padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
boils down to the basics for me. means and motive.Christ. We all know the stuff comes through the tunnels from Egypt, and yes some of it comes from Iran, but with regard to this particular operation, I see no reason to suspect any particular link. Bear in mind that Israel has been looking for a chance to attack Iran for years, those annual speeches at the UN, the nuclear threat etc.
Id say in fact that maybe the biggest threat in the medium term is of this being used as casus belli for a hot war with Iran, esp with a US carrier group steaming into the region.
Iranian regime is Hamas's primary backer (if not them, who else) and they have a mutual goal of upsetting normalization
doesn't have to be a direct order from the head of Quds Force to be a huge ROI for years of investment in Hamas
I think you're underselling this
I grant it's absolutely a two-way street, all the Israeli saber-rattling, attacking Iranian proxies in Syria, etc
but come on, cui bono here. Hamas and Iran. not average Palestinians - this if anything is a disaster for Palestinian liberation.