At least 40 dead in Israel, more than 700 injured as Hamas militants launch thousands of rockets
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Rockets have been fired from Gaza "across southern and central Israel, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and the infiltration of Hamas militants."

Over 100 Israelis have died and more than 900 were injured after rockets were fired from Gaza by Hamas militants, Israeli officials said Saturday.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said 198 were killed in Gaza and at least 1,610 were injured Saturday in retaliatory attacks from Israel.

“We are at war. We will win,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday.

The Israeli Defense Forces earlier declared “a state of alert for war,” according to a statement issued by the IDF.

“Over the past hour, the Hamas terrorist organization launched massive barrages of rockets from Gaza into Israel, and its terrorist operatives have infiltrated into Israel in a number of different locations in the south,” the IDF said early Saturday.

  • GorilladrumsEnglish
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    1 year ago

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123275572295011847

    I can’t read the article, it’s paywalled. Post the contents of the article.

    Hostage taking is a sensible strategy to gain leverage.

    Do you even hear yourself? Taking hostages is NEVER a sensible strategy. That’s fucking terrorism.

    Israel is going to respond to this, and having hostages means that Hamas can negotiate and try to mitigate the worst excesses.

    If Hamas didn’t to feel the wrath of Israel they wouldn’t have invaded, bombed civilian targets, murdered families, paraded around with their naked corpses, or kidnapped hostages. The reality is they don’t care. They want Israel to respond with force so they’ll kill the hostages and spur up hatred on both sides, which keeps them in power.

    Again referring to my first comment, Israel left Palestine with no other avenue of resistance. If Israel wanted a peaceful solution, they had 60 years to get. Instead they chose violence, so please don’t start crying when the violence starts.

    Seriously dude, what planet are you on? Israel has tried EVERYTHING to get a peaceful resolution to this conflict. They tried a dozen peace proposals, they were all rejected. They tried setting up negotiations talks, they were rejected. They tried establishing diplomatic channels for communication, they were rejected. Every time Israel gives them the benefit of the doubt and loosens restrictions, they run around massacring civilians just like they did yesterday. Every single time, the Palestinians, and especially Hamas, chose to wage war, resort to terrorism, and double down on the idea of genociding or exiling the Jews, destroying the state of Israel, and establishing a theocratic Palestine that’s ruled by sharia. They refuse to talk, they refuse to come up with their own proposals, they refuse peace, and they are hell bent on destroying Israel. How is Israel supposed to work with them? If you were in their place, what would you do? That’s a serious question.

    I’m not condoning Hamas morally, I’m saying that this reaction was to be expected.

    Terrorism is never a justifiable, it has to be condemned out right