As ground operations continue in the Gaza Strip, a new assessment by the IDF holds that the number of Hamas terrorists who invaded Israel is much higher than the initial estimates. About 3,000 Hamas terrorists invaded the Western Negev from dozens of infiltration points on the morning of October 7, and not about 1,500 to 2,000 as initially believed. This figure is for the armed men and not the secondary mob that invaded Israel in the second wave of the mass assault on Israel, around 11:00 a.m. In the containment battles of the first two days, the IDF killed about 1,000 of them and captured about 200. Dozens to hundreds of the bodies of the terrorists are still scattered in the area around the border, almost a month since the outbreak of the war, and the IDF hopes to complete the removal in the coming days without putting the soldiers at risk. (Yoav Zitun)
New estimate: About 3,000 terrorists infiltrated Israel on October 7
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