{"id":8138,"date":"2023-10-07T21:18:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T15:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/palestinian-militants-launch-surprise-land-air-and-sea-attack-on-israel\/"},"modified":"2023-10-07T21:18:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T15:48:19","slug":"palestinian-militants-launch-surprise-land-air-and-sea-attack-on-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/palestinian-militants-launch-surprise-land-air-and-sea-attack-on-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian militants launch surprise land, air and sea attack on Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit_1500w\/rockcms\/2023-10\/231007-israel-hamas-mb-1204-05041a.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">The militant group Hamas, which rules Gaza, said it was behind the operation and dubbed it \u201cAl-Aqsa Flood.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Hamas incursion, stunning in its boldness and complexity, marked a major escalation of its conflict with the Israeli government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cEnough is enough,\u201d the elusive leader of the group&#8217;s military wing, Mohammed Deif, said in a recorded message that called on Palestinians to join the fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThis is the day of the greatest battle to end the last occupation on earth,\u201d he said, adding that 5,000 rockets had been launched. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The militant group said it had taken a large number of hostages, including senior Israeli officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Western leaders lamented the outbreak of violence. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">President Joe Biden said the U.S. &#8220;unequivocally condemns this appalling assault against Israel by Hamas terrorists from Gaza.&#8221; He said he told Netanyahu in a call that &#8220;we stand ready to offer all appropriate means of support to the Government and people of Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Terrorism is never justified. Israel has a right to defend itself and its people. The United States warns against any other party hostile to Israel seeking advantage in this situation,&#8221; Biden said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">European heads of state \u2014 including German Chancellor OIaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron \u2014 excoriated Hamas and expressed solidarity with Israel. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The militant group Hamas, which rules Gaza, said it was behind the operation and dubbed it \u201cAl-Aqsa Flood.\u201d The Hamas incursion, stunning in its boldness and complexity, marked a major escalation of its conflict with the Israeli government. \u201cEnough is enough,\u201d the elusive leader of the group&#8217;s military wing, Mohammed Deif, said in a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8138"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}