“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen,” Vladimir Lenin allegedly said. In the Middle East, entire centuries have effectively unfolded since Hamas and other Iranian-backed terror groups invaded Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and sparked a war that forever altered both the region and the world itself.

In their new book, In the War Room: The Inside Story of Israel’s Fight Against Hamas and the Iranian Axis, authors Yonah Jeremy Bob and Elliot Kaufman examine what is arguably Israel’s most personal war to date.