Israel’s strategy

Explaining why Israel is so severely striking civilian targets, and why Israel is unlikely to succeed in its objectives.

Summary: Israel is dependent on US security guarantees to enable it to depopulate the northern Gaza Strip over several months, with the fate of Israeli captives being a remote secondary objective. Israel views this as a war between the Jewish people and the people of Gaza, and so it will impose any cost on Gazan civilians. Israel’s strategy requires mon…