Na stronie od 2023-10-09
Hamas declares war on Israel, again
Hamas launched a massive attack against Israel exactly 50 years after the surprise Egyptian and Israeli assaults that became known as the Yom Kippur War. It caught the Jewish state off guard, reflecting a major intelligence failure, and it combined thousands of missile strikes with on-the-ground infiltration, leading to widespread murder and kidnapping.
Israel’s response, perforce, must be tough, sustained and unrelenting. It is likely to be a prolonged operation if it is to decapitate Hamas leadership and destroy the extensive terrorist infrastructure in the densely populated Gaza Strip.
