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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: Oldeconomybuyer

Seems like Hamas caught the IDF napping. Perhaps the IDF is now woke, just like the U.S. military?


141 posted on 10/07/2023 2:05:35 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/21/maher-bitar-biden-nsc-461213


142 posted on 10/07/2023 2:05:35 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: janetjanet998

I told my wife this morning that Bibi should give “civilians” 24hrs to leave Gaza and then just completely flatten it


143 posted on 10/07/2023 2:06:07 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Guns don't kill people, Democrats do. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Video
Palestinian Hamas terrorists parading the bodies of dead Israelis, civilians, children & soldiers around Gaza as tens of thousands of local residents cheer and hit bodies with sticks.
https://rumble.com/v3nosbv-palestinian-hamas-terrorists-parading-the-bodies-of-dead-israelis-as-crowds.html


144 posted on 10/07/2023 2:06:42 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: BobL

He probably has front row tickets to this event.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/10/07/nyc-stop-trump-summit-to-feature-far-leftists-never-trumpers-and-robert-deniro/


145 posted on 10/07/2023 2:06:45 PM PDT by dforest
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To: tet68

“Israel needs to IMMEDIATELY STOP ANNOUNCING IN ADVANCE WHAT BUILDINGS THEY WILL BE TARGETING.”

The tactic of intentionally targeting civilians only works for countries like Ukraine and the US (in Serbia and Libya, at a minimum), where the Western Media covers for War Crimes if they agree with the killing of particular civilians.

For Israel, and Russia, they don’t have that freedom, so they have to try to minimize civilian deaths.

In any case, the 10 minute warning was plenty of time to get out, but not enough time to secure their equipment there, so the hit was definitely effective.


146 posted on 10/07/2023 2:06:54 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: 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.

Who cares. Ukraine is a corrupt cesspool. Lots of wars going on right now. Syria, Niger, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somali.

The only reason the neocons are excited about that Ukraine is the huge kickbacks going back to the deep state, including Biden. And they are playing the propaganda card to the hilt to try to make Americans care.

We have no business there. Our business is the southern border. Funny how the neocons don't care about the hundreds of thousands of invanders coming across there.

Now why do you think that is?

147 posted on 10/07/2023 2:06:58 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Since there will be no peace and only war it may be time for Israel to invade Gaza and drive out all the Egyptians and Jordanians and Syrians that live there.


148 posted on 10/07/2023 2:07:05 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: The Louiswu

Just heard that song yesterday, in fact, I am now hearing it all the time.


149 posted on 10/07/2023 2:07:06 PM PDT by odawg
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To: Tennessee Nana

Exactly.

When your country is ruled by a weak old man who stops speaking in mid-sentence because he forgets his place, stumbles climbing upstairs, and shakes hands with invisible people and doesn’t shake with visiting dignitaries who are offering their hands to him, you should expect enemies to be emboldened toward mischief.

Expecting the USA to take decisive, bold action to world threats is impossible.


150 posted on 10/07/2023 2:08:18 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: kiryandil

Don’t stop there - vermin in Iran and Iraq as well


151 posted on 10/07/2023 2:08:55 PM PDT by Palio di Siena (P01135809)
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To: CodeToad

Yea. I was wondering that myself. Where are all the Mossad are the best in the world supporters that like to post that tired old trope.
Probably blame Biden for that also.


152 posted on 10/07/2023 2:09:11 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: ETCM

The lying US news entities will highlight our funding of these terror entities when, exactly?


153 posted on 10/07/2023 2:09:24 PM PDT by CletusVanDamme (Lord, I'm so tired. How long can this go on?)
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To: Williams
I wish Israel could wipe them out. Maybe that’s not possible.

you're wrong. It can be done but most don't have the stomach for it. The communists/socialists/utopians will destroy and demonize anyone that does defeat guerrillas/revolutionary forces.

Read up on how Pinochet or Suharto defeated them. All it takes is an iron will, love of country and the adaptability of training.

The limp-wristed, socialist/utopian/communists egg heads all collectively clutch their pearls and boo hoo for the terrorists/communists that get what they deserve.

Even now we have former US presidential candidates suggesting "re-education camps" for those that disagree.... but when hung by a lamp post or sent to their just place in hell, well.. they get upset and censor, arrest and attempt to destroy the patriots or their leaders.

declare a 30 mile safe zone surrounding Israel, level it, lay mines and salt the earth.

154 posted on 10/07/2023 2:10:06 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (2 Timothy 4:7 "deo duce ferro comitantes" <p><b></B><P> <img src=""> )
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To: Golden Eagle

“We oppose that money to Iran as much or more than anyone.”

LOL!!!!! If you had a problem with the $6 BILLION DOLLARS going to Iran, you’d be supporting Trump, rather than being a NeverTrumper, as there is ZERO high-profile people other than Trump screaming about it.

Like it or not, by being a NeverTrumper, you are apparently just fine with financing Iran, and by extension, this killing in Israel


155 posted on 10/07/2023 2:10:31 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: GrandJediMasterYoda
Yes, they're very happy, along with Ayanna Presley:


156 posted on 10/07/2023 2:11:43 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: dforest
He is going to get an ulcer with that attitude all the time.

I'm not the one freaking out, full of hate, calling everyone names in all caps. I'm just trying to bring some sanity to the discussion.

The two main allies Hamas has are Iran, and Russia, who are also allies. This simple and obvious statement of fact is causing people to melt down, and it's not hard to know why.

157 posted on 10/07/2023 2:11:54 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Jesus 2024)
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To: CodeToad
Their intelligence didn’t pick up on the massive arms movements?

How, on God's earth, do a bunch of chimps build, plan and stage all this and not get seen? It had to have taken months and thousands of people - tons of comms and HUMMINT.

They were building hang-gliders, delgating commands, planning multi-pronged attacks, distributing gear etc.

Nobody got wind? What absolute horseshit.

158 posted on 10/07/2023 2:13:20 PM PDT by AAABEST ( NY/DC/CA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: BobL

“ any case, the 10 minute warning was plenty of time to get out, but not enough time to secure their equipment there, so the hit was definitely effective.”
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My point was that the ten minute warning will also be plenty of time to get SHACKLED AND IMMOBILIZED HOSTAGES dumped at the location. And you can take it to the bank that that is EXACTLY WHAT THE MUSLIM TERRORISTS WILL DO.


159 posted on 10/07/2023 2:14:59 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: BobL
If you had a problem with the $6 BILLION DOLLARS going to Iran, you’d be supporting Trump

You are clearly so obsessed and fixated on Trump, you can't comprehend anything but how it affects him. FYI, almost 100% of Republicans are against any money for Iran. And, FYI, only about half of all Republicans support Trump right now. Math may not be your thing, but it proves you don't have to support Trump, to oppose Iran.

160 posted on 10/07/2023 2:15:29 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Jesus 2024)
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