Militants enter Israel from Gaza after woman killed in rocket barrage | CNN
Militants enter Israel from Gaza after woman killed in rocket barrage | CNN
Multiple militants from Gaza have entered Israeli territory, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Saturday, shortly after a barrage of rockets left one person dead and at least three injured.
Al Jazeera has a timeline going. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/10/7/israel-palestine-escalation-live-news-barrage-of-rockets-fired-from-gaza Israel-Palestine escalation live news: Hamas starts Operation Al-Aqsa Flood
As an outsider, I read about land being reclaimed by Isreali settlers but cannot see how this is different to any other similar situation, like the Ukraine conflict.
No no Russia is evil for invading Ukraine. But Palestinians are evil for being invaded by Israel
From my understanding is Israel has been oppressing Palestinians for years now. This is Palestine "fuck you" move that, imo, is long overdue. I do not want this conflict, but Israel has this coming.
The non-combatants being murdered did not "have it coming", and thinking otherwise is psychotic.
Hamas could have restricted themselves to army bases; they're not hidden. Instead they stormed nearby towns and started gunning down anyone they could find. There is simply no justification for this.
And before anyone asks, every innocent Palestinian murdered by the IDF is just as much of a crime. This isn't how any progress is made. Who knows how many Gazans are going to pay for this, which Hamas is perfectly well aware of because it doesn't actually care about them.
Gaza is a prison and Israel is.the warden
I have to admit my understanding of Hamas is imperfect at best, I'm mostly aware of them from their work during Israel's illegal invasion of Southern Lebanon...
But doesn't this seem uncharacteristically... aggressive for Hamas? Attacking civilians at a music festival?
Taking civilians hostages?
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/07/middleeast/hostages-hamas-israel-gaza/index.html
What has caused this sudden change in their MO? If you had told me Hezbollah was doing it, I wouldn't have batted an eye, (and they seem to approve - https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-gaza-rockets-attack-palestinians/card/hezbollah-praises-hamas-attack-warns-against-normalising-ties-with-israel-rbqLpR9QDzCyiUGQw0xl) but this seems just so much more radical than Hamas has been previously.
Hamas, for years, had "the extermination of the Jewish people" in their charter. Not "drive the Jews out of Israel," but exterminate them.
I believe they technically removed it a few years ago, but they obviously didn't ditch the sentiment. They've also fired rockets at civilian targets multiple times.
Hamas is a terrorist organization masquerading as a governing body.
militants travel from palestine to palestine