# Discussion thread for the Hamas Attacks Israel thread, October 2023

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**Created:** [October 9, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-hamas-attacks-israel-thread-october-2023/991317 "2023-10-09T15:10:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 12, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-hamas-attacks-israel-thread-october-2023/991317/91 "2023-10-12T00:10:24Z")

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> [@Hamas attacks Israel, October 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-attacks-israel-october-2023/991234/315):
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> The field intelligence battalion (which, if I am not mistaken, also controls things like remote-control guns along the Gaza Wall) was overrun.

I was referring to the weapons used to launch rockets into Gaza. Those would be in the interior of Israel and not along the Gaza Wall. They should have been able to pound the breaches in the wall to stall the invasion so troops can be organized and transported to the site of battle.

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