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Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups codenamed the attacks Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, [i] [1] while in Israel they are referred to as Black Saturday [j] [57] or the Simchat Torah Massacre, [k] [58] and internationally as the October 7 attacks.
Israeli intelligence officials initially stated that they had no warnings or indications of the 7 October attack by Hamas, despite Israel exercising extensive monitoring over Gaza. [7] Furthermore, the United States warned the Israeli government of the possibility of a surprise attack from Hamas a few days before the incident. [8]
On June 5, Sinwar admitted that Hamas did embed military command centers in civilian locations. Sinwar said "We and other factions have initiated a gradual transfer operation with the aim of relocating a number of military headquarters from within the civilian population." [218] IDF animation of the plan to attack Hamas' tunnel network
Ceremonies and protests in Israel began at about 6:29 a.m., the time when Hamas-led militants launched rockets into Israel at the start of the Oct. 7 attack last year.
Hamas’ surprise attack on October 7 left Israel flat-footed, sparking a backlash that is still rippling through the country. The operation saw at least 1,500 Hamas fighters pour across the ...
However, since 2017, Hamas has said it accepts a Palestinian state shaped around the borders of 1967, which existed prior to the war in which Israel occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza ...
The festival was one of the first targets of Hamas's surprise attack against Israel in the early morning hours of 7 October 2023. [21] Israeli security services investigations have found it unlikely that Hamas had advanced knowledge of the festival, citing, among other evidence, that the festival had been planned to run until 6 October and was ...
The brazen attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel that began on Saturday will be seen as a turning point in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict with far-reaching repercussions, analysts ...