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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Seems like Hamas caught the IDF napping. Perhaps the IDF is now woke, just like the U.S. military?
I told my wife this morning that Bibi should give “civilians” 24hrs to leave Gaza and then just completely flatten it
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
He probably has front row tickets to this event.
“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.
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?
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.
Just heard that song yesterday, in fact, I am now hearing it all the time.
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.
Don’t stop there - vermin in Iran and Iraq as well
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.
The lying US news entities will highlight our funding of these terror entities when, exactly?
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.
“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
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.
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.
“ 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.
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.
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