Israel wanted to re-establish deterrence and make sure that no country or terror group thinks of repeating a 7th October style attack. I believe they’ve achieved that goal. They lost 1400 people, but as a collective punishment, they killed and maimed more than 40,000 Gazans. That’s an astonishingly disproportionate level of vengeance. They’ve dismantled Iran’s proxy network and denied strategic depth to Iran by catalysing a regime change in Syria. In doing so, Israel has once again proved itself to be the most valuable US ally in the Middle East. Because a regime change in Syria undermines Russian prestige and portrays Russia as an unreliable partner.
I believe they won’t stop until the hostages are released unconditionally.
Mt548 on
This article is six months old.
Not unrealistic to assume that they’re going for complete annhilation at this point. The starvation is accelerating.
Kevster020 on
Until all the Palestinians are dead?
brinz1 on
Until the nature region has been absorbed into Israel
Like how Golan Heights went from being administered as a Demilitarised zone until how it is now
Traditional_Tea_1879 on
I think the conditions for Israel to cease it’s offense were quite clear, but of course the fulfilment of these depends on Hamas, or what’s left of it.
– release of the hostages – completely within Hamas control. Likely to be tied with hamas trying to ensure it’s survival, which contradicts with the second condition:
– removal of hamas as a military force in the Palestinian territories. Which Hamas is refusing to accept.
I don’t see Israel giving up on either of these and Hamas will yield only if it loses hope to maintain any sort of pressure on Israel.
Electronic_Main_2254 on
That’s not “Israel’s war on Gaza”, I prefer to think about it as “Hamas war on Israel which they started on October 7th and now regret it because this time Israel actually responded robustly and destroyed them and their affiliates, yet because they are a bunch of terrorists they can’t just surrender and release the hostages”.
It’s not like Israel just randomly fights their neighbors while paying billions of dollars each day and risking their soldiers just for fun, there’s an actual goal for this war and as we speak there’s 100 Israelis in the tunnels of gaza.
ghosttrainhobo on
Probably until Hamas releases their hostages.
zep2floyd on
As long as the Americans let them
Feynization on
How long is a piece of string? How long can the Palestinians stay alive?
Darksouls_enjoyer on
Kil***ng 45k Palestinians ain’t enough for them yet. They won’t stop until papa USA stops funding their ge**nocidal efforts.
cemilanceata on
Lol lasted longer than my whole life, don’t get your hopes up
CluelessExxpat on
Hostages are not important to the state. Israel wants complete removal of Hamas from Gaza. That means operation will continue for at least one more full year.
Seeing how things have been in the West Bank and how Israel plans to expand its settlements into Golan Heights, its obvious Israel has abandoned any plans for a 2 state solution and seeks to annex pretty much everything.
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Did anyone think it will take that long?
Until Hamas says that they don’t want to fight…
Israel wanted to re-establish deterrence and make sure that no country or terror group thinks of repeating a 7th October style attack. I believe they’ve achieved that goal. They lost 1400 people, but as a collective punishment, they killed and maimed more than 40,000 Gazans. That’s an astonishingly disproportionate level of vengeance. They’ve dismantled Iran’s proxy network and denied strategic depth to Iran by catalysing a regime change in Syria. In doing so, Israel has once again proved itself to be the most valuable US ally in the Middle East. Because a regime change in Syria undermines Russian prestige and portrays Russia as an unreliable partner.
I believe they won’t stop until the hostages are released unconditionally.
This article is six months old.
Not unrealistic to assume that they’re going for complete annhilation at this point. The starvation is accelerating.
Until all the Palestinians are dead?
Until the nature region has been absorbed into Israel
Like how Golan Heights went from being administered as a Demilitarised zone until how it is now
I think the conditions for Israel to cease it’s offense were quite clear, but of course the fulfilment of these depends on Hamas, or what’s left of it.
– release of the hostages – completely within Hamas control. Likely to be tied with hamas trying to ensure it’s survival, which contradicts with the second condition:
– removal of hamas as a military force in the Palestinian territories. Which Hamas is refusing to accept.
I don’t see Israel giving up on either of these and Hamas will yield only if it loses hope to maintain any sort of pressure on Israel.
That’s not “Israel’s war on Gaza”, I prefer to think about it as “Hamas war on Israel which they started on October 7th and now regret it because this time Israel actually responded robustly and destroyed them and their affiliates, yet because they are a bunch of terrorists they can’t just surrender and release the hostages”.
It’s not like Israel just randomly fights their neighbors while paying billions of dollars each day and risking their soldiers just for fun, there’s an actual goal for this war and as we speak there’s 100 Israelis in the tunnels of gaza.
Probably until Hamas releases their hostages.
As long as the Americans let them
How long is a piece of string? How long can the Palestinians stay alive?
Kil***ng 45k Palestinians ain’t enough for them yet. They won’t stop until papa USA stops funding their ge**nocidal efforts.
Lol lasted longer than my whole life, don’t get your hopes up
Hostages are not important to the state. Israel wants complete removal of Hamas from Gaza. That means operation will continue for at least one more full year.
Seeing how things have been in the West Bank and how Israel plans to expand its settlements into Golan Heights, its obvious Israel has abandoned any plans for a 2 state solution and seeks to annex pretty much everything.