Hamas Attacks Israel, More Than 1,500 Dead in Conflict

The rockets could be seen streaking across the skies high above southern and central Israel shortly after sunrise on Oct. 7, followed by piercing sounds of air raid sirens and thundering explosions.

- Casualties, JOHNNY DODD

Launched from Gaza by the Hamas militant group, the estimated 2,200 missiles that crashed down on targets as far away as Tel Aviv and the outskirts of Jerusalem were part of an attack that involved Palestinian fighters from Gaza storming into Israel via boats, pickup trucks and motorized paragliders. "They were going tree by tree and shooting," a woman told an Israeli TV network, describing how militants rushed into the grounds of a music festival and began targeting concertgoers, killing an estimated 260 people. "I saw people were dying all around." A a de on aft slam