Israel-Hamas war cyberattacks are mostly felt by civilians

Cyberattacks arouse severe psychological distress—akin even to the harm generated by physical terrorism, causing people to feel trapped and anxious.

The news about the Israel-Hamas war is filled with reports of Israeli families huddling in fear from relentless rocket attacks, Israeli tanks, and artillery flattening buildings in the Gaza Strip, hundreds of kidnapped hostages imprisoned in subterranean tunnels, and millions of people driven from their homes by fighting.