Israel battles Hamas militants as country's death toll from mass incursion reaches 600

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Egypt made peace with Israel decades ago, but anti-Israel sentiment runs high in the country, especially during bouts of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
44% : Associated Press writers Isabel DeBre, Julia Frankel and Josef Federman in Jerusalem; Issam Adwan in Rafah, Gaza Strip; Bassem Mroue in Beirut and Samy Magdy in Cairo and Amir Vahdat in Tehran, Iran contributed to this report.
43% : Iran, which has long supported Hamas and other militant groups, President Ebrahim Raisi praised the “legitimate defense” of the Palestinian nation and said Israel and its supporters “must be held accountable.”
39% : Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN’s “State of the Union” that the U.S. is working to verify reports that “several” Americans were killed or are missing.
30% : The flare-up on Israel’s northern border also threatened to draw into the battle Hezbollah, a fierce enemy of Israel’s which is backed by Iran and estimated to have tens of thousands of rockets at its disposal.

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