Attack on Israel Is Calculated and Ruthless — and That’s Hamas
The inevitable escalation risks halting normalization with Arab states.
This again.
Source: Bloomberg
The biggest surprise in Hamas’s massive attack on Israel is that it was a surprise. The operation was of unprecedented scale, involving thousands of personnel and pieces of equipment, from hang gliders to bulldozers and rockets. Such an effort demands weeks if not months of preparation, and all of it took place under the nose of an Israeli intelligence service that has a deserved reputation as one of the most effective in the world.
How that happened is cause for deep embarrassment in Israel’s security community and will prompt a painful internal investigation. Israel lost control of military outposts, armored vehicles and settlements, and the conflict is far from over. At least 200 Israeli citizens were killed, 100 were taken hostage and 1,000 injured.