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Source: https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/What-is-Hamass-end-game-Escalation-control-572042
Hamas Seeks to Change the Rules
(Jerusalem Post) Dan Feferman - Since Hamas wrested control of Gaza from the Palestinian Authority in 2007, it has instigated three extended conflicts against Israel, characterized by rocket and mortar fire and the digging and utilization of terror tunnels. Having largely neutralized these threats through technological innovation, Israel retaliated each time through aerial and artillery strikes, carefully choosing targets either for their symbolic or military value. The aim in each round of fighting has been to limit Hamas' war-making ability, reestablish deterrence, and gain escalation control. In other words, Israel has aimed to set the rules of the game. Hamas sought to challenge those rules and establish rules of its own. The writer is a major (res.) in the IDF, where he served as a foreign policy adviser and intelligence analyst.