2023-10-08 00:50:00
Images from early Sunday morning in Israel show burning buildings in the Gaza Strip EYAD BABA/AFP – 07.10.2023 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country is “embarking on a long and difficult war” imposed by the movement Palestinian Hamas, which on Saturday (7) carried out an unprecedented attack on Israeli territory, which, together with the Israeli military response, has already killed 300 Israelis and 232 Palestinians. See also International Israeli army says it still faces ‘hundreds’ of Palestinian infiltrators Brasília Itamaraty confirms two Brazilians missing and one injured in attacks in Israel; watch videos International Israel and Gaza at war: see what is known so far about the conflict In a message posted on Twitter on Sunday in Israel, Netanyahu said that the war “was imposed” on the country “by a murderous attack by Hamas” . The first phase of the war, according to Netanyahu, involves “destroying the majority of enemy forces” that have infiltrated Israel and killed civilians and soldiers. • Click here and receive R7 news on your WhatsApp • Share this news on WhatsApp • Share this news on Telegram Israel has also launched an offensive in Gaza “and will continue without hesitation and without rest, until the objectives are achieved”, according with him. In a televised speech earlier, the prime minister said his country’s army would use “all its power” to destroy Hamas and called on Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip. “I say to the residents of Gaza: leave now, because we will act with force. All the places where Hamas is positioned, hidden and operating, we will turn them into islands of rubble,” he warned. Netanyahu emphasized that “the Israel Defense Forces are about to use all their power to destroy Hamas’ capabilities.” “We will destroy them and avenge with force this dark day that they imposed on the State of Israel and its citizens,” he said. More than 300 Israeli citizens died as a result of the attack, Israeli media said on Sunday, citing medical and emergency services sources. The number of deaths could increase in the coming hours, given the serious condition of some of the injured, the total number being around 1,600, according to sources. On the Palestinian side, the number of deaths rose to 232, and the number of injured to 1,700, according to sources from the Ministry of Health in Gaza, territory controlled by Hamas since 2007, when it expelled the forces of the nationalist Fatah movement, from President of the Palestinian National Authority (ANP), Mahmoud Abbas. See photos of the confrontation between Israel and Hamas militiamen
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