Daily Shmutz | ISRAEL (IINO) | 10/10/2023

ISRAEL (IINO)  

 

Shalom Friends,

There are many campaigns for donations for soldiers – hard to know what is legit.

The Situation:
Israel called up more reserve soldiers than ever before, and this creates needs. From the outset, let it be clear that all of the supplies can be procured via Israeli distributors. Don’t send us packages from overseas!

Who We Are
At Bet El, we have been alerted to specific needs by specific units. So, Bet El Founder Ketzaleh, Bet El Institutions CEO Yaakov Harnik (who was drafted on Shabbat) and I decided to turn to those of you who know us to update you on this opportunity to help. The units we are working with are:

Yaakov on Sunday

Yaakov on Sunday

  1. Yaakov Harnik’s unit and other units they work closely with.
  2. Aharon K, from Bet El who commands the IDF East Binyamin Regional Reserves Battalion – that’s all first response teams in the Binyamin region, hundreds of reservists called up to protect the Yishuvim at a time of crisis.
  3. Our drafted Yeshiva students and graduates of the Bet El IDF Preparatory Academy in their respective units.

To Best Way To Help the Yishuvim (Surrounded by Arab Villages)
The mass enlistment of reserves creates two distinct categories of need:
1) the Yishuvim whose own reservists are now called up to defend them,
2) combat soldiers on the fronts.

The most sought-after, vital and literally life-saving item for defending the Yishuvim is a drone equipped with a thermal camera that detects approaching terrorists at night. This could really make a difference. The drone distributor told me today that the IDF purchased his whole stock of the drone model in the picture below – but he’s getting more next week:

The above drone is the one that the IDF is purchasing and costs in Israel 25,000 NIS (approx $6,500).
We need over 40.

Other Needs
The basic needs of all soldiers are taken care of by the IDF. But our guys are asking for equipment that will bolster their military performance in a tangible way (e.g. protective glasses, power flashlights, combat vests Tactical gloves), alongside requests to pamper the soldiers, like you would your own son (e.g. water backpacks, refrigerators, microwaves, hot water kettles, food, clothes).

How To Make a US Tax-Deductible Donation
Every amount is welcome. Through our 501(c)3 Israel Empowered, you can donate:
1. Online – http://IsraelEmpowered.com (click “Donate”)
2. Check – Make out to: Israel Empowered
Mail to:
Moshe Gantz
911 Green Place
Woodmere, NY 11598
Include your email to get a tax-deductible receipt.
3. Wire Money to:
Israel Empowered
Capital One, N.A.
PO Box 17219
Baltimore, MD 21297-1219
Routing number: 065000090
Account number: 7527639950

Important: send me a message with a personal note of two sentences to our soldiers and sign your family’s names and city. That personal touch from admirers around the world will raise their morale!

All who care about Israel are in this together. We pray and hope for a decisive, crushing victory that renders Hamas nothing more than a page in history books.

Let’s roll!
(Feel free to share this message with your friends.)

Baruch Gordon on behalf of Ketzaleh and Yaakov Harnik

Director of Development
The pre-IDF Prep Academy in Bet El
USA Cellular: (917)-595-0435
Israel Cellular: +972-54-671-3821
Email (personal): bmgisrael@gmail.com

 

LIVEBLOG: Israeli death toll hits 1,000, senior Hamas members killed, rockets fired from Lebanon   i24NEWS

October 10, 2023 at 12:21 PM – Israel’s Health Ministry pdates on conditions of 544 wounded in hospital: 3 critical, 126 serious, 192 moderate, 223 light

Israel entered its fourth day of war with various Palestinian terror groups, following a surprise multi-front assault in the south, led by Hamas from the Gaza Strip. The aerial attack included sophisticated drone attacks on IDF positions, paragliders penetrating into Israeli territory, and rubber boats landing on the shores.

On Monday, attacks were carried out on the northern border, resulting in at least one dead Israeli. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) claimed reasonability for three terrorists that infiltrated from Lebanon.

Since the attack, the northern border with Lebanon has seen multiple clashes, with both sides not wanting to involve Hezbollah in the confrontations, however, at least 3 of the Lebanese terror group’s members were killed.

 

LIVE NOW  UPDATED 17 MIN AGO

IDF announces massive strikes on Gaza ‘terror nest,’ says it killed 2 top Hamas men    By LAZAR BERMAN 

October 10, 2023

Coalition backs unity government; 2 killed by rocket; forces kill terrorists near border town; over 900 Israeli deaths since Hamas onslaught; IDF toll at 123

The Times of Israel is live-blogging Tuesday’s events as they unfold:

 

“Fake News” – Prime Minister Netanyahu Refutes Claim from Egyptian Intelligence Official that Israel Ignored Warning that ‘Something Big’ Was Coming   By Jim Hft

Oct. 10, 2023 8:15 am – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vehemently denied allegations that Israel had ignored warnings from Egyptian intelligence about an impending “big” operation by Hamas. The Prime Minister’s Office labeled the claims as “totally fake news.”

An anonymous Egyptian intelligence official told The Associated Press that Israel had been warned multiple times about “something big” being planned by the Gaza-based terror group, Hamas.

The official claimed that Egypt, which often acts as a mediator between Israel and Hamas, had been in frequent contact with Israeli officials about the looming threat.

“We have warned them an explosion of the situation is coming, and very soon, and it would be big. But they underestimated such warnings,” an Egyptian official told AP who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The official went on to say that Israeli authorities were disproportionately focused on the West Bank, thereby downplaying the threat emanating from Gaza. The Netanyahu government, which has a strong base of support among West Bank settlers, has been pushing for increased security measures in the West Bank due to a surge in violence over the past 18 months, according to the Times of Israel.

According to the Ynet News, an Egyptian intelligence source claimed that Abbas Kamel, the head of Egypt’s General Intelligence Directorate, personally contacted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ten days before the massive attack to warn him of an impending “severe event originating from Gaza.”

The Egyptian insider claimed Netanyahu appeared unconcerned, stating that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) were already “overwhelmed” with tackling terrorism in the West Bank.

