2023 Israel–Hamas war #2

Zionist media: The Israeli army instructs settlers in "Avivim" and "Doviv" to remain in shelters until further notice.

The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 08:45]
#Occupied_Palestine

Al-Qassam Brigades have targeted "Tel Aviv" with a rocket barrage in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 08:46]
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Israeli media: Reporting on rocket strikes in Tel Aviv and recording casualties.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 09:26]
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Reported injuries in Tel Aviv after rockets hit; two people in moderate condition.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 08:45]
#Occupied_Palestine

Al-Qassam Brigades have targeted "Tel Aviv" with a rocket barrage in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 08:46]
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Israeli media: Reporting on rocket strikes in Tel Aviv and recording casualties.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 09:26]
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Reported injuries in Tel Aviv after rockets hit; two people in moderate condition.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 09:36]
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Issued by Al-Qassam Brigades:

Al-Qassam Brigades target a Zionist bulldozer with "Yasin 105" shell and a tank tower with a "Tandem" shell south of Gaza City.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 09:36]
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Zionist Media: Concerns about the infiltration of drones from Lebanon into western Galilee.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 09:38]
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Al-Qassam Brigades destroy a Zionist tank northwest of Gaza City with "Yasin 105" shell.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 09:38]
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Al-Qassam Brigades target a Zionist tank with "Yasin 105" shell east of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 10:03]
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Al-Qassam Brigades continue to launch rockets and mortar shells from Lebanon towards the positions of the Israeli army without the sound of air raid sirens.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 10:04]
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Issued by Al-Qassam Brigades:

A Qassam drone drops an anti-personnel shell on an assembly of Zionist soldiers northwest of Gaza City.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 10:05]
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Sirens are sounding in Gaza enclave.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 10:11]
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Zionist media: Once again, an anti-tank missile is launched from Lebanon towards an Israeli army site in the Galilee.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 10:11]
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Issued by Al-Qassam Brigades:

Al-Qassam Brigades target a gathering of Zionist soldiers with a number of heavy-caliber mortar shells after it was initially hit with a shell dropped from a drone.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 10:13]
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Zionist media: Sirens are sounding in several settlements in the Upper Galilee.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 10:13]
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Al-Qassam Brigades target "Mevalsim" compound with a rocket barrage.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 10:15]
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Zionist Media: Concerns about the infiltration of drones from Lebanon towards Upper Galilee.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 10:39]
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Al-Qassam Brigades target a tank and two Zionist bulldozers with "Al-Yasin 105" shells south of Gaza City.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 10:41]
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Zionist Media reports the detection of two drones over the Galilee.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 10:42]
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Zionist Media: Residents in the northern part of the Galilee asked to stay in shelters due to a security incident.

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Multiple interceptions, israeli media reports at least 2 injuries due to shrapnel, one hitting a settler in his leg.

https://t.me/FotrosResistance/1473

A-50 has already directed S-400 fire towards its target in Ukraine.

This means the A-50's Bumblebee-M radar can sufficiently illuminate the target for the 40N6 missile’s radar homing head to function in passive mode. The missile could have a homing head that works in semi-active mode while flying, getting the bounced-back signal and then changing to active mode for the last part of the flight.

Russia has S-300 stationed in Syria. So probably if need be A-50 can direct S-300 towards lsraeli fighter aircraft to stop them from bombing Gaza.

Russia has the S-400 in Syria

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that the scale of Israel's conflict with the Hamas group will inevitably increase, Mehr agency reports.

“Due to the increasing intensity of the war against the civilian population of Gaza, the expansion of the scale of the conflict has become inevitable,” the minister said yesterday in a telephone conversation with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani.

Regarding the Russian position, with Israel, unfortunately, it appears to be very complacent with that country.
Examples: let them attack Syria constantly, do not sell advanced weapons to the countries in the area, nor to Hezbollah and Hamas.
If it did that, Israel would not be so aggressive, since it would have many chances of losing.
So only Russia, by selling advanced anti-tank and anti-aircraft systems, would be able to balance the military balance in the area.

Different rocket barrages were launched by Al-Quds Brigades targeting the occupied cities, military sites, and invading Zionist forces.

https://t.me/mmirlb/2172

Egypt rejected US offer to supervise Gaza post-war security

The Wall Street Journal has reported that Egypt rejected an American offer to take over security management in the Gaza Strip temporarily, as part of the arrangements that Washington and Tel Aviv are making for the post-war Gaza Strip. The assumption is that Hamas will no longer be a player in the political arena.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 12:52]
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Zionist Media: 3 injuries transferred to "Rambam" Hospital in Haifa, where two of them were referred to the operating room in critical condition after rockets and shells were launched from Lebanon towards Israeli army sites in the north.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 12:53]
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Zionist Media: Sending attack aircraft from Lebanon towards Israeli army positions in the Galilee indicates an escalating level of operations along the border.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 14:17]
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Zionist Media: Reporting of explosions sounds in the north.

