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People hide in homes as Palestinian militants enter from Gaza
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67040167
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For hours, people in Israel have been phoning into news stations saying they’re trapped in their homes, after Palestinian militants entered their towns and villages in a huge surprise attack.
“The terrorists are trying to break into my house,” Ayelet Hachim told Channel 12, from her home in the town of Kibbutz Be’eri, close to the Gaza strip.
It is one of the most serious escalations in the Israel-Palestinian conflict in years - with fighters from militant group Hamas crossing into Israel from Gaza at dawn, using motorbikes, paragliders and boats in an unprecedented assault.
In Kibbutz Nir Oz, in southern Israel close to the border with Gaza, a resident called Yoni wrote on Facebook: “They kidnapped my mother-in-law and left [with her] - I urgently need to get in contact with the army and media.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was “at war” and vowed that Hamas, Gaza’s rulers, will “pay a price it has never known”.
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