This Wall Street Journal article contains stunning revelation:

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Ahron Bregman, a political scientist at King’s College in London and former officer in the Israeli military, said that short of an all-out victory over Hamas, Israel may have to satisfy itself with less ambitious war aims.

“Even though Israel would never officially admit it, the aim of toppling Hamas can’t be achieved, neither now or in the future,” he said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that he stuck by the originally stated war goals of eliminating Hamas.

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