Also on hand in Las Vegas was Trump’s nearest rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who called the Oct 7 Hamas surprise attack on Israel “the most deadly attack against Jews since the Holocaust itself.”

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/mike-pence-drops-out-of-presidential-race-at-republican-jewish-conference/

And the timing of the attack will only compound the embarrassment, as it occurred almost to the day of the 50th anniversary of the surprise attack that began the 1973 Arab-Israeli War—perhaps the biggest intelligence failure in Israel’s history.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/10/07/hamas-attack-israel-declares-war-gaza-why-explained/

A surprise attack by Hamas on Israel, which combined gunmen breaching security barriers with a barrage of rockets fired from Gaza, was launched at dawn during the Jewish high holiday of Simchat Torah.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/conflict/how-the-hamas-attack-on-israel-unfolded-c-12135593

Brazil previously called an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Sunday, the day after Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel.

Source: https://punchng.com/brazil-calls-un-security-council-meeting-on-israel-hamas-war/

But the devastation following Hamas’ surprise attack on Saturday has sharpened questions about its strategy and objectives.

Source: https://calgary.citynews.ca/2023/10/11/israel-palestine-hamas-war-gaza-strip/

Cameron said the surprise attack came during a routine trip to the supermarket in early July.

Source: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/dog-designated-menacing-after-pensioner-bit

Hamas’ surprise attack killed more than 1,300 people on the Israeli side, most of them civilians, and roughly 1,500 Hamas militants died during the fighting, the Israeli government said.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/palestinians-flee-northern-gaza-after-israel-orders-mass-evacuation-with-ground-attack-looming

Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, launched a large-scale surprise attack against Israeli civilian communities on Saturday.

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/10/12/scholz-bans-hamas-activities-in-germany/

Hardy was fielding questions from reporters when he suddenly burst out into a surprise attack of laughter.

Source: https://larrybrownsports.com/basketball/mavericks-guard-kawhi-leonard-laugh-jaden-hardy/621403

Iran has denied knowing about or helping plan the Hamas uprising against Israel, and the U.S. and Israeli governments said they have seen no intelligence that Tehran had a direct role in the surprise attack.

Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/oct/21/joe-biden-says-hamas-attacked-israel-part-stop-his/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

Iran - which is openly committed to Israel's destruction - has praised the surprise attack by Hamas but repeatedly denied playing any role in it.

Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/israel-retakes-gaza-border-areas-war-death-toll-mounts.1060413

Israel, America’s closest ally in the Middle East, has declared war after an unprecedented, surprise attack on Saturday by Hamas fighters left hundreds dead.

Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/10/09/us-army-chief-says/

Jey would then secretly tag in and hit Ricochet with a surprise attack to get the pin and the win, retaining The Usos' Championships.

Source: https://comicbook.com/wwe/news/jey-uso-returns-wwe-usos-retain-tag-team-titles-smackdown/

Last week, cartel members launched a horrific surprise attack on a fishing port in the eponymous capital of the Esmeraldas region.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11989507/How-violence-spiralling-control-cartel-ravaged-region-Ecuador.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Mr Young, a former pupil at JFS Jewish School in north London, died after a surprise attack by Palestinian militants caught Israel off-guard on a major holiday.

Source: https://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/national/23842303.uk-working-help-families-britons-israel-conflict-intensifies/?ref=rss

Netanyahu eventually will have to face furious recriminations for the success of Hamas’ surprise attack.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/israel-formidable-not-invincible-iran-would-do-well-to-reflect-20231008-p5eand.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_world

On Saturday morning in Israel, as many civilians prepared for a day of Shabbat and holiday celebrations, Hamas terrorists launched a surprise attack out of Gaza, sending thousands of rockets into the country, taking over kibbutzim and kidnapping Israelis.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/on-a-grim-shabbat-worried-manhattan-jews-gather-in-show-of-solidarity-with-israel/

On Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish Calendar, on October 6 1973, Israel’s enemies launched a surprise attack.

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/israel-gaza-war-updates-live-31127702

' ruthless surprise attack on Israel on October 7, which claimed the lives of 1400 people, Israel responded with full fury, launching an incessant bombing campaign in the Gaza Strip that in turn has killed thousands of Palestinians.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12653115/Fears-grow-Israel-Gaza-war-explode-wider-conflict-missiles-intercepted-warship-near-Yemen-experts-warn-starts-going-bad-going-bad-lot-places-quickly.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Since Hamas’s surprise attack on Oct. 7, more than 20,000 people in Gaza have been killed, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry as of Friday, meanwhile there have been 1,200 killed in Israel, according to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office.

Source: https://1310kfka.com/abc-news/world/12/no-functional-hospitals-in-northern-gaza-just-nine-left-in-south-who/