Islamic Jihad says it holds several Israeli soldiers captive, and Hamas social media accounts show footage of captives being taken alive into Gaza
by Hamas on Israel, which combined gunmen breaching security barriers with a barrage of rockets fired from Gaza, was launched at dawn on Saturday, October 7, during the Jewish high holiday of Simchat Torah.
Smoke billowed over residential Israeli areas and people sheltered behind buildings as sirens sounded overhead. At least one woman was reported killed by the rockets.The barrage served as cover for an unprecedented multi-pronged infiltration of fighters, with the Israeli military saying at 7:40 am that Palestinian gunmen had crossed into Israel.
One video showed at least six motorbikes with fighters crossing through a hole in a metal security barrier.Fighting at Israeli military bases Several captured Israeli military vehicles were later pictured being driven into Gaza and paraded there.Fighters raided the Israeli border town of Sderot and were reported to be in another border community, Be’eri, and the town of Ofakim 30 kilometers east of Gaza, according to Israeli media citing phone calls from residents.
Hamas videos and unverified images circulating on social media showed dead civilians, Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters.Taking captives
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