Latest Updates: Israel Is at War With Hamas, Says Netanyahu

The Gaza militant group launched its biggest sustained assault in years, prompting Israel's military to call up reservists and order retaliatory strikes.

Palestinian militants launched a coordinated attack on Israel by land, sea and air on Saturday morning. Israel declared war in response. Why Is Hamas Attacking Israel Now? Mohammed Deif, Hamas’s secretive military chief, said 5,000 rockets had been fired into Israel early Saturday to begin what he called “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm.” Hamas leaders called on Arab citizens of Israel—who make up 20% of the country’s population—and West Bank Palestinians to take up arms and fight.

The message to Israeli citizens appeared aimed at differentiating the scale of the fighting from previous violence, when the Israeli military has referred to conflicts with Hamas in Gaza as operations or rounds of fighting. Netanyahu said he convened the heads of the security forces and instructed them to first clear all Israeli villages of Palestinian militants who had entered from Gaza.

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