(Spectator-UK) Jake Wallis Simons - After 11 days of fighting, both Israel and the Gaza militants will now strive to present a "victory picture" to their peoples and to the world. But while Jerusalem may have lost the propaganda war, it emerges from this conflict the strongest, its security boosted by a hugely degraded enemy. Hamas sought to position itself as the true figurehead of the Palestinian people by launching a major rocket barrage. Yet the price was much higher than the terror group had anticipated. A significant portion of Hamas' network of tunnels - a vast subterranean world used to house arsenals, plan operations, train militants and move about undetected - were obliterated. Intelligence sources report that factions inside Hamas are already grumbling about the reckless decision to invite so much destruction upon Gaza. The writer is deputy editor of the Jewish Chronicle (UK).
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