As a barrage of rockets rained down from Gaza, Hamas militants infiltrated towns in the south of Israel, killing and abducting citizens and soldiers.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described it as a “murderous surprise attack”, stated that Israel was “at war” with Hamas and vowed to exact revenge.Alarms in Israel blared as the Islamist group Hamas started a multi-pronged attack around 6.30am . Thousands of rockets were fired.
A recorded message released by Muhammad Deif of Hamas’s militant wing revealed that an “operation” was under way so that “the enemy will understand that the time of their rampaging without accountability has ended”, according to the A local TV reporter states there are: “bodies on the ground… terribly grave pictures, scenes that are hard to describe.”Palestinian media reports that 160 people have been killed and more than 1000 injured after air strikes by the IDF.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned of a “long and difficult” war, as fighting with Hamas left hundreds dead on both sides after a surprise attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group.
Israeli troops gather with their military equipment at an undisclosed location on the border with the Gaza Strip. Picture: AFP “We are embarking on a long and difficult war that was forced on us by a murderous Hamas attack,” Netanyahu said on X, formerly Twitter, early Sunday. Overnight Israel battered the Gaza Strip with air strikes as rockets from the blockaded Palestinians territory rained on Israel.
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