Posted on 10/07/2023 4:59:11 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
At least 22 people have been killed and hundreds more wounded after thousands of rockets were fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip in a surprise attack by the Hamas militant group.
Large plumes of black smoke could be seen rising from a number of Israeli towns on Saturday morning.
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Palestine's President Mahmoud Abbas said the Palestinian people have the right to defend themselves against the "terror of settlers and occupation of troops".
545 Israelis have been wounded, Israel's health ministry said.
This, combined with the number of fatalities so far, make the attack the deadliest in Israeli territory in years.
Social media images showed cars on fire and damaged buildings
Phone footage also showed Hamas fighters attempting to reach Israel on small boats, and in a highly unusual development, a number of fighters appeared to have crossed the border using paragliders, reaching the town of Sderot where gun battles were heard.
Footage from security cameras showed them entering the city in pick-up trucks and motorbikes.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
Flashback:
Senior Hamas leaders went to Moscow to speak with Russian officials
A delegation of senior Hamas leaders went to Moscow to meet with Russian officials, to discuss the situation in Jerusalem amid tensions surrounding al-Aqsa Mosque and the Temple Mount, the Hamas movement announced on Wednesday afternoon.
The delegation is set to hold meetings with officials from Russia’s Foreign Ministry, including deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov, to discuss the situation in Jerusalem, developments in the Palestinian arena and the bilateral relationship between Hamas and Russia, according to the report.
The delegation is also set to meet with Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the Chechen Republic
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-705840
I read that Gaza is flooded with Ukranian weapons. How did that happen?
Nazis....or their on going evil spirit.
Flashback:
Russia’s Lavrov meets with Hamas chief in Moscow
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with the political leader of the militant Hamas group Ismail Haniyeh in Moscow on Monday.
“On September 12… Lavrov hosted… Haniyeh, who is in Moscow as the head of the delegation of this Palestinian movement,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
During the conversation, the main attention was paid to the development of the situation in the Middle East region with an emphasis on the Palestinian issue.”
During the talks, Lavrov urged an end to the fighting between Hamas and its rival Fatah, headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, stressing a “speedy restoration of Palestinian national unity on the political platform.”
Tell your Putin to stop funding Hamas and the so-called “Palestinians”.
Wow, talk about a huge intelligence failure. And yes, Israel has a right to defend itself.
Yom Kippur redux...
Putin’s “Palestinians” launched this attack on the Jewish Sabbath. And today is Putin’s birthday.
I had a bit of loose stool this morning.
I thought it was something I ate, but clearly it was due to Putin.
Hamas trying to give Putin a birthday present by attacking Israel
typical ... monsters flock together
Putin’s “Palestinians” launched this attack on the Jewish Sabbath. And today is Putin’s birthday.
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Putin is truly Satan’s spawn. Wants to leave the world in flames.
so? Israeli leadership meets with Hamas
You enjoy demonstrating to everyone how gullible you are. It’s cute.
The Democrats are Satan’s spawn too. I wonder why Putin and the Democrats don’t get along?
It seems the whole world is against Israel. I seem to have read about that somewhere before.
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