by Mark Crispin Miller, News from Underground:
Some detailed pieces on this sudden war (which may well help bring on a vastly bigger conflagration) conjointly raise some questions that we all had better face, whatever side we’re on (if any)
For those who hope to know what’s going on, here’s some useful information, in a factual overview from Mondoweiss; a video by Efrat Fenigson, an Israeli peace activist (who’s here on Substack); and a report by Palki Sharma for Vantage, a news outlet in India.
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What might this war—started with the IDF as “unprepared” as the authorities in/over Maui a few weeks ago—have to do with the “vaccination” drives now surely killing more Israelis/Palestinians than the fighters on both sides can easily finish off (at least in the near future)?
(While Israel’s “vaccination” drive is widely known—at least to those with eyes wide open—the one forced by the Palestinian Authority on its subjects has received no coverage [that I know of]. I learned of it from a nurse in Gaza, whose family I’ve tried to help these last few years. She tells me that the Palestinians are not allowed to work unless they get the jab—a mandate that the bio-fascist Western “left” apparently supports.)
Palestinian resistance in Gaza launches unprecedented surprise attack on Israel
At around 6:30 a.m., Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza launched a surprise attack on Israel from land, sea, and air, as thousands of rockets have been launched into Israel and reportedly dozens of Israelis, including soldiers, have been killed and abducted by the resistance.
In the early morning hours of Saturday, October 7, the Palestinian resistance in the besieged Gaza Strip launched an unprecedented surprise multi-prong attack on Israel, including firing a barrage of rockets toward Israeli territory while simultaneously carrying out a ground offensive into nearby Israeli towns which breached the Israeli Gaza barrier and overwhelmed surrounding Israeli military posts.
As of 12:30 local time, it was reported that thousands of rockets had been fired from Gaza into Israel and that Israeli air forces had targeted multiple areas across the Gaza Strip with airstrikes. Medical authorities in Gaza report that over 190 Palestinians had been killed and over 1,600 were injured so far. Israeli emergency services report at least 100 Israeli casualties, and dozens of other unconfirmed reports indicate the casualties to be much higher. According to Al Jazeera, 57 Israelis, including military personnel, have allegedly been captured and taken into Gaza.
While Hamas reported firing more than 5,000 rockets into Israel, including long-range rockets, the Israeli army claimed just over 2,200 rockets were fired into Israel Saturday morning.
For the rest:
From Sonia Elijah:
In light of the violent attacks today in Israel I thought it was fitting to cross post from Efrat Fenigson’s substack, who is based in Tel Aviv. Her analysis of today’s events are invaluable and thought-provoking.
She states: “Israeli Defense forces that were supposed to be around Gaza were placed around the West Bank because of security concerns so the Gaza envelope was left unoccupied with military.”
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