IDF declares a State of War.

The Pain.

Hamas commander makes a statement, but only to call on the Islamic Resistance groups in Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria to unite.

Not sure how they did it but Hamas has managed to stop a Merkava 4 at the border fence.

Video of the body of one dead Israeli being dragged back into Gaza.

Israeli minister of defense calls up all IDF reserves.

More video of at least one live hostage, in civilian clothes, being dragged into Gaza.

Multiple videos of civilians massacred in and around Sderot.

We have another statement from Hamas leadership...

Hamas has claimed an attack on Israel. Mohammed Deif, leader of the military branch of Hamas, speaks of a new military operation called Operation al-Aqsa storm.

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The videos appearing on Reddit should be avoided. They rolled through a senior citizen community killing everybody they found.

Current estimate is over 5,000 rockets and mortar shells fired in about 2hrs time, and the rockets are still coming.

Iron Dome systems burning through their ammo magazines.

Israel Defense Ministry statement: In accordance with assessments by Israel’s defense establishment, Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant has announced a “special security situation” in Israel’s Homefront, within a 0-80 km radius from the Gaza Strip.

This status enables the IDF to provide civilians with safety instructions and close relevant sites.

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That's all of south and central Israel, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

IDF soldiers were reportedly killed in their barracks near the Gaza-Israeli border.

Squads of Palestinian gunmen still roaming the streets of Sderot, mowing down everybody they see.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad admits that its terrorists are also involved.

Possible Palestinian death squads reported in Ashkelon.

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The IDF is going to go biblical.

The Popular Resistance Committees claims its fighters were a part of the infiltration operation in southern Israel.

Israel Police report that "terrorists from the Gaza Strip are holding hostages in homes in Ofakim; armed militants have infiltrated into Netivot.

There are Palestinian reports of IDF soldiers and civilians taken hostage into Gaza.

Rockets still coming, 3hrs now. Initial Israeli reports are 5 Israeli's killed and 20 wounded just from the rocket attacks.

More than 80 wounded brought to the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba as a result of the Hamas attacks on Israel, the hospital says. Several in serious condition.

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Judging from the pictures and videos that I've seen so far the Israeli death count will be in the hundreds, maybe more.

Some people in IDF and Mossad leadership will be fired, after the biblical part of the response is done.

IDF announces Operation Iron Swords.

Fighting ongoing in several Israeli towns.

IDF is preparing for escalations both from Gaza Strip and from its northern front (Lebanon/Syria).

The entire active IDF is on the move and the skies over Gaza are filling up with drones and fighter-bombers.

Russian social media thrilled with the attack on Israel. And it's impossible to distinguish between what they're saying and what neo-nazis and other Palestinian supporters are saying on western social media.

Israeli fighter-bombers now attacking everything Hamas related in the Gaza Strip.

I assume that this includes all of the other terrorist groups in Gaza as well.

Fighting is ongoing at the Erez border crossing and the Zikim military base, IDF military Spokesman says - Reuters

West Bank terrorist groups are forming up in different cities but no reported attacks from them yet.

No movement reported on the Lebanese or Syrian side of those borders, yet.

IDF downgrading the number of rockets fired at Israel so far to "approximately 2200" over the last 3+ hours.

Which is still a much higher firing rate than eleven days in 2021.

Rockets still coming. Iron Dome still responding.

IDF must have about 20 reload packs for every launcher.

Iron Dome isn't hitting everything, but they do seem to be hitting the majority.

IDF reports that 21 towns (including two cities) and sub-divisions near the Gaza border infiltrated.

I don't believe that the terrorists will reach Be'er Sheva (southeast of Gaza) alive but that seems to be the direction that they're taking for now.

@Render 😲😬
Holy sh*

@Render
The IDF certainly has this
As impressive as taking out an Mrk 4 is, the IDF is prepared and more than equipped for this.

#MazelTough

@Render Ouch. I bet they're gonna make Hamas pay dearly for that one... as well they should.

@Render infuriating

@Render

Photos: Mahmud Hams, Said Khatib

@Render
Yah, wish I had avoided them. Gaza/Hamas are about to reap the whirlwind.

@Render wtf is going on??? 💔

@Dbot They're coming for us again.

@Render for those that likes to defend those people, here it is the truth. Terrorist organization that's what they are.

@Render @Dbot

💔No words are sufficient.

@Render is about time to end this for once.
They got defend themselves.

@Render

Maybe Netanyahu should resign too. This is too fucked...

@TheAbbotTrithemius Not until the biblical response is over.

@Render

Old Testament.

@Render @TheAbbotTrithemius I hope fired includes at least a trial.

the body count is already unacceptable

@Render If not yet, soon.

@AnneW Right now, as you read this. I'm live tooting this thread as I see it on my screens.

I'm sorry for not crediting all of the quotes I'm stealing from other locations. Time is a factor.

@Render Quotes don't matter, Ren. With you, we get info we need in real time. Thank you again for your service.

@AnneW @Render
Absolutely this

@Render Good. Hopefully, this will be a case of fuck-around-and-find-out. Gasp! I said a potty word! Well, it was called for here. 🤭

@Render how is it that they didn’t see this coming?

@Jorro Dunno yet. But I bet they figure it out, after they're done with doing what needs to be done.

@Render Israel has to attack with full force, how tragic.

@Render 💔 Now worried for friends in Israel.

Thank you for this comprehensive livetootin.

It means so much.

@Render sigh.... Hamas has no chance, they're sending their kids to the meat grinder.

How indoctrinated do you have to be to just simply give up your life for someone's madness... wait, don't answer

@elmaxx @Render
This is true indoctrination. The republicans throw that word around so much that it's lost all meaning

@Idissent @elmaxx @Render

Because that's exactly what they're living. Indoctrination. One word from the right person, and civil war could break out here, too. Don't doubt it. They're ready to die to advance their cause.

@Oma_Trisha @elmaxx @Render
Oh, I don't doubt it

@Render

look, war is horrible, armed conflict is horrible. But seeing the Iron Dome in action makes me tingly

@Render fucking Russia 🇺🇦

@Render Already nauseous thinking about the wave of bs that is no doubt inbound to social media. Shits about to get beyond stupid. If you can think of anything i can do specifically to help counter it, im here man. Specific accounts, groups, whatever. Always down to clown and have you all's 6.

@Render my first thought after holy shit was is this the beginning of the end ?

@Render hard to imagine IDF caught off guard bizarre..thinking of after assessment of 911 a failure of imagination

@Render: Twitter is alight with westerners and international Muslims condemning Israel for "attacking Palestine for no reason today". That said, many Muslims in and around Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon are posting that Allah needs to save Palestine from Hamas and its brethren terrorist groups. So are a lot of Twitter blue-checkmarks.

Business as usual, except for the quite vocal Middle Eastern Muslims actually calling out Hamas as having started the invasion.