On October 13, Medium contributor Sam Young wrote an article on why Hamas launched the attack on Israel.

His is the best analysis I have come across. And that includes the many pundits on Medium and my Canadian news channels.

Yet Sam has no credentials for commenting on this matter. He just applied logic:

https://amtoyumtimmy.medium.com/why-would-they-do-this-7c604f03ba1c

This article of Nadin's is verifying Sam's theory.