‘World is watching’: Fears grow of a huge Gaza invasion by Israel
‘World is watching’: Fears grow of a huge Gaza invasion by Israel
The Israeli military is still fighting with Hamas in parts of southern Israel after a brazen assault from Gaza.
Fears of a huge ground invasion of Gaza reverberated throughout the Middle East as Israel plotted its response to the worst attack it suffered in decades.
Hamas gunmen rampaged through Israeli towns and killed at least 250 people on Saturday while retreating with soldier and civilian hostages in the deadliest day of violence for Israel since the Yom Kippur War 50 years ago.
More than 230 Gaza Palestinians were also killed when Israel responded with devastating retaliatory strikes.
The Israeli military was still fighting with Hamas in some parts of southern Israel as of 1:30am (10:30 GMT) and the situation in the country was not totally under control.
“We will take mighty vengeance for this black day,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier.
“Hamas launched a cruel and wicked war. We will win this war but the price is too heavy to bear. Hamas wants to murder us all. This is an enemy that murders mothers and children in their homes, in their beds. An enemy that abducts elderly, children, teenage girls.”
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said the assault that began in Gaza would spread to the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.
“This was the morning of defeat and humiliation upon our enemy, its soldiers and its settlers,” Haniyeh said in a speech. “What happened reveals the greatness of our preparation. What happened today reveals the weakness of the enemy.”
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