Live updates: Hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians are dead after a surprise attack from Gaza WRVO | By NPR News Published October 7, 2023 at 9:51 AM EDT Facebook Flipboard LinkedIn Email Fatima Shbair/AP / APPalestinians inspect the rubble of a building after it was struck by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)