this is hossin khan muqaddam, a former irgc commander expert on regional issues with special focus onthe palestinians. to capture, injure or kill so many israeli forces within this short period of time. operation al-aqsa flood has been dubbed as the biggest attack on israel in years, effectively bringing the regime to the edge of a precipice. but what made hamas to launch such a full-scale attack, was it truly unprovoked as claimed in the west? only a couple of weeks before the operation, israeli. minister benjamin netanyahu waved the map at the united nations general assembly on which all palestinian territories had been wiped out. netanyahu's prolonged policy of ignoring palestinians as nation with a right to self-determination has definitely acted as catalist for an operation of this proportion. rally in the west bank for fenral of one or two of our shohada. two of our youngsters, non civilian has been shot dead by the settlers, hence we're continuously talking about the besieged people in gaza, we're continuously talking about the police policy by the israeli government in west ba