Gerry Shih

There have been many voices in the Israeli political establishment, particularly on Israel's far right, who would like to see the military eventually control the entire Gaza Strip.

There have been many voices in the Israeli political establishment, particularly on Israel's far right, who would like to see the military eventually control the entire Gaza Strip.

Now, the military leadership has so far resisted that idea, saying that this is completely infeasible. The amount of manpower required would be tens of thousands sort of upward or exceeding 60,000 reservists.

Now, the military leadership has so far resisted that idea, saying that this is completely infeasible. The amount of manpower required would be tens of thousands sort of upward or exceeding 60,000 reservists.

So we've sort of arrived at this kind of middle solution where what the Israeli military will do is eventually, gradually over the course of the coming weeks and months, take more and more and more of Gaza and stay there indefinitely.

So we've sort of arrived at this kind of middle solution where what the Israeli military will do is eventually, gradually over the course of the coming weeks and months, take more and more and more of Gaza and stay there indefinitely.

From what we can tell, aid has reached basically a non-existent level.

From what we can tell, aid has reached basically a non-existent level.

This has obviously raised serious concerns from many of the international organizations who say that this would violate a lot of the principles governing international humanitarian activities. For one thing, their rules often require impartiality when it comes to distributing aid, that aid should arrive in conflict zones unfettered and be given to anybody who needs it.

This has obviously raised serious concerns from many of the international organizations who say that this would violate a lot of the principles governing international humanitarian activities. For one thing, their rules often require impartiality when it comes to distributing aid, that aid should arrive in conflict zones unfettered and be given to anybody who needs it.

That raises the question of who exactly is Hamas. Israel has been known to sort of implement a very wide net when it comes to describing people who have worked for the civilian government in Gaza as being affiliated with Hamas.

That raises the question of who exactly is Hamas. Israel has been known to sort of implement a very wide net when it comes to describing people who have worked for the civilian government in Gaza as being affiliated with Hamas.

There have been many voices in the Israeli political establishment, particularly on Israel's far right, who would like to see the military eventually control the entire Gaza Strip.

Now, the military leadership has so far resisted that idea, saying that this is completely infeasible. The amount of manpower required would be tens of thousands sort of upward or exceeding 60,000 reservists.

So we've sort of arrived at this kind of middle solution where what the Israeli military will do is eventually, gradually over the course of the coming weeks and months, take more and more and more of Gaza and stay there indefinitely.

From what we can tell, aid has reached basically a non-existent level.

This has obviously raised serious concerns from many of the international organizations who say that this would violate a lot of the principles governing international humanitarian activities. For one thing, their rules often require impartiality when it comes to distributing aid, that aid should arrive in conflict zones unfettered and be given to anybody who needs it.

That raises the question of who exactly is Hamas. Israel has been known to sort of implement a very wide net when it comes to describing people who have worked for the civilian government in Gaza as being affiliated with Hamas.