With increasing pressure from western nations, especially the United States, to bring the fighting in Gaza to an end, the Israel Defense Forces is facing the possibility of needing to end the larger war effort without having completely defeated Hamas.
Israeli leadership has reportedly told US officials of their intention to keep a military presence in the northern Gaza Strip after the end of active conflict.
It is still not clear how much progress the IDF has made in achieving the goal of eliminating Hamas leadership on the ground. That goal was given to the IDF by the political leadership following the October 7 invasion.
With the recent UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire, which was vetoed by the US, and the General Assembly vote calling for a humanitarian ceasefire, the IDF is seeing its operational window potentially closing before the goal of […]
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