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Episode: Ed Morrissey: Wrath of God II: Israel Confronts the Reality of Hamas
Description: The Biden administration, European leaders, and the UN want Israel to halt its operations in Gaza – first in hostage exchanges, and then in yet another cease-fire with Hamas. Few among these supposed allies grasp how Hamas’ October 7 massacres changed all of the calculations for Israel and its mission to defend its Jewish homeland. The Israelis, however, have not miscalculated this moment. This week, they delivered on Benjamin Netanyahu’s promise to destroy Hamas to the last man in a drone strike on the group’s Beirut offices. The strike killed Ismail Haniyeh’s chief deputy, Saleh al-Arouri, along with...