Analysis
Gaza needs integration, not isolation, after Israel-Hamas war
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Biden: No return to status quo
Last week, Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that Israel plans to sever all ties with the Gaza Strip after the war.
On the one hand, we probably shouldn’t put much stock in post-war planning, given that the preoccupation is now on the war itself. Plans can and will change. Israeli plans for the ground war have been revised, following consultation with US military officials, and delayed, both to allow US forces to position in the region, and to provide more for time for negotiations for the release of hostages, as Ben Caspit reports today.
As we go to press, Israel has expanded military ground operations in Gaza as the United States and other countries renewed appeals to hold off on ground operations.
