{"id":2059590,"date":"2023-10-08T10:34:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T14:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-vows-mighty-vengeance-after-hamas-kills-more-than-600-abducts-more-than-100-men-women-children\/"},"modified":"2023-10-08T10:37:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T14:37:17","slug":"israel-vows-mighty-vengeance-after-hamas-kills-more-than-600-abducts-more-than-100-men-women-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-vows-mighty-vengeance-after-hamas-kills-more-than-600-abducts-more-than-100-men-women-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel promises strong retaliation after Hamas kills over 600 and abducts 100+ civilians."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-vows-mighty-vengeance-after-hamas-kills-more-than-600-abducts-more-than-100-men-women-children%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2059590&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Deadliest Day of\u200c Violence in Israel: Hamas Rampages Through \u2064Towns, Hundreds Killed<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Gunmen from the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas rampaged through\u2063 Israeli towns on Saturday, killing hundreds of Israelis and escaping with dozens of hostages in by far the deadliest\u2063 day of violence in Israel since the Yom Kippur war 50 years ago.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We will take mighty vengeance for this wicked day,&#8221; \u200dPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/promising-merciless-war-on-hamas-netanyahu-says-israel-will-avenge-this-black-day\/\">said<\/a> in an \u200baddress to the nation\u200b on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hamas launched a cruel and \u2062wicked war.\u2063 We will win this\u200c war but the price is too heavy to bear,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Hamas wants to \u200bmurder us all. This is an enemy that murders mothers and children in their homes, in their beds. An enemy that abducts elderly, children, teenage girls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Israeli officials and ZAKA, \u200da volunteer group that handles \u200dhuman remains after terror attacks, told Hebrew-language media \u200con Sunday that more than \u2064600 Israelis have been killed since \u2063the start of the surprise infiltration. According \u2062to Israel&#8217;s Health Ministry, the number of wounded treated in Israeli \u2062hospitals reached 2,048, including\u2064 20 in critical condition and 330 seriously wounded.<\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s government on Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IsraeliGPO\/posts\/pfbid0wMN7acGCWLHbJppd8nhzi78FSZ1zYHUCDJDTpnVjFpGyf3EmJiayAaHg1hv83Q3Bl\">confirmed<\/a> at least 100 Israelis are being held captive in Gaza. Social media were filled with photos and videos of Israeli soldiers and civilians, including\u200c women, children, and the elderly, being executed, abused, abducted, and held \u200bhostage by Hamas in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hamas Terrorists Commit Atrocities Against Israeli Citizens\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z4eh8tcEpFY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said the assault \u2062that had begun in Gaza, a narrow strip that is \u2062home to 2.3 \u2062million Palestinians, would spread\u200c to the West Bank\u200c and Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<h3>Israel&#8217;s Devastation: Streets Filled with Bodies, Terrified Citizens Barricaded<\/h3>\n<p>Bodies of Israeli civilians were strewn across the streets of Sderot in southern \u2063Israel, near Gaza, surrounded by broken glass. The bodies of a man and woman were sprawled across the front \u2064seats of a car.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I went out, I saw loads of\u2063 bodies of \u2064terrorists, civilians, cars shot up.\u200c A sea of bodies, inside Sderot along the road, other places, loads of bodies,&#8221; said Shlomi from Sderot.<\/p>\n<p>Terrified \u200dIsraelis, barricaded in safe rooms, recounted their plight by phone on live television.<\/p>\n<p>Esther Borochov,\u200c who fled a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-vows-mighty-vengeance-after-hamas-kills-more-than-600-abducts-more-than-100-men-women-children\/\" title=\"Israel promises strong retaliation after Hamas kills over 600 and abducts 100+ civilians.\">dance rave party \u200battacked<\/a> by the gunmen,\u200c told Reuters she survived by playing dead in a car after the driver \u2063trying to help her escape was shot point blank.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t move my\u200c legs,&#8221; she told Reuters at\u2062 the hospital. &#8220;Soldiers came and took us away to the bushes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Senior military officers were among those killed in fighting near Gaza, the Israeli military said.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli troops clashed with Hamas fighters throughout the night in\u2062 some parts of \u2063southern Israel. \u2063In\u200d a briefing on\u2062 social media, an Israeli army spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/broadcasts\/1lDGLPdaYwQGm\">said<\/a> the situation was not\u200c fully under control.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli prime minister&#8217;s office \u200csaid \u200cthe security cabinet had approved steps to\u2064 destroy the military and governmental capabilities of \u2063Hamas and Islamic Jihad &#8220;for many years&#8221;, including \u2063cutting electricity and fuel \u200dsupplies and the entry of goods into Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2064 Gaza, black smoke, orange flashes, and\u2064 sparks lit the\u200c sky from explosions. Israeli drones could be heard\u200b overhead. Earlier, crowds of mourners had carried the bodies of militants through the streets, wrapped in green Hamas flags.