Greater than 24 hours after Hamas launched its unprecedented incursion out of Gaza, Israeli forces had been nonetheless making an attempt to defeat the final teams of militants holed up in a number of cities.
Not less than 700 individuals have reportedly been killed in Israel — a staggering toll on a scale the nation has not skilled in many years — and greater than 300 have been killed in Gaza as Israeli airstrikes pound the territory.
A number of Israeli media shops, citing rescue service officers, mentioned not less than 700 individuals have been killed in Israel, together with 44 troopers.
The Gaza Well being Ministry mentioned 313 individuals, together with 20 youngsters, had been killed within the territory. Some 2,000 individuals have been wounded on either side. An Israeli official mentioned safety forces have killed 400 militants and captured dozens extra.
Israel hit greater than 800 targets in Gaza thus far, its navy mentioned, together with airstrikes that leveled a lot of the city of Beit Hanoun within the enclave’s northeast nook.
Warplanes fired tons of explosives on 120 targets, Israeli Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari informed reporters, saying Hamas was utilizing the city as a staging floor for assaults. There was no rapid phrase on casualties, and a lot of the group’s inhabitants of tens of 1000’s of individuals doubtless fled earlier than the bombardment.
