As Israel reacts to the Hamas attacks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the militant group made «a mistake of historic proportions»
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that his country’s response to the Hamas attacks would be remembered «for decades to come.»
Netanyahu’s message, shared to X, formerly Twitter, follows Hamas militants’ surprise attack on Israel Saturday. The Israeli government has declared its country at war with Hamas, the Palestinian fundamentalist political party, and has ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip.
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have since sealed off the region from food, fuel and other supplies, and the death toll of the war has risen to nearly 1,600 on both sides of the conflict, according to the Associated Press (AP).
«Israel is at war,» Netanyahu said in his message Monday. «We didn’t want this war. It was forced upon us in the most brutal and savage way. But though Israel didn’t start this war, Israel will finish it.
