Deaths pass 1,100 as Israel retaliates with airstrikes

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Occupied Jerusalem/Gaza: Hamas’ attack on Israel drope oil prices higher on Monday as markets priced in fears of a broader conflict in the Middle East, a day after Israel assaulted the Palestinian enclave of Gaza in retaliation for one of the bloodiest attacks in history.

Fighters from the Hamas group killed 700 Israelis and abducted dozens more as they attacked Israeli towns on Saturday, the deadliest incursion since Egypt and Syria’s attacks in the Yom Kippur war 50 years ago.

In response, Israeli air strikes hit housing blocks, tunnels, a mosque and homes of Hamas officials in Gaza on Sunday, killing more than 400 people, including 20 children, in keeping with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow of “mighty vengeance”.

“The price the Gaza Strip will pay will be a hefty one that will change reality for generations,” said Defence Minister Yoav Gallant in the town of Ofakim, which suffered casualties and had hostages taken.

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