Benjamin Netanyahu is a man of firsts: the youngest-ever Israeli prime minister; the longest-serving; leader of the most right-wing coalition government Israel has seen. And now, the man in charge during what many consider the most devastating attack on the country in its 75-year history — and overseeing an Israeli ground and air assault of unprecedented ferocity on the Palestinian territory of Gaza.

On October 7, Hamas, the Palestinian group that controls Gaza, staged a heinous and multipronged attack on Israel — one that left about 1,200 dead (the vast majority civilians), upwards of 3,300 injured, more than 200 kidnapped, with evidence of rape and mutilation...

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