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Hamas orchestrated and led the [October 7th] attack, with 3,800 of its elite Nukhba forces and members of Izz al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades invading Southern Israel. They were supported by 2,200 individuals from other armed groups, including Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and civilians from Gaza. A further 1,000 individuals stayed in Gaza to operate rocket launchers and provide tactical support. The attackers used drones, snipers, and explosives to disable surveillance and defensive systems. By the end of the day, the border had been breached at 119 points, enabling the entry of thousands of militants into Israel. Hamas-led forces attacked 32 civilian communities - Kibbutzim and Moshavim - in Israel's Gaza Envelope killing 416 in a matter of hours. Of the 251 total hostages taken during the attack, 183 were from these villages. A total of 3,873 rockets were fired into Israel on 7 October, followed by another 987 on 8 and 9 October. This triggered alerts across 498 communities and affected 75% of Israel's population.
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MUST READ Report: A detailed report of the October 7th invasion /Hamas attack chaired by Sir @aroberts_andrew "Holocaust denial took a few years to take root in pockets of society, but on 7 October 2023 it took only hours for people to claim that the massacres in southern Israel had not taken place. Hamas and its allies, both in the Middle East and equally shamefully in the West, have sought to deny the atrocities, despite the ironic fact that much of the evidence for the massacres derives from film footage from cameras carried by the terrorists themselves - though of course there is also much more from many other sources, as this Report delineates. The present Report has been undertaken to counter such pernicious views, and to lay down incontrovertible proof - for now and for the years to come – that nearly 1,200 innocent people were indeed murdered by Hamas and its allies, and very often in scenes of sadistic barbarism not seen in world history since the Rape of Nanjing in 1937." https://www.7octparliamentarycommission.co.uk
