"Mistaking Hamas’s pause in violence (to build up strength and prepare its attack on Israel) for a moderation in ideology and goals and a refocus on domestic needs in Gaza contributed greatly to the misconception that the terrorist organization was deterred – and no longer presented a threat."

Many factors contributed to the Hamas massacre - opinion

Mistaking Hamas’s pause in violence (to build up strength and prepare its attack on Israel) for a moderation in ideology and goals contributed greatly to a global misconception.

Utter propaganda. Hamas was supported by Netanyahu not because of any imagined moderation, but to utterly split the Palestinian state so that the two state solution could be trashed. End all and be all of the rightwing ethnic nationalist party.