Following an extraordinary attack by Hamas militants, hundreds more Israelis have been injured and over 600 people are now believed to be dead. Read full article
The Jewish country is currently launching a brutal counteroffensive against combatants in the Gaza Strip while simultaneously shelling Lebanon with artillery from the north.
Israel saw its worst day of violence in fifty years, and in retaliation, its aeroplanes bombarded densely populated Gaza City.
According to Israeli media, the attack on Saturday left at least 600 people dead and 2,000 others injured.
Unknown numbers of civilians and troops have also been kidnapped by Hamas fighters and taken prisoner in Gaza.
British soldier Jake Marlowe, 26, who was working as part of a security team at the festival adjacent to Re'im, a community close to the border with Gaza in the south of Israel, has been listed among the missing since Saturday morning.
Nathaniel Young, a Londoner, was killed yesterday while serving with the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF)'s 13th Battalion.
