(Ynet News) Isaac Ben-Israel - Is there a single parameter in which Hamas is better off today than it was before the Gaza war? In terms of military assets, Hamas lost most of its rockets, the tunnel system in which it invested a fortune, a long list of senior military members, about 1,000 fighters, headquarters, emergency supplies, etc. All of its attempts to surprise Israel - like launching a terror cell from the sea, using drones, kidnapping soldiers for bargaining purposes - failed. In the diplomatic arena, Hamas has lost the support it had left in the Arab world. Politically, its demands have been rejected. Hamas takes pride in two "achievements": Resisting the "Zionist army" and opening the crossings for humanitarian aid, while ignoring the fact that they were closed only because of the rocket fire. Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel is chairman of the Israeli Space Agency and the National Council for Research and Development.
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