After 20 weeks, Israel’s ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip has resulted in nearly 30,000 dead, including 12,000 children, destroyed most of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure, and uprooted 80% of the territory’s 2.3 million inhabitants but has so far failed to achieve its stated goal of eliminating Hamas. Although Hamas is likely to survive the Gaza onslaught, its future, along with that of the rival Fatah faction and the Palestinian national movement as a whole, remains uncertain.

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