https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/hamas-gambled-suffering-civilians-gaza-230140807.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Yahya Sinwar has so far survived eight months of Israeli\u2019s brutal military campaign to kill him. His longevity is a personal victory for the Hamas leader \u2013 and increasingly appears to be grim vindication of his decision to seize the initiative in the generational Palestinian struggle with Israel by launching a bloody attack on October 7 that would plunge Gaza\u2019s two million residents into a predictable hell.”<\/p>\n
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“Now Sinwar \u2013 who speaks fluent Hebrew and has a nuanced knowledge of Israeli politics \u2013 believes he still has the war\u2019s initiative, amid high-stakes bargaining with Israel for a ceasefire and hostage deal.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have the Israelis right where we want them,\u201d he is said to have told other Hamas leaders, in leaked messages reported by The Wall Street Journal. He appeared to justify the deaths of Palestinian civilians as a \u201cnecessary sacrifice\u201d according to the messages.<\/p>\n
If this were a conventional war, it would be easy to write Sinwar off as deluded; Israel has the upper hand by far in conventional weapons. But the weapons\u2019 devastating effectiveness is becoming a liability in this asymmetric conflict, and against the backdrop of a tortured history that Sinwar is adroitly weaponizing against Israel.”<\/p>\n
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