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Hamas Threatens to Start Killing Hostages

Spokesman says executions will be broadcast if more Gazan civilians die in Israeli attacks

(Newser) - As Israel continued to pound Gaza with airstrikes ahead of a possible ground offensive, a spokesman for Hamas' military wing threatened to start killing hostages. The militants seized at least 150 hostages , including elderly people and children, in the cross-border attack that began Saturday morning, the New York Times reports....

Israeli Newspaper Pins Blame for Attack Solely on Netanyahu

Prime minister's policies under fire

(Newser) - As the assessments roll in after the weekend attack by Hamas on Israel, some are focusing on the logistics of the military assault . Others are taking a broader view by looking at the bigger-picture issues at play, including the policies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Coverage:
  • The blame: A scathing
...

One Key to Hamas Attack: a Mock Israeli Settlement

Militants pulled off a 2-year campaign of deception, reports Reuters

(Newser) - Two days after the stunning Hamas attack on Israel, the question remains: How did Israeli's vaunted intelligence agency fail to see this coming ? A story at Reuters provides one of the best explanations so far, with details from Hamas insiders familiar with the planning. For two years, Hamas...

'So Petrified': Hostages' Plight Complicates Israeli War

Dozens, at the least, have been abducted

(Newser) - One disturbing element of the surprise assault on Israel has been the number of civilian hostages taken. The New York Times estimates that 150 Israelis were abducted and taken to various locales throughout Gaza. CNN simply says "dozens," though Hamas says the figure is "several times greater"...

At Least 9 US Citizens Have Been Killed in Israel

Number expected to climb; others may have been taken hostage

(Newser) - Expect the number to grow, but for now the State Department is putting the number of US citizens killed in Israel since Saturday at nine. American officials issued the first official update Monday, without identifying any of the victims yet, reports CNN . It's also possible that Americans are among...

Hamas, Hezbollah Sources: Iran Helped Plan Attack on Israel

Though US officials say there's no evidence of that yet

(Newser) - One big factor in the looming question of how Israel and its allies in the West failed to anticipate the Hamas attack that launched a war ? Iran. Senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah, both of which are Iran-backed militant groups, anonymously confirm to the Wall Street Journal that Iranian...

Israeli Airstrike Kills 19 Members of Palestinian Family

Including children, surviving family member says

(Newser) - The evacuation warning came shortly after dark. The Israeli military fired the shot just a short distance from Nasser Abu Quta's home in the southern Gaza Strip, a precautionary measure meant to allow people to evacuate before airstrikes. Abu Quta, 57, thought he and his extended family would be...

More Than 1K Dead in Israel-Hamas War
More Than 1.1K Dead
in Israel-Hamas War
the rundown
Oct 9, 2023 12:15 AM CDT

More Than 1.1K Dead in Israel-Hamas War

Flights to Israel are being canceled amid the escalating conflict

(Newser) - The death toll is more than 1,100 after the surprise Hamas attack on Israel Saturday led Israel to declare war on the militant group; of the dead, more than 700 are in Israel (including at least 260 found dead at a music festival where others were reportedly taken hostage;...

US Sends Aid to Israel, Deploys Naval Force

Ford carrier strike group heads for the Eastern Mediterranean

(Newser) - No sooner had President Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that military assistance is on its way to Israel for its war against Hamas than the Pentagon announced a deployment. Biden made the assurance in a phone call on Sunday, the New York Times reports, that included a discussion of...

Israel Finds 260 Bodies at Music Festival

Witnesses describe massacre, panic as gunmen killed and took hostages

(Newser) - Israeli rescuers said Sunday they found at least 260 bodies at an outdoor music festival after Hamas attacked it the day before, CNN reports. People at the festival said Hamas gunmen fired at attendees who were fleeing. They took others hostage at the Nova Festival, planned as an all-night dance...

Hezbollah's Strikes Add Uncertainty

Israel says it's ready if the militant group joins with Hamas

(Newser) - Concerns that Hezbollah will become a full participant on the side of Hamas increased Sunday when its forces exchanged fire Sunday with Israel at the Israeli-Lebanon border. Lebanon's militant group said it hit a radar station and two other sites in the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms area with guided missiles and...

Series of Steps Resulted in Border Breach

Israel had touted barrier as an 'iron wall'

(Newser) - When the 40-mile, steel-and-concrete barrier between Israel and the Gaza Strip was unveiled in 2021—featuring a 20-foot fence, radar, and underground sensors—Defense Minister Benny Gantz called it an "iron wall" that would keep Israelis in the south safe from Hamas. "This barrier will provide Israeli citizens...

Major Question Being Asked: How Did Israel Not Know?

The intelligence failure will be examined for years to come

(Newser) - As war unfolds in the Middle East following the unprecedented surprise attack on Israel by Hamas militants, one question is being asked repeatedly: How did Israeli intelligence—and that of its Western allies—have no idea this was coming? Some takes, which in many cases assume the form of further...

Netanyahu: Israel Will 'Take Revenge for This Black Day'

Prime minister warns of 'long and difficult war'

(Newser) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a "long and difficult war" has begun following Saturday's unprecedented surprise attack by Hamas militants from Gaza. In a televised address Saturday night, Netanyahu said the country would "take revenge for this black day." He emphasized, "This war will take...

Israel Reels After Day 1 of &#39;War&#39; Against Hamas
Israel Reels After Day 1
of 'War' Against Hamas
the rundown
Oct 7, 2023 5:50 PM CDT

Israel Reels After Day 1 of 'War' Against Hamas

Netanyahu warns of heavy price if hostages are harmed

(Newser) - Israeli forces pressed its counterstrikes late Saturday against Hamas positions after a surprise attack began what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said is now a war that his country will win. Hundreds of people have been killed already in Israel and in the Gaza Strip. It was Israel's deadliest day...

Biden Condemns Attack, Calls US Support of Israel &#39;Rock Solid&#39;
Biden: US Has Israel's Back
Oct 7, 2023 3:05 PM CDT

Biden: US Has Israel's Back

'There's never a justification for terrorist attacks,' president says

(Newser) - "The United States stands with Israel," President Biden said in remarks from the White House on Saturday afternoon after the Hamas attack . "We will not ever fail to have their backs." Biden said he had been working since early morning on the US response and had...

Opposition Leader Urges Unity Government After Attack

Yair Lapid says Israel needs professional leadership now

(Newser) - Opposition leader Yair Lapid urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a unity government after the attack by Hamas on Saturday morning. The two met Saturday evening, the Wall Street Journal reports. Lapid said afterward that the prime minister realizes successfully running a war isn't possible with the...

22 Dead in Israel in 'Unprecedented' Attack

Hamas incursion from Gaza Strip also left hundreds injured, per Israel's rescue service

(Newser) - The ruling Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multifront attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off guard on a...

Ceasefire Between Israel, Palestinians After Days of Violence in Gaza

After 3 days of the worst fighting since last year

(Newser) - A ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants took effect late Sunday in a bid to end nearly three days of violence that killed dozens of Palestinians and disrupted the lives of hundreds of thousands of Israelis, the AP reports. The flare-up was the worst fighting between Israel and Gaza militant...

Israeli Airstrikes Risk 'All-Out War'

At least 8 are killed, 40 hurt in Gaza; Israel says it was targeting Islamic Jihad

(Newser) - Israel unleashed a wave of airstrikes in Gaza on Friday, killing at least eight people, including a senior militant, and wounding another 40, according to Palestinian officials. Israel said it was targeting the Islamic Jihad militant group in response to an "imminent threat" following the arrest of a senior...

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