"Hamas has been defeated and vanquished" - but in Israel they still struggle to call it a victory

Commentator Yossi Yehoshua argued in an interview with 103FM that Hamas has been militarily defeated, but struggles to gain public recognition as a victory due to the politicization of the discourse. He criticizes the statement about 'total victory' and explains that it is impossible to bring an enemy to zero, neither in Gaza nor in Lebanon. Yehoshua estimates that Hamas will not disarm despite the good intentions and American investments.

Commentator Yossi Yehoshua, in an interview on the 103FM program, argues that Hamas has been militarily defeated and vanquished, but the Israeli public struggles to recognize this as a victory due to the politicization of the discourse. He sharply criticizes Prime Minister Netanyahu's statement about 'total victory', and explains that it is impossible to bring an enemy to zero, neither in Gaza nor in Lebanon. Yehoshua notes that the IDF is winning on the ground, but the frustration of the officers stems from the fact that in the end they say they did not win. He estimates that Hamas will not disarm despite the good intentions and economic investments of the Americans, and that no significant change in the situation is expected. According to him, to understand October 7, one must examine the political decisions from Operation Guardian of the Walls to Operation Protective Edge.