Israeli soldiers are battling Hamas fighters in the streets of southern Israel and launching retaliation strikes across Gaza.
The fighting was still underway on Sunday after the Palestinian militant group launched an unprecedented incursion into Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country was at war and would exact a heavy price from its enemies. Hamas leaders said they were prepared for further escalation. In neighboring Egypt, a policeman shot dead two Israeli tourists and an Egyptian at a tourist site in Alexandria, the Interior Ministry said. Egypt made peace with Israel decades ago, but anti-Israel sentiment runs high in the country, especially during bouts of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
"We will go through every community until we kill every terrorist that is in Israeli territory," he said. In Gaza, "every terrorist located in a house, all the commanders in houses, will be hit by Israeli fire. That will continue escalating in the coming hours." "Israel is waking up this morning to a terrible morning," said Lt. Col. Richard Hecht, an Israeli military spokesman. "There are a lot of people killed ... children, grandmothers, families, bodies."
In a televised address Saturday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military will use all of its strength to destroy Hamas' capabilities. Israel has a history of making heavily lopsided exchanges to bring captive Israelis home. The military has confirmed that a "substantial" number of Israelis were abducted Saturday without giving an exact figure.
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