Hamas launched a surprise operation on an unprecedented scale against Israel early Saturday by land, air, and sea. Hamas’s military chief, Muhammad Deif said the operation was codenamed “Al-Aqsa Flood.”
Israeli media calls it a massive intelligence failure by Israel and the United States.
The day marks a tremendous strategic failure and defeat for Israel, even as it bombs Gaza in retaliation. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza says the death toll of the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza has risen to 198, with 1,610 injured.
And Israel’s Channel 12 reports that the Israeli death toll has risen to at least 40 and more than 740 people have been injured.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Hamas would pay an “unprecedented price” and warned of severe retaliation to come after ordering an extensive mobilization of Israeli army reserves.
Hamas has launched ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ against Israel – the biggest armed offensive in decades.
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 7, 2023
Videos show Palestinian fighters ‘infiltrating’ Israeli territory from Gaza, where they are reported to have captured Israeli soldiers ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/PCtKQYPKEQ
A surprise operation launched from Gaza, 50 years after Egypt’s October surprise caught Israel off guard, is a shocking embarrassment for Israeli security and leadership whose policy in Gaza has been an abject failure and crime against humanity.
— Yousef Munayyer (@YousefMunayyer) October 7, 2023
The unfolding events in Israel and Palestine are deeply alarming.
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) October 7, 2023
We need an immediate ceasefire and urgent de-escalation.
And we need a route out of this tragic cycle of violence: ending the occupation is the only means of achieving a just and lasting peace.
Gaza is a small strip of besieged, blockaded land that Israel dominates and controls, allegedly with the most sophisticated surveillance on earth, and they missed a massive land, sea, and air incursion being organized for what had to have been months, right under their noses? Odd
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) October 7, 2023
Footage of a hamas infiltrator using a motorized hang glider to get into Israel.#Palestine #Israel #Hamas #Gaza #War #AlMayadeen #Palestine #AlAqsaFlood #طوفان_الأقصى #IsraelUnderAttack #Palestinian #IndiaWithIsrael #Palestinians #Palestinapic.twitter.com/yXTuZXTGye
— Zain Rajpoot (@zain_rajpoot39) October 7, 2023
