The people of Israel face a bloody morning, with 5,000 rockets falling from the sky on Saturday morning.
It is said that the Palestinian armed organization Hamas launched a raid code-named "Al-Aqsa Flood" on the 7th, firing more than 5,000 rockets from the Gaza Strip to attack Israel. The attack has resulted in more than 100 casualties. During the clashes, a Chinese worker was wounded by a stray bullet near Ashkelon in the south of Israel and treated in a hospital.
The Israelis were completely caught off guard by the raid, and although they had tightened their blockade of roads close to Gaza, much of the border barbed wire had been blown away by Palestinian bulldozers just before dawn. Hamas militants have successfully infiltrated southern Israel and have been taken hostage. Hamas leader Haniyeh issued a statement saying they were leading a "heroic battle" in which Hamas infiltrated southern Israel for the first time in an unprecedented attempt to defend the Al-Aqsa Mosque, holy sites and Palestinian prisoners in Jerusalem.
During this three-hour morning offensive, rockets could be heard whizzing in the air in the Gaza Strip, air raid sirens sounded as far as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and the whole of Israel was enveloped in sudden unease and fear.
Mohammed Dyif, the leader of Hamas's senior military faction, announced the operation, known as Operation Al-Aqsa. He said he was "out of bearing" and that "on this day, the greatest battle will end the last occupation on Earth". Hamas leader Salah Aruri said the operation was a response to the "crimes of the occupiers."
The Hamas raid shows that the level of their anger has accumulated to a very high level, and this operation is their long-term accumulation of explosive outbursts. It is shocking that Nimrold Aloni, a senior Israeli military officer and former commander of the Gaza Division, was captured by Hamas. Aloni has served as commander of the Gaza Division and is currently commander of the "Deep Force," a strategic force tasked with using Israeli special forces to conduct operations deep into enemy depths. Hamas is very hostile to Aloni and wants to rid himself of his threat.
While the Israeli side has yet to confirm the news of Aloni's capture, Hamas appears to have reversed the standoff with Israel, which is operating in strategic depths.
If anyone thinks that Israel can quickly contain the attack, that may be wrong. After all, Israel had no expectation of the scale and scope of the raid. For Hamas, this is an impressive operation, their main goal has been achieved, and capturing this "deep force" commander is the big goal pursued by Hamas!
Hamas's raid this time fully demonstrates their preparedness and determination. They even entered Israel on a powered paraglider and destroyed Israeli tanks, hijacked military vehicles, and achieved fruitful results. When Hamas militants infiltrated Israeli neighborhoods, heavy firefighting broke out in the streets and the city was plunged into clashes.
Video online showed militants dragging a suspected Israeli soldier covered in blood and unable to resist from a vehicle and trampling him under his feet. There were also young Israeli women caught in cars and taken to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
According to IDF statistics, about 2,200 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip, and the enemy carried out infiltration attacks by land, sea and air.
The IDF told residents around the Gaza Strip to stay home and that they would defend Israeli civilians and that the Hamas terrorist group would pay a heavy price for their actions. Israeli Defense Minister Gallant said Hamas had made major mistakes and that they were at war and that there were currently at least 20 "intense conflict sites" in southern Israel.
In response to the attack, the IDF launched a military operation code-named Operation Iron Sword, which launched retaliatory strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip and mobilized tens of thousands of army reservists.
Israeli residents in the surrounding Gaza Strip have been asked to stay in their homes, and the IDF says the army will protect civilians while Hamas will pay a heavy price for their actions. The Israeli Air Force has carried out air strikes against Palestinian institutions in the Gaza Strip.
Israel is clearly one step slower. According to Israeli media reports, at least 22 Israelis were killed in Hamas attacks, and seven Jewish settlements are under Hamas control, including Sderot and Nahal Oz.
Israeli media also said Hamas had also captured 35 Israelis and transferred them to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The most important thing is that they managed to capture the leader of the "deep troops".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an address to the nation: "We are in the midst of a war, this is not an action or a battle, but a war." This morning, Hamas launched a deadly surprise attack on Israel and its citizens. He said he had summoned security chiefs and ordered to first clean up communities infiltrated by militants. He also ordered a broad mobilization of reserves and said that counterfire would be carried out on a scale unknown to the enemy, who would pay an unprecedented price. He called on the people to strictly abide by the instructions of the National Defense Forces and the command, saying that "we are in the midst of a war and we will win this war".
The Israeli military said, "They don't understand the power of the IDF, and they have made a huge mistake." Now Israel will act so that they will remember forever. ”
At present, Israel faces a dire situation on the ground, and they have lost control of several communities along the border. Hamas forces have occupied a number of small towns, including Israelis, and the situation is very complicated.
Hamas militant groups have been able to put Israel in a passive position by clearly following the tactics of the Allah guerrillas, distracting southern Israel by firing rockets and aiming not only to fight Israeli forces but also to kidnap Israelis. Their actions after entering the community prove this.
Hamas's response this time is also a response to the deteriorating and unbearable oppression of living conditions under the prolonged blockade. They launched raids at least a dozen locations at the same time, showing the thoroughness of the plan, at least a few months of preparation time, and the secrecy was very well in place.
Israel made a huge intelligence blunder, completely unaware of the Hamas raid and had almost no response in the first hour. Insiders say it was Israel's biggest failure in intelligence since the October 1973 war. The difference is that the war of 1973 was a traditional war, and today the events are extraordinary, civilians are victimized at home, attacked unprepared and prepared, and special forces commanders are captured.
In this battle, Hamas's intelligence work almost completely defeated the Mossad, Israel's military intelligence service.
Israel has sealed off the entire territory, but Hamas fighters who have entered the community have not all withdrawn.
What is certain is that there is no way back for both parties to the conflict. Either the Gaza Strip will be reoccupied and blockaded by Israel, or there will be unpredictable and vicious violence.
Blood debt and blood payment are the iron law of this land.