# Hamas attacks Israel, October 2023

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**Tags:** breaking-news, israel-hamas-war\
**Created:** [October 7, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-attacks-israel-october-2023/991234 "2023-10-07T10:17:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-attacks-israel-october-2023/991234/315 "2023-10-11T04:15:55Z")

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> [@Magiver](#):
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> Israel doesn’t need the finest intelligence system in the world. It needs a descent one to be part of a larger, overlapping system that includes a rapid response team. It’s a small country. They should be able to launch weapons at breaches in their border and follow that by troops backed up by layers of ground support.

The field intelligence battalion (which, if I am not mistaken, also controls things like remote-control guns along the Gaza Wall) was overrun.

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