Israel is responding to the biggest Hamas attack in years, but the seeds of the unrest were sown decades ago.
Palestinian militant group Hamas has launched the biggest attack on Israel in years in a surprise assault that combined gunmen crossing into Israel with a barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip., Palestinian Islamist group Hamas fired a barrage of rockets across southern Israel, with sirens heard as far away as Tel Aviv and Beersheba.Most fighters crossed through breaches in land security barriers separating Gaza and Israel.
Videos issued by Hamas showed fighters breaching the security fences, with the dim light and low sun suggesting it was at around the time of the rocket barrage.that Palestinian fighters had penetrated at least three military installations around the frontier —Israel's military ordered residents to shelter inside, saying on the radio "we will reach you".the military said troops were still working to clear communities that had been overrun by gunmen.
said: "We call for these attacks to stop and recognise Israel's right to defend itself," she wrote on social media.UN Middle East peace envoy Tor Wenneslandsaid: "Over the coming days the Department of Defence will work to ensure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself and protect civilians from indiscriminate violence and terrorism."on Saturday congratulated Palestinian fighters, the semi-official ISNA news site reported.
After demanding Israel withdraw security forces from the compound, Hamas unleashes a barrage of rockets from Gaza into Israel. Israel hits back with air strikes on Gaza. Fighting goes on for 11 days, killing at least 250 people in Gaza and 13 in Israel.At least 44 people, including 15 children, are killed in three days of violence that begin when Israeli air strikes hit a senior Islamic Jihad commander.
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