Prime Minister of Isreal, Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that the country is at war after Gaza militants launched a surprise attack on Saturday, October 7th, 2023, firing thousands of rockets and entering Israel by land, sea and air using paragliders.
“Citizens of Israel, we are at war. Not an operation, not a round [of fighting,] at war! This morning Hamas initiated a murderous surprise attack against the state of Israel and its citizens,” Netanyahu said in his filmed statement in Hebrew.
“Militants infiltrated Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip — including by paraglider and over the sea — and launched more than 3,000 rockets”, Israeli military leaders said.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the confrontation, which has killed at least 40 Israelis and injured at least 740, is one of the most serious in years after weeks of rising tensions along the volatile border.
The assault comes on the 50th anniversary of the 1973 War in which Arab states blitzed Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
|CNN
