{"id":2059833,"date":"2023-10-08T14:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T18:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-attack-on-israel-death-toll-rises-to-700-and-100-confirmed-hostages-americans-included\/"},"modified":"2023-10-08T14:50:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T18:50:51","slug":"hamas-attack-on-israel-death-toll-rises-to-700-and-100-confirmed-hostages-americans-included","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-attack-on-israel-death-toll-rises-to-700-and-100-confirmed-hostages-americans-included\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas attack on Israel: Death toll reaches 700, including Americans, with 100 hostages confirmed."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fhamas-attack-on-israel-death-toll-rises-to-700-and-100-confirmed-hostages-americans-included%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=2059833&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A \u2064salvo\u200d of rockets \u2063is fired by\u200c Palestinian militants from Gaza City toward Israel, \u200bon October 8,\u2063 2023.\u2062 (Photo by MOHAMMED \u200bABED\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>11:47 AM\u200b \u2013 \u200dSunday, October 8, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>After Hamas committed the\u200d worst \u200cattack on the Jewish state \u2063in fifty years, Israel\u2019s cabinet officially declared war on the terrorist organization by \u2064invoking Article 40 Aleph.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/israel-at-war\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/israel-at-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Since the start of the conflict<\/a>, more than\u2063 600 Israelis have died, more than 2,000 have\u2063 been injured, and 100 have been verified as\u2064 being held\u200d hostage by the Islamic terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>On social \u200dmedia, horrifying videos of Hamas militants\u200c kidnapping \u200bfestival goers and parading\u200b a woman\u2019s \u2063bruised, naked body around the streets have gone viral.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the group of abducted people reportedly includes Americans. \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>In \u2062one report, a\u2063 daughter \u200dand son-in-law of a professor at \u200dMassachusetts-based Brandeis University were slain while defending their \u200cadolescent son from Hamas gunfire. \u200dGilad Erdan, Israel\u2019s ambassador \u2062to the United Nations, \u200bconfirmed\u2063 this in a statement where he\u200c asserted that \u201cdozens\u201d of Americans\u200b are being held as hostages\u2063 in Gaza by Hamas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI \u200bknow that there\u2063 are dozens\u2014dozens,\u200b ok? of \u2063Israelis holding American citizenship who are being\u2062 held hostage in Gaza. \u200bDozens. There \u200care many Israelis who have American citizenship,\u2062 we don\u2019t have all\u200c the \u2062names \u2064yet. We\u2019re still working to get the names of\u200c all the \u2062missing people. But dozens are Americans,\u201d Erdan told\u2064 the American press.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><strong>RECAP<\/strong>\u2013 2005: More than 30\u200b years after\u200d capturing the region from Egypt\u2063 in the Six-Day War, Israel unilaterally withdraws from the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>2006:\u2063 Hamas wins a \u200bparliamentary election in Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>2007: \u200dGaza is taken over\u2064 by Hamas in a civil\u2064 war in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>2008: Following a\u2064 missile attack\u2063 by \u2063Palestinian militants on the town of Sderot, Israel conducts a military \u200bincursion against Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>2023: The largest \u200battack on Israel in \u200dfifty years is launched by Hamas.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With the death toll anticipated to grow after Hamas terrorists fired\u2064 hundreds of missiles \u200cand dispatched dozens of militants into Israeli communities, there are already at least 700 Israeli deaths confirmed, 2,150 injured, and 100\u2063 hostages.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2062disturbing images \u200donline, Hamas terrorists\u2062 can be\u200b seen kidnapping\u2064 women hostages and parade \u200dthem down the street.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel\u2019s prime minister, declared,\u200b \u201cWe are\u2062 at war\u201d\u200b and threatened\u200c Hamas with \u201ca \u200cprice it has\u2063 never known.\u201d Despite\u200b cautioning Israelis that the conflict\u200b would be \u201clong and difficult,\u201d Netanyahu promised to\u2063 exact \u201cmighty \u200dvengeance\u201d upon Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of the deadly attack,\u2063 security at Jewish institutions and synagogues \u200bin New York City has increased. <\/p>\n<p>However,\u200b there\u200c is\u200d also a pro-Palestine,\u200c pro-Hamas rally reportedly taking place at Times Square.