More than 1,500 people from the Hamas terrorist organization have been killed launched a surprise attack Israel from Gaza early Saturday morning, leading Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare “we are at war”.
An Israeli embassy spokesman said Monday that the death toll had risen to at least 900 Israelis, most of them civilians. Another 2,500 were wounded, IDF international spokesman Lt. Col. (res.) Jonathan Conricus told CBS News on Monday. More than 250 of the dead were Israelis Supernova is attacked at a music festival Militants opened fire on people near the Gaza border.
Israeli officials also say Hamas militants have captured more than 100 people HostagesIncluding women, children and the elderly, apparently captive to Gaza.
At least 11 US citizens were among the dead, the White House confirmed on Monday, while an unknown number of Americans are missing.
Meanwhile, Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes have killed at least 687 Palestinians, including 140 children, and injured more than 3,700, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Integrated, multi-lead Attack on Israel from the Gaza StripThe Palestinian Authority, controlled by Hamas, came nearly 50 years after the 1973 Yom Kippur War and marked a dramatic escalation in the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
