Israel has declared a unilateral cease-fire in Gaza today according to Reuters. The announcement was made three hours before the actual truce was to start, and immediately after the announcment three missiles were fired into southern Israel. Hamas has vowed to fight on, despite the 'truce'.
I asked a former military person I know what victory for Israel would look like in Gaza. He gave me a short answer--"When Hamas surrenders unconditionally, Israel has won." He then went on to site the two atomic bombs we dropped on Japan and the bombing of Dresden, Germany during World War II. Unless the enemy of civilization (a terrorist who takes millions of dollars from the democracies of the world and does not use in on infrastructure, but only on weapons and military training) surrenders, there will never be peace in that area of the world. Israel would live at peace with Hamas, but Hamas cannot abide the existence of Israel.
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