Israel-Hamas War Repeats the Cycle of Violence
Israeli soldiers near the border with Gaza yesterday.
Photographer: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images
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As Israel reels from a shock Hamas assault that claimed 1,200 lives, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has vowed to wipe the Palestinian militant group “off the face of the Earth.”