The mass killing does not mean Israel’s winning — SkimNews
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- Israel's military campaign in Gaza has killed over 74,000 and injured more than 180,000 over three years without achieving its stated political goals of freeing captives, eliminating Palestinian resistance, or imposing security control, according to the source's analysis.
- The Israeli army freed only 8 of 250 captives alive and recovered 12 bodies, with the remainder released through diplomacy — its own point man for the captives file said they could have been released a year earlier and some who died could have been saved.
- Hamas continues to control parts of Gaza despite Israel's assassination of numerous leaders, forcing Israel into negotiating the group's disarmament rather than achieving it by force.
- Israel has occupied 60% of the Gaza Strip but stopped short of a full takeover because the political, humanitarian, and military costs would be too high.
- The US-backed Board of Peace plan for Gaza reconstruction, which excludes the UN, has largely failed — its administrative committee has never entered the territory to take over governing.
- Netanyahu faces an ICC arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity, and at his UN General Assembly speech last month, representatives of the majority of UN members walked out of the hall.
- A Pew Research survey across 36 countries found 67% of adults view Israel unfavourably, including 60% in the US, 73% in Germany, 69% in the UK, and 68% in France.
Why it matters: The piece argues that on Israel's own stated terms — freeing captives, eliminating Hamas, imposing security control, establishing alternative governance — the campaign has failed: only 8 of 250 captives were freed by force, Hamas still controls parts of Gaza, the US-backed Board of Peace never entered the territory, and 60% of adults across 36 countries now view Israel unfavourably. The political costs are compounding the military ones, with an ICC warrant against Netanyahu and growing legislative momentum in Washington and European capitals to curb military aid and settlement trade.
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