2,900 terrorists infiltrated Israel on the morning of October 7, as Jews in Israel celebrated the Simchat Torah holiday. The terrorists infiltrated Israel in two waves, Channel 12 News reported.
Half of these terrorists (1,500) were armed operatives of the Islamic Jihad and Hamas terrorist groups. The other 1,400 were Gazan "civilians" who entered Israel in order to harm Israelis and plunder their belongings.