Of course it is. Hamas is well known for using violence to derail any move towards peace.As I said before, pretty sure this is about an imminent Saudi/Israeli peace deal. Coupled with a nice 50 anniversary of the Yom Kipper war. They shot their shot with thousands of missiles to overwhelm defenses. Now Hamas awaits the reaction, gets the footage of Palestinians bodies for the Arab in the streets, and hopes it gets derailed.
Ugly ugly business.
But usually they're smarter enough not to broadcast videos of the Israeli women and children they abducted.