Lawrence J. Haas
In May of 2021, Israel launched Operation Guardian of the Walls, an eleven-day military campaign to weaken Hamas and its terrorist allies in Gaza after they had fired rockets that hit Israeli homes and a school.
It marked the fourth military clash between Israel and Hamas since Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, but, as with the prior three, Hamas remained in place after it was over to continue ruling Gaza with an iron fist and plotting more terrorism against the Jewish state.
But it was after that clash of 2021 in particular, we now know from captured documents, that Hamas leaders became convinced that Israel could be destroyed. They then developed plans to pursue that goal with other terror members of Iran’s “axis of resistance,” and they discussed those plans with Iran and Hezbollah in the days leading up to Hamas’ slaughter on October 7, 2023.
Now, as Hamas retakes control of Gaza after a two-month ceasefire with Israel and reconstitutes its capacity to resume its terror, classified documents published in recent days by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center highlight Israel’s desperate need to restore a sense of deterrence in the minds of its bitterest enemies.
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