Retaliation against Hamas has only just begun, says Israel’s Netanyahu
Summary
- Israel will use “enormous forces” against the Hamas militant group, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned
- He says the Israel Defense Forces’ retaliation for the worst attack on Israeli soil in decades has only just begin
- More than 700 people have been killed in Israel since Saturday’s surprise attack, including 260 people massacred by Hamas gunmen at a music festival
- Since Israel began striking Gaza in response, nearly 600 people have died
- Israel’s defence minister earlier ordered a “complete siege” of the Gaza Strip, cutting off food, fuel, electricity and water supplies
- Nine US citizens are now confirmed dead in Israel, while more than 10 British citizens are feared dead, or missing
- Dozens of people remain kidnapped by Hamas and their families are desperately searching for information
More from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been speaking about his country’s response to the worst attack on its soil in decades.
He told visiting officials from southern Israel, according to the AFP news agency, that “what Hamas will experience will be difficult and terrible”.
Netanyahu went on to say that “this is only the beginning… we are all with you and we will defeat them with force, enormous force”.
More than 700 people have been killed in Israel since Hamas launched its incursion into Israel on Saturday. At least 560 have been killed in Gaza after Israel launched strikes in response to the attacks by Palestinian militants.
Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage, study estimates
Analysis shows at least $2.8tn in damage from 2000 to 2019 through worsened storms, floods and heatwaves
The damage caused by the climate crisis through extreme weather has cost $16m (£13m) an hour for the past 20 years, according to a new estimate.
Storms, floods, heatwaves and droughts have taken many lives and destroyed swathes of property in recent decades, with global heating making the events more frequent and intense. The study is the first to calculate a global figure for the increased costs directly attributable to human-caused global heating.
Saturation, cyber attacks? How did Hamas get past Israel’s Iron Dome
Despite Israel’s high tech Iron Dome missile defence system, with a reported efficiency of over 90 percent, a number of rockets launched by Hamas made it through as the militants attacked Israel on Saturday. This could be a result of the sheer overwhelming number of missiles launched, says France 24’s science and tech editor Julia Sieger, though there has been speculation that the dome was targeted by a cyber attack.
Chemical leak on bullet train leaves 4 injured
Four passengers, including a child, suffered burns and light injuries aboard a shinkansen (bullet train) in northeastern Japan on Monday after a chemical liquid belonging to a passenger leaked accidentally, local police said.
The owner, who was among the injured on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line train, is a 40-year-old employee of a geological survey company based in Tokyo. The police believe the industrial chemical used in his profession was kept in a bottle in his hand luggage and accidentally spilled.
Passengers were evacuated from the train onto the platform of JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture, East Japan Railway Co said, after a smoke-like haze was detected from one of the carriages during a crew inspection. The inspection was prompted by a rider’s emergency call around noon about a child suffering burns from what seemed like a chemical substance.
‘My voice is our lifeline’: Gaza journalist and family amid Israel bombing
With hundreds of people dead from Israel’s bombardment, one family shelters in a dimly lit room amid a looming war.
Our peaceful Gaza morning was abruptly shattered by relentless streaks of fire and thunderous explosions, enveloping more than 2.3 million residents in a cloud of distress and bewilderment.
As the sound of hovering warplanes grew louder, my anxious family and I sought refuge, huddled together in a dimly lit room, hoping – foolishly perhaps – that it was the safest place in our home.
Beside me, my wife, wide-eyed and trembling, held onto my side as we descended the stairs to the room. She repeatedly reassured us that we were safe but the tremor in her voice betrayed the anxiety gripping her.
Putin banks on wavering support for Ukraine, amid a race against time
How does the war in Ukraine end? Earlier this year, former President Donald Trump boasted that if he were re-elected, he’d “have that war settled in one day, 24 hours.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin is making a slightly less ambitious forecast: If things go his way, the war can be over in a week.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is making a slightly less ambitious forecast: If things go his way, the war can be over in a week.
In remarks Thursday at the annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, a Kremlin-friendly confab on global issues,
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