Israel’s invasion of Rafah will not eliminate Hamas or end the war. So, what is Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan?
- Written by Ian Parmeter, Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
The Gaza war has now entered its eighth month and a resolution to the conflict still seems far off.
Israel claims to have killed 13,000 Hamas militants so far. If that figure is correct, one can assume the number of wounded or incapacitated militants is at least twice or maybe three times that number.
Prior to the war breaking out, Israel estimated...