>>512315628 (OP)Hamas understands israelies more than most people, I really do believe they had absolute faith the demonic barbarity israel will retaliate with will revive the Palestinian cause, kill any hope of normalization and inevitably collapse israel because they wont be able to stop.
You have to remember israel was on the verge of normalizing with the Saudis and by extension all of the Gulf states, essentially dooming Palestine forever before Oct 7.
Netenyahu let it happen because he needed an out from his corruption charges, gave up control of his government to the schizo ben gvir and that other dwarf smotrich and everything spiraled from there.
tl;dr: Hamas well and truly kickstarted the curse of the 8th decade.