Hamas attacks Israel

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The Central Scrutinizer
Nov 21, 2008
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Only a year?

Oct 7 they had a full 2 hours notice before they breached the border wall. 4:30AM to 6:30AM. That's fact.

Apache helicopters should have been waiting for Hamas. Why not?


At 6:30 a.m. IST, air raid sirens were activated in southern and central Israel in response to Hamas missiles.[1] Concurrently, Muhammad Deif, the leader of the Hamas' military wing, announced in a ten-minute recorded message published online the start of "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood", and that "the enemy will understand that the time of their rampaging without accountability has ended",[2] urging Palestinians to attack Israeli settlements with whatever weapons they had. Approximately 1,200 Israeli civilians and soldiers were killed in the Hamas-led attack, while around 250 others were kidnapped.[3][4]
06:56 First militants arrive to Be’eri and initiate the Be'eri massacre.[5]
07:00: The Supernova Music Festival near the Re'im kibbutz was attacked by Hamas militants, some of whom arrived via motorized paragliders.[6] Of the approximately 3,000 to 5,000 people at the festival, 364 were killed and 40 abducted.[7]
07:40: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that Hamas militants had entered southern Israel and asked residents of Sderot and other cities to remain indoors.[8]
08:15: Sirens were activated in Jerusalem following a rocket barrage that landed in the forested hills on the city's western edge.[9]
08:23: Israel declared a state of alert for war, activating its reservists, in response to continued rocket attacks.[9]
08:34: Israel announced that it had begun counteroffensive operations against Hamas.[citation needed]
10:47: The Israeli Air Force (IAF) began attacking Gaza.[citation needed]
11:35: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his first statement about the conflict via Twitter,[10] declaring that Israel is at war.[citation needed]
12:21: the IDF began operations to relieve cities in southern Israel as the number of rockets launched from Gaza increased to over 1,200.[citation needed]
12:29: The United States made its first statement, through the National Security Council, which condemned the terrorist attack and reaffirmed US support for Israel.[citation needed]
16:08: President Joe Biden spoke with Netanyahu and expressed his condolences and support, later declaring during a speech that US support for Israel was "...solid and unwavering".[citation needed]
18:00: The Israeli security cabinet said on 8 October that a state of war had officially begun at this time.[11]
It was later discovered that the 7 October rocket attacks included a strike on a putative nuclear missile site.[12][citation needed] The rocket hit the grounds of Sdot Micha military base,[12] on the outskirts of East Jerusalem.[citation needed]
Bruno Mars' concert in Tel Aviv scheduled for oct 7 evening was cancelled due to the attack on Israel.[13]
 
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