This movie was so incredibly bad that I had to call my bank and file a dispute on the mere $6.00 that I spent to rent this.
An armed conflict between Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups[41][o] and Israeli military forces broke out on 7 October 2023,[42] with a Hamas attack on southern Israel,[43] to which Israeli military forces retaliated with extensive strikes on the Gaza Strip[44] and a subsequent invasion of Gaza.[45] By the end of October, more than 1,500 Israelis, mostly civilians murdered in the initial attacks by Hamas,[46] and more than 8,000 Palestinians had been killed, including more than 3,000 children, while over 230 Israelis and foreign nationals remained captured or taken as hostages.[47] Gaza was described by UNICEF as a “graveyard” for children.[48]
The Hamas attack began in the morning of 7 October with a barrage of over 5,000 rockets launched from the Gaza Strip against Israeli cities and communities,[49] while some 3,000 Palestinian militants breached the Gaza–Israel barrier, killing civilians in over a dozen massacres and setting fire to their homes, and attacking Israel Defense Forces (IDF) military bases near the Gaza Strip.[50] At least 44 nations, mostly Western, characterized the surprise incursion as a terrorist attack.[51] Meanwhile, Hamas declared that its attack was a retaliation to the "desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque," the Gaza Strip blockade, Israeli settlements and settler violence.[52][53][54]
The current war, the fiercest since the Yom Kippur War, is the fifth war in the Gaza strip, and part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.[55] In 2023, before the offensive started, an uptick in Israeli–Palestinian violence saw at least 247 Palestinians, 32 Israelis and two foreigners killed.[56][57][58]
According to the Israeli government, over 1,400 Israelis and foreigners, mostly civilians, were killed on 7 October,[30] including 260 people at a music festival in Re'im.[59][60][61] Over 200 civilians and captured Israeli soldiers were taken as hostages to the Gaza Strip.[62][63][64][65] After clearing Hamas forces from southern Israel, the IDF conducted airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.[66] According to the Gaza Health Ministry, as of 31 October over 9,000 Palestinians had been killed,[67] mostly civilians, including more than 50 UNRWA staff.[68][18] A total of 6,000 bombs were dropped by Israel during the first six days of the conflict, double the number of bombs employed by a US-led coalition against ISIS over one month.