The challenge of defeating Hamas in Gaza is complicated by the fact that nearly the entire population supports or shares the ideology of the terrorist group. Unlike conflicts with states like Lebanon or Iran, Israel is facing a non-state actor that operates outside the norms of war. Comparisons to past conventional wars are not applicable to the current situation in Gaza.

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