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World reacts to surprise attack by Hamas on Israel

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years on Saturday in a surprise assault that combined gunmen crossing into several Israeli towns with a heavy barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. Here is reaction to the attack from around the world.

Radio France Internationale

‘We are at war,’ Israel’s Netanyahu says after Hamas kills at least 250 in deadliest attack in years, 232 more said killed in retaliation

The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip attacked Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday, Simchat Torah.

Chicago Sun-Times

In pictures: Scenes of war and chaos after Hamas launch surprise attack on Israel

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years on Saturday in a surprise multi-pronged assault that saw armed fighters crossing into several Israeli towns by air, land and sea while thousands of rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip.

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'We are at war': Hamas launches unprecedented attack on Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israel that it is “at war” with Hamas militants that rule the Gaza Strip.

The National (Scotland)

Civilians and soldiers held hostage in Gaza, says Israel – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Rocket perfume, anyone? A Gaza vendor sells scents in bottles shaped like rockets fired at Israel

A Gazan perfume vendor has developed a line of fragrances packaged in rocket-shaped bottles to mimic the projectiles launched by Palestinian militant groups from the Gaza Strip into Israel

The Independent UK

Gaza Strip protesters received bullet wounds to ankles, medics report

Influx of injuries may suggest deliberate targeting by Israel’s army, which human rights groups say is unlawful

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Israeli Forces Strike Hamas Post In Gaza Strip, Riots Continue

Unmanned aerial vehicle targets terrorist group's position after clashes at border fence

Zenger

Archaeologists unearth the largest cemetery ever discovered in Gaza and find rare lead sarcophogi

Archaeologists say they have discovered dozens of ancient graves including two rare sarcophagi made of lead in an ancient cemetery in the Gaza Strip

The Independent UK

Israeli military attacks Gaza Strip amid protests at border

At least 22 people have been injured in attacks targeting Hamas’s security outposts in the besieged enclave.

Al Jazeera

Six Gazans Killed In Botched Attempt To Bomb Border Fence

The six were killed when a homemade explosive device they attempted to place on the Gaza security fence detonated prematurely

Zenger

The Gaza Strip gets its first cat cafe, a cozy refuge from life under blockade

The global cat cafe trend, where people pay to have coffee and hang out with cats, has finally come to the besieged Gaza Strip

The Independent UK

Palestinian Authority President Abbas fires occupied West Bank governors

Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to relieve 12 governors of their posts in occupied West Bank, Gaza Strip took many by surprise.

Al Jazeera

Israel To Include Gaza Strip In US Visa Waiver Pilot

Israel plans to further ease travel for Palestinian Americans living in the Gaza Strip next month

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The Independent UK

The UN cut their food aid this summer. These Palestinians now struggle to find their next meal

Thousands of families in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are struggling with deep food insecurity two months after being cut from the United Nations’ main food assistance program

Zenger

EU Distances Itself From German Envoy’s Gaza Stunt

EU outgoing envoy to Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip goes paragliding on the Gaza and Palestinian Beach against regulations

France 24

Israeli army declares end of deadly Jenin operation, trades fire with Gaza

Israel's army on Wednesday declared the end of a major two-day operation in the Jenin area of the occupied West Bank that killed 12 Palestinians and drove thousands of people from their homes. Earlier, Israeli forces carried out air strikes on the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire from…

The Independent UK

Gaza Strip's Palestinians polarized by unorthodox watermelon delicacy

Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip call it “watermelon salad.”

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Reuters

As guns go silent, Gazan children still have nightmares

Whenever a door slams, 10 year-old Bissan al-Mansi mistakes it for a bomb dropping. More than a week has passed since the latest round of fighting with Israel in Gaza but al-Mansi says she still has nightmares.

Reuters

Why Hamas was not Israel's target in Gaza airstrikes - this time

Israel's latest round of airstrikes against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip left familiar images of towering spirals of smoke and wailing sirens but none of the buildings left in rubble by the jets belonged to its main enemy, Hamas.

Reuters

An Israeli missile worsens the adversity of five disabled siblings

When an Israeli missile struck the residential block of the Nabhan family in Gaza four days ago, no one was killed, but a family with five disabled members were among 45 people made homeless.

Reuters

Palestinians and Israelis resume normal life after Gaza truce

Life on both sides of the Gaza Strip border began returning to normal on Sunday after an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire halted five days of fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad, which killed 34 Palestinians and an Israeli.

The Independent UK

Cease-fire between Israel and militants in Gaza appears to hold after days of fighting

A fragile cease-fire between Israeli forces and militants in the Gaza Strip appears to be holding, after a five-day clash that killed 33 Palestinians and two people in Israel

WEKU

Israel and Islamic Jihad reach cease-fire to end 5 days of fighting

A fragile cease-fire between Israeli forces and militants in the Gaza Strip appeared to be holding Sunday after a five-day clash that killed 33 Palestinians and two people in Israel.

France 24

Israel and Islamic Jihad reach cease-fire to end five days of fighting

Israel and the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Gaza Strip agreed to an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire late Saturday, ending five days of intense fighting that left 33 Palestinians, including at least 13 civilians, dead. Two people in Israel were killed by rocket fire.

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