Israel destroyed life in Gaza but it is far from victorious

After 15 months of relentless bombardment that has caused unprecedented death and destruction in Gaza, analysts say Israel is far from victorious.

Despite its overwhelming firepower and international backing, Israel has failed to achieve several of its key objectives for the war, launched on 7 October 2023 after the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel. 

This failure, coupled with the immense human cost in Gaza, reveals a deeper crisis within Israel’s military and political strategies, say analysts Sami Orabi and Ameer Makhoul. 

7 October was a massive strategic, military and intelligence failure for Israel, one that its armed forces were intent on making up for.

However, in many ways Israel’s military actions have only exacerbated those weaknesses, not strengthened them, argue Orabi and Makhoul.

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