Hamas leader Musa Abu Marzouk said the group’s militia took more than a hundred hostages during Saturday’s offensive into Israel.

“Our goal is to achieve the release of all Palestinian and Jordanian prisoners held in Israeli prisons,” he emphasized in an interview with Jordanian television. Rust.

Abu Marzouk stated that the operation Flood in Al Aqsa It is a “powerful demonstration” of the Palestinian people’s unity and resistance to Israel, which has “overwhelmed” Israeli security forces and intelligence services.

Moreover, he boasted that the offensive was carried out using only 10 percent of the group’s forces, and stressed that the death toll as a result of the “Israeli occupation” could exceed a thousand.

Israel bombs Gaza after deadly Hamas attack

Israel bombed the Gaza enclave on Sunday, killing hundreds of Palestinians in retaliation for one of the deadliest attacks in its history, when the Islamist group Hamas killed 700 Israelis and kidnapped dozens more.

In a sign that the conflict could spread beyond the Gaza Strip, Israel and the Lebanese militia. Hezbollahwith the support of Iran, They exchanged artillery and rocket fire.and in Alexandria there are two Israeli tourists They died after being shot along with their Egyptian guide.

At night, Israeli aircraft attacked residential areas, tunnels, a mosque and the houses of Hamas representatives in the Gaza Strip.killing hundreds of people, including 20 children, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised “powerful revenge for this evil day.”

Calls for restraint came from around the world, although Western countries largely supported Israel, while Iran, Hezbollah and protesters in several Middle Eastern countries praised Hamas.

In southern Israel, Hamas militants were still battling local security forces 24 hours after a surprise multiple rocket attack broke through security barriers and entered Hamas bases. The army will send hundreds of militants to nearby cities.

The Israeli military, questioned for failing to prevent the attack, said it had regained control of most infiltration points, killed hundreds of attackers and captured dozens more, but was still fighting in some places.

He said he had stationed tens of thousands of troops around Gaza, a narrow strip home to 2.3 million Palestinians, and planned to evacuate all Israelis living around the territory’s border.

“We are going to hit Hamas hard, and it will be a long way,” a military official said at a briefing with reporters.

Europe Press and Reuters.