The Hamas attack on Israel occurred three years prior to October 2026.
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Bannon`s War RoomOct 7, 2026
The Hamas attack on Israel took place on October 7, 2023, which is three years before October 2026, as confirmed by Reuters and by BBC and AFP coverage of the 2026 third anniversary.
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… And in this very room, he was over here from Israel on a tour, and I think one of the few people that had him on, I had him on for an hour one time, and I think another time, because How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East and Also Intel Three Years After, which was the predicate for this entire mess we're involved in now. As I keep saying at the National Conservative Conference back in September of '25, that the problems we had were not in the streets of Tehran. The problem we had were in the streets of New York City. …
Bannon`s War Room · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters reports that Hamas launched its surprise attack on Israel at dawn on October 7, 2023.[1]
Supports. BBC coverage published October 7, 2026 marks three years since the Hamas-led attack of 7 October 2023, with a minute's silence at 06:29 for the time the attack began.[3]
Supports. AFP-based coverage published October 7, 2026 describes the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, confirming the three-year interval.[4]
Supports. AP's Today in History entry dates the Hamas-led attacks to Oct. 7, 2023, marking the start of the Israel-Hamas War.[2]
Sources
4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 1, 1 not rated
- 1How the Hamas attack on Israel unfolded - Reutersreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2October 7, surprise attacks spark Israel-Hamas Warapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Israel marks three years since Hamas-led 7 October 2023 ...bbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 4Israelis, Palestinians mark anniversary of Hamas attack on Israeldetroitnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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