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Fifty years after the Yom Kippur War
October 7, 2023 at 10:59 am
‘A colossal failure’ as Gaza’s Hamas terrorists infiltrate, catch Israel unprepared
https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-colossal...nprepared/
Assumption was that Hamas was deterred; it wasn’t. Says former Navy chief: ‘All of Israel is asking itself: Where is the IDF, where is the police, where is the security?’
Precisely 50 years after the Yom Kippur War, Israel was under surprise attack — not by Arab armies, but by the Hamas terrorist group. And with Israeli civilians widely and directly targeted.
As sirens wailed throughout southern and central Israel, and the thuds of rocket impacts and interceptions reverberated, television and social media platforms began broadcasting clips showing what ought to have been unimaginable — including armed terrorists in what appeared to be a convoy of seven or eight white pick-up trucks, four or five gunmen dismounting from one of them on the street of a southern Israeli city, and a handful of others seen running along the sidewalks, weapons drawn.
As rocket and mortar attacks continued, the IDF confirmed what was unfolding: dozens of terrorists had infiltrated into Israel — some by land, some by air on hang-gliders, and, reportedly, some by sea....
(Well, the important thing is Bibi rammed through his emasculation of the judiciary, so now he doesn't have to worry about going to jail in whatever is left of Israel after this war)
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RE: Fifty years after the Yom Kippur War
October 7, 2023 at 11:03 am
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(October 7, 2023 at 10:59 am)LinuxGal Wrote: ‘A colossal failure’ as Gaza’s Hamas terrorists infiltrate, catch Israel unprepared
https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-colossal...nprepared/
Assumption was that Hamas was deterred; it wasn’t. Says former Navy chief: ‘All of Israel is asking itself: Where is the IDF, where is the police, where is the security?’
Precisely 50 years after the Yom Kippur War, Israel was under surprise attack — not by Arab armies, but by the Hamas terrorist group. And with Israeli civilians widely and directly targeted.
As sirens wailed throughout southern and central Israel, and the thuds of rocket impacts and interceptions reverberated, television and social media platforms began broadcasting clips showing what ought to have been unimaginable — including armed terrorists in what appeared to be a convoy of seven or eight white pick-up trucks, four or five gunmen dismounting from one of them on the street of a southern Israeli city, and a handful of others seen running along the sidewalks, weapons drawn.
As rocket and mortar attacks continued, the IDF confirmed what was unfolding: dozens of terrorists had infiltrated into Israel — some by land, some by air on hang-gliders, and, reportedly, some by sea....
(Well, the important thing is Bibi rammed through his emasculation of the judiciary, so now he doesn't have to worry about going to jail in whatever is left of Israel after this war)
Even if he hadn’t gutted the judiciary, Netanyahu wasn’t going to jail.
After this war (more properly, after the current phase of this war), it’s a dead cert that there will be more left of Israel than of Gaza.
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RE: Fifty years after the Yom Kippur War
October 7, 2023 at 11:38 am
(October 7, 2023 at 11:03 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Even if he hadn’t gutted the judiciary, Netanyahu wasn’t going to jail.
After this war (more properly, after the current phase of this war), it’s a dead cert that there will be more left of Israel than of Gaza.
Has the GOP suggested giving part of Israel away to stop the conflict yet? Or does that only apply when they can carry Putin’s water?
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RE: Fifty years after the Yom Kippur War
October 7, 2023 at 12:49 pm
(October 7, 2023 at 11:38 am)LinuxGal Wrote: Has the GOP suggested giving part of Israel away to stop the conflict yet? Or does that only apply when they can carry Putin’s water?
Naturally, the GOP candidates who are happy to let Ukraine be overrun are full of support for Israel.
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RE: Fifty years after the Yom Kippur War
October 7, 2023 at 12:58 pm
(October 7, 2023 at 11:38 am)LinuxGal Wrote: (October 7, 2023 at 11:03 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Even if he hadn’t gutted the judiciary, Netanyahu wasn’t going to jail.
After this war (more properly, after the current phase of this war), it’s a dead cert that there will be more left of Israel than of Gaza.
Has the GOP suggested giving part of Israel away to stop the conflict yet? Or does that only apply when they can carry Putin’s water?
It'd have to be the other way around. Never forget who is occupying who.
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RE: Fifty years after the Yom Kippur War
October 7, 2023 at 1:11 pm
Apparently somebody's still pissed after 50 years.
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RE: Fifty years after the Yom Kippur War
October 7, 2023 at 2:53 pm
Who funds Hamas? Iran.
Who funds Iran? Russia.
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RE: Fifty years after the Yom Kippur War
October 7, 2023 at 3:13 pm
There will never be peace in the Mideast until both sides get it through their thick skulls that God didn't give them the land to the exclusion of all others.
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RE: Fifty years after the Yom Kippur War
October 8, 2023 at 11:59 am
(October 7, 2023 at 1:11 pm)brewer Wrote: Apparently somebody's still pissed after 50 years.
Israeli Death Toll Climbs to Over 600, Declares War For First Time Since 1973
https://www.mediaite.com/news/israeli-de...ince-1973/
Israeli media on Sunday reported the death toll from Saturday’s deadly attack on the south of the country by Hamas gunmen has climbed to over 600, primarily civilians who were targeted in their homes....
....Israel’s cabinet official declared war on Sunday afternoon, the first time it had done so since the 1973 Yom Kippur war — an undeniable sign of the lasting impact this surprise attack has had on the country and will likely to have on the region for a long time to come....
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RE: Fifty years after the Yom Kippur War
October 8, 2023 at 1:05 pm
(October 8, 2023 at 11:59 am)LinuxGal Wrote: (October 7, 2023 at 1:11 pm)brewer Wrote: Apparently somebody's still pissed after 50 years.
Israeli Death Toll Climbs to Over 600, Declares War For First Time Since 1973
https://www.mediaite.com/news/israeli-de...ince-1973/
Israeli media on Sunday reported the death toll from Saturday’s deadly attack on the south of the country by Hamas gunmen has climbed to over 600, primarily civilians who were targeted in their homes....
....Israel’s cabinet official declared war on Sunday afternoon, the first time it had done so since the 1973 Yom Kippur war — an undeniable sign of the lasting impact this surprise attack has had on the country and will likely to have on the region for a long time to come....
This is their Pearl Harbor. Their intelligence services clearly failed, a fact which will ramify for decades to come. Their populace will be screaming for vengeance and once Hamas rocket stocks dwindle, we can see even more onerous years ahead for the Palestinians, as well as air attacks on Iranian supply lines leading into the area from both Syria and the Red Sea.
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