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US Sends Aid to Israel, Deploys Naval Force

Ford carrier strike group heads for the Eastern Mediterranean

(Newser) - No sooner had President Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that military assistance is on its way to Israel for its war against Hamas than the Pentagon announced a deployment. Biden made the assurance in a phone call on Sunday, the New York Times reports, that included a discussion of...

Israel Finds 260 Bodies at Music Festival

Witnesses describe massacre, panic as gunmen killed and took hostages

(Newser) - Israeli rescuers said Sunday they found at least 260 bodies at an outdoor music festival after Hamas attacked it the day before, CNN reports. People at the festival said Hamas gunmen fired at attendees who were fleeing. They took others hostage at the Nova Festival, planned as an all-night dance...

Hezbollah's Strikes Add Uncertainty

Israel says it's ready if the militant group joins with Hamas

(Newser) - Concerns that Hezbollah will become a full participant on the side of Hamas increased Sunday when its forces exchanged fire Sunday with Israel at the Israeli-Lebanon border. Lebanon's militant group said it hit a radar station and two other sites in the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms area with guided missiles and...

Series of Steps Resulted in Border Breach

Israel had touted barrier as an 'iron wall'

(Newser) - When the 40-mile, steel-and-concrete barrier between Israel and the Gaza Strip was unveiled in 2021—featuring a 20-foot fence, radar, and underground sensors—Defense Minister Benny Gantz called it an "iron wall" that would keep Israelis in the south safe from Hamas. "This barrier will provide Israeli citizens...

Major Question Being Asked: How Did Israel Not Know?

The intelligence failure will be examined for years to come

(Newser) - As war unfolds in the Middle East following the unprecedented surprise attack on Israel by Hamas militants, one question is being asked repeatedly: How did Israeli intelligence—and that of its Western allies—have no idea this was coming? Some takes, which in many cases assume the form of further...

Netanyahu: Israel Will 'Take Revenge for This Black Day'

Prime minister warns of 'long and difficult war'

(Newser) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a "long and difficult war" has begun following Saturday's unprecedented surprise attack by Hamas militants from Gaza. In a televised address Saturday night, Netanyahu said the country would "take revenge for this black day." He emphasized, "This war will take...

Israel Reels After Day 1 of &#39;War&#39; Against Hamas
Israel Reels After Day 1
of 'War' Against Hamas
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Oct 7, 2023 5:50 PM CDT

Israel Reels After Day 1 of 'War' Against Hamas

Netanyahu warns of heavy price if hostages are harmed

(Newser) - Israeli forces pressed its counterstrikes late Saturday against Hamas positions after a surprise attack began what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said is now a war that his country will win. Hundreds of people have been killed already in Israel and in the Gaza Strip. It was Israel's deadliest day...

Biden Condemns Attack, Calls US Support of Israel &#39;Rock Solid&#39;
Biden: US Has Israel's Back
Oct 7, 2023 3:05 PM CDT

Biden: US Has Israel's Back

'There's never a justification for terrorist attacks,' president says

(Newser) - "The United States stands with Israel," President Biden said in remarks from the White House on Saturday afternoon after the Hamas attack . "We will not ever fail to have their backs." Biden said he had been working since early morning on the US response and had...

Opposition Leader Urges Unity Government After Attack

Yair Lapid says Israel needs professional leadership now

(Newser) - Opposition leader Yair Lapid urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a unity government after the attack by Hamas on Saturday morning. The two met Saturday evening, the Wall Street Journal reports. Lapid said afterward that the prime minister realizes successfully running a war isn't possible with the...

22 Dead in Israel in 'Unprecedented' Attack

Hamas incursion from Gaza Strip also left hundreds injured, per Israel's rescue service

(Newser) - The ruling Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multifront 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...

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