Israel vows retaliation against Hamas will ‘reverberate for generations’

Israeli airstrikes razed swaths of a neighbourhood in Gaza City (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel pounded Gaza City with relentless bombardments on Tuesday as it vowed a retaliation against the Hamas militant group that would “reverberate … for generations”.

The war — which began after Hamas militants stormed into Israel on Saturday, bringing gunbattles to its streets for the first time in decades — has already claimed at least 1,600 lives.