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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

Send what’s left of our income to ukraine. That should fix things.


21 posted on 10/07/2023 1:01:20 PM PDT by FLNittany (Autotune is jealous of Karen Carpenter)
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To: EastTexasTraveler
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.

22 posted on 10/07/2023 1:01:42 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Jesus 2024)
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To: Golden Eagle

“What in the world are you talking about? Who you call NeverTrumpers are often good, Christian conservatives, that are definitely on the side of Israel.”

Not based on their posts here this morning. They look at this attack as another opportunity to attack Trump, particularly his relationship with Putin.


23 posted on 10/07/2023 1:02:10 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

We’re fighting Russia, now we’re fighting Hammas, soon China and then cartel and gang action on US soil. Can America and Israel survive?


24 posted on 10/07/2023 1:02:10 PM PDT by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: dragnet2
How does an allegedly 1st world military, one with top shelf intelligence, get invaded by people on dirt bikes and Toyota pickup trucks while taking away Israeli hostages in golf carts!

The same way the United States does. Enemies within. Sloth. Lethargy.

25 posted on 10/07/2023 1:02:18 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

To be consistent FRuZZians need to blame Israel and the US for this Terror Attack while demanding Israel surrender.


26 posted on 10/07/2023 1:02:27 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Women are just slaves to those people.


27 posted on 10/07/2023 1:03:53 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s past time to delete Mecca from existence.


28 posted on 10/07/2023 1:03:53 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Do I have to guess Rashida Tlaib, AOC and Ilhan Omar are celebrating?


29 posted on 10/07/2023 1:05:23 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: BobL

You don’t have to be a “NeverTrumper” to question Trump’s relationship with Putin. Nor to question Russia’s relationship with Hamas. Both are wide out in the open, and questionable by any historical standards of supporting Anglo/Western nations.

And again, it just shows these people you are trying to smear with a pejorative name, are actually on the side of Israel. Not against them, as you claimed.


30 posted on 10/07/2023 1:06:26 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Jesus 2024)
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To: Tennessee Nana

What happened today reveals the breadth of the cabal. Knowing the current state of the HoR, and the likelihood the fire hose of money to Ukraine will stop, they have engineered a new war-front where both parties will eagerly redirect unlimited cash and weapons.


31 posted on 10/07/2023 1:07:05 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: Oldeconomybuyer

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


32 posted on 10/07/2023 1:07:40 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
They look at our White House and see a weak horse Biden. Can you imagine them even thinking about this with President Trump in charge?

33 posted on 10/07/2023 1:07:55 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Lord, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: dforest
They don't even like women. With Arabs it's man-boy sex all the way.

34 posted on 10/07/2023 1:09:25 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Lord, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: tennmountainman
Vaporize Gaza.

We're on the way...


35 posted on 10/07/2023 1:09:42 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Golden Eagle
Because!

Announcement. On December 6, 2017, President Trump formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and stated that the American embassy would be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

Nevertrumpers are the wet weasels of acquiescing.

36 posted on 10/07/2023 1:11:04 PM PDT by New Perspective (As Leonard Cohen said once in an interview, “You won’t like what comes after America”)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Just 3 years ago, peace everywhere ... but, mean tweets !


37 posted on 10/07/2023 1:11:29 PM PDT by Baldwin77 (Be not deceived, God is not mocked)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Financed in part by your tax dollars.

I hope the Israeli army grinds these monsters into fertilizer. The Muslims monsters even took hostages. Treacherous filthy race of degenerates.


38 posted on 10/07/2023 1:11:46 PM PDT by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

ugh


39 posted on 10/07/2023 1:12:23 PM PDT by dforest
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To: EastTexasTraveler

It’s my understanding that the attacks were carried out by Hamas.
They are Sunni, whereas Iran & Hezbollah are Shia.
I thought they hate each other almost as much as they hate Jews.


40 posted on 10/07/2023 1:12:43 PM PDT by EEGator
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