Israel will continue to use 'creative ways' to surprise enemies: Ambassador

Israel’s vaunted intelligence failed to thwart one of the worst attacks against the country almost two years ago.  But Israeli operations (military and intelligence-backed), inside Gaza and in wider West Asia, have since successfully targeted the Hamas leadership, according to Israel’s Ambassador to India Reuven Azar.  Hamas militants entered towns and villages in southern Israel and killed 1,200 people and abducted some 250 others, including children and the elderly, on October 7, 2023. In retaliation, Israel pounded the Gaza Strip with airstrikes and launched extensive ground-offensive campaigns. The United Nations (UN) has estimated that tens of thousands of Palestinians