Israel Declared War On Hamas After Hundreds Were Killed In Surprise Attacks
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🗓️ 9 October 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Death tolls are hard to verify. But Israeli officials say more than 600 Israelis have been killed in attacks from Gaza since Saturday. As many as 100 Israeli soldiers and civilians were kidnapped when Palestinian militants crossed the border and raided communities.
Retaliatory Israeli air strikes have killed more than 400 people in the Gaza Strip, with 2,300 wounded, Palestinian officials say.
We get the latest and hear how the U.S. and the world are responding.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Jen, just a quick heads up before we start the show. |
| 0:04.7 | The news is rapidly developing and things may have changed by the time you hear this episode. |
| 0:10.3 | For the very latest news tune in to your public radio station and follow updates at npr.org. |
| 0:25.1 | Israel has declared war that has their soldiers battle Hamas fighters in the streets of southern |
| 0:29.9 | Israel and launch airstrikes on Gaza. |
| 0:33.0 | Death tolls are hard to verify, but hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians have been killed, |
| 0:38.2 | as many as 100 Israeli soldiers and civilians have been taken hostage. |
| 0:42.6 | U.S. officials are working to verify reports of Americans among the dead in missing, at |
| 0:47.4 | least nine deaths have been confirmed by the State Department. |
| 0:50.6 | The circumstances of those deaths are not clear. |
| 0:53.8 | Not since Syrian and Egyptian forces crossed the southern border on Yom Kippur in 1973, |
| 0:59.6 | Israel reeled from such a heavy and deadly assault. |
| 1:02.7 | On today's program, we want to take you through the events of the weekend, provide you |
| 1:06.4 | with some context and update you on the U.S. response thus far. |
| 1:10.6 | I'm Jen White. |
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