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| Israel officially at war with Hamas – Netanyahu’s office | Israel officially at war with Hamas – Netanyahu’s office |
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| The invocation of Article 40 allows the government to carry out “significant military activities,” the prime minister’s office says | The invocation of Article 40 allows the government to carry out “significant military activities,” the prime minister’s office says |
| Israel’s security cabinet voted on Saturday night to officially go to war following a major attack on the country by Palestinian armed group Hamas, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. | Israel’s security cabinet voted on Saturday night to officially go to war following a major attack on the country by Palestinian armed group Hamas, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. |
| The invocation of Article 40 of Israel’s Basic Law allows the government to take “significant military action that may lead, with a level of probability close to certain, to war,” Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday. | The invocation of Article 40 of Israel’s Basic Law allows the government to take “significant military action that may lead, with a level of probability close to certain, to war,” Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday. |
| Under the legislation, the prime minister will be able to make certain decisions regarding the war with just the approval of the security cabinet, it added. | |
| Netanyahu’s office also said the government had asked the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, to activate emergency regulations allowing for detainees to be held in custody for a longer period without being brought before a court. | |
| Netanyahu declared that Israel was at war in his first message a few hours after Hamas fired thousands of rockets at Israel and sent its fighters into Jewish settlements near the border with Gaza on Saturday morning. | |
| “Citizens of Israel, we are at war. And we will win,” the prime minister said in his address. “The enemy will pay a price like they have never known before,” he vowed, referring to Hamas. | |
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