“Swords of Iron,” the war that began with the Hamas surprise attack that took the lives of hundreds, injured thousands, and led to the abduction of dozens, caught Israel unawares. In this podcast, INSS researchers Prof. Kobi Michael and Yohanan Tzoreff from the INSS research program on the Palestinian arena, and Orna Mizrahi, formerly deputy head of the National Security Council and now part of the INSS research program on the northern arena, analyze the important issues on the agenda.