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ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="dalvinder45" data-source="post: 225104" data-attributes="member: 26009"><p>Thousands flee Khan Younis as Israeli military surrounds city. {CNN}</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Palestinians carry their belongings as they leave their homes and flee from Khan Younis, Gaza on Tuesday. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu/Getty Images</p><p></p><p>Thousands of displaced Palestinians are fleeing Khan Younis in southern Gaza as the Israeli military said it has surrounded the city amid further operations west of the area.</p><p></p><p>CNN video shows displaced people sitting on the side of streets and in the vicinity of the seashore. The video shows cars, trucks, and tractors transporting families and their essential belongings, and crowds of people walking. Many of those fleeing described terrifying scenes.</p><p></p><p>"There are dead people on the ground. We left them behind. There are people killed inside the houses," said displaced Gazan Hisham Sayegh. "We were expecting to die at any minute."</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Israel is reeling from the deaths of at least 24 of its soldiers in Gaza, in what is the biggest single loss of life for Israeli troops in the enclave since the war with Hamas began. More than 25,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7, according to the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry.</p><p></p><p><strong>Hospitals under siege:</strong> Doctors without borders staff said they are unable to follow Israel's evacuation orders for the area around Al-Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, as the sounds of "bombs and heavy gunfire" go off nearby. "With heavy bombing and fighting moving closer to the areas surrounding Nasser Hospital, injured civilians will not be able to access immediate or urgent care," the group said. The United Nations said the situation at hospitals in the area has deteriorated as Israeli military operations expand.</p><p></p><p><strong>Sticking point:</strong> Qatar is engaged in "serious discussions" with Israel and Hamas, but recent statements by Israeli officials presented an obstacle to progress, a Doha spokesperson said. "Obviously when one side says they don’t accept the two-state solution and that they won’t stop this war eventually ... obviously leads to a harder mediation process," he said. Meantime, UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres said Israel's rejection of a two-state solution is "unacceptable" and threatens to prolong the conflict.</p><p></p><p><strong>US diplomacy:</strong> Ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza have not yet reached the level of "negotiations," the White Hosue said Tuesday, describing them instead as "sober and serious" discussions about what might be acceptable to all sides. It comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US will not support Israel creating so-called "buffer zones" permanently in Gaza that would effectively reduce the size of the Palestinian territory.</p><p></p><p><strong>Wider conflict: US strikes </strong> on Iran-backed militias in Iraq killed at least one person and injured two others, an Iraqi security source told CNN. The strikes targeted three facilities used by Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah and other Tehran-affiliated groups following repeated attacks on US forces, Defense Secretary LLoyd Austin said in a statement. It comes as Israeli fighter jets carried out strikes on targets in Lebanon, including a "military asset" used by Hezbollah and operated by Iranian forces, the Israeli military said.</p><p></p><p><strong>UK input:</strong> Britain and the US will announce new sanctions on the Iran-backed Houthis "in the coming days," Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. The news comes following another US and UK airstrike on Houthi targets in Yemen. Meanwhile, UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron will travel to Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Qatar and Turkey for talks with regional leaders this week on ending what he described as the "desperate" situation in Gaza.</p><p></p><p>Israel has continued its attacks across the Gaza Strip, including near hospitals and in the south of the besieged enclave, where ground operations are intensifying.</p><p></p><p>Here are the latest casualty figures as of January 21 at 11:30am in Gaza (09:30 GMT):</p><p></p><p><strong>Gaza</strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Killed: at least 25,105 people, including more than:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">9,600 children</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">6,750 women</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Injured: more than 62,681, including at least:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">8,663 children</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">6,327 women</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Missing: more than 8,000</li> </ul><p>The latest figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the occupied West Bank are as follows:</p><p></p><p><strong>Occupied West Bank</strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Killed: at least 369 people, including more than:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">95 children</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Injured: more than 4,000</li> </ul><p>In Israel, officials revised the death toll down from 1,405 to 1,139.