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What We Know About the War Between Israel and Hamas (November 2, 2023)

Author: Matthew Mpoke Bigg

Bigg, Matthew Mpoke. “What We Know about the War between Israel and Hamas.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023, www.nytimes.com/article/israel-gaza-hamas-what-we-know.html. Questions at the top are excerpted from: Network, The Learning. “The Israel-Hamas War: A Forum for Young People to React.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023, www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/learning/the-israel-gaza-war-a-forum-for-young-people-to-react.html.


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After Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, Israel has been besieging and bombarding the Gaza Strip, worsening a humanitarian crisis.

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Israeli soldiers in Be’eri, Israel, this month. Be’eri was among the sites attacked by Hamas terrorists during their Oct. 7 assault. Credit: Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

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Follow our latest updates on the Israel-Hamas war.

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On Oct. 7, Hamas terrorists staged a surprise attack on Israel, killing more than 1,400 people in their homes, at a music festival and on the streets. In retaliation, Israel’s government vowed to destroy Hamas, the armed Palestinian group that controls the Gaza Strip. Israel unleashed a devastating barrage of airstrikes against Gaza, where more than 8,000 people are now dead, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry, and sent troops into the battered enclave. The fallout from the violence has shaken the region and the world.

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Jaden B Jaden B (Nov 16 2023 10:51AM) : What happened? more

Hamas “terrorists” staged a surprise attack on Israel, killing more than 1,400 people in their homes.

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David A David A (Nov 16 2023 11:49AM) : What happened ? more

Hamas stages a surprise attack on Israel killing more than 1,400 people in their homes.

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David A David A (Nov 16 2023 11:52AM) : How did Israel respond ? [Edited] more

Israel’s government made a promise to destroy Hamas and unleashed a fatal barrage of bombs against Gaza .

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Jala A Jala A (Nov 16 2023 12:01PM) : What happened more

Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel and killed 1,400 people in their homes, on the streets, and at a music festival.

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Jala A Jala A (Nov 16 2023 12:02PM) : After the attack, Israel unleashed a barrage of airstrikes against Gaza, killing over 8,000 people.
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Christopher U U Christopher U U (Nov 16 2023 12:56PM) : What Happened? more

Hamas staged a surprised an attack on Israel,killing more than 1,400 people in homes,Music Festival and the streets.

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Deasy H Deasy H (Nov 20 2023 10:02AM) : hey guys war is bad & not cool murder is wrong yk
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Maryam C Maryam C (Nov 16 2023 1:17PM) : what happened [Edited] more

Why stage a surprise attack? it’s not like everyone in that country Is your enemy. most people that have been killed were innocent, and had nothing to do with anything that happened before this, if anything even happened.

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Jaylin F Jaylin F (Nov 20 2023 8:35AM) : Response more

I agree that Hamas doing a surprise attack wasn’t a good idea. To add to this I think it was a bad idea also because of how much stronger as a nation Israel is compared to them

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Sundus T Sundus T (Nov 20 2023 8:37AM) : response more

I think the reason for the surprise attack was for the fact that they wanted to get a jump on Hamas unexpected so that they could kill them. I also think they don’t consider the lives of the innocent people dying as they just see them as collateral damage- people dying as a result of their goal. they see it as a must, that it just has to be done.

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Kayla R Kayla R (Nov 21 2023 9:11AM) : Response to Sundus more

Exactly what they were thinking, they even stated this on their 1st conference that was live on national + global TV, here in the states, at least. It’s a must on both sides mainly the state of Israel to get more control, power and land, once again in humane history.