NPR has interviewed neighbors and relatives of one of the attackers and reviewed footage and information the Israeli military says it collected from villages and militants.
A destroyed home is seen in Kibbutz Be'eri, a community that was attacked by Hamas militants almost three weeks ago near the Israeli-Gaza border. Graffiti left by the attackers can be seen on the walls of the home.KIBBUTZ BE'ERI, Israel — Who were the militants who swept in from Gaza to southern Israel on Oct. 7 and killed more than 1,400 men, women and children?
In an interview with NPR, his neighbor in Gaza said Mohammed had led an ordinary life. He didn't finish his high school matriculation exam. He worked as a taxi driver, had a big wedding party with family and friends, and started a business selling food products. Both his neighbor and his father spoke on condition of anonymity, and referred to Mohammed only by his first name, out of concern Israel could target them.the group staged the attack to draw attention to Israel's punishing restrictions on the Gaza Strip. Other Hamas leaders say they took hostages hoping for a grand prisoner exchange to free Palestinians in Israeli jails.
"They always believe that all of us should go back to Germany and Poland and whatever, even if we are from Morocco," Chorev says."It's really to break our spirit."Palestinian workers gather at the Erez crossing between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip, on Sept. 28. Israel declared the crossing shut following the Oct. 7 attack.
There are around 20,000 to 25,000 militants in Hamas' Qassam militant wing, according to Gaza experts Samir Ghattas of the Cairo-based Middle East Forum for Strategic Studies and National Security, and Harel Chorev of Tel Aviv University. They estimate about 5,000 to 6,000 belong to Islamic Jihad's Al-Quds Brigades.Hand prints are seen in soot and blood stains cover the sheets of a bed in a home in Kibbutz Be'eri.
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