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The Military Media in The Islamic Resistance, [10/11/2023 14:29]
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Israeli Army Spokesperson: 4 Israeli soldiers severely wounded and another moderately wounded due to Hezbollah's launch of a drone and an anti-tank missile this afternoon.

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https://youtu.be/O8iMaCPSY8k https://www.youtube.com/democracynow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5wu_2Vl0e0

https://www.juancole.com/2023/11/statement-department-university.html

Gaza now Gaza now _ website, [10/11/2023 16:38]
Urgent: Gaza Now Correspondent: The clashes in Gaza are the most violent since the beginning of the aggression against Gaza. The resistance is hitting the occupation forces stationed next to the Al-Rantisi hospital hard, and the soldiers have been hiding inside their vehicles since their arrival. arrival this morning. The mujahideen are clearly hearing their takbirs on Hay Al-Nasr Street now.

Gaza now Gaza now _ website, [10/11/2023 16:40]
Clashes are currently taking place in the following areas: - Near Al-Rantisi hospital in the Al-Nasr neighborhood.
- West of Tal Al-Hawa.
- Surroundings of Al-Shifa Hospital.
- West of Al-Shati camp.
- West of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip.

URGENT: VIOLENT Clashes IN THE VICINITY OF AL SHIFA HOSPITAL IN GAZA NOW.



https://t.me/PalestinaHoy/11351

Hezbollah published scenes from the kamikaze drone attack that destroyed the positions of the Zionist army in its territory, causing direct hits.


https://t.me/FotrosResistance/1500

Hezbollah published a montage of several Hezbollah attacks against IOF sites & units.

They showed ATGM attacks, drone attacks, ambushes with tunnels, sniper attacks, etc


https://t.me/FotrosResistance/1504

— The Palestinian resistance attacks the occupation forces in several axes, inflicting direct losses on the occupation army (via Al-Manar).

A Lebanese Resistance officer told Al-Mayadeen:

- We are deployed in front of two regions of the southern front, the Golan region and the Galilee region.

- The Israelis reinforced the front with the 146th Division, intelligence, air defense forces and firepower.

- The expansion of the resistance was practical and remained fully prepared to face any attack.

- The greatest achievement was to attract a large part of the Israeli forces from inside the country to the Lebanese front.

-Bringing in Israeli forces reduced the pressure on our brothers in Gaza.

- Operations began in the Shebaa Farms area and expanded to include all locations with a distance of more than 100 km.

- The basic achievement is to blind the enemy's eyes.

- A large number of Merkava tanks were hit and damaged by guided missiles.

- One of the basic achievements is the destruction of a large part of the Israeli checkpoints.

- The interior of "Israel" was attacked and the work of the Iron Dome was interrupted in many places.

- The resistance responded to the enemy who attacked the Iqlim al-Tuffah area by expanding the beam of fire and the quality of the response.



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Follow our Al Aqsa Flood coverage: http://es.mdn.tv/7M9d

Al Mayadeen Correspondent:

The Al-Qassam Brigades managed to destroy several Israeli tanks in the Al-Nasr neighborhood.

This note was written about three weeks ago, but it is quite interesting.

War between Israel and Hamas: background and development of the conflict


The military operation of the armed wing of the Hamas movement (Islamic Resistance Movement) and other Palestinian groups of the Gaza Strip against Israel, which began on the morning of April 7, marked a new round of Arab-Israeli confrontation and an attempt by Hamas to break the current situation.


The conflicts between Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip and Israel in the last decade have had common characteristics - the Palestinians mainly fired unguided rockets and mortars at Israeli territory, and Israel bombed the Gaza Strip, after which it all ended in another truce. Israel has adapted to these conflicts in many ways through complete air supremacy, an overwhelming advantage in guided weapons, and the deployment of Iron Dome missile defense systems. This time, Hamas was able to organize and carry out a surprise large-scale ground attack along the border of the entire Gaza Strip. The fighting continues, but based on the known information, it is already possible to draw some conclusions about its initial stage.

Background and preparation for the Hamas operation

Tension in the zone of this conflict has been growing for a long time. The Israeli leadership, taking advantage of the situation in the region and support from the United States, has been actively establishing ties with leading Arab monarchies in recent years and believed that it could keep the Palestinian issue under control through force.

