We all know the Israeli response to any military or terror attack is generally disproportionate, this is what their deterrence is based on. How can Israel produce a disproportionate response based on the barbarity of this Hamas attack? The massacre of the Kfar Aza kibbutz is sickening, women, children and babies beheaded – disgusting.

To be fair, the Hamas offensive was breathtaking in terms of organisation and execution. The offensive began with around 3500 missiles to overwhelm the Israeli Iron Dome missile shield. Then paragliders with gunman flew over the fence storming military facilities and a dance party before the border fence was breached with scores of Hamas fighters on motor bikes and jeeps. The intelligence failure will be discussed in the future, now is not the time. Israel is going to go in and start to rescue their citizens, they know they cannot negotiate with these terrorists.

One thing we know, Israel is one of the world’s most advanced and organised military will act, Israel will act decisively and I would not like to be anywhere near Gaza when that happens. What these Hamas fighters did was indiscriminately target civilians – this is an act of terrorism we have never seen in Israel before. Hamas targeted women and children to take as hostages to act as human shields and to execute on camera. Israel is preparing to enter Gaza and this will be a bloody battle, tanks are being massed on the Gaza border and they are going to take Hamas on and they will defeat them.