Wonder Land: Hamas knew that after Oct. 7 the narrative would shift to the isolation of Israel.
Images: Zuma Press/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyPresident Biden warned Israel not to be “consumed by rage,” even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised “mighty vengeance” against Hamas.
“We blew it,” Maj. Gen. Yoav Gallant , now Israel’s defense minister, told me following a Sept. 6, 2003, airstrike on Hamas leadership.
Eight senior Hamas commanders, including bomb makers and developers of Qassam rockets, had met for lunch on the ground floor of a Gaza home.
It was a rare daylight appearance of Mohammed Deif , Hamas’s shadowy military leader.
Persons:
Mark Kelly President Biden, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, ”, “, Maj, Yoav Gallant, Mohammed Deif
Organizations:
Zuma Press, Getty, Washington Post
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Israel, Washington, Gaza