Rockets are fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, earlier this week. Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007, and many Palestinians came to regard it as a more resolute defender than the Palestinian Authority, which was criticized for giving Israel too many concessions for little return. “And those appalling attacks cannot justify the collective …
From closure of key crossings to political schisms, challenges persist in bid to rebuild Gaza’s wrecked infrastructure. Israel’s siege of Gaza has also stopped the flow of construction materials needed to rebuild much of the enclave’s infrastructure, which was damaged in the previous Israeli military campaigns of 2008, 2012 and 2014. “When reconstruction does begin in earnest, COGAT will inspect …
