As thousands of heavily-armed Hamas terrorists flooded into and fanned across Israel on Oct. 7, they capitalized on the Israel Defense Force’s belief that such an assault was “impossible,” leaving the IDF outmanned, outgunned and outmaneuvered, a report said Saturday.
The surprise attack — carried out on the Sabbath and the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah — saw some 1,200 people killed and another 240 abducted back to Gaza while Israeli troops scrambled to meet the multi-pronged offensive, the New York Times reported, citing interviews with dozens of personnel and witnesses, as well as documents and videos.
