Most of you will have seen recent news media reports of an Hamas attack on Israel, resulting in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issuing a formal declaration of war:
We're so used to social media feeding us whatever is trending, that I myself today was a bit like: 'Hey nobody is talking about #Israel and #Hamas here!', then I made a simple hashtag (and with the latest version you can also search simple text), and woo, surprise surprise, a lot of people are posting about it.
I was forgetting a simple rule: reading the news is my responsibility, and looking for people talking about it online is my responsibility too, not the algorithm's.
Hamas warns US: Moving the American aircraft carrier does not scare us, and the Biden administration must realize the consequences of this step. #AureFreePress#News#Israel#Hamas
Israel's rightwing government made this attack possible!
From the investigation of a Hamas terrorist captured by Israel:
"We prepared for more than a year. The demonstrations in Israel encouraged us. It was 5 hours before we were shot at. We were prepared with 1000 fighters, we made 15 breaches in the fence. We were shocked that the IDF was not waiting for us. We walked with the abductees for two hours." #AureFreePress#News#Israel#Hamas
My mind was racing all night with thoughts. It's really hard to sleep after watching all of those horror videos that gazans are posting. Whether it's a video of them beheading an Israeli child, or burning a house down with its Israeli owners inside or just Hamas militants executing people who are partying in a rave.
This morning when I looked at the news i was even more horrified. People are continuing to "both sides" what's going on in Israel right now. I felt like I had to get out of the house, go on a bike ride and clear my head. I found myself just sitting on top of a boulder and recording this video. Here are my thoughts. I am not a content creator, I can't edit videos. I'm just a guy talking to my phone. The full video is here: https://youtu.be/wR7iPfPF73w?si=Eqc3GaUVC3MXxcIi
If you're interested please listen and share. #israel#IsraelUnderAttack#hamas
It's not a 'resistance', that's propaganda. These are unprovoked offensives on civilians by known terrorists. The Taliban is looking to get their murderous hands in it.
"Hezbollah militants fire dozens of rockets into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights"
Justiz ermittelt wegen pro-palästinensischer Feiern in Berlin
Nach dem Angriff der Hamas auf Israel mit vielen Toten und Verletzten haben mehrere Menschen in Berlin-Neukölln die Attacke gefeiert. Inzwischen liegt eine Anzeige wegen "Billigung von Straftaten" vor - die Polizei ermittelt.
Israel’s channel 13 political commentator, Sefi Obadiah: for an high ranking political figure in the Israeli government the idea of a victory photo in #Gaza would be a long line of refugees living the strip into #Egypt.
Gaza’s shock attack has terrified Israelis. It should also unveil the context
The dread Israelis are feeling after today's assault, myself included, has been the daily experience of millions of Palestinians for far too long, writes Haggai Matar, Israeli journalist and political activist.
#Israel has every right to attack Gaza, but even if a ground offensive in #Gaza succeeds in destroying #Hamas , 2 million civilians remain, what are the plans for them , they won't disappear also there is a good chance they won't be sympathetic towards their occupier🤔
Also a ground operation will be extremely bloody...
“Every right”??? The solution here is unlikely to come from any talk of rights… they’ve all been horribly abused for too long. Israel has a choice: they can accelerate the slow genocide they’ve been involved with and just massacre the Palestinians completely now or make the Palestinian options better for not supporting #Hamas. After all - they control the border completely and keep the population prisoner so they do have the levers…
#Israel on Sunday issued a formal #DeclarationOfWar against #Hamas & pounded #Gaza w/ strikes, promising retaliation for an unprecedented attack by the #militant group that surprised Israeli #security forces. The #DeathToll has risen to 600 in Israel, & thousands have been injured…, while Palestinian authorities said ≥370 were killed & 2,200 injured in Gaza.
The authorization of #war by the Israeli cabinet would allow the govt to carry out a wider #mobilization of #military reserves & use more military options. It also compels the govt to identify specific #WartimeObjectives, raising the specter of a #GroundInvasion of #Gaza.
#Hamas leaders said Saturday’s op came in response to a series of provocative moves by Israelis, incl’g the storming of the #alAqsaMosque complex in East #Jerusalem (on September 17, & on October 4, 2023) — a site known to Jews as the Temple Mount — by #ultranationalist Israeli settlers.
#DefSec Lloyd Austin said Sunday he has ordered the Ford carrier strike group to sail to the Eastern Mediterranean to be ready to assist Israel after the surprise attack by #Hamas that has left >1k dead & thousands wounded on both sides.
The USS Gerald R. Ford & its ~5k #USN#sailors & deck of #warplanes will be accompanied by #cruisers & #destroyers in a show of force that is meant to be ready to respond to anything, from possibly interdicting additional #weapons from reaching #Hamas & conducting #surveillance.
The large deployment… underscores the concern that the #UnitedStates has in trying to deter the #conflict from growing. The Israeli govt formal #DeclarationOfWar …gave the green light for "significant military steps"….
Media report that the card of Shani Louk kidnapped #German citizen was used in #Gaza.
Innocent poor #Palestinian 🇵🇸 #HAMAS from #Gaza wouldn't kidnap, murder, rape and steal the money. Would they.