Israel has severely set back Hamas but will never be able to completely eliminate the group, U.S. officials said.

Israel has achieved all that it can militarily in Gaza, according to senior American officials, who say continued bombings are only increasing risks to civilians while the possibility of further weakening Hamas has diminished.

With the Biden administration racing to get cease-fire negotiations back on track, a growing number of national security officials across the government said that the Israeli military had severely set back Hamas but would never be able to completely eliminate the group.

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  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Part of the problem with the US approach was that the goal was independence and self-government for the occupied nations, and that didn’t work out even after 20 years in Afghanistan. Hamas will be back as soon as Israeli troops leave if Israeli troops leave, but my impression is that Netanyahu does not intend for that to happen.