The Prime Minister’s Office has issued a strong statement denying the claims that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ignored advance warnings from Egypt about a significant Hamas operation.

“The report to the effect that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a message in advance from Egypt is absolutely false.”

 

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IDF General: ‘It’s not a war, it’s not a battlefield, it’s a massacre’   Mael Benoliel

Israeli Major General Itai Veruv describes what he found as he led the Gaza border villages rescue mission, after Hamas brutally attacked

October 10, 2023 at 07:00 AM – Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Major General Itai Veruv described to i24NEWS the brutal scenes that awaited the Israeli forces, when they arrived to rescue Gaza border villages, after a Hamas terrorist attack.

“It’s not a war, it’s not a battlefield, you see the babies, the mother, the father, in their bedrooms, in their protection rooms, and how the terrorists killed them,” Veruv stressed.

“It’s not a war, it’s not a battlefield, it’s a massacre,” the major general reiterated what he saw. “It’s a terror activity.”

“You can look about it yourself, it’s something that I’ve never seen in my life,” Veruv admitted, as journalists entered the area for the first time since it was cleared of Hamas terrorists.

 

i24NEWS  LIVEBLOG: Israeli death toll at 900, IDF takes back south, rockets towards Tel Aviv

October 10, 2023 at 08:47 AM – Israel’s Health Ministry pdates on conditions of 544 wounded in hospital: 3 critical, 126 serious, 192 moderate, 223 light

Israel entered its fourth day of war with various Palestinian terror groups, following a surprise multi-front assault in the south, led by Hamas from the Gaza Strip. The aerial attack included sophisticated drone attacks on IDF positions, para-gliders penetrating into Israeli territory, and rubber boats landing on the shores.

On Monday, attacks were carried out on the northern border, resulting in at least one dead Israeli. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) claimed reasonability for three terrorists that infiltrated from Lebanon.

Since the attack, the northern border with Lebanon has seen multiple clashes, with both sides not wanting to involve Hezbollah in the confrontations, however, at least 3 of the Lebanese terror group’s members were killed.

 

i24NEWS English  [3:04]

October 10 6:56 AM  – i24NEWS Correspondent Nicole_Zedek reports from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, a quarter-mile from the Gaza border, and recounts the atrocities that were committed in the small community which remains an active scene as soldiers clear booby traps and recover the bodies of dozens of victims.

 

Chicago Area Mom And Daughter Missing In Israel – Feared Kidnapped By Hamas Terrorists   By David Greyson

Oct. 9, 2023 6:40 pm – A mother and daughter from Chicago are missing in Israel. Relatives said that they feared that Hamas had taken them hostage.

Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Raanan were in a village near Gaza when Hamas attacked the area on Saturday. Natalie’s father and uncle said they have not heard from either of them and fear that they are among the women that Hamas targeted.

 

BREAKING: Netanyahu says what Israel will do in coming days will ‘resonate for generations to come’.

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LIVEBLOG: Israeli death toll rises to 900 since the start of the war with Hamas   i24NEWS

October 09, 2023 at 03:19 PM – American media report of Iran’s involvement planning a surprise Palestinian assault, giving a final green light to an attack that killed at least 9 U.S. citizens

Israel entered its third day of war with the Hamas terror group, following a surprise multi-front assault by Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. The aerial attack included sophisticated drone attacks on IDF positions, para-gliders penetrating into Israeli territory, and rubber boats landing on the shores.

After the Palestinian infiltrators breached the border fence, streams of terrorists in jeeps armed with machine guns started massacring civilians on the streets, and taking hostages back to the Gaza Strip.

 

JUST IN: Hamas Terrorists Threaten Mass Execution of Civilian Hostages (Including Americans) on Live TV as Joe Biden Takes the Rest of Monday Off  (VIDEO)   By Cullen Linebarger

Oct. 9, 2023 2:00 pm – Hamas is threatening to escalate their war crimes further while Joe Biden refuses to perform his sworn duties as commander-in-chief.

As Cristina Laila previously reported, the Biden regime called a lid before noon. The so-called president will be prioritizing nap time over doing his job.

The Regime made this move for the feeble Joe even as Hamas kidnaps young women, abuses the bodies of the victims, beheads Israeli soldiers, and slaughters innocent civilians at peace gatherings.

The news gets even worse, though. Hamas is now threatening a mass execution of innocent hostages in Israel on live television each time an Israeli defense force strike hits a “civilian” in Gaza.

BREAKING: A spokesperson for Hamas just said that they are going to start executing civilian hostages they took from Israel on live TV for every IDF airstrike that hits a civilian in Gaza, which happens as a result of Hamas using them as human shields.

These are the animals leftists are defending.

VIDEO:

BREAKING: A spokesperson for Hamas just said that they are going to start executing civilian hostages they took from Israel on live TV for every IDF airstrike that hits a civilian in Gaza, which happens as a result of Hamas using them as human shields.

These are the animals… pic.twitter.com/BbGb2mEOAr

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 9, 2023

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Hamas barbarians reportedly have multiple Americans among these hostages. So the Islamist group may very well start beheading Americans while Biden sleeps in comfort.

American citizens are among these hostages BTW.

So glad the president is taking the rest of the day off.https://t.co/QPN9os4ebv

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 9, 2023

 

PURE EVIL: Hamas Barbarians Call the Mother of Two Beautiful Israeli Sisters They Kidnapped at Dance Party to Taunt Her   By Jim Hoft

Oct. 9, 2023 10:30 am – Hamas barbarians called the mother of two beautiful Israeli sisters the kidnapped at a dance party on Saturday. Hamas drove the girls and several more back to Gaza during the raid.

Several of the women who attended the party are still missing and may have been brought back to Gaza.

Israel has released the names of the missing women following Saturday’s Hamas attack.

40 young women are pictured as missing.

 

SICKENING: Hamas Savages Chop Off the Heads of Israeli Soldiers (VIDEO)   By Cullen Linebarger

Oct. 9, 2023 1:20 pm – The depravity demonstrated by Hamas savages has no limits.

As previously reported by The Gateway Pundit, Hamas released several videos of captured young Israeli women, photos of dead Israelis, and photos of them abusing the bodies of the victims.

