The Latest Breaking News from Yoav Gallant

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to wipe Hamas “off the face of the earth” in a late night speech Wednesday announcing an emergency unity government. In Gaza, the only power plant in the besieged enclave shut down after it ran out of fuel. The death toll on both sides…

Warning: Distressing content ‘When Hamas came they cut the heads of women and children,’ an Israeli major claims while making a chopping motion towards his neck, writes Bel Trew. The bodies are hidden so it’s impossible to verify, but it is clear much blood has been shed in the village…

Human Rights Watch terms Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant’s call for a ‘complete siege’ on Gaza a ‘war crime’.

Israel laid “total siege” to the Gaza Strip on Monday, vowing to cut off food, water and electricity supplies to the impoverished enclave as it pounded the Hamas-ruled territory in retaliation for a brazen and bloody incursion that caught Israel’s vaunted security apparatus completely off guard.

Thousands of Israelis and Palestinians killed in violence as death toll rises

The unexpected infiltration of armed militants of Hamas into the heart of southern Israeli communities killing, wounding and abducting civilians as well as soldiers is profoundly ominous, writes Donald Macintyre

At least 73,000 Palestinians left their homes near the Israeli frontier in Gaza’s east and are staying in 64 UN schools.

Israel imposes complete siege on Gaza after Hamas launches surprise attack

Israeli President declares war as casualties rise; US President pledges support

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi emphasizes the need for war as Hamas launches a massive offensive.

Iran has issued denials and US has said it has no direct knowledge of Iran being behind attack