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Israeli PM declares 'we are at war' after at least 22 killed in surprise Hamas attack - with fighters on paragliders crossing border
Sky News ^ | 10/7/2023 | Alistair Bunkall

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 ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: breaking; chechnya; hamas; iran; israel; putin; russia; war
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To: yldstrk
Same reasons National Socialists and Communists don’t get along.

I always wondered about that. Commies. Socialists. Fascists. Liberals. Libertarians. Democrats.

Once you start peeling that onion, they all stink the same. And they all have a singular objective. Carthaginian peace.

81 posted on 10/07/2023 6:33:07 AM PDT by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
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To: VanShuyten
A high-level Hamas delegation travelled to Moscow twice last year to meet with Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov.

They promised Russia that they would "work to weaken the West"


82 posted on 10/07/2023 6:34:12 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: BobL
There is literally NO EVIDENCE that Russia Ukraine had anything to do with it.

fixed it for ya


83 posted on 10/07/2023 7:35:34 AM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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To: JonPreston

Source, please.


84 posted on 10/07/2023 7:39:46 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie ("The News” is a fake narrative promulgated by the Deep State Uniparty to control you and enrich them)
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To: marcusmaximus

bkmk


85 posted on 10/07/2023 7:56:34 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: marcusmaximus

Hamas is an Iranian proxy force. Putin has nothing to do with it. Blame Joe Biden for giving Iran $6 billion 3 weeks ago so they could fund this little party.


86 posted on 10/07/2023 7:58:18 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Putin, Iran, Hamas. Axis of evil.


87 posted on 10/07/2023 8:01:38 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Putin is not the axis of evil. Total ignorance is no way to go through life.


88 posted on 10/07/2023 8:07:45 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: marcusmaximus
It's the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, and nobody thought to post some extra sentries, as it were?

What a colossal intelligence failure, sad to say!

89 posted on 10/07/2023 8:11:56 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: janetjanet998

That video is gone.

L


90 posted on 10/07/2023 8:12:18 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: marcusmaximus

“A high level Hamas delegation traveled to Moscow twice last year”

$6 billion US dollars traveled to Iran 3 weeks ago. 🤔


91 posted on 10/07/2023 8:12:52 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: BobL

“Seems to me that UKRAINE more likely funded, if not supplied arms…”

So you’re saying that Ukraine, who are literally begging daily for more weapons, just decided to send their extremely limited stocks away from their Army and send them to Hamas?

Seems to me that your IQ hovers around 80 or so.

L


92 posted on 10/07/2023 8:16:12 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Lurker

“So you’re saying that Ukraine, who are literally begging daily for more weapons, just decided to send their extremely limited stocks away from their Army and send them to Hamas? Seems to me that your IQ hovers around 80 or so.”

You may right about my IQ, but Ukraine does have a history of trafficking weapons, even during this war. Doesn’t mean they were behind it (if I thought Ukraine was behind it, I would be SPAMMING this site with pictures of Zelensky).


93 posted on 10/07/2023 8:19:03 AM PDT by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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To: canuck_conservative

Are you asking JonPreston for proof that he READ that Ukrainian weapons have flooded Gaza? Cause that’s all he stated. I would like to see proof of the allegation that Ukrainians have had their weapons sent to Gaza. I would also like to see proof that the said weapons are not in Gaza.
I think everyone will agree that having a near senile, helpless, puppet of the wokesters, who is almost completely mentally detached from reality, as our “leader” is not good for the peace of the world in the face of the opportunistic rulers of other lands.


94 posted on 10/07/2023 8:20:06 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: marcusmaximus

Isn’t Russia using Iranian drones in Ukraine? Could those “Russian” drones you are blaming for the tank attack actually be Iranian drones?


95 posted on 10/07/2023 8:29:17 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Both Putin and Biden are in an inconvenient position now over this. Who will be the first to condemn Hamas? Still waiting…


96 posted on 10/07/2023 8:35:49 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Getready

Putin funds the Iranian drone factories. Israel made a half assed attempt to take them out 18 months ago but it failed. And Putin warned them not to try again.


97 posted on 10/07/2023 8:38:53 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Putin didn’t just send $6 billion to Iran.


98 posted on 10/07/2023 8:41:49 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Putin spends billions on Iranian drones, missiles and artillery shells to use against Ukraine. Both Biden and Putin fund Iran’s terror regime.


99 posted on 10/07/2023 8:47:43 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

I bet Putin didn’t give him $6 billion dollars.


100 posted on 10/07/2023 8:51:04 AM PDT by Skywise
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