Such reasoning, of course, was not unfounded, since the Israel Defense Forces, along with other Israeli security forces, has an overwhelming quantitative and qualitative superiority over the forces of all Palestinian groups combined, especially since there is a split between the main Palestinian political forces. In the Palestinian-controlled areas of the West Bank (WBRI), power belongs to the government led by the Fatah organization (Palestine National Liberation Movement), and Hamas is the de facto ruling party in the Gaza Strip.

Thus, the already difficult Israeli-Palestinian peace process has virtually come to a complete halt in recent years. As the Palestinian ambassador to Russia noted in April 2023: “All relations [with Israel] have almost stopped, with the exception of civil services” [1] .

The economic situation in the separated Palestinian territories is also difficult, especially in the Gaza Strip. Given Israel's harsh economic sanctions, travel restrictions and other measures to isolate the Gaza Strip since 2007, as well as repeated armed conflicts between Palestinian factions and Israel, according to the IMF, unemployment there was 45% in 2022, and the share of the population below the poverty line reached 53% [2] .

Although the economic situation in the ZBRI was better, the overall situation in the Palestinian territories increasingly resembled a steam boiler on the verge of explosion, and the actions of the Israeli authorities only increased tension. Uncompromising rhetoric by Israeli senior officials towards the Palestinians, continued Israeli settlement expansion in the ZBRZ and East Jerusalem in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2334, and the demolition and seizure of Palestinian-owned structures [3] have at times caused friction among the leadership Israel even with the United States and Arab countries that have diplomatic relations with Israel [4] .

Against this background, it is not surprising that there was a new increase in violence [5] on both sides. According to data from the official report on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 for the period from June 15 to September 19, 2023, during this four-month period alone, 10 Israelis, including women and children, were killed as a result of terrorist attacks and attacks involving Palestinians, and another 122 Israelis were injured . At the same time, Israeli security forces killed 68 Palestinians, including 18 children, and injured another 2,830 Palestinians. There were also casualties on the part of Palestinians as a result of attacks by Jewish settlers. In addition, Israeli security forces carried out 1,042 operations during this period, resulting in the arrest of 1,504 Palestinians, including 88 children. The report also noted that the total number of Palestinians under arrest was the highest in more than 10 years . [6]

Regularly in recent years, a wave of violence has affected the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, which is a sacred site in both Judaism and Islam. In ancient times, there were the Jewish First and then the Second Temples of Jerusalem, and now there is an Islamic shrine there - the Al-Aqsa Mosque. In April 2023, clashes broke out again, during which Israeli police raided Palestinians barricaded in the mosque complex. The pretext for the actions of the Palestinians was reports of the intentions of the Jewish movement “Return to the Temple Mount” to bring a sacrifice on the Temple Mount on the eve of the Jewish holiday of Passover [7] .

Under these conditions, the relatively calm and moderate reaction on the part of Hamas to the events that took place over the past year could even be surprising. They seemed not to care even about the leaked information [8] about the US-mediated negotiations on the possible normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Today it is clear that at this time Hamas was already preparing for an offensive military operation, trying to demonstrate calm and a desire to deal only with internal economic problems in order to mislead the enemy [9] . According to a statement by a representative of the armed wing of Hamas itself, the idea of ​​this operation originated in 2021, and since 2022 the movement has been conducting a strategic operation to disinformation the enemy [10] .

Last year, Hamas was able to solve one of its foreign policy problems - restore relations with Syria. It must be recalled that Hamas, although a Sunni Palestinian movement, has been active since the 2000s. enjoyed support from Iran and Syria, and until 2012, part of the Hamas leadership was even located in the Syrian capital of Damascus. However, due to the outbreak of the civil war in Syria, the Hamas leadership was faced with an unpleasant choice, since other important sponsors of the movement - Qatar and Turkey - supported the Syrian opposition. As a result, in 2012, Hamas severed ties with Syria and its Politburo moved from Damascus to Doha (the capital of Qatar) [11] .

In Iran, the Hamas leadership was not forgiven for this and temporarily cut off support for the movement, concentrating its main financial and military-technical assistance on other Palestinian groups, primarily on the second most powerful group in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Hamas was able to fully restore normal relations with Iran only in 2017, but even after that, Tehran continued to put pressure on Hamas in order to restore relations with Syria. This was achieved in 2022, when at a meeting between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the deputy head of the Hamas Politburo Khalil al-Hayya in Damascus, it was announced that Syria and Hamas had restored trust and returned to cooperation [12 ] .

For Hamas, all this was extremely important. The movement receives major financial and information support from Qatar and Turkey, but replacing military-technical assistance from Iran has proven difficult. Back in 2017, during the normalization of relations with Tehran, one of the Hamas leaders, Yahya Sinwar, said that Iran provides the greatest support with money and weapons to the armed wing of Hamas - the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades [13 ] .

