Israel has vowed time and again to eliminate the group responsible for the brutal Oct. 7 attack, but critics increasingly see that goal as unrealistic or even impossible.
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Key Hamas Plotters of Oct. 7 Attack Elude Israel’s Grip on Gaza
Israel has battered Gaza in its quest to destroy Hamas, without finding the commanders it has named as its most important targets.
In Gaza, Israelis Display Tunnel Wide Enough to Handle Cars
The Israeli military took reporters on a tour of what it says is the biggest Hamas tunnel it has found since invading the Gaza Strip.
Israel, Fighting Hamas in Gaza, Warns Hezbollah, Too
Top Israeli officials hinted at a powerful response to attacks by Hezbollah across the northern border with Lebanon, as to the south Israeli troops wage street battles against Hamas in Gaza.
Israel Claims It Has Killed 5 Hamas Commanders in Rare Photo
Israeli forces have been targeting the Hamas leadership since the group launched an attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7.
Behind Hamas’s Bloody Gambit to Create a ‘Permanent’ State of War
Hamas leaders say they waged their Oct. 7 attack on Israel because they believed the Palestinian cause was slipping away, and that only violence could revive it.
Behind Hamas’s Bloody Gambit to Create a ‘Permanent’ State of War
Hamas leaders say they waged their Oct. 7 attack on Israel because they believed the Palestinian cause was slipping away, and that only violence could revive it.
Yehya Sinwar, Hamas’s Leader in Gaza, Is At the Top of Israel’s Target List
Considered a brutal enforcer within Hamas, he served time in Israeli prison before being released in a 2011 prisoner swap.
News Analysis: Why Do Israel and Gaza Keep Fighting? Because It’s in Their Leaders’ Interests.
The cycle of violence-ceasefire-repeat that keeps verging on all-out war may look like pointless destruction. But it’s a strange kind of symbiosis.