Israel Defense Forces: 'Unprecedented attack ... will be followed by an unprecedented Israeli response'
Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces, called Hamas' attack "unprecedented," and said the assault will be "followed by an unprecedented Israeli response."
"I could not imagine at that time [when the incursion began Saturday] that Hamas would have the audacity … to do what they have done," he told ABC News Monday. "To launch such an unprecedented, brutal, merciless attack on Israeli citizens. … And cause the amount of casualties that Israel has never experienced ever in its history."
In Israel, at least 700 people have died and more than 2,300 others have been injured since Saturday.
The Israel Defense Forces has since launched retaliatory airstrikes on Gaza. At least 560 people have died and another 2,900 have been injured in Gaza since Saturday, Palestinian authorities said.
The IDF said it's struck 130 targets in the last three hours.
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