– attacks might not be new, but the scope is

– Israel Intelligence is usually pretty good, but preparations must have been going on for months, involving thousands of people. How did they not figure something out.

– there is a wall, military forces. This is heavily guarded, but that was completely ineffective

– Israel has very good missile defense. Never before have they had the volume to overwhelm that defense

– things had seemed peaceful lately, and Israel was trying to gain closer ties with some countries in the region