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Shock and retribution: Israel pounds Gaza after Hamas attack
In the past, Israelis have morbidly likened intervening in Gaza to "mowing the grass", operations that are a periodic necessity. This time, it's different.
Europe's response to Israel-Hamas war: EU tries to balance competing views
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Israel on the warpath: What fate for Gaza after Hamas attack?
Meanwhile, the US Secretary of State has flown in to display support for Israel but also to negotiate a humanitarian corridor. But will that open a way out for desperate Palestinians? Gaza’s only other land border is with Egypt, which wants no part of a large influx of refugees.
How far will it escalate? Region on edge as Israel ramps up response to Hamas
As Israel mobilises and seals off the Gaza Strip, will it be the prelude to an incursion, an invasion, an occupation? For civilians on the Palestinian side, the nightmare is only at its beginning.
How far will Israel go? Gaza braces for ground offensive after Hamas attack
But the potential prospect of a ground offensive in one of the planet's most densely populated territories comes at a very high cost. How long a war? How many casualties? What endgame? If it's to eliminate Hamas, what should it be replaced with? Israel left Gaza in 2005. Does it want to return? Most pressing is the cost to a civilian population already running low on drinking water.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid: 'The endgame is there will be no Hamas in Gaza'
"If you want to look at sad statistics, apparently this (October 7) is the worst day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust," Lapid said.
Israel launches air strikes on Gaza Strip as Netanyahu tells his country 'we are at war'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country is “at war” with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.