Tracing the roots of Israel’s Gaza war strategy

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The images of Israel’s reduction of Gaza to a pile of rubble and destructive West Bank raids speak as much about the Strip’s devastation and Israeli West Bank counterinsurgency tactics as they indicate Israel’s vision of Gaza’s post-war future and the Jewish state’s likely response to a potential long-term Hamas-led insurgency.

The building blocks of Israel’s Gaza war strategy date back to this century’s first decade.