After the major attack on Israel, Islamic Hamas continued bombings in the Gaza Strip. There were heavy rocket attacks on several cities, including Tel Aviv, on Sunday night. In response, the Israeli military bombed Hamas command centers. According to media reports, at least 300 people have died in Israel so far and around 1,590 have been injured. According to Palestinian authorities, at least 232 people died and almost 1,700 were injured.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a tough reaction in the Gaza Strip. “We will turn all the places where Hamas is organized and hides into islands of rubble,” Netanyahu said in a speech on Saturday night. He called on residents of the Gaza Strip to “flee from there now, because we will act everywhere and with all our strength.” Israel will take revenge. “This war will take time,” Netanyahu said. “There are still challenging days ahead.”
In response to major surprise attacks by Islamic Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel decided to carry out devastating attacks against the Palestinian organization. The aim is to destroy the military and governmental capabilities of Hamas and Islamic Jihad “so that they are no longer able and willing to threaten and attack the citizens of Israel for many years to come,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said at a meeting of the security office. Sunday morning. Among other things, it was decided to cut the import of electricity, fuel and goods to the Gaza Strip.
“We are beginning a long and difficult war, forced on us by a murderous attack by Hamas,” Netanyahu said. The first phase now ends with the “destruction of the majority of enemy forces that invaded our territory,” he said after the Security Council meeting. At the same time, an offensive phase has begun, which will continue without restrictions until the objectives are achieved. “We will restore the security of Israel’s citizens and we will win,” he said.
Meanwhile, according to Israeli media reports, hostages held in a house in Ofakim, on the border with the Gaza Strip, were released by Israeli soldiers. They stormed the building after hours of negotiations and killed ten terrorists, news website Ynet and broadcaster i24NEWS reported. Three Israeli soldiers were injured.
According to the military, the Islamist Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, fired more than 3,000 rockets at Israel throughout the day on Saturday, according to the military. At the same time, armed Palestinians advanced into Israel by land, sea and air that morning. According to the military, several Israelis were kidnapped to the Gaza Strip. A military spokesman spoke of a “significant number”, but Israel has not yet given precise details. Hamas, classified as a terrorist organization by the EU, USA and Israel, spoke of dozens of kidnappings.
Hamas’ surprise attack began exactly 50 years after the Yom Kippur War, in 1973. The attack by hostile Arab states on Israel, on the most important Jewish holiday, is considered the worst national trauma to date.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Navy identified seven terrorists in the Zikim Beach area on Israeli territory in the last few hours, the military said. Marines and aircraft prevented terrorists from entering residential areas. Warplanes attacked three Hamas operational command centers that the terrorist organization uses to carry out terrorist attacks against Israel from the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, violence continues in the West Bank. Six Palestinians were killed in clashes with the Israeli army in several places on Saturday, including a 13-year-old boy, the Health Ministry in Ramallah said. According to Palestinian reports, another man was shot dead by Israeli soldiers after an attempted knife attack.
Meanwhile, in Israel, at night, there was talk about forming an emergency government. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered two opposition leaders, Jair Lapid and Benny Gantz, to join an emergency government, a spokesman for Netanyahu’s Likud party said. Lapid had already signaled his willingness to do so. However, according to media reports, a meeting between Lapid and Gantz would have failed to reach an agreement.