</p><p></p><p><strong>Israel</strong></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Killed: about 1,139 people</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Injured: at least 8,730</li> </ul><p>[ATTACH=full]22343[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>Devastation across Gaza</strong></p><p></p><p>According to the latest data from the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Palestinian government as of January 21, Israeli attacks have damaged:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">More than half of Gaza’s homes - 360,000 residential units have been destroyed or damaged</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">378 educational facilities</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">16 out of 35 hospitals are partially functioning</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">122 ambulances</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">221 places of worship</li> </ul><p>[ATTACH=full]22342[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>Nowhere safe to go</strong></p><p></p><p>The Israeli army published an online map of Gaza strip on December 1, dividing the enclave into more than 600 numbered blocks. It asked Gaza’s civilians to identify the block corresponding with their area of residence and evacuate when ordered. However, leaflets ordering evacuations are inconsistent with online warnings, which has confused residents.</p><p>Furthermore, several Gaza residents have no reliable way to access the map with little access to electricity or the internet since the blockade of the 365sq-km (141sq-mile) strip has resulted in a collapse of telecommunications infrastructure.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]22341[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>Every hour in Gaza:</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">15 people are killed - six are children</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">35 people are injured</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">42 bombs are dropped*</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">12 buildings are destroyed</li> </ul><p><em>*Based on the first six days of the war, according to the Israeli army</em></p><p>[ATTACH=full]22340[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong>Journalists killed</strong></p><p></p><p>As of January 18, at least 94 journalists, mostly Palestinians, have been killed since the Israel-Gaza war began on October 7. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), 87 Palestinian, three Lebanese and four Israeli journalists have been killed.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]22339[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>Sixteen years of Israeli blockade</strong></p><p></p><p>The Gaza Strip has a population of about 2.3 million people living in one of the most densely populated areas in the world and is located between Israel and Egypt on the Mediterranean coast.</p><p>Since 2007, Israel has maintained strict control over Gaza's airspace and territorial waters and restricted the movement of goods and people in and out of Gaza.</p><p>After Hamas's October 7 attacks in southern Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to turn Gaza into a “deserted island” and warned its residents to “leave now”.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]22338[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>How the Hamas attack unfolded</strong></p><p>On the morning of October 7 about 6:30am (03:30 GMT), Hamas fired a huge barrage of rockets into southern Israel with sirens heard as far away as Tel Aviv and Beersheba.</p><p></p><p>The group said it launched 5,000 rockets in the initial barrage. Israel’s military said 2,500 rockets were fired. About an hour later, fighters crossed into Israel in an unprecedented multipronged operation through land, air and sea. Most fighters entered through breaches in security barriers separating Gaza and Israel.Hamas surprise operation recorded the attack with cameras</p><p></p><p>Hamas’s surprise attack came after Israeli settlers had stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound and after a record number of Palestinians had been killed by Israel at that point in 2023.</p><p></p><p>At 9:45am (06:45 GMT), blasts were heard in Gaza and at 10am (07:00 GMT), Israel’s military spokesperson said the air force was carrying out attacks in Gaza.</p><p></p><p>Gun battles continued between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters in several areas of southern Israel.</p><p>Israeli air attacks continued late into the night as did rocket fire into southern Israel.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]22337[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>Gaza's densely populated neighbourhoods</strong></p><p>The Gaza Strip comprises five governorates: North Gaza, Gaza City, Deir el-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah.</p><p><strong>North Gaza</strong> extends for 10km (six miles) and shares the only crossing into Israel through Beit Hanoon, also known as the Erez crossing.</p><p>North Gaza is home to the Jabalia refugee camp, the largest in the Gaza Strip.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gaza City</strong> is the largest and most populous city with more than 750,000 residents. Remal, Shujayea and Tal al-Hawa are among its most well-known neighbour-hoods.</p><p>At the heart of the Remal neighbourhood is al-Shifa Hospital – the largest medical facility in the Gaza Strip.</p><p></p><p><strong>Deir el-Balah</strong> is one of Gaza’s largest agricultural producers. It is also home to four refugee camps: Nuseirat, Bureij, Maghazi and Deir el-Balah.</p><p>Gaza’s only operating power plant is located along the district’s boundary with Gaza City.</p><p></p><p><strong>Khan Younis</strong> is home to about 430,000 people. At its centre is the Khan Younis refugee camp, where about 90,000 people live.</p><p></p><p><strong>Rafah</strong> is the southernmost district of Gaza with a population of about 275,000. Rafah is also the name of the crossing with Egypt that is located here.</p><p></p><p>Both Israel and Egypt have kept their borders largely shut and are responsible for further deteriorating the already weakened economic and humanitarian situation.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]22331[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]22332[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]22333[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]22336[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]22335[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dalvinder45, post: 225104, member: 26009"] Thousands flee Khan Younis as Israeli military surrounds city. {CNN} Palestinians carry their belongings as they leave their homes and flee from Khan Younis, Gaza on Tuesday. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu/Getty Images Thousands of displaced Palestinians are fleeing Khan Younis in southern Gaza as the Israeli military said it has surrounded the city amid further operations west of the area. CNN video shows displaced people sitting on the side of streets and in the vicinity of the seashore. The video shows cars, trucks, and tractors transporting families and their essential belongings, and crowds of people walking. Many of those fleeing described terrifying scenes. "There are dead people on the ground. We left them behind. There are people killed inside the houses," said displaced Gazan Hisham Sayegh. "We were expecting to die at any minute." Meanwhile, Israel is reeling from the deaths of at least 24 of its soldiers in Gaza, in what is the biggest single loss of life for Israeli troops in the enclave since the war with Hamas began. More than 25,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7, according to the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry. [B]Hospitals under siege:[/B] Doctors without borders staff said they are unable to follow Israel's evacuation orders for the area around Al-Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, as the sounds of "bombs and heavy gunfire" go off nearby. "With heavy bombing and fighting moving closer to the areas surrounding Nasser Hospital, injured civilians will not be able to access immediate or urgent care," the group said. The United Nations said the situation at hospitals in the area has deteriorated as Israeli military operations expand. [B]Sticking point:[/B] Qatar is engaged in "serious discussions" with Israel and Hamas, but recent statements by Israeli officials presented an obstacle to progress, a Doha spokesperson said. "Obviously when one side says they don’t accept the two-state solution and that they won’t stop this war eventually ... obviously leads to a harder mediation process," he said. Meantime, UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres said Israel's rejection of a two-state solution is "unacceptable" and threatens to prolong the conflict. [B]US diplomacy:[/B] Ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza have not yet reached the level of "negotiations," the White Hosue said Tuesday, describing them instead as "sober and serious" discussions about what might be acceptable to all sides. It comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US will not support Israel creating so-called "buffer zones" permanently in Gaza that would effectively reduce the size of the Palestinian territory. [B]Wider conflict: US strikes [/B] on Iran-backed militias in Iraq killed at least one person and injured two others, an Iraqi security source told CNN. The strikes targeted three facilities used by Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah and other Tehran-affiliated groups following repeated attacks on US forces, Defense Secretary LLoyd Austin said in a statement. It comes as Israeli fighter jets carried out strikes on targets in Lebanon, including a "military asset" used by Hezbollah and operated by Iranian forces, the Israeli military said. [B]UK input:[/B] Britain and the US will announce new sanctions on the Iran-backed Houthis "in the coming days," Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. The news comes following another US and UK airstrike on Houthi targets in Yemen. Meanwhile, UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron will travel to Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Qatar and Turkey for talks with regional leaders this week on ending what he described as the "desperate" situation in Gaza. Israel has continued its attacks across the Gaza Strip, including near hospitals and in the south of the besieged enclave, where ground operations are intensifying. Here are the latest casualty figures as of January 21 at 11:30am in Gaza (09:30 GMT): [B]Gaza[/B] [LIST] [*]Killed: at least 25,105 people, including more than: [LIST] [*]9,600 children [*]6,750 women [/LIST] [*]Injured: more than 62,681, including at least: [LIST] [*]8,663 children [*]6,327 women [/LIST] [*]Missing: more than 8,000 [/LIST] The latest figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the occupied