On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas and other Iranian-backed terrorists invaded Israel, catching the Jewish state off guard and perpetrating the largest slaughter of Jewish civilians since the Holocaust. For the first time in decades, Israel appeared truly weak and vulnerable, surrounded by enemies on all sides. Long regarded as the region’s military superpower, Israel was caught flat-footed, suffering more casualties on its soil than on any single day in its nearly eight decades of existence.
Few, perhaps, would have predicted the situation as it stands today.
(Read the rest of CAMERA’s Sept. 26 2025 essay at the Washington Examiner)