Sunday 2:10 AM: Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan remarked on the attack: “Today is Israel’s 9/11 moment. Life for us will never be the same after today’s vicious terror attacks by Hamas terrorists. 250 murdered Israelis is the equivalent of over 8,000 Americans. When we say never again, never again is now. May God bless the State of Israel.”
Saturday 8:00 PM: Air raid sirens were activated in Ness Ziona, Rehovot, Herzliya, and various other communities. Less than ten minutes later, a second barrage was fired toward Ramat Gan, Kfar Chabad, Yavne, Rishon Lezion, Tel Aviv, and other areas. Magen David Adom reported hits and injuries in Yavne, Givatayim, Bat Yam, Beit Dagan, Tel Aviv, and Rishon Lezion.
Three people were seriously injured by one of the barrages on central Israel. At the same time, a building in Bat Yam was reported hit by the barrage; no one was injured, but damage was caused.
Following this, the IDF reported that it is striking a number of targets belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza.
The barrages were fired as Jews around Israel celebrated the Simchat Torah holiday, and in many cases disrupted the holiday prayer services.
Parallel to the rocket attacks, dozens – perhaps hundreds – of terrorists infiltrated multiple Israeli communities, overtaking Israeli towns on the Gaza border and murdering Jews in nearby cities as well. Initial reports were that these attacks left at least 100 Israelis dead; an 10:10 p.m. update raised the number of dead to 250.
Israel’s Health Ministry reported that 1,104 injured Israelis have been evacuated to hospitals. Of these, 17 are in critical condition, 200 are in serious condition, 226 are in moderate condition, 451 suffered only light injuries, 11 suffered shock, and 142 are being evaluated.
Zelensky immediately expressed Ukraine’s complete solidarity with Israel as soon as reports of the Surprise attack by Hamas reached Ukraine. He condemned the Hamas attacked without any reservations at all . He offered to send a humanitarian aid mission to Israel with some medical supp lies, even though as he pointed out, Ukraine was extremely short of these supplies for its own people. He said he would permit any Ukrainian soldiers and civilians who wanted to aid Israel in its hour of need, either as soldiers or civilian volunteer workers,to find transportation to Israel.
Most members of NATO and EU did not issue as strong messages of support for Israel as Ukraine, although nearly all of them condemned the Hamas invasion.
Turkish President Erdogan Urges Israel, Palestinians ‘to Act Reasonably’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-2xW-Ztwho
This is essentially the same position as that of the Russians, Chinese and Saudis. It calls upon Israel to accept the HAMAS attacks with no retribution, and stand down.
There is a lot of movement lately, in the policies of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Greece and Cyprus in recent days and years. The current war, which some see as the “no looking back” beginning of WWIII, may tip the scales in the region.
Reportedly, Hamas launched an attack on Israel in order to seek retribution for Israel’s recent activities in the West Bank and the revered Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
— Sputnik
https://sputniknews.in/20231008/what-is-known-about-current-israel-palestine-escalation-4673055.html
I do not go to Sputnik for accurate news.
Zelensky’s First Statement On Israel-Hamas War After Putin Calls For ‘Independent Palestine’
https://youtu.be/iCyiMFGIsas
Putin Calls For ‘Independent Palestine’
https://youtu.be/UP5h1m8KMUc
Did HAMAS really wait until AFTER Shabbat ended to attack???
I suspect that “PM” is a typo — or, more likely, that the times are the times the reports were released.