At least 150 Israelis have been taken hostage by Palestinian assailants.
About 800 people have been killed in Israel and nearly 2400 wounded.
At least 560 Palestinians have been killed, and 2900 others have been injured.
Jerusalem | Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant ordered a “complete siege” of the long-blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, as Hamas, the militant group controlling the territory, threatened to execute a civilian hostage every time an airstrike hits Gazans “in their homes without warning”.
At least 150 Israelis have been taken hostage by Palestinian assailants since the deadly cross-border attack on Saturday, which incited three days of border battles and Israeli retaliatory strikes that, on Monday, hit a mosque and a marketplace in Gaza.
