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Recounting the First Hours of the Hamas Invasion
(Ha'aretz) Yaniv Kubovich - Senior commanders were killed in the first battles, soldiers arriving at kibbutzim were ambushed by Hamas, and the IDF was totally surprised by the number of Hamas combatants, Brig.-Gen. Dan Goldfus said Tuesday. Goldfus commands a reserve infantry division that has been engaging Hamas fighters. "This event is on a scale that we've never known before, very hard to witness. Mass killings of civilians, homes and situation rooms burned with people, both civilians and soldiers, inside....There were actual battles being waged inside the Gaza Division headquarters." "It was me and three or four of my men against dozens of Hamas fighters at every encounter....It's not one or two terrorists, it's dozens and hundreds, we're fighting under heavy fire." His division lost 30 of its soldiers, with 150 more injured.