Military pressure is not enough to win the war in Gaza
Opinion: Going to war without a discussion on the connection between war goals and the appropriate means to achieve them is a classic mistake throughout history, and it happened to us, too
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Giora Eiland
Three mistakes prevent us from achieving our objectives in the Gaza war. The first mistake is adopting the narrative invented by the Americans which says that Hamas is identical to ISIS, i.e. a terrorist organization that imposed itself on the population.
The correct narrative is that, on October 7, the “State of Gaza” launched a criminal war against the State of Israel. In wars between states, it is customary to exert economic pressure on the enemy state and even impose a siege on it. There is no obligation under international law to provide the enemy state with all its needs, at most it is forbidden to prevent others, such as Egypt, for example, from providing food to the enemy.