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Israel experienced two failures rolled into one in Hamas attack
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Smoke rising over the Israeli city of Ashkelon following rocket launches from Gaza, on Oct 7.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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LONDON - Few borders were as carefully monitored as the one between Israel and the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.
The high-rise border fence was bristling with heat- and light-activated early warning devices. A strip of no-man’s land separated the fence from Israel’s territory. Acoustic sensors were laid deep into the ground to detect any attempt to dig tunnels under the border.
