Today on NOW and NEXT:

We're joined by Phil Gurski, President and CEO Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting. He brings his 30-plus years of strategic analysis and international intelligence gathering to our discussion of the Hamas terror attacks on Israel and the likely quagmire of war that is escalating in the region.

• How much of the initial Hamas attack was an "intelligence failure"?
• Did the internal instability of the Israeli government create a window of opportunity for Hamas?
• Is Iran really "behind" these attacks?
• Is Washington's response handcuffed by the political paralysis in the House of Representatives?
• And, Phil says Canada's absence from a G7 statement condemning the terrorism speaks volumes about the way our allies view the Trudeau government - especially after the prime minister publicly cited intelligence gathered by an ally that suggested India is behind the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia.