Sirens sound across Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and other parts of Israel as rockets are fired from Gaza.

According to the Israeli military, at least three explosions have been heard in Jerusalem although it is not yet clear whether the rockets have been intercepted by Israeli defenses.

Meanwhile, IDF spokesman Vice Admiral Daniel Hagari announced that there is no fighting between Israel Defense Forces troops and Hamas inside Israel, and the IDF has retaken control of all communities around the Gaza Strip, according to CNN.

announcement comes 48 hours after Hamas launched a surprise attack with thousands of rockets while its fighters crossed the border and invaded Israeli territory for the first time since the 1948 War of Independence.

In particular, the spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces said this morning that Israel “controls” all communities and there is currently no fighting inside Israel, but that it is possible that there may still be Hamas fighters on Israeli soil.

he said evacuation of all communities near the border fence is underway.

At the same time, Israel is also on alert in the north as there were some local incidents in the north yesterday, but no fighting.

In the announcement of the spokesman of the Israeli army, it is stated that the Israeli Defense Forces are in the process of intense airstrikes, every four hours, in the Gaza Strip with hundreds of targets receiving repeated attacks, but places where there are only terrorists.

There are hundreds of dead terrorists, Hagari said, while there is no electricity in the Gaza Strip and no one is entering or leaving. Israel has so far called up 300,000 reservists, he said, while responding to reports of shortages in military equipment, the spokesman insisted there was sufficient equipment and food.

The death toll in Israel is estimated at 700, with 73 soldiers confirmed dead, the spokesman said. Referring to the issue of hostages, while refusing to give the number of hostages, he said that the authorities have started to inform the families and will only make statements once the families have been contacted.

According to the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, the number of dead from the Israeli strikes has increased to 493 people while the number of wounded has reached 2,751.

The United Nations says 123,538 people in Gaza have been displaced. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) added that 73,000 people are housed in schools.

Adnan Abu Hasna – a spokesman for the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) – expects the numbers to rise.

“There is electricity in these schools, we provide them with lunch, clean water, psychological support and medical care,” he says.

2.3 million Palestinians live in Gaza. Before the retaliatory airstrikes began on Saturday, Israel warned people living in certain areas to leave.

“I say to the people of Gaza: get out of there now, because we are going to act everywhere with all our might,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday.