Battle of Sufa
2023 CE.
Shown on the map at 31.237°, 34.341°.
On 7 October 2023, as part of the al-Qassam Brigades-initiated October 7 attacks on Israel, a series of coordinated armed incursions into the Gaza envelope, around 30 militants from Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades attacked kibbutz Sufa and then overran a nearby military outpost. Around 7:30 a.m., Hamas militants motorbikes indiscriminately fired guns and rocket launchers at people on the streets before arriving at the gates of Sufa. Once inside the kibbutz, militants went door-to-door shooting anyone in sight, including inside people's homes at point blank range. For an estimated 6 hours, six armed residents of the kibbutz fought off the Hamas militants until the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) arrived. Three Israeli civilians were killed in the attack on the kibbutz. Twenty Hamas militants were killed, and 10 were captured by Israeli security forces.
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