itemprop=description content=Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israel that it is “at war” with Hamas militants that rule the Gaza Strip.
PRIME Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israel that it is “at war” with Hamas militants that rule the Gaza Strip.
The serious invasion on Simchat Torah revived memories of the 1973 war practically 50 years to the day, in which Israel’s enemies launched a surprise attack on Yom Kippur. The Israeli military struck targets in Gaza in response to more than 2,000 rockets that sent air raid sirens wailing constantly as far north as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
The attack comes at a time of historic division within Israel over Mr Netanyahu’s proposal to overhaul the judiciary. Millions of people were hunkering down in safe rooms, sheltering from rocket explosions and ongoing gun-battles with Hamas fighters.The army ordered residents near the Palestinian enclave to stay inside while Israel’s rescue service appealed to the public to donate blood.
He said fighters were defending the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and the thousands of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. The escalation comes after weeks of heightened tensions along Israel’s volatile border with Gaza, and heavy fighting in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.The divisions within army ranks have threatened to undermine Netanyahu’s reputation as a security expert who would do anything to protect Israel and the cohesion of an institution crucial to the stability of a country locked in low-intensity conflicts on multiple fronts and facing threats from Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group.
The blockade, which restricts the movement of people and goods in and out of Gaza, has devastated the territory’s
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