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At least 100 Israelis have been killed and over 500 injured in the multi-front assault that began on Saturday morning.
Live updates: Israel-Palestine conflict
Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Israelis living in the south are “begging” the army to send security forces, saying they are desperate for help.
“We are being slaughtered. There is no army. It has been 6 hours,” one Israeli in a southern Kibbutz was quoting as saying. “People are begging for their lives,” the individual said.
A Tel Aviv resident said that militants barged into her sister’s home and that she is unable to reach her since.
She added that despite many casualties in Kibbutz, police or Israeli army forces were nowhere to be seen.
The comments echoed mounting criticism by Israelis about the absence of security forces even hours after the infiltrations took place.
According to a New York Post report, a Palestinian journalist who managed to enter Israel during the attack said that Hamas members have “infiltrated two of the most important kibbutzim” in southern Israel: Nir Oz and Nir Am.
According to the journalist, the militants tried to kidnap Israeli civilians and soldiers into the Gaza Strip.
Residents of the southern Bedouin city of Rahat were in a state of fear as they appeared to be in the frontlines of rocket fire and terrorist infiltration, the report said.
“There are maybe 10 shelters here in all of Rahat. I asked for 50 protective shield in the previous round of rockets, they brought me two,” Mayor Ata Abu Mediam told local media.
Meanwhile, Hamas leader Saleh Al-Arouri has said that they have captured enough Israelis, including senior leaders, to force Israel to free all Palestinian prisoners.
After the attack by Hamas militants, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delcared that his country is in a state of war.
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