<\/p>\n<p>Gaza&#8217;s dead \u2063and wounded were carried \u2062into crumbling and overcrowded hospitals with severe shortages of\u2062 medical supplies and equipment. The Hamas-run Health Ministry in\u2063 Gaza said on Sunday that 370 Palestinians have been \u2064killed and another 2,200 have been wounded in the territory. The \u2062Israeli army said\u200c it killed at least 400 Palestinian terrorists both in Israel and in strikes in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Streets were deserted\u2062 apart\u2063 from ambulances racing to\u2062 the \u2063scenes of air strikes. Israel\u2062 cut the power, plunging the city into\u2064 darkness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biden\u200d Offers Support to\u2062 Netanyahu: Denounces \u2064Attack, Warns Hostile Countries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Western countries, led by the United States, denounced \u200dthe attack.<\/p>\n<p>At the White House, President Joe \u2062Biden \u200bwent on national television <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/potus\/status\/1710728900849098986\">to say<\/a> Israel had the right to \u2064defend itself and\u200c issued a blunt warning to Iran and other countries hostile to Israel. &#8220;This is \u200cnot a moment for\u200b any party hostile to Israel to exploit these attacks to seek advantage. The world is watching,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>A senior Biden administration official told reporters that \u2062the United States was working with other governments\u2064 to make\u2064 sure the crisis does not spread and is contained to Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The Hezbollah terrorist group, like Hamas, dedicated to Israel&#8217;s destruction, launched \u2063mortar shells at Israeli military sites on the Lebanon border on Sunday morning in &#8220;solidarity&#8221; with\u200d the &#8220;Palestinian resistance.&#8221; \u200cThe Israeli \u2063army responded \u2063with artillery fire and a drone strike on a Hezbollah tent. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 United \u200dStates has been trying to strike a\u2062 deal that would normalize ties between Israel \u200dand Saudi Arabia, seen by Israelis as the biggest prize yet in their decades-long quest\u2064 for Arab recognition. Palestinians fear any such agreement could sell out their dreams of an independent state.<\/p>\n<p>Osama Hamdan, the\u2062 leader of Hamas in Lebanon, told Reuters that \u200cSaturday&#8217;s operation \u2062should make Arab states realize that accepting Israeli\u2063 security demands would not bring peace.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For those who want stability and peace in the region, the \u2062starting point must be to end the Israeli occupation,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Some [Arab states] unfortunately started \u200dimagining that Israel \u200ccould be the gateway for America to defend their security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Across the Middle East, there were \u2063demonstrations in support\u2064 of Hamas, with Israeli \u2062and U.S. flags set on fire\u2063 and marchers waving Palestinian flags in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>The Hamas attack was praised by\u200b Iran and by Hezbollah, Iran&#8217;s Lebanese allies.<\/p>\n<p>Long\u200d after nightfall, residents had\u2064 not been given the all-clear to go home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not \u200bover\u200d because the [army] hasn\u2019t said the kibbutz is clear of terrorists,&#8221; Dani Rahamim told Reuters by \u2064telephone from\u200b a shelter where he was hiding\u2064 in Nahal Oz, close to the Gaza fence. Gunfire had subsided but regular explosions could still be heard.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri told Al Jazeera that the group\u2064 was holding\u2062 a large number of Israeli \u2063captives, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-instagram-war-zelensky-reveals-location-in-selfie-video-declares-he-is-not-hiding\/\" title=\"The Instagram War: Zelensky Reveals Location in Selfie Video, Declares He Is 'Not Hiding'\">including senior officials<\/a>. He said Hamas had enough captives to make Israel free all Palestinians in its jails.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas, which advocates Israel&#8217;s destruction, said the attack was retaliation for what it said were Israel&#8217;s escalated attacks on Palestinians\u200c in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and against Palestinians in Israeli prisons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the day of the greatest battle to end the last occupation \u200bon earth,&#8221; Hamas military commander Mohammad Deif said, announcing\u200d the start of the operation in a broadcast on Hamas media and calling on Palestinians everywhere to fight.<\/p>\n<p>Gaza has been devastated by four wars and countless skirmishes between Hamas and Israel since the\u2064 militants \u2063seized control of the strip\u200b in 2007. But the scenes of violence inside Israel itself exceeded anything there even at the height of the Palestinian Intifada uprisings of past decades.