Behind Israel’s High Risk Push to Eliminate Hamas

“As Israel’s military prepares for a massive, unprecedented ground war in Gaza that carries huge risks for the Middle East and beyond, it’s important to understand why: Israelis haven’t felt this threatened since their war of independence in 1948,” Axios reports.

“Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel killed more Jews in one day — more than 1,300 — than any other day since the Holocaust. For a country that vowed ‘never again,’ the brutal killings and video-documented kidnappings were a shock to the national psyche — and a stunning breach of a trusted security system.”