Espresso Martini: Hamas 7th October Attack in Israel

On this episode of Espresso Martini, we will focus on the appalling October 7th attack, in which the designated terrorist group Hamas launched a violent and bloody attack focused on Israeli civilians.

For the sake of clarity, we have decided our conversation into these areas:

* What happened
* Who are Hamas
* The geopolitics of what happened and the alleged role of outside support for Hamas
* The Israeli response and alleged intelligence failures
* The online reactions to what happened

Links to the articles we used for our discussion

What Happened

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/10/how-hamas-entered-israel/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/death-toll-from-hamas-onslaught-passes-1000-idf-kills-terrorists-in-southern-israel/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/07/civilians-will-pay-price-for-biggest-challenge-to-israel-since-1973

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67065205

Who Are Hamas

https://www.tahir-abbas.com/understanding-hamas-a-qa-on-the-groups-origins-leadership-and-goals/

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/10/hamas-covenant-israel-attack-war-genocide/675602/

https://thearabweekly.com/hamas-leaders-seen-living-luxury-while-gazans-suffer

Geopolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/08/hamas-attack-has-abruptly-altered-the-picture-for-middle-east-diplomacy

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/10/iran-hamas-israel-gaza-attack/675582/

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/12/bidens-saudi-israel-normalization-plans-distant-as-israel-pounds-gaza.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67061453

https://thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/thehill.com/opinion/international/4250708-putins-fingerprints-are-on-hamas/amp/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/zelensky-accuses-putin-of-backing-hamas-russian-leader-calls-for-palestinian-state/

Israeli response and alleged intelligence failures

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-security-failure.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20231010&instance_id=104895&nl=f