Free Republic

After two weeks of intense warfare against the terror organization Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces published the first official statistics recapping its operations over the last 14 days. Two weeks ago, the war now called “Operation Iron Swords” in Israel began in the morning hours of Oct. 7, on the holiday of Simchat Torah and during Shabbat, with a brutal surprise attack by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. The terrorists began by launching a broad rocket attack against Israeli towns, which has not let up since. In the two weeks since what is now being referred to as “black...