US airlines are diverting and canceling flights bound for Israel’s main international airport as fighting rages between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants.
At least 232 Palestinians were killed in Gaza on Saturday, and a further 1,697 were wounded, the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said in a statement.
The massive surprise attack on Israel by Hamas on Saturday is a “Pearl Harbor type of moment” for the country, former Israel Defense Forces international spokesperson Jonathan Conricus told CNN.