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What does Israel’s declaration of war mean for Palestinians in Gaza?

An Israeli self-propelled howitzer rolls on a highway near the southern city of Sderot on October 8, 2023. More than 100,000 reservists have been amassed near the border fence with Gaza [Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday declared that his country was “at a war” after Hamas, the Palestinian group that governs Gaza, sent dozens of its fighters into Israel in one of the deadliest attacks in decades.

“We are at war. Not an ‘operation,’ not a ‘round,’ but at war,” Netanyahu said, adding that “the enemy will pay an unprecedented price”.

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