In one incident, Hamas terrorists opened fire on a dance party in the desert. Over 260 innocents were slaughtered, and several hostages were taken.

 

Israel Imposes Complete Siege on Gaza, Cuts Off Electricity, Fuel, Food, and Water Ahead of Ground Operation  (VIDEOS)   By Jim Hft

Oct. 9, 2023 9:53 am – Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced a “complete siege” on Gaza on Monday. The blockade includes a ban on the admission of food, water, electricity, and fuel. This move is seen as Israel’s retaliation against Hamas following their largest attack on the country in decades.

On Saturday, Israel officially declared a state of war as of 06:30 a.m. local time. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are grappling with an unprecedented level of aggression from Hamas, the militant group based in Gaza.

Approximately 3,000 rockets have been launched into Israeli territory, terrorists have infiltrated Israel’s borders, and civilians, including children and families, are under attack. The Israeli government has stated unequivocally that “Hamas will pay a heavy price for this inhumane attack against Israel.”

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have initiated “Operation Swords of Iron”. This military operation aims to strike back at Hamas and protect Israeli citizens from further harm. The operation involves a coordinated effort between various branches of the IDF, including ground, air, and naval forces.

“We are setting up a complete siege of Gaza: No electricity, no food, no water, no gas. Everything is closed. We are fighting human animals. And we are acting accordingly,” Gallant said in a video statement.

 

JUST IN: Hamas claims it will implement plans to execute one Israeli civilian for each new Israeli bombing that occurs without prior warning.

The group also states it will publicly broadcast these executions, both audio and visuals.

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❗️ Israel’s Home Front Command: “Store food and water for 72 hours throughout the country”.

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DEVELOPING: IDF Bombs Lebanon After Terrorist Infiltration; Six Israelis Injured

October 9, 2023 10:55 am [The  Yeshiva World]  – In response to the escalating tension along the Lebanon border, the IDF Home Front Command has issued a directive for residents of 28 towns in northern Israel to seek shelter immediately and remain there until further notice, as a precaution against potential rocket attacks.

This directive applies to a range of northern towns, including but not limited to Metula, Rosh Hanikra, Manara, Shlomi, Misgav Am, and Dafna. Earlier, residents of Arab al-Aramshe, Adamit, Hanita, and Eilon were also instructed to take cover.

These orders coincide with the IDF conducting airstrikes in Lebanon as a response to an armed infiltration incident along the border. The military reported that a group of armed individuals had crossed into northern Israel from Lebanon, prompting IDF troops to engage and neutralize several of them.

The Galilee Medical Center located in Nahariya reports that it has admitted six individuals injured during the clashes along the Lebanon border. Among these casualties, one is in critical condition, while another is in serious condition.

The IDF has not released any official information regarding casualties resulting from the incident. The military stated that its troops engaged and eliminated several gunmen who had infiltrated into Israel.

 

Israel: 250 Bodies in Mass Grave Discovered at Music Festival For Peace   By Pamela Geller

October 8, 2023 – The over 250 bodies which have been discovered at the Site of a Music Festival for Peace in Southern Israel reportedly consists of many foreign nationals including Americans, Germans, Canadians, and Norwegians.

The over 250 Bodies which have been discovered at the Site of a Music Festival for Peace in Southern Israel reportedly consists of many Foreign Nationals including Americans, Germans, Canadians, and Norwegians.

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 8, 2023

In this video, jihad terrorists are hang gliding into the festival. Attendees are painfully unaware, people dancing at a peace festival as the jihadis can be seen appearing in s in the distance. They soon landed and started slaughtering and kidnapping those in the foreground.

 

Joe Biden Approved the Release of $75 Million Dollar to Palestinian Jihadis Just Hours Before Attack on Israel   By Pamela Geller

October 8, 2023 – “Here we are 78 years after the end of the Holocaust and once agains thuggish killers dressed in black are pulling Jewish elderly, women, and children out of their homes and executing them, and then throwing their bodies into the street. But in 1945 we were fighting the SS murderers, now we are sending millions in subsidies to their modern Hamas killer squad counterparts. We the American people should demand not one more American cent to these Gestapo and SS killers.” – Victor Davis Hanson

 

Hamas Jihadis THANK Ukraine For The US-funded Weapons They Used to Attack Israel  By Pamela Geller

October 8, 2023 – The US has become the very thing it was founded to oppose. No longer the force for good, we are the force of evil.

Ukraine sold weapons to Hamas Muslim  terrorists appears that they used to attack and kill Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers. If true then western leaders have blood on their hands.

Hamas thanks Ukraine🇺🇦 for selling them the weapons they used to attack Israel in this video from a Telegram channel.

A special thanks to EU and US for donating these weapons from our taxmoney.

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
pic.twitter.com/K1uYsad5gK

— Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis (@DrLoupis) October 8, 2023

 

Israel: Babies Kidnapped By Muslim Terrorists Held in Cages  By Pamela Geller

October 8, 2023 – Some of the toddlers kidnapped in Israel are still alive They’re being held in cages like animals.

The toddlers taken from Israel are still alive! They’re being held in cages like animals but they’re still alive!!!

Please @IDF please. Do whatever it takes to bring them home. https://t.co/lyltQ8Rw63

— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) October 8, 2023

This is disgusting. Putting a toddler in cages. https://t.co/st2kwiDOka

— Dominic DiMatteo (@DominicDimatte1) October 8, 2023

No words.

‘Babies Being Taken By Terrorists’: Israelis React To Hamas’ ‘Shocking’ Surprise Attack

By: Jennie Taer, Daily Caller, October 07, 2023:

Israelis were taken off guard and are sheltering at home in fear of Hamas terrorists that have infiltrated the country’s borders Saturday.

Hamas terrorists engaged in a surprise attack against Israel, firing thousands of rockets, killing at least a hundred people and taking hostage an unknown number of civilians and soldiers, according to The Associated Press.

“I see moms with babies being taken by terrorists and as a mother myself I can’t even comprehend that it’s actually real,” Noga Kamenetsky, a dual citizen of the U.S. and Israel, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Israelis reacted with shock and “horror” in response to Hamas’ surprise Saturday attack that has resulted in numerous deaths and missing persons.

[…]

“It’s so incredibly shocking how silent it is in America, my friends don’t even know what’s going on here, and when (hopefully) Israel attacks back and attacks hard, I hope we don’t take into consideration global media because it doesn’t matter what the world thinks at this point. I see moms with babies being taken by terrorists and as a mother myself I can’t even comprehend that it’s actually real,” Kamenetsky said.

The Biden administration’s U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs deleted a post Saturday telling Israel to “refrain from violence” after Hamas attacked.

 

Israel orders siege of Gaza, battles to re-take control of areas invaded by Hamas   By John Solomon

Two large questions linger over tragedy: how much was Iran involved, and how could Israel’s vaunted intelligence services miss signals of the attack?

Backed by the largest activation of reservists in its history, Israel on Monday battled to regain control of areas invaded by Hamas terrorists over the weekend while ordering a complete siege of the Palestinian-held Gaza territory.

“There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told a news conference.

“We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly,” he added.

Israel conducted an aerial bombardment of Gaza Sunday night, leveling buildings and forcing Palestinian residents to flee. More than 300,000 reservists were ordered to active duty, the largest such activation in Israel’s history.

The military said it had regained control of many areas invaded by Hamas but the process was going slower than it anticipated.

“We are still fighting,” Israeli Defense Forces Lt. Col. Richard Hecht told a briefing Monday morning. “We thought by this morning we’d be in a better place.”

The effort is being complicated by the fact that Hamas militants captured Israeli civilians, Americans and other foreigners in an effort to use them as shields from the counterattack.

Meanwhile, the horror of the initial Hamas attacks Saturday became more clear: at least 260 concert goers were mowed down by guns in one venue, and there were reports of women being raped and soldiers being tortured.

Israeli media reported Monday that at least 800 Israeli citizens have been killed. Palestinians said more than 400 on their side also have been killed. Thousands on both sides have been reported injured.

 

LIVEBLOG: Israeli death toll mounts to over 800; casualties from heavy rocket barrages  i24NEWS

October 09, 2023 at 08:19 AM – American media report of Iran’s involvement planning a surprise Palestinian assault, giving a final green-light to an attack that killed at least 4 U.S. citizens

Israel entered its third day of war with the Hamas terror group, following a surprise multi-front assault by Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. The aerial attack included sophisticated drone attacks on IDF positions, para-gliders penetrating into Israeli territory, and rubber boats landing on the shores.

After the Palestinian infiltrators breached the border fence, streams of terrorists in jeeps armed with machine guns started massacring civilians on the streets, and taking hostages back to the Gaza Strip.

The surprise assault has left more than 700 dead, hundreds taken hostage, and thousands wounded, all from many different nationalities and ages. Some U.S officials have compared the brutal Hamas onslaught to Pearl Harbor and 9/11.

 

Israeli Defense Minister instructs preparation for evacuations from north   Paz Grace, i24NEWS Web Journalist

October 08, 2023 at 11:15 AM – Amid an escalating situation with Palestinian terrorists in the southern region, Yoav Gallant says the IDF will arm citizens and halts evacuation efforts

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant instructed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to begin preparations for evacuating the north, as a state of war was officially passed by the government cabinet.

The IDF were earlier instructed to evacuate residents living in the south, within two and a half miles from the Gaza Strip, following the war that erupted on Saturday when the Hamas terrorist group attacked, but had to halt the efforts on Sunday.

As such, Gallant instructed the IDF to start arming residents in the area with weapons and ammunition. In addition, there would now be an army officer responsible for communicating all the mayors and regional councils in the area bordering the Gaza Strip, “to assist in the management of the situation on the home front.”

 

UPDATE: Death Toll from Hamas Terrorist Attack Rises to Over 700 – At Least 260 Young People Were Slaughtered at Dance Party in Desert    By Jim Hoft

Oct. 8, 2023 4:40 pm – The death toll from Saturday’s Hamas terror attack rose to over 700 dead. At least 2,000 were injured.

At least 260 young people were slaughtered at the Dance Party near Kibbutz Urim (Kibbutz Reim) in southern Israel.

 

From Jewish Breaking News (JBN) Whatsapp group:

[8:41 PM, 10/8/2023] Rina K: Publication permitted: 180 captured. A long list of senior officers in the Golani and Nahal units were killed this morning. 24 intelligence soldiers from the Re’im Camp (all female) were killed; the one who survived was taken captive. Golani’s 13th Battalion, Platoons B and C, were almost wiped out. Golani’s 51st Battalion, Platoon C, was also nearly wiped out, with casualties in Platoon A as well. Golani’s 12th Battalion, stationed in Shechem (Nablus), was deployed to replace them, along with Golani Reconnaissance Unit and special forces from the IDF, Sayeret Golani, and Maglan Unit, already there. The cursed terrorists who slaughtered our dear Golani soldiers in Karm Shalom and Erez are reported to have fallen in the battles of the Southern Command, Southern Brigade, Southern Engineering Officer, Southern AG Commander, Southern Sergeant Major Karkel, Gaza Liaison Officer, Southern Sergeant Major 13, Southern Sergeant Major 51, Platoon Leader 931, and the Maglan Reconnaissance Platoon Leader.

May their memory be blessed. A colossal tragedy.

Some names were given already

Each one counts like a precious gem

A son/ a daughter. a brother/ a sister,  a father/ a mother

🇮🇱🔯🕎A Ben / Bat YISRAEL 🇮🇱🔯🕎

🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

Yonathan Schteinberg, 42 ans

Adir Avoudi, 23 ans

Yotam Ben Basat, 24 ans

Ofir Tsioni, 21 ans

Adar Ben Simon, 20 ans

Or Asto, 21 ans

Sahar Machlouf, 36 ans

Afik Rozenthal, 20 ans

Yanai Kaminka, 20 ans

Or Moses, 22 ans

Omri Fairenshtein, 20 ans

Dvir Lisha, 21 ans

Eden Alon Levi, 19 ans

Yuval Ben Yaakov, 21 ans

Guy Bazak, 19 ans

Neria Aharon Negri, 18 ans

Naama Boni, 19 ans

Iftar Yabetz, 23 ans

Ido Harush, 21 ans

Yoav Maliev, 19 ans

Netanel Yang, 20 ans

Hen Boukris, 26 ans

Or Yossef Ran, 29 ans

Adi Groman, 19 ans

Amie Fisher, 22 ans

Ido Edri, 24 ans

👆These are the names of 26 tzahal soldiers that were murdered yesterday

Voici les noms de 26 soldats de Tsahal assassinés hier par le Hamas.

May their Neshamah rest in peace ☮️

Que leurs âme repose en paix 🙏🏻

ISRANEWS🇮🇱

[8:44 PM, 10/8/2023] Rina K: The IDF Spokesman said earlier in a news conference that at  5.45 this afternoon, the airforce used 50 planes to bomb Beit Hanun (it is a very elite area of Gaza and many Hamas leaders live there). In this mission, those planes destroyed 125 targets, mostly homes. One can say that the place was flattened.

I am still hearing plane right now, taking off for more bombing missions. 

The flying has not stopped since early this evening…

 

Hamas Attack On Israel: Death Toll Rises To 700 And 100 Confirmed Hostages, Americans Included   OAN’s Brooke Mallory
11:47 AM – Sunday, October 8, 2023 –

After Hamas committed the worst attack on the Jewish state in fifty years, Israel’s cabinet officially declared war on the terrorist organization by invoking Article 40 Aleph.

Since the start of the conflict, with the death toll anticipated to grow after Hamas terrorists fired hundreds of missiles and dispatched dozens of militants into Israeli communities, at least 700 Israelis have died, around 2,150 have been injured, and 100 have been verified as being held hostage by the Islamic terrorist organization.

On social media, horrifying videos of Hamas militants kidnapping festival goers and parading a woman’s bruised, naked body around the streets have gone viral.

Additionally, the group of abducted people includes Americans.

Gilad Erdan, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, confirmed this in a statement where he declared that “dozens” of Americans are being held as hostages in Gaza by Hamas.

“I know that there are dozens—dozens, ok? of Israelis holding American citizenship who are being held hostage in Gaza. Dozens. There are many Israelis who have American citizenship, we don’t have all the names yet. We’re still working to get the names of all the missing people. But dozens are Americans,” Erdan told the American press.

In another report, a daughter and son-in-law of a professor at Massachusetts-based Brandeis University were slain while defending their adolescent son from Hamas gunfire.

RECAP– 2005: More than 30 years after capturing the region from Egypt in the Six-Day War, Israel unilaterally withdraws from the Gaza Strip.

2006: Hamas wins a parliamentary election in Palestine.

2007: Gaza is taken over by Hamas in a civil war in 2007.

2008: Following a missile attack by Palestinian militants on the town of Sderot, Israel conducts a military incursion against Gaza.

2023: The largest attack on Israel in fifty years is launched by Hamas.

 

Jewish News Service {JNS) 

 

A Ground Invasion of Gaza is Coming: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Issues Stark Warning to HamasTells Gaza Civilians to “Leave Now Because We Will Operate Forcefully Everywhere”  (VIDEO)   By Jim Hft

Oct. 7, 2023 10:20 pm – In a somber and urgent address to the nation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stark warning to the Hamas terrorists and vowed to use “all the strength” of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to “destroy Hamas’s capabilities.” The Prime Minister’s announcement comes in the wake of a devastating attack by Hamas militants on Israeli territory earlier today, which resulted in the loss of innocent lives, including children and the elderly.

“This morning, on Shabbat and a holiday, Hamas invaded Israeli territory and murdered innocent citizens including children and the elderly. Hamas has started a brutal and evil war,” said Netanyahu.

“We will be victorious in this war despite an unbearable price. This is a very difficult day for all of us,” he continued.

The Prime Minister emphasized that the scale and brutality of the attack were “unprecedented in Israel,” and pledged to ensure that such an event “does not happen again.”

“Hamas wants to murder us all. This is an enemy that murders children and mothers in their homes, in their beds, an enemy that abducts the elderly, children, and young women, that slaughters and massacres our citizens, including children, who simply went out to enjoy the holiday,” Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu assured the Israeli public that the “entire government is behind this decision,” signaling a unified stance among Israel’s political leadership. He also indicated that the IDF would “immediately use all its strength to destroy Hamas’s capabilities.”

“We will destroy them and will forcefully avenge this dark day that they have forced on Israel and its citizens,” he declared.

Quoting the famous Hebrew poet Hayim Nahman Bialik, Netanyahu said, “‘Revenge for the blood of a little child has yet been devised by Satan.’ All of the places which Hamas is deployed, hiding and operating in, that wicked city, we will turn them into rubble.”

In a direct message to the residents of Gaza, the Prime Minister said, “Leave now because we will operate forcefully everywhere.” He revealed that the IDF is already “clearing the terrorists out of the last communities,” going “community by community, house by house,” to restore Israeli control.

“We are all praying for the well-being of the wounded and all those who are being held hostage,” he said, before issuing a final warning to Hamas: “You are responsible for their well-being. Israel will settle accounts with anyone who harms one hair on their heads.”

WATCH:

 

Hamas Brags and Posts Photo of the Paragliders They Used to Breach Israeli Border and Murder and Kidnap Innocent Kids at Rave Party   By Jim Hoft

Oct. 8, 2023 8:00 am – Hamas terrorists launched a massive surprise attack on Israel on Saturday, killing dozens of soldiers and innocent families inside Israel.

Hamas reportedly launched over 5,000 missiles into southern and central Israel. Over 250 Israelis are dead, and over 1,000 were hospitalized following the massive assault inside Israel.

Hundreds of Israelis were attending a nature party, also described as a peace party, in the desert near the border on Saturday when Hamas launched its attack.

Chaos erupted after Hamas reportedly opened fire on the gathering. Hundreds of Israelis ran into the desert to hide.

YNet News reported on the partygoers running for their lives as Hamas terrorists attacked the dance party or rave.

