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Hamas attacked Israel the day after the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur war. While the October 7th attack may have benefitted Russia indirectly (temporarily
by dralley 2y ago
Hamas attacked Israel the day after the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur war. While the October 7th attack may have benefitted Russia indirectly (temporarily at least), it's not particularly likely that Russia played any role in making it happen.
- dismalaf 2y agoThere's a lot of evidence that Russia was probably involved in Oct 7. They're certainly cozy with Hamas... https://www.memri.org/reports/hamas-visits-its-closest-friend-moscow-questions-surround-russias-knowledge-involvement https://www.memri.org/reports/hamas-visits-its-closest-frien...
- dralley 2y agoThere's nothing in there that particularly suggests that they promted the attack. But of course they capitalized as best they could off of the distraction.
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- dismalaf 2y agoI mean, plausible deniability is a cornerstone of Russia's hybrid warfare against the west... They want us to feel and "know" they did it while not being able to 100% prove it...