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Egypt in contact with both sides to head off escalation

Israel calls up 300,000 reservists, 'going on the offensive'
Israel says fighters hold out in pockets
Battle 'taking more time than we expected to get things back into a defensive, security posture,' army says

Israel's troops were battling on Monday to clear out Hamas gunmen more than two days after they burst across the fence from Gaza on a deadly rampage, and the army said it would soon go on the offensive after the biggest mobilisation in Israeli history.

Fighters were still holed up in several locations inside Israel after killing 700 Israelis and seizing dozens of hostages in a raid that shattered Israel's reputation of invincibility.

Israel rejects peace talks with Hamas
Israel does not intend to discuss achieving peace with Hamas, the task is to destroy this movement, said Israel's permanent representative to the UN Gilad Erdan.

"The era of talking to these savages is over. The time has come to destroy the Hamas terrorist infrastructure, to completely wipe it out, so that such horrors will not happen again," he said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-retaliates-after-hamas-attacks-deaths-pass-1100-2023-10-09/

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