CONFLICT

Israel warns Gaza residents to flee homes ahead of revenge attacks

Some 250 people in Israel have been killed and dozens taken hostage.

In Summary

Many Israelis have expressed shock that the Israeli security forces did not come more quickly to help them.
Meanwhile, footage shared on Hamas channels showed that soldiers in Israeli army posts and in a tank had been captured or killed.

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08 October 2023 - 05:15

The Israeli army has asked residents of several areas of the Gaza Strip to flee their homes in preparation for revenge attacks against Hamas
PM Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed "mighty vengeance" on Palestinian militants for what he called a "black day".
Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a wave of rocket attacks and sent fighters into Israel in the biggest escalation in decades.
Some 250 people in Israel have been killed and dozens of Israelis are believed to have been taken hostage.
Israel has already responded with a wave of air strikes on Gaza, killing more than 230 people, officials say.
The violence continued on Saturday evening - with Tel Aviv and other central Israeli cities hit by a new barrage of rockets and Israel saying they are fighting militants in 22 places.
Hamas commander Mohammed Deif says the group had "decided to say enough is enough".

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