Israeli citizens pleaded for help Saturday as Hamas launched some 2,500 rockets from Gaza across central and southern Israel.
Israeli citizens pleaded for help Saturday as Hamas launched some 2,500 rockets from Gaza across central and southern Israel, reaching as far as Jerusalem — while the Palestinian terrorists infiltrated communities in the country’s south by land, sea and air.
More than 500 Israelis were reportedly wounded and 40 were killed.
Israeli police estimate that there were 60 terrorists in 14 locations throughout the country.
In at least two towns, Israeli civilians were also held captive by terrorists in their homes, Haaretz reported Saturday.
Israelis living in the south are begging the army to send security forces, saying they are desperate for help.
“We are being slaughtered. There is no army. It has been 6 hours,” one Israeli in a southern kibbutz said. “People are begging for their lives.”
“My sister said militants entered her home,” a Tel Aviv resident named Gaia told Haaretz said about her family, which lives in the southern Kibbutz of Nir Oz. “I’m unable to reach her.”
“She told me that she and my brother and father were hiding in the shelter,” Gaia added. “She said the [militants] walked out after a few minutes, but I haven’t been able to reach my family since.
