On this
day, The Terrorist Organization
Hamas, launched a highly coordinated attack with help from Terror states such as Iran, on the people of southern Israel, from the Gaza Strip, much on video.
They murdered, raped, beheaded, and burned alive almost anyone they found, most of them civilians.
They also abducted, over 200 hostages.
As of now,
October 20th, over 1,400 Israelis have been confirmed dead and thousands more injured.
Following the massacre, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared war on the terrorist organization,
vowing "mighty vengeance," with the goal of wiping them out once and for all.
Soon after, Israel launched operation "Swords of Iron" resulting in mass, targeted air strikes, in the Gaza Strip on military positions, which are purposefully located in residential areas by
Hamas, to maximize casualties.
A siege was also put in place by Israel, with certain areas cut off from Israeli
water, electricity, and fuel, which Israel had been providing Gaza for
free for years, in order to force the population out of the area, so the IDF could eradicate
Hamas - who live under said residential areas in tunnels - with minimal civilian
death.
Hamas had previously, and continues to, launch rockets at civilian populations in Israel, as well as using their own people as
human shields, ever since they took power in
2007.
They use international funding and supplies - meant for their people - for themselves and their cause of terror.