This is an almost incomprehensible loss of human life, but it is the details the suffering that really hit home. These include reports that Palestinian women are struggling to find sanitary products after 10 weeks of siege emptied shops and pharmacies. Although Israeli anger at Hamas for its murder of more than 1,000 people in October is real and understandable, it should not dictate military and political strategy. Whether such future resistance is called Hamas or something else is irrelevant – the ideology and willingness to fight will remain. Time is running out for this Israeli war, which is sapping the will of the country’s most ardent backers.

Source: Ethiopian News December 22, 2023 13:10 UTC