Comment by raxxorraxor
2 years ago
I think this is a conspiracy theory. Israel was distracted by festivities, leadership didn't rank the info they were receiving correctly.
The previous status quo with no conflict was highly favorable to Israel, they don't win anything by a war as it won't solve any problems. They just want to make sure such attacks will not happen for a longer time.
Extremism is on the rise in Israel as well and even someone like Netanyahu understands this as a problem. Their enemies already completely embraced that, hence the attacks.
For a while it looked like they were going to take the northern half of the gaza strip. If that happened, that would be a big gain for them.
I doubt land claims are in their interest. I guess the strategy of more autonomy is off the table though and security forces will likely remain a long time.