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Israel’s military campaign in Gaza cannot wipe out Hamas: US officials

In 10 months of war in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s military has considerably weakened Hamas, but continued bombings are now yielding diminishing returns and exacerbating civilian suffering, according to senior US officials quoted by The New York Times.

Israel has failed to eliminate Hamas or destroy its tunnels in Gaza and has nothing more to achieve military in the strip, senior US officials reportedly told the newspaper.

The latest American assessment is that Israel’s military campaign has reached the end of the line and that the possibility of weakening Hamas further has diminished.

Continued bombings would only increase risks to civilians, the unnamed officials said.

According to the report, a growing number of national security officials believe Israel would never be able to completely eliminate Hamas despite severely damaging its capabilities in the fighting.

Current and former American and Israeli officials told the daily that returning the roughly 115 captives cannot be achieved militarily.

And while Israel has tried to damage Hamas’ tunnels, it has failed to destroy them, American officials added.

The tunnel network has proved “much larger than Israel anticipated” and remains “an effective way for Hamas to hide its leaders and move around fighters”, the report added.

The Israeli onslaught has since killed nearly 40,000 people, mostly women and children, and injured over 92,000 others, according to local health authorities.

Over 10 months into the Israeli onslaught, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water, and medicine.

Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice for its actions in the coastal enclave.

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