(Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security) Col. (res.) Prof. Gabi Siboni - Hamas remains deeply embedded within the Gaza population and has no difficulty recruiting young armed followers. Any future solution for Gaza will require the complete military and political destruction of Hamas. As long as Hamas retains power, transferring control to a local or external entity remains problematic. Hamas is still able to rebuild because it controls the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza. Its control of food distribution prolongs the war and hinders Israel's ability to achieve its objectives. Removing Hamas's governance necessitates that the IDF directly oversee humanitarian aid distribution, signaling to the population that Hamas's era in Gaza is over with no return. The writer was director of the military and strategic affairs program of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) from 2006-2020.
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