Hamas' Surprise Attack Pushes Israel to War

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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For the first time in 50 years, Israel has declared war in response to Hamas' shocking attacks, including killing hundreds of citizens and taking civilian hostages. So what will be the response from Joe Biden and the United States? Plus, how deep is Iran's role in the conflict? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:16.6	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:23.4	The Islamist group Hamas shakes Israel and the world with an invasion of the Jewish state
0:28.7	from Gaza over the weekend that kills more than 800 at last count.
0:33.3	The Islamists massacred something like 260 young people at a music festival in the
0:39.3	Negep Desert.
0:40.3	It took an unknown number of hostages, including women, children, and some foreigners,
0:45.4	at least nine Americans have been identified as killed so far, according to US officials
0:50.8	and others are missing.
0:52.9	Israel has declared war for the first time in 50 years, since the 1973 young Kipper
0:58.7	War, another surprise attack.
1:02.1	And Israel is mobilizing for what its defense officials say will be a ground assault on
1:07.2	Gaza.
1:08.2	What does all of this return to war in the Middle East mean for Israel and for American
1:13.3	interests in an increasingly disordered world?
1:16.5	We will talk about that today.
1:18.6	Welcome, my Polish go to Torah page editor, the Wall Street Journal, and I'm here with my
1:23.4	esteemed colleagues, Bill McGurne and Joe Sternberg.
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