(Daily Beast) Hussain Abdul-Hussain - Iranian and Arab pundits seem to have reached a consensus that Israel is not winning in Gaza. But while Israel cannot claim a conclusive victory yet, trends suggest the Jewish state is beating its enemies. Israel has been killing top Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Hamas, and Hizbullah officers at a rapid pace. Two weeks ago Israel targeted the IRGC's Syria viceroy, Razi Mousavi, and six days later an Israeli airstrike killed 11 top IRGC officers. In Gaza, Israel has eliminated at least a dozen senior Hamas leaders, as well as Hamas number two Saleh Al-Arouri in Beirut. Moreover, since Hizbullah joined the war on Israel on Oct. 8, Israel has killed at least 150 fighters of Hizbullah's Radwan special forces. Since Israel's ground operation began on Oct. 30, it has lost 170 soldiers, while the IDF estimates it has killed upwards of 8,000 Hamas fighters. The trends are unmistakable. The writer is a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
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