Israel bombed Hamas targets in Gaza today as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned his country's military campaign was only the start of a sustained war. This is what we know about the conflict so far.
Israel bombed Hamas targets in Gaza today as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned his country's military campaign was only the start of a sustained war.
The gunmen carried out a massacre at a music festival attended by hundreds of young Israelis and foreigners near Kibbutz Reim, close to Gaza. Today, the army said it had"more or less restored control over the border" with Gaza, a day after announcing it was evacuating communities near the frontier.Hamas's armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said Israeli air strikes had killed"four of the enemy's prisoners". AFP was unable to verify the claim.
An estimated 270 people were killed at the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Reim, a volunteer who helped recover the bodies said. Hamas has called on"resistance fighters in the West Bank" as well as in"Arab and Islamic nations" to join the battle. The US Navy moved an aircraft carrier battle group to the eastern Mediterranean to boost deterrence against new actors joining the conflict.
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