The October 7 massacre was a brutal series of terrorist attacks along the Gaza border, when Hamas terrorists under the cover of a barrage of rocket fire infiltrated several Israeli towns, cities, and IDF bases.
The resulting attacks stretched as far east as Ofakim in the Negev and resulted in at least 1,200 people murdered and hundreds taken hostage by Hamas back to Gaza.
Occurring on the morning of the Simchat Torah holiday, the October 7 massacre kicked off Operation Swords of Iron, the code name for Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza.
Because of Rosenfeld’s denial, IDF sources said they did not fully realize that his division had utterly collapsed (they knew it was being hit hard) until around noon.
Jenner met with members of the community and heard about the Hamas massacre at the Kibbutz on October 7, 2023.
"France must never become a refuge for those who celebrate terrorism," said the Jewish Observatory of France's president, René Levy.
Two men have been arrested for terror attacks while invoking "Free Palestine." For them the phrase is a rallying cry sanctioning violence.
An IDF probe found that the IDF failed to protect Moshav Pri Gan, two IDF units refused to enter the Moshav. The Moshav did not have a functional readiness team and the IDF did nothing about it
Let the world see what Hamas did to my child. Let the world see what Islamist terrorists do to Jews.
The second hostage's name has not been made public yet due to the family's request, but they have been informed of the body's recovery.
Many Jews have been "met with a stunning mix of silence, blaming, excluding, and even outright denying the atrocities of Oct. 7," explained Bar-Halpern and Wolfman.
As part of the investigation, FBI representatives are working to obtain a full picture of the events from the crime scenes themselves.
Behind the law is the idea that often Israeli governments let politics and short-term considerations govern their major decisions.
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