By Husam Dughman
“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” So goes a well-known saying. This was probably how many Israelis have been feeling since the horrendous terrorist attacks by Hamas on the 7th of October 2023. Israel had previously been taken by surprise on the 6th of October 1973 when a coalition of forces led by Egypt and Syria attacked Israel, thereby starting the Yom Kippur War. Who would have thought that Israelis would be caught napping again 50 years later, almost to the day?
- Husam Dughman
- International Security, Safety & Strategic Defence
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