Jerusalem, (PTI) A surprise attack by Hamas militants from Gaza at daybreak killed at least 22 Israelis on Saturday prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to declare “war” and asserted that his country would extract an “unprecedented price” from its enemy.
Israel’s national rescue service said at least 22 people were killed and hundreds of others wounded in the Hamas military incursion, making the operation the deadliest in Israeli territory in years.
“We are at war, not in an operation or in rounds, but at war. This morning, Hamas launched a murderous surprise attack against the State of Israel and its citizens. We have been in this since the early morning hours,” Netanyahu told his countrymen in a televised address.
