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Source: https://mishpacha.com/who-won-the-gaza-war/
Who Won the Gaza War?
(Mishpacha) Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror interviewed by Eliezer Shulman - Former Israeli national security advisor Yaakov Amidror says talk of winning the war with Hamas in Gaza is misplaced. "The purpose of all the Gaza operations over the past 15 years has been to hurt Hamas and restore quiet to people living in the south - not to topple the terror groups or conquer the Strip. Israel didn't embark on Operation Guardian of the Walls with the goal of winning. The goal was to inflict maximum damage on Hamas' military capabilities in hopes of establishing deterrence." "The Six-Day War is considered Israel's most successful war. But just a year later, there was the War of Attrition, and six years later, Israel found itself in the Yom Kippur War. So where was the deterrence? From a military perspective, the [2006] Second Lebanon War was a catastrophe, but the north has been quiet ever since." "In the current round...Hamas didn't catch Israel unprepared in any area. It failed to inflict significant damage...and Hamas proved unable able to land any blows by sea, air, or through the terror tunnels....In summary, they notched zero successes and suffered a severe mauling."