Special NY Post video report: How Israels war against Hamas became its longest ever and reached across the world

In the early hours of October 7th, 2023 – as Jews prepared to celebrate the holiday of Simchat Torah – thousands of Hamas militants and civilians stormed into southern Israel where they overtook towns and kibbutzim massacring at least 1,200 Israelis and taking nearly 250 into Gaza as captives.Accompanied by thousands of missile launches, the siege — which included instances of rape of horrific mutilations  —  prompted a subsequent invasion by the Israeli military into Gaza to secure the nation’s borders and eradicate the Hamas threat. A year on, Israel remains in Gaza where it has mostly routed out Hamas as well as destroyed or dismantled the hundreds of miles of elaborate tunnels used by its leadership.

Israel’s military response has resulted in an estimated and unconfirmed 40,000 Gazan dead, both civilians and militants.And hundreds of thousands of Gazans have been displaced from their homes, a consequence of Hamas’ deadly strategy of embedding its militants in homes, schools, mosques and hospitals.

As its leaders cowered in luxury hotels in Qatar, Hamas has spent billions of dollars of international aid to fund its terror campaigns and tunnel infrastructure. The Gaza war is now Israel’s longest-ever, with nearly 700 soldiers killed and thousands more wounded.The war has also stretched far beyond Israel and Gaza. Houthi rebels from Yemen joined in to attack both Red Sea oil tankers as well as Israel itself.

Iran, patron of Hamas, the Houthis and Hezbollah, launched a comprehensive missile barrage on Israel in April.And now Hezbollah, which began firing upon Israel’s north almost immediately after Hamas’ October 7th massacre, is engaged in what is likely to be a full-scale war.The impact of the war both in Israel and abroad has been unprecedented.

While the Israeli public remains mostly committed to eradicating Hamas, its economy has shrunk, its tourism sector has ground to a standstill while foreign investment has plummteed.The govern...