To that end, the US is sending $47 mil to Hamas for “humanitarian aid”.
There are many suicidal Israelis who still want to give peace a chance, thus, the assumption.
The assumption does not take into account the reality on the ground where Hamas is suffering one defeat after another as they fall back to the central command city under Gaza city.
A pause or ceasefire would be just to Hamas’ liking when things get too hot. Iran will then rebuild the entire tunnel infrastructure, a new supply of rockets, and possibility a defense against the Merkava 4’s Windbreaker missile defense systems.
Then Hamas, and if Hezbollah is not still tied up in Syria, launch a two pronged attack. Maybe Iran will be able then to step in with a nuke for Tel Aviv.
Hamas must be totally defeated and Gaza occupied by Israeli mil to give peace a chance.
There are fewer and fewer Israelis who want to “give peace a chance”. Netanyahu’s approval is at about 85% as he expands the campaign against Hamas, and even lefties like Lapid and Livni are rejecting calls for a cease-fire and indicating that they could support occupation of Gaza, which of course would entail destruction of Hamas.
Thanks for the reminder about Obama forcing Israel to supply the concrete to Hamas that it used to build its tunnels. I had forgotten about that.