 Fishing boats in Gaza City harbor were burning on October 12 as Israeli forces bombarded the territory.Israel's military said it was conducting a large-scale strike on targets, belonging to Hamas and Gaza, revenge for Hamas assaults in Israel but have triggered some of the worst bloodletting in 75 years of conflict. Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that rules the Gaza Strip in retribution for the deadliest attack on Jewish civilians since the Holocaust, when hundreds of. Dunman poured across the barrier fence and rampaged through Israeli towns on Saturday.