[Institute for Counter-Terrorism/IDC-Herzliya] Ely Karmon - The destruction of Hamas' infrastructure and even the successful targeting of its leaders will not convince them to give up their goal to achieve a military balance of power with Israel. Israel should cut Hamas' oxygen pipeline - the tunnels permitting the smuggling of advanced rocket, anti-tank and other advanced weapons - by reoccupying and widening the Philadelphi corridor on the Egyptian border. The control of a 1-km.-wide strip of land on the border will permit the progressive drying out of Hamas' military capability, which has a direct influence on its ability to politically control Gaza. The control of the Rafah border passage should progressively return to the Palestinian Authority and the international European team and thus give the PA a foothold for a future political comeback in Gaza.
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