The Islamist Hamas surprisingly attacked Israel on Saturday morning. The country reacts with counterattacks. The number of victims on both sides continues to rise.
At least 700 people in Israel were killed in the major attack by the Islamist Hamas from the Gaza Strip. This was reported by several Israeli media outlets, citing medical circles. According to the latest information from the Ministry of Health, 2,243 people were injured.
The Islamist Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel from Gaza yesterday. Armed Palestinians advanced into the country by land, sea and air. The Palestinian organization, which is classified as a terrorist organization by the EU, the USA and Israel, has since fired thousands of rockets into Israel. The country responded with counterattacks.
According to media reports, a large proportion of the dead in Israel are civilians shot by Palestinian militants. According to paramedics, more victims were found on Sunday in towns that the Israeli military had taken back under their control. Meanwhile, the military continued to search for Palestinian attackers.
According to official Israeli figures, more than 100 Israelis were abducted to the Gaza Strip. It is expected that the number could be significantly higher.
260 bodies found at festival site in Israel
After the major attack by the Islamist Hamas from the Gaza Strip, emergency services have so far found at least 260 bodies at a festival site in Israel alone. This was reported by the news website Ynet, citing the Zaka rescue service.
Hamas fighters attacked participants in a music festival near the border with the Gaza Strip on Saturday and also abducted numerous people from there to the Gaza Strip. The media quoted eyewitnesses who spoke of a massacre. Videos are circulating online that show how the revelers flee from the attackers’ shots.
It is initially unclear whether the 260 festival visitors who were killed were already counted in the death toll. The number continued to rise over the weekend, partly as Israeli forces moved into attacked locations and discovered more bodies.
Narrator: Palestinian attackers still in Israel
According to the Israeli military, Palestinian attackers are still in the country following the major attacks by the Islamist Hamas in Israel. “There are still hostile forces in Israel,” said military spokesman Daniel Hagari, around 36 hours after the attack from the Gaza Strip began.
Some of the intruders were killed, but some were still there, Hagari said. Fighting has continued in the border area in the past few hours. In several cities, people again had to flee to safety from rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip.
The military told residents of two towns in the border area not to leave their homes “due to the security situation” in the evening.
“We are currently in the middle of a war,” Hagari said. The Israeli Air Force is fully deployed to attack targets in the Gaza Strip. In the past few hours, more than 50 combat aircraft have destroyed around 120 targets belonging to Hamas, which is classified as a terrorist organization by the EU, the USA and Israel. “Hamas has brought a major catastrophe to the Gaza Strip,” Hagari said. They have suffered hundreds of victims. “Dozens” of enemy fighters were captured.
Ministry of Health in Gaza reports 413 deaths
At least 413 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip in response to the major Hamas attack on Israel. The Ministry of Health in Gaza said 2,300 Palestinians were also injured.
Source: Stern
I have been working in the news industry for over 6 years, first as a reporter and now as an editor. I have covered politics extensively, and my work has appeared in major newspapers and online news outlets around the world. In addition to my writing, I also contribute regularly to 24 Hours World.
