Hamas attack on Israel: behind the lightning offensive, a carefully prepared and “inevitable” operation

2023-10-10 03:55:13

The lightning offensive by the armed wing of Hamas on Saturday took everyone by surprise, starting with the Israeli intelligence services, whose response was slow to take shape. The “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation is unprecedented: “Since 2006 and the coming to power of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, there has never been a ground incursion of this magnitude on the Israeli side,” says Sarah Daoud, doctor at the Sciences-po International Research Center. It is the result of an operation carefully prepared and coordinated for months, in the greatest secrecy, from the Gaza Strip.