Thus, Hamas, preparing for an operation against Israel, could fully count on the support of Iran and its closest allies in the “Axis of Resistance” [14] . In turn, for Iran and Syria, investing in such operations is a convenient way to take revenge for all Israeli sabotage and murders on Iranian territory, bombing of Syrian territory, etc.

Due to the difficulties in delivering weapons to the blockaded Gaza Strip, significant efforts were made to help organize its own military production there from available materials and components. In addition to the widely known and developed since the 2000s. production of unguided rockets (the range of the longest of them - Ayyash 250 - is up to 250 km), in the Gaza Strip the production of some shots for RPG-7, mines and simple UAVs was established. Thus, the armed formations of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad acquired kamikaze UAVs Shehab [15] and Sayyad [16] , which outwardly strongly resemble simplified versions of the Iranian UAVs Ababil-2 and Sayyad, respectively.

Information is still being received regarding the level of Iranian involvement in organizing the operation against Israel. Some sources report that a narrow circle of individuals from Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah movement helped Hamas directly plan and prepare the operation; these individuals allegedly had deep knowledge about it [ 17] . Other sources suggest that Iran was likely aware of Hamas's plans to take action against Israel, but did not have precise information about the timing and scale [18] .

It is obvious that the accumulation of stocks of UAVs, rockets and other weapons, as well as the direct training of Palestinian assault units (including specialized engineering assault units [19] ) took considerable time. The scale and depth of preparation for the future operation were carried out at an incomparably higher level than all previous operations by Hamas and other Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip. Judging by the video recordings of their training, which were published after the start of hostilities, they tried to automatically practice key points, such as quickly overcoming the barrier around the Gaza Strip, storming checkpoints, etc. The strengths and weaknesses of the Israeli defense were carefully studied , even small groups received step-by-step action plans, and maps of Israeli strongholds, bases and other important objects were prepared based on satellite images, with the main targets highlighted. Memos were also distributed to identify Israeli military equipment with recommendations on how to most effectively defeat them [20] . To practice assault operations, a model of an Israeli settlement was even built [21] .

The debate over why Israeli intelligence agencies were unable to accurately determine preparations for such a major operation is likely to continue for a long time. Today, various possible reasons are cited: the work of security forces in Israel could be affected by internal political instability and protests against the government due to judicial reform; in Israel they may have relied too much on technological intelligence tools, and in the Gaza Strip, when preparing the operation, they tried not to use phones and computers to transmit information, or to use equipment and devices manufactured by the Chinese company Huawei, which are less susceptible to hacking [22 ] .

One way or another, it was impossible to hide all the preparations for such an operation, so what happened was a clear failure of the Israeli intelligence services. It seems that the reason was primarily an underestimation and an overly arrogant attitude towards the enemy. It seems that the leadership of Israel and its security forces rejected the very possibility of such an operation on the part of Palestinian groups from the Gaza Strip. These problems affected not only the work of the intelligence services, which were unable to accurately identify preparations for the attack, but also the Israeli army itself, which met the attack unprepared, which led to serious initial losses.

Operation Al-Aqsa Storm begins

The time and name for the operation against Israel were chosen to be very symbolic. The operation began almost exactly (one day apart) on the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war (Yom Kippur War), the beginning of which was also characterized by surprise for Israel, serious miscalculations and mistakes on the Israeli side. In turn, the name of the operation “Tufan Al-Aqsa” (“Al-Aqsa Storm”), where the word “Tufan” means a catastrophic storm or flood, and “Al-Aqsa” represents the holy mosque in Jerusalem, emphasizes that this operation , according to Hamas, is akin to divine punishment for Israel for actions against the holiest shrine of Islam. Therefore, in a statement by the head of the Hamas Politburo, Ismail Haniyeh, after the start of the operation, it was said: “Our military operations were a response to Israeli aggression against the Al-Aqsa Mosque” [23] .

The bulk of the forces involved in the operation were the forces of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, which were joined by the forces of the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the National Resistance Brigades, the armed wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. That is, both the main Islamist and leftist Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip came together.

As stated by Abu Ubaydah, a representative of the armed wing of Hamas, in total, they selected 4,500 people for direct participation in the operation, of which 3,000 were directly in the assault units, and another 1,500 provided support [24 ] . This generally coincides with Israeli estimates, according to which the number of militants who broke into Israeli territory was about 2,500–3,000 people [25] .

