The Soufan Center IntelBrief: Complex attack by Hamas into Israel has altered dynamics of the conflict

Bottom Line Up Front:

• Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu declared Israel to be “at war” following a complex and multi-pronged cross-border attack by Hamas into southern Israel on October 7.

• The sophistication of the attack caught Israeli leaders by surprise and will lead to a reevaluation in terms of the threat to regional security, necessitating …