Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 194
What Just Happened?
“Israel on Sunday issued a formal declaration of war against Hamas and pounded Gaza with strikes, promising retaliation for an unprecedented attack by the militant group that surprised Israeli security forces,” the Washington Post reports.
“The death toll has risen to 600 in Israel.”
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