The first blunder is in intelligence, the second is how the border was breached, the third is the ease with which hostages were taken into Gaza and the fourth blunder is the IDF's slow reaction

Ofir Akunis asked why the Chief of staff and the head of intelligence were absent from the meeting and wondered if Halevi was avoiding difficult questions from ministers

Residents close to the Israel-Lebanon border urged to evacuate for coming 24 to 48 hours to keep families safe; Kiryat Shmona mayor says citizens in the north are accustomed to tense security situation and have faith in the IDF

After communication systems are destroyed, the IDF is unable to rally its troops to respond; despite desperate calls for help from border area communities under attack, hours pass before forces arrive to battle the terrorists

El Al, Israir and Arkia are operating rescue flights, but the planes are quickly filling up and many Israelis, including IDF soldiers who were on vacation, are left with no way to return to Israel. The ban on regular service soldiers to fly through Arab countries only exacerbates the problem

Rabbis cite concern by security forces saying mass funerals could become target for Hamas terrorist as forces continue combating them across Israel

Vehicles riddled with bullet holes, bodies evacuated by soldiers, and hundreds of bullet casings are the only echo that remains from the terror and tragedy that took place in Kibbutz Re'im at the site of a peace party

More than 250 were murdered on the first day of the war, but so far only a few names have been released. Col. Yonatan Steinberg, commander of the Nahal Brigade, was killed in an encounter with a terrorist near Kerem Shalom; 15 residents of Moshav Netiv Haasara were murdered