Active hostilities began on Saturday, October 7, at approximately 6:30 a.m. local time [26] with massive attacks by unguided rockets and mortars on Israeli army positions near the Gaza Strip and deep into Israeli territory. According to Israeli estimates, during the first, most massive salvoes, about 2,200 rockets were launched into southern and central Israel [27] . According to a spokesman for Hamas's armed wing, a total of 3,500 rockets and mortars were fired to hit Israeli positions around the Gaza Strip, and another 1,000 were launched into deeper areas of Israel. [ 28] Such massive launches were able to oversaturate the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense systems, and some of the shells reached Israeli cities and military positions.

As the attacks began, Palestinian snipers and multicopter operators carrying explosives began knocking out remote-controlled machine guns and surveillance cameras on towers and walls around the Gaza Strip. To save money and safety of personnel, Israeli monitoring of the situation was largely carried out remotely.

While the threat from machine gun towers was being suppressed, landing groups penetrated Israeli territory by sea on motor boats and by air with the help of motorized paragliders/parallets, and engineering assault detachments advanced to the fence and quickly began making passages in dozens of places in the walls and wire fencing using overhead and extended explosive charges (the so-called Bangalore torpedoes). To ensure the rapid passage of motorcycles and cars of the main assault units through undermined fences and ditches, the engineering assault units also laid out special assault bridges, which they carried on themselves.

Thus, Palestinian assault units were able to quickly overcome the fence around the Gaza Strip and capture the Erez and Kerem Shalom checkpoints. The Israeli troops there were killed or captured, and the Israeli armored vehicles there were abandoned or hit by grenade launchers and UAVs. Thus, at least one Merkava Mk 4 tank near the Gaza Strip fence was hit by a grenade with a tandem warhead dropped from a multicopter [29] .

Apparently, Israeli plans assumed that in the event of a threat of a breakthrough, units of the Israel Defense Forces, stationed at strong points and bases near various settlements at a relatively short distance from the Gaza Strip, would quickly move to this place. The main role in protecting the perimeter was played by the territorial division "Gaza" [30] , but it was also supported by units from other army formations.

However, Israeli troops stationed near the Gaza Strip were not ready not only to quickly eliminate numerous breakthroughs, but also to protect their strongholds and bases, as well as border settlements. Assault units of Palestinian groups, dividing into smaller groups, attacked dozens of military strongholds, bases and settlements along the entire border, capturing many of them in the very first hours [31 ] .

Thus, north of the Gaza Strip in the area of ​​​​Kibbutz Zikim, training base No. 4 of the Israel Defense Forces was captured, near which a Palestinian amphibious assault from motor boats first landed (although some of the attackers were intercepted and destroyed at sea), and then the main forces approached by land [32] . To the east of the Gaza Strip, Israeli bases and small strongholds were captured in the area of ​​kibbutzim Reim, Nahal Oz, Kfar Aza, Be'eri and others. Moreover, judging by the known data and video recordings published by the Palestinian side, the Israeli military at these bases and strongholds were not ready for an attack, and the situation came as a complete surprise to them. Dozens of armored vehicles were abandoned at the captured Israeli positions, including Merkava Mk 2 and Mk 4 tanks, heavy Achzarit, Namer, Nakpadon armored personnel carriers, M113 armored personnel carriers and lighter equipment. Some of the Israeli military were completely caught in the barracks - they only managed to grab weapons and put on bulletproof vests and helmets before they died or were captured [33] .

A serious blow for the Israeli military was the capture of the Reim military base, since it was there that the headquarters of the aforementioned Israeli Gaza division responsible for this sector was located. It was possible to regain control of the base only by the end of the day [34] . The loss of the headquarters should have added to the general confusion in the interaction of Israeli units, especially since the commander of the 481st Signal Battalion of the Gaza Division, Lieutenant Colonel Sahar Makhlouf, was killed there. On the very first day of fighting, the commander of the Nahal infantry brigade, Colonel Yonatan Steinberg, also died, becoming the highest-ranking Israeli army officer to die in battle over the past half century [35] .

Apparently, as an emergency means of support, Israel began to urgently transfer army and police special forces units to the Gaza Strip, which immediately entered the battle and suffered significant losses. Thus, from Israeli sources it is known about the death in the battles on October 7 of Colonel Roy Levy, commander of the army special multidisciplinary unit "Refaim", Major Chen Bukhris, deputy commander of the army special unit "Maglan" (Ibis) and many other military personnel of various special forces units of the Army Israeli defense [36] , as well as employees of the police counter-terrorism special unit YAMAM [37] . It is also known that on October 7, the Palestinians shot down an Israeli Air Force CH-53 Yasur helicopter, which was participating in the transfer of parachute brigade troops to the combat area [38] - the pilots managed to land the helicopter on the ground, but after that the vehicle burned down.

