Hamas’s New Strategy Is Working, and Israel Must Act Swiftly to Stop It
Calm in Gaza combined with attacks from the West Bank.
December 24, 2021
Hamas’s New Strategy Is Working, and Israel Must Act Swiftly to Stop It
Calm in Gaza combined with attacks from the West Bank.
Since the brief war in May—known in Israel as Operation Guardian of the Walls—Hamas has more or less refrained from launching missiles from Gaza, while Jerusalem has eased some of the economic pressure on the territory. Egypt meanwhile has been trying to mediate an arrangement whereby Hamas will release the bodies of two fallen Israeli soldiers, along with the Israeli citizens it is holding hostage. But Hamas has used the six months of quiet to build up its arsenal and to expand its reach, as Kobi Michael explains:
December 24, 2021
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