Inside Israel’s ‘war room’ of rivals
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen,” Vladimir Lenin allegedly said. In the Middle East, entire centuries have effectively unfolded since Hamas and other Iranian-backed terror groups invaded Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and sparked a war that forever altered both the region and the world itself.
TL;DR
- The October 7, 2023 invasion by Hamas and Iranian-backed groups triggered a war that significantly impacted the Middle East and the world.
- The book *In the War Room: The Inside Story of Israel’s Fight Against Hamas and the Iranian Axis* by Yonah Jeremy Bob and Elliot Kaufman examines this war.
- Israel has a long history of warfare, beginning with its founding in 1948.
- Past conflicts for Israel, like Operation Cast Lead (2008) and the 2006 war against Hezbollah, were relatively short.