Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, 'We are at war,' after Hamas militants in Gaza launch an unprecedented attack on his country.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israel that it is “at war” with the Hamas militants that rule the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu's comments in a televised address marked his first since the Gaza's Hamas rulers launched a major, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday. Netanyahu ordered a call-up of reservists and promised that Hamas would “pay a price that it hasn't known until now.” “We are at war,” Netanyahu said. “Not an ‘operation,’ not a ‘round,’ but at war.
There were reports of many more casualties on both sides, but authorities did not immediately release details. Israeli media reported that dozens of people were hospitalized in southern Israel. The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reported injuries among “many citizens' without giving numbers, and loudspeakers on mosques broadcast prayers of mourning for slain militants.
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