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Israel-Gaza Megathread #1
This is a megathread for any posts on the conflict between (so far, and so far as I know) Hamas and the Israeli government, as well as related geopolitics. Culture War thread rules apply.
We don't know. The hostages may be all dead, or being tortured, or killed in airstrikes, or kept safe in a bunker for negotiation leverage. Anything is possible.
Hamas has a separate political and military leadership structure. Yahya Sinwar is the political leader in Gaza and will almost certainly be killed (if he hasn't been already). Saleh al-Arouri is his deputy. I don't think Israel is interested in leaving anyone in the Gaza leadership alive to negotiate with. There are also Hamas officials living in countries like Qatar, Netanyahu has called for their host countries to be sanctioned if they don't expel them.
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As mentioned by others, Egypt will not allow it.
We don't know. The hostages may be all dead, or being tortured, or killed in airstrikes, or kept safe in a bunker for negotiation leverage. Anything is possible.
Hamas has a separate political and military leadership structure. Yahya Sinwar is the political leader in Gaza and will almost certainly be killed (if he hasn't been already). Saleh al-Arouri is his deputy. I don't think Israel is interested in leaving anyone in the Gaza leadership alive to negotiate with. There are also Hamas officials living in countries like Qatar, Netanyahu has called for their host countries to be sanctioned if they don't expel them.
I believe the current primary goal of the airstrikes is to kill everyone in the Hamas leadership in Gaza: IDF Air Force Chief Maj.-Gen. Tomer Bar said on Thursday that he has a list of which Hamas officials masterminded and planned the invasion of southern Israel this past Saturday and that they will all disappear.
Hamas is continuing to launch rockets into Israel.
Who knows. It's not clear how much water and food they had stockpiled.
has been answered by @Kinoite much better than I could hope to.
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