So far, it is clear that Hamas has launched one of its largest single day attacks against Israel in what appears to be a \u2018bolt from the blue\u2019. In the wake of this attack, there is certain to be an array of Israeli inquiries about indicators and warnings of this impending attack. But clearly, they have achieved a large degree of surprise. This will be have been through a combination of good operational security and probably deception operations that will become clear in the coming days and weeks. The degree of simultaneity is also part of the surprise achieved so far.