An aerial view reveals automobiles on fireplace as rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel October 7, 2023. Reuters
At the least 22 individuals have died and over 200 have been left wounded after Hamas launched its all-out offensive towards Israel on Saturday.
In line with reviews by the Occasions of Israel, two dozen are significantly or critically wounded. Other than this, the top of a regional council for Israeli border areas northeast of the Gaza Strip has additionally been killed in a firefight between the Israeli Military and Hamas.
“The president of the regional council, Ofir Liebstein, was killed during an exchange of fire with terrorists,” the Shaar Negev regional council stated in an announcement.
In the meantime, Israel’s Channel 13 says that seven communities in Israel are presently below Hamas’ management. These embody Sderot, Nahal Oz, Kfar Haza, Magen, Sufa Beheri and the overall command of Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video message to the residents of the nation stated “We are at war.”
The Israel Defence Power has formally declared a ‘state of war’ after Hamas fired 5,000 rockets towards Israel as they introduced the graduation of “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm”.
Palestinian militants within the Gaza Strip carried out what seemed to be an unprecedented infiltration into southern Israel, prompting Israel to order residents throughout the area to stay indoors. The infiltration befell as militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel.