2023-10-07 15:16:25
I emerged from the salt
About Israel
Updated Saturday, October 7, 2023 – 15:16
At least 40 Israelis have been killed in the attack, while more than 160 Palestinians have died in retaliatory bombings on Gaza, according to local officials.
Hamas launches its largest attack by land, air and sea against Israel from GazaEL MUNDO (Video) / AFP (Photo)
50 years and 15 hours after the Egyptian and Syrian surprise attack against Israel that began the Yom Kippur War, the armed wing of the Islamist group Hamas has launched the largest offensive by land, sea (infiltration of dozens of its members in Israeli towns ) and air (launching of thousands of projectiles against large areas including central Tel Aviv and Jerusalem) since it took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007. As on October 6, 1973, Israel has been surprised in a monumental way for an attack that has led his Army to raise your state of alert this Saturday to that of preparation for war.
For now, health authorities have confirmed that At least 40 Israelis have been killed and some 740 injured due to the impact of Palestinian projectiles and gunfire from militants who entered Israel but it is believed that the death toll is higher. The head of the Shaar Negev regional council, Ofir Lipstein, was shot dead by the attackers. The fundamentalist group, which justifies its attack in the “defense of the Al Aqsa Mosque”, affirms that managed to kill and kidnap dozens of Israelis (military and civilians) in a simultaneous armed action that has the support of the second most important group in Gaza, Islamic Jihad.
The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, has spread a video showing three men dressed as civilians, visibly frightened, captured by their fighters. “Scenes of the al Qassam Brigades capturing several enemy soldiers in the ‘Al Aqsa Flood’ battle,” indicated a phrase that appeared on a black background at the beginning of the video.
“There are numerous terrorists here! I have never seen anything like this. Where are our soldiers?”, a resident of the city of Sderot told us over the phone with fear and anger, who, like other Israeli towns bordering the Palestinian enclave, has had a violent awakening. . The shots and projectiles of the Gaza militias have broken the calm of Shabbat and the last day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
Rockets launched from Gaza towards Israel.SAID KHATIBAFP
“Hamas has made a serious mistake this morning and has launched a war against Israel. Troops are fighting the enemy at any location. The State of Israel will win this war,” said Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Before promising that “Hamas will pay a very high price for its terrorist attack,” announce air strikes against targets of the Palestinian group that began mid-morning and order a broad mobilization of reservists, the Israeli Army sent numerous troops to Sderot and several agricultural towns in the face of the infiltration of dozens of militiamen in its streets and also to prevent kidnappings of citizens and soldiers, alive or dead.
According to local Palestinian officials, Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed 161 people and injured nearly 1,000 people.
Six hours after its penetration, armed clashes continued in some Israeli towns, with testimonies of residents calling the television networks to ask for help in a low voice due to the presence of hooded men near their homes.
“The terrorist group Hamas will pay dearly for its cowardly attack”military sources tell EL MUNDO while unprecedented images of Israeli military jeeps driven by Hamas are spread on the streets of Gaza.
The anti-terrorist unit of the Israeli Police has mobilized in response to the seizure of several buildings in southern Israel by armed Palestinians from Gaza. “At the moment, we have about 20 hot spots of activity (referring to infiltrations),” said Police Chief Inspector Kobi Shabtai.
Palestinians ride an Israeli military jeepEFE/EPA/HAITHAM IMAD
“We had already warned the enemy, who cursed the prophet in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa mosque. We have decided to put an end to all the crimes of the occupation. The time of not being accountable is over,” declared the head of the armed wing. of Hamas, Mohamed Deif, announcing that his group launched 5,000 projectiles in the first hours. Likewise, he asked to expand the fronts against Israel in clear reference to a possible intervention by other groups from Lebanon and Syria. All of them, also supported with weapons and financing by Iran.
In a call to Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Israelthe spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas, Abu Obeida, noted: “Today is your opportunity. You must go now to all the places where the occupation is. The enemy is collapsed.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called an emergency meeting at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv this afternoon in response to a long-planned attack by Hamas. His execution now almost inevitably leads the parties not to further escalation but to war. “we are in a war. This is not just another offensive. Hamas launched a bloody surprise attack against the State of Israel and its citizens,” Netanyahu declared before adding: “Order to carry out a broad mobilization of reservists and counterattack with a force and range that the enemy has never known.”.
Las Criticism in Israel is directed towards the Army for not having known how to avoid or at least contain the lethal penetration of dozens of militiamen from Gaza, largely with vans, and towards the Government due to the greatest crisis in the history of Israel as a result of the judicial reform proposal. The unprecedented division in Israel has not only hit its society, including the Army with protests including reservists, but also its deterrence capacity against Iran, Hamas or the Lebanese group. Hizbul. In a statement, this Shi group sent “congratulations for the heroic action (of Hamas). This operation is a decisive response to the current crimes of the occupation and the continued damage to the Holy Places.”
Hamas Israel attack October 2023
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