Joel Gehrke is foreign affairs reporter for the Washington Examiner, with an emphasis on U.S. competition with China and Russia, Middle East policy following the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement, and the crisis in Venezuela. Previously, he covered domestic politics for National Review Online.
Israeli Defense Forces are mobilizing for “a long war” against Hamas, according to Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, who characterized the looming campaign as a"fight for the Western world."
Hamas raiding parties poured into Israel after breaking through or even flying over the border fence between the Jewish state and the Gaza Strip. Having caught Israeli Defense Forces and law enforcement by surprise, they “attacked the Israeli army's southern Gaza headquarters and jammed its communications, preventing personnel from calling commanders or each other,” according to Reuters, slowing the Israeli response.
“In recent days, the world has watched in horror as Hamas terrorists massacred families in their homes, slaughtered over 200 young people enjoying a music festival, and kidnapped elderly women, children, and entire families, who are now being held as hostages,” the White House said in a joint statement with France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom. “Our countries will support Israel in its efforts to defend itself and its people against such atrocities.
The conflict will raise the conundrum of how to fight a terrorist organization in an urban area. Israeli tactics frequently have drawn condemnation from international human rights observers such as Amnesty International, which has accused Israeli forces of imposing “a form of collective punishment against the civilian population” of the Gaza Strip.
Cohen offered little insight into how Israel plans to proceed, but his spokesman emphasized that their plans going forward will be unlike “the other military operations” that Israel has conducted in Gaza, which typically have been short-duration bombardments aimed at Hamas’s infrastructure and leadership.
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