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Source: https://nationalinterest.org/feature/2025-israel%E2%80%99s-gaza-campaign-not-over-214284
Israel's Gaza Campaign Is Not Over
(National Interest) Seth J. Frantzman - The war in Gaza has gone on for more than fifteen months since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Hamas still holds 100 hostages captive in Gaza. Hamas continues to recruit and also controls a large swath of the area. "We are not yet at the point of defeating Hamas entirely," Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser told ILTV in December 2024. In many urban areas, the IDF withdraws after weeks or months of combat. Although the fighting in Gaza is not as intensive as it was a year ago, the IDF is suffering casualties every week. Despite reports of a hostage deal taking shape, Hamas appears to be stalling. Leaving Hamas in control of Gaza would inevitably enable the group to reconstitute its threat to Israel. The writer is an adjunct fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.