affecting their military posture. So all of these things basically led them and their Iranian patrons and Hisbullah to say, hey, you know what, this is the moment to pull the trigger. And that's why we're here where we are today. So you've mentioned a number of things that I've wanted to touch on. One is the political backdrop in Israel heading into these attacks. Another one is the relationship between Israel, especially the Netanyahu government, Likud Party, and Hamas, and what they have done to facilitate the position that Hamas now finds itself in because of the political expediency and pitting it against the Palestinian Authority and FATA. So let's start with the political backdrop in Israel. What is that political backdrop for people that aren't familiar with the situation? And how do you feel that that could have contributed to the situation that the idea found itself in, whether it was Saturday morning, I believe, was that the official time that occurred Saturday morning (16/99)
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