A senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pens an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal arguing that “mounting international pressure to end the war won’t weaken Israel’s resolve to accomplish its mission of destroying Hamas.”
“Detractors dismiss total victory as implausible, but the facts on the ground indicate otherwise,” Ophir Falk writes.
“Israel has already dismantled 18 of Hamas’s 24 battalions, incapacitated more than 21,500 Hamas terrorists — about two-thirds of its force, including two of the top four leaders — and destroyed significant terror tunnels. By contrast, it took US military forces nine months to take out 5,000 ISIS fighters in Mosul.”
“Israel doesn’t need prompting to provide humanitarian aid or to act with caution,” the Netanyahu aide claims.
“High-intensity combat will wind down after Rafah, humanitarian aid will no longer be hijacked by Hamas, and safety for civilians can be realized. Total victory is within reach. Israel will finish the job.”
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