israel likes to make them. there was a professor killed along with his family. there is anger that there was an exaggerated use of force. hamas is declaring this a victory. [ inaudible ] hamas has been linking this to jerusalem. it s not surprising that we are seeing the clashes and unrest in jerusalem today. i apologize, richard. thanks for powering through with hiccups in audio. as long as they are declaring victory and felt their demands or needs were met, political or
otherwise, as long as they celebrate, both sides won t be firing rockets. we just boosted. it s much better. as long as they are declaring victory, they feel they achieved something. and if israel feels they achieved something, there is a window to try to get reconstruction help. that s why the secretary of state is coming. hamas feels very strong right now. it doesn t seem like hamas is in a position or wants to break this cease-fire and start launching rockets. it is feeling very good. it feels it became the voice of the palestinian people and launched this operation in order to save jerusalem, to protect muslims attacked during ramadan