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“Israel launched campaign aiming to destroy Hamas after group's 7 October 2023 attack on southern Israel in which militants killed about 1200 people mostly civilians took another 251 hostage”
Analyzed on 2026-10-01T11:41:33+00:00 · Last updated 2026-10-01
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Israel launched its campaign aiming to destroy Hamas after the group’s 7 October 2023 attack on southern Israel, in which militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took another 251 hostage.
Extracted from: Dozens killed in Gaza waiting for food trucks, says health ministry , The Guardian
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“More than 61,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the Israeli military began its operation, in response to the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.”
'It's become a game for them': Gaza City residents fear Israel's takeover plans
“On 7 October 2023 Hamas broke into Israel, killing 1,200 people. More than 800 were Israeli civilians. The others were members of Israel's security forces, first responders and foreign workers. Around 250 people, including non-Israelis, were dragged back into Gaza as hostages. Israel's justification that it is acting in self-defence to destroy a terrorist organisation that attacked and killed its people on 7 October.”
Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza
“The looming assault aims to prevent Hamas — which led the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, onslaught on southern Israel that started the war — from regrouping and planning future attacks, an Israeli military official, who requested anonymity in line with military protocol, told journalists at a briefing on Wednesday.”
With Moves on West Bank and Gaza City, Israel Defies Global Outcry
“The looming assault aims to prevent Hamas — which led the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, onslaught on southern Israel that started the war — from regrouping and planning future attacks, an Israeli military official, who requested anonymity in line with military protocol, told journalists at a briefing on Wednesday. About 1,200 people were killed and around 250 others kidnapped during the 2023 assault.”
With Moves on West Bank and Gaza City, Israel Defies Global Outcry
“Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel started the war in Gaza and prompted the Israeli government to call up more than 300,000 reserve soldiers. In that attack, roughly 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed and about 250 were taken hostage.”
Israel’s Exhausted Soldiers Complicate Plans for Gaza Assault
“Sympathy for Israel ran high in the initial aftermath of the Hamas-led attack of Oct. 7, 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and another 250 were taken hostage, according to the Israeli authorities, making it the deadliest single day for Jews since the Holocaust. But the good will soon dissipated as Israel prosecuted its fierce counteroffensive in Gaza, now approaching the two-year mark...”
This Summer, a Hostile Reception for Many Israelis Abroad
“The government says the Gaza City aim of the proposed military operation is to root Hamas out of one of its last strongholds and achieve a decisive victory over the group that led the deadly attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which set off the war.”
Netanyahu Faces High-Level Opposition to His Stance on Gaza Truce
“Mr. Netanyahu recounted the horror of Oct. 7, 2023, when a Hamas-led attack killed about 1,200 people in Israel and led to the abduction of about 250 hostages to Gaza, violence that he said had been carried out “with fiendish glee, with sadistic joy.””
Netanyahu, Addressing U.N., Denounces Israel’s Critics as ‘Moral Cowards’
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