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Targeting Hamas, Israel Attempts to Redress Deterrence in Gaza

Earlier this month, the Israel Defense Forces sent planes to the Gaza Strip, surgically targeting Hamas army sites in the coastal enclave. The IDF operation was a reaction to rocket fire from Gaza into southern Israel in the past day: an attack, according to reports, that IDF suspects were carried out through Islamic Jihad. By punishing Hamas, the IDF reinstated previous norms of engagement with the terrorist organization: Hamas will have to detain other terrorist actors in Gaza or pay the price.

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