The Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, was the “most humiliating day” for Israel’s security forces and the most devastating assault on Jews since the Holocaust, retired Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, a former Israel Defense Forces spokesman and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Newsmax on Saturday.
“With the benefit of hindsight and distance, I think we can call Hamas’ attack the most brilliant terror attack against Israel in Israeli history,” Conricus said on “Saturday Agenda.” “It was the largest number of Jews murdered after the Holocaust, and the most humiliating day for Israeli security forces.”
The assault involved at least 3,000 Hamas terrorists who crossed into southern Israel, using years of training and a network of tunnels to strike Israeli towns.
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