In general, in the first days the conflict had already become the bloodiest for Israel since the 1973 war. According to official data as of mid-October, recognized Israeli casualties among civilians and military were about 1,400 people killed, 4,200 people were wounded [39 ] . Among the dead, 306 military personnel and 58 police officers were accurately identified [40] . Most of the above losses occurred on October 7, and these are not final figures yet, since the identification of the dead continues.

Among those killed on the first day of fighting were a lot of civilians - residents and guests of the Israeli regions bordering the Gaza Strip, which turned out to be a zone of fierce fighting and shelling. The fighting took place both in the city of 30,000 people, Sderot, and in smaller settlements, and the crowded open-air music festival Nature Party was also in the way of the Palestinian assault groups that broke through to the headquarters of the Gaza division in the area of ​​​​Kibbutz Reim. An important factor was that the Palestinian assault groups clearly had the task of capturing as many Israeli citizens as possible for subsequent exchange for Palestinian prisoners. In addition, some of the residents of the attacked Israeli settlements were armed and defended themselves [41] .

The fact that after the main Palestinian groups from the Gaza Strip to the surrounding Israeli areas, smaller ones, as well as groups of marauders, probably contributed to the increase in the number of victims. It is significant that Hamas does not even have accurate information about the number of Israeli hostages taken. Representatives of the movement stated that by mid-October they were holding 200 Israeli prisoners of war and civilian hostages, 22 hostages had died from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, and about 50 more were held by other Palestinian groups and in “other places” [42 ] .

Operation Iron Swords

Against the backdrop of shelling and numerous breakthroughs by armed formations of Hamas and other Palestinian groups deep into the territory of southern Israel, on the same day, October 7, Israel announced the start of a military operation called “Iron Swords” [43 ] . A war readiness regime was introduced in the Israel Defense Forces, and a massive conscription of reservists began [44] .

Despite the aforementioned urgent deployment of special forces units to the battle area and the active actions of Israeli aviation, Israeli security forces were unable to immediately return the situation under control. By the evening of October 7, fighting continued in the area of ​​several settlements along the Gaza Strip, including the city of Sderot, where Palestinians were entrenched in the seized building of the local police station. Fighting there continued until the morning of October 8, when Israeli police officials said that “about ten armed terrorists” were neutralized after receiving orders to fire at the captured building “by any means necessary.”[ 45 ]

On October 8, the Israeli government officially placed the country in a “state of war” based on Article 40 of the Basic Law of Government. This article defines the legal framework for “declaring war or initiating significant hostilities” with government approval [46] . On the same day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced [47] that the first stage of Operation Iron Swords was ending and the vast majority of enemy forces that had penetrated Israeli territory had been destroyed. But the Israeli military was able to announce the restoration of full control over all Israeli border settlements only on October 9. On the same day, it was announced that 300 thousand reservists had been drafted into the army (then this number increased to 360 thousand) [48] , as well as the beginning of a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip - Israel completely cut off the supply of fuel, electricity and even water. At the same time, Israel evacuated border areas, built up its ground forces around the Gaza Strip, intensified air and artillery strikes, and Palestinian groups continued rocket attacks on Israeli territory [49] .

Following the results of the fighting in the first days, the Israeli side stated that about 1,500 bodies of Hamas militants were found in Israel near the Gaza Strip [50] , but there is no objective data to confirm this information.

Regarding the scale of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, on October 12, the Israeli military reported that since the beginning of hostilities, that is, in about five days, the Israeli Air Force had dropped about 6,000 bombs with a total weight of 4,000 tons on Hamas and other groups in the Gaza Strip, hitting more than 3,600 objects [51] . Judging by the available footage, both guided and unguided bombs are used for bombing [52] .

For comparison, during the entire US air campaign against the Islamic State terrorists in 2014–2019. a total of 117.5 thousand various airborne weapons were spent, with the peak of use occurring during the assault on the city of Raqqa in 2017, when in May - August American aviation spent about 4000–5000 airborne weapons per month, the average consumption was about 2000–3000 per month [53] .

Such massive Israeli air strikes, without regard for possible collateral casualties, including numerous attacks on multi-storey buildings [54] in dense urban areas, quite predictably led to widespread destruction [55] and very high civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip, which have already far exceed the corresponding Israeli losses. As of mid-October, 4,821 residential buildings were destroyed [56] , the number of deaths exceeded 3,000 people, more than 12.5 thousand people were injured, hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their areas of residence [57] . About 1,200 more people were trapped under the rubble [58] .

