There are reports of a Palestinian uprising taking place in East Jerusalem and in places throughout the West Bank. Here’s some of what is being posted on social media.
BREAKING: CLASHES BETWEEN PALESTINIAN CITIZENS AND ISRAELI OCCUPATION FORCES HAPPENING IN JERUSALEM RIGHT NOW pic.twitter.com/HmUdLdrX2v
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) October 8, 2023
Clashes continue between resistance and occupation forces in Qalandia camp, north of Jerusalem pic.twitter.com/H4vouKfDK7
— Iran Observer (@IranObserver0) October 8, 2023
🚨🇮🇱 BREAKING: “Israel Seals Off Jerusalem and West Bank” — WSJ
Video shows the chaos in Jerusalem, shots are heard. https://t.co/PRAWG6axdD pic.twitter.com/G6xWDLWb2z
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) October 8, 2023
Breaking:Armed Clash in Jerusalem #Hamas #Israel #Gaza #Palestina #طوفان_الأقصى
pic.twitter.com/DBMaQ9PzMg— Arslan Baloch (@balochi5252) October 8, 2023
🇵🇸 Jenin now. People in west bank are starting to gather in streets. The crowd is getting larger minutes by minutes pic.twitter.com/FPF6n30XZZ
— Sprinter (@Sprinter99800) October 8, 2023
Some have speculated that the Palestinian strategy is to create a corridor to unite the Gaza Strip with the West Bank.
🇵🇸 If HAMAS is successful, they will be breaking Israel into two halves, linking West Bank to Gaza
They will then be pushing up north of Israel in the direction of Lebanon where 1000s of Hezbollah militants are waiting to engage the IDF.
Mossad failed to see this coming. pic.twitter.com/NsTABfOup1
— Spetsnaℤ 007 🇷🇺 (@Alex_Oloyede2) October 8, 2023
Based on the model of the offensive of the Palestinians forces on the eastern front, it can be assumed that the main goal is to reach the south of the West Bank pic.twitter.com/88zOKoddNX
— Sprinter (@Sprinter99800) October 8, 2023
10 km left to connect to the West Bank pic.twitter.com/HYgoA2HY3E
— Middle East Observer (@ME_Observer_) October 8, 2023
BREAKING:
Looks like the Palestinians from Gaza are moving towards the West Bank of Palestina, they will try to cut Israel in two pic.twitter.com/pdq4dU1e8m
— Megatron (@Megatron_ron) October 8, 2023
I’m not sure how viable of a strategy this is. We’ll just see how all of this develops.
I think the big looming question will be if Hezbollah decides to send their forces into Israel from the north. They said that they would do this if Israel sent ground troops into Gaza. This would mark a significant escalation over what is happening now.
