OK - though this happened in areas that are normally heavily guarded, and famous for snipers. It's not a large area. Nothing justifies what this group of idiots have done, but their alternative has been to live in horrific conditions in Gaza. The only ones to benefit from this are Netanyahu and his far right cronies, who are now in the process of bombing Gaza to rubble (again), whilst their IDF PR is reposting numerous times the same random 20 videos of women (and some men) taken hostage or killed (in one case). Responses to those videos are of course predictable, calling for the deaths of those terrorists. I hope the IDF finds them and rescues the hostages. Bombing high-rise buildings to rubble does nothing to address the terrorists. The lack of the usual security in the areas of the attacks is evidence that the IDF were removed from those areas for a reason, to await the attack. It's highly unlikely that the IDF did not know of the paragliders, weapons, missiles, and the plans. This was welcomed by Netanyahu and his far right cronies; part of their general plans since 1996, part of the reason they killed the peace process, part of the reason Hamas exists.