At 6:35 a.m. on Saturday, anti-aircraft alarms were heard in towns in central and southern Israel. They warned of the first of the many rockets that would arrive over two days to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem, two cities normally far from Hamas attacks.
The Palestinian militants thus began an assault that included small drone strikes, attacks from the sea and ground incursions through the wall separating the Gaza Strip from Israel.
Once in Israeli territory, Hamas men have advanced killing and kidnapping civilians, policemen and soldiers. They have recorded videos and captured dozens of images that are spreading rapidly through social networks. Many of them are from the attack on the hundreds of young people who were at the Tribe of Nova festival, a few kilometers from the border wall, and who have also documented what was happening.
Aerial view of the tent of the Tribe of Nova. Telegram
Moment of the evacuation of the enclosure. Reuters
Attendees look at clouds of smoke in the sky during the attack. Reuters
Wheel marks and wrecked vehicles in the area. Telegram
Since the beginning of the escalation, hundreds of missiles have been fired from Gaza. The map below shows the unusual hot spots (mostly caused by explosions) detected by Sentinel II, the European Space Agency's mission. Israel's response has not been long in coming and between Sunday night and Monday there have been bombings against several areas of Gaza, including at least two refugee camps.
The numbers of victims and injured are still provisional, but they make it clear that the escalation of these days is by far the largest and most serious in the last 15 years.
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