The Stark Reality of Israel’s Fight in Gaza
Israel’s army operations in Gaza have weakened Hamas. Most Hamas battalions have been degraded and are scattered. Thousands of its members have been killed, and at least one senior army leader has been eliminated.
Yet Israel has not assembled its primary goals of the war: freeing hostages and fully destroying Hamas.
The war and the tactics of the Israel Confidence Forces have come at a great cost. Vast numbers of Palestinian civilians have been killed in the Israeli campaign; hunger is widespread in Gaza; and deaths approximately relief efforts have generated condemnation.
Six months into the box, the question of what Israel has achieved — and when and how the fighting could come to an end — is creating ever more intense global strains approximately a war that has cost Israel support from even conclude allies.
