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Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip over the past three days after Hamas militants surged into southern Israeli towns in a surprise attack that has left hundreds killed. Smoke rises after the Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. GAZA CITY: Palestinian militant group Hamas threatened Monday to kill hostages if the Israeli army carried out air strikes without prior warning targeting residents of the Gaza Strip. “Every targeting of our people without warning will be met with the execution of one of the civilian hostages,” the Ezzedine al-Qassem Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said in a statement. “The enemy doesn’t understand the language of humanity and ethics, so we’ll address them in the language that they understand.” Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip over the past three days after Hamas militants surged into southern Israeli towns in a surprise attack that has left hundreds killed. Militants, who sprayed bullets under the cover of thousands of rockets fir...

Israel-Palestine War: As many as 2,300 Israelis have sustained injuries and more than 700 have died so far in the surprise Hamas attack on Saturday morning.           Netanyahu also went on to thank US President Biden and other world leaders for their support. Tel Aviv: In a stern warning to Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that “though Israel did not start this war” but “will finish it”. As part of its retaliation against Hamas, Israel has mobilised 3,00,000 troops. This is the largest mobilisation since the 1973 Yom Kippur War when Israel called up 400,000 reservists, Times of Israel reported. “Israel is at war. 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,” said Mr Netanyahu in an address to the nation. As many as 2,300 Israelis have sustained injuries and more than 700 have died so far in the surprise Hamas attack on Satu...