In retribution for a violent assault by Hamas militants, Israel boosted bombings on the Gaza Strip and cut it off from food, fuel, and other supplies on Monday, as the war's death toll reached over 1,600 on both sides. Hamas also aggravated the situation by threatening to execute captured Israelis if assaults on civilians were launched without prior notice.
Israel was still recovering bodies from Hamas' spectacular weekend raid on southern Israeli towns on the third day of the conflict. After a protracted hostage crisis with terrorists, rescuers discovered 100 fatalities in the little rural village of Be'eri - roughly 10% of its population. Tens of thousands of people left their homes in Gaza as constant bombings destroyed structures.
After the onslaught caught its renowned military and intelligence establishment completely off guard and resulted in severe street fights for the first time in decades, the Israeli military claimed it had largely gained control in the south. More than 130 troops and civilians who were kidnapped from Israel, according to Hamas and other terrorists in Gaza, are in their custody.
In order to stop further invasions, Israeli tanks and drones were stationed at border fence breaches in Gaza. More than a dozen Israeli towns close to Gaza had to evacuate thousands of residents, and the military quickly called up 300,000 reservists.
The actions suggested that Israel was progressively going to the offensive against Hamas and threatening further harm in the heavily populated, desperately poor Gaza Strip. This was further supported by Israel's formal declaration of war on Sunday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in a nationally televised speech that "We have only begun striking Hamas." The actions we take against our enemies in the upcoming days will affect them for decades.
The possibility of a ground invasion into the small Mediterranean coastal enclave arose as the Israeli military deployed more troops close to the border. 2014 saw the final ground assault.
According to the Israeli military, Israel has already seen the deaths of almost 900 persons. Authorities in Gaza report that over 680 people have died there; Israel claims that hundreds of Hamas fighters are among them. Both sides have suffered thousands of injuries.
Abu Obeida, the spokesman for Hamas' armed wing, declared Monday night in reaction to Israel's aerial assaults that the organization will execute one Israeli detainee every time Israel bombs people in their houses in Gaza "without prior warning."
Eli Cohen, the foreign minister of Israel, issued a warning to Hamas that any hostage abuse would not be tolerated: "This war crime will not be forgiven." To handle the hostage-taking and missing-persons problem, Netanyahu selected a veteran military leader.
Past years have seen a recurrence of hostilities between Israel and Hamas, frequently precipitated by tensions over a holy site in Jerusalem. This time, the situation could be more explosive. Both parties have discussed using violence to end the protracted Israeli-Palestinian standoff caused by the failed peace process.
During the 1973 conflict with Egypt and Syria, there were fewer fatalities than in the unexpected Hamas strike over the weekend. That sparked calls for an end to efforts to contain Hamas in Gaza and to destroy it at all costs. The most hard-righteous administration Israel has ever had is led by ministers who vehemently oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Hamas, on the other hand, asserts that it is prepared for a protracted conflict to put an end to an occupation by Israel that it deems intolerable. Palestinians are more desperate because they believe they have nothing to lose from Israeli occupation, growing settler exploitation in the West Bank, the siege of Gaza, and what they perceive to be the world's indifference.
Israel retaliates violently in response to Hamas strikes.
On Monday, both sides launched attacks that further damaged the environment. An older youngster and a man using a crutch joined evacuees being led off a street after a missile destroyed the front of a house in Ashkelon, a coastal city in southern Israel.
Palestinians in Gaza passed deceased people's bodies past throngs of men in the debris of the Jebaliya refugee camp.
When a barrage of rockets fired from Gaza struck two neighborhoods early on Monday evening, the sound of explosions reverberated across Jerusalem as a sign of Hamas's reach. Israeli media reported seven injuries.
After providing warnings for civilians to leave, Israeli airplanes launched a heavy bombardment of Rimal, a residential and commercial area in the center of Gaza City. The Palestinian Telecommunications Company's headquarters building was damaged amid constant blasts.
According to an early Tuesday statement from the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have seriously damaged 5,330 homes and destroyed 790. 400,000 people no longer have access to water and sanitation facilities due to damage.
Yoav Gallant, Israel's defense minister, issued an order for a "complete siege" on Gaza, announcing that power would be cut off and that fuel and food imports would be prohibited.
Israel's stranglehold on Gaza will result in "utter disaster," according to Jan Egeland, secretary general of the humanitarian organization Norwegian Refugee Council.
Collective punishment is unquestionably against international law, he told The Associated Press. "It could amount to war crimes if and when it results in injured children dying in hospitals due to a lack of supplies, energy, and electricity."
Due to lower cargo capabilities at Rafah than at other Israeli border crossings due to the Israeli siege, Gaza will be nearly totally dependent on one border gate.
More than 2 tons of medical supplies from the Egyptian Red Crescent were sent to Gaza, according to an Egyptian military official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, and efforts were being made to organize food and other deliveries.
Tens of thousands of Gazans never stopped leaving. More than 187,000 of Gaza's 2.3 million residents have fled their homes, according to the U.N., the highest number since Israel's air and ground offensive in 2014 uprooted over 400,000 people.
Over 137,000 individuals are being housed by UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, in schools all over the region. 41,000 additional people have been housed by families.
According to Talat Barhoum, a physician at the nearby Al-Najjar Hospital, an Israeli bombardment early on Monday in the southern Gaza city of Rafah resulted in the deaths of 19 individuals, including women and children.
According to Israeli Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, hundreds of Hamas members were buried beneath the debris of buildings that Israel had destroyed in the previous 48 hours. His assertions could not be verified.
Concerns about the battle possibly moving to a new front were sparked by fresh exchanges on Israel's northern border on Monday.
Israeli bombardment into southern Lebanon was brought on by Islamic Jihad fighters who snuck into Israel from Lebanon. Hezbollah, a militant organization in Lebanon, said five of its members were killed. In retaliation, it launched a barrage of rockets and mortars against two Israeli army outposts on the other side of the border.
An estimated 1,000 Hamas gunmen rampaged for hours, killing civilians and robbing others in towns, along highways, and at a techno music festival in the desert that hundreds of people attended after bursting over Israeli checkpoints with explosives at dawn on Saturday. According to the IDF, Palestinian militants have also fired 4,400 rockets at Israel.
The AP was informed by Abdel-Latif al-Qanoua, a spokesman for Hamas, that the organization's militants were still engaged in combat outside of Gaza and had lately seized more Israelis.
He claimed that the organization's goal is to free all Palestinian detainees held by Israel, which has in the past consented to unfair exchange agreements in which it traded a significant number of detainees for a single captive or even the body parts of troops.
Soldiers and civilians, predominantly Israelis but also several other nationalities, including women, children, and older adults, are among the hostages.
Since driving out forces loyal to the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority in 2007, Hamas has been in control of Gaza, and despite the blockade and four prior conflicts with Israel, its rule has remained unchallenged.
Palestinians in the West Bank, meanwhile, started a fourth day with harsh movement restrictions. Israeli officials have shuttered checkpoints and closed crossings into the occupied region, preventing travel between cities and towns. The United Nations reports that 15 Palestinians have died as a result of clashes between Israeli forces and rock-throwing Palestinians in the area since the incursion began.
From the Gaza Strip's Rafah, Adwan reported. Contributors to this report included AP writers Samy Magdy in Cairo, Isabel DeBre and Julia Frankel in Jerusalem, Wafaa Shurafa in Gaza City, Tia Goldenberg in Tel Aviv, Israel, Bassem Mroue and Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut, and Amir Vahdat in Tehran, Iran.
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