At least 40 dead in Israel, more than 700 injured as Hamas militants launch thousands of rockets
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Rockets have been fired from Gaza "across southern and central Israel, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and the infiltration of Hamas militants."

Over 100 Israelis have died and more than 900 were injured after rockets were fired from Gaza by Hamas militants, Israeli officials said Saturday.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said 198 were killed in Gaza and at least 1,610 were injured Saturday in retaliatory attacks from Israel.

“We are at war. We will win,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday.

The Israeli Defense Forces earlier declared “a state of alert for war,” according to a statement issued by the IDF.

“Over the past hour, the Hamas terrorist organization launched massive barrages of rockets from Gaza into Israel, and its terrorist operatives have infiltrated into Israel in a number of different locations in the south,” the IDF said early Saturday.

    • FMT99@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Still seems like the first time I’ve heard of this kind of attack causing double digit casualties isn’t it? I’m not super in the loop so I could be wrong.

      • ???@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        1 year ago

        I think you’re right. In 2021 only 14 died on the Israeli side with a number of Hamas missiles landing inside Gaza by accident (according to Israel). In 2022 Hamas fired about 1k rockets and it caused one Israeli death.