#Israel New thread.
The tallest building in Gaza city is now a crater. They'll never throw another gay person from that building again.
IDF troops going door to door in every location that Hamas penetrated.
IDF armored units massing on the Gaza border. The entire border. IDF base that was overrun now recaptured.
You all saw the official Biden statement (or you should). Papa Joe is pissed. He had a peace deal in the works and Iran just ruined it.
IDF has extended the State of Emergency situation to all of Israel and not just 80km from Gaza.
Sometime within the next 12hrs the entire IDF will be finished mobilizing. All reserves have been called up (that happened before my break).
The rockets are still coming out of Gaza but at a much reduced rate that Iron Dome can handle easily.
The Israeli Air Force - If it flies and carries weapons, it's airborne right now, or reloading and refueling for the next strike. They practice for this constantly so they can probably keep up this rate of air strikes for the next 24 to 48hrs.
Death toll is now 250, 1452 wounded.
Seeing reports that the kidnapped foreign workers have been released. But also seeing images of those same workers tied and beaten in a Hamas tunnel.
Four multi story buildings in Gaza city cratered now.
IAF airstrikes in Khan Younis, and Jabalia (both inside of Gaza Strip).
IDF Merkava company on the move headed south. Not going to guess at which unit, but if a full company is there the rest of the battalion isn't far away.
The Russians can only wish that they could mobilize and move tank battalions that fast.
Probably late in reporting this...
Israel has cut all power and water supplies to the Gaza Strip. It goes without saying that all crossings into Gaza from Israel are closed (some are still occupied by Hamas) so no food or other supplies are going into Gaza either.
"What was will not be."
- Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz
Hamas said they were sending reinforcements to join the attackers still in Israel.
The Israeli Air force said "No, you are not."
Latest numbers: 1hr.
-300+ Israelis killed
-1,500+ wounded
-3,000+ rockets fired into Israel
-Dozens of Israeli soldiers and civilians taken hostage and now are POWs in Gaza
-252 Palestinians dead
-1,000+ wounded
IRAN AND ITS NETWORK OF
NINETEEN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS
ON ISRAEL’S BORDERS
(sry bout the all caps headline)
Visualized by Joe Truzman and Long War Journal.
IDF artillery seen on the move in and around Sderot. Dunno if these M-109's are attached to units already there or if this is additional artillery.
@Render: Man alive, this whole thing smells worse and worse as it goes on.
I have all kinds of questions about the geopolitics behind it, though I mos def have a number of notions as to what's up or might be up. I hope some of them are 1,000% nowhere near possibly being accuate.
@Render you were the first person I thought of when I saw the news.
@Render Russia thinks this will need more than Israel can provide... Putin may need a history lesson. I have to wonder if Palestine will lose part of Gaza over this.
@AnneW "Russia" and "think" are currently mutually incompatible terms.
@Render Too true...
@Render This is horrible. Is Pissypants Putin behind this attack via Iran? 😢
@smittycanada1 Not directly, but compare and contrast these two images.
@Render After all of Gaza City is a crater I wish they'd all fly north and wipe out the Russians in occupied Ukraine. 😔
@Render I'm so out of the loop with all this (i'm just getting the gist of it that Israel is under attack) but that video looks pretty encouraging!🙂
@Render it pains me to see this but I am thankful for everything that you do.
@Render Dawn is approaching in Israel.
@Render feels like this coukd be the ugly brutal conclusion????
@Hopeful Probably.
@Render stay frosty and pls take good care of yourself throughout this
@Render I saw a woman who had been shot, in a car... They were targeting women and children. They want a war. :-((((((
@Render
I counted 12 tanks on the move
Does Russia even have 12 tanks ?
Heavy fighting reported in Sderot. IDF Southern commander ordered the destruction of the Sderot police station held by Hamas.
Israeli Telegram and other social media sites filled with posts from people saying their loved ones are missing.
Hamas channels claiming that they're sending another 2000 gunmen into Israel.
Current Israeli death toll - 200 confirmed dead, 1100 wounded.