- Title: Israel's defence minister says Hamas will pay the price for the attack
- Date: 8th October 2023
- Summary: SDEROT, ISRAEL (OCTOBER 8,2023) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS NEAR ISRAELI POLICE STATION WHICH WAS DESTROYED DURING ATTACK DAMAGED VEHICLES IN STREETS ISRAELI TANK DRIVING THROUGH DAMAGE IN POLICE STATION WHERE HAMAS MILITANTS TOOK SHELTER
- Embargoed: 22nd October 2023 18:41
- Keywords: Gaza Israel Palestinians police sderot
- Location: SDEROT AND OFAKIM AND TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
- City: SDEROT AND OFAKIM AND TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
- Country: Israel
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001807608102023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Israeli soldiers were on Sunday (October 8) at the site of a damaged police station seized by Hamas gunmen in the southern town of Sderot.
The Hamas fighters had overrun the Erez crossing, a high security facility that channels people entering and leaving Gaza through a tight series of controls, along with the police station and other security posts.
Israel's military, which faces awkward questions for not thwarting the attack that combined Hamas gunmen crossing the border with a heavy barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, said it had regained control of most infiltration points along security barriers, killed hundreds of attackers and taken dozens more prisoner.
Israel's Defence minister Yoav Gallant said that Israel would exact a "heavy price" for the attacks.
An army spokesman said 800 targets had been hit on Sunday in retaliation.
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