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hamas supporters gather at\u2062 Times Square in New\u2063 York \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8City to celebrate y-day&#8217;s attack against Israel<br \/>&#8220;Resistance \u2064is justified,&#8221; \u2013 they\u2063 shout<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GazaUnderAttack?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GazaUnderAttack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hamasattack?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#hamasattack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gaza?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gaza<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreePalastine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreePalastine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Israel?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Israel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IsraelPalestineWar?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IsraelPalestineWar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Palestina?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Palestina<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%82%D8%B5%D9%89?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0637\u0648\u0641\u0627\u0646_\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0642\u0635\u0649<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%8B%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%8B?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0e40\u0e01\u0e4b\u0e44\u0e01\u0e4b<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eC8se0paQH\">pic.twitter.com\/eC8se0paQH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Naseemian (@Naseemiann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Naseemiann\/status\/1711083067916603820?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Nikki Haley, a Republican candidate\u200b for the 2024 presidency, ripped into Secretary of\u2062 State Antony Blinken on Sunday\u2063 for denying that any connection existed\u200c between the attack on Israel\u200d by Hamas and the prisoner exchange arrangement struck by the Biden administration\u2063 that released $6 billion\u200d in frozen Iranian assets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI actually think it was irresponsible for \u200bSecretary Blinken to say that the $6 billion doesn\u2019t weigh in here,\u201d Haley said on <em>NBC<\/em>\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d program\u200c on \u2063Sunday.\u200c \u201cI mean, \u2063let\u2019s be honest with the \u200dAmerican people \u2064and\u2063 understand that Hamas knows and Iran knows they\u2019re moving money around as we speak because\u200c they\u200b know $6\u2062 billion \u2064is going to be released.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Latest updates\u200d on \u200dthe\u200b war in Israel \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1<br \/>\u2013\u2062 Israeli media \u2062say the death toll from Hamas&#8217; attacks have risen to\u200b 600+<br \/>\u2013 Lebanon\u2019s \u2062Hezbollah militant group fired dozens of rockets\u200d and shells \u200dtoward the country\u2019s border with\u2062 Syria\u2019s near the Golan Heights.<br \/>\u2013 Israeli \u200cofficials confirm an\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pqxUyoOewM\">pic.twitter.com\/pqxUyoOewM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephanie Myers (@_StephanieMyers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_StephanieMyers\/status\/1711059926825799785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October\u200c 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>This is a developing story. Check\u200b back for\u2062 updates. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stay\u2064 informed! Receive breaking\u2062 news\u2062 blasts directly to your inbox for\u2063 free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President\u200b Joe Biden, in a stunning reversal, will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-16-migrants-killed-and-29-others-injured-in-bus-crash-in-mexico\/\" title=\"16 migrants dead, 29 injured in Mexico bus crash.\">bypass numerous federal laws<\/a> to continue construction of former President Donald Trump\u2019s border\u2062 wall, even after swearing to never\u2063 do \u2064so.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>There\u2019s a brand new song out by artist Jimmy Levy \u2062called\u00a0 \u2063\u201cFreedom.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Congressman Mike Collins tells\u200b One America News that Georgia\u2019s\u200d new Prosecuting \u200dAttorneys Qualifications \u200dCommission could act to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The jobs report for September shows that we\u200c added 336,000 jobs, which is above expectations \u200bof 170,000.