Tel Aviv [Israel], Oct 7: Following today’s attack by Hamas terrorists with hundreds of rockets, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the following statement on Saturday. “Israeli citizens, we are at war. In a video released on X, formerly known as Twitter, Netanyahu declared, “Not an operation, not an escalation, at war. He said in a video statement that “We are at war and we will win,” according to a translation by Reuters. He continued, “Our enemy will pay a price the likes of which it has never known. The Israeli Prime Minister’s comments came after missiles from Gaza were fired into Israel.The most recent reports state that the Hamas rocket fire has resulted in at least 5 deaths and more than 100 injuries. According to The Times of Israel, Israel’s south and centre were subjected to continuous rocket fire for more than 3.5 hours on Saturday morning. A statement from Lapid’s office stated that “Israel is in an emergency” and that Lapid would support a “harsh military response” to the coordinated strike by Hamas. As required by the Israel Defence Force, Yoav Gallant, Israel’s minister of defence, approved the draught of reserve personnel.The Jerusalem Post said that he also declared a “special security situation” on Israel’s Homefront, within a range of 0 to 80 km from the Gaza Strip. He added that this allowed the IDF to further provide safety instructions to people at “close and relevant sites.” The newspaper had earlier reported that Hamas fighters had entered Israel following a barrage of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.
Red alert warning sirens were set off after the strike in Tel Aviv, which is around 70 km from the Gaza Strip, as well as in the southern Israeli communities of Sde Boker, Arad, and Dimona.
