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Over 100 Israelis have died and more than 900 were injured after rockets were fired from Gaza by Hamas militants, Israeli officials said Saturday.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said 198 were killed in Gaza and at least 1,610 were injured Saturday in retaliatory attacks from Israel.

"We are at war. We will win," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday.

The Israeli Defense Forces earlier declared "a state of alert for war," according to a statement issued by the IDF.

"Over the past hour, the Hamas terrorist organization launched massive barrages of rockets from Gaza into Israel, and its terrorist operatives have infiltrated into Israel in a number of different locations in the south," the IDF said early Saturday.

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[-] purahna@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

as usual, the Palestinian death toll is now at least 5 times higher than the Israeli death toll and Israel isn't done yet

Don't lose sight of who the aggressor is.

[-] Telodzrum@lemmy.world -4 points 9 months ago

I mean, definitionally Hamas is the aggressor here. The force Israel has traditionally employed in response is nowhere near proportional or responsible, but they have rarely been the inciter in large-scale armed conflicts.

Bombast and hyperbole don't win you arguments or minds on topics like this. Let the atrocities of Israel's violent apartheid speak for themselves, free of embellishment.

[-] vidarh@lemmy.stad.social 6 points 9 months ago

Israel is an illegal occupying force. As such they are inherently always the aggressor.

[-] nwordsayer@lemm.ee -2 points 9 months ago

Ok antisemite. Israel is defending itself from terrorists.

[-] vidarh@lemmy.stad.social 1 points 9 months ago

Abusing the term antisemitism to deflect criticism from an apartheid regime is disgusting.

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