紅白の 秋を言祝ぐ 松葉菊 The matsubagiku, Celebrate the arrival of autumn, With their red and white petals.

Last night, I was watching a live broadcast from the Gaza Strip on YouTube. Amid the continuous wailing of air raid sirens, the streaks of missiles launched from Israel and the interceptor missiles trying to stop them were constantly lighting up the night sky. It was like a real-time broadcast of a war.
The cause of this event was a surprise attack by Hamas, a militant Palestinian organization that controls the Gaza Strip, on Israel. While there have been numerous conflicts in the past, this surprise attack was on a much larger scale. This was a surprise attack, with the full knowledge that if we attacked Israel, we would receive more than double the retaliatory attacks.
The underlying factors for this conflict are complex and have been subject to various analyses, but there is no clear consensus. It is certain that there is a deep-seated enmity among Palestinians toward Israel, but some suggest that this act was driven by factors such as a growing disconnect between the Gaza Strip residents and Hamas, or a sense of urgency in response to recent diplomatic developments between Arab nations and Western countries.
Some even speculate that Russia, under President Putin’s strategic calculations, might have had a role in encouraging Hamas. Given Russia’s failure in the Ukraine invasion and the international community’s focus on military support for Ukraine, it’s possible that they instigated Hamas as a means to divert attention and resources away from Ukraine.

昨夜はYoutubeでガザ地区のLiveを見ていました。空襲警報が鳴り続く中、イスラエルから打ち込まれるミサイルとそれを迎え撃つ迎撃ミサイルの光跡が夜空に絶え間なく映し出されます。まさに戦争の実況中継です。
今回のことの起こりは、ガザ地区を支配するパレスチナの強硬派組織であるハマスによるイスラエルへの奇襲攻撃です。これまでにも度重なる紛争はありましたが、今回の奇襲攻撃は最大規模のものでした。イスラエルを攻撃すれば倍返し以上の報復攻撃を受けることは十分承知の上での奇襲です。
その背景事情は様々に分析されていますが、はっきりしたことは分かりません。イスラエルに対するパレスチナ人の敵愾心が根っこにある事は確かですが、ハマスに対するガザ地区住民の乖離とか、最近のアラブ諸国と西側諸国の融和の動きに対する焦りなどから、ハマスの存在感を内外に示したいということからとも言われています。
もっと深追いすれば、ハマスを支持するロシア、プーチンの深慮遠謀があったのかも知れません。ウクライナ侵攻に失敗し、国際社会の軍事支援がウクライナに集中するのを分散する為にハマスを唆したとも考えられます。