West Bank are as follows: [B]Occupied West Bank[/B] [LIST] [*]Killed: at least 369 people, including more than: [LIST] [*]95 children [/LIST] [*]Injured: more than 4,000 [/LIST] In Israel, officials revised the death toll down from 1,405 to 1,139. [B]Israel[/B] [LIST] [*]Killed: about 1,139 people [*]Injured: at least 8,730 [/LIST] [ATTACH type="full"]22343[/ATTACH] [B]Devastation across Gaza[/B] According to the latest data from the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Palestinian government as of January 21, Israeli attacks have damaged: [LIST] [*]More than half of Gaza’s homes - 360,000 residential units have been destroyed or damaged [*]378 educational facilities [*]16 out of 35 hospitals are partially functioning [*]122 ambulances [*]221 places of worship [/LIST] [ATTACH type="full"]22342[/ATTACH] [B]Nowhere safe to go[/B] The Israeli army published an online map of Gaza strip on December 1, dividing the enclave into more than 600 numbered blocks. It asked Gaza’s civilians to identify the block corresponding with their area of residence and evacuate when ordered. However, leaflets ordering evacuations are inconsistent with online warnings, which has confused residents. Furthermore, several Gaza residents have no reliable way to access the map with little access to electricity or the internet since the blockade of the 365sq-km (141sq-mile) strip has resulted in a collapse of telecommunications infrastructure. [ATTACH type="full"]22341[/ATTACH] [B]Every hour in Gaza:[/B] [LIST] [*]15 people are killed - six are children [*]35 people are injured [*]42 bombs are dropped* [*]12 buildings are destroyed [/LIST] [I]*Based on the first six days of the war, according to the Israeli army[/I] [ATTACH type="full"]22340[/ATTACH] [B]Journalists killed[/B] As of January 18, at least 94 journalists, mostly Palestinians, have been killed since the Israel-Gaza war began on October 7. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), 87 Palestinian, three Lebanese and four Israeli journalists have been killed. [ATTACH type="full"]22339[/ATTACH] [B]Sixteen years of Israeli blockade[/B] The Gaza Strip has a population of about 2.3 million people living in one of the most densely populated areas in the world and is located between Israel and Egypt on the Mediterranean coast. Since 2007, Israel has maintained strict control over Gaza's airspace and territorial waters and restricted the movement of goods and people in and out of Gaza. After Hamas's October 7 attacks in southern Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to turn Gaza into a “deserted island” and warned its residents to “leave now”. [ATTACH type="full"]22338[/ATTACH] [B]How the Hamas attack unfolded[/B] On the morning of October 7 about 6:30am (03:30 GMT), Hamas fired a huge barrage of rockets into southern Israel with sirens heard as far away as Tel Aviv and Beersheba. The group said it launched 5,000 rockets in the initial barrage. Israel’s military said 2,500 rockets were fired. About an hour later, fighters crossed into Israel in an unprecedented multipronged operation through land, air and sea. Most fighters entered through breaches in security barriers separating Gaza and Israel.Hamas surprise operation recorded the attack with cameras Hamas’s surprise attack came after Israeli settlers had stormed Al Aqsa Mosque compound and after a record number of Palestinians had been killed by Israel at that point in 2023. At 9:45am (06:45 GMT), blasts were heard in Gaza and at 10am (07:00 GMT), Israel’s military spokesperson said the air force was carrying out attacks in Gaza. Gun battles continued between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters in several areas of southern Israel. Israeli air attacks continued late into the night as did rocket fire into southern Israel. [ATTACH type="full"]22337[/ATTACH] [B]Gaza's densely populated neighbourhoods[/B] The Gaza Strip comprises five governorates: North Gaza, Gaza City, Deir el-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah. [B]North Gaza[/B] extends for 10km (six miles) and shares the only crossing into Israel through Beit Hanoon, also known as the Erez crossing. North Gaza is home to the Jabalia refugee camp, the largest in the Gaza Strip. [B]Gaza City[/B] is the largest and most populous city with more than 750,000 residents. Remal, Shujayea and Tal al-Hawa are among its most well-known neighbour-hoods. At the heart of the Remal neighbourhood is al-Shifa Hospital – the largest medical facility in the Gaza Strip. [B]Deir el-Balah[/B] is one of Gaza’s largest agricultural producers. It is also home to four refugee camps: Nuseirat, Bureij, Maghazi and Deir el-Balah. Gaza’s only operating power plant is located along the district’s boundary with Gaza City. [B]Khan Younis[/B] is home to about 430,000 people. At its centre is the Khan Younis refugee camp, where about 90,000 people live. [B]Rafah[/B] is the southernmost district of Gaza with a population of about 275,000. Rafah is also the name of the crossing with Egypt that is located here. Both Israel and Egypt have kept their borders largely shut and are responsible for further deteriorating the already weakened economic and humanitarian situation. [ATTACH type="full"]22331[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]22332[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]22333[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]22336[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]22335[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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