Indeed: how was it that most of the Kibbutz within easy range of Gaza didn't have arms closely available to every family and defensive works prepared for use?
How is it that Israeli intel missed or ignored the preparations for these attacks?
How was it that the IDF was too few/uncoordinated at the opening of these attacks? The IDF was finally present after most of the victims were already dead or kidnapped back into Gaza. They did a great job of policing up the bodies afterward.
Who were the bright folks that thought the security fences were unbreachable?
Who were the smart folks to site a large 3,000 person open-air party - without appropriate security - right next to Gaza?
The casualties would have been vastly fewer if someone with experience in antiterrorist experience (or maybe a healthy case of PTSD) was in positions of responsibility before this atrocity.
At least one kibbutz had proper security, and the leader opened up the locked up arsenal and distributed weapons to her action teams.
I seem to remember that most militaries keep weapons locked up in an arsenal to deter theft. Not sure how it works in Switzerland.