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October 12, 2023       Share:    

Source: https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/at-kibbutz-where-hamas-killed-dozens-israeli-troops-gather-to-respond-40f9c3f8?mod=middle-east_more_article_pos2

Scene of Massacre Becomes Staging Ground for Israel's Invasion of Gaza

(Wall Street Journal) Dion Nissenbaum - Kfar Aza, a small farming community near Gaza that was the scene of one of Saturday's deadliest attacks by Hamas, is now a staging ground for Israel's counterstrike. Hundreds of Israeli soldiers were assembling near bloodstained homes to prepare for what the military is calling a paradigm-changing offensive against Hamas' Gaza stronghold. "I'll give it to you straight," said a soldier. "I am looking for revenge. We are all out for revenge." Col. Liron Batito, commander of Israel's Givati infantry brigade, said Hamas fighters at Kfar Aza lay waiting for his forces when they arrived and used the kibbutz's rooftops to fire rocket-propelled-grenades at the advancing Israeli troops.

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