"Citizens of Israel, we are at war. Not an operation not an escalation- at war," Netanyahu said in a video posted on X. "We are at war and we will win," he asserted in a video statement according to translation provided by Reuters.
The head of the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council, Ofir Liebstein, was killed in the deadly rocket fire from Hamas into Israel on Saturday morning, The Times of Israel reported, citing local sources.
"A civilian Antonov plane today crashed in Port Sudan Airport as a result of a technical failure, leading to the death of 9 people including 4 military personnel. One child survived the crash," the Sundanese Army said in a Facebook post.
The Darfur Bar Association claimed that the fighting led to the killing of 16 civilians, including an entire family, which lost all of its members with the exception of one, who sustained injuries.
Researchers equipped nearly 5,000 Israelis with smartwatches and a dedicated mobile application to monitor their mental and physiological indicators during the 11-day war with Hamas in May 2021.
Anticipating a barrage of Palestinian rocket fire, which began on Wednesday, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant approved the evacuation plan, called "Gust of Wind," in anticipation of retaliatory rocket fire from terrorist factions in Gaza.
The first Israeli civilian was killed by the rocket fire launched at civilian targets in the country by the Islamic Jihad since the IDF began "Operation Shield and Arrow" against the terrorist organization's leadership and bases in Gaza Tuesday morning. The victim was killed when a rocket hi
As rockets continued to be fired at southern and central Israel, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordered the security establishment to prepare "a series of additional operations" against Gaza and stressed that Israelis should brace for longer range Palestinian rocket fire.
The United Nations Security Council is due to hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the situation in Gaza as widely-expected Palestinian rocket fire failed to materialize on Tuesday night.