Herman Berkowitz, a doctor and friend of Benjamin Netanyahu, says that the terrorist attack on Saturday was a big surprise and that the Israeli special services “received a big, big blow”: “A few days ago in the government, all the heads of Intelligence said that there are no problems in Gaza and there will be no problems.”

During an intervention on Digi 24, he said that many terrorists entered kibbutzim, killed children, women and shot people they met on the way, and their attacks, thousands of rockets fired towards Israel, reached villages inhabited by Palestinians. but also in Jerusalem, where there are many Arabs.

• “Hamas fired thousands and thousands of rockets that flew all over Israel this morning. The fighting is still going on, there are still several places, several kibbutzim in the south of Israel, where these terrorists are and where they are fighting to get them out, and I think that in 2-3 hours all of Israel will be cleared of terrorists.
• Today is a holiday in Israel, it is Sukkot, a day that was supposed to be full of dancing and singing. It was a very sad day. Hamas, which entered Israel, did not look at whom it killed, it killed many children and mothers. (…)
• I have a granddaughter who is a fighter. I’ve been trembling for her all day, I don’t know where she is. Thus, many families do not know what is happening to their children and grandchildren. I live near Jerusalem. And then the sirens appeared. I had to run for cover. All of Israel was in shelters today because thousands and thousands of rockets were falling on our heads. The highlight is that they also fired over Jerusalem, where there are many Arabs. They don’t care who they kill. There is a village near us where Arabs live, they fired at us, but the bomb fell into this Arab village. It doesn’t matter on whose head it falls – on a Jew, an Arab, a Christian. The whole interest is to kill us, finish us off, but not to succeed. We will win,” said the Israeli doctor.

According to him, there is still rocket fire, but not as much as in the morning.

According to him, everyone is wondering why the special services could not prevent this attack:

• “Here is a big question – how did they manage when we have fantastic and good intelligence. A few days ago, all the intelligence chiefs in the government said that there are no problems in Gaza and there will not be. So it was a big surprise. The special services could not do their job.
• Shut up for now. Because in war you have to be silent and do. After the war, hostilities between the parties will begin. Our special services received a big blow.”

On Saturday, the Islamist movement Hamas launched its biggest attack on Israel in years in a surprise attack that combined armed fighters who crossed the border fence and a powerful volley of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. Warning sirens sounded in southern and central Israel, including Jerusalem, and the Israeli army announced it was on alert and mobilizing reservists. Benjamin Netanyahu called an emergency meeting of security chiefs as the Israeli military began striking Hamas targets, and the response to the attack is expected to be devastating.

“We are at war and we will win. Our enemy will pay a price he has never known before,” Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video address to Israelis.

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