You want the Merkava's in Gaza City? Because this is how you get the Merkava's in Gaza City.
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.
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.
IDF confirms that at least two Israeli towns are Hamas controlled.
One of the Israeli towns that Hamas overran was a retirement community, including at least some Holocaust survivors.
Hezbollah claims that they are in contact with Hamas leaders in Gaza and are "monitoring the situation". They also warn Israel to "choose wisely".
Whatever the fuck that's supposed to mean, I take it that Hezbollah isn't interested in today's adventure.
IDF is fighting Hamas terrorists in Kfar Aza, Sderot, Sufa, Nahal Oz, Magen, Be'eri, and the Re'im military base.
Israeli air strikes in Gaza are coming non-stop. IAF fighter-bombers can be seen lined up for miles deep into the Mediterranean, waiting their turn to roll in hot. Rocket fire should slow down soon.
Over 300 hundred wounded civilians reported at Israeli hospitals, so far.
Terrorists still pouring through the border fence in at least two locations.
I expect this location (video below) to be cluster bombed very soon, if it hasn't been already.
Israeli air force not bothering with "roof-knocking" warnings in Gaza city.
Israeli Apache gunships operating near the Gaza border.
IAF says they've fired 16 tons of munitions into Gaza so far and show no signs of stopping anytime soon.
IAF also says that they're conducting targeted assassinations of terrorist leaders all over Gaza.
The terrorists have at least one shoulder fired anti-aircraft launcher.
If you ever wanted to know how to get a 500lb JDAM dropped on your head, this is a sure fire way to make that happen...
Hamas releases video showing four live IDF soldiers captured.
They also released a different video of them parading an elderly and very obviously senile Israeli woman around Gaza city.
ok now we know how they knocked out the Merkava 4 at the border fence.
Very large armor piercing warhead, dropped from a drone.
Current lost IDF vehicle count:
One Merkava 4 destroyed, one captured (minus engine).
One Nakpadon heavy APC captured (also down for repairs).
Four M-113 APC's captured (couldn't find the keys).
One mini-MRAP and one Humvee captured.
Calibre Obscura reporting that the shoulder fired SAM seen in the video up thread was a 9K310 Igla-1, with the original thermal battery.
And it missed.
Rockets still coming. Be'er Sheva the target this time.
"Israeli police recovering materiel from an al Qassam attack squad in southern #Israel, including a quantity of PG-7VR RPG projectiles and YM-2 AT mines, all of which appear to be Iranian made. Oh and locally made line charges?"
- Calibre Obscura
Two different vehicles in these images. Not sure if same location.
Reports that at least 57 Israeli civilians and soldiers have been kidnapped and taken back to Gaza.
Rate of rocket fire from Gaza has definitely slowed down.
IAF pounding the launch sites.
IDF still working to clear the terrorists from Israeli territory.
Current Israeli death toll at 22 confirmed dead, 300 to 500 wounded (depending on source).
Those numbers are going to skyrocket before the counting is over. I counted over 40 just from the early videos.
Israeli Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai says there are currently 21 active fronts in southern Israel where security forces are battling Hamas terrorists.
Multiple Thai and Philippine workers have been kidnapped from the Gaza border this morning and taken into Gaza by Hamas militants.
Israeli airstrikes are increasing in size and ferocity, dozens of Hamas and other terrorist group locations being repeatedly pounded with 2000lb JDAM's.
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Saw one unconfirmed report of IDF multiple rocket launchers moving to the Gaza border. The IDF does have them, a lot of them, but they've never used them on Gaza before. If true I would not call this an escalation, but a long over due retribution.
A note about the headbands of the Gaza terrorists.
Green is Hamas.
White is Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Red is National Resistance Brigades.
Those are the three largest terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip. The fourth largest is Harakat al-Sabireen, also Iranian backed and probably wearing either the green or white headbands.
Ukraine was one of, if not the first, nations to express sympathy and condolences to Israel. The below full presidential statement came several hours later.
Zelensky rocks.
The shithead running Iran had words three days ago. If it wasn't for the fact that Iran threatens Israel's existence at least twice a day, every day since 1979 this might have been seen as a warning...
@Render They'd do well to remember that they're allowed to exist.
No amount of sportswashing absolves them of this.
Those f*ckers 🤬
there should be a clause somewhere that allows being punched in the mouth for stating that.
nice move there Bucko, hiding behind a screen, while your "youth" dies for your own fucking hubris
@Render I see this as potentially escalating to a war with Iran. It is my understanding they back the terrorists in Palestine.
My heart breaks for the innocents in Israel and Palestine that want nothing more than to live, while these monstrous ones take even that from them.
@Render They are no longer worth the effort, are they? Time to let SA stand on its own against its neighbors...
It is what they would condemn Israel to do... 😒
@Render Saudis can eat cake- this amounts to a declaration of war against the Israelis.
Remove Hamas from existence.
Meanwhile the Saudis have words...