How Hamas Executed a Paraglider Attack on Israel

Another unanswered question is how Israel apparently did not notice before Oct. 7 that Hamas had developed the ability to use paragliders as part of terror attacks.

The answer to that question may have to wait until later because Israel is currently focused on dismantling Hamas’ networks in Gaza, said Jonathan Lord, director of the Middle East Security program at the Center for a New American Security think tank in Washington, D.C.

“I’d expect eventually we’ll see something akin to the Agranat Commission, which was convened after the 1973 Yom Kippur War, to establish how Egypt and Syria successfully caught Israel flat-footed,” Lord told Task & Purpose.

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