This Attack on Israel Changes Everything
There is no modus vivendi with Hamas.
October 9, 2023
There is no modus vivendi with Hamas.
Early Saturday morning, Hamas launched over 2,000 rockets from Gaza into Israel, while sending about 1,000 terrorists through the border fence to commit acts of murder and barbarism. As of Sunday evening, over 700 Israelis—overwhelmingly civilians—have been killed, and over 100 are being held hostage in the Gaza Strip. Elliott Abrams examines how this war will transform the Jewish state’s situation:
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Login or SubscribeThere is no modus vivendi with Hamas.
A wounded, weakened Israel is a fiercer Israel.
The era of surgical strikes is over.
“Shock, bewilderment, a slight nausea, a sudden urge to fight back the tears that welled in my eyes.”
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