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Israeli soldiers fought to repel Hamas militants on Sunday and exchanged fire with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, raising the prospect of a regional conflagration a day after a surprise attack on southern Israel by Palestinian militants that left at least 600 Israelis stunned and reeling, as reported by Tia Goldenberg and Wafaa Shurafa for the Associated Press (AP).
Hamas launched thousands of rockets at Israeli cities. I Photo: paffairs_sanfrancisco Wiki Commons
Hamas militants broke out of the blockaded Gaza Strip and rampaged through nearby Israeli communities, taking captives, including women, children, and the elderly, while Israel's retaliatory strikes leveled buildings in Gaza. Israel's prime minister said the country was at war.
Among those killed on Saturday was Colonel Jonathan Steinberg, a senior officer who commanded the Israeli military's Nahal Brigade, a prominent infantry unit.
Hezbollah struck Israeli positions in a disputed area along the border with Syria's Golan Heights, and Israel's military responded with armed drone strikes on Hezbollah targets in a disputed area where the borders of Israel, Lebanon, and Syria meet, as reported by Isabel DeBre, Julia Frankel, and Josef Federman for AP.
The flare-up on Israel's northern border threatened to draw Hezbollah into the battle, which is backed by Iran and estimated to have tens of thousands of rockets at its disposal.
Gunmen rolled into as many as 22 locations outside the Gaza Strip early Saturday morning, including towns as far as 15 miles (24 kilometers) from the Gaza border, while Hamas launched thousands of rockets at Israeli cities.
They killed at least 600 people, including 26 soldiers, wounded 1,500, and took hostages as Israel's military scrambled to muster a response. Israel struck 426 targets in Gaza, flattening residential buildings.
At least 300 people in the Gaza Strip were killed in Israeli strikes, including 20 children, and close to 1,800 were wounded, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, as reported by Issam Adwan and Bassem Mroue for AP.
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