killing dozens and stunning the country.
In response, Israel has conducted hundreds of air strikes on the Gaza Strip – hitting apartment buildings and Hamas members homes – where officials say more than 300 Palestinians have been killed – including children – and over 2,000 have been injured. Pictures show rubble surrounding a mosque that was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in the Gaza strip. Seven Palestinians were also reported killed in the West bank.
Simultaneously, Palestinian militants in Gaza fired heavy barrages of rockets toward Israel — more than 3,000 rockets throughout the day, according to theLate on Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel will"reach into every place Hamas is hiding" and turn those locations into ruins, in a TV address. Israel's military is calling up reservist soldiers, reinforcing positions and launching airstrikes on targets in Gaza.
Powers in the region have issued calls for a stop to the violence. The Saudi Foreign Ministry issued a statement calling for"an immediate end to the escalation of the conflict".
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