30 officers killed in Hamas attack

As Israeli fighter jets continued to batter Hamas targets on the Gaza border area after deadly terror attacks by the terrorist outfit, Israel Police on Sunday confirmed that 30 of its officers, including from the Border Police, have been killed, Israeli news agency Tazpit Press Service (TPS) report The Israeli Defence Force on Sunday named 26 soldiers killed in the fighting since Saturday morning, The Times of Israel reported. IDF spokesman Rear Adm Daniel Hagari told media on Sunday morning that the military was seeking to “stabilize the situation in the Gaza envelope” and that infiltrators at most incident locations had been “neutralized.” Hagari said the forces were still carrying out searches for terrorists in Sderot, Zikim, Re’im, and Sufa. The IDF on Sunday said the wrested control of 29 locations from Hamas infiltrators, he said. “There are hundreds of dead terrorists. There are dozens of terrorists captured,” Hagari said. Many in the civil police were caught off guard as Hamas terrorists opened fire randomly in the middle of the streets in Israeli towns, according to reports. Some of them were off duty in the areas under attack and went out in attempts to protect the civilian population, reported TPS.