Ari Cicurel
Assistant Director of Foreign Policy
Yoni Tobin
Policy Analyst
Zachary Schildcrout
Policy Analyst
Anna Schaftel
Programs and Outreach Associate
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 has produced daily updates during the war. Yesterday, JINSA also held a
webinar with JINSA’s Director of Foreign Policy Jonathan Ruhe, JINSA Counselor and Former
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ambassador Eric Edelman, and Former Commander of
U.S. European Command & Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO Allied
Command Operations General Philip M. Breedlove, USAF (ret.). Updated information and
analysis are below, which JINSA will continue to produce throughout the war.
Last 24 Hours
Attacks Against Israel
⚫ Roughly 6,930 rockets, mortars, drones, and other projectiles have been fired from Gaza
during the war.
» Rockets struck a house in Sderot and an undisclosed location in the Tel Aviv suburb of
Yavne on October 17, causing no injuries. Sirens sounded in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem,
Ashkelon, Ashdod, Kissufim, Amioz, Beit Hillel, Ein HaShlosha, Holon, Kiryat Shemona,
Kissufim, Miftahim, Nir Oz, Petah Tikva, Rishon LeZion, Be’er Sheva, and Yesha, as well
as other locations in southern Israel.
» A barrage of rockets struck Sderot on October 17, with seven direct hits reported. Two
people were lightly injured.
⚫ At least seven rockets, mortars, drones, and other projectiles have been fired from Lebanon
in the last 24 hours.
» On October 18, an undisclosed number of anti-tank missiles were fired at IDF positions
near the town of Shtula along the Lebanese-Israeli border. Hezbollah later took
responsibility for the attack.
» On October 18, two missiles were fired from southern Lebanon at Israel. One was
intercepted and details about the other were not available.
» On October 17, Hezbollah launched six anti-tank guided missiles at a number of Israeli
towns and military posts along the Lebanese-Israeli border, wounding three people.
» An additional two rockets and drones were launched at northern Israel from Lebanon on
October 17.
