Hamas attacking Israel from Gaza was a war waiting to happen

Assistant Director Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s opinion Piece ‘Hamas attacking Israel from Gaza was a war waiting to happen’ has been published in India Today on 09 October 2023.

Hamas would have calculated the cost of the attack and the near obliteration that Israel’s counter-offensive would result in, but that must have felt justified when seen in the context of their losing cause. For them, it was not about winning the war, but getting their voice heard. If only Israel had been vigilant, it would have known that the war was coming home and that too on such an unprecedented scale, says Col Agarwal.

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