Hamas conducted Operation Al-Aqsa Flood inside Israel, killing dozens and seizing prisoners in Isreal attack.
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During the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, combining gunmen breaking security obstacles and a volley of rockets fired from Gaza.
Saturday’s offensive comes 50 years and one day after Egyptian and Syrian forces launched an assault during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur in an attempt to reclaim territory Israel had gained during a brief battle in 1967.
After a surprise onslaught on Saturday including aerial, naval, and ground operations launched by the Palestinian group from Gaza, Israel and Hamas have entered a new cycle of escalating hostilities. Israel’s response has been a lethal bombardment of the blockaded coastal enclave. read more
What has happened and when in Isreal?
- The Palestinian militant group Hamas launched “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” against Israel early Saturday morning, the most significant escalation since their 11-day conflict in 2021.
- Hamas claimed to have launched 5,000 missiles, while Israel verified that the group’s fighters had crossed into Israeli territory.
- According to Daniel Hagari, an Israeli army spokeswoman, the group attacked from land, sea, and air.
- The first rockets were launched at 6:30 a.m. local time (03:30 GMT).
- The Israeli army also announced the commencement of “Operation Iron Swords” against Hamas in Gaza.
- The early-morning attacks occurred on Simchat Torah, a holiday that falls near the end of Sukkot, or the Feast of Tabernacles, a weeklong Jewish feast.
Where did the attacks take place?
- The rockets were launched as far north as Tel Aviv. Hamas also dispatched fighters into southern Israel.
- According to Israeli media, gunmen opened fire on bystanders in the town of Sderot, and footage circulating on social media claimed to show fights in city streets as well as gunmen in jeeps wandering the countryside.
- According to one source, Hamas fighters took control of several Israeli civilian population centres, where civilians begged their government for assistance.
- According to the Israeli army, dozens of fighter jets are attacking Hamas locations in the Gaza Strip.
- Several villages in southern Israel are experiencing gun fights.
Escalation of tensions between Israel and Palestine
Israel has began air attacks on Gaza, where witnesses reported loud explosions after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched thousands of missiles and fighters into Israel in a large-scale onslaught on Saturday morning.
How many casualties in Israel and Palestine?
- According to the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza, at least 413 people have been killed and almost 2,300 have been injured as a result of Israeli attacks.
- According to the most recent Israeli media sources, the Israeli dead toll from Hamas assaults has risen to at least 700 persons.
- According to the Israeli health ministry, 2,382 Israelis have been treated in hospitals as a result of the ongoing violence.
How many casualties in Israel and Palestine?
- According to Hamas spokesperson Khaled Qadomi, the group’s military action is in retaliation to all of the horrors committed against Palestinians throughout the years.
- “We want the international community to put an end to atrocities in Gaza against Palestinians and holy sites like Al-Aqsa.” “All of these things are the impetus for starting this battle,” he explained.
- “This is the day of the greatest battle to end the last occupation on Earth,” Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif declared, adding that 5,000 rockets had been launched.
- “Everyone who owns a gun should draw it.” According to accounts, Deif stated, “The time has come.”
- In a Telegram message, Hamas urged “the resistance fighters in the West Bank” and “our Arab and Islamic nations” to join the struggle.
- Osama Hamdan, Hamas’ senior spokesperson, said Al Jazeera that the group was not harming civilians, despite recordings showing its fighters kidnapping elderly Israelis during Saturday’s battle.
- “You must distinguish between settlers and civilians.” Settlers attacked Palestinians, according to Hamdan.
What is the Israeli government saying?
- Following the strike, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet declared the country at war, according to his office.
- The decision, issued on Sunday, formally authorises “significant military steps,” according to a statement.
- “The war that was forced on the state of Israel in a murderous terrorist assault from the Gaza Strip began at 6:00 yesterday,” the statement said.
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