Israel declares war after Hamas surprise attack

The death toll has risen to hundreds as Hamas fighters and the Israeli military trade attacks in the Gaza.

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00:00 Palestinian Islamist group Hamas rampaged through Israeli towns on Saturday, killing

00:05 and capturing scores of civilians and soldiers in their biggest surprise attack in decades.

00:11 The group distributed these videos Saturday from inside an Israeli military camp near

00:15 the border of Gaza.

00:18 Israel then responded with massive airstrikes deep inside the coastal enclave that led to

00:24 the collapse of buildings and vowed unprecedented retaliation.

00:29 During a security cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "Since

00:37 this morning, the State of Israel has been at war.

00:40 Our first objective is to clear out enemy forces that infiltrated and restore the security

00:46 and quiet to the communities that have been attacked.

00:49 The second objective, at the same time, is to exact an immense price from the enemy within

00:55 the Gaza Strip, too."

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