With reserves of guided bombs, anti-aircraft missiles and other weapons rapidly depleted, Israel requested emergency assistance from the United States, primarily various ammunition. The first deliveries from the United States to Israel took place within the first few days after the outbreak of hostilities [59] . It is known that in total, Israel requested from the United States weapons worth $10 billion, including guided bombs, missiles for the Iron Dome complex and artillery ammunition [60] .

Almost from the very beginning of Operation Iron Swords, the Israeli leadership has stated that its goal is the complete destruction of Hamas [61] , dismantling its infrastructure and control system in the Gaza Strip. Achieving such goals almost inevitably requires a large-scale ground operation. Despite the fact that during the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, members of Hamas are killed, including high-ranking representatives of the military and political leadership of the movement (for example, on October 10, it was reported that two members of the Hamas politburo, Zakaria Muammar and Javad Abu Shimal, were killed [62], and 17 October, the commander of the central brigade of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Ayman Nofal, died [63] ), even long-term bombing and blockade cannot completely destroy such a numerous and well-adapted group for survival as Hamas. Moreover, all other significant forces in the Gaza Strip support Hamas in its fight against Israel. It is also significant that despite the force of Israeli strikes, Palestinian groups retain the ability to continue active shelling of Israeli territory.

At the same time, a large-scale ground operation in the Gaza Strip seems to be a very difficult task, especially since the Israeli army currently has no experience in storming and clearing large cities. For example, during Operation Cast Lead against Hamas in late 2008 - early 2009, significant Israeli ground forces were brought into the Gaza Strip, but then they cut the Gaza Strip into available areas of open terrain and blocked the main cities and refugee camps, trying to avoid getting drawn into heavy street fighting. One can also recall the Lebanon War of 1982, when the Israeli army, having surrounded the forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in western Beirut, proceeded to siege the city, and the fighting ended not with the assault and destruction of the PLO, but with a political agreement on the withdrawal of PLO forces from Lebanon [ 64] .

The Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip are, of course, much weaker than the Israeli army, but number tens of thousands of people. The total strength of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades is estimated to be up to 40 thousand people [65] , and we should not forget about the forces of other groups, even if they are significantly smaller. In essence, they are light infantry, but they have various anti-tank weapons, mines, small UAVs and other means that can cause a lot of problems even to significantly superior enemy forces in urban battles.

Moreover, over the many years of confrontation with Israel, Hamas has created an extensive underground infrastructure in the form of long-term underground tunnels for the hidden movement of forces, weapons production and warehouses, bunkers for personnel and hidden launchers for launching rockets. In 2021, Yahya Sinwar stated that the length of the tunnels is 500 km [66] . The depth of some tunnels can be several tens of meters, and some of them can go into Israeli territory. Thus, one unfinished tunnel from the Gaza Strip to Israel, found by the Israeli military in 2020, went underground to a depth of 70 m [67] .

Given the above, it is not surprising that Israel has mobilized a large number of reservists. The number of Israeli armed forces, which in normal times was about 170 thousand people [68] , was supposed to increase to 530 thousand people after the mobilization of 360 thousand reservists. In addition, existing equipment is being refined, including the installation of lattice canopies on Merkava tanks to protect against grenades dropped from drones [69] .

Another factor that the Israeli leadership is likely to seriously consider is the likelihood of opening new fronts in the event of a prolongation of hostilities and the start of a full-scale ground operation in the Gaza Strip. From Iran, on behalf of the aforementioned “Axis of Resistance,” as Israeli preparations for a ground operation intensified, there were repeated hints about the possibility of Iran’s closest allies in the region entering the war. Thus, on October 17, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said: “If the crimes of the Zionist regime continue, Muslims around the world and the resistance forces will lose patience. Then no one will be able to stop them" [70] . He was also supported by the Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, General Mohammad Bagheri, who stated: “The continuation of the crimes of the Zionist regime, its direct support and assistance from other states complicate the situation and may lead to the entry of new players into the arena” [71 ] .

The vanguard of the mentioned Resistance forces is obviously the Lebanese Hezbollah. The situation on the Israeli-Lebanese border began to escalate on October 8 [72] , when the armed wing of Hezbollah fired at Israeli positions in the Shebaa Farms area (this is part of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, which Lebanon considers its territory), and Israeli artillery fired back attack on southern Lebanon. Small groups of local cells of Palestinian groups from Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon also began to act against Israel there. By mid-October, exchanges of blows between Hezbollah and the Israeli army on the border became daily, resulting in deaths and injuries on both the Lebanese and Israeli sides . [73] So far, these clashes are limited, but the situation may change if the fighting drags out and the Israeli ground operation begins in the Gaza Strip. At the same time, other Iranian allies in the region may also be drawn into the conflict.

