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title: "How October 7th Became the Middle East's Pearl Harbor"
description: "Sinwar's attack was meant to ignite a multi-front war on Israel. Instead it unraveled the Axis of Resistance piece by piece — and may yet bring down the Islamic Republic itself."
url: https://fronts.co/videos/how-october-7th-became-the-middle-easts-pearl-harbor.md
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  - name: Simon Whistler
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Sinwar's attack was meant to ignite a multi-front war on Israel. Instead it unraveled the Axis of Resistance piece by piece — and may yet bring down the Islamic Republic itself.

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Full analysis is behind the paywall. Read the gated piece at https://fronts.co/videos/how-october-7th-became-the-middle-easts-pearl-harbor/.
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