"Enough is enough," Hamas military wing leader, Mohammed Deif said as he called on Palestinians to join the fight.
and fired thousands of rockets into the country as the ruling Hamas militant group announced the beginning of a new operation.
Videos posted on social media showed what appeared to be uniformed Palestinian gunmen inside the Israeli border town of Sderot. "Enough is enough," he said in the recorded message, as he called on Palestinians to join the fight. He said Hamas had fired over 5,000 rockets into Israel. "The military declares a state of war alert," it said in a statement. "In the last hour, the Hamas terrorist organisation had begun a massive shooting of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory, and terrorists infiltrated into Israeli territory in a number of different locations."and top security officials were convening for an emergency meeting.
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