 

Israel Releases Names and Photos of the Dozens of Beautiful Young Women Who Are Missing Following Saturday’s Hamas Attack   By Jim Hoft

Oct. 8, 2023 8:15 am – Israel released photos of dozens of young beautiful women who went missing following Saturday’s historic Hamas attack on Israel.

Hamas terrorists launched a massive surprise attack on Israel on Saturday, killing dozens of soldiers and innocent families inside Israel.

Hamas reportedly launched over 5,000 missiles into southern and central Israel. Over 250 Israelis are dead, and over 1,000 were hospitalized following the massive assault inside Israel.

Hundreds of Israelis were attending a nature party, also described as a peace party, in the desert near the border on Saturday when Hamas launched its attack.

Chaos erupted after Hamas reportedly opened fire on the gathering. Hundreds of Israelis ran into the desert to hide.

Several of the women who attended the party are still missing and may have been brought back to Gaza.

40 young women are pictured as missing.

 

Code Pink Endorses Hamas Attacks on Israel; “Anti-War” Groups Announce Pro-Hamas Rallies in US   By Kristinn Taylor

Oct. 8, 2023 7:00 am – The masks are finally completely off of the communist front groups that have led the “anti-war” movement the past two decades. The communist group Code Pink, founded in 2002 to oppose the U.S. liberation of Iraq from the regime of the mass-murdering, genocidal, war-mongering tyrant Saddam Hussein, posted the group’s endorsement of the Hamas attacks on Israel Saturday as other “anti-war” groups announced plans for pro-Hamas rallies to be held across the U.S. over the long Columbus Day holiday weekend.

Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans was a fundraising bundler for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. The two shared a hatred of Israel and support for the Islamist regime in Iran that sponsors Hamas.

Code Pink posted support for Hamas in a statement on X Twitter on Saturday well after reports of Hamas atrocities against Israeli civilians had been widely reported, “The US-backed Israeli apartheid regime inflicts daily settler violence and terror on Palestinians. Israel is an occupying force. Palestinians have every right to resist it.”

 

Woman Whose Lifeless Body Was Seen in Back of Truck Identified as German Citizen Shani Louk – She Was Attending Peace Concert Near Gaza Border When Murdered by Hamas  (GRAPHIC VIDEO)   By Jim Hoft

Oct. 7, 2023 7:40 pm – The woman whose body was seen on video in the back of a truck earlier today driven by Palestinian terrorists to Gaza has been identified.

30-year-old Shani Louk was a German citizen visiting Israel. She was attending a music festival for peace held near the Gaza border fence when she was murdered today by Hamas terrorists..

Shani Houk’s body lay lifeless in the back of a truck after Hamas raided southern Israel on Saturday. Palestinians were filmed chanting “Allahu Akbar!” (God is good) as they drove down the streets of Gaza.

WATCH: (Warning on violent content)

Her name is Shani Louk. Only 30 years old. She was German, not even Israeli. She was near Gaza to attend a music ‘Festival for Peace’ when Hamas terrorists did this to her. She’s likely dead. Peace with terrorists isn’t possible. They must be crushed. pic.twitter.com/o4aCITmTMp

— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) October 7, 2023

 

HORROR! New Video Shows SHOCKING HAMAS ATTACK on Peace Concert at Kibbutz Urim — Partygoers Run for Their Lives As Hamas Flies in on Paragliders, Opens Fire – Several Hostages Taken  (VIDEOS)   By Jim Hoft

Oct. 8, 2023 7:30 am – Hamas terrorists launched a massive surprise attack on Israel on Saturday, killing dozens of soldiers and innocent families inside Israel.

Hamas reportedly launched over 5,000 missiles into southern and central Israel. Over 250 Israelis are dead, and over 1,000 were hospitalized following the massive assault inside Israel.

Hundreds of Israelis were attending a nature party, also described as a peace party, in the desert near the border on Saturday when Hamas launched its attack.

Chaos erupted after Hamas reportedly opened fire on the gathering. Hundreds of Israelis ran into the desert to hide.

YNet News reported on the partygoers running for their lives as Hamas terrorists attacked the dance party or rave.

 

LIVEBLOG: Israeli toll from Hamas attacks at over 300 dead, 1,600 wounded; Israelis killed in Egypt   [25:58]

Israel has retaken most of its southern villages that Hamas took control of yesterday in a surprise attack, IDF confirms Israelis kidnapped to Gaza Strip

More than 300 Israelis have lost their lives in a surprise large-scale attack by the Palestinian terror group Hamas on Saturday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the attack by vowing to reduce the group’s Gaza hideouts to “rubble.”

Over 1,600 people were reported wounded as a result of Hamas’s massive rocket barrage, ground, air, and sea offensive, marking one of the bloodiest escalations of the conflict in decades.

Throughout the night, intense gun battles ensued between Israeli forces and hundreds of Hamas fighters in at least 22 locations across Israel, with at least two incidents involving gunmen holding hostages, as confirmed by the army.

 

What Went Wrong? How Hamas Managed to Stagger Israel   BY ROBERT SPENCER

OCT 7, 2023 7:00 PM – How did Hamas, the bloodthirsty jihad terror group in Gaza, perpetrate mayhem and destruction inside Israel on a scale never before seen?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Saturday that “since this morning, the State of Israel is at war.” This was as Hamas fired over two thousand rockets into Israel, and over a hundred Israelis were murdered as jihad terrorists entered Israel and began killing people indiscriminately.

There has never been a Hamas jihad offensive from Gaza of this magnitude. In fact, throughout the history of modern Israel, there has never been anything like this, even when the Jewish state faced jihad coalitions of the neighboring Arab states in major wars in 1948, 1967, and 1973. So how was Hamas able to do it?

For one thing, it was Shabbat in Israel, and the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah. In that, this latest jihad resembles the 1973 war, which was launched on Yom Kippur. The idea in both cases was to catch the Israelis napping and at minimal preparedness, with large numbers of military personnel off for the holiday.

