Israel and Hamas at war after Palestinian militants launch deadly attacks from Gaza
More than 1,600 individuals have been killed because the Hamas militant group launched a shock assault on Israel from Gaza early Saturday, main Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare “we are at war.”
An Israeli embassy spokesperson mentioned Monday the dying toll has risen to at least 900 Israelis, most of them civilians. Another 2,500 had been reported wounded, IDF worldwide spokesperson Lt. Col. (Res.) Jonathan Conricus instructed CBS News on Monday. More than 250 of the useless had been Israelis who got here underneath assault at the Supernova music pageant close to the border with Gaza when militants opened hearth on the gang.
Israeli officers additionally say Hamas fighters captured greater than 100 hostages, together with ladies, kids and aged individuals, who had been apparently taken into Gaza as captives.
At least 11 U.S. residents are among the many useless, the White House says, whereas an unknown variety of Americans stay lacking. U.S. officers say Americans could also be amongst those that had been taken hostage.
Meanwhile, at least 765 individuals have been killed within the Gaza Strip by Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes, in response to the Palestinian Health Ministry. At least 140 kids there have been killed and 4,000 others have been wounded, it mentioned.
The coordinated, multi-front assault on Israel from the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian territory managed by Hamas, got here nearly 50 years to the day because the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and marked a dramatic escalation within the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian battle.
