On May 18, the top leader of Hamas decided to launch an attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, with the aim of derailing peace talks between Israel and Saudi Arabia. The Israeli military said they found a transcript of a meeting of senior Hamas leaders in a tunnel in the Gaza Strip. The documents show that a few days before the attack, the head of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, told other militants that "extraordinary action" was needed to derail the normalization talks (Israel-Saudi relations), which he said could marginalize the Palestinian cause. The plan succeeded, but at a terrible price. The Hamas attack triggered an Israeli military operation. Gaza's health authorities say Israeli attacks have killed more than 60,000 Palestinians and left the area in ruins. That has stirred anger across the Arab world and beyond, and at least for now has hampered the process of normalizing relations between the two countries. Mr. Trump, who visited Riyadh on Tuesday, also acknowledged that, calling for Saudi Arabia to build relations with Israel but saying, "You will decide for yourself in due time."