Israel fights Hamas as PM alerts of ‘long and hard war’

Rockets fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza City are obstructed by the Israeli Iron Dome defence rocket system in the early hours of Sunday. JERUSALEM: Israeli forces fought holdout Hamas fighters and pounded targets in the Gaza Strip Sunday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cautioned of a “long and tough” war ahead triggered by the Palestinian militant group’s huge surprise attack. The Israeli army stated 10s of thousands of soldiers were released to battle militants in southern desert areas near the seaside enclave, to rescue Israeli captives and then leave the whole area within 24 hours. “We’ll reach each and every neighborhood till we kill every terrorist in Israel,” promised military spokesperson Daniel Hagari, a day after hundreds of Hamas fighters crossed into Israel utilizing lorries, boats and even motorised paragliders. “Our objective for the upcoming 24 hours is to leave all citizens” from neighborhoods around the Gaza Strip, he informed reporters inthemiddleof the battling that has left hundreds dead on both sides. Israel likewise came under attack from the north on Sunday when Lebanon’s Hezbollah motion introduced rockets and weapons shells “in uniformity” with the unmatched Hamas offending. Israel was surprised when Gaza’s rulers Hamas released a multi-pronged attack at dawn Saturday with thousands of rockets and ground, air and sea forces, assaulting and penetrating Israeli towns and kibbutz neighborhoods. 2 Thais eliminated, 8 hurt, 11 abducted in Israel The worst combating in years hasactually eliminated more than 200 Israelis and injured over 1,000, leaving bodies of civilians scattered on roadways, while on the Gaza side at least 313 have passedaway and over 1,700 were reported injured. An unidentified number of Israeli soldiers and civilians were abducted into Gaza as captives, triggering discouragement in Israel and enormously makingcomplex its military retaliation project. According to the Israeli news site Ynet, “dozens of Israeli hostages, consistingof various females, kids and seniors, are thought to haveactually been taken into the Gaza Strip”. Gun fights raved Sunday inbetween Israeli forces and hundreds of Hamas fighters in numerous places, consistingof at a authorities station in Sderot where authorities and unique forces “neutralised 10 armed terrorists”, authorities stated. “A lot of individuals haveactually been eliminated,” stated another army representative, Richard Hecht, after the military launched the names of 26 fallen soldiers
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