Hamas launched an unprecedented sneak attack on Israel over the weekend that completely caught the self-professed Jewish State by surprise after all its security systems unexpectedly failed at the same time.

This from survivethenews.com.

The border wall was breached, some military bases were captured, and dozens of hostages were taken back to Gaza. Israel responded by launching airstrikes inside the strip and preparing a ground operation. Here are the top ten takeaways from everything that’s happened thus far in the latest Israeli-Hamas war:

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1. Israel’s Alleged Invincibility Was Dispelled As An Illusion

For starters, nobody is under the illusion any longer that Israel is invincible. Up until this weekend’s sneak attack, some had continued to cling to the claim that its conventional military-technical capabilities and massive aid from America made it the regional hegemon, but that perception was just shattered.

 

2. It Was Totally Unprepared For Hamas’ Hybrid War Tactics

Upon the breaching of its border wall, which was the result of a colossal intelligence failure and subsequent collapse of all security systems, Israel

 

3. Political Infighting Likely Contributed To This Intelligence Failure

Had Israel’s military and intelligence services not gotten involved in the political dispute over Netanyahu’s planned judicial reforms, which was exacerbated by the Biden Administration’s meddling as explained here, then they might have detected Hamas’ plans in advance and thus been able to foil them.

 

4. It Also Didn’t Help That US Spies Are Distracted With Ukraine

Israel must take full responsibility for its intelligence failures, but it also didn’t help any that its American ally’s spies have been distracted with Ukraine. If they weren’t so focused on that conflict, then they might have kept at least one satellite over Gaza that could have discovered Hamas’ military buildup.

 

5. America Is Now In A Dilemma Over Who Gets Finite Military Aid

Business Insider drew attention to America’s newfound dilemma over whether to give finite military aid, particularly artillery shells, to Ukraine as planned or redirect these resources to Israel instead. Its decision could have major implications for both conflicts since the choice between them is zero-sum.

 

6. Saudi Arabia Will Probably Freeze Its Peace Talks With Israel

Saudi Arabia is under immense pressure from the international Muslim community to freeze its reported peace talks with Israel after the latter’s strikes against civilian targets in Gaza. It’ll probably comply with these demands, which would then ruin the Biden Administration’s plans for a deal before the elections.

 

7. The IMEC Megaproject Will Likely Be Put On Ice For Some Time Too

The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) can’t be completed if Saudi Arabia and/or especially Jordan freeze their role in its construction to protest Israel’s involvement in the latest conflict, though this won’t harm India’s trade with any relevant party since it’s entirely conducted by sea.

 

8. Russia & China’s Balanced Statements Surprised Some Observers

Many in the Alt-Media Community wrongly thought that Russia and China favored Palestine, hence why those two’s balanced statements here and here surprised them. Even fewer knew that President Putin fully supports the IDF as proven by his official statements over the years that were documented here.

 

9. The Debate Over Whether The Ends Justify The Means Has Re-Opened

Hamas’ killing of IDF-trained settlers-civilians and kidnapping of children, women, and the elderly to swap for prisoners was justified by some Palestinian supporters as a legitimate means for pursuing national liberation while other supporters criticized these tactics for undermining their cause’s morality.

 

10. Hezbollah Is The Wild Card In The Latest Israeli-Hamas War

Hamas’ sneak attack against Israel brought to life one of the latter’s worst nightmares, which might become even worse if Hezbollah decides to commence large-scale hostilities. In that event, Lebanon and possibly also Syria could be dragged into the fray, which could easily become existential for all parties.

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Everything that’s happened thus far has been eye-opening.

The world has learned that neither Russia nor China favor Palestine.

Should the latest conflict become protracted, or expanded into a regional one, there is a real possibility that the U.S. will freeze the Ukrainian Conflict to redirect finite military aid to Israel.

NOTE: Israel has a reputation of exacting revenge to geometric proportions. Jews will not drag dead bodies through the streets like the Palestinians are wont to do but do not be surprised if Hamas is annihilated and much harm is inflicted upon Iran—for example, the destruction or their nuclear weapons capability as well as anything recently purchased with Obiden money handed to them.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a stark warning to the Hamas terrorists and vowed to use:

[A]ll the strength of the Israel Defense Forces

(IDF) to destroy Hamas’s capabilities.

In a direct message to the residents of Gaza, the Prime Minister said:

Leave now because we will operate forcefully everywhere.

He revealed that the IDF is already:

[C]learing the terrorists out of the last communities,

[going] community by community,

house by house, [to restore Israeli control].

Netanyahu continued:

We will be victorious in this war despite an unbearable price. This is a very difficult day for all of us.

The Prime Minister emphasized that the scale and brutality of the attack were “unprecedented in Israel,” and pledged to ensure that such an event “does not happen again.”

A ground invasion of Gaza is coming.

Netanyahu stated:

Hamas wants to murder us all. This is an enemy that murders children and mothers in their homes, in their beds, an enemy that abducts the elderly, children, and young women, that slaughters and massacres our citizens, including children, who simply went out to enjoy the holiday.

Netanyahu assured the Israeli public that the “entire government is behind this decision,” signaling a unified stance among Israel’s political leadership.

He declared:

We will destroy them and will forcefully

avenge this dark day that they

have forced on Israel and its citizens.

Quoting the famous Hebrew poet Hayim Nahman Bialik, Netanyahu said:

‘Revenge for the blood of a little child

has yet been devised by Satan.’

 

All of the places which Hamas is deployed,

hiding and operating in, that wicked city,

we will turn them into rubble.

In conclusion, Netanyahu stated:

We are all praying for the well-being of the wounded and all those who are being held hostage. 

He then issued a final warning to Hamas:

You are responsible for their well-being. Israel will settle accounts with anyone who harms one hair on their heads.

Final thoughts: Hell will be paid in full. Israel does revenge like no other organized force.

This is war, MFers.

A building destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza City on Saturday.