Movie-like operation The first move was to launch a wave of 3,000 rockets from Gaza, which coincided with incursions by fighters who flew hang-gliders over the border, the source said. Israel previously said 2,500 rockets were initially fired. Once the hang-gliders were on the ground, they secured the ground so an elite commando unit could storm the fortified wall, reinforced with cement and electronic sensors, which separates Gaza from Israeli settlements and which Israel had just built to prevent infiltration. Fighters used explosives to breach the barriers and then sped across on motorbikes. Bulldozers widened the gaps and more fighters entered with four-wheel drive vehicles, according to witnesses. A commando unit attacked the Israeli army headquarters in the southern Gaza Strip and jammed communications, preventing personnel from calling commanders or contacting each other, the source said. The last part involved moving the hostages into Gaza, mostly done at the start of the attack, the source close to Hamas said. A security source also said that Israeli troops were below maximum strength in the south, near Gaza, as some of them were redeployed to the West Bank to protect Israeli settlers following waves of violence between them and Palestinian militants. "Hamas exploited this," the source said. This text was copied from Ziare.com How Hamas fighters trained under Israel's nose. "They made us think they wanted money"
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