The terrorist attack was a "made for TV" atrocity turned into spectacle, its purpose, if such things can have any, was to motivate Israel to action and with the loss of such numbers in a country the size of Israel they will get the desired response, be careful of what you wish for though. If it happened in America, it would be the equivalent of 50,000 people killed and kidnapped, what do you think America's response would be? They went nuts for over 20 years over 3,000 victims and a made for TV spectacle on 911.