‘Exercise caution, avoid unnecessary movements’: Indian embassy in Israel after Hamas launches assault

📢*IMPORTANT ADVISORY FOR INDIAN NATIONALS IN ISRAEL*

For details visit-
Israel Home Front Command website: https://t.co/Sk8uu2Mrd4

Preparedness brochure: https://t.co/18bDjO9gL5 pic.twitter.com/LtAMGT9CwA

— India in Israel (@indemtel) October 7, 2023

It added: “For additional information, please see the Israeli Home Front Command website (https://www.oref.org.il/en) or their preparedness brochure. In case of emergency, please contact us at +97235226748, or leave a message at cons1.telaviva@mea.gov.in. The Embassy personnel remain at your disposal for any further guidance.”

The early morning rocket attack has left at least 22 people dead and multiple wounded, according to news agency Reuters.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israel that it is “at war” with Hamas militants that rule the Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu’s comments in a televised address mark his first since the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers launched a major, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday. He ordered a call-up of reservists and promised that Hamas would “pay a price that it hasn’t known until now.” “We are at war,” Netanyahu said. “Not an ‘operation,’ not a ‘round,’ but at war.”

The prime minister also ordered the military to clear the infiltrated towns of Hamas militants that remained locked in gunfights with Israeli soldiers. Hamas on Saturday fired thousands of rockets at Israel and sent dozens of fighters across the country’s heavily fortified border, a massive show of force that caught Israel off-guard on a major holiday.

The attack came a day after Israel marked the 50th anniversary of the 1973 war that brought the country to the verge of catastrophic defeat in a surprise attack by Syria and Egypt.