1,500 bodies of Hamas militants found in Israeli territory: IDF

Israel, which has entered fourth day of the war with Hamas, has recovered over 1,500 bodies of Hamas militants from their territory and has gained the effective control over the border.

However, it was not immediately clear if those numbers overlapped with deaths previously reported by Palestinian authorities.

Before this, at least 1,600 lives in both Israel and Hamas controlled Gaza were reported to be lost over the last three days as Hamas’ massive attack on Israel was met with brutal retaliation. Meanwhile, the Palestinian group has threatened to kill all the hostages if Israel continues air strikes on the Gaza Strip. At least 100 people have been taken hostage by the group, according to the sources.

Meanwhile, On Tuesday, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to turn Hamas-controlled areas ‘to rubble’. He also raised concern from United Nations over possible ‘humanitarian law’ violations.

Prime minister Netanyahu further said, “Israel is at war. We didn’t want this war. It was forced upon us in the most brutal and savage way. But though Israel didn’t start this war, Israel will finish it. Once, the Jewish people were stateless. Once, the Jewish people were defenseless. No longer.”