On October 7, 2023 at 3:03 a.m., three and a half hours before the accident occurred the Hamas attack In Israel, the Israeli intelligence agency issued a suspicious activity alert in Gaza through its security services. But the police, who were responsible for security at the Nova music festival, didn't receive it until 7:03 a.m., half an hour after the massacre in the city of Sderot and the border kibbutzim had already begun. This is according to a report from the Israeli police intelligence division, to which the newspaper has had access. Haaretz.