As Israeli military and security forces expunge southern Israel from Hamas terrorist infiltrators, the extent of depravity and carnage of the terror offensive is coming to light. More than 700 Israelis, mostly unarmed civilians, were murdered and over 2000 were wounded by the terrorist intruders.
“Israel formally declared a state of war on Sunday as the death toll from an unprecedented Hamas attack a day earlier rose above 700, with the fate of over a hundred people abducted and taken to the Gaza Strip still unclear,” The Times of Israel reported Sunday evening.
There are numerous videos circulating on social media showing Israeli hostages being beaten and humiliated on the streets of Gaza. Footage shows captives, dead and alive, being paraded on pickup truck. Gazans can be seen cheering and shouting ‘Allahu akbar’ as they join Hamas-staged macabre processions reminiscent of those organized by the Islamic State (ISIS).
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Hamas to insure the safety of the hostages amid reports that the IDF might be preparing to liberate the captives though a ground offensive. “I tell Hamas, you are responsible for wellbeing of captives. Israel will settle the score with anyone who harms them,” the Israeli prime minister said Saturday.
“Fears of a huge ground invasion of Gaza are growing after … Netanyahu promised to turn the besieged Palestinian enclave into a “deserted island”,” the Qatari state TV Al Jazeera reported.
As IDF clears Israel of the terrorist infiltrators, Prime Minister Netanyahu-led security cabinet, comprising senior government ministers, formally declared a state of war, paving the way for a full-fledged military mobilization.
“We are at war, not in an operation or in rounds, but at war,” the prime minister said in an address to the nation yesterday.
The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday morning:
The security cabinet approved a declaration of war on Saturday night in accordance with article 40 of the Basic Law: The Government, the cabinet said Sunday.Article 40 allows the government to order “significant military action that may lead, with a level of probability close to certain, to war.” The prime minister will be able to make certain decisions with only the approval of the security cabinet as well.The cabinet also requested that the Knesset approve the activation of emergency regulations which would allow detainees to be held for extended periods without the detainee being brought before a court.
As the IDF takes on Hamas in the south, Iran-backed terrorist militia Hezbollah on Sunday morning fired several rockets into northern Israel. In recent months, Iran’s Islamic Guard (IRGC) has been working to force an alliance between Hezbollah, Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups aimed at encircle Israel.
Following Saturday’s terror offensive, senior Hamas spokesperson, Abu Obaidah, reportedly thanked the Iranian regime for giving them “weapons, money and other equipment” for the cross-border terrorist operation, Tehran “gave us missiles to destroy Zionist fortresses, and helped us with standard anti-tank missiles,” he told a cheering crowd.
The Associated Press reported:
Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group fired dozens of rockets and shells on Sunday at three Israeli positions in a disputed area along the country’s border with Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.Hezbollah said in a statement that the attack using “large numbers of rockets and shells” was in solidarity with the “Palestinian resistance.” It said the Israeli positions were directly hit.Israel’s military fired back at the Lebanese areas, but there was no immediate word on casualties.
A woman, whose naked body was paraded on a pick-up truck by Hamas terrorists yesterday, has been identified a 30-year-old German-Israeli national.
In videos posted on Twitter, Hamas terrorists were been sitting on her corpse as they are greeted by a frantic crowd. Allahu akbar screaming Gazans are seeing hurling insults and spitting on the dead woman’s body.
The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday:
A young woman whose naked body was paraded by Hamas militants in a pick-up truck was identified as German-Israeli citizen Shani Louk, German officials said.Louk, aged 30, was abducted by militants while attending an open-air dance music festival in southern Israel near the border with Gaza. Videos circulating on social media showed jeering gunmen sitting on her apparently lifeless, naked body on the back of the vehicle, their supporters running alongside and chanting “Allahu akbar.” The victim’s mother, Ricarda Louk, released a video in which she said she recognized her daughter. “I ask you to send us any help or any news,” she said.https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1710820667686285406
Besides Palestinian terrorist-controlled Gaza and the West Bank — as we reported yesterday, there are reports of pro-Hamas celebrations in Iran, Lebanon, Turkey and Canada.
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