Is Israel planning all-out war on Hamas?

There has been a lot of talk lately about Israel launching one last war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip to annihilate the group, and Hamas is preparing for this possibility.
An Israeli soldier uses his binoculars as he looks towards the northern part of the Israeli Gaza border in southern Israel January 13, 2016. An Israeli aircraft attacked a group of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday who the military said planned to detonate a bomb at the border with Israel, and a Palestinian militant faction said one of its men was killed. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RTX227Q4
An Israeli soldier uses his binoculars as he looks toward the northern part of the Israeli Gaza border in southern Israel, Jan. 13, 2016. - REUTERS/Amir Cohen
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There are rumblings that Israel is threatening a war to end all wars against Hamas, one comparable to World War II.

It has been two years since the last Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. As both sides mark the occasion, Israeli politicians have made several official statements and military experts have published press analyses indicating that an upcoming military confrontation with Hamas is not only inevitable, but will completely eliminate Hamas.

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