Thus, traffic-induced seismic waves generated due to forces imparted by vehicles traversing Gaza, were recorded by seismometers pertaining to the Israeli Seismic Network (IS). At a range of tens-of-kilometers, such traffic-induced seismic waves usually appear on broadband seismograms as emergent 2 to 8 Hz signals. Under favorable conditions, those signals may exceed the background noise levels (Inbal et al., 2018). The Hamas attack took place early on Saturday morning, on the eve of Simchat Tora, a national Jewish Holiday. Saturdays are off-work days in Israel, and therefore their early morning hours are characterized by very light traffic and no industrial activity. That October 7 was also a national holiday, ensures the IS stations' background seismic noise levels were especially low. The low background noise levels on the one hand, and the anomalous mobilization in Gaza on the other hand, suggest the mobilization signal may have been recorded by some of the IS broadband stations, despite being located tens-of-kilometers from Gaza.