{"id":11906,"date":"2023-10-09T14:58:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=11906"},"modified":"2023-10-09T14:58:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:58:37","slug":"hamas-has-launched-an-unprecedented-strike-on-israel-heres-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=11906","title":{"rendered":"Hamas has launched an unprecedented strike on Israel. Here\u2019s what you need to know."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“A group of fighters from Hamas\u2019s military arm, the Al-Qassam brigades, entered Israel<\/a> Saturday \u2014 an unprecedented breach of the security apparatus that controls Palestinian movement in and out of Israel \u2014 killing at least 700 Israelis<\/a>, and at least 2,243 were injured, according to the New York Times. At least 413 Palestinians have been killed<\/a> and more than 2,300 injured, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reports, both in retaliatory strikes and in gunfights. There have also been reports of Hamas fighters taking hostages back into Gaza, holding Israelis hostage in their homes, and of gunfights in southern Israeli towns. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated on Sunday<\/a> that his office is working to confirm that Americans are among the missing and dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamas has launched thousands of rockets and mortars into Israeli territory after the initial barrage of at least 2,200<\/a> on Saturday morning with additional volleys happening throughout Saturday and Sunday. That number is indicative of the massive scale of this operation; in the whole of a 50-day war between Hamas and Israel in 2014, the group, alongside others, launched a total of 4,564 rockets and mortars into Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur enemy will pay a price the type of which it has never known,\u201d Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said about the attacks<\/a>. \u201cWe are in a war and we will win it.\u201d Under Netanyahu\u2019s leadership, Israel has become increasingly hostile to Palestinians and encouraged Israeli settlements in parts of the West Bank, another Palestinian enclave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, discussions about forming an emergency unity government<\/a> between Netanyahu, Israel\u2019s opposition leader Yair Lapid, and National Unity party leader Benny Gantz happened, but no clear resolution had been made as of Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli Defense Forces have already retaliated with airstrikes against Gaza, which has suffered from blockades by Israel and Egypt for years and has been described as an \u201copen-air prison<\/a>.\u201d Meanwhile, Iran<\/a> and Hezbollah, the Iran<\/a>-backed Shia militant group based in southern Lebanon, have praised the attacks<\/a>. Saudi Arabia, which is in negotiations to normalize relations with Israel, issued a statement calling for de-escalation<\/a>, specifically calling out Israel for its \u201ccontinued occupation, the deprivation of the Palestinian people of their legitimate rights, and the repetition of systematic provocations against its sanctities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Gaza, fears of a ground assault are growing as residents have been warned in a speech by Netanyahu to \u201cleave now\u201d<\/a> after he threatened to turn Hamas strongholds \u201cinto rubble.\u201d <\/a>Many Palestinian civilians have sought shelter at schools<\/a> set up by the UN agency for Palestinian Refugees, UNRWA, as Israel hits Gaza with repeated air strikes.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2023\/10\/7\/23907296\/israel-war-hamas-attack-rocket-strike-response-2023<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“A group of fighters from Hamas\u2019s military arm, the Al-Qassam brigades, entered Israel Saturday \u2014 an unprecedented breach of the security apparatus that controls Palestinian movement in and out of Israel \u2014 killing at least 700 Israelis, and at least 2,243 were injured, according to the New York Times. At least 413 Palestinians have been killed and more than 2,300 injured, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reports, both in retaliatory strikes and in gunfights. There have also been reports of Hamas fighters taking hostages back into Gaza, holding Israelis hostage in their homes, and of gunfights in southern Israeli towns. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated on Sunday that his office is working to confirm that Americans are among the missing and dead.
\nHamas has launched thousands of rockets and mortars into Israeli territory after the initial barrage of at least 2,200 on Saturday morning with additional volleys happening throughout Saturday and Sunday. That number is indicative of the massive scale of this operation; in the whole of a 50-day war between Hamas and Israel in 2014, the group, alongside others, launched a total of 4,564 rockets and mortars into Israel.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur enemy will pay a price the type of which it has never known,\u201d Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said about the attacks. \u201cWe are in a war and we will win it.\u201d Under Netanyahu\u2019s leadership, Israel has become increasingly hostile to Palestinians and encouraged Israeli settlements in parts of the West Bank, another Palestinian enclave.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, discussions about forming an emergency unity government between Netanyahu, Israel\u2019s opposition leader Yair Lapid, and National Unity party leader Benny Gantz happened, but no clear resolution had been made as of Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Israeli Defense Forces have already retaliated with airstrikes against Gaza, which has suffered from blockades by Israel and Egypt for years and has been described as an \u201copen-air prison.\u201d Meanwhile, Iran and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shia militant group based in southern Lebanon, have praised the attacks. Saudi Arabia, which is in negotiations to normalize relations with Israel, issued a statement calling for de-escalation, specifically calling out Israel for its \u201ccontinued occupation, the deprivation of the Palestinian people of their legitimate rights, and the repetition of systematic provocations against its sanctities.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Gaza, fears of a ground assault are growing as residents have been warned in a speech by Netanyahu to \u201cleave now\u201d after he threatened to turn Hamas strongholds \u201cinto rubble.\u201d Many Palestinian civilians have sought shelter at schools set up by the UN agency for Palestinian Refugees, UNRWA, as Israel hits Gaza with repeated air strikes.”<\/p>\n

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