I’m in the car and typing this by phone (from the passenger seat), but wanted to put out a quick emergency update. (Please forgive typos.)
As you’ve probably heard, Hamas launched a surprise attack against Israel. The Washington Post wrote it up like this:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that “we are at war, and we will win it” after the Islamist militia Hamas launched an assault and took captives following the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1973 Yom Kippur war. At least 100 Israelis are dead, the national emergency service Maged David Adom said, according to the Associated Press. At least 740 people were injured. This has been one of the most serious confrontations in years after weeks of rising tensions along the volatile border. Israeli strikes killed at least 230 people on the Gaza Strip and injured about 1,700, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Israeli authorities said an unknown number of Israeli civilians, soldiers and commanders have been taken captive by Hamas, which indicated it wants to trade them for militants imprisoned in Israel.
Serious ground has been taken.
Serious equipment, too, including tanks.
Finally, even high-ranking officers have been captured, reportedly.
This is a massive intelligence failure, and Israel is calling up reserves for what I am sure will be many days, and probably weeks of operations.
I’ll keep you posted as I can. (Reminder: I’m on vacation, so updates won’t have the typical level of quality.)
Love and peace,
Stan
Horrible...the way they are killing /capturing people is like something out of the Russian playbook.
It’s terrible news, Stan. And frightening. I’ve been anxious since I heard the news this morning, Spain time. These confrontations and wars have been going on for too long, since the beginning when they first decided wrongly (in my humble opinion) to adjudicate the territories to Palestine, and not helping with not declaring it officially a state in its own right, like they did with Israel.
I’m sincere in saying I’m not taking sides, as I don’t and will never understand nor accept wars, I just want all the wars around the world to stop, be them.
Muslims, Jews, Christians or any other religious beliefs nor races. We are all equal, each and every human, in God’s, Allah’s, Jehovah’s eyes.
Manmade religions are only political parties in my opinion me. For me, there is only one Creator, God. With all due respect. Thank you.
Sending Prayers, Love and Light to heal and lend warmth, comfort and strength to the victims’ families and loved ones. 🧡🌟🙏🤲
STOP WARS. Please. There is already too much suffering in the world. 😔😭