War without end in Gaza: Why Israeli army is battling the government
It’s being described now as Israel’s longest war of attrition.
Israel and Hamas, the militant Islamic group that has controlled Gaza since 2007, have been locked in conflict, punctuated with outbursts of violence, for more than a decade now.
Within 48 hours this weekend, Israeli television reports lurched from updates on incoming rocket barrages that kept tens of thousands inside bomb shelters, to images of black smoke floating over the Gaza Strip from retaliatory bombings, to announcements of a cease-fire.
The burst of fighting, the most intense since the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas, left 29 people dead – 25 in Gaza, both militants and civilians, including children; and four civilians in Israel.
Even before the cease-fire was called and it was considered safe to be outside, the first funerals were held, thronged by large crowds of mourners.
“Until the Next Round” read a headline Tuesday in the Israeli
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