Israeli motorists stuck as fierce gun battle with Hamas erupts on road



Israel battered Gaza on Sunday (October 8) after suffering its bloodiest attack in decades, when Hamas fighters rampaged through Israeli towns killing 600 and abducting dozens more, as the spiraling violence threatened a major new Middle East war.

An eyewitness footage released on Sunday shot from inside a vehicle showed Israeli forces opening fire on Route 4 in Ashkelon, a coastal Israeli city that is a frequent target for rocket attacks by militants across the border in Gaza.

The location of the footage was verified by comparing the road layout, field, trees, lampposts, and building to street-view and satellite imagery of the area.

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39 thoughts on “Israeli motorists stuck as fierce gun battle with Hamas erupts on road”

  1. 75 years of ethnic cleansing.

    15 years of blockade.

    Confiscation of Palestinian lands.

    Pogroms on Palestinian towns.

    Desecration of Palestinian sacred sites.

    Daily raids into Palestinian homes.

    Constant humiliation of a entire people. Nothing about today is “unprovoked.”

    — Amer Zahr (@AmerZahr) October 7, 2023

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  3. The thin doors aren't going to protect them from any military grade bullet, they need to get out and take cover on the side of the car, put as much metal as possible between them and the enemy.

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  4. The only tiny consolation in all this is to – for only the second time in my lifetime – see the murdering jewish army having to fight civilians able to defend themselves on even terms – note – gone is the swaggering brutal gait of the fellow with a gun pointed at defenceless women and children- they are huddled and scrambling for their lives behind any shelter like scared animals – the 80 odd years they have been doing this to Palestinians is reversed

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  5. Imagine that. You steal a people's nation by murdering hundreds of thousands, then force the survivors into one of the most densely populated concentrations of humans on earth, while depriving them of basic human rights for generations, and they react violently. Who could have seen that happening?

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  6. Seeing hypocrites supporting isreal, the only country on the planet which has been called a apartheid regime by the United Nations is sickening!
    Even ex British PM David Cameron called Gaza a open air prison which the isrealis have made it into.
    Proven they have been stealing lands, killing 100’s of thousands of innocents civilians , their military raping men women and children ,israelis celebrating in happiness when these sickening actions happen, murdering hundreds of of journalist, 8 just in the last week !
    They are even worse than the South African apartheid regime! They allow some roads where only a Jew can use but a Palestinian cannot ! Nowhere on the planet does anyone else do this!
    Yet america and the uk fund and supply arms to this apartheid regime ?!!!
    Call out the isrealis for what they actually are ! Absolute animals !!!

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