(WBAP/KLIF) — An Israeli military official says the official death toll from Hamas’ unprecedented terror attack has risen above 1,000, the Associated Press reported.
Gaza’s health ministry separately said that 830 Palestinians have been killed and 4,250 wounded since Israel began its retaliatory strikes after declaring a war of retribution on Saturday.
Deaths on both sides have risen past 1,600 as Israel lays siege to the Gaza Strip to exterminate Hamas terrorists who massacred hundreds of Israeli civilians, including women and children, and took captives back to Gaza.
Israeli Prime MInister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s military response to the invasion would “reverberate for generations.”
In a televised address, Netanyahu said, “we have only started striking Hamas.”
“What we will do to our enemies in the coming days will reverberate with them for generations,” he added.
Israel has, so far, issued warnings to civilians in areas of Gaza City and others where they intend to strike. The warnings have given civilians moments to evacuate so as to reduce the number of civilian deaths.
Hamas has threatened to start executing captured Israelis if strikes targeted civilians without warning. Israel said that Hamas is holding more than 150 soldiers and civilians hostage in Gaza.
Death tolls for both sides are expected to grow as the war rages.
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