Israel Wins Military Battle But Hamas Wins Propaganda War in Ceasefire

Israel and Hamas will enter an Egyptian brokered ceasefire effective at 2 a.m. Tel Aviv time (or 7 p.m. EST) after 11 days of fighting.

While Israel won the battle militarily with the help of the Iron Dome which kept Israeli casualties down significantly, Hamas won the propaganda war.

When Israel and Hamas last faced off in earnest in 2014 the fighting lasted for six weeks. Israel is on a very short leash even in the United States and Hamas knows this all too well. While President Biden has said Israel had a right to defend itself, he was otherwise tepid and a significant segment of the Democratic Party is sympathetic to Hamas and trying to cut off military aid to Israel altogether. This dynamic did not exist 15-20 years ago. How long will it be before Democrats demand the U.S. State Department remove Hamas from its list of terrorist organizations?

My guess is that by Hamas will begin launching missiles into Israel after re-stocking within the next two years and Israel will have even less time to respond in kind if at all. But if Hamas didn't keep launching rockets there would be no conflict in the first place.