# Should i bail on my trip to Israel next week? (Leaving 2023-08-06)

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 27, 2023, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-bail-on-my-trip-to-israel-next-week-leaving-2023-08-06/987684 "2023-07-27T11:30:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-bail-on-my-trip-to-israel-next-week-leaving-2023-08-06/987684/68 "2023-10-07T12:56:14Z")

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I just starting a breaking news thread.

> [@Israel at war with Hamas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-at-war-with-hamas/991237):
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> Hamas launched a surprise attack of Israel. Reuters has a good article, which my broken app won’t let me link: (but it’s easy to Google) JERUSALEM/GAZA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Palestinian Islamist group [Hamas](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/what-is-palestinian-group-hamas-2023-10-07/) launched the biggest attack on Israel in years on Saturday, killing more than 20 people and wounding hundreds in a surprise assault that combined gunmen crossing into Israel with a barrage of rockets fired from Gaza. Israel said the Iran-backed group had declared war as its army confirmed fi…

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