Operation Al Aqsa Flood by Hamas has not just shaken up Israel but the entire world. It’s swept the pieces from the chessboard on which the world’s strategic thinkers and foreign police shapers dream up global moves. All bets are off. Hamas has started a new game altogether. Perhaps that was the intention.
At a time of a massive political upheaval and division in Israel against the far-right policies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas was able to carry out its attack at a time and day of its choosing. The shock at the intelligence failure in the land of the famed Pegasus and other surveillance equipment is as great as the world’s horror at civilian casualties inflicted by the attack, including children and women killed and an uncertain number taken hostage.
