TEL AVIV—Hamas leaders are heading into a temporary cease-fire with a singular mission: survival.
Israel has defined its war aims as toppling Hamas from power, killing its leadership, freeing the more than 200 hostages in Gaza and ending any security threat from the strip.
The four-day pause gives Hamas time to prepare a new phase of the war that could last months, with the aim of sapping the momentum of Israel’s offensive and creating international pressure to end the conflict without achieving its goals, military analysts said.
Locations:
TEL AVIV, Israel, Gaza