But that was by no means all. There were widespread reports that as Hamas’ relentless rocket barrage began, Israel’s vaunted Iron Dome missile defense system was down. Reports on this so far are sketchy, but if the Islamic Republic of Iran, which as the chief financier of Hamas is clearly behind these attacks, has managed to breach Israeli security and interfere with the functioning of the Iron Dome, the ominous implications cannot be overstated. If Israel cannot manage to get the Iron Dome up and running on a secure basis, the Hamas attacks on Saturday could turn into a larger war that engulfs the entire region, as the Islamic Republic of Iran finally attempts to make good on decades of genocidal rhetoric directed at Israel.

Hamas also took advantage of vulnerabilities in Israel’s defenses. As jihadis screamed “Allahu akbar,” a bulldozer destroyed Israel’s fence at the Gaza border, allowing jihadis to pour into Israel in large numbers. Hamas’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, issued a triumphant communique on Telegram:

 

‘Palestinians’ celebrate massacres of innocent Israeli civilians   BY ROBERT SPENCER

OCT 7, 2023 3:00 PM  – West Bank: Palestinians are celebrating the attack on Israel and massacre of innocent civilians, by Hamas-led armed groups. pic.twitter.com/7RRFaZgi6y

— Megh Updates ™ (@MeghUpdates) October 7, 2023

Palestinian terrorists backed by the Islamic Republic of Iran fill a truck with bodies of murdered Israelis and drives through the streets of Gaza in celebration while hundreds of Palestinians cheer. pic.twitter.com/bfhlngtFBC

— Emily Schrader – אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) October 7, 2023

 

Iran-Backed Hamas’ Bloody Against Israel is the Handiwork of Joe Biden   By Robert Spencer

October 7, 2023 – The jihad terror group Hamas is dedicated to the complete destruction of Israel, and so has launched many attacks against the world’s sole Jewish state, but none have been so large-scale and bloodthirsty as the one that began Saturday. The nation was blanketed with hundreds of rockets fired from Gaza, and numerous jihadis entered Israel, firing indiscriminately at civilians and murdering at least twenty-two people. For the sheer terror and bloodlust that was seen in numerous videos coming from Israel, we have one man to thank: Old Joe Biden.

Why is a major attack on Israel the fault of Old Joe? He is the jihad terrorists’ ATM. After the left’s Emmanuel Goldstein, Donald Trump, cut off funding to the Palestinians because of their ongoing practice of paying salaries to imprisoned jihad killers and their families, the Biden regime resumes that funding. What’s more, the primary source of funding for Hamas is none other than the Islamic Republic of Iran, which just happens to have received six billion dollars recently in Old Joe’s appalling hostage swap.

In exchange for all that money, Americans are going to see more of their fellow citizens taken hostage, as Iran now sees that taking hostages is a good way to get the idiots in Washington to pony up the dough. And Israel is going to see more jihad such as what it watched with horror on Saturday morning: videos showed civilian buildings on fire after being hit by rockets; Palestinian jihadis wandering around in Israeli cities, murdering every person they saw; Palestinian jihadis screaming “Allahu akbar” as they desecrated the bodies of Israelis they had killed; and more. Thanks, Joe!

 

“ALLAHU AKBAR”! Jihad Biden Tells Israel Not to Respond to All Out War on Its Citizens   By Pamela Geller

October 7, 2023 – Biden is a Nazi.

This is a war.Multiple coordinated attacks across Israel in house to house mass slaughter.

 

WAR ESCALATES AGAINST ISRAEL: Tel Aviv Under Attack   By Pamela Geller

October 7, 2023 – This is a multi pronged, coordinated attacks on Israel. This is all out of war. There is only one response: disproportionate force.

 

Iran-Backed Hezb’Allah (Party of Allah) Attacks Israel in the North   By Pamela Geller

October 7, 2023 – Biden gave Iran billions for war. Hezbollah jihadis move in on Israeli border in the north. This is all out war. Day of unimaginable horrors.

 

Israel: Muslim Savages Roam Israeli Streets Slaughtering Any Elderly, Children, Women, and Men They See   By Pamela Geller

October 7, 2023 – Muslim terrorists targeted and slaughtered elderly Jews at bus stops.

Here’s why we own assault rifles https://t.co/0d4ZWZ9iD1

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) October 7, 2023

Horrific videos of what’s going on. Hamas is targeting women and the elderly specifically. While journos are trying to run cover for the terrorists. It’s like the left is completely divorced from reality now.  — Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) October 7, 2023

Today Palestinians committed one of the most savage terrorist attacks in history.

They are roaming the streets in Southern Israel, indiscriminately killing men, women, children and elderly at point-blank.

This is Israel’s 9/11. Israel should wipe them off the face of the earth.  — Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) October 7, 2023

 

Biden-Equipped Taliban Ask Iran for Passage to Israel to Join The Jihad War Against Israel   By Pamela Geller

October 7, 2023 – So not only is Biden’s billions to Iran funding this genocidal war, but Biden’s unimaginable militarila left to the Taliban. Billions of dollars in operational US military equipment left behind by the Biden mis-administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Biden gave them enough militaria to arm and aid a world army.

Taliban has reportedly asked Iran for passage to Israel to help Hamas continue it’s terror against the Jewish state.

 

VDH: A 50th Anniversary War?   By Pamela Geller

October 7, 2023 – Victor David Hanson on today’s savage war on Israel (X)

Why did Hamas stage a long-planned, carefully executed and multifaceted attack on Israeli towns, soldiers, and civilians—one designed to instill terror by executing noncombatants, taking hostages, and desecrating the bodies of the dead?

And how were the killers able to enter Israeli proper in enough numbers to kill what could be hundreds and perhaps eventually wound what could be thousands?

 

BREAKING: Israeli Muslims Riot in Northern Israel, Attack Israeli Civilians, Infrastructure, Set Fires   By Pamela Geller

October 7, 2023 – Riots are being reported in Northern Israel as local Israeli Arabs start to attack infrastructure with unconfirmed reports that they are attacking Israeli civilians and setting fires. Areas with mixed populations are becoming increasingly tense.

Of course they are.

Islam is Islam. It’s in the Quran.

The hour will not be established until you fight the Jews, and the stone and the tree behind which a Jew will be hiding will say: “O Muslim! O Servant of Allah, there is a Jew hiding behind me, so come and kill him.”[49]

See Antisemitic Hadith: ‘The Prophecy Of The Rock And The Tree’

“Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find the Jews…” (5:82).

