Shootings, Devastation, Hunger: Israel Fails to Address Gaza's Power Vacuum

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4. How much power does Hamas really have at this point?

Are there even any operational targets left at this point in Gaza? What is Israel protecting itself from now?

I’m not saying Hamas doesn’t have power or that they’re not a threat to Israel, but I doubt the Hamas that conducted the October 7th attacks is what exists now.

As someone that used to consider myself pro Israel, and believe they had an absolute right to retaliate for October 7th, it’s clear this has gone well beyond attacking terrorism. It’s about destroying Gaza’s people, it’s civilian infrastructure, and starving them, and making any surviving residents lives so miserable they are driven to flee.

I used to argue it’s not genocide, but maybe I’ll split hairs and just call it ethnic cleansing, because at the minimum that’s what has been going on for sometime now. Hell, Trump, Netanyahu and their ardent followers like Fetterman (well on Israel), advocate as much. Forced relocation is a policy goal for this Israeli government.