Israel Claims 'Victory' Following Gaza Operation

Arutz Sheva ^ | 27/8/14 | Gil Ronen

[Eleutheria5]

Israel is claiming victory in the 50-day war with Hamas, which temporarily ended in a ceasefire that went into force Tuesday.

"We were victorious in the negotiation phase,” said Liran Dan, Head of the National Information Directorate in the Prime Minister's Office, in an interview with IDF Radio Wednesday. “The military blow that the IDF dealt Hamas – the hardest it has experienced since it was founded – was heavy and meaningful. What we saw is that in a prolonged and well executed campaign, Hamas suffered a harsh military blow and damage to the most heavily constructed arrays it built.”

Idan said that Hamas built up networks of rockets, attack tunnels and terror forces over years with the intent of using them against Israel, and these have been smashed by the IDF.

"We should ask the opposite question,” Dan said. “What has Hamas achieved with this campaign? It set out with a very clear goal and did not achieve it.” Hamas wanted sea and air ports, it wanted funding allowed into Gaza, it wanted the blockade of Gaza lifted, it wanted the terrorists who were released in the Schalit deal and recently rearrested released, it wanted Turkey and Qatar to mediate in the negotiations, and received none of these things, he noted. Hamas thought that the Israeli public's spirit would break after one week's fighting, and was proved wrong, he insisted.

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[Eleutheria5]

Hamas: We got some of what we wanted, but unfortunately there are still Jooos! in the world...for now. However, we will have an easier time getting rockets and other necessary tools into Ghaza, so that when Hizbollah starts firing at the Golan and the Galil, we'll be all set to open fire again.

[Netz]

If the frustrated Israeli electorate, after enduring incoming missiles for 50 days votes Netanyahu out of office in the next general elections, both HAMAS, the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic Jihad, Syria, ISIS, the PLO-FATAH and all Arabs including President Obama, will see it as an Islamic victory no matter how much destruction the people of Gaza (not their leaders) endured.

[Eleutheria5]

Not if Feiglin or Bennett are the next PM.

[MaxMax]

Waiting for the Leftist media to claim "No, they didn't because Hama is still firing rockets".

An admission of something the MSM refuses to admit, Hamas is the aggressor.

[Netz]

Even a Right-Wing Hawk like Lieberman or Bennett will cave in to US/EU pressures. Israel is no superpower, she must listen to the world but...up to a point.

[SJackson]

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Victory till the rockets start flying. Resupply will be a problem this time thanks to Egypt.