An Israeli military spokesperson confirmed that there were “hostage situations” in the southern city of Ofakim and the nearby kibbutz of Beeri.

Hamas said it had taken “dozens” of Israeli soldiers hostage and moved them to the Gaza Strip as footage emerged appearing to show gunmen in military fatigues leading a group of mostly barefoot women down a street in Israel.

The announcement and video verified by NBC News came hours after Hamas launched a deadly land, air and sea attack and fired a huge barrage of rockets at Israel.

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[–] 91 points 2 years ago (108 children)

This is just fucking barbarous. There is so much hate and bad blood in this region it is almost unbelievable.

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    [–] 64 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Israeli army does this, Hamas does that

    The people suffer.

    Religion best begets violence as this just brings us closer to WW3

    I hope the Palestinian people and the Israeli people can know peace in this lifetime

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    [–] 40 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Fuck Hamaz! The only thing that they're good at is misrepresenting all Palestinians as terrorists.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    None of these organized people are worth a penny, both governments, all the terrorist groups, they're all scum, and the people suffer on both sides endlessly because of them.

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