Hamas escalates ’aggression’ towards Israel with surprise attack

Hamas’ escalation of aggression against Israel following its surprise attack is “unprecedented,” according to Australia’s Ambassador to Israel 2013-2017 Dave Sharma. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared Israel is at war, facing the greatest outburst of violence in half a century following an unprecedented attack from Hamas militants. It began with a violent flurry – thousands of rockets fired from inside the Gaza Strip and gunmen storming into Israeli territory. “We’ve never seen anything like this from Hamas before in its aggression against Israel – this is undoubtedly unprecedented,” Mr Sharma told Sky News Australia. “This one has taken Israel by surprise – it’s clear they were not expecting any aggression from Hamas.”