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The Phoenix's avatar

Answer to the first question depends on the answer to the following:

Did the intelligence agencies know about this and let it happen or were they taken by surprise?

If Yes, then US/Israel is behind it (even if they didn’t plan it) accepting initial losses for all the reasons you gave.

If No, then Iran/The Rest for all the reasons you gave.

One thing to note, the best plans can be laid to waste as we saw with Ukraine. Meaning, even if this is planned by US/Israel it might very well blow up in their faces.

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In this case I heavily disagree. This does not benefit the US in any way.

This almost guarantees that most Arab states will remain hostile to Israel for years to come and that Israel will take incur heavy costs because they are politically obligated to invade Gaza.

Yes, this helps Netanyahu domestically, but the last thing the US needs right now is another theater to worry about.

Much easier explanation is that US assets were too focused on Ukraine and missed something and that the Israelis aren't as good as advertised which was visible back in 2006.

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