<\/p>\n<p>Israel was caught completely off guard by Hamas&#8217;s \u200bassault, which came amid months of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nigel-farage-warns-boris-johnson-may-be-out-sooner-than-anybody-thinks\/\" title=\"Nigel Farage Warns Boris Johnson May Be Out \u2018Sooner Than Anybody Thinks\u2019\">internal political strife<\/a> and increased violence between Israel and\u2063 Palestinian militants in\u200c the West Bank, where \u200ba\u200c Palestinian authority exercises limited self-rule, opposed by Hamas that wants Israel destroyed. The intelligence failure\u200d was\u2063 one of\u2064 the worst in Israel&#8217;s history, \u200da shock to a nation that boasts \u200dof its intensive \u200binfiltration and monitoring of militants.<\/p>\n<p>Scores of Palestinians were killed and hundreds\u2062 wounded in clashes at Gaza&#8217;s border into Israel, where fighters captured the\u2062 crossing point and tore down fences. Some of the dead were civilians, among crowds that attempted to cross into Israel through the damaged gates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are afraid,&#8221; a Palestinian woman, Amal \u200cAbu \u200bDaqqa, told Reuters \u2063as she left her house in Khan Younis.<\/p>\n<p>There were clashes in\u2063 several locations in the\u2063 West Bank on Saturday, with stone throwing youths confronting Israeli \u2064troops. Four Palestinians including a 13-year-old boy were killed. Palestinian factions called\u200c a general strike\u200c for Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem,\u200d Nidal \u2064al-Mughrabi in Gaza, and Ammar Anwar in Sderot; additional reporting by Henriette Chacar, Emily Rose, and Dan Williams in Jerusalem and Ali Sawafta in Ramallah; writing by James Mackenzie, Tom Perry, Michael Georgy, Peter Graff, and Patricia Zengerle; editing by Alex Richardson, Nick Macfie, Diane Craft, and Lisa\u2062 Shumaker)<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What \u200bsteps can\u200d be taken to ensure the safety and well-being of innocent civilians amidst the escalating\u200d crisis and the presence \u200bof Hamas&#8217; mental infrastructure<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Mental infrastructure of Hamas, including terrorist cells, weapons factories, \u200cand command centers.<\/p>\n<h3>International Response:\u2064 Condemnation and Calls for Restraint<\/h3>\n<p>The international community has condemned the violence and called for restraint from both sides. \u200cUnited Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres expressed deep concern over the escalating violence \u200dand urged an immediate cessation \u2063of hostilities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am deeply saddened by the \u2064loss of life and the suffering of the\u200c civilian population. The indiscriminate targeting of civilians is unacceptable and must stop,&#8221; Guterres said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Several countries, including the United States, Germany, and France, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyrie-irving-refuses-to-apologize-in-press-conference-i-cannot-be-anti-semitic\/\" title=\"Kyrie Irving Refuses to Apologize in Press Conference: \u201cI Cannot Be Anti-Semitic\u201d\">issued statements denouncing<\/a> the\u200c Hamas attacks and expressing solidarity with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b Palestinian Authority,\u200c led \u200cby President \u200cMahmoud Abbas, has also condemned the violence but called\u200c for an \u2064end to the Israeli occupation and the establishment of \u200dan independent Palestinian state.<\/p>\n<h3>Escalating Crisis:\u200d Fear of Further \u2062Violence and Retaliation<\/h3>\n<p>The deadliest \u200cday of violence in Israel has sparked fears of further escalation and retaliation. Israeli citizens are living in fear as Hamas continues \u2063to carry\u200c out attacks and hold hostages.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military has vowed to \u200crespond with force and has launched airstrikes targeting Hamas positions in Gaza. The situation remains tense, and there are\u2062 concerns \u2064that the violence could spread\u2063 to other areas, including the West Bank and Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>The international community is calling for calm and urging both sides\u200b to exercise restraint and \u2062engage in dialogue to de-escalate the\u2063 situation.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The deadliest day of \u2064violence in Israel, perpetrated by Hamas, has shocked the nation and\u2063 garnered international condemnation. The Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has vowed to\u2062 take \u200cmighty vengeance and protect \u200cits\u2064 citizens.<\/p>\n<p>As the crisis \u200dcontinues to unfold, it\u2063 is \u200bcrucial for all parties involved to prioritize the safety and well-being of innocent civilians. The \u2063international community must play a\u2063 role in facilitating peace talks and finding a lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Only through dialogue,\u2064 understanding, and a \u2062commitment to\u2062 a peaceful coexistence can the region hope to achieve lasting peace and security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen from Hamas, a Palestinian terrorist group, went on a rampage in Israeli towns, killing hundreds of Israelis and taking dozens of hostages. This marked the deadliest day of violence in Israel since the Yom Kippur war 50 years ago. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to seek vengeance for this tragic day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2059591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2059590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2059590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2059591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2059590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2059590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2059590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}