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Hamas’s militants are now preparing for the Israeli ground invasion they assume is imminent.

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Israeli opposition leader and former prime minister Yair Lapid reacted to Hamas's surprise attack on Israel from Gaza. The incursion, which killed hundreds of Israelis, is being called "Israel's 9/11". Hundreds of Palestinians living in Gaza have been killed in retaliatory Israeli air strikes. Asked how he saw the situation playing out, Lapid said "the endgame is, there will be no Hamas in Gaza".

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The violence erupted suddenly but comes after a year of rising tensions between Israel and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.

• Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer said that the “massive attacks by Hamas leadership into Israel … is no less than Israel’s 9/11.”
• The violence has also “poured cold water on the possibility of a fast-tracked Israeli-Saudi normalization process,” said Chatham House’s Sanam Vakil.
• “The Israeli-Hamas War is a logical result of 50 years of failed military policies,” Difference Group’s Dan Steinbock said in an e-mail to CNBC.

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Israel’s Prime Minister has declared the country is “at war” with Palestinian militant group Hamas after a “murderous surprise attack”.

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