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Netanyahu: We will destroy Hamas, this is only the beginning
Opposition head Yair Lapid attacked Netanyahu for not giving any new information while inducing anxiety among Israelis for an unusual address during Shabbat.
Israel will destroy Hamas, no matter how long it takes, and will finish the war stronger, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an unusual address on Friday night.
"This is just the beginning," he said. "Our enemies have only begun paying the price and I will not say more. This is just the beginning."
Lapid: Netanyahu sent Israel into a frenzy for nothing
Opposition head Yair Lapid attacked Netanyahu for not giving any new information while inducing anxiety among Israelis for an unusual address during Shabbat.
"How can Israel's prime minister send an entire nation into a frenzy for an unusual Friday night statement only to then say nothing on the hostages, the North, the evacuations," Lapid charged.
"A prime minister should not make these statements unless he has new information."
לא ייתכן שראש ממשלת ישראל יכניס מדינה שלמה לסחרור חרדה בהמתנה להצהרתו בשישי בלילה בזמן של חירום ואז לא יגיד דבר חדש לא על משפחות החטופים, לא על חזית הצפון, לא על המפונים. הצהרות כאלה לא עושה ראש ממשלה אלא אם כן יש לו מידע חדש להביא לעמו ולארצו.
— יאיר לפיד - Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) October 13, 2023
During his short address, Netanyahu also stressed that Israel, through talks with US Secretary of State Lloyd Austin, is "ensuring the continuation of fighting" with American supply on its way to Israel.
Go to the full article >>Hamas posts footage of terrorists holding kidnapped Israeli children
In one of the clips in the Hamas video, a man is heard telling a child to say “bismillah” before drinking from a cup.
Hamas has released new footage of what seems to show Israeli children they kidnapped during their murderous assault on southern Israel on Saturday.
The video, which was posted to a Hamas telegram channel, was captioned, “Hamas fighters, showing compassion for children in the midst of the Kibbutz ‘Holet’ battles on day one of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.”
During Hamas’ attack on Kibbutz Holit, thirteen Israelis were murdered.
BREAKING: Hamas released on Friday footage of terrorists holding Israeli toddlers and children on Saturday, during the mass infiltration and massacre of Israelis. pic.twitter.com/IhDU6U1ubH
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) October 13, 2023
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Hackers hit United Hatzalah, aid group treating wounded Israelis
United Hatzalah said its website was struck by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that temporarily slowed its ability to receive donations.
The websites of two relief groups providing aid to Israel and Gaza were disrupted in recent days after hackers flooded them with traffic, following a series of hackivist group threats over the ongoing conflict.
Jerusalem-based nonprofit United Hatzalah, which provides emergency medical services, said its website was struck by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that temporarily slowed its ability to receive donations.
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), a British charity helping with emergency relief to Gazans, on Thursday said in a posting on X, formerly Twitter, that its website was under a "cyber attack."
"It is beyond disappointing that anyone should wish to disrupt the work of a humanitarian relief organization, particularly during this unprecedented humanitarian crisis," Rohan Talbot, MAP's director of advocacy and campaigns, said in an emailed statement.
Go to the full article >>Rocket barrage launched at Tel Aviv, central Israel
Hamas has taken responsibility for a heavy rocket barrage that was launched toward Tel Aviv and the surrounding central Israel cities on Friday night.
Lapid: Netanyahu sent Israel into a frenzy for nothing
Opposition head Yair Lapid attacked Netanyahu for not giving any new information while inducing anxiety among Israelis for an unusual address during Shabbat.
"How can Israel's prime minister send an entire nation into a frenzy for an unusual Friday night statement only to then say nothing on the hostages, the North, the evacuations," Lapid charged.
"A prime minister should not make these statements unless he has new information."
לא ייתכן שראש ממשלת ישראל יכניס מדינה שלמה לסחרור חרדה בהמתנה להצהרתו בשישי בלילה בזמן של חירום ואז לא יגיד דבר חדש לא על משפחות החטופים, לא על חזית הצפון, לא על המפונים. הצהרות כאלה לא עושה ראש ממשלה אלא אם כן יש לו מידע חדש להביא לעמו ולארצו.
— יאיר לפיד - Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) October 13, 2023
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Netanyahu: We will destroy Hamas, this is just the beginning
Israel will destroy Hamas, no matter how long it takes, and will finish the war stronger, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an unusual address on Friday night.
"This is just the beginning," he said. "Our enemies have only begun paying the price and I will not say more. This is just the beginning."
Go to the full article >>Hamas launches heavy rocket barrage at Ashdod, Ashkelon
A heavy rocket barrage was launched at the southern port city of Ashdod from the Gaza Strip on Friday evening.
Sirens sounded across Ashdod, as well as in Ashkelon and the Gaza border communities, for minutes as a bombardment of Hamas rockets was intercepted by the IDF's Iron Dome.
No landings or damage was reported.
Go to the full article >>Israel issues severe travel warning to Jordan, Egypt's Sinai
Israel has raised the travel warning to Jordan and the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt to the second-highest possible amid the unfolding Swords of Iron war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the National Security Council announced Friday evening.
The council said that Hamas, along with other terror organizations, is calling for the murder of Israelis and Jews across the world and especially in Arab nations, therefore making it a security threat to visit these locations.
Go to the full article >>IDF: Israel striking Hamas targets in Gaza
The IDF struck Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday evening, the Israeli military said.
This is a developing story.
Go to the full article >>BREAKING: Hamas releases footage of terrorists holding Israeli children
Hamas released on Friday footage of terrorists holding Israeli toddlers and children on Saturday, during the mass infiltration and massacre of Israelis.
BREAKING: Hamas released on Friday footage of terrorists holding Israeli toddlers and children on Saturday, during the mass infiltration and massacre of Israelis. pic.twitter.com/IhDU6U1ubH
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) October 13, 2023
This is a developing story.
Israel, Hamas at war: What you need to know
- Hamas launched a barrage of rockets on Saturday morning, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border
- Over 1,300 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered as of Friday night, and more than 3,484 were wounded according to the Health Ministry
- Israel reportedly preparing for a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad claim to hold over 130 Israeli hostages in Gaza