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