The Telegraph reported that the Israeli army’s failure to enter Rafah means Hamas will likely remain. The newspaper quoted an Israeli intelligence source as saying that Tel Aviv believed in the possibility of eliminating the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) due to Washington's support.
The sources added that Hamas can still easily return to the areas that the army had previously controlled, in the absence of a stable plan for managing Gaza after the war. The Israeli army has been waging a devastating war on Gaza that has left tens of thousands of martyrs and wounded.