Minisitiri w’intebe Benjamin Netanyahu yavuze ko Isiraheli iri mu ntambara nyuma y’uko abarwanyi ba Gaza bagabye igitero gitunguranye ku wa gatandatu, barasa ibisasu bya roketi ibihumbi n’ibihumbi binjira muri Isiraheli ku butaka, ku nyanja no mu kirere bakoresheje paraglider. Abayobozi bavuga ko byibuze abantu 40 bapfuye abandi bagera kuri 800 barakomereka. Minisiteri y’ubuzima ya Palesitine yavuze ko i Gaza, byibuze Abanyapalestina 198 bishwe ku wa gatandatu, abandi 1610 barakomereka. Isiraheli yagabye ibitero by’indege kuri Gaza kugira ngo isubize icyo gitero, kubera ko Netanyahu yari yarahiriye “kuzabona igiciro kinini cy’umwanzi.” Ingabo z’igihugu cya Isiraheli zavuze ko ingabo zazo zirwanira byibuze ahantu hamwe na kimwe cya kabiri. Bamwe mu baturage bo muri Isiraheli bavuze ko abarwanyi bagerageza kwinjira mu ngo zabo. Hamas yavuze ko yafashe abasirikare benshi ba Isiraheli hafi yumupaka. Ku wa gatandatu, igitero kibaye ku isabukuru yimyaka 50 Intambara yo mu 1973 aho ibihugu by’abarabu byahinduye Isiraheli kuri Yom Kippur, umunsi wera cyane kuri kalendari y’Abayahudi.
Minisiteri y’ubuzima ya Isiraheli yavuze ko kugeza ubu, abantu 908 bakomeretse bajyanywe mu bitaro bya Isiraheli. Abayobozi bavuze mbere ku buryo butandukanye, byibuze abantu 40 bapfiriye muri Isiraheli. Minisiteri y’ubuzima ya Palesitine yavuze ko muri Gaza, abagera kuri 200 bapfuye abandi barenga 1.600 barakomereka. Ku wa gatandatu, Minisitiri w’intebe wa Isiraheli, Benjamin Netanyahu, yatangaje ko igihugu cye “kiri ku rugamba”, nyuma y’uko abarwanyi ba Palesitine muri Gaza barashe ibisasu bya roketi byica kandi bohereza imbunda mu butaka bwa Isiraheli mu rwego rwo gukaza umurego amakimbirane yari amaze igihe hagati y’impande zombi.
