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Scepticism grows over Israel’s ability to dismantle Hamas
Even degrading its military capabilities is going to be a formidable slog.
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Since it first emerged in 1987, Hamas has survived repeated attempts to eliminate its leadership.
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Neil MacFarquhar
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Standing before a grey backdrop decorated with Hamas logos and emblems of a gunman that commemorate the bloody Oct 7 attack on Israel
“We are not worried about the future of the Gaza Strip,” he recently told a crowded news conference in his offices in Beirut’s southern suburbs. “The decision-maker is the Palestinian people alone.”
