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."
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It was certainly not a deterrent.
Spot on. That’s why they are scooping up hostages. They know the response will be overwhelming, but the cowards will use the Israelis as shields.
This reminds me of the Left Behind series.
“It was only proven that they didn’t conspire in the 2016 election. Nothing else. And Trump’s admiration of Putin is quite evident. It’s the exact reason so many here now support Putin so much.”
WRONG!!! The investigation DID NOT END until 2019, so what the hell is your point, and why are you even on this site if you HATE Trump supporters?
Hamas has asked for war and they deserve to get it good and hard.
“ I don’t know what the exact proper response should be, but I won’t be blaming the victim as so many Putinista’s here are so eager to do.”
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I’ve seen absolutely ZERO instances of that. I see instead blame being cast where it belongs… with Muslim terrorists. I do see NEVER-TRUMPERS such as yourself TRYING TO CAST BLAME AT RUSSIA. Are you INSANE?
You would think they would have been able to see Hamas gathering to attack.
Biden’s donation of 6 billion to Iran just helped another war.
And Medina.
Uh, Israel just got bombed by 5,000 rockets from Hamas. And Hamas has been meeting with Russia, in Russia, at Russia's request. Go look it up. So anyone still supporting Russia needs to answer for this. Trump and his supporters included, especially since they are the main Americans supporting Russia, at all.
I would think it is time for Israel in the spirit of fairness and equality adopt the rules of engagement that HAMAS uses.
“CRY HAVOC AND LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR.”
In WWII we burned Dresden and Tokyo to the ground with fire bombing and we then nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These actions in the major part were terror raids and some military significance. It worked and saved countless lives of our soldiers. Terror though obscene is an integral and essential function of war. You break the will of the enemy to fight. All military are backed up by the civilian population that makes the implements of war, the food, the logistics and provides the soldiers.
“If you are not willing to kill your enemy and all that stand with him, surrender for he has already defeated you.”
Women are just baby factories to them.
—>. I do see NEVER-TRUMPERS such as yourself TRYING TO CAST BLAME AT RUSSIA. Are you INSANE?
Uh, no, but you do seem to be little unhinged, yourself, at the moment. FYI, Hamas has been meeting in Russia, at Russia’s request. Russia is also the main ally of Iran, who is the main ally of Hamas. Are you not able to see the obvious relationships between them? Russia is also involved in another war they started. I think you’re just going through the phases of understanding the contradiction of your position.
Hamas sent high-level delegation to Moscow at Russia’s invitation (2023)
Gloves off, Bibi - send 'em to hell !
“So anyone still supporting Russia needs to answer for this. Trump and his supporters included, especially since they are the main Americans supporting Russia, at all.”
How about YOU NAME some Russia supporters here. I, for one have been NEUTRAL, saying that we have no business there and have NEVER supported supplying money or weapons to Russia.
So please PROVIDE a list of people supporting Russia in this war or go back to DU.
Coming to soon to America for we have already open the gates and not only let the ‘Barbarians’ in we have welcome them fed them housed them gave them shelter...... Many a ‘Wokesters’ throat will be cut not so much in horror as in shock that the ‘snake’ they welcomed would bit them. You doubt my words then look to Sweden for proof.
“Speedily and in our day!”
I agree with you. Time for Israel to unleash hell.
Nothing else will do.
“””Financed by Joseph Stalin Biden with $6 billion to Iran.”””
“”””That money was obviously a mistake, but it was only released less than a month ago. If the reporting is true that 5,000 missiles were launched into Israel, that’s an operation that’s been underway for at least a full year.””””
Golden Eagle—— I have read most of the comments on the many Israel threads today and you seem to be excusing Joe Biden while advertising that you are a Never-Trumper.
Taking such conflicting positions seems problematic from my perspective.
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