The Al Qasam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, have carried out a massive attack from Gaza to Israel with the launch of more than 5,000 rockets and which their commander, Mohamed Deif, has defined as the Al Aqsa Storm.
Many of the projectiles have hit the heart of Tel Aviv, causing, according to the initial count, at least 22 deaths and nearly 300 injuries, 70 of them seriously.
Added to the air attack is the infiltration of Palestinian militiamen into Israeli territory, which is why its Army declared a state of war early this Saturday.
The Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant, has ordered the mobilization of reservists and has decreed "a special security situation" within Israel "in a radius of 0 to 80 kilometers from the Gaza Strip."
Almost six hours after the start of hostilities, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a first video message, in which he anticipated that "our enemy will pay a price never before known." "We are at war and we are going to win," he declared.
