Rabat – The Israeli government declared war on Hamas on Sunday, paving the way for more deadly attacks against Palestine.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday the country was at war. However, on Sunday, the Israeli cabinet issued an official decision.
Prior to announcing the decision, Netanyahu said that Israel would “take mighty vengeance” for the attack by members of the Palestinian resistance.
Israel’s top military official in charge of activities in the Palestinian territories said after the attacks that Hamas has “opened the gates of hell.”
The Israeli army launched Operation Swords of Iron in response, saying that it targets Hamas operatives and infrastructure within the Gaza Strip.
On Saturday, Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood in response to the continued storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and the rising incidents of settler violence in the occupied territories.
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Israel retaliated by showering Gaza with airstrikes, killing over 300 people with the death toll continuing to climb.
While Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned residents in Gaza to “leave now” before Israeli forces turn the enclave into a “deserted island,” Palestinians are trapped in the Gaza Strip due to the air and land blockade Israel set up in 2007, Al Jazeera reported.
In response to the situation, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN that there will “likely” more military assistance for Israel, adding that specific details will be unveiled later today.
