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Originally Posted by glatt
NPR was saying that Hamas has been launching these rockets for years, and Israel did little, but now, for some reason, it's pummeling Gaza. What changed?
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I think the number of rockets being fired by Hamas increased dramatically in the past two weeks but I'm not 100% sure. The election is coming up soon but I've heard Netanyahu has a comfortable lead so I don't know if he is doing a "rally behind the flag" thing.
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And how will they define victory? It's like when they went into Lebanon a couple years ago and did not remove Hezbollah from power, so even though they won every battle, Hezbollah was considered the winner since they weren't completely defeated. What will happen when Israel stops the offensive, and Hamas is still in power and still lobs occasional rockets at Israel? Is that a net loss for Israel?
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Agreed. I don't think Israel can win this.