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March 13, 2024

To End the War, Israel Must Attack Rafah

What Hamas learned from the last ceasefire.

According to four anonymous American sources recently cited by Politico, the White House will weigh limits on military aid to the Jewish state if it commences its ground assault on Rafah, the city at the southern tip of the Gaza Strip where Hamas’s leaders, and the bulk of their forces, are now ensconced. While it is always unclear how to interpret such warnings, the military necessity of an attack on the terrorist group’s stronghold is perfectly clear. Jacob Stoil and John Spencer explain why by looking at the lessons Hamas learned from the previous ceasefire:

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