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At 6:30 a.m. local time, Hamas launched a large-scale surprise attack on Israeli territory. Within hours, at least 2,500 rockets were fired, according to Israel. The Palestinians penetrated Israel by land, sea and air and crossed the border into the Gaza Strip at Erez. There, they reportedly captured several Israeli civilians. According to an Israeli spokesman, this morning there have been 22 deaths on the Israeli side and already more than 545 wounded. The resistance group Islamic Jihad, the second armed faction in Gaza, said it had joined the fighters. Palestinians are also said to have captured several tanks from the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). Clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians are taking place in villages on the Gaza border. How is it that Shin Bet and the Mossad, surely two of the strongest intelligence agencies in the world, had not seen this coming?