Israeli media acknowledge massive intelligence failure
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Israeli media describe the current situation as the “most strategic event witnessed in the Palestinian scene," further noting that “this battle completely took Israel by surprise."
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Israeli occupation police ducking for cover in "Ashkelon" streets amid blaring sirens, October 7, 2023 (AFP)
Israeli media commented on the current developments in occupied Palestine, saying, “Israel has no control over what is currently happening in the Gaza envelope,” highlighting that there are some who have not yet realized the gravity of the situation.
Israeli media outlets further stressed in its coverage what it described as “the most strategic event witnessed in the Palestinian scene,” which it said took “Israel” by surprise that the settlers were panicking and “calling us to help them and ask the police to answer their calls.”
Watch | Israeli settlers hide in a trash container out of fear of #Palestinians who crossed over to the settlements in the #Gaza Strip. #Palestine pic.twitter.com/xWEjuM9ty4
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 7, 2023
Israeli media further noted that settlers within the “Gaza Envelope are begging the Israeli Army to deploy in the area,” although more than three hours have passed since the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
According to the occupation’s media outlets, Resistance fighters “took control of the Sderot police station” and managed to leave behind a “large number of casualties,” with settlers barricading themselves “in their houses on account of reports of Palestinian fighters having infiltrated a number of settlements.”
Israeli Channel 12’s Palestinian affairs correspondent noted that “harsh images were circulated on Palestinian social media, which we will not show here, of an Israeli soldier who was taken captive by Hamas.”
It is worth noting that photos and short videos went viral on social media, showing Israelis dead in the streets following the beginning of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
Unprecedented numbers of Israeli casualties, captives
Meanwhile, Israeli media have reported multiple hostages and Israeli fatalities resulting from the operation in the Gaza Strip. Simultaneously, an Israeli medical official has confirmed that the number of casualties is significant and cannot be ascertained at this moment.
According to Israeli media, a number of settlers have been killed and others were kidnapped, while battles are currently taking place in the Gaza envelope settlements.
Mohammad Deif, Commander-in-Chief of al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced the launching of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood following a barrage of rockets fired and an infiltration operation into Gaza Envelope settlements.
The leader said the operation comes in response to the Israeli occupation's desecration of al-Aqsa Mosque, as well as multiple assaults against women in its yards.
He added that the Resistance fired more than 5,000 rockets and shells during the first stage of strikes.
Deif addressed the Palestinian Resistance fighters, saying, "This is your day to make the enemy understand that its time has ended," adding that the Resistance had previously warned the Israeli occupation against assaulting women worshippers and desecrating al-Aqsa.
The Al-Qassam Brigades' leader also addressed the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, calling on them to "organize operations against settlements" and "sweep" the occupation away.
He then urged Palestinians residing in occupied al-Quds, as well as those in the 1948 occupied territories, to join the fight against the Israeli occupation.
Deif called on Palestinians to take up arms using any possible means.
