(Al-Monitor) Ben Caspit - A member of the IDF's General Staff, who took part in building up the army's forces and in directing Operation Protective Edge, said that Hamas "counted on the assumption that Israel wouldn't touch a 14-story residential building filled with civilians on floors three to 14, while the three lowest floors are occupied by Hamas headquarters. In this, they erred. We felled nine such high-rises in the last days of the operation. We evacuated the population, the civilians understood that we were serious about this, and we downed those towers so that it would be clear that we would not accept terror in any form." "Hamas emerges from this story with their hands on their heads, without a single achievement....According to all our intelligence reports, the atmosphere around them is gloomy. In their bunkers, they talk about defeat, about damage. They know that it will be hard for them to explain to their nation, for what purpose did they destroy Gaza? What exactly did they receive in exchange?"
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