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Joe\u200c Biden\u2019s administration is facing \u2064pressure from some lawmakers \u2062to\u2062 restrict \u200dAmerican companies from\u2062 working on a freely available chip technology \u2064widely used in China.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI is\u2063 exploring making its own artificial \u2062intelligence chips and is \u200devaluating a potential acquisition \u200btarget.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>South Korea\u2019s\u2062 telecommunications \u2062regulator \u2064said on Friday \u200cthat Alphabet Inc\u2019s Google and Apple have abused their dominant\u2063 app\u200b market position.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Billionaire \u2062Elon Musk is under investigation by the U.S. Securities \u200dand Exchange\u2062 Commission over his\u200c 2022 \u2063purchase \u2062of\u2063 social media \u200bgiant Twitter<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How has \u200cthe recent attack by Hamas affected the number of casualties and hostages in Israel?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title: Israel \u200dDeclares War on Hamas Following Worst Attack in Fifty Years<\/p>\n<p>Introduction<\/p>\n<p>After Hamas carried out a devastating attack on \u200cthe Jewish state, Israel&#8217;s cabinet has officially declared war on the terrorist\u200b organization. The attack, which is considered the worst \u200din \u2063fifty years, has led to significant casualties and raised concerns about the safety of hostages held by the Islamic terrorist \u2063group.<\/p>\n<p>The Human Cost<\/p>\n<p>Since the conflict began, over \u2062600 Israelis \u2062have lost their lives, more \u2062than\u2064 2,000 have been injured, and 100 individuals have been confirmed \u200cas hostages held by Hamas. These numbers highlight \u2062the severity of the situation and the urgent need for resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Horrifying Acts Captured on Social Media<\/p>\n<p>Videos depicting Hamas \u2064militants kidnapping\u2062 festival-goers and parading\u200c a bruised, naked woman&#8217;s body through the streets \u2064have gone viral on social media. These acts of \u2063violence have shocked the world and further intensified the urgency to address the situation.<\/p>\n<p>American Hostages<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest that among\u2062 the group of abducted individuals, there are Americans. Tragically, a professor&#8217;s daughter and son-in-law from Brandeis University (based in\u2064 Massachusetts) were killed while defending their adolescent son from Hamas gunfire. Israel&#8217;s ambassador to the United \u2063Nations, Gilad Erdan, confirmed the presence of &#8220;dozens&#8221; of Americans being held hostage by Hamas. Efforts are currently underway to gather the names of all missing individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The History\u2063 of Conflict<\/p>\n<p>To understand the current \u200bsituation, it is\u2064 important to review the key events leading up to this \u2064conflict. In 2005, Israel unilaterally withdrew from the Gaza Strip, more than 30 years after capturing\u200b the region from Egypt in \u200cthe \u2063Six-Day War. In 2006, Hamas won a parliamentary election in\u200d Palestine, and in 2007, Gaza\u2064 was taken over by Hamas\u200d following a civil war. In 2008, Israel conducted a military incursion against Gaza in response to a\u2062 missile attack by Palestinian\u2062 militants. \u200bNow, in 2023, Hamas has \u2064launched the\u200d largest \u2062attack on Israel in fifty years.<\/p>\n<p>Growing\u2064 Death Toll and Hostages<\/p>\n<p>With hundreds of missiles fired by Hamas and dozens of militants infiltrating Israeli communities, the death toll is expected to rise further. Currently, there are already at least 700 Israeli deaths confirmed, 2,150 injured, and 100 hostages held by the terrorist\u200d group.<\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s Response<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2063 has declared that Israel is at \u200dwar \u200cand has vowed to exact &#8220;mighty vengeance&#8221; upon Hamas.\u2064 Despite acknowledging that the conflict will be long and difficult, Netanyahu has promised to make Hamas pay a \u200dprice it has never known before.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>The situation between Israel and Hamas is dire, with\u2064 significant loss of life\u2063 and numerous individuals held hostage. The international community must unite in condemning these acts of terrorism and supporting \u200defforts to bring about a peaceful resolution. It is\u200c imperative to prioritize \u2062the safety of the hostages, address the root causes of the conflict, and work towards a lasting peace in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palestinian militants launch rockets from Gaza City towards Israel, October 8, 2023. Israel&#8217;s cabinet declares war on Hamas following their major attack, marking the worst assault on the Jewish state in half a century. 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