The deadly Hamas assault on southern Israel caught the country’s security apparatus unaware and brutally exposed the Jewish state’s vulnerability to militant attacks, despite boasting the Middle East’s most sophisticated military.
Some fear Saturday’s mass incursion, which left more than 700 Israelis dead, risks escalating into a broader conflict, drawing in other militant movements and even foreign powers.
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