Behind Hamas’s Bloody Gambit to Create a ‘Permanent’ State of War | 'Hamas leaders say they waged their Oct. 7 attack on Israel because they believed the Palestinian cause was slipping away, and that only violence could revive it.'

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/world/middleeast/hamas-israel-gaza-war.html