The hours leading up to the October 7 infiltration from Gaza and subsequent attacks provide insight into military failures that led to a slow response that day. The evening of October 6:
- 9:00 p.m. — The Gaza Division intelligence officer and IDF Southern Command Chief Yaron Finkleman receive notice of the Shin Bet’s seeing Hamas activating Israeli SIM cell phone cards in Gaza. This was the first wave of SIM cards; more were activated on a rolling basis of waves later that night.
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Source: The Jerusalem Post
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