Thus, on October 19, the United States announced that its Arleigh Burke-class destroyer DDG 64 Carney in the northern Red Sea intercepted three land-attack cruise missiles and several UAVs launched by the Yemeni Houthis. As US Department of Defense spokesman General Patrick Ryder stated: “We cannot say for sure what these missiles and drones were aimed at, but they were launched from Yemen, heading north along the Red Sea, potentially to targets in Israel.”[74 ] . The leader of the Ansar Allah group, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, has previously stated that they are coordinating their actions with their allies in the “Axis of Resistance” and that the people of Yemen are ready to join the struggle of the Palestinian people against Israel [75 ] .

The United States, supporting Israel, is trying to put pressure on Iran and its allies in the region, for which two American aircraft carrier strike groups were sent to the eastern Mediterranean, additional US Air Force forces were transferred to American bases in the region, etc. [76] In its own In turn, clearly in response to these threats, from October 18–19, pro-Iranian forces began to carry out something like warning attacks on American bases in Iraq and eastern Syria using kamikaze UAVs [ 77] .

To summarize, it can be noted that on the Israeli side, the beginning of this war showed big problems at different levels of government, intelligence services and the army. In turn, Palestinian groups led by Hamas have shown a willingness to take very high risks, as well as their combat capability and ability to carry out coordinated actions at a completely new level in recent years.

At the same time, Israel, after mobilizing reservists and having secured the full support of the United States and other NATO countries, further increased its already overwhelming military advantage over Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip. Under these conditions, any refusal to conduct a large-scale ground operation or its curtailment without achieving the stated goal of the complete destruction of Hamas would actually constitute a political defeat for Israel. At the same time, it appears that the Israeli leadership has not made a final decision on how this ground operation will proceed and how to achieve its goal. In addition, diplomatic pressure on Israel and the United States will almost certainly increase as civilian casualties in Gaza rapidly increase.

Under such circumstances and in the context of the growing involvement of the United States and Iran with allies from different sides of the conflict, by the end of October the situation directly in the zone of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as well as in the region as a whole, was characterized by a high degree of uncertainty and the threat of further spread of the conflict.

Yuri Lyamin


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[36] Web page: https://www.idf.il/59780 .

[37] Web page: https://www.gov.il/en/departments/news/bravery_under_fire .

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[43] The operation of the Israeli army in Gaza was called “Iron Swords” // TASS, 10/07/2023, https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/18936137 .

[44] In Israel, they announced a massive gathering of reservists because of militants from Gaza // RIA Novosti, 10/07/2023, https://ria.ru/20231007/rezervisty-1901106253.html .

[45] Israeli security forces regained control of the Sderot police station // Interfax, 10/08/2023, https://www.interfax.ru/world/924717 .

[46] Israel announced the country’s transition to a “state of war” // TASS, 10/08/2023, https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/18943193 .

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[61] Netanyahu and oppositionist Gantz said that they stopped arguing to fight Hamas // Interfax, 10/11/2023, https://www.interfax.ru/world/925410 .

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GarryB wrote:

Russia has S-300 stationed in Syria. So probably if need be A-50 can direct S-300 towards lsraeli fighter aircraft to stop them from bombing Gaza.

You silly billy... HATO can direct and support terrorist attacks by Kiev on Russian targets and Russian territory and that is just fine, but Russia can't direct and support Syrian attacks on Israel.... ever... for any reason... even if it is self defence for Syria... because only Israel is allowed to defend itself... by killing 100 people for every person that gets injured.

Israel didn't get involved in ukro war abd didn't supply any weapon.

Russia has no interest to get involved in that conflict. If arabs are OK with it why should Russia fight for them.

If the US get involved then yeah they can send weapons and intel.

But they have no reason to fight against Israel when the arabs in the same time are fucking ukro whores in Dubai and accepting western and israeli money.

Just let the people see and those arab leaders will be overrun and replaced by more balanced leaders more open to Russia.

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Sirens sounding in Margaliot in the Upper Galilee.

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Sirens sounding in Qiryat Shemona.

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Al-Quds Brigades: We targeted Kissufim with a concentrated missile barrage.

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Zionist Media: The condition of soldiers injured by a drone and anti-tank missile launched from Lebanon yesterday is still classified as serious and challenging.

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Zionist Media: Preliminary reports of a building in Qiryat Shemona being hit by a missile or a suicide drone.

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Zionist Media: Coordinated attack in the north, where rockets and suicide drones were launched towards Qiryat Shemona and the surrounding area.

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Zionist Media: Due to the fear of drones infiltrating from Lebanon, settlers in Finger of Galilee [Galilee Panhandle] are requested to stay in shelters until further notice.

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