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October 7, 2023 was the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.Over three thousand terrorists infiltrated southern Israel, raping, torturing,mutilating and murdering more than a thousand people. Hundreds of innocent men,women, and children were taken to Gaza and held as hostages in cruelconditions.
Communities were decimated. Entire families were wiped out. The massacre began at sunrise. Hamaslaunched a barrage of over 5,000 rockets from Gaza, using it as a cover tobreach the Israeli border from air, land and sea, by vehicle and on foot.Hamas’s terrorists were armed with machine guns, knives, RPG’s, grenades, anddetailed maps presenting specific intelligence regarding houses and familieslocations throughout Israel. They also wore body cameras and brought alongjournalists to document and live-stream the atrocities.
In order to target civilians, the terroristsset up roadblocks along highways, gunning down unsuspecting families; theyinvaded a music festival, murdering and raping terrified attendees and infiltratednearby villages, shooting victims point-blank, burning homes with familiesinside. Simultaneously, Hamas kept firing missiles towards Israel. Thecoordinated assault paralyzed the country, delaying first responders andrescuers from helping the massacre victims, adding to the tragic losses oflife.
Hamas’s rampage claimed the lives of 1,200people and nearly five thousand wounded — with no distinction betweenJews, Christians, and Muslims. More than two hundred people, including babiesand toddlers, were violently abducted to Gaza and were held as hostages.
The scale of cruelty and inhumanitydisplayed on October 7th shocked the world. Up to this day, Israel still has not succeeded in identifying all ofHamas’s massacre victims, as many bodies remain held in Gaza, and others havebeen mutilated beyond recognition.
This unprecedented event marked a pivotalmoment in history, causing the commencement of the 2023 Genesis War.
