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Israel Vows Victory in War Launched by Hamas From Gaza, Catching the Jewish State Off-Guard on One of Its Holiest Days and Leaving Citizens Staggered at the Catastrophe

Political opposition in Israel pledges support for the government as sympathetic messages pour in from overseas and the Pentagon said it will deliver what support is needed.

AP Photo/Adel Hana
A ball of fire and smoke rise from an explosion on a Palestinian apartment tower following an Israeli air strike at Gaza City, October 7, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday. AP Photo/Adel Hana
BENNY AVNI
BENNY AVNI

The war launched against Israel today from Gaza will be remembered as the most shocking attack in the history of the Jewish state, with the Israel Defense Forces caught by surprise as Hamas managed, on one of the holiest days of the Jewish calendar, to seize at least 17 towns or kibbutzim, start murdering residents, and kidnapping others back to Gaza.

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BENNY AVNI
BENNY AVNI

Benny Avni is a columnist who has published in the New York Post, WSJOpinion, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Israel Radio, Ha’Aretz, and others. Once New York Sun, always New York Sun.

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