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Israel and Hamas are once again at war after the Palestinian militant group launched a large aerial and ground operation from the blockaded Gaza Strip, its biggest attack in years.
Sirens sounded across Israel and as far north as the contested city of Jerusalem from about 7am on Saturday after volleys of what Hamas claimed were 5,000 rockets launched from the blockaded enclave. A ground infiltration by Hamas gunmen into Israeli towns and villages on the periphery – an unprecedented development in the 16 years since the Islamists took over the strip – is ongoing, with the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) saying that at one point, seven villages and towns were under Hamas control. The Israeli army put the number of projectiles at about 2,200.
In response to the attacks, which appear to have caught the Israeli security services by surprise, Israel has declared a state of war.
“We are in a war and we will win it.”
Unconfirmed initial reports and graphic pictures and video appeared to show that gunmen had opened fire in the border town of Sderot, killing several Israeli civilians and soldiers. It has been confirmed that an elderly woman died in a rocket attack, and that another four people in Bedouin villages in Israel’s south were killed by rocket fire.
One hundred Israelis have been confirmed dead so far and 908 injured, with the death toll likely to rise. At least 198 Palestinians were reported killed in Gaza in retaliatory Israeli airstrikes beginning on Saturday afternoon, and five Hamas militants were reported killed inside Israel.
加沙地带突然袭击后，以色列和哈马斯陷入战争
巴勒斯坦激进组织从被封锁的加沙地带发起大规模空中和地面行动，这是多年来最大规模的袭击，以色列和哈马斯再次交战。
周六上午 7 点左右，警报声响遍以色列各地，远至有争议的耶路撒冷城，哈马斯声称从被封锁的飞地发射了 5,000 枚火箭弹。 哈马斯枪手正在对以色列周边城镇和村庄进行地面渗透，这是伊斯兰主义者占领该地带 16 年来前所未有的事态发展，以色列国防军 (IDF) 表示，曾有 7 个村庄和 城镇处于哈马斯控制之下。 以色列军队预计发射弹数量约为2200枚。
这些袭击似乎让以色列安全部门措手不及，为了回应这些袭击，以色列宣布进入战争状态。
“我们正处于一场战争中，我们将赢得战争。”
未经证实的初步报告以及图片和视频似乎显示，枪手在边境城镇斯德洛特开枪，造成数名以色列平民和士兵死亡。 已证实一名老年妇女在火箭弹袭击中丧生，以色列南部贝都因村庄另有四人被火箭弹袭击身亡。
截至目前，已确认100名以色列人死亡，908人受伤，死亡人数可能还会上升。 据报道，在周六下午开始的以色列报复性空袭中，加沙至少有 198 名巴勒斯坦人丧生，据报道，五名哈马斯武装分子在以色列境内丧生。
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