The attack is being described as the conflict's bloodiest escalation in years which has left at least 70 dead and hundreds wounded on both sides.
People standing on a rooftop watch as a ball of fire and smoke rises above a building in Gaza City on October 7, 2023 during an Israeli air strike. Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a large-scale surprise attack against Israel on Saturday, firing thousands of rockets from Gaza and sending fighters to kill or abduct people as Israel retaliated with devastating air strikes.
Hamas fighters — travelling in vehicles, boats and even using motorised paragliders — breached Gaza’s security barrier and attacked nearby Israeli towns and military posts, opening fire on residents and passersby.“Send help, please!” one Israeli woman sheltering with her two-year-old child pleaded as militants outside opened fire at her house and tried to break into their safe room, Israeli media reported.
The aid group Doctors without Borders said one strike had hit the enclave’s Indonesian hospital and an ambulance outside Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, causing multiple deaths. “Enough is enough,” he said in a televised address. “The cycle of intifadas and revolutions in the battle to liberate our land and our prisoners languishing in occupation prisons must be completed.”People run along a debris-strewn street following Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 7, 2023. Air raid sirens wailed across southern and central Israel, as well as in Jerusalem, where multiple incoming rockets were intercepted by air defence systems.
Israel and Hamas have since fought several wars. The last major military exchange, in May, killed 34 Palestinians and one Israeli. In Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, some Palestinian residents cheered and blew their car horns as sirens blared.
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