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Israel Has Many Cards to Play Against Hamas

(Jerusalem Post) Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser interviewed by Yonah Jeremy Bob - In July 2023, Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, former head of the Research Division of IDF Military Intelligence, called to invade Gaza and said Hamas was being given far too much space to threaten Israel. It turns out that Kuperwasser was one of the only officials who saw Gaza and Hamas clearly through the fog. Regarding Gaza, he told the Jerusalem Post on Sunday, "We want to get the hostages back without paying too large a price....We have many cards to play and they only have the hostages." President Trump "is supporting all Israeli efforts, and he is referring to Hamas in a hostile manner. He said decisively: Hamas cannot stay in Gaza." There is "the card of humanitarian aid; Israel can use this. It will take time until it is effective, but it is a serious bargaining chip to use if we have patience. There is the card about the future - there will be no reconstruction or funding of reconstruction unless we allow it." He described how Israel "can use more military force. There is a new IDF chief who will use it more massively." Asked how long the IDF would need to remain in Gaza, he responded: "However long is needed." Regarding Iran, Kuperwasser said, "We need to eliminate their pathway to developing a nuclear weapon, and not merely to prevent them from the final act of getting one. As long as they have the potential capability to develop one, it will be continuously hard to stop them. We need a reality where they cannot make one at all. Right now, they are very close to obtaining one....This is a reality we cannot continue to live with."
2025-03-11 00:00:00
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