How was it possible for Hamas to launch an incredibly fast attack on Israel by land, air and water?
When this attack started, many Israelis might be sleeping.
Sunday was a Sabbath for Jews, which means many families were planning to spend time at home, meet friends, or go to places of worship.
But suddenly, in the early morning, the rain of rockets signaled the beginning of an attack that was unusual in terms of scale and planning.
Israel has been blocking the Gaza Strip for years through barriers. However, within a few hours on Sunday, these barriers were crossed by Hamas.
"Indication of rocket attacks"
The large number of rockets indicates that the planning for this attack had been ongoing for months. Hamas claims that in the first stage, five thousand rockets were fired, while according to Israel, the number of rockets fired was half of what Hamas claimed.
Alarms started sounding from the Gaza Strip, 60 kilometers away from the Israeli capital, Tel Aviv, and soon missiles began to fall in western Jerusalem and other cities.
During the rain of rockets, Hamas fighters gathered at the locations from where they had to cross the obstacles separating Gaza.
It is clear that Israel had removed its army and settlers from Gaza in 2005, but until now, Israel still has control over the airspace, borders, and coast of Gaza.
Around the Gaza Strip, there are concrete walls in some places and barbed wire fences in others. There are also military checkpoints, as well as camera networks and sensors installed to prevent such attacks.
Within a few hours, this obstacle was overcome at various locations.
How did Hamas overcome the obstacle?
Some Hamas fighters completely overcame the obstacle, including space gliders (at least seven such space gliders were seen in unauthorized footage in Israel). Some fighters entered Israel through boats.
The Israeli army says that it prevented two Hamas boats from entering Israel.
But the nature of this attack was multiple and organized attacks on crossing points.
At 5 o'clock, the initial images were shared on the Telegram account of the armed wing of Hamas, which were taken at the location of Karim Shalom. This is the southernmost point for entering Gaza in Israel.
In these images, it can be seen that armed fighters cross the fence and attack a military checkpoint, and then the bloody bodies of two Israeli soldiers are seen on the ground.
In another image, armed fighters on five motorcycles pass through a section of the fortified barrier that has been cut.
In another section, the fortified barrier was being demolished with the help of a bulldozer. Several armed individuals were present here, and some of them started crossing the barrier that was being divided.
Karim Shalom was about 43 kilometers away, to the north of Gaza, another attempt was being made by Hamas to overcome the dangerous obstacle at the location of the Erez crossing.
In the footage being released from here, it can be seen that an explosion occurs on the concrete barrier, which signals the beginning of the attack, and then an armed warrior waves his hand towards his comrades, signaling them to move forward.
Wearing bulletproof jackets, holding rifles, eight warriors run towards the Israeli military checkpoint and start firing.
In this video, the bodies of Israeli soldiers can be seen on the ground as the warriors, who are clearly trained and organized, inspect all the rooms in the compound.
On the Gaza Strip, there are seven government crossing points, six of which are under Israeli control and one under Egyptian control. However, within a few hours, Hamas found a way to infiltrate the Israeli territory from the entire border.
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