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robertson, israel. >> joining me now the former ambassador to iraq and turkey, james jeffrey. mr. ambassador, really appreciate you making the time. what do you think hamas' calculation was with this operation and the timing and the scale of it? >> first, we saw israel weakened by internal west bank policy and judicial reform. secondly, it's closely aligned with iran. it wants to block cooperation between israel and the united states, mostly saudi arabia. they hadn't considered how strongly israel is going to react, and that would be strong indeed. >> what has happened would suggest in terms of hamas capabilities, resources. and given their preparations for the attack itself, how prepared do you think they are for what's to come? they'll be expecting whatever the response is. >> to be sure. first, the iron dome air defense system actually worked very well despite many thousands of rockets. there's been no major installations. it and very few israeli casualties. the way hamas succeeded brilliantly was this ground, air, and sea infantry assault on israeli bases and israeli civilian