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Today is Tuesday, October 10^th, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by DAVID DE BRUYN and presented by Yamikani Katunga.

Israel Up In Flames

Last Saturday, October 7^th, marked the beginning of a new war in Israel. Hamas terrorists from Gaza used drones to drop bombs on border posts, neutralising the first line of defence. That was followed by over 2200 rockets that were fired into Israel, overwhelming Israel’s Iron Dome defence system, some rockets hitting Tel Aviv. The third phase of the attack was thousands of terrorists who breached the border fence and came into Israel in cars, trucks, and motorcycles.

Just five kilometres from the border, about 1000 young Israelis were attending an all-night rave. The terrorists surrounded them and opened fire, murdering over 260 young people. Others were rounded up and taken back into Gaza as hostages. Other groups of terrorists went into southern Israeli towns, and went house to house, either murdering people on site or taking more hostages.

When Israel’s first responders arrived on the scene, they too, were targeted. Policemen, firefighters and paramedics were shot at and murdered when trying to protect innocent civilians.