[UPDATE] First Stage of Operation ‘Swords Of Iron’ Completed, Says Israeli Premier Netanyahu

Israel has completed the first stage of its operation Iron Swords, launched in response to a large-scale attack from the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

“The first phase is being completed during these hours as the vast majority of the adversary’s forces who infiltrated our territory are being eliminated,” Netanyahu wrote on the X social network.

He also announced that his country was launching an offensive that would continue “incessantly until our goals are achieved.”

[UPDATE-Oct. 7-22:00Z] ‘Ready For War’ Israel Government Asserts After Hamas Launches 5,000 Rockets From Gaza

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Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has approved a call-up of reservists and declared the state of ‘special situation’ within a range of 80 kilometers from the Gaza border. The state of emergency was expanded over the entire territory of Israel late on Saturday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country was “at war” and was determined to win it. “The enemy will pay an unprecedented price,” he added.

[UPDATE] The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gave the final go-ahead last Monday in Beirut