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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

BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Palestinian civilians in Gaza to “leave now”


41 posted on 10/07/2023 1:13:16 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I’m interested in the wording of their comments and also comments from Mister Obama (as I seem to recall online and news reports of an airplane loaded with $400 million landing in iran in 2016)


42 posted on 10/07/2023 1:13:23 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Not sure if Hamas has a serious end game. Maybe an Iranian attack?
Probably just seeking an uprising.
I wish Israel could wipe them out. Maybe that’s not possible.


43 posted on 10/07/2023 1:13:28 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Blennos

Gee...
Wonder if the briben administration release of 6 billion dollars in funds to iran had anything to do with it.


44 posted on 10/07/2023 1:14:04 PM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They need to end this Gaza experiment

Id assume Netanyahu will employ a vastly disproportionate response as he should

It’s surprising to me given things have been fairly static for some time

Hamas planned this a long time

Arab and Muslim pols etc pimp this issue like the west does racism and slavery as original sin scratching it to fester rather than resolve

But I wonder how leaders like MBS will react to this

It’s very bad no question of that


45 posted on 10/07/2023 1:14:07 PM PDT by wardaddy (Why so many nevertrumpers with early sign ups and no posting history till now? Zot them PTB)
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To: Golden Eagle

That 6 billion hasn’t all been spent yet. The 6 billion is a reason to keep it going.

I see you once more defend the current regime as usual.


46 posted on 10/07/2023 1:14:40 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Thank goodness the Israelis didn’t have guns. Someone may have been hurt


47 posted on 10/07/2023 1:15:14 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: dforest
That 6 billion hasn’t all been spent yet.

Which was exactly my point. Thanks for admitting the obvious.

48 posted on 10/07/2023 1:15:39 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Jesus 2024)
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To: Golden Eagle

“NeverTrumpers are often good, Christian conservatives, that are definitely on the side of Israel.”

Uh uh.


49 posted on 10/07/2023 1:16:23 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Normal" is never coming back.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’m pretty shocked Israel was blindsided like this. Their security has been pretty tight.


50 posted on 10/07/2023 1:16:28 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I don’t know why any small group like that would attack Israel. They know they will get the hell beat out of them.


51 posted on 10/07/2023 1:16:42 PM PDT by odawg
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To: Wdempsey
The Muslims monsters even took hostages.

I imagine they were instructed to do so in order to use them as leverage against a counter-strike by Israel. Keeping the hostages as human shields may be their sick strategy here.

Tough spot for the IDF, but the response to this has to be so overwhelming that they never even think about it again, even if instructed to do so by their puppet-masters in Iran, which is likely the case here.

52 posted on 10/07/2023 1:16:50 PM PDT by American Infidel (Instead of vilifying success, try to emulate it)
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To: New Perspective
President Trump formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and stated that the American embassy would be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

An excellent move. From the reports I've seen, Tel Aviv was bombed, but Jerusalem was not, possibly from being out of range.

53 posted on 10/07/2023 1:17:18 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Jesus 2024)
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To: janetjanet998
BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Palestinian civilians in Gaza to “leave now”

Dropping Napalm or something similar on a population center seems like a good strategy. Tell people to leave first. Then do it. Stop worrying about world opinion. World opinion is 100% against Israel and has been since 1948. Just get rid of the Palestinians. You have nothing to lose.

54 posted on 10/07/2023 1:17:28 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
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To: dragnet2

That question did occur to me also.


55 posted on 10/07/2023 1:17:35 PM PDT by odawg
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To: Williams; Pelham

It’s impossible to wipe out nationalist jihadis

I worked in Israel long ago

“Arabs…they are either at your feet or at your throat”

“They only respect a firm hand”

I heard those a lot from my Yom Kippur war vet buddies


56 posted on 10/07/2023 1:17:46 PM PDT by wardaddy (Why so many nevertrumpers with early sign ups and no posting history till now? Zot them PTB)
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To: AlaskaErik
Every Israeli should be required to keep an army rifle at home and should be allowed to carry concealed in public.

Hasn't that been the case for Israeli males since about . . . 1948?

57 posted on 10/07/2023 1:18:46 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
I’m pretty shocked Israel was blindsided like this. Their security has been pretty tight

Perhaps there are forces within Israeli intelligence working to make Netanyahu look ineffective as a leader so he can be ousted, particularly in light of the issues/protests over the restructuring of the supreme court in Israel.

58 posted on 10/07/2023 1:18:47 PM PDT by American Infidel (Instead of vilifying success, try to emulate it)
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To: Golden Eagle

“5,000 missiles were launched into Israel”

Are those the missiles that cost a million dollars a pop?


59 posted on 10/07/2023 1:19:36 PM PDT by odawg
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Yeah funny how this sprung out of nowhere instantly after the gravy train to Ukraine was cut off.


60 posted on 10/07/2023 1:20:34 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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