[Global Network Reporter Zhang Xiaoya] According to the The Hill report, McCarthy, the former speaker of the US House of Representatives who was just dismissed, said on the 7 th that he had a conversation with Amir Ohana, the speaker of the Israeli parliament, on the situation in Palestine and Israel. "He told me that this is their Pearl Harbor (event)."
According to The Hill, McCarthy also mentioned that rockets from the Gaza strip destroyed Israel’s acclaimed "Iron Dome" defense system. "You must understand that 5000 rockets … … Exceeded ‘ Iron dome ’ (ability). ‘ Iron dome ’ Can’t cope with so many (rocket attacks). " McCarthy said.
According to CNN, Jonathan Konrikus, a former Israeli military spokesman, also said in an interview with the media that the large-scale surprise attack launched by Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Israel this Saturday (7th) was a "Pearl Harbor incident moment" for Israel, and "the whole system failed. Not just a component (failure). Obviously, the entire defense system failed to provide the necessary defense for Israeli civilians. ""For Israel, this is a Pearl Harbor-like moment. "
Efraim Halevy, the former head of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, told CNN on the 7th local time that Hamas militants fired thousands of rockets into Israel on the 7th. "They fired more than 3,000 rockets in less than 24 hours. From our point of view, this is beyond our imagination. We didn’t know that they had so many rockets, and we certainly didn’t expect them to be as effective as they are today. "