From: The Guardian January 17, 2025 Hamas, Hezbollah and other militia are enfeebled – but Palestine is likely to stay at forefront of global politics
“Gaza has been a gamechanger for Israel. 1. Its reputation has been badly damaged, 2. there are the international criminal cases [against Israeli leaders] 3. the global moral backlash 4. and the conflict has pushed the Palestinians up the international agenda.
Alia Brahimi, a regional expert at the Atlantic Council, said, "There is now a whole new generation of global citizens who believe the Palestinians should be free,”
For an organisation like Hamas simply to survive a big conflict is an achievement, and means Israel has failed to achieve one of its primary war aims