This Attack on Israel Changes Everything
There is no modus vivendi with Hamas.
October 9, 2023
The era of surgical strikes is over.
Yesterday evening, an IDF spokesperson announced that Israel is planning to send 100,000 reservists into Gaza to free hostages and to ensure that “Hamas will no longer have any military capabilities to threaten Israeli civilians with” and also that “Hamas will not be able to govern the Gaza Strip.” Meir Ben-Shabbat, a former head of Israel’s National Security Council and 30-year veteran of the Shin Bet, explains how the IDF might go about accomplishing this:
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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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