THE violence began as it often does in this conflict-ravaged region: with rockets being launched shortly before dawn – but this time, rockets were just the start of it.
Israeli towns, farmland and stretches of desert on the border with Gaza were being invaded by hundreds of Palestinian militants coming by air, sea and land to launch one of the most complex attacks in the area in half a century.
The violence started on a Saturday morning and by the end of the weekend more than 1 000 people would be dead, thousands more injured and over 150 Israelis taken hostage.
