Thirty-five Hamas militants, some via paragliders and most via car, attacked Netiv HaAsara, an Israeli moshav close to the border fence.

For the first two hours of the invasion, residents did not know that Hamas militants had entered Israeli territory due to the unavailability of power or internet access.

[3][4][5][6] After at least six hours of the residents fighting with the invading Hamas gunmen, the Israel Defense Forces arrived in the moshav.

[8][5] The victims of the attack are commemorated by a garden with an Israeli flag surrounded by twenty olive trees.

[12] Survivors have criticized the Israeli government for not preventing the attack and for the lengthy response time of the IDF.