Around 600 Israelis have been murdered, and more than 2,040 wounded as Day 2 in the Gaza War reveals an unbelievable and perhaps unwinnable challenge for Netanyahu and Israel
When I woke up this morning, the Israeli death toll in the Gaza War was at 400, it rose to 500 as I sipped my coffee and prepared to write this article. It was adjusted to 600 as I continued to work on the main article graphic, and I have no doubt that by the end of the day today it will pass 1,000. In addition to that, the number of wounded rose to 2,040, with over 100 people still being held as prisoners by Hamas in Gaza. Now Hezbollah has joined the fight, who’s next?
“And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.” Zechariah 12:3 (KJB)
Videos posted to X reveal pro-Palestinian forces in Toronto, London and other cities around the world celebrating the slaughter of Jews in Israel yesterday. Makes me wonder how many Jihadi ‘sleeper cells’ have come in on the backs of the migrants illegally crossing America’s open southern border. Netanyahu has a huge problem on his hands right now, but his problem may soon be the world’s problem if this thing gets any bigger. In a move that has taken the international community by surprise, Israel’s military-political cabinet has voted to invoke Article 40 Aleph, marking an official declaration of war. This bold and dramatic step has not been taken since the 1973 ‘Yom Kippur War’, highlighting the gravity of the current situation.
Israel at war day 2: IDF still working to liberate Israeli towns
FROM THE JERUSALEM POST: The IDF was still working to fully liberate a number of Israeli towns and bases and clear out Hamas terrorists from the area near the Gaza border on Sunday morning, as the war between Israel and Hamas entered its second day. Heavy armed clashes were reported in Kfar Aza, Kissufim, and Kibbutz Be’eri, with Hamas claiming that it had managed to take over the IDF base in Kissufim again.
Around 600 Israelis have been murdered, and more than 2,040 wounded, amid the assault, though that number continues to jump wildly with significant uncertainty in the field. The Israeli Embassy to the United States reported on X that that some 100 soldiers and civilians had been kidnapped to Gaza and are still being held hostage.
IDF Chief Spokesman Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari on Sunday morning said that the military is in the process of calling up hundreds of thousands of reservists in preparation for an eventual ground counter-invasion of Gaza, the largest call up in decades. In Operation Protective Edge in 2014, the IDF’s ground invasion only took place during the second week of the war Despite that call-up there was no timeline on when the counter invasion of Gaza – following Hamas’ massive invasion of Israel’s Gaza border villages Saturday morning – would start. The sense from Hagari was that the focus Sunday would still be completing retaking control of any of the 22 villages and 29 entry points which Hamas used to invade Israel a day earlier.
In Toronto, pro-Palestinian forces celebrate the attack on Israel that has killed 500 Israelis so far. What a glorious day for Canada and a perfect validation of everything that the Trudeau government stands for. Death To America is next. @JustinTrudeau #Canada #Toronto pic.twitter.com/keLg59dvUE
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Hagari said that there were no more active known hostage situations and that the IDF had restored control in almost all areas invaded by Hamas. Despite that improved position, Hagari said that there were still a number of smaller battles and ongoing searches for terrorists who were trying to hide in invaded areas. He said that tens of thousands of IDF forces, along with special forces, were involved in the Gaza corridor fighting. Hagari expressed hope that within hours, all of the Gaza corridor would be fully cleansed of invaders, though an IDF source had said on Saturday night that this might be accomplished already in the middle of the night between Saturday and Sunday.
Moreover, Hagari said that the IDF had started gradually evacuating civilians from the Gaza corridor areas, but that this would take time. The IDF plans to bring in large numbers of buses for the evacuation, but each village is only being evacuated once security forces are confident that there will not be a group ambush from Hamas terrorists who may have remained within Israel in hiding even as most forces retreated to Gaza.
Early Sunday afternoon, the IDF announced that it had started evacuations of: Urim, Beeri, Nahal Oz, Zikim, Erez, Nir Am, Miflasim, Kfar Aza, Gabim, Or Haner, Ibim, Netiv Haasara, Yad Mordechai, Karmiya, Kerem Shalom, Kissufim, Holit, Sufa, Nirim, Nir Oz, Ein Haslosha, Nir Yitzhak, Magen, Reeim, Saad, and Alumim. Additional villages will be evacuated as the IDF achieves secure conditions for those other evacuations.
In addition, the IDF noted that since last night it has thwarted at least five attempts by Hamas naval commandos to penetrate into Israel from the sea near Zikim beach. On Sunday afternoon, Hamas spokesperson Abu Obaida claimed that the terrorist movement’s al-Qassam Brigades had sent additional forces into Israeli territory. In addition, Hagari said that the IDF would continue non-stop airstrikes on Gaza terror command and weapons centers, with the attacks having started in high volumes midday on Saturday. READ MORE
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