Unpopular opinion: I suspect many "hacktivists" are driven primarily by the challenge/thrill of hacking, with the cause being more of an afterthought to appease their conscience.

I see no reason to believe this is a false flag. If there's no evidence for it, why should we believe it to be so?

You and Alex Jones.

Yeah, there's plenty of material which I've only been able to easily find on archive.org which does not look good for Israel. The dominant powers seem to be more effective at keeping their propaganda hosted than the resistance, so a takedown of the IA seems very much in line to me with Israeli capabilities and motives.