Israel war: Hamas urges Israeli residents in nearby Ashkelon to leave

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Hamas warned Israeli civilians in the nearby city of Ashkelon to leave their homes on Tuesday.

Residents of Israeli communities near the border with Gaza have often faced rocket fire from Hamas, the terror group based in Gaza, but this week's terror attacks, which have resulted in the deaths of more than 1,000 Israelis, demonstrated a new and unrealized threat — the possibility that Hamas fighters could get through the border fence and hunt them down in their homes.

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