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'Hamas has changed the nature of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute': UK international conflict expert weighs in on the surprise attack

FILE - Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
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FILE - Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

Dr. Robert Farley with the University of Kentucky Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce tells WUKY the Hamas-backed operation was a carefully planned event that could be "one of the most important things that has happened in Israeli history." Farley goes on to discuss what worries him the most as the wider conflict unfolds, what the attack says about Israeli and U.S. intelligence, and how he sees the events affecting American foreign policy.

Hear the full interview above.

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