World on Fire, Part 1: The Houthis, Israel's Impossible War, and Worsening Middle East Chaos
Plain English with Derek Thompson
Israeli military campaign goals regarding Hamas
The Israeli military campaign aims to degrade and remove Hamas's ability to govern the Gaza Strip as an independent statelet and to prevent Hamas from amassing weapons and training troops to invade Israel. The goal is not to eradicate Hamas, but to prevent them from governing a statelet bordering Israel and to avoid a repeat of past attacks, despite potential international criticism. This underpins strong public support in Israel for these goals.
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