Hamas militants continued to spread terror in civilian areas of southern Israel on Monday (October 9) even as the Israeli military took retaliatory measures to crush their fighters following the Palestinian outfit’s surprise attack on Saturday. More than a thousand have been killed on both sides. While over 700 people have been killed in Israel— a staggering toll on a scale the country has not experienced in decades — Palestine’s health officials pegged the number of dead in Gaza at 493.More than 40 hours after Hamas launched its unprecedented incursion out of Gaza, Israeli forces were still battling with militants holed up in several locations. Israel said it brought in special forces to try to wrest control of four Israeli sites from Hamas fighters, including two kibbutzim that militants entered earlier in their attacks. Footage released by Israeli police from one area showed forces kneeling in tall grass as they exchanged fire with Hamas militants across an open field.Meanwhile, Hamas and the smaller Islamic Jihad group claimed to have taken captive more than 130 people from inside Israel and brought them into Gaza, saying they would be traded for the release of thousands of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. The captives are known to include soldiers and civilians, including women, children and elderly — mostly Israelis but also some other nationalities.As per a BBC report, rescuers have found more than 250 bodies at Supernova music festival site, one of the first targets in the recent onslaught by Hamas. Meanwhile, the overall death toll has crossed over 1,000."This is our 9/11," an Israel Army spokesperson said, according to reports. "Hamas wanted an annihilation of our state. They went for civilians, grandmothers, and babies," the official was qouted saying. The Federals' coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflictExplained: Why is Hamas fighting Israel? Who is Hezbollah that joined attack?Explained: What's Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system which intercepted Hamas rockets?Opinion: Israel’s real problem is not its legislation, laws or institutions
Hamas militants continued to spread terror in civilian areas of southern Israel on Monday (October 9) even as the Israeli military took retaliatory measures to crush their fighters following the Palestinian outfit’s surprise attack on Saturday. More than a thousand have been killed on both sides. While over 700 people have been killed in Israel— a staggering toll on a scale the country has not experienced in decades — Palestine’s health officials pegged the number of dead in Gaza at 493.More than 40 hours after Hamas launched its unprecedented incursion out of Gaza, Israeli forces were still battling with militants holed up in several locations. Israel said it brought in special forces to try to wrest control of four Israeli sites from Hamas fighters, including two kibbutzim that militants entered earlier in their attacks. Footage released by Israeli police from one area showed forces kneeling in tall grass as they exchanged fire with Hamas militants across an open field.Meanwhile, Hamas and the smaller Islamic Jihad group claimed to have taken captive more than 130 people from inside Israel and brought them into Gaza, saying they would be traded for the release of thousands of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. The captives are known to include soldiers and civilians, including women, children and elderly — mostly Israelis but also some other nationalities.As per a BBC report, rescuers have found more than 250 bodies at Supernova music festival site, one of the first targets in the recent onslaught by Hamas. Meanwhile, the overall death toll has crossed over 1,000."This is our 9/11," an Israel Army spokesperson said, according to reports. "Hamas wanted an annihilation of our state. They went for civilians, grandmothers, and babies," the official was qouted saying. The Federals' coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflictExplained: Why is Hamas fighting Israel? Who is Hezbollah that joined attack?Explained: What's Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system which intercepted Hamas rockets?Opinion: Israel’s real problem is not its legislation, laws or institutions