The complexity of the fighting in Gaza, and especially in light of the Arab world's "dragging" of cooperation with Trump's plan, must raise additional options for creating a different situation in the Gaza Strip, a situation that does not allow for the re-emergence of a strategic threat to the State of Israel from within the Gaza Strip.

A military victory is defined as a situation in which the enemy's fighting power is significantly weakened, its military infrastructure is damaged, and its territories are occupied. 

This description is very similar to the situation currently prevailing in the Gaza Strip, with the exception of the issue of its total occupation, and hence it is difficult to define unequivocally that the IDF has reached a complete victory vis-à-vis Hamas in Gaza – the reasons are the complexity of defining the decision against terrorist organizations in the current era and in the foreseeable future, with the exception of the full occupation of the territory, and holding it for many years.

Military Decision Against Terrorist Organizations: Challenges and Complexities

Achieving a military victory against terrorist organizations is more complex than against organized countries and armies, because these organizations do not have a defined, clear territory,…