The Israeli Defence Forces seek to strike a balance between taking out Hamas’s leaders while keeping hostages alive and maintaining international support.
The grainy video shows the roof of a building in southern Gaza. As the camera zooms in closer, steel tubes come into view. Then there is a sudden flash, and the building explodes.
That has raised concerns about the campaign’s strategic effectiveness as the mounting civilian death toll has enraged Middle Eastern audiences and threatened to undercut popular support among Israel’s allies. “We know they are under the Shifa hospital,” said Meir, the former government aide. “There is also the case of the manager at the Indonesian hospital who was advised to relocate, but he replied under coercion: ‘I’d rather be a martyr’.”How effective the IDF’s bombing campaign has been remains unclear. Hamas and its ally Palestine Islamic Jihad have continued to fire rockets from hidden sites into Israeli territory.
Ryan added that “by generating a lot of activity” the Israelis will hope it prompts Hamas fighters to come out of the tunnels and fight, “so they can be detected and destroyed”.The IDF also says it has killed dozens of Hamas’s military commanders, including the group’s deputy head of intelligence Shadi Barud, who planned the October 7 raid. But it is widely believed most senior leaders and fighters remain safe below ground.
The US, while backing Israel’s right to self-defence, has urged restraint. On Thursday, nine Arab countries — including Saudi Arabia and Egypt — condemned “the targeting of civilians”, making clear that included both Hamas’s attack and Israel’s retaliatory aerial bombardment.
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