Hundreds of Palestinian militants bulldozed their way through the barricades between Gaza and Israel and drove into Israeli towns along the border
A motorcycle used by a Hamas gunman lays on a road near Sderot, Israel on October 8th, 2023. Photograph: Tamir Kalifa/The New York TimesThe thousands of young Israelis had spent the night dancing at an outdoor rave, many clad in tie-dye T-shirts and crop tops., drove into scores of Israeli towns along the border and sped through the farmland where the rave was reaching its sunrise climax.
So began one of the bloodiest weekends in Israeli and Palestinian history, the full details of which started to emerge Sunday as survivors recounted the most complex and brazen attack on their nation since the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. But soon after Tibon took shelter Saturday with his wife and two young daughters, he knew that there was something very different about this attack.Residents inspect a damaged building after Israeli warplanes bombed Gaza City on Sunday, October 8th, 2023. Photograph: Samar Abu Elouf/The New York Times
They expected perhaps a single shooter, the kind of lone-wolf attacker that frequently targets Israeli civilians, Meitav Hadad said. Evgenia Simanovich runs to the family home’s reinforced concrete shelter, moments after rocket sirens sounded in Ashkelon, Israel. Photograph: Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times
As they drove south, the couple began to encounter police roadblocks, where officers ordered them to turn around.
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