Support for Hamas rose in Gaza during the war and remains strong. But, isolated from former international friends, the Islamist organisation could quickly lose the backing of ordinary Gazans, who dread the prospect of another war


The futile, self-defeating conflict of the past three weeks is part of an endless cycle of violence that has been thoroughly assimilated into daily life in Gaza and Israel





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