The blitzkrieg by Hamas' military wing on Saturday took everyone by surprise, starting with Israeli intelligence, whose response has been slow to take shape. "Since 2006 and the coming to power of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, there has never been a ground incursion of this magnitude on the Israeli side," says Sarah Daoud, a doctor at the Centre for International Research at Sciences-Po. It is the result of an operation that has been carefully prepared and coordinated for months, in the utmost secrecy, from the Gaza Strip.
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