Headlines for Israel War on Sunday, October 8, 2023

Select headlines for the war in Israel that began on Saturday morning about 6:00 a.m. Local Time, October 7, 2023. Israeli death toll updated to past 700. 2000 wounded and over 100 kidnapped.

Death toll from Hamas onslaught passes 700, over 100 kidnapped, as Israel strikes Gaza | The Times of Israel

Israel-Gaza conflict erupts into fighting after attack by Palestinian militants -- CNN

Videos of Hamas brutality toward Israelis eerily reminiscent of ISIS tactics | Fox News

Now Missiles From Lebanon Threaten to Blow Up Wider Israel War -- y!news

Netanyahu vows to reduce Gaza to ‘rubble’ as he blitzes Hamas in revenge for terror bloodbath dubbed 'Israel's 9/11' | The US Sun

PM: Israel at war; 22 killed; Hamas claims it has taken hostages to Gaza in huge attack | The Times of Israel

Hamas commander says attacks are in defense of Al-Aqsa, claims 5,000 missiles fired | The Times of Israel

Residents near Gaza Strip beg for IDF help as they fight off terrorists | The Times of Israel

'A colossal failure' as Gaza's Hamas terrorists infiltrate, catch Israel unprepared | The Times of Israel

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Netanyahu's Tree Objectives

Prime Minister of Israel on X: "Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Security Cabinet meeting: "Since this morning, the State of Israel has been at war. Our first objective is to clear out the hostile forces that infiltrated our territory and restore the security and quiet to the communities that have been attacked. https://t.co/9r08URjj9K" / X

Prime Minister of Israel on X: "The second objective, at the same time, is to exact an immense price from the enemy, within the Gaza Strip as well. The third objective is to reinforce other fronts so that nobody should mistakenly join this war. https://t.co/SaL3LPvvyo" / X

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Today Is Israel’s 9/11 | The Free Press

Family members of those missing beg for info as death toll in Israel continues to climb | The Times of Israel

Hamas spokesman says Iran gave support for surprise attack on Israel | The Times of Israel

Hamas launches surprise land, air and sea attack on Israel  -- NBC

Israelis cry for help as Hamas militants break into homes -- New York Post

DSA pro-Palestinian rally slammed as 'Abhorrent' as Hamas attacks Israel -- New York Post

Elderly Holocaust survivor in wheelchair kidnapped by Hamas: Blinken -- New York Post

German tattoo artist, Shani Louk, ID'd as woman paraded through streets by Hamas attacked at morning outdoor music rage party near Kibbutz Urim  -- New York Post

A world split by Middle East massacre: Western nations show support for Israel - while others desecrate its flag and applaud onslaught in solidarity with Hamas | Daily Mail Online

Kylie Jenner deletes Instagram post supporting Israel after backlash -- New York Post

Fears for American Hersh Golberg-Polin, 23, after he sent parents chilling message 'I love you, I'm sorry' before vanishing from desert in Israel dance rave when Hamas terrorists paraglided in | Daily Mail Online

Fleeing RAVE music party ...

Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر on X: "Palestinian terrorists opening fire at Israeli attendees of a music festival. Many Israelis are unaccounted for. Some have been kidnapped. Stomach turning scenes from Israel as Hamas terrorists bombard our country https://t.co/LaDVdvtQ2Q" / X

Hamas may have taken more than 100 Israeli hostages into Gaza | Israel | The Guardian

Naked woman paraded by jeering Hamas fighters -- y!news

Met Police step up patrols amid reports of people 'celebrating attack on Israel' - Mirror Online

Muslim preacher praises Palestinian terrorists as western Sydney crowd chants 'Allahu Akbar' after hundreds of Israelis were murdered and kidnapped in Hamas sneak attacks | Daily Mail Online

Israel’s high-tech spies and $1bn Iron Dome defences failed to stop Hamas massacring civilians in 'embarrassing failure' -- The US Sun