The Israeli military launched a “complete siege” of Gaza on Monday, blockading the area and bombarding it with air strikes in an attempt to destroy Hamas after the terrorist group launched the worst attack on Israel in 50 years over the weekend.

Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordered the “complete siege” of Gaza in a televised address, announcing that Gaza will be cut off from food, electricity, and water for the foreseeable future.

“We are fighting barbarians and will respond accordingly,” Gallant said.

The Israeli Air Force, meanwhile, began bombarding targets throughout Gaza after Hamas launched a massive rocket attack on Israeli territory.

“The Air Force is now launching an extensive attack on many centers of the terrorist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip,” the branch wrote on X.

“Even at this time, the Air Force continues to attack dozens of targets of the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip,” the air force added.

The IDF has retaken control of all towns on the Gaza border, but ground forces are still combatting scattered Hamas terrorists, chief Israeli military spokesperson Rear-Admiral Daniel Hagari said Monday.

Israel has called up a record 300,000 reservists to serve in the fight, which has so far stopped short of a full ground incursion into Gaza.

Hamas terrorists poured across the Gaza border early Saturday, killing nearly 700 Israelis, including women and children, and torturing and raping civilians in the streets. Videos posted to social media also showed the terrorists parading dead bodies in the streets.

As part of the surprise assault, Hamas encircled a desert music festival by the Gaza border and sprayed hundreds of Israeli youth with bullets. Israel’s search and rescue team later recovered 260 bodies from the site.

In its murderous rampage, Hamas captured dozens of Israelis and took them back to Gaza. A Hamas spokesperson claimed Monday that it was holding over 100 Israeli hostages in Gaza, including high-ranking military leaders. Hamas said Saturday that many of the captives were being held in its underground web of terror tunnels, the Times of Israel reported.