 

Over 100 People Dead And At Least 500 Injured In Afghanistan After Two 6.3 Magnitude Earthquakes

3:15 PM – Saturday, October 7, 2023 – Two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes hit Afghanistan causing the death of dozens of people and injuring hundreds more.

An Afghanistan national disaster authority announced that two earthquakes hit the country on Saturday.

 

BREAKING: The Taliban Asks Iran for Passage Across Country to Assist Hamas in Annihilation of Israel – After Joe Biden Armed Taliban with $80 Billion in US Weapons and Supplies   By Jim Hoft

Oct. 7, 2023 2:00 pm – Earlier today Hamas terrorists launched a major surprise attack on Israel. The Islamist group fired over 5,000 missiles inside Israel, crossed into southern Israel, captured innocent citizens and Israeli soldiers as prisoners, and launched numerous attacks across southern Israel.

This assault comes just weeks after Joe Biden sent $6 billion to Iran in September.

The last time the US gave stacks of money to Iran, during the Obama years, Iran launched a massive military build-up.

This time it took four weeks before Iran’s proxy army in Gaza launched a historic military assault on Israel on the Sabbath.

Earlier this morning Joe Biden’s US Office of Palestinian Affairs urged Israel not to defend itself from the 5,000 missile attack and mass kidnappings and killings by Hamas.

Rep. Claudia Tenney reported:

 

Taliban Releases Statement Following the Israel-Hamas War — Urges Islamic Nations and International Community to Act Against Israel  By Jim Hft

Oct. 7, 2023 9:20 pm – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban) has released an official statement in the wake of the recent Israel-Hamas war. The statement outlines the Taliban’s stance on the issue and calls upon Islamic countries and international organizations to take action against Israel.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (MoFA) is the cabinet ministry responsible for managing Afghanistan’s foreign relations. The current acting foreign minister is Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi. Muttaqi is a prominent Afghan politician and a leading member of the Taliban Islamic Movement.

According to the statement, the Ministry has been closely monitoring the events unfolding in the Gaza Strip and has attributed the conflict to “the violation of the rights of the oppressed Palestinian people by the Israeli Zionists and repeated insults and disrespect to the holy places of Muslims.”

The statement goes on to say that the Taliban considers “any type of defense and resistance of the Palestinian people for the freedom of their land and their sanctuaries as their legitimate right.”

The group urges the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the second largest intergovernmental organization in the world after the United Nations, and other influential countries in the region, to intervene in the conflict. The statement explicitly calls for these entities to “prevent the violence of the Israeli occupying forces against the innocent people of Palestine” and to resolve the issue “on the basis of granting the legitimate rights of the Palestinians.”

Read the full statement: (Translated)

 

A Ground Invasion of Gaza is Coming: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Issues Stark Warning to Hamas – Tells Gaza Civilians to “Leave Now Because We Will Operate Forcefully Everywhere” (VIDEO)   By Jim Hft

Oct. 7, 2023 10:20 pm – In a somber and urgent address to the nation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stark warning to the Hamas terrorists and vowed to use “all the strength” of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to “destroy Hamas’s capabilities.” The Prime Minister’s announcement comes in the wake of a devastating attack by Hamas militants on Israeli territory earlier today, which resulted in the loss of innocent lives, including children and the elderly.

“This morning, on Shabbat and a holiday, Hamas invaded Israeli territory and murdered innocent citizens including children and the elderly. Hamas has started a brutal and evil war,” said Netanyahu.

“We will be victorious in this war despite an unbearable price. This is a very difficult day for all of us,” he continued.

The Prime Minister emphasized that the scale and brutality of the attack were “unprecedented in Israel,” and pledged to ensure that such an event “does not happen again.”

 

WAR: GAZA ARABS INVADE ISRAEL   by Micha Gefen

October 7, 2023 – Hamas and Islamic Jihad surprised Israel on Shabbat and the holiday of Simchat Torah with a barrage of 2,000 missiles. From within the cover of the missile attack, Hamas terrorists invaded Israel proper – entering more than 20 communities where they killed 100s of people as well as kidnaping more than 100 civilians – bringing them back to Gaza.

This attack is now being called Yom Kippur 2.0 for its intelligence failure, but more than that it involves the inability for the IDF and IAF to respond in time.

Prime Minister Netanyahu has declared war and has called up reservists across the country.

The first task of the IDF is been to retake villages that Hamas as captured. Then it appears likely that a ground attack into Gaza to locate the hostages and dismantle the terror state that has been built there is in the offing.

An estimated 200 Hamas terrorists broke through the border fence and drove into Israel on Toyota pickup trucks armed with machine guns, and on motorcycles with one terrorist riding and another shooting bursts of automatic fire.

Many kibbutzim were left without security and despite calls for help – no IDF showed up to defend for at least 4 hours.

 

Gaza terrorists launch surprise attack on Israel with rocket barrages and infiltrations By EMANUEL FABIAN

2,200 rockets fired, including at Tel Aviv, Dimona, Jerusalem; gunmen infiltrate Sderot; at least 22 killed, 300 wounded; IDF declares ‘state of war,’ calls up reserves

October 7, 2023, 6:46 am – Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip launched massive rocket barrages at southern and central Israel on Saturday morning, combined with an assault by dozens of gunmen who infiltrated the border town of Sderot and other communities, clashing with Israel Defense Force troops. At least 22 people were killed and nearly 300 wounded, according to medical officials.

The unprecedented surprise attack by terrorists in the Gaza Strip started at around  6:30 a.m. and Israelis celebrated the last day of the weeklong Sukkot festival with hundreds of rockets fired at Israel. It came a day after Israel and the Arab world marked the 50th anniversary of the surprise attack by Egypt and Syria that launched the Yom Kippur War.

[Ed.:  Surprise, surprise, surprise!!]

 

Hamas claims to have captured soldiers, civilians in massive assault; at least 22 killed

PM: ‘Israel is at war’; hundreds wounded, at least 70 seriously, in infiltration and rocket attacks from Gaza; many gunmen attacking homes in south; large call-up of reservists

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