It would be the most dangerous game of 4d chess ever played, but given where we are now with the conflict between Israel and Palestine, was the Oct 7th massacre and its aftermath a deliberate plan? Granted nothing has been more quickly destructive for Palestinians, but the impact on the international standing of Palestinian rights and nationhood has never been stronger, or Israel's standing weaker. Did they look at their position, losing piece after piece, in slow attrition, and just go all in?