Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country was embarking on a “long and difficult war” after Hamas militants launched a coordinated land, sea and air attack, with the violence leaving over 500 people dead in both Gaza and Israel.
In the deadliest day of violence in Israel for 50 years, Hamas fighters began their attack at dawn on Saturday, the Jewish high holy day of Simchat Torah, with a huge barrage of rockets into southern Israel.
The barrage gave cover to an unprecedented, multi-pronged infiltration of fighters into Israel from Gaza, a narrow strip of land that is home to 2.3 million Palestinians.
On Sunday, the conflict spread, with the Israeli military reporting that mortar bombs were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel. Israeli forces responded with artillery strikes into Lebanon.
Claudia Farhart reports.
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