with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. sderot, which is near gaza, is thought to have been infiltrated by militants. fear and confusion continues to grip the region. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell filed this report, and a warning that you may find some of it upsetting. rockets at dawn. the opening salvo in a surprise attack on israel by the palestinian militant group hamas. meanwhile, armed men cut through gaza s perimeter fence. this was israel s nightmare scenario. hundreds of militants at large in the south of the country. and hamas released footage after it targeted this israeli tank. militants also ran through israel s heavily fortified erez crossing. proof that this was a highly planned operation. at this overnight rave in the fields near gaza, israeli party goers ran for their lives. gilly s boyfriend went to find her after she had from hamas to find her after she hid from hamas gunmen in an orchard. they were going three by three and shooting.
with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. sderot is one of the towns thought to have been infiltrated by militants. with the latest on this fast escalating conflict, here s our middle east correspondent yolande knell and a warning that you may find some of her report upsetting. israeli partygoers from an overnight rave running for their lives. israel s nightmare scenario armed palestinian militants at large in southern israel. it is thought that dozens entered, some cutting through the perimeter fence from the gaza strip. in the town of sderot, residents hid as fighters drove in. there was shooting and the israeli casualties began to mount. in a dramatic turn, videos were also shared of israelis being taken into gaza as hostages. the day had begun with intense barrages of palestinian rockets, some reaching as far asjerusalem. but the worst damage was in the towns closest to gaza. this was ashkelon. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu met top security offici
horrible day, on holiday in israel for the jewish people. we see from this morning at 6:30am a combined offensive this morning at 6:30am a combined offensive from hamas, from land, air, and offensive from hamas, from land, air, and see offensive from hamas, from land, air, and see. there is currently, as we speak, air, and see. there is currently, as we speak, two things going on. first of all. we speak, two things going on. first of all, fighting in these moments, in multiple of all, fighting in these moments, in multiple hot links hot points surrounding in multiple hot links hot points surrounding the gaza strip. there has been surrounding the gaza strip. there has been massive deployments approved by the ministry of defence, and thousands of reservists have been and thousands of reservists have been called for duty, because israel has declared a state of war, and we are in has declared a state of war, and we are in a has declared a state of war,
several multi storey buildings in the centre of gaza city. the barrage of rocket fire from gaza into israeli territory began just after dawn, with explosions heard on the streets of ashkelon. sderot is one of the towns thought to have been infiltrated by militants. with the latest on this fast escalating conflict, here s our middle east correspondent yolande knell, and a warning that you may find some of her report upsetting. israeli partygoers from an overnight rave running for their lives. israel s nightmare scenario armed palestinian militants at large in southern israel. it is thought that dozens entered, some cutting through the perimeter fence from the gaza strip. in the town of sderot, residents hid as fighters drove in. there was shooting and the israeli casualties began to mount. in a dramatic turn, videos were also shared of israelis being taken into gaza as hostages. the day had begun with intense barrages of palestinian rockets, some reaching as far asjerusalem.