Netanyahu orders to starve Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered to starve Gaza in a revenge game on the third day of Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel.

According to Israel’s foreign ministry, at least 1,000 Israelis, including civilian and security forces, have been killed by Hamas, while Palestine’s health ministry has said that the tally of martyred Gazans reached 560.

Israel’s troops are reported to still battling on Monday to clear out Hamas gunmen more than two days after they burst across the fence from Gaza on a deadly rampage.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened that “what Hamas will experience will be difficult and terrible … We are going to change the Middle East.”

“This is only the beginning,” he said. “We will defeat them with force, enormous force.”

Netanyahu also warned Gaza civilians to get away from all Hamas sites, which he vowed to turn “to rubble”.

Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel would impose a “complete siege” on the long-blockaded enclave and stressed what this meant for its 2.3 million people.

Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant: “I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, and no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we will act accordingly.”

On the other hand, Hamas’s Qassam Brigades quoted by Al-Jazeera, had said they would start executing Israeli civilian hostages and broadcast the execution live if Israel dropped another bomb on civilian residential areas without any prior warning.

“Any targeting of innocent civilians without warning will be met regretfully by executing one of the captives in our custody, and we will be forced to broadcast this execution,” said Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Hamas’ Qassam Brigades told Al-Jazeera.

“We regret this decision but we hold the Zionist enemy [Israel] and their leadership the responsibility for this,” he said while talking to Al-Jazeera  Arabic.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said his country is at war and Hamas will pay an unprecedented price.

“Citizens of Israel, we are at war. This is not an operation, not an escalation – this is war. And we will win. Hamas will pay an unprecedented price,” he said in a video message.

In this year, at least 247 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces, while 32 Israelis and two foreign nationals have been killed in Palestinian attacks.

Announcing the launch of “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood”, Mohammad Deif, a senior Hamas military commander, in a broadcast on Hamas media, called on Palestinians everywhere to fight.

“We’ve decided to say enough is enough,” Deif said as he urged all Palestinians to confront Israel.

This is the largest attack on Israel in years!

As reported, more than 5,000 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip followed by gunmen infiltrating areas in the southern region of the country.