Watch | Rocket barrage from Gaza as Hamas launches surprise attack on Israel
Six hours after the invasion began, Hamas militants were still fighting gunbattles inside several Israeli communities in a surprise attack that shook the country
Palestinians wave their national flag and celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis southern Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. (AP)
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The ruling Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip carried out a 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 different routes on Shabbat & the holiday of Simchat Torah, a major holiday in the country.
Six hours after the invasion began, Hamas militants were still fighting gunbattles inside several Israeli communities in a surprise attack that shook the country. Social media was replete with videos of Hamas fighters parading what appeared to be stolen Israeli military vehicles through the streets and breaching the borders of in several locations.
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Israel’s national rescue service said at least 40 people have been killed and hundreds wounded, making it the deadliest attack in Israel in years. “We are at war,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised address, declaring a mass mobilization of the country’s army reserves. “Not an ‘operation,’ not a ‘round,’ but at war.” “The enemy will pay an unprecedented price,” he added, promising that Israel would “return fire of a magnitude that the enemy has not known.”
