Workflow, data, and analysis for research on the role of special operations forces (SOF) during the October 7, 2023 attack. Following the consolidation of the Evolving-Paradigms repository, this is also the home of related materials on evolving paradigms in security studies and modern warfare.
➡️ For the full analysis — interactive map, infographics, and inferential statistics — visit the project website: pedahzur.github.io/October_7 (available in English and Hebrew).
- Locations.csv / Units.csv — Primary datasets of locations and units.
- docs/ — Source files for the project website (location-level analysis, cluster-robust inference, interactive map, and animations), published via GitHub Pages at the link above.
- ERC paper/ — Manuscript materials, bibliography, and a Hebrew translation of manuscript sections.
- Ranking Israeli units by distinct deployment locations during the October 7 attack.pdf — A summary output.
- Evolving-Paradigms/ — Materials from the former Evolving-Paradigms repository, merged here in July 2026 with full commit history: a dataset of soldiers who fell on October 7, 2023, compiled from the official IDF casualties page; October 7–8 military fatalities and map data; and research-design notes toward a relational database for political violence research. See the folder's README for the data log and design document.
An analysis pipeline generating descriptive infographics and inferential statistics from the locations and units data. Results are presented on the project website.
Active research project. Data and code are shared for transparency and reproducibility; please cite this repository if you use it and check the license before reuse.
Model: Claude, used to assist with the analysis pipeline (descriptive infographics and inferential statistics) and with drafting/organizing project materials. Prompt strategy: iterative pipeline development against the Locations.csv/Units.csv datasets. Human validation: underlying location and unit data, and all published statistics and figures, were reviewed by the author before publication on the project website. Not yet validated: no formal independent replication of the inferential results has been conducted to date.