Posted on 10/10/2023 6:41:11 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
The Israel Defense Forces said it had finally regained control over its suddenly porous border with the Gaza Strip Tuesday morning, some 72 hours after Hamas terrorists blew through sections of the barrier and launched an invasion that saw over 1,000 Israelis slaughtered or kidnapped.
As Israel continued to grapple with the emerging enormity of Saturday’s massacres and the military was formally notifying hostages’ families that their loved ones were being held in Gaza, air force planes bombarded wide swaths of the Strip. Meanwhile, some 300,000 reservists girded for a possible ground invasion, sweeps to locate terrorists feared still hiding inside Israel continued and tensions on the northern border threatened to snowball into a second front.
The IDF said it had managed to seal the border, mining areas around breaches as a stopgap against further incursions.
The death toll in Israel from the surprise attack and subsequent battles rose above 900, according to reports. Over 500 people remained hospitalized, many with life-threatening injuries; over 2,700 have been injured since Saturday.
“In the last day, not a single terrorist entered via the fence,” said the Israel Defense Forces’ top spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari.
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Despite earlier indications, Hagari said that the military had not identified any tunnels crossing from Gaza into Israeli territory.
The IDF estimates that there are a small number of terrorists still hiding in Israeli territory. Overnight, Israeli security forces killed at least one Palestinian terrorist near Kibbutz Sa’ad. Troops also exchanged fire with terrorists in Kissufim and Monday night saw police kill another terror suspect near Mishmar Hanegev, some 24 kilometers (15 miles) inside Israel.
Lt. Col. Richard Hecht said the bodies of 1,500 terrorists had been located around southern Israel. Hundreds more have been killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza, according to Hamas health officials.
Should put the bodies into transport planes and drop them into Gaza
Televise the digging of a massive hole, dumping the bodies in it, dumping a lot of dead pigs on and with the bodies, set it on fire, cover it up when it is ashes.
and the UN supports the Savages
These people had 0 guns and therefore 0 ways to defend themselves. If there were AK’s and pistols pointing out of the civilians windows instead of cell phones, this would’ve been a much different story.
That is a disgusting idea.
Pork is very valuable.
(tin hat on)
Time will tell whether the sacrifice of the victims was for the good of Israel, or bad.
(tin hat off)
FNC reporting 40 dead Israeli babies found in a kibbutz. Several of the babies were decapitated.
Got it. Thank you.
I don’t think any tin foil is required.
This took numerous months of planning, training, and thousands involved when comms and logistics are counted.
“dead pigs”
I suspect most of the Hamas thugs have not seen the inside of a mosque for quite some time.
Don’t make this a war against Islam. Most Moslems know right from wrong and act accordingly.
US lets abortionists kill babies born alive and no problem if you want an abortion at 9 months. Just saying.
Show me the moderate, democratic, modestly successful muslim country that doesn’t celebrate terrorism.
See tagline.
It is rumored that an IDF unit consisting of of Christian Israeli troops have equipped a KC-46 tanker with a furnace to render and dump boiling pig fat on Gaza. Just a rumor.
Man they sure put a lot of guys in the field
Surprised me
CNN: “The bodies of more than 1500 Muslim poets, artists and scholars were found in the Israeli occupied area of Palestine.”
If I were you, I wouldn't bet your last dollar on that (or your life for that matter).
Securing a border? What a novel idea. Maybe someone else should take notes. Oh, too late.
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