[Times-UK] Martin Fletcher - As the fighting finally ceased, Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas' Gazan leader, broadcast a message congratulating the Palestinian people on their "great victory." Haniyeh's claim of victory was obscene. In three weeks Hamas' fighters managed to kill just six Israeli soldiers. The group's much-vaunted tunnels, booby-traps and other "surprises" barely dented Israel's military machine.
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