Hillel Bitton Rosen, a prominent Israeli commentator, said Sunday that Israel has militarily subdued the Gaza Strip but has not yet achieved the political goal defined as 'total victory.' His remarks, published jointly with activist Boaz Golan, frame the current stage as one where strategic decision now depends on the political echelon.
Senior Israeli commentator Hillel Bitton Rosen stated Sunday afternoon that the military campaign in the Gaza Strip has achieved the defeat of Hamas as a fighting force — 'we have subdued it militarily,' he said — but that the political objective defined as 'total victory' has not yet been reached. The remarks, posted jointly with activist Boaz Golan, echo a recurring debate in Israeli discourse about the gap between tactical military achievements and the stated political goals of the war. Similar assessments have been voiced in recent weeks by other commentators and officials, including MK Oded Forer who noted military victories without strategic decision in the Lebanon campaign, and outgoing hostages chief Nitzan Alon who called the 'total victory' framing a falsehood. Bitton Rosen's formulation this afternoon does not specify what further steps he believes the political echelon must take, but it places the onus for defining and achieving victory squarely on the civilian leadership rather than the IDF.
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