Road to October 7: A Brief History of Palestinian Islamism
By Erik Skare
London: Verso, 2025, 208 pages, $17.78, ISBN: 9781804297889
Operation Al-Aqsa Flood: The Defeat of the Vanquisher
By Jacques Baud
Paris: Max Milo, 2024, 440 pages, $32.53, ISBN: 782315019861
Al-Aqsa Flood:
A Turning Point in the Middle Eastern Politics
Edited by Muhittin Ataman
Ankara: SETA Publications, 2024, 328 pages, 243 TL, ISBN: 9786256583498
Introduction
On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched Operation al-Aqsa Flood against Israel, marking a significant turning point not only in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but also at the regional and global levels. In a 17-page report released afterward, Hamas framed the al-Aqsa Flood as a necessary step and a natural response to confront Israeli plans aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause, seizing and Judaizing the land, asserting sovereignty over Masjid Al-Aqsa and the holy sites, and ending the unjust blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip. It was also a natural step within the framework of resisting occupation, reclaiming national rights, achieving independence and freedom like other peoples of the world, exercising the right to self-determinat
