This is why, as Ezekiel said in Verse 38, that God has to put “hooks” in Gog’s jaw, much as a horse has a bit that can be pulled on.
The question for biblical scholars is, does Ezekiel 38 play out in modern times?
In verse 8 he says: “In future years you (speaking of Gog/Magog and allies) will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety.”
That sure sounds like Israel today (post 1948). The Romans kicked out the Jews in 54 AD, and returned to nationhood by gathering Jews from all over Europe and the Middle East in 1948 —which, from their perspective is “long been desolate”.
Maybe. The problem with prophecy is that, as intended, vague and obscure meanings leave it in doubt.