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'Sea of bodies' in Israel, scores dead in Gaza as shock Hamas attack unleashes war
Reuters ^ | October 7, 2023 | By Maayan Lubell, Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Ammar Awad

Posted on 10/07/2023 12:50:44 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

JERUSALEM/GAZA/SDEROT Oct 7 (Reuters) - Gunmen from the Palestinian group Hamas rampaged through Israeli towns on Saturday killing and capturing scores of civilians and soldiers in a surprise assault, met by Israel with massive retaliatory air strikes that killed scores in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said the assault that had begun in Gaza would spread to the West Bank and Jerusalem.

“This was the morning of defeat and humiliation upon our enemy, its soldiers and its settlers," he said in a speech. "What happened reveals the greatness of our preparation. What happened today reveals the weakness of the enemy."

In Sderot, in southern Israel near Gaza, bodies of Israeli civilians lay strewn across a highway, surrounded by broken glass. A woman and a man were sprawled out dead across the front seats of a car. A military vehicle drove past the bodies of another woman and a man in a pool of blood behind another car.

"I went out, I saw loads of bodies of terrorists, civilians, cars shot up. A sea of bodies, inside Sderot along the road, other places, loads of bodies," said Shlomi from Sderot.

Terrified Israelis, barricaded into safe rooms, recounted their plight by phone on live TV.

"They just came in again, please send help," a woman identified as Dorin told Israel's N12 News from Nir Oz, a kibbutz near Gaza. "My husband is holding the door closed ... They are firing rounds of bullets."

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: fjb; hamas; islam; islamic; israel; israelattacked; israeliranhamaswar; muslim; muslims; wot
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To: Golden Eagle

Here ya go smart guy.

https://www.jns.org/column/iran/23/8/31/315367/

You are certainly NOT a person bringing sanity to any thread. You are warped with an agenda and hate.

Not everything is always as obvious as you proclaim which is why you are so slow.


161 posted on 10/07/2023 2:15:41 PM PDT by dforest
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To: SamuraiScot

“Every Israeli should be required to keep an army rifle at home and should be allowed to carry concealed in public.

Hasn’t that been the case for Israeli males since about . . . 1948?”

Nope. Israel has pretty good stringent gun control. Their citizens are sitting ducks. The Pali assault teams not so much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwPmMAhv7RM


162 posted on 10/07/2023 2:18:58 PM PDT by Polynikes (Nicht geimpft Mensch 2nd Klasse)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Bunch of vile disgusting antisemitic domestic enemy heifers.


163 posted on 10/07/2023 2:20:07 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: EEGator

The enemy of my enemy is my friend....


164 posted on 10/07/2023 2:21:09 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: Golden Eagle
You don't have to be a neocon to find 5,000 Russian tanks rolling across the border of another country an issue.
Nor do you have to be a neocon to find 5,000 missiles launched into the Israel a major issue, either.
But you sure have to be a seditious globalist tool to want that to happen, which is why you let it happen in the first place.
165 posted on 10/07/2023 2:21:33 PM PDT by nicollo ("This is FR!")
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To: dforest

I don’t see your point. I don’t approve of any money going to Iran, nor do any other Republicans that I know of, or ever, ever, see on this site.

The point is, that only happened a month, or less, ago. This military operation of 5,000 missiles likely at least a year in the planning. So Biden’s giveaway is not why this invasion happened today.

So the question is, who has Hamas been scheming with. Clearly, Iran, and Russia, they’re two biggest allies, who are also allies. Sorry if this is upsetting to you but it is hardly questionable information.


166 posted on 10/07/2023 2:23:23 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Jesus 2024)
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To: Golden Eagle

But it could have emboldened them into attacking.


167 posted on 10/07/2023 2:25:16 PM PDT by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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To: ClearCase_guy

War became a business in WW2 and since the model has been continuous war in order to keep the arms flowing. The goal isn’t to win, simply to fight.


168 posted on 10/07/2023 2:25:22 PM PDT by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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To: Golden Eagle

“And, FYI, only about half of all Republicans support Trump right now.”

Oh really. At this point in the 2016 campaign, maybe 40% of Republicans supported Trump, at most (as I remember, it was even closer to 30%, but I don’t want to waste my time proving it). Yet 90% of Republicans wound up voting for Trump in the 2016 election. So now, at 60% support, you NeverTrumpers are trying to convince us that Trump will somehow do worse? Kind of early in the evening, no?


169 posted on 10/07/2023 2:25:43 PM 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: Oldeconomybuyer

Hamas doesn’t care about dead Palestinians or dead Israelis. They care about running Gaza as their power base. Decent Muslims shouldn’t have anything to do with these cutthroats.


170 posted on 10/07/2023 2:25:48 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: PghBaldy

Remember what they’re doing to Trump, they’ve been doing to Netanyahu for years.


171 posted on 10/07/2023 2:26:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MarMema

Iran won’t take them because they wouldn’t be able to use them to fight Israelis.


172 posted on 10/07/2023 2:27:03 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Justa

I’m not reading a lot of genius in your reply there toots.


173 posted on 10/07/2023 2:27:56 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: Golden Eagle

“only about half of all Republicans support Trump right now”

Latest poll — 63 percent. Are you lying or just ignorant?


174 posted on 10/07/2023 2:28:14 PM PDT by odawg
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To: Sertorius
it could have emboldened them into attacking.

I'm sure it did that. But it's hardly the sole reason it happened. The logistics, much less manufacturing of 5,000 missiles, as has been reported, didn't happen in the last 30 days.

175 posted on 10/07/2023 2:28:30 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Jesus 2024)
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To: Golden Eagle

Duuuuude! You’re not paying close attention or just spewing the usual NT bs. Stop cuz you’re way off base


176 posted on 10/07/2023 2:29:42 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: Golden Eagle; House Atreides
It amuses me to see your boy DeSwampus getting ground into dog food by President Trump, Golden.

We can't wait to drink your tears when Trump clinches the nomination early.

177 posted on 10/07/2023 2:29:52 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: New Perspective

Nevertrumpers have nothing to do with this. Can’t you back off ideology one time?


178 posted on 10/07/2023 2:29:54 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter
NeverTrump, AlwaysBiden.

As you said, " such conflicting positions seems problematic".

They're cryptoDemocrats.

179 posted on 10/07/2023 2:30:59 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
Hitler was a big fan of Palestinians.


180 posted on 10/07/2023 2:31:16 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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