Article fails to address its title

April 10, 2025

I am surprised that John Stace’s article fails to consider informed media commentary about the degree of involvement of the Israeli military in the events immediately following the Hamas breakout and attacks which occurred on 7 October, 2023.

There was no mention of the Israeli military’s Hannibal doctrine or of the role of the military’s helicopter gunships in the violence which occurred after the attacks commenced, or of their impact on Israeli party-goers attending the rave event that had been curiously relocated to the very edge of Gaza and inadequate security offered for the event.

There was no questioning of some of the more extreme Israeli allegations of atrocities against civilians as an integral feature of the breakout, particularly the alleged rape of Israeli women or horrific violence inflicted on babies.

Can I humbly suggest that Stace read some backdated articles from the Israeli newspaper _Haaretz_, or in the online blog, The Grayzone, or pieces by the independent journalist, Aaron Maté, in order to broaden his understanding of what occurred on that fateful day?