The prime minister of Israel says what his country will do to its enemies will reverberate for generations. Benjamin Netanyahu addressed his country Monday night as fighting with the Palestinian militant group Hamas raged on.
The death toll has risen to nearly 1,200 with thousands more injured on both sides of the conflict.
At least nine Americans are among the dead, according to the State Department.
The U.S. dispatched an aircraft carrier strike group Sunday to the Eastern Mediterranean to be ready to assist Israel and said it would send additional military aid.