The dreadful atrocities by Hamas on 7 October 2023 horrified the world and triggered the destruction of Gaza, the deaths of more than 50,000 Gazan men, women and children and the wounding of tens of thousands more.
Was Israel complicit in the 7 October 2023 massacre?
Israeli leaders placed the entire blame on Hamas for the deaths of 1200 Israelis and others and the kidnapping of another 250. But the attack would not have been so devastating if the Israel Defence Force had responded to the evidence that Hamas was preparing a large military action.