Israel vowed to lay total siege to the Gaza Strip on Monday, as its military scoured the country's south for militants, guarded breaches in its border fence and pounded the impoverished, Hamas-ruled territory in the wake of an unprecedented weekend incursion.
Israel’s defense minister said the authorities would block deliveries of food, water and fuel into the Gaza Strip. Israeli troops were still fighting Palestinian militants in border areas, two days after an invasion that has left hundreds dead.
Israel has declared war on Hamas after the group launched a devastating surprise attack from Gaza. Hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians have died in the fighting since. Follow here for live updates.
Israel’s defense minister ordered a “complete siege” of Gaza on Monday, as the military said it had retaken control of Israeli communities near the coastal enclave that were stormed by Hamas gunmen in an unprecedented attack over the weekend.
Israel said it would halt entry of food, fuel and supplies to Gaza’s 2.3 million people as it pounded the Hamas-ruled territory with waves of airstrikes.
Israel has begun what its military calls a “complete siege” of Gaza, the staging ground for Hamas’ terror attacks over the weekend that have claimed more than 800 Israeli lives so far, with more th…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip on Monday, halting deliveries of food, fuel and supplies to its 2.3 million people as it pounded the Hamas-ruled territory with waves of airstrikes in retaliation for the militants’ bloody weekend incursion.
More than two days after Hamas launched its surprise attack from Gaza, the military said Monday that the fighting had largely died down for now. Israel formally declared war on Sunday, predicting more fighting and a possible ground assault into Gaza.
Several injured as rocket fire resumes, including on Jerusalem and Tel Aviv; some 500 said killed in Gaza in massive airstrikes; IDF says it has regained control of border towns
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that no food, fuel, electricity or water will enter the strip. Former PM Lapid said an incursion is "not off the table"
Israel’s military scoured the country’s south for Hamas fighters, guarded breaches in its border fence and pounded the Gaza Strip from the air on Monday as it vowed to lay total siege to the impoverished, Hamas-ruled territory in the wake of an unprecedented weekend incursion.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said he had ordered a total siege of the Gaza Strip, cutting off food, fuel and electricity to the more than two million Palestinians living in the enclave. "I have given an order--Gaza will be under complete closure. There will be no electricity, food or fuel \
Israel imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip Monday and cut off the water supply as it kept bombing targets in the Palestinian enclave in response to the Hamas surprise assault it has likened to the…
Israel’s defense minister has ordered a “complete siege” on the Gaza Strip following an unprecedented incursion into Israel by Hamas fighters. Israel formally declared war on Sunday and gave the
Israel battled Hamas infiltrators for a third day and massed tens of thousands of troops near Gaza after the biggest attack in decades on Israeli soil.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel vowed to lay total siege to the Gaza Strip on Monday, as its military scoured the country’s south for Hamas members, guarded breaches in its border fence and pounded the imp…
