For too long, Israel’s intelligence chiefs believed Hamas was not eager for all-out war. That mistake exploded on October 7th, 2023, when Hamas launched its barbaric massacre—raping, murdering, and kidnapping civilians in the single worst day of slaughter against Jews since the Holocaust. The Jewish state answered with fire and steel, and nearly two years later, Hamas lies in ruins. Twenty-three out of twenty-four battalions obliterated. Commanders hunted down one by one. More than a third of their terror tunnels—once the pride of Hamas—turned into dust and flooded rubble.

The kill list tells the story of Israeli determination: Yahya Sinwar—gone. Mohammed Sinwar—gone. Mohammed Deif—the so-called “phantom”—gone. Marwan Issa—gone. Ahmed al-Ghandour—gone. Ayman........

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