Analysis: What's next after Hamas' surprise attack on Israel?
2023-10-09 18:18:17 source：CGTN
Ocotber 9, 2023
The surprise attack
The latest assault occurred around the 50th anniversary of the 1973 war, when Israel's Arab neighbors launched a surprise attack on Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, on October 6, 1973.
Hamas said its offensive by land, air and sea was in response to the desecration of the Al Aqsa Mosque as well as Israeli atrocities against Palestinians over the decades.
An editorial in Ha'aretz newspaper on Sunday criticized the Israeli security forces for what it deemed an "intelligence and military failure."
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