Ari Cicurel
Assistant Director of Foreign Policy
Yoni Tobin
Policy Analyst
Zachary Schildcrout
Policy Analyst
On October 7, Hamas launched an unprovoked and unprecedented multi-pronged attack on
Israel by land, air, and sea. JINSA issued a NatSec Brief with an early assessment of the war on
October 8 and an update yesterday. JINSA also held a webinar yesterday with JINSA President
and CEO Michael Makovsky, Senior Fellow John Hannah, IDF MG (ret.) Yaacov Ayish, IDF MG
(ret.) Yaakov Amidror, and IDF MG (ret.) Amikam Norkin. Below are updated information and
analysis, which JINSA will continue to produce throughout the conflict.
Last 24 Hours
Attacks Against Israel
⚫ Palestinian terrorists in Gaza have fired over 4,500 rockets at Israel as of Tuesday morning.
» On Tuesday, a rocket attack killed a foreign worker and injured two others in southern
Israel.
» A rocket landed in Beersheba, causing no reported injuries, and rocket sirens were
reported Tuesday in Tel Aviv, Ashkelon, Beersheba, Omer, and other Israeli communities
in southern Israel.
» The IDF issued a warning to residents of Sderot, Miflasim, and Nir Am to seek shelter
due to a potential unspecified aerial intrusion near the Gaza Strip.
⚫ Hezbollah fired several rockets and mortars at two Israeli military outposts in the Galilee
region on Tuesday. Reports also emerged that terrorists in Lebanon fired an anti-tank
missile at the northern Israeli city of Avivim.
⚫ On Monday, three members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed credit for an infiltration into
Israel from Lebanon, killing three Israeli soldiers. The IDF announced it killed two other
gunmen who tried to cross the Lebanese-Israeli border.
⚫ On Tuesday, reports emerged that Hamas threatened a massive rocket attack toward
Ashkelon at 5:00 PM Israel time.
⚫ The IDF announced Tuesday that 1,500 bodies of Hamas terrorists had been found in Israeli
territory and that no Hamas members had infiltrated into Israel since Monday night.
IDF Operations
⚫ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Israeli television Monday night
that he had ordered the IDF to prepare for a mass offensive against Hamas at an
unprecedented intensity.
